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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
corn MARKET LAGS
.AFTER GOOD START
Sentiment Bearish on Larger
Sales and Greater Tenders
$ From Argentina

Chicago, April Profit taking. in
Guiding free selling by Omaha interests.
sent the corn market off from the top
today after it had developed strength
following weakness early in the session.
Sentiment was bearish at first on larger
sales by the country and greater tend
7crs from Argentina. All commission
houses then had selling orders as did
local interests.
Later. heavy covering by shorts and
a switch by commission houses to the
buying side turned the market upward
distant deliveries going into new high
ground for the present movement, with
offerings tight.
Toward the close the tone was easier.
Although offerings from the country
were more liberal. farmers showed no
disposition to make concessions. The
weather was not favorable fof shipping
Oats also reacted after buying of a
substantial character, had brought about
frinness following easiness early, due to
scattered selling by commission houses.
The relative cheapness Of oats and a
decrease in the visible supply for the
week helped the bulls. Receipts were
lightA;l
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, April Spot cotton was
quiet today with prices firm on the basis
of an advance Of 81 points for middling,
old contract, at 16.S4d. The sales were
5000 bales. The receipts were GOOO
bales. including 300 bales American.
Futures were steady in the early deal
ings. Spot prices were: American. mid
ding fair, 19.1Sd: good middling,
1T.75d middling, 18.s4d; low mid
ding, 5.49d; good ordinary, 13.S4d I;
ordinary, 13.31d.
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Proposals
CALI. FOR BIDS FOR ,,,,
srFhHT uIorcEsTER .HIKasfMofTssiSa fHoTsiSa fis frissosEeL'
NORE0 VILLAGE. CENTER TOWNSHIP
-.ia NEW JERSEY. for ,o.,p
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOAkD,

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPOkAI,uN
seaitd nroposais will be received az me s,n- on
sn'ii ia fS noon. Mfp Appil TO- isia fer tSe con
structton of Street Pavements. Curbs, Gut-
ters. Storm Water 1nlets, street walks Walks
House walks and work incidental thereto
q, the Gloucester Housing Project. Norsg reg
United states Shipping Board, Emergency
Fleet Corporation. according TO drawinsss dinas
ensineer, and at that time and place the
On fnd after March % plans. specihf,s "a !.
tons. blank forms and all necessary IN.
formation may be obtained from the proJeci
engineer 428 Walnut ST., Philadelphia, ana
plans may also be seen at the held en-
gineer'e office on the project. .
The approximate cost Of the work 10 be
done la Si4O. 600 0O Each bid must be ac-
compenIed by a certified check drawn upon
national bank or trust con,pany IN the
amount of twenty-five hundred dollars
ts2500l. payable TO the United States ship
ping Board. Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Only experienced and responsible bidders
will be considered in awarding the contract,
and bidders may be required to submit evi
dence Of experience and financial ability sui
fcientHto warrant their undertaking the
work and carrying 1t on TO successful com,
pletion.. The owner does not obligate itself
TO accept the lowest or any bid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
LOCAL MEAT MARKET

The following report on the fresh meat
trade In Philadelphia Is furnished by the
local livestock and meat office of the Bureau
of Markets. United States Department of
Agrisglttpre puup pa,s,rt. ,,od.r.,s hail
common and medium grades market opening
duiet at steady prices, early trade light.
sTEERs..Reoeipts moderats, market
COWS-Receipts OF common and medium
erades normal. good cows light, market
steady at $50 to sea, demand limited.
VEAL-Receipts OF western dressed veal
liberal. local slaushtered lirnt. market
STEADY at Sl4 to S23. demand fair.
PORK-Receipts normal market strons
at $50 to $84, demand light.
I,AAiB-Receipts moderate, market strons
at Sa0 70 s84 demand fair,
MUTTON--Receipts light. market strone
at 500 to $40. demand good,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Foreian Metal Quotations

New York, April T,-Cable advices
received at the New York Metal Ex-
change this morning quoted prices on
copper in London as follows: Standard
spot f70, a gain of los, and futures
f79. an advance OF fl. Sales were rs
tons. Electrolytic copper: Spot f34,
los aud futures f83.
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START in WALL ST.
IS MOST GRATIFYING
.--------------- .
Business Opens With Rush and
Prices Advance Broadly.
News Encouraging
Stock sales today on the New York
exchange totaled 1,O5s. 300 shares. e..

