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Cotton.
New OrleaDs-Weekty reuort buuisr
on eastern half belt: points OUT dei5y
cold weather. but report favoTabla ~
western half; think contracts tnrned
loose by western crowd will be absorbed
by trade iRterests-Clark.
New Orleans-Ausntie markets again
lepoLi large SPOT trade; firm prices
American mills buying-Clark 10 Col
ter & Turner
Showery weather is tbe f,rsc,yt f.,
the eastern half Of tbs belt,
New Orleans-The rains i, Tsvo,
and bearish expectations conenynina
report at 10 O'Clock caused thu break :
Shepard a Gluck,
New York-Lverpool and trsd,
houses continue rood buyers. hut IN
severe break In prices OF Chicago com.
modltles brought in selling Orders from,
the West and also from Wall street IN.
terests. Journal Of Commerce report
On acreage ~ mat Alabama actually In
ciea{eS. while Mississippi and LouIsianp
show decreases, bat ! othing like The ID
per cent talked of recently. All rsnorIs
from dry goods centers re.nain hieb'y
encouraging.-Faton T. SneaarI x
Gluck. "
New Orflesns-Possihly some further
Temporary reaction symrathetic wul
reaction In grain, but Strong srot Sit.
e9tlon, increasing general demand. stilt
ADVANCE spot prices Acltntics: futures
50 much discount suggest advance
Clark to Cotter & Turnaf.
New York-Tone reacsionarv nm Inca,
sellitg and Wall street liuuidation fol-
lowing easiness Liverpool and lou or
stock r.a1ket.@jwath nay TO Foster,
New York Heavy nauidation Ly
Wall street and West, stocks ar on
Italian probable final break. --C,eyen-
burg to Cotter s. Turner.
New Orleans - official forecast
showers Louisiana and Arkansas; fair
Oklahoma and West Texas; partly
CLOUDY East Texas. This means that
longed,-shepard d Gluck.
New York-General liquidation and
o%yerbought condition.-Newman Bros. &
Worms,
New Orleans-Decline in wheat and
rain where needed causing LIQUIDATION.
LOOKS lower.-Fenner to G~ustafson.
New York-Market quieter; think NAV
rally some more now, but believe West
ern speculative interests lost confi-
dence and will take new factors to start
interest again.-Hubbard TO Reese.
New York-Weld house advising p,Ir-
chases. Market broke on Western
longs driven out by break IN corn yes
terday and Wan street to protect
SteeIi would wait Tor further break
Cleyenburg to COtter & Turner.
New Orleans-The weekly cron pa.
Gluck,
Grain.
Chicago-Mr. Barnes IN a speecb AT
st, Louis Merchants exchange saws.
.Ihat any trend OF too high prices for
corn and oats will be frowned upon nv
the food administration"
ChieagO-Samples of cargo Of ArFen-
tine corn on change full OF weeyil and
unsuitable for domestic use except for
Corn Products Co.
Chicago-Wagner says ~reportinq a
OF cash corn bought in Pontiac,
ILL.,, territory equal 8 cents below chi.
cage May a few days ago, sold to 20
70 western industry this morning at
May price.
Chicago-The May government crop
report on grain win be issued Thurs
day, May 8, at LIS p. M, Chicago time.
Chtcago-Decided Improvement in
cash demand for oats. One shipper re-
ports the sale of 20, 200 over night,
Chlcago-Canvass among shippers
shows that corn demand this morning
Is from q wide territory. No large
sales to any one particular buyer
Wagner.
Memphis receipts; Corn I, oats rs
hay~i7 cars,
Hog receipts! Chicago. IT, 600; Omaha,
$4,000; Kansas City 10000, Sioux City
$4,000, st. Joseph 5000, st, Louis $4,000.
Chicago-Receipts: Wheat, $4,000;
corn, 10000; oats, 1923, 900. Shipments:
Wheat. 6 $4,000; corn. SO, 600; oats, lie
900.
st, Louis+-Receipts. Wheat, $4,000;
corn, SO, 000y oats, 122, 900. Shipments:
Wheat, 70, 1000; corn, TO, 900; oats, "a, 900.
Chicago-Understand better cash In
curry developed for corn after the close
yesterday. One house reports the sale
to the east of $1,000 bushels.-Wagner
& Co"
New York-U. s. Steel earned its reg
ular dividend on the junior stock near
ly twice over in what will probably
prove the poorest three months this
year, and in the bargain set aside q
large amount for depreciation HENS
ley.
Chicago--A Paris dispatch states that
the relief administration, headed by
Mr., Hoover, proposes that the last of
the food ships under its control sail
from the United States before July l..
Harvest In Europe will then enable
Europe to so on for some months with
out assistance, Hoover says it's too
early to prophesy whether the indus
tries in Europe win enable a normal
purchase OF food next ycar.-Wagner
4 Co.