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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
New OrleauH Cotton Ry Assoriat~d Press


 New Orleans, October 20.-More cheer full sentiment prevailed in the cotton market today and prices stood al net advances practically throughout the ses- sion. Persistent runors Of negotiations that would end the coal strike in Eng land, further tightening up on part of spot holders and the claim in the of ficial weekly reports on the crop that picking had been completed over large areas in the central and southern portions of the belt. thereby furnishing the basis for belief that this Is a much shorter crop than has been looked for right along were the main things back of the derand for contracts.
 The opening was higher in response to much better Liverpool cables than due and the improvement was soon widened to fifty to sixty points. For a while the market held very steady but grad ually the gains melted away under hedge offerings and realizing on the part of recent buyers and finally, October was sent a point under the close of yester- day, other months remaining at net ad- vances of 2 to points. Tn the late trad ine another buying movement. in values made in resnonse 10 the .demand with the result that the close showed net gains for the day of 3S to 48 points. De- cernber traded m to s1S92 at it's best and closed at sfS.s0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
TRADERS OCCUPIED CENTER OF TRADE.
 ON WALL STREET
All Eyes Centered on Semi Annual Meeting of the American Iron and
 Steel Institute
By Associated pr.s.

New York, October 2o.-Business on the stock exchange today was almost wholly Ia traders affair, neither the long nor short account having any appreciaple advantage at the firm but sluggish close. Practically the same factors and in- fluences which served to restrict opera
 tions during the early days of the week
 were again in evidence, notably the British industrial crisis, and manifold
 indications of a reactionary trend in many lines of domestic commerce and .sdustry.
 These conditions were accentuated by E5road intimations that any pronounced easement of time money for other than the most essential and legitimate enter
 prices would be deprecated by the fed ! eral reserve board and private banking interests generally.
 Increasing interest was manifest in the semi-annual meeting next Friday o1 the American iron and steel institute In financial as well as industrial quar- ters, it was understood that the pol / icy of some of the largest producers for / the coming year then would be out / lined.
 Oils, rails, shipping and equipments
 backed and filled within radius of 1 to
 points, motors, utilities and sundres
 specialties moving in like manner with
 sugars, textiles and chemicals Aside from pool support and short covering in some of these issues the market was duh and most often featureless, except
 for pressure directed against Interna.
 tional Paper. American Writing Paper
 preferred and Union Bag.
 Conditions in the foreign exchange
 market were mild, the London rate rising
 about cents over its recent low. with
 concurrent steadiness in Paris remit |tances and irregularity to the Scandi- 'navian centers. Trading in bonds were |snoderately active, Liberty issues show ng firmness with slight reactions in the rest of the American group, also inter- nationals. Total sales, par value, Sii.-
 65c, 900. Old United States bonds were unchanged on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
HOUSTON'S ADDRESS WAS CONSIDERED AS BEARlSH IN THE GRAIN PIT TODAY
By Associated Press

Chicago, October 2o.-Bearish views re- garding Secretary Houstons address be- fore the bankers convention in Wash ington led to much selling of wheat to- day and to sharp decline in prices The market closed unsettled, at the same as yesterdays finish to EXC lower, with December 2.oaG2. .os1k and March sl95& 1s51a Corn closed 1Ac net lower to Ac advance, and oats off ssd1Ac. In provis- ions the outcome varied from Dc setback to Pc advance.
 At first the wheat market showed a decided upward tendency as a result of prospects that the British coal strike would be settled sooner than had before seemed probable. Beginning of federal inquiry here as to wheat market condi- tions counted likewise in favor of the bulls, and so, too, did growers predic- tions that rural sales of wheat would be cut off and after October 25. How ever, all gains were more than coun- terbalanced in the last part of the day when the substance of Secretary Hous- tons address became known. Bears made capital also of reports of liberal offerings of wheat from farmers in the southwest.
 Corn and oats, like wheat, displayed firmness early, but later were depressed by eastern selling. Big breaks in quota tions on hogs did a good deal to make provisions average lower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
FLUCTUATIONS IN
 COTTON IRREGULAR
 W|THLATE ADVANCE
The General List Closed Firm At a Net Advance of Forty five to Seventy-five
 Points on the Day
By Associafed Prcsr