New York. April THE New York
Evening Suns financial review this
afternoon is as follows:
Wall street had all sorts of good
things in the way of news developments
with which to start off the week in a
bullish flourish. and although some Of
them did not receive official contirna- :
ton there were enough left to create no
little cheer and optimism. Busiress in
the stock market opened with rush !,
and prices advanced broadly. The most
potent factor in this was undoubtedly
the report that the President had di-
rected that his steamship be gotten
ready for him at once.
Although this was denied at the
White House. activity about the
George Washington and the existence
of the report were sufficient to lead the
street to believe that there was some
thing to Mr.. Lloyd Georges statement
that peace might be signed by Easter.
London dispatches stated that the
premier would have an important an
nouncement to make this evening IT
this should prove to be true, 1t would
be the most constructive Influence i'm :
aginable, despite the near approach OF
the Victory Loan.
There was some talk that an extra
session of Congress might be called for
the first week Of May. There has been
no agreement as vet with respect to
steel prices, but there appeared to be
rather more hope that some adjustment
short Of throwing the. markets open
would be effected. While the principle
Of price revision by means OF free mar :
kets has general approval, it is believed
that such step now would be disas
trous to innumerable smaller compa :
MES, not only steel, but others, to which
the step would extend.
1t was pointed to as highly signifi
cant that at the moment when this
important question is pending the di-
rector general had to confer with the
labor brotherhoods on the proposition
of a revision in the wage scale. There
was thus the curious spectacle of the
railroad administration trying ito beat
down steel and iron prices and presum
ably coal prices as well when there was
prospect of further advance in
wages of railroad employees.
Naturally, this situation served Il
keen railroad shares in a state of sup
pression in striking contrast to tn,
movement in industrial stocks, all O
which were buoyant with gains oi
| soyoroJ ,o;pts Nortbarn Pacific whihl
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BUSINESS NOTES

A bureau of information has been ere
ated in New York by the Chilean gov
ernment to supply American commercial
and other interests with facts regarding
conditions in Chile. 1t is in charge of
Felix Nieto del Rio and Ernesto Mon
tenegfo.
Notsonly for immediate trade, but for
future; opportunities, the Dutch East
Indies; promises to be one of the most
attractive fields in Americas foreign
trade, Judging from the present trend.
There3is said to be plenty of money in
the Indies today. During the war high
!, rices; were obtained for the leading ex-
port products, such as sugar, coffee; tea
and spices, and now that trade restric-
tions are being lifted, they are stocking
up on, badly needed foreign manufac-
lures;
! X II America Is to take full advantage
of the position she has gained in the
dycstuff industry through Germany s
loss Of world markets she must i'm
prove+t quality of her goods, declares
Sidney Rich, who was formerly an
American consular oficia! in Germany.
The need for improvement, says Mr..
Rich, means that manufacturers in
this country must go deeper into re-
search, work and base their operations
on u scientific basis rather than solely
on quantity production,
4 -
Estimates Of steel products TO be
needediby railroads within the next
few months are being prepared by the
railroad administration in connection
with negotiation with the Department
of Commerce's Industrial Board over
standard steel prices. 1t was said today
that conference between Director
General Hines and George n. Peek,
chairman OF the Industrial Board, prob
ably would be held within day or two.
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New Delaware Corporations

Dover; DEL, April CHARTERS we're
filed here today as follows: Union
Machine Bent Corporation, authorized
capital $4,000. 600 to manufacture all
Kinds of tube and pipe csstinfs, dttinss.
efc. Kkffucky CArdinnr )iI Cosnnariv 4, ,
authorised capital ~ 100 100, ~ ac-
quire oil lands and deyeIap ssles,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
LOCAL LOANS DECREASE
Weekly Clearing House Statement
Shows Gain in Reserve

The average condition of members 3of
the Philadelphia Clearing House As-
sociation for the week preceding today
is shown in the weekly statement. with
comparisons as follows with the pre-
vious week
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reserve ssnks' Discount Rate.

