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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
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TOR a few moments, then turned on
him with restrained impatience:
"Listen to me, now! L don't know
who you are. If you're employed by
any government you are no.
vice.
Il am an artist" he said.
"Or a consummate artist" she
admitted, looking at him uncertain
COR an artist
You have an excellent opinion of
yourself"
mo. I'm telling you the truth. Ny
name is Neeland-james Neeland. 1
draw little pictures for a living-nice
little pictures for newspapers and
magazines"
His frankness evidently perplexed
IF that is So" she said, what
interests you in the papers you took
from me?"
lady. I'm not interested in them.
But friends of mine are
"Who?"
He merely laughed at her.
"Are YOU an agent for any SOW
eminent"
mot that I know of"
She said very quietly:
you make terrible mistake to
involve yourself in this affair. If
you are not paid to do tiff you
are not interested from patriotic
mot1ves-you had better keep aloof."
in it-whatever it may. mean. Why
not tell me, Scheherazade?"
His humorous badinage seemed
only to make her more serious.
"Mr. Neeland," she said quietly,
eff you really are what you say you
thing that you have done tonight
"Don't say thati Don't consider it
so tragically. I'm enjoying it all i'm
mensely."
DO you consider it comedy when
a woman tries to kill you?"
gentle lady"
"Your sense of humor seems
trif1e perverted. am more serious
than 1 ever was in my life. And tell
you very solemnly that you'll be
dG p # you tFy fH take hG lad
hand lightly on his arm-"Why
American? This matter is no con-
Germ of yours"
What matter?"
"The matter concerning those pa
pers I tell you it does not concern
you; it is none of your business. Let
me be frank with you: the papers
are of importance to a foreign gov
ernment-to the German government.
ana III no way w tiCy Ill Co ICH
your people or your countrys wei.
fare. Why, then, do you interfere
Why do you use violence toward an
agent CT a foreign and friendly
government"
"Why does a foreign and friendly
government employ spies in friend
~ country"
"All governments do
as that so?"
1T is. America swarms with Brit
ish and French agents"
How do you know"
It's my business to know, Mr..
Neeland."
"Then that is your profession
You really are a spy"
Eyes"
"And you pursue this. ennobling
profession with an enthusiasm which
does not stop short Of murder"
81 had no choice"
Hadn't you? Your business
seems to be rather a, deadly one,
doesn't it, Scheherazade?"
Eyes, it might become so. -. .
Mr.. Neeland, have no personal feel
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
BY RICHARD SPILLANE

Two developments that mark
revolutionary change in Great Brit
this side Of the Atlantic, although
they may find reflection here ir
time. One of them is in the matter
of coal. Most of the great coal beds
of Britain are owned by ducal OF
other old families who got large
grants of land centuries ago because
some soldier or courtier or possibly
female among the ancestors of tFt
present owners won the favor of {
king.
In the recent coal inquiry the
commission called upon the dukes
the lords and others in whom it'll
to the coal lands rests to bring fortl
the original grants and submit then
to scrutiny.
Some of the titled land owners
work the mines but the vast ma,
jority lease the privilege of oper,
ating them to individuals or com
panies and receive a certain sun
the properties.
LANDOWNERS RIGHTS
TO RECEIVE TOLL.
Various of the land owners have
been asked their views as to theii
moral right to receive toll from the
people of today and the right OF
Their descendants in future gener
ations to exact tribute from peopf
now unborn for what is in the eartI
and what is necessary for the ma.
ton. Some of the answers havc
been blunt declarations that the land
belonged to the king at the time c;
the grants and the nation must pro.
tect the rights vested in the present
owners by the royal gifts. Otherwise
they declare, the whole structure
of property ownership would be i'm.
perlled. Others have made it plair
that they consider the questions OF
the commissioners impairment. \
very few have acknowledged thai
there should be limit to grants ir
perpetuity'' to what is buried in the
earth and what is a necessity to g
nations life.
The coal commission report will
recommend naturalization of the
coal lands Of the empire. The pres
ert owners will receive from the
government a certain award in con-
sideration OF their surrender of their
mineral rights. What the award will
be remains to be seen. Surely it
will not be anything like what The
dukes and ords desire or demand
but their protests are net likely to
of conditions under which coal min
.ers lived shocked The public ard the
ideas CT the British people in regard
to vested rights" have changed rad
ically on account of the war. One
of the foul things brought out in the
period for every advance in the wage
of the miner or every increase in
cost CT mining or for every swell
ing of the income tax rate the mine
owners added enough to the charge
for the privilege CT taking Goa! out
of the earth to net them more than
they received before the -var. In
fact. they penalized the nations for
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
These Are Sad Days for Dukes in England and
For Coal 'Barons" in the Old United States