New York. October 20-The cotton mar ket was less active today and fluctua tions were irregular, but there was sharp advances in the late trading on reports that very reassuring opinions as to the financial and commercial outlook had been expressed at the convention of bankers at Washington. December con tracts sold up from siS.ss to sl9.41. and closed at sf9.35, with the general market 57 points.
 The market opened firm at an ad- vance of 30 points on October and of B to A points Oil other months in re- sponse to the continued strength of Liver pool, small overnight hedge orders from the south and unsettled weather in the southwest After selling at st92S for December, and S19. % for January, prices turned easier under realizing by recent buyers for reaction and there was some selling during the middle of the day on the more favorable weekly report of the weather bureau than expected. Prices eased off in consequence, with January selling back to s1STo, while later months lost all but nine or ten points of their early advance. Offerings. however were much less active and aggressive than on previous declines, while there was very little hedge selling and the market firmed up later in the day on renewed cover ing. Reports that there were good pros poets for settlement of the British coal strike before the end of the week en- couraged the advance. which was also prompted by indications that spot cotton was being more tightly held in the south and reports that southern mills were buying to six prices. January sold up to sf9M, with active months generally show
 ing net advances of 5o to e points in the late trading. Liverpool said the advance there was due to Manchester and con tnental buying in the absence of further hedge selling. Exports today. T,5T7. mak- ing 74s,S4s so far this season. Port re- celnts s4fsl. United States port stocks 1 U34 4Se
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
Daily Financial Gossip
By HOLLAND

New York, October % Special l-Some
 time in August a leaflet. which was pre-
 pared by Howard Elliott. who is, chair
 man of the Northern Pacific Railroad
 Company, was published with the title,
 "A New Era in Transportation.' The
 call for copies of this leaflet was in-
 stantaneous. It came from all parts Of
 the country, and it led to a distribution
 of considerably more than 10000 through
 out the country. The demand which
 came for this leaflet from every part of
 the country itself set forth the interest
 which this question of modern transpor-
 tation has aroused among the people
 The leaflet spoke in words of encour-
 agement and hope. Mir. Elliott shortly
 before he prepared it returned to New
 York from a trip to the North Pacific
 coast and back. He covered some 8oOO
 miles. He was not exclusively occupied with the inspection of the Northern Pa tcific passes, a development which has
 taken place since the time when some fifteen years ago Mir. Elliott became pres ident of the Northern Pacific system. While president he often went back and forth over the line, sometimes many
 miles away. from the line, so rnac he might learn what the features of the country were that promised fine develop ment. He counseled with the farmers, suggesting how they could best utilize their soil. He talked to the lumbermen.
 He made a careful study of the traffic conditions. And when he resigned the presidency of the Northern Pacific to become president of the New York and New Haven system. he was convinced that a wonderful development was not only possible but under way Now, again having returned to the Northern Pacihc as chairman of the board. Mir. Elliott has visited all that part of the country, and as result of that s,ooo-mile excursion he was able to say when he returned to New York that he was never more impressed with the possibilities of growth and de- velopment in the United States than he was while making this visit To quote him: Mature has been very good to this country in nearly every way, and if man will only do his part, work, save and not expect perfection in every walk of life, our progression the next thirty years will be more wonderful than in the last thirty Furthermore, an effective and adequate transportation machine is necessary for that progress, but 1t can only be obtained by the hardest kind oi
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work and by economy"
 Mir. Elliott and almost every one or
 the other leaders in our railroad ac-
 tivities are now persuaded that today surpasses any other day since the United
 States began to expand it's railroad sys- tems in the earnest effort which is being
 made by railroad managers, superinten- dents and others to bring about the high est possible efficiency. They said that efficiency is almost everything. If 1t
 is to be permanently developed then, rail-
 way managers say, there need be no anx- tety about the future of American trans Hortation,
 Tk ose who chat with railway managers observe that while they speak of the won derful improvement in efficiency which has been gained within the past year, nevertheless it is not the same upon all the roads or in all sections of the coun- try. In some sections the efficiency is
 rapidly approaching the maximum In others it lags but is improving. Mir. Ei- i liott himself says that this remarkable i increase in efficiency, while it is due | in great measure to the efforts of the | supervising officers, is also helped by 1 the changing conditions which are ob-
 servable throughout the entire country. | A wonderful thing has taken place in | the past year and a half in the point of 1 View taken by the majority of wage l earners. When we were intent as one of the belligerents upon conuuering Germany
 wages reached heighth never before 1 dreamed of by wage-earners, For the the first time they found themselves able | to spend literally, and they yielded to 1 the temptation. There was some criticism
 that they did this, but after all it is
 TOW recognized as nothing more than hu-
 man nature Then began change, Men
 began to realize that if they want work 1 they must do good work, because we
 are certainly approaching time when there will be more men seeking work | than there is work for them to do. l This changed feeling undoubtedly repre- sents in part the remarkable and almost
 unexpected efficiency of which railway ! managers are now speaking. It contains
 excellent promise of the future. MT. Ei-
 liott said this morning. "I imagine that
 we are going to have a quiet time fora few months, but I am certain that we
 will go ahead again in the spring, and
 that the future for the United States,
 and especially for our railroads, contains
 far better promise than it has for many
 wears V
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
TIMETABLES ARE
 PLENTIFUL HERE
Morris Avenue Dealers Report Brisk Trade At Moderate
 Prices

