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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
Activities In Shipping At Alabama's s Seaport

MOBILE, Ala. Oct. 26.-(special Leased Wire.) 1.-Two steamers cleared by the Munson Steamship Lines for the Cuban ports on the south side, both exhibited lengthy manifests at the customhouse Fri day afternoon. One of the steamers sailed late, while the second was unavoidably delayed and was scheduled for departure Saturday morning.
 Besides the Norwegian steamer Thor gerd, which sailed with Antilla the steamer Vera c. B. Oliver & Co.) sailed for Frontera in ballast The crew of the ,re Vera came oyer rom New Orleans late few hours later. The Vera had previously been on charter to the United Fruit com pany
 Both the Carolinas (American), on char ter to the Munson Lines, and the Thor gerd carried steel rails, flour lard and miscellaneous materials to Cuba.
 The American steamer Hastings (United States shipping board, Page x Jones, agents) Is scheduled to sail for Antwerp and Rotterdam at daylight Saturday. The Hastings is carrying large cargo to the European ports consisting of lumber, flour and naval stores.
 An arrival Sunday will be the Norwe- by the Aluminium Lines. The Krohg will load for the Windward Islands. sailing about late Monday. She will sail for New local offices of the Aluminium Line.
 The Barwick. United States shipping board tug, operated by the Gulf Towing and Wrecking company' left for Pensacola Mcleod. The Barwick will tow over the Baldbutte (United States shipping board). which has been awarded to the Todd Ship building and Drydock plant together with the Watertown (Untted States shipping board, for extensive repairs. Both steam
 It is expected that the Kathadin (Ma1- lory LineS), employed in the coastwise New York via Port Tampa, where she will complete with slaves for New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
PIVOTAL ISSUES AGAIN HOLD FIRM

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Stock prices continued to melt away in today's quiet stock market with the average q,of 20 leading industrials sinking to Snew low level for the year. The so- sealled pivotal stocks, such as United Estates Steel, Baldwin, Studebaker and American Can, again held rela- lively firm, but sporadic selling pres sure broke out in the tobaccos, su- Ngars, rubbers and certain specialties, vmany of which broke through their previous low prices of the year.
 0abled reports that France, Bel sgium and Italy had accepted, with observations. Lord Curzon's proposal for a separations conference failed to Stimulate trading in stocks but 1t Drought about a very sharp recov- Saery in the foreign exchanges. De- 9nand sterling advanced 2$sc to $4.5O, agbuying of these bills also being in- gsaluenced by Premier Baldwin's de- AHial that any inflationary policy had aVrywould be, considered.
 ~ French francs advanced 16k Apelnts to 5.93c; Belgian francs moved SiEp 171a points to 513c, and German ddarks sold as high as 1.6 cents a sSfallion, or just double the rate quoted earlier in the day.
 Chief activity in the stock market x, entered in Famous Players, which gAopened 5s lower at 60, sagged to eS5E9a and then rallied feebly to 53 A gdOF a net loss of 12$s points on the uay. Selling of this issue was based tan the announcement that production tufrnew pictures would be suspended sFl0f the time being and reports of II oSv financing.
 Speculators for tAe decline also svssteeeeded in touching off number @ut stop loss orders in such issues as oe-NiAerican Woolen, which closed "A Joints lower at 67h after having sold as low as 655s; American To- lacco, 5$s at 147, the B stock, off 14 rT~ l45 fl, and Davison Chemical, off r al 46.
 f gniteu States Rubber. common and gnrst preferred touched new 1923 1uts but made up nearly all of their losses later. Some of the other 5s 1pck, American Sugar, Inter ei+tet ional Harvester, Chicago and -l;reat Western preferred, and Frisco >li cferred all off to points.
 Congoleum and Woolworth broke altrough to new peak prices, the days net gains being and A Car was another strong spot, closing more than points higher
 Commission houses again reported ,.stAat the major activity was in the sJninds of professional interests, ai- easrnough buying by so-called bargain hunters has substantially increased sisls the last few days.
 Call money opened al "A per ceHN a and advanced to , in the last hour The time money market was drll sowith maturities up to months available at and 5i4 being asked for NIhe longer dates. The bulk of prime commercial paper continues to move fAst 5A per cent.
 Total stock sales 692.0o0 shares. n..sTwenty industrials averaged S6Ol; net loss AZ.
 High 1923, 105.3S; low, S6.01.
 rod sSnet loss .31.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
COTTON REACTS UNDER REALIZING

