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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
SPURT IN BRILL
LOCAL FEATURE
Selling Of Pennsylvania Repre-
sented Switching From Stock
to New Bonds

The animated spurt of 6is points in
!. G. Brill stock clevating the price TO
J01b from the previous sale was the
sensation of an otherwise listless local
market. The sudden outburst of ac-
tivity according to the boardroom re-
ports was due to renewed buying by
New York interests who were credited
with acquiring considerable Ene OF
the stock during the war. As the stock
is generally known TO be closely held
these periodical buying movements
naturally cause wide fluctuations. Tho
company is understood to be doing Il
good business, and last year earnings
after taxes were equal to $12.30 a
share. 1t has been rumored Inaugural
tion of dividends are being considered,
but such reports have always been dis
couragcd by interests close to the man
agement.
The trading In the general market
was again narrow and prices were in
clined to droop. There was consider
able selling Of Pennsylvania Railroad
again, depressing the price to AZ. Much
of this selling undoubtedly represents
n shifting from the stock to the new 7
continued heavy. United Gas Improve
mcnt was offered freely, but was taken
better with price holding well at 461a
Union Traction and Philadelphia Rapid
Transit on light transactions yielded to
3312 to 231a, respectively. Realizing
sales We're responsible for the reaction
of l u points in Electric Storage Bat
terry to 11Sh. General Asphalt pre-
forred on limited offerings dropped SIT
from the previous sale to 14S. Amer
lean Stores and Lehigh Navigation were
among the firmer spots, both scoring y
point gains. York Railways was off 81
from the sale at II. American Gas and
Pennsylvania Salt were unchanged.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
STROMBERG SALES
TO BE INVESTIGATED
New York Exchange Committee
Asks for Data on
Recent Sales

New York. April 0.-Thc New York
Stock Exchange today started an in
ycNtigaton Of this weeks trading in
Stromborg rarburctor and refused to
tIemcnt with other members of the
exchange who were short in StutH
Motor when trading in the latter was
suspended by the exchange. Both
Strombcrg and Stutz are controlled by
RYAN.
The committee on business conduct Of
,hc exchange ordered members to re-
port Immediately all their transactions
in Strombcrg from Monday to Thurs
day, inclusive with prices and names Of
customers.
With the announcement that Charles
\. Morse, president of the Association
Of Stock Exchange Firms, had been Sc
| lcCted chairman of committee Ia
! handle the interest of the shorts in
! Stutz, it was revealed that the Stock
| Exchange had list 70 names account =
| ing for Il short interest Of more than
10000 shares.
The opinion in the street today was
that II no agreement could be reached
legal proceedings would be instituted by
calling for delivery of stock by shorts.
Ryan today withdrew his advertise
ments offering to buy Stutz, which have
been running since the. exchange suS-
pended trading in it, lie is expected
back in New York from vacation next
week
Mr., Morse said: For me to state
the committees plans would me prema o
turc, However, | will say this much.
There is corner in Stutz Motor stock
we contend that the outstanding con
tracts to deliver the stock resulting from
sales invalid. We propose to take this
position IN the courts. We are going
all summer,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
Commodity Markets
COTTON MARKET

New York. April 0.-Ther" wa
rr,a.aptiou Of heavy buying Of 'o',""
mi, nornlng. induced by unfavor"h'
weather reports from tn" belt and the
ma..a, opened strong at an advonc" OF
Il to - points.
H,~incss was usually activ" at tho
or,-,.. rcporting large increase II
ou,..,c spoculativc purchasing as Wei
os , ,ip demand from local Interests,
RI. initial gains were maintained Ton
Il tina. after the call by continued o"\ my
through commission houses:
Ar the end Of the first fifteen mln4i"i
ouor.Iions were about , to 10 poInu
under the highest. ,- l..
Tile receipts at The ports for tue Ial IA,
ycrr estimated at 10000 al"s, again"
"a ~ hoIrs n week ago, 10, 400 ba'"
a Year ago and lS,l2O bales two Year,
ago. ~ 4 ,,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
SUGARS FEATURE
TRADING ON CURB
Entire Group Shows Activity,
cuban-American Up
Four Points

