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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05

as we arc able to ascertain only a com paratively small portion of the cotton man ufacturing centers have been affected by the earthquake Locally the sentiment is quite strong that we will have some what similar market to that of last year at this ti.ie. when prices eased under the the situation is somewhat different this year, as there are no stocks of raw cot ton held in any quantity In manufacturing centers, and fl the dry goods trade con- tinues to hold its own or improve. mills will need shipments in September which In former years have been normally post poncd until October or November.
 Futures .n London are due tomorrow octoDer ls.9ed. January .soa.-HyS,0 I'd Bros & Ca,
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URGE SCHOOLING FOR ALI

LOTHIAN, Ala, Sept. 4.-(Special Leased Wire.)-The Rotary club of Dothan has undertaken a campaign to persuade every eligible student to enter high school Two years ago this work was taken up and financial aid was given a number of students who were unable to attend school longer without help. Th ecampaign will be renewed this year.
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COTTON SEED HIGH

SAMSON, Ala. Sept. 4.-(Special Leased Wire )-Representative of the Buckeye Cotton oil company today opened the cotton seed market at S45 per ton at this place. The farmers are selling their seeds freely at this price. The crop, according to a state- ment of Mayor R. H. Dawkins, will only reach the 30 per cent of normal this season, due to heavy rainfall. The land that produced one half bale to the acre last year will take 15 to 20 acres to make a bale this season with nor efertilizer to the acre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
sEI.r.s CAR or CAI,vEs

YORK, Ala, Sept 4.-(Special Leased Wire.)-W. W. McDaniel of Whitford brought in carload of Hereford calves which were sold to W. E. Nixon yesterday for feeding purposes. McDaniel makes a practice of raising car of calves each year for sale. He also raises on his Whit ford farm all the corn. peas, pota- toes. molasses, meat and lard used, in addition to a large cotton crop.
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FORT MOVEMENT

ceipts, 1858; sales. 1000; stock. 4S,s5o. Galveston: Middling. 24 40c: receipts 26,75o; sales. 2.S04 stock S4.03s. stock 355.
 Savannah; Middling. s4 4.75c; receipts 5S4; stock, 11,T42.
 Charleston: Stock. 25,265.
 Wilmington: Receipts. 27; stock, 1,762. Texas City: Stock. 147.
 Norfolk; Middling, 24 4,ssc; receipts, 124t sales. ': stock, S,9Se.
 Baltimore: Stock 560.
 Boston Middling, 2s. s5c; stock, $500. Philadelphia: Stock. 1908. s,677; stock. 11.124.
 Minor ports Stock, 2,52o.
 Total today: Receipts. 2s,342; exports, 9,677; stock, 0o147
 Total for week; Receipts, s2,2os; ex- Total for season: Receipts. ss2.125; ex- ports, 319,662.
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TIVE STOCK

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL, September Hog tesd ioc to 2oe @ lower; top, $ so closing s.sSe; SuS desrsss ssnt light hssss n.avy butcher. ss.S6Gs.25; some unsoid; good killing pigs weak to 25c lower; bulk lz9 so PSund 5oe packer sows unchanged; bulk. s7.bo.
 Cattle receipts. 1000; native beef steers. light yearlinss and bulls ana stoeksF cows and canners strong to higher at s1o. 75 @ II; top mstured steers: VII; top yearIings, SIP; bulk steers, Ss@l0 canners, s2.25a2.s5; bologna bulls. s4@4.5o; stock CTS, $4.5o@6.5o.
 Sheep receipts, 1000; choice lambs on sale tOp and S.soIr Sns natiss sSi light ewes to killers around s7.So.
 NEW YORK. Sept. 1-cattle receipts, e4o; steady; steers. s5. oil .25; bulls s$@4.a5; cows. s1@t5e: Calf receipts; little calves. s7Gs; buttermilks, ss@s.
 Sheep and lamb receipts, 1o5oo: weak; sheep, ss@s: go; .culls. g. 5o93; lambs. s1o @1t; culls, $7@S.
 lightweights, ss. .76@1o.2 .25; pigs. ss.bo@ 10; heavy hogs. ss@s.25; roughs, ss.75@
 CHICAGO. Sept. 4.--CattIe receipts, 27.- 900; most killing classes uneven, slow;
 