All the merchants along Morris avenue reported slight increase in Business yesterday The demand for fresh vege- tables has been greater this week than for the past two weeks. Several produce men said that the demand for fresh vege- tables always picked up toward the end of the season when the time arrived for the fall season produce to come on the market
 However, the continuance of summer weather has kept the market well SUD- piled in all lines. Fresh vegetables have been arriving daily and the turnover has been great enough to cause but few changes in prices.
 Poultry
 Fryers-f76e50c. Large flyers, 35c.
 Hens-S6dSSc.
 Fresh Eggs-s1c; short storage, 571kc storage. 4Sc.
 Apples-Grime's Golden. fancy. s9 50; Bonums. No. 1. $50; Jonathans. fancy. basket, $4.z5.
 Grapes-Tokays. California, fancy, a; Maiagas. california, fancy, ss.5O.
 Grapefruit, sos and 96s, s.65o.
 Limes-Fl Florida. per hundred. $1.
 Oranges California. 1Gos, Ss; f2Ss, ss 150s. $50; 176s, s9.
 Lemons-Verdellis, imported. extra fancy, $; one-half boxes. $2. .7s
 Produce
 Cabbage-Virginia stock. crates, cwt, s33
 Celery-Colorado, large crates, S 50; dozen lots, SIPS and s150
 Lettuce-Iceburg, fancy, large heads, 211 to dozen to crate, s6
 Potatoes-Sweets. Porto Rico, sQ3ixc 10. Irish. 10-peck sacks. s4.50
 Rutabagas-10o-p pound sacks. Sc lb; 50- pound lots, 31sc ib.. Onions-Red, 100-pound sacks, B. 50; vel low, large, 100-pound sacks, s 50; 50-pound lots 41kc ID.
 Beans-Navy, California, 91sc lb.; lima, large California, 13tzc; lima. baby Califor- mia, 121ac; pink California, ec. Peas-Biackeyes, California, 91kc Peanuts-No. 1 Virginia stock, 1lhc; roasted. sack lots, 12lzc; roasted, 50-pound lots, 15c
 Cheese Daisies full cream, ssc.> l Mackerel-100 count, $1e Cocoanuts-lo0 to sack, s7 .5o; lots of 50, each SEC. l Market Baskets-Dozen, 75dS5c 1 Big 5c mint stick l00s, $3.75; peanut bars, fo0s, $3 IS; cocoanut bars, 1OOs, 8. 75 grocers mixed pails, 32c h.. jelly drops l Checkers. 50 packages, $3.70; chocolate drops, Beauties, pail A to pound, 3oc Elk pail, 55 to pound, 3le; Highland, pails, [; to pound, 32c; in 15-pound pails, 1c more marshmallows. White Plume, 12-pound cans. 100 3Sc. 1 Fish Gray Snapper-Headiessa and drawn, 14c
 Red Snapper-Headless and drawn, 240 | 25c
 Spanish Mackerel-25c. l Pompano 35c. 1 Salt Water Trout-23125c l Mixed tish&12c. l Mulleu-l1c.
 Ovs.srs-Chesapeake Bay, extra select $2.s5 per gallon. Meats
 D. S. Clear Bellies-23A @26c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
SEVENTEEN

