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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. July (SpeciaD .--Pota-
toes. white. new. per barrel. 1.50a3. SO;
per bushel, 4oa9o Beans, green. per
bushel. 60a1:50. Beets. per 100 punches.
!. 3.oOa5.OO. Asparagus. per doz. 1.20a
Cabbage. per head, ea12. Lettuce. per
bushel. 50a1.0O. Spring onions. per 100
bunches., 75a1.oo. Cauliflower. per bas-
ket. zoo. Corn. per dozen. 20a40. Gu
cumbers. per basket. 65aS5. Peppers.
per crate, 2.00a3.00. Peas. per bushel,
2.ooa3.5o. Squash. per basket. 75a1. 90.
Tomatoes. per 4-bushel basket. 2.0oa
ESQ. Rhubarb. per 100 punches, 3.00a
400. Apples. per barrel. 2.00a5.00; per
hamper. 1.00a2.OO.
Blackberries. per quart. 1sa25. Rasp-
pound. 1oa2o. Cantaloupes. per box.
1.25a5.00. Peaches. per crate. 200a3 90.
Watermelons. each, 40aS0. Pineapples.
per crate. 3.5oas,50.
Selling Prices at Noon.
Wheat-No. . red winter. spot. 1.42 {:
No 2 red winter. garlicky. spot. 1926.
July wheat, 1929 per bushels; Au-
gust, no bid
Sales-Bag lots Of new wheat. as to
lis and III per bushel.
Car lot of No. . red winter. gariicky.
spot. at 1.25 per bushel.
Corn-Cob, new. yellow 3.70a3.75 per
barrel; for white. IS to 20 per barrel /:
lower in carload lots: contract corn.
spot. 70: track corn. yellow. No. or
Sales-Bag lot of white at wharf at
IS per bushel
Rye-Bag lots of nearby rye. as to
quality. 1.2oa1.26 per bushel: No. 2
western export. spot. 1851 per
bushel; No. 3. no quotations.
Hay-No. 1 timothy. nominal: stand
r6 fip,ofbv ma So- IN fipoo
thy. 2o.ooa2O5o: No. 3 timothy. 14.00a
1900: No. l light clover mixed. 1s.50a
1000: No. 2 light clover. mixed, 15.0oa
90; No. l clover. mixed. 19.50a2000:
No: clover. mixed. 14.o0a17 90: No. 8.
1l.5o; sample hay. 1000a14e0.
Straw-No. I. weak; No. l straight
rye, nominal: No. tangled rye. 1900:
No; tangled rye. 1900: No: ! wheat
5.00a15.50: No. 2 wheat. 13.00a135o;
No. oat. nominal. 15.50a1S.5o
CHICAGO. July s.-Downturns in
wheat prices resulted today from opin-
ions current that the government crop
would be only moderately bullish. as the
deterioration of the spring crop would
be Offset in measure by the advance in
the par basis for the month. July de-
livery. however. showed relativ strength.
as rains were said to have delayed
thrashing in Kansas and Nebraska, and
country offerings were only fair. Open
ing quotations. which varied from Y
lower to &c advance, with September
l.19& TO 1.21 and December 1881, were
followed by setbacks all around to well
bellows yesterdays finish.
Confirmation Of black rust in Canada
led to another advance later The close
was firm, y to net higher. with Sep.
tember 1.21H to 1.24A and December
1.24A to 1.2411.
market but business was hampered b,
scarcity of available lake tonnage The
market closed steady a net lower to u
advance. with September 60& to 60b
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SLIGHT REACTION
IN BOND PRICES