its urgent coal needs in the time OF
national peril and fattened on the
war as they never did before.
Naturalization Of coal is accepted
rs certain.
Now comes another phase of the
mineral question.
INCLUDES OIL
MONCPCLISTS. TOO.
The extraordinary rise in coal
costs has led the British to SEX oil
operations conducted by Lord Cow
dray. the government advanced S.
100000. When his lordshir struck
oil in Derhyshire the whole empire
reioiced. The first reports were of
an ex,;ellet flow Of petroleum and a
velopment, Since then little has
the strike" There's u reason: 1t
is this: While Lord Cowdray's con,
fidence in finding oil streams or ar
Gil stream in the British Isles has
been justified nothing so far wal
rants the belief that the "strike" is
pointing.
One 200, oC0-gallon tank is to be
built near the walls brought in
How long it will take to fill that
tank remains to be seen. His lord
ship is drilling in other parts OF
with success. 1t is to be hoped he
will for Otherwise Great Britain will
have a frightful handicap in regar'
% fuel
1TrNERAL RIGHTS
% BACK TO PEOPLE
Immediately upon the news of the
oil strike" a demand was made upon
the government for a statement as
20 whether the owners of the lands
on which wells were brought in
would have vested rights in the oil
The answer was that the arrang =
ments made with the land owners on
whose properties wells were sunk
was that they would be compensated.
There has been no official definition
Of what compensation means in thi:
case but unofficially 1t is announced
that a certain award will be made
and thereafter the lands in question
and the mineral wealth below tho
surface revert to the nation.
If Great Britain goes to the ma .
tionalization Of mineralized land
there undoubtedly will be move
in the same direction in this co1ln
try. In Oklahoma Indians who never
turned a hand toward bringing OF,
out of the earth are receiving man!
millions of dollars a year royalty
wealth buried under the earth tt
the surface of the earth. 1t is SC
in regard to whites who own lands
in California, Indiana. Texas, Ohio
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Wyoming
and elsewhere on which coal or oil
has been discovered.
The world is undergoing a rev
olution IN sentiment. Vested rights
so far as copper, iron, coal oil anG
other elements buried in the earth
are not viewed as they used to be
Such natural wealth is likely to be
nationa LIKED in every country if
Great Britain leads the way.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
Failures DURING Week

Commercial failures this week in the
United States as reported by r. G. Dun &
Co.. are 1913 against ITO last week, 90 the
preceding week, and 212 the corresponding
week last year. Failures in Canada number
Is. against Q last week. 10 the preceding
week, and last year. OF failures this week
in the United States, 81 were in the east
% south n west, and 16 in the Pacific
states, and 81 reported liabilities of $4,000
or more, against Al last week.
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per ton is allowed at interior factory
points where delivery is made at the ware
house. For f. o. b. Richmond and Alex
andria prices add 70 cents per ton to 1ort
prices. For f. o. b. Lynchburg, Buena
Vista and Petersburg prices add $3.50 per
ton to the port prices named
Where deliveries are made in less than
carload lots the difference in freight is also
10 be added. In cases where farmers buy
in less thar Bottom lots and buy through
dealers the dealers price for handling ths
goods CASUALLY 50 per ton) is to be added
Thes eprices include 3 per cent discount
if paid in cash on December 1, and usually
an additional IL per cent is granted for
each full month when cash settlement IS
mnde before that da to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
Wheat and Corn Exports

