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Evening star., 1919-04-06
RETAILERS ASK FOR CUT
TN PRICE OF CLOTHING
Reports Show Decline in Demand
for Shoddy and Cotton
Mixed Fabrics.

BALTIMORE, April 5-Manufac-
furers Of mems clothing report that
they are being called upon by the
retailers for a good suit to retail at
Szo and a good suit to retail at SIS.
Shoddy and cotton mixed fabrics for
mems clothing have declined mate
rally in some quarters. it is said, and
that even a further decline is looked
fer is shown by the policy initiated
by some mills of guaranteeing the al
ready low prices against a further
decline.
Retailers are insisting that they
must have fine worsted suits to show
at lower prices than the war figures,
and the manufacturers are stirring
themselves to supply such goods. This
il even more markedly true of wom-
ems clothing for spring. Last sea-
son an attractive tailored suit under
$50 was hard to find This season
however. retailers planned to give q
very attractive staple suit at S35, and
y number of chic styles are now seen
priced between that and $40.
As in swoolens. SO in cotton goods.
the downward tendency of the market
has been marked Print cloths, which
last year at this time were selling at
wholesale for 18A to 10A cents a
yard, now bring 6A to 7A cents.
Gray goods, which were selling for
13sl to II cents a yard. now can be
obtained for Sh to IA cents. Brown
sheetings have dropped from II to 21
cents wholesale to 13 to 17h cents.
Tickings are 3H cents a yard cheaper.
Denirns cost "a cents less. Standard
singhams are 1 cent a yard less, while
dress ginghams have declined cents
a yard.
The strongest merchants of the
country, it is said. have gotten be-
hind the movement to pass lower
prices on to the consumer. JobberS
and retailers here as well as all over
the country have been buying from
hand to mouth for some time and
they are nov endeavoring to apply in
the dry goods trade the first principle
OF merchandising in a period of re-
adjustment
Evening star., 1919-04-06
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK April 5.-A more favor
able opinion of prospects for an early
conclusion of peace seemed respons-
ible for a broadening of both trade
ard speculative demand in the cotton
market today and sharp advance
in prices. New style May contracts
sold up to $3.50 and October to 22.15
or 60 to IS points net higher, and the
close was steady at a net advance of
55 to T9 points on new style months
Old style deliveries were quiet and
very irregular owing to the narrow
ness of the market with the close net
twenty points lower to 100 points
higher. the old style May being
relatively easy.
The market seemed to be somewhat
uncertain at the start. Reactionary
sentiment was encouraged by a more
favorable weather map and bearish
week end statistics. but the opening
was steady at an advance of 10 TO II
points on the old and unchanged to
nine points higher on the new con-
tracts. Prices eaSed off slightly right
after the call under realizing for over
the week end, and scattered selling,
but as soon as these early offerings
mad been absorbed the market showed
sncreAsing activity and strength on
the reports from Paris that the peace
treaty might be completed by next
"Wednesday
Prominent southern spot interests
were credited with buying freely on
the advance, while there was also
considerable buying, believed to be
for min account, which sent the new
style positions into new high ground
fer the movement. with May and July
both making new high records. The
close was only a few points off from
tho best under realizing.
Private cables received from Liver
Dool said there had been heavy trade
calling there yesterday and that the
business in goods at Manchester had
been more active than at any time
previously since the signing of the
armistice. Reports from the domestic
trade indicated material Improvement
in the demand for goods. but a further r
iocrease in mill consumption.
4 prominent southwestern arm
estimates the reduction in acreage at
Ao.6 Der cent
Evening star., 1919-04-06
NEW YORK, April 5.-Today's bank
statement shows actual conditions as

NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.
NEW YORK. April 5.-Today's bank
statement shows actual conditions as
follows:
Loans. discounts. etc. $4,777,sS7, 900:
decrease. $39, ,451 200.
Cash in own vaults. members reserve
banks. $94 .225. 900: decrease. $2.043,000.
Reserve in federal bank of member
banks, $3.50. .040. 900; increase $31 1887 900
Reserve in own vaults. state banks
and trust companies. $12,O13,O00; In
crease, $4,000.
Reserve in dspositaries; state ss, eoo! banks
crease. S1.sss. 900.
'Net demand deposits. 5000. 72e. 900;
increase. $50, asa 900.
Net time @ deposits. s15s,oss,ooo; in
Circulation. sss.25e.ooo: increase, $751;
600
.United States deposits deducted.
$172, S45. 900.
Aggregate reserve. $5s3.574.ooo.
Excess reserve. $50,s52,59o; increase,
Summary Of state banks and trust
companies in Greater New York not in
cluded in clearing house statement:
Loans, discounts, ETC.. $7S7.570, 800;
decrease, 50. .992. 700
Gold. $3.50. 900: decrease. $15s.10o.
Currency and bank notes, 316,459. 900;
decrease, 31,1S1.000.
Deposits with federal reserve bank.
New York, $S3, 1876 200; increase. Sc. 723.-
Total deposits. ss1s. s.sss. 800; decrease,
1882, 400.
Banks, cash in vault, $1S.425, 200.
Trust companies, cash in vault, $69,-
359. 800.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
A lot of profit taking at the close.
Quite naturaL-Morse.