D. S. Rib Bellies-2sc- Pure Iard-Ac. Compound Lard-iSc- Hams-Regular. fc; skinned, fsc. Pork Loins-43c. Bacon-426r62c.
 Live Stock
 UJnion Stock Yards.) Fed Steers: Good to choice, slog12.Sc' medium to good, S91o; common to Grass cattle according to weight, quA- ity and flesh: Steers. g. .5Od9; fat cows, ts971z; medium eows $5G6; cutters, g. 5064. 50; canners, saa3 50; heavy bulls, $5g6 light bulls, S,5o G5: oxen, $3d6 fat yearlings. SOS; med- jun yearlings, S3a4; vealers. SS91o. Hogs-Chofce corn fed hogs, 16S and up, s17. choice corn fed hogs, 1S5 to 165. s14.5o; choice corn fed hogs, 90 to 13o, Sl2.5o; light pigs, % pounds down, '$10; best heavy rough hogs, SIP; half fat rough hogs. Nu 10. Soft and oily hogs from 1c to Pc per pound less than above prices.
 Meal and Feedstuff Mixed Horse Feed-s65@5 Old Style Hulls-S26 Corn-$lS5. Corn Chops-s3. 90 No. 2 White Oats-9oc. Shorts-SU. C. 5. Meal. per CeHt-SoV' Hen Feed-s4 sack. TImothy-SE. Economy Dairy Feed-s75. Choice Pea Green Alfalta-s50 Wheat Straw-s5.
 Hides and Tallow No. 1 Green Salt Hides-sc- No. Green Salt Hides-7c- No. 1 Fresh Green Hides-6c- No. 2 Fresh Green Hides-5c. No. 1 Dry Flint Hides-16c. No. ? Dry Flint Hides-15c- No. 1 Dry Salt Hides-13c- No. 9 Dry Salt Hides-12c. Sheep Skins-t5040c. Horse Hides -$i 00GS.oo. Goat Slxins-256p35c- Hogs Skins-15@D25c- Tallow-7GSc Beeswax- -2S950c- Clear Crease Wool-iSdsf8c- Clear Washed Wool-251pc. Burry Wool-76Sc. Ginseng (wild)- ,oo1fo.oo.
 Spot Cotton
 Good middling ....--.-.----.--. n1 Strict middling .--------------.. DA MiddIfne ......,.........-. 1Sk Strict low middling ....---.--.., DA
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, American Smelting X R. 5s..... TIA American Tel & Tel. cv. 6s...... 96A
 Atchison gen. As ..... 77ss
 Atlantic Coast Line 1st 4s... 7S
 Baltimore & Ohio ev. 41Ss .. 747s
 Bethlehem Steel ref 5s ........ 791a
 Central of Ga. Con. 5s ........ S6l4
 Central Leather 5s- ~ ~ 91
 Chesapeake & Ohio cv 5s s.... s7
 C., B. X Q joint As ........... s6is
 C., Nj & St. P. cv. 41@s.. 745s C., R. l. & P. Ky. ref. As. ..... 69ls City of Paris 6s ........ 945s Denver x Rio Grande con. 4s.. 67is
 Dominion of Canada 5s tsSlJ bid 9GA Erie gen. 4s ....-.....-......- 49St Ills. Central ref. 4s, bid ....... 761A Int Mer. Marine 6s ......-.. S15s Kansas City Southern ref 5s .. 74& Blggett & Myers 5s .......... S5 l.. & N uni As " S21k M, Kan. & Texas 1st As ...... 62ss Missouri Pacific gen As ........ 5SA i New York Central deb. 6s ..... 9S Norfolk & Western cv. 6s ...... 104 Northern Pacific As ...... TS Pennsylva mia gen. 5s ......... slsi Reading gen. As - sA5s
 Republic Iron X S. 5s (1940) .... SEA St. Louis & s F. adj. 6s .. 67% i,Seaboard Air Line adj. 5s ......S 4S&
 Southern Bell Tel. 5s. bid ..... s211 1 Southern Pacific cv. 5s 102 Southern Railway 5s ssSs Southern Railway gen. 4s .. s4
 Texas & Pacific 1st .. Ss1s ! Union Pacific As ...,....... S31e United K of G. B. l. 5ks s (f93T) SSs United States Steel 5s ....... 94 virginia-Car Chemical 5s ..... s2% | Wabash 1st, bid S9ss l Wilson & Co. cv 6s ........... S5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, Oct. 20.-Cotton, spot in im- rroved demand; prices firm; good mid ding 1s.06d; fully middling, 16s1d; mid ding 15.31d; low midding, 11.51d good ordinary, s56d; ordinary, 7.56d Sales 1000 bales including 3700 American Re- eeipts. 12G G91 bales, including 1000 Amer ican. Futures closed irregular; October. i442d: December, 1433d January, f427d, March. 14.17d; May. 14.0sd; July, l39sd; September 1350d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
East St. Louis Live Stock
Coffee Market