 yearlings eligible to s1l and better about steady; others weak to a5c lower; part iings, sl2.25; bulk fed yearlings, $1o@ 1i.25; western grassers. 1oc to 15c lower bulk early sales, q 30 Qs. 35 to killers: few loads weighty Montanas to Killers $s. 50; about 140 loads 800 to HOO pound west erns to feeder buyers, ss9s. 50; one load I,200 pound Montanas to feeder buyers, ss15; she stock steady 10 15c lower; can ners and cutters and in-between fat cows 1 .Allw. n. lbc lower: other classes about steady: bulk bologna bulls, sS:s694; 70; few heayies ssos sI saes around
 Hog receipts, 5e.ooo; mostly steady to 1oc higher; better grades showing most advances; closing slow and weak; bulk ss5 pound butchers ss .s5as ao: packing %ssht 'rssy gs ssasa sSa over, 1000.
 Sheep receipts, s9,OOo; fat lambs fully 25c lower; spots more: culls steady, aged killers killers. sla ss @is s5; natives natives. sis'soS generally ss@s.5o: fat range w wethers around 95 pounds, ss: good and choice fat western ewes averasing 1os pounds. sI@ feeding eyes mostly s5@s: bulk feeding lambs. SIS. 2s a ls 50; top, s1s 50; heavies around 70 pounds downward to sig 30.
 KANSAS CITY. Mo, Sept. l.-cattie receipts. 25; calf receipts. 5000; slow; better grades corn-fed steers and year lings around steady; other fed steers and grassers dull; top matured steers SIP, so; some held higher: long yearlings $12.50; she stock and bulls mostly steady. Bulk beef cows. s3.5o@5: odd head choice prime. ,s697: bologna bulls. ss.5004; calves draggy: steady to 25c lower; top veals. $9 better grade stockers and feed CTS stesdy: others lower fleshy feeders up to s9.4o
 Hog receipts, 15,ooo: around 1oc higher to shippers than yesterday: bulk TO to ssas pound averages, ss.i5@o.s5: top se.Ao: hnfl< of r,les. ss. 650s s0: pack -----' lc sntalsn.aaiA- .'r.R steady with yes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.--considerable weakness developed in the cotton seed oil market owing to sharp decline in lard. Liquidation was poorly absorbed and the market ruled heavy all day, closing 16 to 27 points net lower. Sales. 15.1oo barrels. Prime crude $50 sales; prime summer yell low spot. Il a II s5c: September. 11.soo. December, o5oc; March, e.7Oc. all bi~
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NEW YORK COTTON FuTuREs
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. Sept 4.-spot cotton steady, 25 points lower. Sales on the spot, 100; to arrive. 300; low middling, 23 Soc middling. 24 Soc; good middling, 25c. Re- ceipts, 1853; stock, 45,s50.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-spot cotton quiet {; middling, 25. s5c.
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 prefecture governors to commander all supplies necessary to provide food and clothing for the destitute, says cable York office of Fitzhui Ss Co, Japanese inn porters. from their Osaka agents.
 WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.--Grain exports from the United States last week totalled bushels for the week previous.
 NEW YORK. Sept. IA sharp drop in stock prices was the financial market s first reaction to the disaster that has be- ssa Sansa oaossd City n of To per cent change. dropped 10 points to 65, and losses Of l to points took place in Japanese 1irst and second 4iac and Japanese As.
 NEW YORK. Sept. 4-New low records Tor the year were established by British txchange and German marks demand sterling being quoted at S45SM and Ger man marks selling for 7c a million. The 4sc. Good buying power came into the stock market after the first flood of sell market was pointed upward again before the end of the first hour. Japanese bonds also made partial recovery.
 NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-Trading in the raw silk market was suspended here to- iii the Japanese market reopens. Ali of Serings of raw silk in New York have been withdrawn.
 ST. LOUIS. Sept. 4.-The Shell Union Oil corporation on December 2s will pay dividend of 25c on each of the 000, 900 shares of outstanding common stock to Stockholders of record September 14, it was announced here today. The announcement was made at the office of the Roxana Pe- troleum. corporaticr., a subsidiary. KANSAS CITY Mo. Sept. 4.-Hoz prces to shippers jumped up 15c over yes terday's prices and touched new high Tor the year at 40 here today. The top price today represents increase of 45c over the price a week ago. Tn top of tS 9b week ago established new top for tn year at that time.
 NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-The visible sup ply of American grain shows the follow bushels. Corn, decreased 4is.o0o bushels . Oats increased 2.1s4,0 900 bushels. Rye. in creased 155,000 bushels. Barley. increased S69,00o bushels.
 DRY GOODS
 NEW YORK. Sept. 4,-Cotton goods markets held firm today with inquiries steady and sales moderate. Yarns were firm. In the silk trade many houses with drew all prices pending more definite in- formation concerning the extent of the ds- sstcr to rew silk filatures and to the stocks held at Yokohama. Bids nt nd- vanced prices were made for both raw and finished silks In the local trade. and wher- evor prices wsro named thoy were usually s-on . much higher basis. Buriapa mar ket steady. No change wEs reported in wool goods.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH. Ga. Sept. 4.-Turpentine firm, sshc. Sales 1ss; receipts, 44s: ship ments. 2s2 stock. 1s.5s5. Rosin firm; sales, ss3; receipts, l.41s; shipments, 52o; l. s452h; K, M, s455; N, S4.s2is; We, s5.13A; wv. s5.17ta; X, s5,17la
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LIyERPooL CnTroN