A lot of profit taking at the close.
Quite natural-Morse.
Just as soon as the treaty of peace
has become an assurance activity in
all lines of domestic work and Euro
pean construction will begin, as
Europe must come to US for the cop
per metal. Stick to the buying. and
the coppers and peace industrisis.
The uprush in Southern Pacific was
due to the report that the oil land
decision favorable to the road will
be handed down shortly. The buying
is due to the fact that stock has no
right to sell at the recent low level,
and is entitled, same as other rail-
road issues, to be marked up.-Whit-
ney.
The market generally displays ex-
ceptional stability, and there is little
doubt but that people Of affairs are
steadily accommodating the more sub
stantial issues in advance of develop
ments, both foreign and domestic,
that are expected to tend much en-
couragement to constructive endeav-
ors in general trade.-Logan & Bryan.
The news in the mornings cables
that the Presidents sickness is mere
ly bad cold is reassuring, and the
forecast made by a high British gov
SEHM0Ht duCAOTlly tHdt tue pedCS
treaties will be concluded by next
Wednesday for signatures shortly
thereafter will undoubtedly do much
to allay the apprehensions which had
been expressed in certain quarters
early yesterday. Therefore, unless
should develop to cause fresh selling
over Sunday the general list should
work higher-Moler.
When consumers refuse to buy be-
cause prices are too high and manu-
facturers cannot produce at a lower
selling price except at loss due to
to the high price Of labor, what is
going to happen?
This seems to be the situation in
some authorities the managements
were too liberal in advancing the
pay roll.
We think the law of supply and
demand will govern ultimately in
wages as well as elsewhere.
attention to the point that in pre-
vious periods of depression there has
been an abundance Of manufactured
goods on hand. large surpluses. and
this has worked against rapid absorp-
tion of idle labor and return to nor
raw materials but not of finished
goods-and merchants. with their
shelves bare Of goods, are still buying
from hand to mouth. This would seem
to hold promise of a quick recovery
and soon as the peace conference can
be got rid of.-New York Financial
News Bureau.
The stock market hinges on the
terms of the liberty loan. Mr.. Glass
has chance to start a long period of
prosperity; the terms he is said to
have in mind will not do it.
The public wants to buy rails that
have half a chance" Friday after
Moons market was fair illustration.
Assure the country fair treatment
of railroads, that is of a reasonable
Evening star., 1919-04-06
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, April 5.-There
is fairly good demand for desirable
fat cattle Of all descriptions at Light
street wharf and the market is firm
under light receipts. Quotations to-
day range as follows:
Cafves-Choice, by express. 17a17 ";
do. by boat. 17a17h; do, light. ordi-
nary. 16: rough and heavy, per head,
Sheep-No. /. sa1o: do, old bucks.
as to quality, 7as; dos common: 5as:
spring lambs, poor to fair, 1sa1s.
Hogs-Straight, per pound, 17a1S:
do, sows, as to quality. per pound,
pigs. per pound. 17a1a; shoats. per
pound, 15a17.
Beef cattle-First quality. per
pound, 11a12; medium. per. pound. sa
8; thin steers and cows. per pound
5as: oxen, as to quality. per pound,
Gas; milk cows. choice to fancy, per
head. so;ooaso.oo; common to fair
CHICAGO. April (U. S. bureau of
markets). - Hogs = Receipts. 5000;
market uneaven. 10 to 20 higher than
weight, 2o25a2o.a5: medium weight,
2o-10a2o.so: light weight, 1s.75.a29so;
light lights. 1s.4oa20.1o; sows. 1S.o0a
1875; pigs, 17.50a18.75.
cattle-Receipts, 100; compared
beef steers, steady; in better grades,
mostly so lower; choice cows and
heifers, steady: cannsrs and cutters
and medium grade shs-stock, rs to so
higher; best butcher bulls, SOC
higher; medium grades and bologna.
steady; calves Is to SO higher: fieshy
feeders, steady; others and desirable
stockers, IS to 40 higher.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000; compared
with a week ago, fat wollen sheep
and lambs. 25 to SO higher; shorn
lambs steady to SO lower; light, thin
feeding lambs. mostly rs to so lower;
fieshy feeding and shearing lambs,
steady to higher.
NEW YORK. April 5-Beeves-Re-
ceipts, s25. no trading.
Calves-Receipts, $50; lower; veals.
1850a19.50; oulls. 12.00a13.00. Sheep
and lambs-Receipts. 1860; regular: !:
unshorn lambs. 1s.50a19.00. Sheep
normal Hogs-Receipts. 1850; firm
at 19.25a20.25 roughs. 1915.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 5.-The market
for coffee futures showed 2 reac-
tionary tendency today. The demand
for near months, which had been a
factor on the advance Of yesterday,
was less in evidence and prices eased
under scattered realizing or liquida-
tion, although there seemed to be no
change Of Importance in the news
from Brazil and there was some
scattered buying on the more op-
timistic view of peace prospects. The
only sale reported in July was at
1880 or even with last nights closing
price, but that delivery closed at 1880
bid, while December sold OF t. 14.o5
or ten points net lower. The market
opened seven to eleven points lower
and closed at a net decline Of three
to ten points. Closing bids: May,
1850; July, 1880; September, 14.43;
October, 14.33: December, 14.10; jan
uary. 14.10: March, 14.15.
Spot coffee. quiet; Rio 7s, 16h;
Santos As, 81. Very few cost and
freight offers were reported in Brazil
Rio offers were a shade higher and
Santos about unchanged.
The Official cables reported an un-
changed market at Rio. Santos spots
were 100 reis higher and futures un-
changed to IS reis lower. Brazilian
port receipts. $4,000 bags; Jundiahy
receipts. 5000 bags.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
MARYLAND TOBACCO MARKET.
Receipts, Leaf, 225 Hogsheads;
Week End Sales, 4O7 Hogsheads.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 5.-With re-
ceipts of 22S hogsheads of Maryland
leaf tobacco, with week end sales
Of 4o7 hogsheads. the tobacco mar
ket ruled firm. with the following
prices: Inferior and frosted, 1O.00a
160O; sound common. 16.00a22'o0;
good common, 23.O0a26.G0; medium.
q. .00a32. 90; good to fine red, 3S.00a
1000: fancy old, 400; seconds. COM
mon to medium, 15.00a23.00; seconds,
good to fine, 25.O0a32.00: ground
leaves, 5.00a20.00: bay tobacco, fire
cured, 20.00a45.0O; upper country. air
cured. 90. o.00a4400; unsound and bad
ly mixed packages, from to 3 cents
per pound, lower.
stock in warehouses: MARYLAND.
heads, making q total of 20.797
hogsheads Ground leaves. to date
2,015 hogsheads.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
FOB 1919 TOMATO CROP.
Farmers Estimate 10 Cents q Bas'
ket-Sugar Corn Same.

