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The Washington herald., 1917-04-11
New York.
New Orleans.
WASHINGTON PRODUCE

Quotations given below are for large lo,s Of rco1
marketable goods only. Jobbers' prices higher
Lower grades may be sold for less Fancy goods
son.nand higher Prices.
EGGs-Fresh Yer doz. Ia3a. do. Southern. per
doz. e.
BUTTER-Best PRINTS. new. per lb. IS: do. tub.
n; process. .: storeplcked. 3az.
LARD-Tub. pure. per lb.. 2aZri; do. com
SIS
CHEESE-New York new per h.. 2.
LIVE PoULTRY-Chickens, per n. za29: hens.
pr b. "a: ROSTERS per D. Is: d1cl< per ~
aa2: geese per h., 5al6 keats. young. IL lbs. and
over. each, IS; turkeys. per h.. ..
DRESSED P0ULTRY-Chickensp choice per ~
za2s; hens choice. per b., es2S: roosters. PER n.
Is: cspons. Ms, each. per 10. Sa36; ducks.
large, per M Is; geese large. D. Isa2O: turkeys,
choice per m., 3sa3o: do, medium per n. y
LIVE SToCE-CalVes. veal. prime. rer n lial4ls
do. medium. icaI5 sprhg lambs. fat, Ter h.. IsaI7
theep, per h.. Tas.
DRESSED GoODS-POk. small per n. II; do.
heavy. per D.. lsals
beans. psr basket, 2ooa2so; lima bcans Florida per
basket 35oai5o; beets, Florida per crate 2oos. So
cabbage, new. per basket, 3ooai.oo: carrots, per
box. l25al.so; canlihower. California. per crate.
2ooaZ25; celery, Florida per crate 2eoa3 G
cucumber, per basket. 3Ooa5oo: cymblings. per
zate. 20oa25o: eggplant. per crate. 3sos5O; kale.
per bbl.. 225a25o; lettuce. Florida, per bas-
ket, 15osLeo; okra, Florida per crate. 5uoa6 90;
onions. per iOo-rb. sack. sooSs.0: peas. Florida,
basket l5oa4oo; peppers crate, 5ooa6oo; potatoes.
Mccormick. sooa7.o; do. Northern sack. 7.75asoo
rutabagas bbl., 4oa5oe; sweet potatoes bbl.. a5oa
$50. yams. per bbL. 3ooaAD; spinach. Per bbl..
25oaSoo; tomatoes Florida. per crate. Loos6oo
turnips. per box, 1soa2o.
FRUITS-Apples. Per boi., l5af.W: Ersrefruit.
per box s5oa4o; lemons per box. 3sosIoo; orarges.
per box. California, 3.5a375; do, Florida 3.5oal5;
pineapples, per crate, 25oaa.50.
sEEDs-Blue grass. per bushsl. Lso; clover.
alfalfa, per n, l5al6; do, alsike. per b. lsa2o:
red. pcr Ib.. leals; do. whdte. per lb.. s2aio;
saphing or mammoth, per H.. lsa2p; COW peas, per
bushel. 27oa2so: timothy. per bushel. 24oa2Toi
orchard grass per tushel L75a240: redetop (herd's
gass), per b. loall; Solar beans per bu. 2soaS 50
HAY-Timothy, No. l, per ton. hooalsoo; do.
No. T. ls.oo; mixed. loooatAuu; ear corn. new. pss
bbl. $50; wheat. straw. per ton. 500: tangled rye
straw. per ton lI.oo: long rye straw per ton. os.
red top per lb,. loalf.
HIDES-GreeD, per H.. 10; do. salted. per h.,
10: do. dry per H.. zaso: horse hides each 6oos
500; calf skins, green, each S5oa4 90; lamb skins
green. each. 2Ea27s.
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foes. Whit. weten Msrylud snd nruupluni..
buzheI. 4 <axU: d.. Se1 Yea stzte. bz-hE. 1E<
16es Do; E4ztzn Shore M1f5land nd vhnnis.
No. /. bn<hsi. 1E<zo. d.. 40. fro<lef. bod.
Lani.1: Do. ,pe1rby bu1hrl boz. 1Ss1Ds d.. No.
= md cills Lnsl75. srests Eastern shors. vh-
einia. yslloss bar1ei. ssoalso; d.. Easten ehert
MEryland and Ddsuafe. barrel. lo1nfDs d.. rosk
nirE. b4rrrL 1sonlO; Do. Worth carDlinA barrri.
s5as1O; Do, hazpers. bazkst i.7uirI; dn-. rrd
swerfs. barrel 2fss35: JAMS. larE. frisht saooth.