Official discount rates at the twelve
Federal Reserve Banks were as follows /:
(The first column gives the rates for
all periods up to and including fifteen
day maturity to ninety days. The third
and fourth columns are the rates for
rediscounts of collateral loans secured
BY government bonds or notes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

New York, April THE coffee mar
ket was frmer this, morning, following
the setback of late last week, and omen
ing prices were three, to four points
higher on scattered covering aud buyins
by commission houses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
BAR SILVER

Commercial bar silver was quoted III
New York today at 1.0SH an ounce.
unchanged in London at 4S 13 -16d.
of I'D.
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LOCAL MINING STOCKS
ts nnNnna cy,pnrUn
GOLDFIELD STOCKS
oifcompanIss increase Capital

Dove, DEL, April 7.Notices of in
crcaseE i'm capital were filed here today
as follows; Great American Petroleum
{,ompsry. TULSA. Okla. from 4f,0Q0,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Firestone Tire and Rubber Compa nv
of IN per, cent on preferred pay
able April I.
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Lake Navioation Opens Next Wa,

Chicago. April Lake Navigation
will open early next week for tine niove-
ment Of grain to eastern lake ports.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
BANK CLEARINGS

Bank clearings today compared with cor
responding day last two years: TO-
1919 1918 igt7
phila $50 SOS O8o $b3. lin .s55 s53. .asb' 'ot0
boston. "a. aT6. 563 az. 7S8 18S 20, ,561, f3I
~ York i6S. 23d. O30 4I5.5na 759 3sJ,11l las
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Financial Briefs

The annual report of the New York
ended December 81 shows net income
after all charges, including 81 ,250, 900
for amortization, of $37S, ,35S, equtva.
lent to $3.50 share earned on the
200, 900 shares Of stock of no par value,
as compared with net income of $O63, :
a15, or $4.S1 in 1917
The New York subtreasury lost $493, =
600 to the banks on Saturday. reduc-
ing the cash net gain since Friday to
81, ,O07 900. -..
The stock list committee has today
admitted to the unlisted department Of
he Philadelphia exchange 81, ,707 ,275
additional capital stock of the Phila
delphia Electric Company. making the
total amount listed at this date SEQ, :
.717,275.
The Philadelphia Chapter of the
American Institute of Banking will hold
a meeting tomorrow evening Mt the Our :
tis auditorium. Colonel II. II. G. Kel :
ton, of the general staff in the War De-
partment, will address the meeting on
American Operations in France" /"
Nominations will be made for the board
of governors and delegates to the New
Orleans convention.
J.. William Hardt, cashier of the
Franklin National Bank, has returned
from a weeks visit to New Orleans,
where he attended the convention oi
the Reserve City Bankers Association.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

PHILADELPHIA-Call. 5& per
cent; time, 5a M8 per cent. CONNER
cial paper. three to six months. 5H a
51a per cent; six months, G per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

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Berger.

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reiie auriidaefebrt. @ir gratu!iren
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rem eemeinidaftliden 2ebenspege.
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denbeitatter, fpurbe mGbreno letter
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ger,,ien I'M bel ncri6iebenen 8egrdb.
niiien ieines gntes 5u palten.
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amtes Der 8ereinigten Staaten Der.
ipenoet per6en; ollie berartigen @e.
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aufiidt bes aongreiies unterporfen.
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benton?
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Den Staate auiammen unb geben ii.
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ion icin, Die in ben 8ereinigten Staa.
ten seboren lit. Die menigiterts 35
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ab2
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faiinns ansefiibrt peroen3
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idiebunsen nnb @cenaoieungen fir
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Gic beglaubigten ~Ibitimmlngsrel,il-
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Gin 8atedisua,s Der 8erfaiinns ber
8ercinigten Staaten.
Copyright By Sp. 8. 8eit, 1919
Sernlar,n NRo.

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faihane in geaug auf bic Madtbefus.
niIIe, Die Sen e~in5elnen Staaten &C.
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acnb Elm Staat Mbelstitel getpGbren.
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F.. j. koener,
s9mieo Il. @agtnma6tr
8ermanu, DO.