 New York. October 20.-Reports of a firmer ruling in Brazil and improved spot market seemed to stimulate cov- ering and attract more investment buy ing in the nsArket for coffee futures here today. Brokers with cotton trade and Wall street connections were among the buyers, while offerings were compara- lively small. suggesting that futures had been we'll liquidated Non the big de- clines of last week. The opening was unchanged and buyers evidently found little incentive in the early cables, but later advances were reported in Santos and December contracts here sold ul to 7.22c, while May touched S.30c, or f to 55 points net higher in the more active positions The close was at the best prices of the day, showing a net advance of 4S to IS points. October. 699c; December, 7.29c; January, 7.52c
 March. 7.ssc; May. s3oc; July, S.60c; Sep tember, 8.Soc
 l Spot coffee was reported in better de- mand, with Rio Is quoted at 1ssG7lzc and Santos 4s at uG11Ac. Offers from San tos were reported very irregular, with rumors of sales of & and 5s at SssasEc American credits Rio Is were quoted at 6.Tc, American credits
 The early cable reported Santos fu- lures unchanged to 75 reis lower and Rio unchanged to 125 reis lower but a decline of 20 reis in the dollar buying rate and
 an advance of 425 to 450 res was reported in Santos futures which, in connection with the movements in Rio exchange suggested a better feeling in the primary
 markets. Port receipts. 5S ,oOo; Jundiahy receipts, 5000.
 Naval Stores Fly Associated Press Jacksonville, Fla, October 30.-4Turpen- l tine steady; $1.0e1s6dl .0s; sales. l5: re- ceipts. 57S: shipments, ?; stock g. 3ss Rosin steady sales. 70; receipts. 1.s7s. shipments. 1000; stock. ss,7s0. Quote wv, S10S5.
 Savannah, October 20.-Turpentine steady. S1.0S, sales, 9ao; receipts 1ls; shipments. as: stock. 1.44s. Rosin steady: i: sales. 27e receipts. 1,205; shipments. 322; stock, 52,98 Quote: B, $10 96@l1 D, E, F, G, H, I, K, NJ, N. VIC, wv, $lL40 The widow of eJames w. Hill, "ths empire builder of the west" has recent ly added to her long list of benefactions by distributing Soo.ooo among educa-. tional and charitable institutions in St Paul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
SnOf C.nffnn

WY -&sfocfateu t.ress
 New Orleans, October m.-Spot cotton steady, 2 points up Sales on the spot. BIO bales; to arrive, 2150. Low mddling, 13c; middling l9c; good mddling, 2lc. Re- ceipts, S,79s; stock. 1.col
 New York. October 90-Spot cotton was quet middling. 20. Soc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-21
MARINE NEWS
By Associated Pros
Bank Stocks