fair demand; prices easier; good middling 1sd; fully middling. 15. 55d; middllns, 15d low middling. 14.70d; good ordinary. l4.20d; ordinary. 19. sod. Sales, 5000 bales. Including 1.6o0 American. Futures closed firm; September. IA. 5Sd; October. 14.1sd; December, 13.97d; January. 13.S4d; March, 13.7Sd; May. .5ed; July. 13.37d.
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Ouer Priuate Wires
sTEMART,s LErrER

BIRMINGHAM. Sept. 4.--After a three day holiday in our markets, Liverpool quo tations this morning were about as due
 with good sales of 5000 bales at an ad- vance in spot prices. Manchester eabled inquiries were numerous last week. but re- sultant business small. However. opinion expressed that purchases cannot be de- layed much longer Our markets opened to 20 points under the previous close and ruled dull without any features during the morning session and the small volume of business after the three-day holiday was disappointment considering the Italian Greece affair, the Japanese disaster and general rains In the southwest In the afternoon selling became heavy. which broke prices sharply, and the finals were on the days lows at decline of 70 to 50 points. This selling was evidently brought about by the noon press estimating total deaths in Japan at b00,000. There was some hedge selling during the morn ing, but this was absorbed by the scattered trade. Liverpool was fair buyer. Stocks and grain markets were lower, which helped the decline In cotton. Spots were quiet and generally followed the decline in futures. While sentiment is mixed, most Of the trade thinks the small crop pros poets warrants purchases for higher prices later on. but speculation and mill de- mands at the moment do not appear suf- ficient to absorb the pressure of the actual cotton on the market--S. R. Stewart & Co.,
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POTATOES

CHICAGO Sept. 4.-Potatoes weak; re- ceipts. PAT cars; total United States ship ments Saturday, 66S; Sunday, II; Monday, SO: Minnesota sacked Early Ohios, No 1, s1.25@1.<0 cwt. Wisconsin bulk round whites. No. l. s1 .9o@2 cwt.; Utah and Nebraska sacked Irish Cobblers. Mo- l, S1.90@2 cwt.
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NEW YORK, Sept 4.-The local raw sugar market was quiet. but the under tone steady despite the weakness in 2 futures, and prices were unchanged with so 1Cubas quoted at 41zc, cost and freight
 equal to 6 2Sc for centrifugal. No sales
 were reported, but there were indications that buyers would pay on the quoted prices, with holders asking more. s- The raw sugar futures market was firm yearly on covering and trade buying, but 2 prices broke later under scattered com
 mission house selling. The early advance
 carried prices to 10 points above the previous night, but the demand was not very aggressive, and prices eased off later p runder realizing and selling. believed to be
 for Japanese account. Final prices were
 at the lowest and from to 9 points be-
 low the close of last week. Closing: Sep ? tember {. 47c, December 4.35c, March S.73c, May 3 Sic.
 There was only moderate inquiry for
 refined sugar and prices were unchanged at 1-759sc for fine granulated. Refined
 futures nominal.
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INFERIOR MOyEMENT

Houston: Mlddling, 24.40c: receipts, 4l,7Is; shipments, l7.ss1; sales. 42,171 Memphis: Middlng. 25c: receipts. 4s; shipments a3s; sales. 575; stock. b1,os2. shipments 7s sales IS; stock. 1o,s25
 st.. Louis: Middling. 25c: stock, S,291. Atlanta: Middling 25.20c. Little Rock; Middling 24.75c; receipts. 1; sales, IA stock. 1o3i7.
 Dallas: Middling. 2a .45c; sales. 2s,s71. Montgomery: Middling, "A soc; sales. Total today: Receipts 42,os3: ship ments. 1s.so7; stock, 21s,os4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
LONDON MONEY