Wheat, including flour exports from the
United States and Canada, week ending June
%, reported to Bradstreet's. aggregate o.
$4,000 bushels, against TO- PCT .05G bushels
last week and 4.0S7S14 bushels this week
last year. For the fifty-two weeks ending
June 2G, United States and Canadaiou ex-
ports are 400, 410.07S bushels. against 230.-
224,SS2 bushels from fhe United States only
in that period last year. Corn exports for
the week are ll1.200 bushels. against l0G-
900 bushels last week and 19711O bushels
in 1918. For the fifty 1.-TWO weeks ending
June 26 corn exports are iJ.201 .439 bushels.
inst 40 Sol 100 Lashels Inst Enar.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS

S. NJ. Weld & Co.: We think there are
distinct possibilities of much higher prices
this summer, but for the time being would
not buy until the technical position is i'm
proved or unless there is a severe decline.
George F. Jones & Son: We think the
long side offers greater possibilities and
would buy a good break.
Hirsch. Lilenthal & Co.: We believe the
market will rally before the report and pos
sby go considerably higher.
Rothschilds Co.. Cotton is an Investment
a present prices and will advance upon its
own merits without speculation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
GRAIN

CHICAGO, June 3O.-Decide upturns In
the price of corn resulted today from scarci.
ty of offerings. Opening prices, which
ranged from &c off to 1c advance, with
September $1.75 to $1.751a and December
1881 to $1.53%, were followed by
sharp general ascent to we'll above Satur-
days finish.
The close was unsettled Ac to 1Ac net
higher.
[t!eGularity and dizziness characterized
provisions.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
rue following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Omen uiYn. Low. Close. Close.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
SPOT COTTON MARKET

SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta steady, 34.50c.
Ne wYork quiet, $4,000.
New Orleans, steady, SIC.
Philadelphia. steady, 35.15c.
Galveston, steady. "a .40c.
Montgomery, steady, 80. soc.
Boston, steady, $4,000.
Mobile. steady. 80. S5c.
Savannah. steady, 5000.
st. Louis, steady, 33c.
Houston, steady. So. soc.
Norfolk, steady, SOC.
Memphis. steady 3o.75c.
Dallas, steady, 34c.
Augusta, steady, 80. Gee.
Little Rock, steady. 32.50c.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIP1G
ATLANTA CoTToNSEED PRODUCTS
MARKET

Atlanta Commercial Exchange quota tons;
Crude oil, prime basis ............... %. 80
Cottonseed meal, per cent ammonia Go. 90
Cottonseed meal, I per cent, Georgia
common rate point ............... G5. 90
Cottonseed bulls, loose .............. 10. so
Cottonseed hulls, sacke ......... Is 80
Lintt rs-No. 1, Sac No. =, &c; No 3, &c.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
Atlanta Live Stock
corrected by W. Ii. White, Jr., Pre-
dent of the White Provision Co. u.
s. Food Administration License No.