NEW YORK, July s.-Bond prices
were inclined to shade off a traction
all around today. this in sympathy
with the stock market. The reaction.
such as it was. however, was slight
ir comparison to the rise of the last
week. Most of the losses in the rail
group did not exceed a quarter of
a point. This was true of such repre-
sentative issues as Reading general
IS. Baltimore and Ohio gold As, Balti-
more and Ohio 6s. Erie convertible
AS. Erie general 4s; Pennsylvania
6laS and Union Pacific 6s.
On the other hand. equipment bonds
held their advance even better. The
PENNSYLVANIA rs, at 1903: the Louis
willie Is. at 104. and the New York
Central Is. at 101. were all at their
recent best. Chesapeake anu Ohio
convertible SIS came down 3. of a
point. and so did Northern Pacific
As. These losses, however, were quite
exceptional.
Weakness in Sugars.
Weakness in sugar and securities gen.
orally was reflected in further SELL
ing at the lowest prices of Cuba
Cane Sugar convertible Is and of
Cuban American sugar SS DelO" 80.
Virginia Carolina Chemical 71Gs were
weak again. dropping a point. from
90 to So. Dupont 7i2s. Goodyear IS
and Kelly Springfield Ss were all off
fractionally. but United States Rub
ber bonds were not noticeably ar
fected by the passing of the dividend
on the common stock.
Westinghouse Electric IS. which
have been one of the most consistent
ly bought bonds for the last few
weeks, held at their record high
prices around 101.
Bond Sale Arranged.
1t was announced from Chicago
the Commonwealth Edison Company
had arranged to sell to banking
syndicate s6,0OO.OO0 of per cent
bonds, to run twenty-five years. These
bonds will be opened at 3l12 to yield
6a per cent.
Liberty and victory bonds all eased
off, but not to any important extent.
Foreign governments were irregular.
French SIS were firmer at 80, and Den
mark SIS at 1909 were up a bit. On
the other hand. Belgian 112s and
Zurich SIS were down a fraction. and
Swiss SIS were freely supplied at 1O4.
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LITTLE CHANGE IN WOOL,

BOSTON, July S.-The Commercial
Bulletin tomorrow will say:
This week has seen little change in
the volume of business transacted or
in the character of the demand. The
call for wool still is largely for
finer and more especially for the
staple or worsted woods. Prices show
little change; in fact there is hardly
any quotable change in any grade.
The mills. especially those making
worsteds. are generally well engaged
less steadily at steady prices.
The tariff still furnishes food for
conjecture in the trade and there il
little doubt that the measure will
have to be modified in certain re-
spects as regards the wool schedule" ="
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OIL STOCKS.

Quotations furnished BY W. B. Hibbs 4 Co.
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Money to Loan

$50. .000-74s intereat, in sums of 81 900 to g..
o00 secured BY nrst deed Of trust on real estate.
Joseph l. Weller ~, saS ws;s s,s ,.s L Tn m
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, July 8.-Prime mer-
camille paper, 6Aa6h; exchange. ir-
regular: sterling sixty-day bills and
commercial sixty-day bills on banks,
1856: commercial sixty-day bills,
Francs, demand, 7.5: cables. 7.97. Bel
gian francs, demand. 7.81; cables, 1888.
Guilders. demand, 1854; cables, 1884.
Lire. demand. AT; cables, 4.79.
Marks. demand. 1872; cables. 1.33.
Greece, 5.55. Sweden, 21.70. Norway,
1895. Argentine, 29.75. Brazilian,
11.06. Montreal, IL per cent discount,
Government bonds. easy. Railroad
bonds, irregular. Time loans, steady;
sixty days, ninety days, six months,
6 per cent.
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served to lower the general proper
tions of reserve to liabilities from
CO.'S to 60.
Rubber Dividend Passing.
No official statement of earnings
was given out in connection with tn
passing Of the dividend on United
States Nubber common. Had the fig
ures fdE the frs: half year been pub
lished they would have made the
action of the directors entirely plain.
1t has been known for some time
by we'll informed people that United
States Rubber had a large shrink
age in earnings during the first six
months of 1921. and those who have
known this have predicted right along
that the dividend would be omitted
altogether. Still the street was evil
IDENTIFY surprised because the first
sales OF the stock were made at 49,
against last nights close Of 53s.
The break in Famous Players start
house with a clientele which has
been active all year on the bear side.
1t was not forgotten, however. that IL
Is a common trick when a line of real
stock has to be sold to give the or
der to a firm with bearish reputa-
ton. At today's prices Famous Play.
ers was certainly very low for an IS
stock. On the other hand. this IS not
the first time that il has broken to
abnormally low figures. which have
ranted by the facts regarding earn
ings.
Notes.
A denial by the Lackawanna that II
will figure eventually in a merger
with the Nickel Plate and the Pere
Marquette is considered by interests
close to the management of the latter
property as technical. This is be-
cause the present negotiations are
between the Nickel Plate and the
Pere Marquette.
for the year. The selling was in
spired by the passing Of the Rubber
dividend. which had the effect of di-
recting suspicion toward other stocks
about which the question Of maintain
ing dividends has been raised. The
gossip today was that at the next
meeting the cash payment would be
omitted altogether
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Grain, Produce and Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