LONDON. Sept. 4.-Bar silver. s1 s-1sd per ounce. Money. per cent; discount rates. short bills 915-1s9s per cent; three months bills S1-169s% per cent.
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CHIEF REFLECTION OF QUAKE NOTED
 IN BOND MARKET

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Todays mod crate reaction in the stock market was generally attributed to the Jap ansese disaster. Other contributing influence were cabled reports that Italy had challenged the League of Nations authority to intervene in itas disputes with Greece, the sus- pension of hard coal mining and relatively firm money rates.
 The chief reflection of the earth quake was found in the bond market, city of TolSio 5s, dropping 10 points and the Japanese government issues l to points but all recovering part of their losses before the close.
 Wall Street was considerably en- coUraged by reports that American insurance companies would incur no such heavy losses as they experi enced in the San Francisco in 1906 when they were unprotected by ex- emption classes covering direct and indirect losses from earthquake dam age. The market therefore will not have to absorb any such load of fsecurities which were thrown upon st after the San Francisco fire.
 While American losses in Japan undoubtedly will be great, it was pointed out today that many com panies are bound to profit by the increased demand for materials needed in relief and reconstruction work.
 Among the active industrial issues losses of l to 8 points were recorded by Baldwin Locomotive American Can, Gulf States Steel, American Smelling, Bethlehem Steel and Beech nut Packing.
 Davison Chemical gave another or ratio performance. opening un- changed at S6. dropping to 351s and then squirting to 42 for net gain Of 6lA points on the day.
 Favorable trade and industrial developments during the day included the raising of the annual dividend rate on Mack Truck from s4 to $6. publication of a report of the Hayes Wheel company showing net earn ings of over s1,200,00o in the first eight months of this year as against s1.34s.000 in the entire year, 1922, and the declaration of an extra dividend of per cent by the Nation al City company.
 Stock of the Canadian Pacific rail- road. which has large property in rails also were heavy. Losses of a point or more being established by Chesapeake and Ohio. St. Paul com mon and preferred. Chicago North western and several others.
 Call money ruled steady at 5X per cent. Time money and commer- %cial paper rates were unchanged.
 Demand sterling touched a new sbettom for the year at $4.53 off 2H ,cents, and German marks sold as low las sac million. The Scandinavian exchanges were heavy and Spanish ipesetas dropped 11h points to 13.351s gents, but only nominal changes took place in other European currencies.
 O o O
 Financial.
 Total stock sales 5S4,000 shares. Twenty industrials averaged 9225 met loss ST.
 High, 1923, 1O5.3s: low S6.S1.
 Twenty rails averaged 7S.96, net loss .92.
 High 1923, s0.ss; low 7e.7s.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4.-Rough rice was dull; sales, 412 sacks at 3. 75Q 4c |; Edith at 4. 25c; receipts. S.7s5 sacks; mil lers receipts SIS sacks. Clean rice dull; ; sales $50 pockets old crop Blue Rose. 27s @ 3%c. Receipts. 479 pockets. Bran and polish unchanged.
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STATE AND MUNICIUAL BONDS

Bid. Ask. Alabama 4s 1858 .......... ss ss City of Birmingham. 4.60 @6.0o basis. Jefferson county. 4.60@S basis Jefferson county warrants 5.25@e.25 basis
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Moderate Reaction Stock Maret Attributed Japanes
NEW YORK BONDS
Railway and Miscellaneous

NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-FollowinE arc todsy's high. low and closing prices of bonds on the New York Stock Exchange, and the total sales of each bond:
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Sept. 4-FollowinE are today's sales, high low and closing prices of stocks listed the New York Stock
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Little Market Flashes

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.--Stock yarn and rice exchanges at Osaka have been closed and the Japanese cabinet has authorized prefecture governors to commander all supplies necessary to provide food and clothing for the destitute says cable message received here today at the New York office of Fitzhui & Co., Japanese i'm porters, from their Osaka agents
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HUBBARD's LETTER

NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-(special) )--In spite of the terrible disaster which has taken place In Japan, the market both in Liverpool and America showed unusual strength In face of this catastrophe, and the natural expectation that proportion of the improvement which took place last Friday on the publication of the govern oooo shrdlu cfwyp shrdlu odcmf--- ment report would be lost Although our prices have been somewhat lower than the previous close. the undertone has been very steady during the bigger portion of the day. The dry goods situation continues to show an excellent undertone with very fair volume of business being put for ward. Advices from Manchester also in- dicate that business in that section Is im- proving. Rains again fell in Texas and In the Atlantic states. where they are not wanted. The weather certainly Is not con- ductive to any Improvement in the crop prospects since August 25. so that there Is little hope at the present time to expect any increase over the indicated yield as of that date.
 Whether or not the Japanese situation will develop Into an unfavorable condi-
 tlon remains to be seen. There is no ques-
 ton that tho property loss. eliminating thu horrible loss Of lifo is most serious. and whether 1t will oauxa the international
 Financial situation to ease temporarily To. mains to hs seen, Press adyices are at | tho present time very uisagre. but as far
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NEW YORK CURB
IndustrlaIa

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Foliowing is the official list of transactions on the New York Curb Exchange, giving all stocks and bonds traded in:
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BOND MARKET
UNITED STATES BONDS

(On Stock EXchange) Readers should note that Liberty bonds are quoted in dollars and thirty seconds of dollars instead of dollars and cents. The fractions are designated by giving the numerator only.
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COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK. Sept. <.-The market for coffee futures opened at an advance of G to l6 points on further covering by near months shorts and little trade buying of later deliveries, which may have been due to reports of higher Rio exchange September reacted to 5 .ssc under liquida- : tion. and some of the later months also eased of from the best. March declining net points higher to {. point lower. sales were estimated at about l500o bags. Der 7.74c, March S'ssc' May S's S.ssc. cgnHv July 7.1oc.
 Spot coffee quiet; Rio Is, 1o1so; santos ts, isN @lthc,, Cost and freight offers
 and so Ps for spt saae
 The last official cable received from Brazl showed net decline of 400 reis In the dollar buying rate. with an advance Rio rnarekt was 25o reis lower W to i5o reis hs higher and Santos 200 reis lower to 75 reis Sisher. santos reported clearance of States. Brazilian port receipts 5lo0o; Jundiahy, 45.o0o. European ststistician estimated the worlds visible supply as of Seotember at b.S52.0o0 bags.
 terday. Packer market: Bulk desira bles, packing sows s0qu largely syeis ,sss@7ss few at $7.35 and above; stock pigs around 25c lower; bulk. s6 .60@7.
 Sheep rec kpts, 5000; very slow; early sales lambs &round 25c lower; best Idahos, $l2.75 other westerns. s12. 50; later bids off more; very few sheep offered, bidding lower
 CINCINNATI O., Sept 1.-Hog receipts. 5000; steady to loc- lower; packers and s4.75.
 Cattle receipts. 2.soo; steady; calves soc higher. H0l2. 50.
 Sheep receipts 1900; steady; lambs steady to soc lower. s5@14. LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. 4.--Cattle re- eeipts, 200; slow. weak; heavy steers sS a s.I5; beef steers, s6Gs.25: heifers, s5@ g.. 50; cows S2@7; feeders. s6@7 ,5o; stock
 HoE receipts, coo: steady: 165 pounds up. $s.75: 120 to 165 pounds. ss.15; pigs. down.
 sheep receipts. 400 steady; lambs. s120 i2. 50; sheep. 8. 50Q5.50.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGES

NEW YORK. Sept 4.--Foreign ex- changes. Quotations in cents: Great Britain Britain 4.SS% ldS% and 452t, so-day bills on Italy 4 2e and 4.2sh. Belgium, 4s2 and 462M. Germany, .000OO7 and .0o0009 Hol- land, S9 25 and 39 26 a. Norway, 1922. Sweden. 26.59. Denmark. 1925. Switzer- land, IS. Spain, IS. 25h. Greece. 1.S5. Po- lana, :oO04 Czechosovakia, 2.s6h Jugoslavia, .07h. Austria, .0o141t. Ru- mania. 46ia: Argentina, S2.sO. Brazil. TO- Montreal 97ss.
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>' NEW YORK, Sept 4-Copper quiet; !. electrolytic spot and futures i3% @13J. { Tin firm; spot and nearby. Al soc; futures, sl 50c, Iron steady; No. northern, s2s0
 21; No. northern, No. southern, $40
 27 Lead steady; spot, 6.7507c Zine sa quiet; East St. Louis, spot and nearby
 delivery, s.45@6. soc. Anthony spot,