corrected by w. IL. White, Jr., PreSl
dent of the White Provision Co. u
s. Food Administration License No.
G-21.371.
Good to choice steers s50@1.0oo pounds
$lO.O0@11.0O.
Good steers, 7j00S50 pounds. $1,000
$1,000
Medium to good steers. 65o@75o pounds
SS.5O@9.5O.
Medium to choice beef cows 750@S,5o
pounds. SS.00MS. $50.
Medium to good cows, G5o@75o pounds
s7.O0@7.50.
Good to choice heifers, 55o@75o pounds.
S7.50@800.
The above represents ruling prices for
good, quality fed cattle. Inferior grades
dairy types and range cattle quoted be
tow
Medium to good steers. 7Oo@So0 pounds,
SS.00GQ9.00.
Medium to good cows 6oO@1oo pounds.
$700@7.50.
Mixed common cows. s5.ooQ6.5o,
Good fat oxen, $7.50@SOO.
Good butcher bulls, $6.50@S.50.
Choice veal calves, S6.500S.0O.
Yearlings, S6.00@G.50.
Prime hogs. l65@2a5 pounds $4,000
1880.
Heavy pigs ,1oO@1ao pounds. s15.5O@
1000.
Light pigs, so@1oo pounds, s1a5ot
S14.00.
The above applies to good quality mixed
fed hogs.
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
EAST ST. LOUIS, June 3.-Cattle-Re
ceipts, 50, including 200 Texans; market
slow. Native beef steers, $10.2O015.50;
yearling steers and heifers, 81 .00M 10 so;
cows, Sc. 5@12.5O; stockers an feeders,
81 .O@12. 80; calves, S11 5O@16.T5; Texas
$500.
Hogs-Receipts, 1G,5OO; market 35@5oc
lower Butchers, 500 75@ p 80; good and
heavy SD GOA y 80; rough, ST. .0OM 20 OO;
light 500 9OM u 60; pigs, SIG 00M20. %;
sheep-Receipts, NJ 5;oo0; mar, market lO Esdi
l6. so; Gamers and choppers. IS O0@6.O0.
CHICAGO, June 30.-Hogs, receipts, &c.
900; active, about 15c lower than Saturday;
bulk. $40. COUPLES medium weight, $2O.50QI
II 40; pgs. S17.5OM1S.75.
Cattle: Recepts, $50, 900; slow; beef steers,
medium and heavy weight, medium and good,
$l2.50M14 veal calves, S12. 1J01S.5O;
stocker steers. $S.0OGl12.0O.
Sheep: Receipts. 1000; unsettled; lambs,
choce. $6.50GtS.15.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 3O.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 1900; slow; 25c lower.
Hogs-Receipts, 200; &c lower: 165
pounds up, pic; 12O to 165 pounds. zoe:
pigs, SIS so; throwoutS, 19c down.
Sheep-Receipts. $500; steady. Quota
tons unchanged; quality fair. Lambs lie;
sheep 81 20
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01

NEW ORLEANS, June 3O.-The weather
in the belt resulted in fairly large buying
around the opening of the cotton marke'
ing by longs met the improvement and a
quick slump carried the active months off
until all the rise was lost and prices were
sent 80 to 80 points under Saturdays close
At the end of the first half hour of bust
ness the tone was steady and the market
was back again at net advance OF 10
points on the most active months.
A dull but very steady market developed
with enough demand to widen materially the
advance on the new crop months At
O'Clock prices were at net gains OF y to 90
points. 49,.
Private bureau reports of the day on con-
dition one OF which was only 6S.2 increased
the demand. Toward noon prces We're Is to
80 points up net on the active months
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices IN the
exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling,. 33c, steady.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
ATLANTA SPOT CoTTO
NEW ORLEANS SPOT CoTTo

NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. Sune 30.-Spot cotton
steady and unchanged; sales on the spot,
27.75; midding, SO 60; good middlng, 1900:
recenpts, 1879; stock. 406,016.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Tone. irregular; sales 5000; good mid
ding. 81 24d,
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Tnnes-EP icayune Makes
Cotton Condition 68.2

NEW ORLEANS, June 30.--The reports
from TIE Times Picayune's correspondents
in all parts of the cotton belt bearing aver
age date of June 81 indicate practically no
change in the total acreage planted from
that given a month ago. While considerable
acreage has been ploughed IN abandoned,
or abandonment is contemplated. no allow
ance for such abandonment is made in the
estimate at this time.
A careful compilation of correspondents
reports indicates condition acreage of 692
ncr cent of normal compared with the gov
eminent average of 1916 a month ago, S5.S
year ago and ten-year average of SOB.
The crop has apparently deteriorated IA
points during the interval between May %
ana June %. Usually in June the condition
Of the crop improves. the exception this
year being due to constant rains preventing
the working of the crop and lower tempera-
lures than normal The setback to the
crop has been added to by the wide preva-
.ence and activity of boil weevils and the
almost universal condition of grassy fields,
which the scarcity, indifference and high
cost of labor has made it difficult to cope
with.
The final acreage shows but little change
from the acreage indicated a month ago,
she average decrease being about 1913 per
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SHEPARD & GLnoK COTTON LETTER