New York. April "a stronger tone
was shown on, the Broad Street Curb
today than has been noted at any time
for a week past. The sugar stocks be.
came extremely active and were the
most prominent feature. Cuban Amori
can advancing / points to above "A.
Petroleum issues also showed pro
nounrrd strength. SimmS being traded
in on large scale and advancing from
27I 20 %. Mexican PanCuc was aC-
tive and strong. with buying based on
increased production.
Industrials were also more active,
Hpydcn Chemical selling at 6as There
was n violent advance in Carbon Steel
which rose from II to 1870.
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were two cars, al Minneapolis PIT |
cars aud at Duluth thirty eight cars.
BUTTER, EGGS AND CHEESE

Nrw York. April N.--nl TIER strong.
R,.,ipts, 2lsG tubs rrcaIo.,y. mEh, 4Hn
II &c; frsts iss to 81 scor,D, a. q zoe. pnck-
ing stock current make. 10. :, 3D., ,,
gathered cxtra firsts, Ar " 10; DO, hrsl =,
i2"4 4lc, state. Pgnnsy!WIr. and nr9rrs,,,
S9c do, brown, extras ~ '1lh,. do, gam
rr,d rrown and mixed colers. first to extra
-, .i,.r;SE irregular Rornuls. i2l5 uu>,~
Slules, wror-milk mats " .W...HI ..
81 u e; do, average run 2sm 2Hc; state. whole
milk, twins, held rpcCtd.. -Nf4 "". '.'
HHnrHge run, 27D9SC,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
pance for War Veterans

A public dance and entertainment
will he given this evening at Mercan r
tile Hall, by the Nineteenth Regiment
Railway Engineers Club, 1919 Arch
street. The purpose of the dance will
b. TO get together the l2ou members
0f the rcgimrnt who did rccnn5tructiOn
work in France, from July, 1917, ia
May, 1919.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
Hospltal EmpIoyes on Strike

Springfield, Mass, April S.-With
forty mothers and their new born
babies ia the institution, three station :
AIRY engineers and fremen employed in
the Wesson Maternity Hospital, in this
city, left their work this afternoon when
the hospital trustees refused to grant
an increase in wages.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York. April 9.--The foreign eT-
change market opened irregular this
morning. sterling showing an advance
of NC. at 3.99ia for demand and d.OOL
for cables, while lire declined about 81
points, at $3.50 for cables and ease for
checks. French exchange was fairly
steady, cables being quoted at 1880 and
checks at 1892. Marks showed a gain
of points. at 1.S5.
Other quotations were:
Swiss cables $50, checks 5.52 Gulder
cables 37% checks 81 u pesetas cables
1900 checks 1890; Stockholm cables
Gals checks 22.OO: Christiania cables
20.15, checks 1000: Copenhagen cables
1890, checks 1878: Belgian cables
1890, checks. l4.32; Austrian kron-
ncn. .4S.
The second hour the market was eX-
to 3.99& for cables and 3.99 for de-
mand. French exchange after breaking
to a new low of 1870 for cables and
1872 for checks rallied to 1850 for
cables and 1852 for checks. Lire con-
tinued TO decline badly, touching
24.50 for cables and 2i.52 for checks
Marks broke to la.
Yesterdays FINAL QUOTATIONS.
nom,,a stSrHs ~ F5anC' j. rS 80 GuIlSers
cSbes 5s6eS" ..' '' $SSs& $.S& i555 ii555 557S 7S S7%
TODAY's OPENING QUOTATIONS.
Startling Francs Lire Guilders
CaBes HBes" 80. 49,. I.oc't. iSSS0 $50 81.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
Sterling Francs Lire Guiders
tsBss Esms9' 49,. -. sSSSSt SSSt i$77S i$377SS St$5 SiS55 ~!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
Reserve Banks Discount Rates

Official discount rates at the twelve
Federal Reserve banks were as follows:
The first column gives rates for ali
periods up TO and including a fifteen
day maturity; the second for a period
of sixteen to ninety days. Tho third
and fourth columns give the rates for
discounts Of collateral loans secured by
government bonds or notes
IlnnIL Ii nm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
Prices Steady on Paris Bourse

ON the Bourse today, Three per cent
we're quoted at rentes 81 francs; ex-
change In London, $50 20c; per cent
loan, s8f 45c.. Tho dollar was quoted
at 15f Sic,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
BONDS
Gold Withdrawn for South America

New York. April 9,-Ons million six
hunded thousand dollars in gold coin
has been withdrawn from ghe eubtreas-
ury for shipment TO Soutiy,Anerlea'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
EAR SILVER