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-After selling into new high ground for the season during todays early trading, the cot ton market reacted under realizing. December contracts which had sold up to 31.05c, declined to 30,61c and closed at 30.67c, compared with 30.5Sc at the close of the previous day. The general market closed barely steady, net 12 points higher to 35 points low
 CT, with the near months relatively firm.
 The opening was steady at an ad vance of to "A points on relatively firm cables and unfavorable weather
 reports. A good deal of realizing was encountered at the 31-cent level, for December, but it was taken on comparatively moderate setbacks and the market showed continued strength and activity during the mid dle of the day owing to the unfavor- able western belt forecast and de- tailed weather reports. January sold up to 30.43c and March to 3047c before the buying movement more than momentarily subsided, but at these prices or about 40 to Al points above yesterdays closing Quo- tations, reactionary sentiment be- came more pronounced. It was ex- pressed by increased realizing sales if not by some local selling for setback and the market was rather nervous and unsettled during the afternoon. January sold off to 3o.05c and March 30.06c or about 3S to 40 points from the best and the close was within a few points of the low est Another private report was is- sued this morning estimating the crop at 10,300,000 bales, compared with an indication of 10,90o,000 bales towards the end of last month. These figures, combined with the continued cold and unsettled weather in the south, seemed to increase confidence in a bullish crop report from the gov ernment next week and this was con- sidered largely responsible for the forenoon advance. In the afternoon advances were followed by renewed talk of unfavorable conditions in the cotton goods market and a private report reaching here from Fall River claimed that raw cotton was selling about cents too high for the price that could be obtained for cloths. Ex- ports today were 35,091 bales, mak- ing 1,500,544 so far this season. Port receipts 50,021. United States port stocks 742,556.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
SuGAR MARKET

NEW YORK, Oct. 26-Raw sugar was unsettled and easy. Sales were limited to s5,0o0 bags Brazils al 4Nc c. i. f. to a local refiner, equal to 6.97c for Cubas. duty paid. The spot price for Cubas was unchanged at 7.2Sc duty paid At the close there were sales of 6,50o bags of San Domingos at Dc c. l. f. to a Philadel- phia refiner, equal to 7.22c for cubas. duty paid.
 Raw sugar futures were somewhat ir- regular. Tho market opened unchanged to points lower and for time reflected the weakness in spot sugar. December de- clining to 4.93c. Covering developed at this level on the Idea that futures were too far below a parity with spots. and December rallied back to 496c. with the close steady and points higher to 8 lover. December closed 4.95c; March. 3.96c; May. 4.04c: July, 4.10c
 No change occurred in refined sugar rom the list price of 9.1oe for fine granu- lated by all refiners, but second hands were reported to be offering as low as s.soc; supplying most of the small de-
 Refined sugar futures nominal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
BOND PRICES SAG IN LATE TRADING

NEW YORK, Oct. 26-After open ing higher in reflection of the im- proved sentiment, which followed publication of the Hughes-Curzon exchanges on the subject of repara- t1ons, bond prices slumped in later trading in today's market. While there was no great demand at any time during the day for foreign gov ernment bonds some of these issues improved fractionally and the un- dertone was rather firm. A few South American issues sold off slightly.
 Buying of United States govern ment bonds continued but advances were moderate and the tax exempt 315s and treasury 4As fell off slightly.
 Traders reported fair sized orders for wide assortment of railroad mortgages, mostly the secondary is sues. Tobacco Products Is moved up more than point on buying, in- fluenced by the merger with Ameri- can Tobacco company, while exten- sive selling of United States Rubber 7ks carried that issue down 1% to new low for the year.
 Bonds of the Pere Marquette of Sd2,5oO0oo first mortgage 5s and the $3,990,000 Missouri Pacific 5k per cent equipment trusts were readily disposed of during the day, the offer Ing Syndicates announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 26.-Weather and crop news was considered unfavorabe in the cotton market today, and on top of this were private cablegrams from Liver pool which claimed that more business was being done in the Manchester cloth market. A much more favorable opinion of the European political situation gained ground, making for a steady undertone throughout the session. The early trading recorded advances of 30 to 36 points and these gains were widened to 30 to S2 points by the middle of the morning, car rying December up to 30,52 cents and all months to new high records for the sea son. Realizing by longs met this advance and a gradual sag set in which persisted to practically the close, so that late in the day the list was points up to points down, compared with the final prices of yesterday. The close was 10 up to down, net with December at a range of 3O16
 The market was supported by much larger mill takings than expected, 356,OO0 bales against 292,000 this week last year, and Mississippi points wired in that Amer ican mills were large buyers of spots and were taking such low grades as strict good ordinary. The local spot market was 25 points higher. which sent middling to the new high price of S0.50 cents a pound.
 The weather was regarded unfavorably because of rains in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas and because of freezing weather in northwest Texas and low temperatures over the northwestern division of the belt generally. Private claims were thst re- cent weather had cost the Oklahoma crop 00,000 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
Packard Earnings For
 Year Are $7,O8I ,499