h11d. s.ooa,n; rpples. wcaen Msvl.nd snd
ecnugisania packed. barrd. zsos3Ds do. nes
fork STATE, No. /. bsnci. GonHkoI d. Do. o.. No.
2 brsl >3nA1lso: asparaeuA Southern. dozsn.
ao1lD: beans Flcridl. rrccn. basket. aoon60i
do. do, vnx. h1skst.' looss.o: beetA fio1da.
crsts. zoosr.O: Nossoii. Npfoik. b@rreL fti!1s
czpbare. F1orida. crate. Aooa60; do. d.. basset.
2eoa3.B; cele5. F1orsda. crnte. SeaA0; eucum-
bers. Florida. bssket. 4oosTp: esEpiEnts FloridI.
crate. 3ohslp: grapefruit. rorida. boa. ~ 10 srS.
2.2sAseo; housradish. native. boa. 10aSO: hale.
Norfolk barrel. LsM10: lsttpcs. F1orids. bsstt.
Lsoaso; onions New York and Western. yellow.
looIb. sact, soea6co; orans.s, FI05da bon. 90 20
size 2eoasop: oyster piant native Per bzrnch. 81
pe1A. Florida. basket. Loo4sQ. peppsu. Flonda.
cfate. looas.m; radisheA Nouolk buttons. basket.
zas2o; spinach. Norfolk. barrel. lsH5.W: DO.
rtative bu.bel boz 1so.a0: sqassk f1oIida. ersie.
2oal,W; strswbsrTis. rorida. rsfdssrsfor. ouat.
l2sa15: Do. do. open cste. quart. mn; tosna-
toes. F1odA. fancy ripe. carrier. Soxs0: DO. 90.
ehoiee. crjer. 3sost1; Do. DO. ordinary. car
risr. 2ooa1a
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago April lo-Great Britain is q large holder
OF July wheat at Chicago. The British Commission
bought its line when the market was great deal
lower than at the present time and it Is aid that
the future viii be urrsuderrd ouly when ne sc.1h
wheat Is produced.
While the longs in the July are concentrated
making their position almost impresnable the shorts
scattered from one end Of the country to the
other and this makes their position anything but
strong.
At least two of the foreign governments bought
not only wheat but corn and oats as well today.
They bought futures Of wheat and corn and they
scarce and the business was restricted in conse
quence.
There were losses in the deferred wheat futures Of
2Xa3 cents today as both the July and Septembes
were under more Or less selling pressure. and the
taking Of all offerings vas led BY the stronger
cause Of an urgent demand. There were advances
at Paris Of cents for wheat and cents for hour
today. Both OF these commodities are controlled BY
the government These advances reflect the short
frequently Of late. The European crop rports we're
still unfavorable, the exception being in Germany,
Scandinavia, India and Australia.
Cash wheat was in demand in all the markets to
day and the premium paid in the Southwest were
the highest ever known
Tennessee miIlers bought cash wheat at st. Louis
today for which they paid $50
Both corn and oats were lower today, the former
AalN cents and the latter kaA cent. There was
considerable business in the way Of stoposs selling
and with the buying power the wane values
suffered all around. Moderate amounts Of were
taken BY foreigners and oats bought freely BY
Canadian sources
There was an carrier feeling In the market for hog
products at the Close tonight. as there was heavy
selling by some Of the long, Of which part was on
stop-loss orders. The buying was led by packing
interests and this brought about good recovery at
midSession. Cash products were strongly held.
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BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