BALTIMORE. April 5.-During the
week meetings were held by the To-
mato Growers Associations Of Anne
Arundel and Queen Anne counties
the former at Annapolis and the other
at Centreville. at which the conclu-
sion was reached that tomatoes could
not be produced this year for less
than 325 a ton or 40 cents basket
to the packers. and at the centreville
the same price was set for sugar
corn.
The farmers through Anne Arundel
have not yet made any contracts for
the 1919 crop. Usually such action is
taken in February OF March. and un-
less immediate business arrange
ments are made the acreage will be
greatly diminished. Every phase of
the situation was discussed by the
growers The matter of production
costs was gone into thoroughly and
it was shown that production at the
pre-war prices of $12 to SIS ton
was more profitable than the proposed
price Of SIS.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Changes to Food Products Concern

TRENTON. N. j., April 5.-The Dis
tillers' Securities Corporation, with a
capitalization of $3e.s63,so0, flied a
certificate with the secretary of state
here today amending its certificate of
Incorporation SO as to change its
name to the United States Food Prod
ucts Corporation.
The amended certificate stated that
the newly named corporation and two
subsidiaries, the Distillery Company
of America and the Kentucky Distil-
1eries and Warehouse Company, plan
ned to engage in general food prod
ucts business.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Prices Irregular on Paris Bourse.