NEW YORK, Oct. 26-Net earn ings of the Packard Motor Car com pany for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1923, were $7,0S1,499, as compared with $2,115,S2S for the pre- ceding year, the company's annual report, made public today, disclosed
 The number of vehicles sold totaled 21,571, against 14,420 the preceding year.
 Cash and marketable securities on hand, chiefly United States govern ment bonds, the report discloses amounted to $16,636,105 after the re- demption of all outstanding bonds. amounting to $7,40o,500, and after making provision for the preferred stock sinking fund.
 Cash dividends of 10h per cent were paid during the year on the company's common stock.
 In addition to the cash dividends paid on the common stock, the com pany also paid the usual per cent on the preferred stock and a com mon stock dividend of 100 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
PORT MOVEMENT

New Orleans Middling sO.5oc; receipts, 7,707 sales, 1,035; stock, 127,745.
 Galveston: Middling, S0.40c; receipts, 1799S; exports. 14,345; sales. LAY; stock. BPS, ,537.
 Mobile: Middling. so.1sc; receipts, 4s5; sales. 3S0; stock. s.014
 Savannah: Mddling. 29.94c; receipts, 3,61O; sales. 1,02S; stock, S4,300.
 Charleston Receipts, 1868; stock. 4s,- Oo2.
 S2.09s. 2,450.
 Norfolk: Middling.. soc; receipts. 4e52; exports 6.150; sales 2,549; stock 74,190. Baltimore: Receipts, 435; stock, 1.o4o. Boston: Middling. SHE'S: stock 2,54o. New York; Middling. s1.75c; exports. Minor ports: Receipts, 1s stock. 2.s41 Houston port; Receipts 1o.1Oo; ex- ports, 10,100.
 Total today: Receipts. 5o,o21; exports. 33.091; stock 742.3S4.
 Total for week: Receipts, 2s73s4; ex- ports. 101.77s.
 Total for season:, Receipts. 2.sss.sos;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
DRY GOODS
NEW vOpu na, T UUUD sc

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-The demand for cotton goods grew broader and more &C., tive today after yesterdays rise in cotton. Print cloths were sold at advances of a quarter cent to half cent yard and some future contracts were placed running into March. Yarns were advanced 1 cent a pound, with sales light. Burlaps were quiet. Raw silk remained around lower levels, with trading moderate. Wool goods for mems wear were quiet. There was in creased demand for overcoatings for im- mediate cuttings and some Mackinaw and low priced overcoatings were offered for another fall season. Astrachan and related fabrics for jackets were active.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
COTTON SEED OIL

NEW YORK, Oct 26.--Shorts ran cot ton seed oil prices up 21 to 30 points early in the session, October advancing to 12.75c. Bullish advces from the south, small spot supplies and the firmness of lard brought in considerable outside buying. Later the market reacted in response to realizing sales due to the setback in cotton, and final prices showed 5 to 17 points net gain. Sales, 25,900 barrels. Prime crude, 10c (saes); prime summer yellow spot 2.50Q 1275c; October closed 1250c; De mber, 11.29c; March, 11.SSc; May, 11.47c, all hid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27

Houston: MiddIfng, 30.25c; receipts, 2o,s66; shipments, 24,752; sales, 14,162; stock. 46s,999.
 Memphis: Mddling, 30.75c: receipts S,562; shipments, 2,347; sales, 3,sob; stock, 99,644s
 shipments. TIA; sales, 115; stock, 46 .101.
 St. Louis; MiddIing, So.75c; receipts, 1,767; shipments, 1922; stock, 4,030.
 Atlanta: Middling, 30.S5c.
 Little Rock: Middling 30.3Sc receipts, l,46s; shipments. 621s sales, 2746; stock. Dalias Middling. 8o.1oc; sales, 1o,ss2 Montgomery: Middling. BOG: sales. 253. Total today: Receipts. 2S,633 ship ments, 30,056; stock, 650,S1S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
LIyERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 26.-Cotton. spot. fair demand, prices steady. Good mid ding, 17.98d; fully middling. 17.Ssd; mid ding 17.63d; low middling, 16.9Sd; good ordinary, 16.3Sd ordinary, 16.0Sd. Sales. 5000 bales, including $500 American. Re- ceipts, 17o00 bales, including 11.500 American. Futures closed strong: Octo- Der. 1797d; December, 17.50d; January, 1742d; March, 17.16d; May, 16.90d; July, 16.55d; September, 15.3sd; October (1924), 1AS4d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
HUBBARD BROS. & CC.