LOCAL "hOJIE.SAAc hlhAAhGAs
Eggs-strictly fresh. per doz.. 2saso:
average receipts. 27a2s.
Live poultry-Roosters. per lb.; II:
spring. per h.. 3sa4o: hens: per ln.'
30 keats. young. each. 60a75; chick
ems, winter. per lb.. 30.
Dressed poultry-Fresh-kille spring
chickens. per h., 38a40; hens. per 10
80: roosters. per lb.. %; turkeys: Ssa
40; keats, young; each, eoa''' ch'eA
ems. winter. per lb.. 35a4O.
Pork-Dressed. small. per lb.. 10
Live stock-Calves. choice: per 10.
9; lambs. choice. per lb.. 1oh; i've
hogs. 9.
Green fruit@Apples, per bbl.: 3:ooa
1000: western. per box S;Soat'oS: qua, ~:
California oranges. per crate S;VVa ou
$50: grapefruit. per crate, o;ooas.oo'
peaches, per crate, 2.25a3.50: blackber-
,ies, per quart. 20a30: raspberries. per
quart, 25a45; cantaloupes. 4.ooaS.oo.
observation-disclosures new. No. i.
per barrel, ,2.5Oa4.00: lettuce. nearby per
crate, 75a1.25: New York lettuce per
crate, l25al5o; celery per e6. d9s: e. cym. VIVA
blings. per crate. 1.5oa1.75: spinach
per barrel. .3.ooa4.oo: kale. per barrel.
i GOAL so; peppers. per crate. oS oSoaS So 00 :
peas nearby. per Darrell o.ooaA1-o''
onions. l25a20 90; cabbage: per crate
3. Ooa3.5 so; cucumbers. 1a0a2 eo: egg :
plant, per crate. 3.ooa3 so: tomatoes, per
box. .. .00a5 so: asparagus. per doz.: !.ooa ia
800; corn, 2.00a3.00: beans. '.ooalo.oo
per Dbl.
DAIRY MARKETS.
BALTIMORE, July S tSpeciaD:-,
Chickens-Alive. springers, per ~, "a
ducks per lb., 22a2S: spring ducks.
SSa3O. pigeons. per n4ir. ISAAC.
Eres-Loss off. native and nearby
hrsts' per doz., 29a30; southern. Y;
Butter-Creamery. fancy. PIT 30
3sa39: prints, 38a40: nearby cream
ery. s4a35; ladies. 24a26: rolls. per
ID, 34a35: dairy prints. 22a25: store
packed. %; process butter. Zeazs.
NEW YORK. July s.-Butter-Firm
receipts. 1l.212 tubs: creamery. higher
than extras, 39a39ls: creamery ex-
tras (92 score) 3sh3s1a. creamery
frsts. (ss to 81 score) 36fs ass PACK
ing stock, current make. No. z, 70.
Eegs-Steady: receipts. 24.236 cases
fresh gathered. extra hrsts. Soa3'
do. firsts. 33a35: state. Pennsylvanla
and nearby western hennery whites
firsts. to extras. 40a4S; do. browns
extras, 4oa42. do. gathered brown ns
and mixed colors. f1rsts to extras
Cheese-Firm: receipts. 2.43o boxes
state. whole milk. flats. fresh specials
rivals; do. average run, 161.a
state, whole milk. twins. specials
j171k; do. average run. 16izal7
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RECEIVER FOR GILL1LAND OIL

WILMINGTON. DEL. July s.-John
J. Satterthwait of this city and P. J.
pointed receivers of the Gilliland Oil
Company.
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FOREIGN BONDS.