PARIS. April 5.-The prices on The
bourse today were irregular. Three
per cent rentes were quoted at 81
francs Is centimes for cash; ex-
change on London, 27 francs 73 cen
times; Eve per cent loan, SO francs
IS confines.
The dollar was quoted at from S
francs 50 centimes to francs "a
centimes.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
MRs.CATT THANKS PRESIDENT
Appreciates Continued Effort IN Be
half of Woman Suffrage.

A message from Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait president of the National
American Woman Suffrage Associa-
tion, expressing appreciation of
President Wilson's continued effort
in behalf of woman suffrage" was de-
liWersd at the White House yesterday
and forwarded to. Mr.. Wilson in
Paris.
1t was in response to the Presidents
communication to the recent suffrage
convention in st. Louis expressing the
hope that the suffrage amendment
would be favora bly, acted upon by
the next Congress.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
corToN FLUCTUATIONS.

form contracts for the past week
july: hish: April S. ss.5o; low,
April 9, 2E65. j.
October. high, April S, 21.50; low,
May, high April T., $500; low,
March 81, 1880.
On new contracts:
July, high. April S, 2E1o; low.
oetotsF, hisS, April 5. s1.7e; low,
May, high, April s. ss.ao; low
Evening star., 1919-04-06
COL. JONES IS H0N0RED
BY THE KING OF ITALY

Word has just reached this country
that King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy
has made Col e. Lester Jones, diree-
tor Of the United States coast and
geode etio survey, an officer of the Or
der Of the Saints Maurizio and Laz-
caro-, frst class. FOR distinguishes d
oration is; the oldest given by the
Kingdom Of Italy, established In
1434, and rarely conferred on . for
eigner. p"
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Appeals Million,Dollar Case.

States, in petitions filed yesterday,
has been asked to review the cases
Of Dennis Kelly and three other off,
cials of the Capital City Dairy Com
pany, convicted in the federal district
court for southern Ohio on charges
of defrauding the government out Of
81, ,00O. 900 in taxes due for the manu-
facture of oleomargarine. The other
defendants are Michael I. Corbett,
William II. Ebarst and William h
Kelly,
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Aid for Firm in Receivers Hands.

NEW YORK. April 5.-The county
district attorneys Office was in
formed today by representative of
Toole, Henry & Co. stock exchange
brokers. for whom a receiver was ap-
pointed by the federal court Wednes-
day. that several of the larger
creditors, working in conjunction
with the FIRMS members, were en-
deavoring to help the firm out of it's
financial difficulties.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Norwegian Joins Commission.

A commission of, physicians salected
by representative organizations in neu-
trail countries is about to inquire into
the existing nutrition conditions in Ger
many Ashl Austria upon an invitation
from university faculties Of the Teutonic
countries. A: State Department an
nouncement says Norway had responded
left Chrfstiania for Germany to serve
on the commission.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
NEW YORK SUGAR PRICES.

NEW YORK, April 5-The local mar
ket for raw sugar was quite active to-
day, with the board reporting purchases
of 214, 800 bags of Cubas for April ship
mont. Prices were unchanged at $7.2s
for centrifugal to the refiner. In refined
there were no fresh features reported.
There is a little inquiry, but domestic
buyers are still inclined to limit their
Prices are unchanged, at 8 cents for fine
granulated.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Seeks Custodian for G. P. Stock.

MONTREAL. April 5.-Ry an action
in tho local courts, today the secre-
tary of state Of the Dominion Of Can
ada seeks to have the minister of
finance or. the receiver general of
Canada appointed custodian for
Canadian Pacific railway common
stock valued at $4,000. 900. the prop
erty of enemy shareholders, mostly
German banks. -:
Evening star., 1919-04-06
London Auction Sale of Wool.

LONDON. April 5.-The offering at
the wool auction sales today amount
ed to $500 bales of a miscellaneous
character. The tone was steady. New
South Wales secured sold at SIS. 3d..
New Zealand secured at As. Cd, and
New Zealand greasy at IS. 4d. Italy
bought greasy merinos.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Gold Reserves Show Increase.