Members New York Cotton Exchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange. New York Pro ducc Exchange. Associated Members Liv
 erpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future delivery. Spe- cial attention and liberal terms given for oonsignments of spot cotton for delivery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
SEA ISLAND COTTON

SAVANNAH. Ga, Oct. 26.-sea Islands Market quiet and steady. Extra choice 33q321ac; choice, 31@32c; extra fine, soc Sales none; receipts. 57; shipments, 23 stock. S65: crop in sight. 1.79O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
FOREIGN BONDS
POULTRY AND PRODUCE

NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-7Butter firm: receipts, 4.932. Creamery higher than ex- tras. 4s@49hc; creamery extras, 92 score, 4S1ac; do firsts, Ss to 91 score, 44@4Sc.
 Eggs firm; receipts, II ,266; fresh gath cred extra firsts, 45Q5oc; do firsts. S7
 Cheese unsettled receipts. 126.003 pounds. State whole milk flats, fresh. fancy to fancy specials, 2s@27c; state whole milk twins, fresh fancy, PC QD261a c.
 Lard, firm; middle west. s13.50@13.75. Other articles unchanged, firm
 Live poultry firm chickens. 24427c broilers. soc; fowls, IS e soc; dressed poul- try, weak; chickens, 20@35e.
 CHICAGO. Oct. 26.-Poultry. alive. lower; fowls, 15@211sc; springs, 1s1ac; roosters, 14hc; turkeys soc.
 Butter unchanged Eggs unchanged. Receipts, 4,659 cases.
 ST. LOUIS. Mo. Oct. 26.-springs, 1sc: others unchanged. Butter and eggs un- changed.
 KANSAS CITY. Mo- Oct. 26.-Eggs 1c higher: firsts, 36c; selected, 43c. Butter potatoes and poultry unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
FOREIGN EXCHANGES

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Foreign ex- changes firm. Quotations in cents: Great Britain, demand 4.49A cables 4.50, 60- day bills on banks 4.47As; France de- mand 5.92k. cables 5.92%; Italy, 4.52 and 4.53A; Belgium 5.13 and 5.1215; Ger many, ..o0000Ooo16 and .ooO00000I6 Hol- land. 3S.ss and 3s.93; Norway, 15.37
 Sweden. 26.36; Denmark, 1737; Switzer- land, 17.S4; Spain, 13.37; Greece, 1.60 Po- land. .00o0A; Czechoslovakia, 2.95k; Ju- goslavia, 1.18; Austria, .0014; Rumanfa
 ;471&; Argentina, 32.2o; Brazil, $40; Mon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
WOOL OI0TATInNs

BOSTON. Oct. 26.--The Commercial Bulletin will publish the following wool quotations tomorrow:
 Domestic:
 Ohio and Pennsylvania Fleeces-Delaine unwashed,. 5S454c; fine unwsshed. 4s@ 49o: half blood combng. 54c; three eighths blood combing, 51 O @53c.
 Michigan and New York Fleeces-De- laine unwashed, 50@51c; fine unwashed, 46@47c: half blood unwashed. 52G53 three-eighths blood unwashed. 5265Sc; e-quarter blood unwashed, 46G 47c,
 Wisconsin, Missouri and Average New Eng gland--Half blood. 51@52c: three eighths blood, 4G@47c; one-quarter blood 45 GD Acc.
 Texas--Fine I2 months, s1.15a1.2o; fine months, s1.O6@1.10. de county, s110; southern, $1@1.05.
 Oregon-Eastern No. l staple, $1.25 O i.2s; fine and F. M combing, s1.20@I.25 eastern. clothing, s1.10@115; valley No. l. S1.15@1.1S.
 Territory ,Montana--Fine staple choice. 1.2s O l.30; half blood combing. $1.15@ 1.20; three-eghths blood combing, s1; one quarter blood combing, s0@s2c.
 Pulled: Delaine. $l.20@1.25; IA, $1.10 Q1.12; A supers, s1.
 Mohair: Bombing, best 7S@S3c; best carding 70@75c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
WEEKLY LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL. Oct. 26.-weekly cotton statistics: Total forwarded to mills, 56,000 bales. of which American 33.000. Stock, 3I3,0o0; American. 15S 900. Imports, 100000 American, 75,000. Exports, 4,000 i; American, 5000,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
BOND MARKET
UNITED STATES BONDS (On Sfnck Exchangel