ouot.tions furnished By W. B. Hibbs + O..
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NOTES ON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON, September 10.-The Com
mercial Bulletins notes on wool quo
tations follow:
Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces-De-
laine, unwashed, 33a35; fine. unwash-
ed. 2sa29; Y blood combing. 2sa3o:
q blood combing. 25a26.
Michigan and New York f1eeces-
Delaine, unwashed, 31a33;; fine. un-
washed, 26a27: II blood unwashed,
2Sa29; A blood .unwashed, 25a26: Y
blood unwashed. 22a24.
New England-h blood, 23a24: y
blood. 22a23: 4 blood. 21a22.
kentucky, West Virginia and sim.
ilar-A blood unwashed, 26a27; Y
blood unwashed, 23a25.
Secured basis-Texas, fine twelve
months. 65a75: ane eight months.
50a55.
county. 65a6S; southern. 50a55.
Oregon-Eastern No. staple, 7Sa
so: eastern cloth, 60a65: valley No. /.
65a7O.
Territory-Fine staple. choice, soa
S5; y blood combing, 68a72: ss blood
combing, 50a55; 4 blood combing,
35a38; fine and fine medium clothing,
6Oa63: fine and fine medium French
combing. 65a70.
. PuI1sd1Ds5aine' snnsl fDs7a A. s5; a. 75as0;
Mohairs-Best combing. 27a30: best
carding, 22a25.
LONDON. September 10.-The Offer
ings of the wool sales yesterday
amounted to 1929 bales. All de-
scritions were strong and merinos
and crossbreds sold per cent above
the opening rates.
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Overheard by ]. II. q.

From the Boston Transcript.
Man Ito angry spouse)-Don't quar-.
rel with me on the street. What have
We got home fort
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COTTON REVIEWS STRENGTH.

NEW YORK, September 10.-The
cotton market showed renewed
strength today owing to reports Of
torrential rains In south Texas and
continued nervousness over the course
OF the tropical storm. The latter was
considered too far away to threaten
any damage to cotton within the next
four or five days, but private reports
regarding the Texas rains led to ac-
tive covering and fresh buying. First
prices were irregular at an advance Of
22 to IS points. and there were slight
setbacks right after the call under
realtzing for over the week end. These
offerings were quickly absorbed, how
ever. with December soon selling up
to 20.70 and March to 20.42, or about
70 to 80 points net higher on the ac-.
tive months.
NEW ORLEANS, September 1o-The
extremely heavy rains reported in
south Texas overnight. and the steady
progress of the tropical storm across
the Caribbean sea created q buying
wave in the cotton market on the
opening today. and in the first hour of
business prices advanced 81 to 12O
points. October rose to 20.45 and
March to 2010. AS was the case yes
terday the near months were stronger
than the distant.
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building MATERNAL
PRICE TO ADVANCE
Consumption in Some Lines
Nearly Equal to Present
Production.