By Associated Froee New Orleans. October 2o.-Cleared; Ashtabula (British), North Shields and
 Sunderland Ceiba OHonduras), Ceiba; Comus. New York; Danedaik, Tampico;
 Danvlle, Tampico; Dabo f8ritish),
 Sharpness. Eng, Panama Maru, Gap anese), Kobe and Yokohama Japan. via San Pedrot Cal; Rajah. Progreso an Campeche: Sunshine, Port Lobos; Tripp, Naples. Italy; Wilscox, Hamburg. Port Eads october 2o.-Arrived: Hutch inson, Mobile; James, Timpson, Blue fields; Lake Candelaria, Progreso;
 Norma, Tela; Panuco, Mexico; Swokla, Tampa.
 Sailed: Allentown, Port Lobos; Cody, Rotterdam via Norfolk; Jamaica, Mini- titlan Mex; kishacoquilas, Matanzas.
 Oscar D. Bennett. Tampa Sacearappa, Hamburg and Havre; Walter Hardcas- tie. Tampico.
 Mobile. october 20--Arrived: Munwood, Matanzas: schooners Gabriel Palmer Havana; Robert P. Murphy. Porto Rico. Sailed. Afoundria, Liverpool: Lake F'reeland New York; Texas, Tampico; barge City of San Antonio. Havana
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

York Members New York Cotton kxeAse
 produce Exchange Associated Members I@s. ,rpool Cotton Association. Orders so6pdtee for she purchase and sale of Gotten end Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Spsrsa1
 attention and lSeral terms given for con sixnment of spct cotton tor delivery. Ger
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New Orleans Futures Ru Aaaaalal~d n.~za

New Orleans october 20.-The cotton market closed very steady at net ad- van&es of 3s to 4S points.
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Notice of Jefferson County Bond Sale

 Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Rev enue of Jefferson County, Aa at the courthouse in Birmingham, on Monday November 1, until II o'clock, a. m. for the purchase of six hundred and fifty thousand ($650O 100000 dollars of five (5) per cent sem-annua road improvement bonds, maturing $150,O0O.O0 in 1927, $200000OO in 1928 $2OO,- 0OOOO in 1929 and $100,0O0OO in 1880 check for $20O0O00, certified by bank doing business in Jefferson County, Ala, and payable internationally to the Board of Revenue of Jeff ferson County, shall accompany each bid, the pro- ceeds of such check to be retained by the county as iquidated damages in the event the purchaser fails to pay for any or all bonds awarded him.
 Said bonds bearing date of April l. 1920, and the purchaser to pay accrued interest from April l. 1920 to and including the date of delivery of said bonds Provided that no bonds shall be regarded as sold until the names of the bidders and the amounts of their bids shall have been advertised for ten sive days in daily newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama
 The right is reserved to reject any or all bids and to award all or part of the bonds offered
 JERRY GWIN,
 President Board of Rev. Jeff. Co.
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Port Movement

New Orleans: Middling, 19c receipts, 7gs; exports. 1857; sales. 2,45l. stock. 25l.-
 00l. Galveston: Middline. 22n. receipts 1e..- ol7 exports. 2G,o2o; sales. 2.25Q: stock. 90 7C4
 Mobile Mlddling 1sc; receipts. sss; stock. 4.96l.
 Savannah: Middling. 2oc; receipts s.ss9; sales, 174. stock, 1l2,10l. Charleston: Middling. 19.5oc receipts, TIA sales, 43 stock, 232, ,302. Wilmington: Receipts. 1,t0S; stock, A. G55.
 Texas City: Stock, 6a9. Norfolk: Middling. I9ci receipts. ,SSl :; sales, 56S; stock, 3l,30s. Baltimore: Stock, 3lOl. Boston: Middling, 2o.5oc; stock. i5.4oO.
 Philadelphia. Middling, o.75c; receipts, 45; stock 4,525 New York: Mddling. 2o5oc; exports, 200 stock. 31 ,s39. Minor ports: Stock, 4,577. | Total today: Receipts, 34,161; exports. 27,577; stock, 1,o32.42S. Total for weeks Receipts, 172,272; ex- ports. s0s27. Total for season: Receipts. 1,175.s17 ex- ports TAT, ,426