Readers should notes 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.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27

NEW YORK. Oct. 26-The deficit of s5,717,6s0. reported by the American Cot ton Oil company for it's fiscal year ending August 31, was anticipated in a recent statement issued by President Morrow The deficit included more than ss,000,0 900 lost in the scale of cotton oil plants. dis policy of getting out of the cotton oil business and concentrating on the produc- the newly organized gold dust corpora
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
MARKET FLASHES

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-The Southern Pacific railroad has taken out group life insurance for it's so.0o0 employees. it was announced here today. The Metro politan Life Insurance company got the contract. This single policy will be the largest ever issued. possibly exceeding s1o0 100000 in amount of coverage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
nk 70 Neuv Lou LeueLs As Stock Values Continue 70 Melt Away
NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-FollowinE are todays high, low and closing prices of bonds the New York Stock Exchange, and the total sales of each bond:
 Railway and Miscellaneous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-Following is the official list of transactions on the New York Grub Exchange. giving all stocks and bonds traded in
 TpduSfdoIa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Following are todays sales. high. low and closing prices of stocks listed on the New York stocA Exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
WOOL MARKETS

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 26.-The Commer- cial Bulletin will say tomorrow:
 "The demand for wool has continued of fair proportions during the past week and sufficient headway has been gained to keep the market steady at last quota tions. The goods market is still moving along in a somewhat uncertain manner, but recently a few fair-sized sales of worsted yarns are reported. Little new is reported in the west.
 London opened rather stronger than expected and has maintained it's opening pace. The sales in the primary markets indicate no. easing in values England being strong for cross-bred offerings and the continent keen for Merinos Exports have been fairly heavy this week.
 "Mohair is still slow, but generally steady. sealed bid sale was held in San Angelo at prices fully equal to the best paid privately this year.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
ICE MARKET

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 26.-Rough rice firm sales. 1,244 sacks Honduras 3.75@ 4.55c; receipts, none Clean rice strong {; sales 28S pockets Honduras 6lAc. 3.316 Blue Rose 4A @5Hc. 760 Carolina 5A GD 6Sc. s63 Early Prolific 41s @4%c, 614 Edith 4% q6hc, 655 second heads 2h @ S1sc. 1,771 screenings 1h @2kc; receipts, 4;S6o pockets Bran and polish un- changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
BUTTER MARKET

CHICAGO. Oct. 26.--Light supplies and fair demand resulted in slightly higher prices on better scores in the butter mar ket here today. Fancy butter found a good demand and at the close was quite closely cleaned up. The supply of mediums and under scores was more liberal. Con siderable quantities were also moved at the below quoted prices. Ninety score cars of centralized cleaned up and firm at 46c. Eigthyeight to s9 score cars. snors snoush r more 9ta df 'nen d, were around go listed prices. A few sales of storage 90 score was reported at 441a @45c.
 Fresh butter: 92 score. 47c; 47 score 4614c; 90 score. 451Ac; s9 score, 44c; ss score. 421ac;. ST score. 41iac; s6 score. 41c
 Centralized carlots: 90 score, 46c; S9 score. 43hc; S8 score, 42hc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
HRADsTREET,s REVIEW

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Bradstreets to- morrow will say;
 Despite irregularities due to weather conditions or the urge of conservatism, ibe latter bred largely by price uncer- tainty, the general volume of trade and the pace of industry is fairly well main tained and apparently about equal to this time year ago. when it will be recalled business was moving forward in about the best volume reached since the spring Of 1920. Warm weather early in the week. with heavy rains in wide areas midway of that period and cool bracing atmospheres later on. have tended to lend irregular appearance to retail trade. which needs steady cool weather for it's best express son. Jobbing trade immediate deliv- cry account, is reported about as good as at any time this fall. Trade in primary channels is under the check rein of con Weekly bank clearings' s,s4o'Ss7. .ooo.