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rem Hreiien oeliefert.
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-slIle iiniere 2eier. tuel&e bic Sci.
tlrne nidt reeelmdbig erbalten, iinb
ecbeten. ,,r,s per Yoitfarte Su benadr
ridtiaen, oamit tpir abbiIfe i&affen
fonnen. sic ertpeiien uns bamit cine
0robe @efGlliefeit.
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lid ~bereiniat2

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ientontcnbaus Sen HrGiibenten burd]
gbitimmung, nobel sic Gertrct1,na
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rehtigt lit.
s. @arilm treten Die @abtnGnncr
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8%uiammen9
q. @eiI cs sic 8erfaiiuns 10 Dor
ihreibt.
s. 8eldes iino Die Sllalififationcr
fir Die YrGiibentidaft2
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Ebert Urges Readiness
10 Oppose Peace Treat,
Shall Haze TO Take Decisions
if 'MMied-Fist" Terms Are
Imposed, Says the President

BERLIN, May Friedrich Ebert
the German President, in statement
In the newspaper "Vorwarts," has re-
lterated his opposition to the peace
terms submitted by the Entente, de-
claring them unreconcilable with con-
science and reason and insisting that
they must be drastically and funda-
mentally corrected. Above all, prac-
tical negotiations were necessary, he
declared, and these would quickly re-
suit in the attainment of a worthy
peace, if a return were made to the
fourteen points.
AS long as one remnant Of hope re-
mains that reason will triumph con-
tinued President Ebert "wc will not
speak our last word, but should it
prove that this maled-fis peace is to
be imposed upon us, we shall have to
take our decisions.
"To-day l still hope that the attempt
Will not be made to extort from the
German nation an assent which would
be nothing but lie born of despera-
tlon. We must keep faith with
our countrymen who are threatened
with separation by foreign violence
and be ready to carry out the hardest
resolve"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
Allied Arn1y N0tabIes
Reach German Territory
Pershing, Bliss, Pefain, FocI,,
Benson, Lansing and Others
in Occupied area Today
New York. Trtbuns

Ne,U York. Tribune
Special Gable Service
Copyright 1919. New York Tribune Incl
COBLENz, Germany. May Id (via
London) ).-Occupied Germany todav
discovered that it had Corner" in
allied military notables. Uncle Sans
two highest army officers, Generals
Pershng and Bliss, appeared in the
American areas simultaneously to-day.
Marshal Petain is now soiourninr
with General Mangin, the French com
mander, in the occupied territory
around Mayence. To-day Marshal Foch
will visit the American area as the
guest of Lieutenant General Liggett.
and probably will confer with General
Pershing.
Both General Pcrshing and General
Bliss have been guests of Major Cen
erals Sommerall and Hines, command
ing the 5th and Sd Corps respectively
Both of the generals have visited Co.
blenz and made informal inspections.
General Pershing is scheduled to ar
rive in the United States in August.
Admiral Benson is said to be some
where in the American area. When
asked why SO many notables are on the
Rhine just now, the American head
quarters here was unable to respond.
Officials suggested that perhaps the
New-York tribune., 1919-05-16
German EnvOys
Can Not Sign,
Says Rantzau
Continued from page 1

millions of people, "who would be
No relief work, however large its
scale or however long in duration
could prevent wholesale loss of life
the note says.
"The peace terms" the note con.
tinues, "would demand of Germany sew
eral times as many victims as did the
war There have been nearly a million
victims Of the blockade"
Count Won Brockdorff Rantzau con-
cludes that he considers it his
duty, before presenting further de-
tails, to bring these general remarks
to the knowledge of the Allied and as
sociated delegates and promises to fur
nish statistical evidences, if required
Another note of considerable length
deals with the proposed territorial
changes. 1t does not deny that the
principle Of self-determination can be
asserted for several of the changes
such as concern Poland and Schleswig,
but does not concede that the terri
tories populated by Germans "can be
bartered Like pawns as security for the
financial or economic demands Of Ger
manys enemies"
In this connection the note protests
strongly regarding the Saar Valley and
declares it is vain to object that the
proposed occupation will be tenn
porary, because, it is declared, if Ger
many is not in posotion to repurchase Sc
the mines with gold at the end of
fifteen years, the region is destined
finally to go to France, even if the
population "pronounces unanimously
in favor of Germany'