Gold reserves of the federal re-
serve system. members deposits and
federal reserve bank notes in cfrcu-
lation increased last week. and the
reserve percentage rose three-tenths
of 1 per cent. Rediscount operations
showed a slight falling off. according
to the federal reserve banks weekly
statement last night.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
ECONOMIC EVENTS
FACTOR IN MARKET
More Stable Conditions Re-
ported From important
Industrial Centers.
'GLOWlNG' CROP OUTLOOK

NEW YORK, April 5.-Economic
events of vital Importance engrossed
the attention of banking interests
this week, while the stock market
continued its advance. with such
pauses and variations as might nat
,urally result from realizing for profits
and the tentative aggressions of the
bear faction.
The extent of public interest was
again matter of debate, but all
available Information confirms the
belief that participation on the con-
structive side continues to have its
man impulse from other than local
sources.
Accession of bullish sentiment from
interior points comedies with the
greater optimism engendered by the
glowing crop outlook and the more
stable conditions reported from i'm
pofsant industrial centers.
Although a confused situation ex-
lists in the steel trade. due to the
controversy over prices precipitated
by the railroad administration. trust
worthy reports concur that leading
mills are operating at a compare
lively high rate of capacity. A very
favorable impression was created by
the remarkable financial exhibit of
the United States Steel Corporation
for 1918
Evening star., 1919-04-06
General Conditions Noted.

Mixed conditions in the stock mar
ket reflected the character of advices
from Washington and abroad. The
bank statement disclosed another large
actual contraction of loans, a total of
about $S7.000,000 in two weeks. but
last weeks decrease of actual re-
serves was replaced by a substantial
increase.
Foreign bonds yielded slightly. but
liberty issues and standard rails and
jndustrials were steady. Total sales
fpaF value). aggregated $6,775. 900.
Old United States bonds were un-
changed on call during the week.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Issues That influence.

ShippingS. oils and metals were
governed by influences applicable to
those issues. but the breaking off
of the Mercantile Marine deal, un-
certain Mexican conditions and fur
ther readjustment of the market for
copper exerted no perceptib1e effect.
Rails were the prominent issues of
the later dealings. their strength sug-
gesting something more tangible than
a raid against the shorts. Buying
of transportations of the investment
class was almost without precedent
in the varied movements of the past
six weeks.
Rapid absorption of the notes Of
fered by the War Finance Corpora
tion testified to the underlying
strength of the investment market,
which is soon to be put to a greater
test by the Inauguration of the vic
tory loan.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
National Bank Statistics.

The deposits and resources of the
national banks of this country are
the greatest ever reported in the his
tory of the national banking system.
according to a statement issued last
night by John Skelton. Williams. con-
troller of the currency. He said that
this condition was shown by the re.
ports lust complied of the state OF
business in the banks as OF March 4.
These increases. he said. are widely
distributed throughout the states,
largely among country banks. where
the growth Of deposits has been con-
Along with this exceptional
"there has been Unprecedented ex-
emption from failure of national
banks. For the past fifteen months
only two national banks out OF near
Iy 5000 were placed in charge of re-
ceivers. the capital Of those two be
never been equaled in the past twen-
"The records tell us that a majority
in amount of the 17.eee. 100000 of
liberty bonds heretofore ore sold were
these banks are now in an excep-
tionally strong position to aid in
marketing the victory loan and to
extend to their customers any help
that may be needed to carry their
aDuring the three months ending
April /, 1919. ninety-six applications
were received for charters for new
national banks. and eighty-eight ap-
piications for increases in the capi-
tai Of existing national banks were
%These 1874 applications for new
charters and increases came from
thirty-seven states. distributed as fol-
| lows: New England states. s: eastern
states 2S; southern states. 40; middle
states, So; western states. A, and
Pacific states. 81.
"From January I. 1919. to April 1,
forty-four charters have been granted
| for new national banks. Three re-
quests were refused; and applications
| for one hundred and eighty-nine Q89)
new charters are now under investi-
CATION and yet to be acted upon. in
| cluding forty -five requests from state
| banks. which ask permission to con.
| vert into national banks"
Chapter Dinner and Dance.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Favors Guaranteed Cotton Price.

TOPEKA, Kan. April GOV
to ioin in an appeal to the federal gov
ernment to fi3 a guaranteed price for
cotton, except that which was in the
hands of spectators. in a telegram sent
tonight to w. H Cooper at Wilmington.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. April 5.-Cotton goods
markets today were firm, with print
cloths Y cent higher. Linens we're firm:
Dress goods were bought in a scattered
way for nearby delivery. Knit goods
were firmer. Yarns we're quiet
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Marines Given Croix de Guetre.

Pharmacists Mates Marion L. Turner
of Milwaukee, Wis. and Frank c. Tib-
belts Of Dorchester, Mass. have bean
awarded the croix de Euerre for bravery
in action. the Navy Department was
advised yesterday. Both Turner and
Tibbetts served with the 5th Regiment
Of Marines. attached to the Second d.
vision.
Evening star., 1919-04-06

Chapter Dinner and Dance.
Next Saturday evening at the New