NEW YORK, September 10-Buy-
ing for building construction is be-
ginning to tax the production capacity
Of certain building material manufac-
turing industries. according to the
current Dow Service daily building
reports.
This condition of affairs lends con-
nrmation to recent Dow Service OBJ
covery in the building construction
industry has definitely set in. 1t full
mis- the predictions made in this
column and elsewhere as long ago as
August. 1919. that q price turn up
panicky price pruning that was forced
upon an industry woefully undersup-
piled when public opinion was be-
ginning to balk at construction work
until prices were brought back to pre-
war levels. General commodity prices
were under pressure for reduction
then because stocks had been over
produced. Building material stocks
have been underproduced ever since
the war. and theirf condition in the
face Of growing demand is worse to-
The Federal Reserve Bank's computa-
tion fixes July. 1921, as the time Of the
turn in price declines.
Turn Must Come.
As far as the basic building material
market Is concerned. 1t is not hard to
establish the economic reasons why pres
ent price levels cannot be sustained
mand and supply. A few citations
will suffice.
For the last thirty-three weeks the
national lumber cut has totaled 1885,
74S.000 feet. The actual shipments
against that total were 4,976,o32, 900
10 cd pCt
the shipments totaled 100000 feet.
In the same period only 100000 feet
were cut.
Cement Stocks Low.
Cement offers another example.
From January. to July. inclusive, pro-
duction totafed 52,036.000 barrels.
Against that total 5O.376.O00 barrels
were soaO,d,n SHIPPED ID In the month Of July: July;
just issued. 10.301 900 barrels were
shipped, against total nationwide
production of s.56S.000. The stocks on
hand at this time are more than
million barrels below the reserve
this year.
Building Nearly Doubled.
There are those who have been
awaiting the return Of normal times"
in the building business. The term
normal times" is hard to define, but
in building construction a fair idea
Of what that phrase means is OBJ
tanned by striking an average of
building construction permits granted
over a period of years. In a selec-
tion Of seven years from 1912 to 1918.
inclusive. the average yearly New
York construction item may be set
down as $751;, 7,000, 900. The total value
of projected New York city buildings
recorded at the various city building
bureaus in the first half Of this year
was S1,453,919.
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MATERIAL IMPROVEMENT IS
EVIDENT IN MANY DIRECTIONS
Growing Confidence in the Business Situa-
tion Anticipates Continued Betterment
Stocks and Commodities on Upgrade.

soon lead to a similar movement at
the steel mills.
The copper statistics indicate that
the present surplus rpn sod is Disappearing at
this being the excess Of home and
foreign demand for the metal over
new production and imports. The eff
feet upon prices has already been wit
messed In the recovery. which started
Ia fortnight ago. from 11h cents a
as 12N cents being paid on orders
from abroad.
Railroad Situation Improving.
The completed railway tabulation
shows that July was the most profita-
BILE month of the year for the roads.
and the preliminary data leaves no
doubt that August will be even better,
on account of the larger shipments of
grain and cotton. This also promises
to bring about much better foreign
trade statement for August, when the
figures are compiled-than the dismal
showing for July.
1t looks still more probable than it
did at the close of last week that the
grain trade is definitely on the mend.
There is no sensational shortage to
put up prices, as in the case Of cotton,
The wheat crop Is only short by COM
parlson with the abnormal war years.
The indicated yield of some 754 900. 900
bushels would have been considered
quite bumper harvest crop before
1914.
Money Market Easier.
Meanwhile. improvement continues
in the financial situation considered
by itself. The bank statements bear
witness to the seasonal demands in
the harvest districts. Banks in the
south and northwest are increasing
their rediscounts with the federal re-
serve branches in the east and mid
die west. Yet in the midst of the
crop moving period, and facing within
rev days the temporarily heavy re-
qu1rements for taxes and government
oond interest payments, the money
market has been easier than at any
stage SO far. Time loans have been
made for thirty-day periods at 5k
per cent, which is the lowest in
several years. This is reflected in
the investment bond market, where
each new issue brought out is eagerly
snapped up and where dealers are re-
porting that their shelves are bare.
1t Is rejected too in the increasing
volume OF investment business and
the constantly rising tendency of
prices.
Looking back at the record of the
last three months, it may be noted
that June was the time when the bond
market struck bottom and began to
point upward, and it is also clear now
that stocks of companies with an
assured business outlook so that their
dividends could be considered safe,
did precisely the same thing.
Copyright. 1921
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ASSAILS vol STEAD ACT.
Senator Ashurst Declares Regula.
tions Are Too Stringent,

UTICA, N. Y. September 10.-De-
claring himself opposed to the stringent
regulations embodied in the Volstead
act. United States Senator Henry F.
Ashurst Of Arizona, addressing the New
York State Retail Coal Merchants ,Asso-
citation at Richf1eld Springs last night,
denounced the searching Of private prop
erty for liquor without q warrant as H.
legal and contravention Of rights guar
anteed under the Constitution.
The stopping Of automobiles or the
entering Of houses for search without
warrants is absolutely illegal, the Sem
ator declared. The prohibition enforce.
nent departments Interpretation Of the
law he characterized as often being
stupid.
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE,