Commercial bar silver was quoted at
Fl decline Of &c an ounce in New York
today, at S123. In London, the price
was 697sd, down 2bd,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
BANK ClEARINGS

Bank clearings today, compared with cor
responding day last two years:
1920 1919 IOIs
Phla ...SS3 O2l 25S SG6, sS3 753 SG3, 500. 15S
y, York. s05, 30hl0 733, ,R07. Isl 5lG. con. i23
BaitO..... 6,33S.5i2 Laos. $50 ........'
Boston. 0T,37G,OGI 53,8GO, gO3 "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
Equipment Trust Bonds

financing portion Of Arangsmsns were
with builder whereby the made S Sss %
obligations public for tho first time '
Of mere & than ian one p Company
which reorsanised ha include The Dysr
TSsaO rSs
HSkisE VALLEY
Hamilton Dayton Pere Marquette seaboad
Air Line
mentioned companies equipment obligations have
made 80 hat The holder
his In many these p ether Issues
there only road where serous permanent
Gss S NE % bods case sssd e sn
Si,S5s,6SS. ''' ~ "
obligations have had extraordinary
the conservsye nstuons in this City
Fund soce Bnsase
Society of Germantown & Its Vicinity
by direct lien
railroads than the
interest and maturing principal
Equipment bonds to the First Mortgage bonds
seOsdaso With dscon Of the uStsd States 3 Circuit Court
cas and must be paid out property same s
and labor Without Locomotives gassenser cars and freight
be impossible
securities where the oadbd
nails have been mortgaged
market and although not listed
o@s & such 1 @ & Swsy be sold S and frsqueny @ SSs
tho New York Stock Exchange
safer pay Bonds
We offer herewith
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09

KaIeS OF OuISIanding CertifcntcS Of
Indebtedness continue unchanged at s
per cent. with the exception OF Mime
apolis, where the rate Is Az per cent,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
MoNEY-LENpING RATES

NEW Money on call. both
classes Of collateral opened today at 6
per cent for lending and renewing.
The time money market was quiet to-
day at Sla m9 per cent nominal quota
tions for sixty and ninety days. 1t is
reasonable to expect that the gold inn.
ports will, before long cause some re.
taxation in the time money market.
Fixed date loans are at the present time
the surest test of the credit attitude Of
the large lenders.
Prime mercantile paper is occasionally
discounted in the interior at 50, nGr
cent, but the average minimum Is 7 per
cent, as heretofore.
Prime bank aCCeptanCeS are moderate.
ly active at unchanged rates and call
loans on acceptances are sttll 5l9 per
cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09

PHIiADELPHiA--C & per cent ;
time, per cent; commercial paper,
three to six months, i per cent
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19

wants TO know what it all means.
Several individual mills appear
willing, but want to take their own
time for delivery. Several flock
masters have suggested purchase Of
the Provo wooden mills, and start the
campaign with that concern rs a base,
as they would then know TO a certain
ty the kind of goods they were get
ting. Some believe the American
mills will fight the proposition,
though this is by no means certain.
Moreover, a feature to be consider
ed is that the textile fabric market is
falling, and is it wise to contract for
Manufacture at present prices. when
at date Of delivery prices may be con-
siderably lowerl This would suit the
manufacturer all right, but how about
the first party to the contract SO
IL Is doubtful if any decisive step is
taken until market prices become
stabilized and conditions assume a
more normal hue. However, there is
unanimity of opinion in the indus
try, that the scheme is a good one,
and that If managed properly il will
work out all right.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19
GOAL ASSOCIATION SAYS
SITUATION IS IMPROVING

Continued improvement in the soft
coal situation was noted in review
of the industry issued Monday by the
National Coal association, which pre-
dicted a production Of more than 12,-
100000 tons for the week. The asso-
citation said Il had no reports Of any
immediate shortage" from any sec
ton. Great manufacturing plants in
dire need of soft coal early in the fall
now have an ample supply on hand,
the review asserted. "Publio utilities
everywhere have had their immedi-
ate wants filled, while many Of them
have been able TO provide stocks for
the winter" Decreased prices have
resulted rs a natural consequence Of
the improved situation, the review
declared, adding that in many places
the decline had been "from 25 10 90
per cent below prices which prevailed
up 10 six weeks ago"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19
INSIGNIFICANT PRATTLE
ABOUT BIG PERSoNAGEs