Baltimore Aprl -DGGs-Martet steady. Mary-
land Pennsylrsnia and nearby nrstS 81; Dastsrn
Shore, Maryland and Virginia. hrstS a; Westsrn
tOhiol, hrsts 81; West Virginia frsts. %; Southern
North Oarolina3 hnts. .. Duck egsz. choice near
By, dozen. IS i
BUTTER-Separator. extras, R: frstS 2AS;
Prints. k-lb.. extras. IS; nrsts. 2Ao: do. In.
ertras IS; trsts GAG; bockA Ia. e<tras. t1aB;
nrsts, Cas-: dairy prints. Maryland. PnnsyisaniA
Virginia nan: frsts. zs3: storr PACKED. hrstA
Bass; rolls Maryland and PennOlvania. hrss.
Daso; do. West Virginia, hrsts. San.
LIVE POULTRY-PIices per pound unless 9TH
erwise stated: Chickens. boat stock. smooth young
BsaS; hrEe. young b. express. 14a5; winter. :
pounds and under. 8a2s; rough and Stacy. ax23;
old hens Zs24: old roosters and stAes l2zl3: ducs
young Musooy and mousrd. nan; young white
Peking. 1a22; Indian Runners. fasD; puddls.
choice. fat, aa2; do. small. poor. I7sls Pfseons
old. pair. >; do. young. pair. S Guinea fowl
young. N pounds and up. each. 15as5; do. DO.
smaller. each. 8; do. do, old. each. .
VEGETABLES AND GREEN FRUIrs-Psta-
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other grain. Tho market however was relstiye,v
neglected. Declines did not much exceed l cent.
Notwithstanding that hog prices had risen thi.
morning To new recwdbreaking figure, the pro-
naon market began to tumble soon ss trading
ope3ed First sales varied from cents to 60 cent,
lower. and from then the downward swing was a
nearly unprecedented rapidity. Even after rsllie,
set In. the market continued extraordinarily ner-
voua
buTTEh-Strong; receipts. SSH tuba Creamery.
higher than extras is5ka4e: cfeamerv eItr,s q.
score. .; hrsts Zha4Ik; seconds, flaiS
EGGs-strons; receipts. A.ols cases Freshs.th.
cred extras. A1taS: fesh-sAthered storage packed.
94aAN; fresh-sathered hrsts, sz1kaS5s; State Penn
SNnna, and nearby Western hennery whites nne
to fancy, IS; State, Pennsylvania, and nearby mem.
nery browns 3rfaS
CHbEsE-Irregular; receipts, 6<2 boxes. State,
nesn specss: 3azA: do. average 2iha3.
LIVE POULTRY-Firm; no prices quoted,
DRESSED POULTRY-Fim, Chickens, nm.
fowl, aoa4a3s; turkeys. lsa34.
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pHIIApELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia, April I0-BUTTER-In fair de-
mand and finn under light receipts Western mild
packed creamery. fancy specials, a: extra. 45ass:
nearby fancy 4s average extrss Gas; firsts l2aii
extra nrsts. t3aA; hrsts. i2ai2h; seconds. soan;
tsconds iosA: special brands Of prints jobbing at
5la5l @a
EGGS-Demand good. and values were firmly held.
In free cases. nearby frs. Ioos per standard case;
current receipts. $50 per case; Western extra frsts.
lo.o5 per case; hrsts, 80 per case; fancy selected
fresh eggs jobbing at aa3s per dozen.
5 LIVE PoULTRf-Foxls. rs 70 quality, 5a26: ex-
eeptional lots higher. stasy roosters. lsa9; Old
roosten, 1sal7 Spring chickens soft-mested. 2a7s.
Ducks. as to sise and quality. 2a2l. Pigeons old.
pair 3a3e; young. pair. 1szs V
DRESSED PoULTRY-Fresh-kiled, dp-packed
fowls. Y TO box. dy-picked-Fsncy selected. 9h
weighing ~ ns. and over. apiece Is. ~ bs apiece.
Is; Ms apiece. 2saA Fowls in bbls.. fancy. dry
picked. weighing as ne. and oye apiece. .:
smaller szs4 zaz. ok poststs dy-pcked. o
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RoastinE chickens. western. dyspieked. n buzs..
weighing saio lbs. pair. N&1: western N bore.s
lbs pair. zz2i Western. drysplckcd N bnlA, = 70
e ue. .; Western. IN bbis. lhs p.ir zi11
BfoiilnE shiekfns Western. 10 bozcs. welEhing -
2la3f. mixed azes issn Broiiers Jerry. fspq.
s2A5: other nearby. weighing MAJ ibs aptece. ~
W fancy nearby. sza3s; fancy Western. szzss; fair
~ good. Aasl old toms zaso; common. AL
squalls. per dozen. white. weighing II 10 y
pounds per DOZEN. 4soaii5; white. weighing 10 70
pounds per dozen. 3f5a45: white. veighins pound,
per dozen. 3soA33; do. Do. pounds Per doaen.
f1oa2 7t; do, do. TO ~ pounds psr dozsn, 1o.
ss; dark. l7bazS; small and No. 9 so.i.m.
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FELIX MAHoNY NO PACIF1sT.