NEW YORK, September 10.-Prime
mercantile paper, 6a6K; exchange, ir-
regular; sterling sixty-day bills and
commercial sixty-day bills on banks,
SO: commercial sixty-day bills,
3.69N; demand. 3.73h; cables, 3.74,
Francs. demand, 7.45h; cables, 7.46;
Belgian francs. demand. 7.33k: cables,
7.34. Guilder, demand, 1856; cables,
31.72. Lire, demand. 4.32: cables,
4.32s. Marks. demand. O.99; cables.
0.99h. Greece, demand, 5.57. Sweden,
demand. 21.55. Norway, demand, 1895.
Argentine. demand, S0.75. Brazilian,
demand. 1915. Montreal, 10 11-16 per
cent discount.
Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds, firm.
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|RELIEF FOR FIRE SUFFERERS,

ST. PAUL, Minn., September 10.-The
state board of relief has authorized the
issuance Of $1,000 Of certificates Of In
debtedness. to be sold to the state in
vestment board and made Immediately
available for the relief Of fre sufferers
Of Whitepine and vicinity.
w. L. Cox, state forester, said approx
imately thirty fires in the forest district
are now under control. but are still q
menace,
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BY STUART r. WEST.

NEW YORK. September 10.-Grow-
ing confidence in the business sit
uation has been the underlying i'm
pulse in all the markets this week.
While the public is still asking itself
when things are going to turn. Wall
street replies that they have been
turning for a long time past, and in
proof calls attention to the fact that
bond prices are up fve to ten points
and ztock prices ten. fifteen and
twenty points in many instances from
their lows. Of the past summer.
This recovery in securities presents
the familiar phenomenon of the mar
ket Anticipating business changes
which may not become fully defined
for some months yet. Still there has
been more evidence of improvement
In trade conditions, going by the re-
ports of the last two weeks, than at
any time SO tar.
There has not yet been opportunity
TO Judge Of the effect which the ex-
Itraordtnary advance in cotton will
have upon business in the south. But
everywhere the comment is made that,
inasmuch as the handspring Of buy
ing power In the southern states has
always been high cotton prices, this
cannot fail to be the case now, pro-
vided the rise from 11h cents to 20
cents q pound is to hold.
Demand May Exceed Supply.
AS to the permanence Of the cotton
recovery, the market of the last few
days has afforded a pretty thorough
test. The years crop will be short
between -four and five million bales,
according to the government esti-
mate up to August 25. But this does
not tell the whole story. The weather
bureau reports both this week and
last have borne out private advices
that cotton has deteriorated still fur
ther since the first of the month.
II, as now seems likely. there is to
be another marked reduction in cot
ton estimates by the end of Sep
tember. 1t will mean that the avail
able supply. including the carry
over from last year. will not be equal
to the normal demand for export and
for home consumption. This pros
pect has led to the most urgent sort
Of buying for foreign account, while
1t has brought such q flood of buying
into the market for cotton goods that
mills will be taxed to the utmost for
months to come to meet demands.
Pig Iron Advances.
In other directions outside of the
textile trade the testimony is increas-
ingly favorable. Pig iron quotations
ton on top of the previous jump of
two dollars, while the figures showed
that in August, for the first time
since last autumn. pig iron production
increased. Regarding finished steel
accounts are more conflicting, but it
increasing demand and improving
prices. for the raw material do not
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BID FOR R. R. SECURITIES.
Reported Offers Made for 1885,.
600, 900 Held by Government.

Tenders to purchase railroad securi.
ties held by the government have
been made to President Harding. It 10
Tho nature Of the Offers or how
they were regarded by the President
was not disclosed. but Mr.. Harding
is understood to be Considering the
possibility Of marketing the $780,
000. 900 worth Of car trust certificates
held by the railroad administratio
in order to raise funds for making
settlements with carriers, which
might, otherwise be delayed pending
the passage Of the railway funding
bill by Congress.
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GERMAN MARKS SLUMP.
Sell for Less Than Cent Apiece in
ExchanqA Market

NEW YORK. September 1o.-Ger-
man marks sold for less than a cent
piece In the foreign exchange mar
Kee mere today. After opening at
0.99 cents they advanced to / cent
fiat. which figure represented an
overnight decline of O.o225 cents.