SHEPARD & GLUCK COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, June 30.-Wet weather
in the belt and anticipations of bullisb bu-
reau reports tomorrow were sustaining in
fluences in cotton today but much realizing
came from the long side and held values
down. The action of the market tomorrow
will, IF course, depend upon what the gov
eminent issues at 10 o'clock, New Orleans
time, in the way of condition, acreage and
indfca ted WELD Sta fishes
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS

CHICAGO. June 3O.-Corn, No. yellow,
81. 791a al so; No. yellow, s1.T@1.7s
nc. 5 yellow. 81. 1901 IA.
Oats, No. white. 6S@69Ac.
Rye, No. ., S1.41h.
Barley, 81 .14@1 81.
Timothy, $0.00@12.00.
Glover, nominal
Pork, nominal
Lard, $34 90.
Ribs, ST. .O0@27.75.
ST. LOUISA UAsI- QUOTATIONS
ST LOUIS, June 30-Corn, No. : wh1tes
$1.SS6l1. 50.
Nnts No 70. No & white. 71M11A.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
SUGAR MARKET

NEW YORK. June 3O.--Raw sugar steady;
CENTRIFUGAL, FPS: refined steady; cut loaf
1880; crushed. 1925; mould A, go; cubes,
?!75; XXXX powdered. go; standard pow
dorcd, 915 fine granulated and diamond,
a, 900: confcctioners A, $50; No. l soft
sugar, $50.
JNo. F. CLARK & CO.'S COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, June 30.-I.iverpool
showed the full decline due and eased fur
Their during the last hour: Spot prices 25
lower; sales. 5000. This suggests that
the strike situation has not been entirely
remove yet. Weather conditions over Sun
day were mixed. However, rains occurred
only in localities and were confined yes
terday mostly to coast regions. The Caro-
linas have unusually low temperatures.
which, of course, is unfavOrable.
The market opened about unchanged, rail-
lie 20 points on buying on weather, the
Times-Picayune report and for fullsh bu-
reau report tomorrow. hut 1t broke sharply
80 points on liquidation. However, the
bnllish features above mentioned and the
fact that there has been. goo deal of IL
quotation since Thursday, and that the bu-
reau report tomorrow is liable to suggest
another small crop devcloped stronger buy
ing on the break and rallied prices again
IN OppIiiro 2pllrpS
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TOTAL VISIBLE SUPPL

TOTAL VISIBLE SUPPLY
Wheat, S,G81 900 versus, 1870 last
week, and $4,000 last year.
Corn, 4,O3S,O 900 versus 4,366,OOO last week.
and 11.457 900 last year.
Oats 1S004,O0O versus l5,635,0OO last
week and 10 227, 900 last year.
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COTTON

NEW YORK, June 30.-A less favorable
wea Their map than expected and very :oW
private condition report caused an opening
advance of to "a points in the cotton
market today. October sold at $500 ano
December at 1885 after the call, or 10 to IL
points above Saturdays closing, but the
disposition to lake profits was increased
by the eastern belt forecast for generally
fair weather and the market soon weak
ened, October sold off to $685. and Decem-
Der to 80. 95, OF "a to % points net lower.
New Orleans authority makes the con-
dition of the crop 49,. compared with
74.3 last ninth. IL
There was trade buying on the early de-
cline and the market firmed up later in the
morning with October selling up to 1868 and
December to $780, or about 80 points above
saturdays closing figures. Crop news from
the south continued publish and the average
of so estimated by members of the exchange
pointed to a condition of only 69.2.
The market showed renewed firmness dur
ing the early afternoon on covering by carry
sellers who were evidently disappointed that
liquidation for over the government report
had not bee nmore active. October sold at
80 II with active months showing net ao-
vances Of 81 to 10 points around CLOCK
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices on the
exchange today.
Tone, steady; middling, $4,000, quiet:
V,
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