Editor The Washington Herald: Ae-
cept my sincere thapks for the explana-
ton made In your Sunday Herald OF q
statement printed in the Herald OF April
3 wherein q was said that Felix
Mahoney headed q delegation OF paci-
hcists for peace at any price"
have now to request that you furnish
me the address of my namesake, In order
that may get IN line with him or look
him over to find out n he is a ''Mahony"
and. IL 90. with what he is adultersted.
I, too. was born in New York City
tno pacihcist burg) and although I have
not gone in for the military since the
Washington Fencibles disorganized. and
when IL comes to Workmanship with inn
plements of modern warfare am very
much in the position Of the man who.
when asked to play the violin said he
had never triedi yet the same spirit
which In my boyhood days made me n
champion msrksman with q brick stifl
lives. and I stand ready 20 serve my
country with gun or brush. In which
ever capacity ] might be Of greatest SER
FELIX MAHoagx
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QUOTATIONS ON LOCAL
STOCKS DROP SLIGHTLY
Lower Prices Prevailed Checks
Cashed by Bogus Army Men.

Lower prices prevailed at yesterdays
session OF the Washington Stock Ex-
change. Capital Traction stock sold in
odd lots on declining scale at 81 IL to 81.
After call small lot sold at SOL Rail-
way preferred sold at so. Washington
Gas dropped q point to "A and closed
with . bid and "a asked. Mergenthaler
, changed hands at 152. Railway a were
transferred at 797-s to 70 3-S Graphic
phone Sc changed hands at 100. the low
est price In months. Potomac Consohdat-
ed 80 held their own at par. Georgetown
and Washington Gas IS were steady at
1o5.
Worthless checks presented by men pos
ing a. army officers detailed to recruiting
duty In the District are being passed on
local bankers and merchants in large
numbers Most Of these checks are made
out on the Army and Navy Bank OF
Washington. d. c., a purely fictitious IN
stitution. Merchants and bankers have
betn warned and are preparing to make
arrests the next time such checks are
presented
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NEW YORK MONEY

New York, April lc.-Money on can opened at ~
per cent; high, ~ per cent; low. per cent close
y per cent. Most Of the days loans were made at
~ per cent =.
Time money was quiet and possibly slightly hrmer
on industrial collateral Rates; sika3z Der cent for
sixty and ninety days 3K per cent for four months
per cent for nve and six months. Industrial col.
lateral loans. laik per cent
Mercantile paper was issued in moderate volume,
and there was fair market for the high grades.
some attractive names were seen. Rates, lafK per
cent for the best names four to six months to rum
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Today's closing rates Of exchange On Paris, Am
tterdam, Rome. and Petrograd. based on the market
for actual transactions except when otherwise stated
were as follows: Guilders. checks, 10 Ills; do ca
bles. Dk. Lire. checks, 7.H; do, cables 7.ls.
Rubles cables. s9.
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COTTON MARKETS.