NAPANOCH, n. Y, Nov. &C.
Henry Ford and John Burroughs, BIZ
ographer of bugs and birds, mixed in
a tree-chopping contest here Monday.
Burroughs won out by several see
onds. Ford and Burroughs, together
with Thomas A. Edison aud Harvey S.
Firestone, are spending their annual
joint vacation at Yama farms here.
They have been playing games, stag
ing contests and performing all sorts
of stunts. Ford and Burroughs had
il all framed TO stage a tree-climbing
contest recently, but the naturalist
picked out the only shag bark tree in
the vicinity and Ford refused to play.
Then the chopping match was deeid-
ed upon. Burroughs picked a birch
and Ford a scrub oak. Edison held
the stop watch and Firestone refere-
ed. The axes began to swing and
Burroughs birch went down in four
minutes by the Edison stopwateh.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19
OFFICIAL HUNTERS KILL
MANY WILD ANIMALS

Special drives against cougars nrc
10 be- made during November by hunt
crs IN the employ of the state and
federal government, according 10 "a
written report filed with the state
live stock board by George 4. Ilol-
man, in charge of the predatory hunt.
crs for tho government Recently
when Holman was IN Southern Utah,
he found that cougars are causing
losses among stock in Kane county, 10
conference was called in Kgnab, NJ
which IL was planned 10 stage a drive
Of determination, the drive 10 reach
into the Kaibab forest.
Hunters salaries during October
were. $1,000, part of which only Is
paid hy the state, the remainder be-
ing by federal appropriation. The
total expenses Of the hunters during
October including supplies and
poison, was slO,22s.G6. There were
seventy hunters, who spent n total of
1881 hours hunting and trapping.
October was the hardest month these
hunters have ever spent, SNOW start
ing 10 fall In Southern Utah October
18Th, and continuing until the end of
the month. As soon rs word reached
headquarters of the extent of the
freeze, the hunters were ordred 20 the
winter feeding grounds and there they
staged n destructive poison campaign.
There were killed during October,
one bear, fifty-seyen wild eats, three
hundred and thirty-four coyotes,
thirty-fNe badgers, six foxes and one
hundred and eight porcupines,
Clyde Sanderson, formerly hunter
in the employ of the state aud federal
forces left that service some time ago
and started TO hunt and trap for hin-
self, thinking he could make better
than daily wages. He has been work
ing for about twenty-six days on his
own account, and has trapped eighty,
three coyotes, two wild eats and two
foxes. His bounty on these animal,
amounts 10 1898, the pelts of the
coyotes, which belong TO him, ar,
worth about $3.50, the bobcats vii
h--rS about SO and the foxes about
$40, according 10 fur quotations, Thii
makes his earnings for the twenty
six days about 5000.
w, Jones, hunter and trapper fol
the stare, of Huntington, Elmer,
county, reports the catch of one o.
the largest coyotes ever captured il
that section Of the state, the ANNA
measuring six feet from the nose 4
the tip of It's tail.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19
NOW CONES A FARMERS STRIKE
Loss Of a Billion In Values Is Resent
cd By Growers.

KANSAS CITY. Nov. ia ma
tionwide producers strike to combat
the falling prices of farm products
vas urged IN a call sent out TODAY by
the National Farmers union to its
local unions throughout the country.
The call, in the form of a resolu-
ton adopted at the national conycn-
ton Of the organization here. went
forward to secretaries Of local
branches Of the organization, which
represent producers of grain, cotton,
wool and live stock, said TO number
100000. The proposed strike was
urged in retaliation for what the con-
vention. considered abnormal defla-
ton in prices of farm products,
through which it was asserted Am
erican farmers have been robbed Of
one billion dollars in reduced value Of
products now on hand. All farmers
were urged to hold this years produc-
ton from the makrets "until profit
making levels" were restored.
Reduction Of production in the fu-
ture was threatened in another rcso-
luton "unless the prices Of our pro-
ducts are fairly readjusted." a con-
ference Of representatives Of all farm
crs organizations of the country vcs
called to meet in st. Louis, December
10th. TO consider the creation Of q ma
tioual farm marketing board. The
resolutions were adopted in executive
session last evening after consider
able discussion. Concerning the st.
Louis meeting TO create national
farm marketing board, Charles s.
Barrett Of Union City, Ca, who was
elected president Of the union for the
fifteenth consecutive time, said to-
day: "The purpose Of the meeting is
not to form or create n corner, bu' to
find n reasonable way TO market our
products The urban popoulalion
should welcome such step a. 30 Is
the instability of the market that has
caused inflated prices for them aui
Debated prices for the producer. ~
other resolutions adopted nj the exc
ecuiivc session included one urging
strict enforcement Of the immigra-
ton laws, and deportation of aliens
seeking to overthrow the government
Legislation for the recall of United
States senators and representatives
also was URGED.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19
FOREIGN DEMAND WAS
CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES

Foreign demand for American coal
was an important factor in high do
nestle coal prices along the Atlantic
scaboard during the first nine months
Of this year, but Il was only a minor
factor in the creation Of high coal
prices for the country az a whole, the
interstate commerce commission de-
clarcs in a report made public the
first part of the week and prepared
on request Of the senate last June.
"Thc foreign demand intensified the
abnormal domestic demand and sew
cral factors together afforded an OPP
portunity for the cxacling of prices
not justified by the cost of produe-
tom said the report. During the
first nine months of 1920, the COM
missions table shows that a total of
90.2T3, 800 tons of coal left the coun-
try. of which 23.b60.0l3 tons was OK
port coal and G,Il3,366 tons was for
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19
SUPREME COURT CLEARS
UP CARBON COUNTY CASE

A decision was handed down by the
Utah supreme court last Saturday in
the case of the Spring Canyon Coal
company against the industrial COM
mission. Irwin Wimber, an employee
Of the coal company, lost a leg in an
accident in the coal mine in 1918
The commission awarded him compen-
weeks, as designated by law for such
an injury, and also compensation for
the time the man was totally disabled.
The coal company appealed the case,
on the ground that the one hundred
and fifty weeks mentioned in the law
was meant to cover the entire COM
pensation payable in such a case. The
supreme court upholds this conten-
ton. At the same time IL notes that
the law has since been amended 50 as
to make the payments due in accord
with the opinion Of the majority of
the commission in making its decision.
The fact that the legislature had
amended the law to remove any am
biguity on this point is taken by the
court as one of the reasons for decid-
ing that the law as il read prior to
1919 did not contemplate tho pay
mcnt for the disability period in ad-
dition TO the specific payment for the
injury of n particular type.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19

that pulmonary tuberculosis appears
with lesser frequency among coal min
ers than among men following other
occupations.
In Elk. l.. Canyon, about fifteen
miles northwest Of Manti, a company
is operating a forty-ineh vein of coal,
intending TO place same on the mar
ket. The exploiters are Manti, Eph-
riam and Salt Lake City people
SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. IA doc
tors prescription is necessary to OBJ
tain any coal here, the heart Of the
anthracite coal region. The shortage
Of fuel here is so acute that for many
homes where persons are i'll no coal
can be obtained. The coal dealers re-
fuse TO deliver any coal unless a doc
tors prescription accompanies the
ordef Most Of the coal mined here
is rushed to all parts of the country
where higher rates prevail than in
Scranton, leaving the city short Of
fuel.
The Claremont coal mine owned by
the state of South Dakota, is now
shipping 200 tons daily. The product
if of the quality known as blue Ignite.
This mine was purchased last summer
to insure state institutions against
coal shortage Fuel is furnished to
the state normal school, the peniten-
tiary, the school for blind, the deaf.
the soldiers home and other state in
situations. individuals may purchase
coal at the mime. The mine is located
at Haynes, North Dakota, just over
the line from Lennon. The original
owners began the grading for a spur
railroad from the mine TO Lennon.
The state Of South Dakota Is now
building this railroad. Il is estimated
that when the line is finished the
mines output can be tripled.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-11-19
CHRISTMAS MAIL FOR
SOLDIERS MUST HURRY

Christmas packages for American
troops on the Rhine must reach Ho.
boken by December 9th to insure de-
livery before Christmas Day, the war
department has announced. They
should be sent in care Of the general
superintendent, army transport SER
vice, Hoboken. Parcels for men sta
toned in Hawaii and the Philippines
should reach the depot quartermastcr,
Fort Mason. San Francisco, not later
than December 9th, while those for
shipment to the Panama Canal zone
and Porto Rico should be in the hands
Of the general superintendent, army
transport service, pier 2, army supply
base, South Brooklyn, n. Y, by No
vember 30th. Packages for Germany
must not exceed seven pounds in
weight and seventy-two inches COM
binod length and girth. Those TO men
on duty in the canal zone and insular
possessions are limited to twenty
pounds in weight and two cubic feet
In volume.