New York. April la-There was prohttaking IN
the cotton market today, and after strength hac
been shown in the early tradins prices sold OF on
reports Of slackening demand for the SPOT article
In the South. small exports and less urgent covering
Of the near months. Business was only moderately
active. The trade awaited with much interest the
Weather Bureaus weekly report. the hnt Of the
season, which viii be issued At noon tomorrow.
After q break Of sme Is to % points from laz
nights final quotations trading became less active
and prices rallied several points from the lowest
July contracts, which had sold of from DO to
soos, r1Iied 10 D.S and ruled around D.4 late In
the second hour while October rallied from B0 to
lM.
The market was quiet during the middle Of the
day, hat the undertone was finn particularly in the
case Of near months. May shorts still seem TO be
uneasy and that delivery sold up to 3.Tc OF %
points net higher while later months held Z or 3
points above last nights close.
A disposition to take profits led to increased
pressure Of long cotton in the last hour when all
months with the exception Of May sold at slight
net los for the day. Onicial reports from the
South confirmed CARRIER private advices to smaller
spot sales and in most cases declines in prces were
recorded. The close steady Ht q net advance OF
10 points to q decline Of points.
Port receipts for the day were n,s7s bales. com
Pared with 1910 bales last week and 2,os2 bales
last year. New YORK warehouse stocks, are 0.s5i
bales, contrasted with lse.Ss bales year ago III
port. for the day were $3.50 bales including 600
bales to France and $50 bales to other points on
the continent. Clearsnces for the season to date
agyregate 4.i25 B bales against 4.1T2s8 bales for
the corresponding period last season.
Spot here Was quiet 10 points lower at d!o5 centA
There were no sales. The spot article at New
Orleans was steady. 9 points lower on the bass Of
% cents. The sales were LIS bales
Receipts at Savannah were .os bales: Chsriestoo
l,629: Norfolk los.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Liverpool April lo.-spot cotton dull today
and % points higher on the basis q I2.sed for
American usddlinE. The sales aggregated 5000
bales including loo bales American. Imports were
5000 bales all American. The market closed firm
at q net advance Of % to Is points
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NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET.

New York. April Io-wHDAT-Unsettled; quiet
demand. No. 2 red, c |. T.. New York IA; No 1
Northern. opening navigation, 22pi; No q hard
winter. Z. o. b.. as; No. macaroni. nominal; No.
I Manitoba. end of May, 1zgx. Exportsrs took
ooo bushsls chiefly hard winter and Canadian.
CORN-WeakW; trading is quiet Quotations
nominal No. yellow. l.a5 c. 4 &. to arrive; No.
yellow La. to arrive; No mixed, 1ss eft
OATs-steady; trade inactive. No. vhite.
"a; standard. 5s: No , vhitA. ~; No. Z white,
n; ungraded. 7sas4
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WASHINGTON sTocK EXCHANGE.
Fur.ished ~ w. n. Hibbs a os.

Gergetown Gas s.. u.oo ct 10. slyor st lab tl.oDs
AZ l0.
Washington Railway and Electric 4. a.m ct w.
Norfolk and washington Steamboat. t51o st lofa-
American Gnpdophons G. S.oO st lO.
Capital Traction. 10 st Gh. Ht sIK. a. %. 70
at So
Washington GaA 70 at "a. 3 at 9
National Bank q Washington. 0 st 70
NenrsnthaleT. at ls2
Graphcpbone commOu. 10 st IlTk eSleo st Iigas.
After call:
Washington RAILWAY rId Elsctric "a O. 90 q ~.
a,oo At ~, ayou at ~. a.om al w. Heoo
at 7vk e
Potomac Consolidated. s.co at Io. nop At 10.
500 at loo
American GrapaopaOoe @. $40 at 100.
Washington Railway and Eectne I'D af0
Washington Railway and Electric n q 600 at ~
a.o0 at ~. S.op At ~. Syo0 at IN.
Washington Gas s.. Asm at l6
CAPITAL Traction Q at Dx
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DELAWARE and HUDSON
DECLINES Sl4 POINTS
Wheat Breaks 5 Cents Bu.hel and
Recoyers-Hogs Reach New Record.
(By the Internafional Neve servl

tby the international News servfee0
New York. April 10.-Wall Street had
another session of extreme Firregularity
on the stock market today. with few
popular issues showing great weakness
but the market as whole remaining
steady. Delaware and Hudson was the
one very bad performer. It broke to
11s 1-2. a decline Of IA points from yes-
terday and a decline Of about 20 points
from the price ruling when attention
was called in this column to its weak
ened condition. Lehigh Valley and ST.
Paul have so far held steady. Wheat
broke cents a bushei and recovered.
Hogs went to a new high record OF Sc l-2
cents a pound live weight
It opened with the break In wheat
Sterling exchange went to a new high
record for the year. This was the nat
ural result Of the decision OF the United
States government not yet officially an
nounced, to buy for the Allies as well
as for the American army to the ex-
tent that an American credit Is estab-
lshed for them. On announcement that
the American liner New York had struck
a mine, Marine shares broke about two
points. They quickly recovered. The ex-
plosion in the Baldwin plant at Eddy
stone startled the street and the natural
supposition was that German agents had
been at work.
Heavy Selling of Steel.
Baldwin broke 5-s points in as many
minutes, recovered most of the loss. but
declined again. Announcement that the
attempt to increase the tax on stock
trading had failed at Albany encouraged
the street and the whole list became firm.
The market was moved chiefly in spots
as nothing Of general Importance devel-
oped until at. the close, when Brazil's 5
declaration Of war was made public.
Heavy selling Of steel was near the
close and seemed to be for some pro-
fessional trader who was trying to leave
a bad impression over night The
monthly report of tonnage by the Steel
corporation showed a slight increase In
spite of the big production.
Break of Delaware and Hudson stock
set the street examining all the gilt
edged railroad shares of which that was
supposed to be one. The railroads will
bear examination for there are several
that will not be helped out Of their
troubles by an increase of rates. Della
ware and Hudson is one Of them. It's
troubles are due to mismanagement for
which the present officers are not en-
tfrely to blame, IL at all. 1t takes severa
years for a deadly stroke at a gilt-edgeo
railroad to make its influence felt.
Texas Oil broke five points in ex-
pectation that the United States govern
ment would soon announce the price at
which fuel oil will be taken for the navy
during the war. This matter of the
government taking supplies at fair prices
Is too serious to be treated lightly, as
some alleged financial authorities are at
tempting to treat 1t. Copper. Steel and
Lead industries having already met the
governments wishes, it is only a matter
of routine for the others to fall in line.
The cut in oil prices will no doubt be
drastic.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE

New York, April lo-FIOUR-stronr sprins
patents. los6siaso: winter patents. 10 o0aioH; vim
ter straishta ssalo1s; Kansas strsishts c&alo so
PoRK-strons. Moss mo-; family. al.oazSoo;
short clear, 8.oMfioo =
LARD-Fim. Middle west naasm ode.
articles unchsnsed. -
o.is dispiassd rsi..i- .s..ai.ss son.r.a VIA
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET

New York, April ie.-Ths curb hsrket today We,
quiet and practically in tho hands of professinuab
who manifested little interest in the DAYS tradns
The explosion At Eddystone Pa, served TO halt
action one way o. the other. MAny brokers sAid
they were holding on for the government war sr
pfopriations and q lot q minor influences TENDED
70 tsGe the edge-oh the market.
Furni.hed BY w. W. Easterdsy, a
Co.. Inc.
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NEW YORK SUGAR,
New York. April lo.-Raw sugar hrmer. Centri-
fuazl, Seas.os; molasses sngar SLASH; refined
sugar HrmeT: fine Eranulated. 7.5oasB
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BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

Baltimore. Nd. April lo.-wheat closed unsettled
and nominal. No. Q red. spot and April, IN; No.
2 red Western, spot and April Isl.
Com closed hrmer Spot, L571i. nominal
Oats MARKET quiet Standard white, 7es7sk; No.
) white, 75a75H. -. -
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NEW YORK BOND MARKET.

New York. April lo.-From 30 p. m. to closing
Panama H. registered. 1O
United States registered 2s.................. s9l
American Foreign Securities 6................ o.,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20

The first fireworks Ire said to have
appeared at Florence in 1860.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-20
Uncle sam as Publisher.

The annual report Of the public
printer is more interesting than some
Of the other documents published at
Uncle Sam 5 print shop in Washington.
The expenditures Of the government
printing Office for the past year were
$6,2l4,tS2. Something like half mil
lion of this amount is chargeable to
other than direct appropriations. Pri-
waite orders placed by members of Com
grcsS amounted to SSl .SS5. Some idea
Of the vast range Of men and machin-
cry with attendant casualties, in the
national printing shop, is obtained
from the statement that 3,l97 medical
and surgical cases were treated in the
emergency hospital during the year
Approximately 100000 public docu-
ments were distributed during the year
as compared with 100000 in the
year previous. While the distribution
was largely free, cash receipts for gov
crnment pamphlets and reports amount
ed to $l95 ,507, or $4,000 more than IL
1918. Among the more popular publica
tions are the Horse Book, the demand
for which continues to require large
editions, and the year book of the ag
ricultural department, of which All 900
copies were distributed during the year
Forty thousand copies of the worth
less report of the industrial relations
commission were also issued.-Thoma,
f. Logan in Leslie S.