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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
DUN,S REYIEuu

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-(SpecialO-R
 G. Dun & Co.'S current summary hf gen erai business follows, in part:
 mere Is no rapid growth of domestic business, but each week somethine is added to the gains recently made. Near " two months of gradual and irregular recovery have followed the setback that began early in the year, which resulted In sharp restriction of operations. and the improvement now in progress may coneeivably become more marked and general with the passing of the sum mer. Although political uncertainties still cause hesitation in different uuar- ters, basic conditions are favorable, hay Ing been strengthened by the increased buying power in agricultural sections. and an extension of the trade revival IS expected as new season approaches. Statistical records for August afford A measure or the betterment that has AL rVldy occurred, pig iron output rising per cent after four consecutive months or decline, the moderate advance in conl- modity prices being reflected in Dun's compilation, and the number of cont mercial failures having reached the low est point of the year. Returns of bank clearings, moreover, show that there Is heavy volume of business in the az gregate, this weeks totals at various cities being larger than those of n year ago, and latest figures of car load ings disclose freight movement that has only once before been exceeded at this period. Supplementing these en- couraging indications is the more hope ful outlook for an expansion of foreign commerce, with the actual working of the plan for the settlement of German separations, and sentiment among Amer lean exporters has noticeably improved.
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WHEAT MARKET
 LACKS INTEREST
 ' 9Te- .@s' ,--. NY Sentiment Slightly Bear. ish But Price Move @ ments Are Limited

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.--Interest in wheat appeared lacking today and the market moved within narrow range, senti, ment on the whole being slightly boar fish. At the finish wheat was down A to .1c with September $1.22h and De- cember S1.27 to S1.27A, corn advanced A to q, oats climbed h to h and pro- visions ranged from 5c lower, to 1oc higher.
 Trade in wheat was on small scale and the market was somewhat unset tied with values slightly lower. A break in Liverpool quotations and re- ports that some rain had fallen in Arr genuine gave the market here its initial weakness. Some buying was brought out on the downturn. houses with Sea board connections supposedly purchas- ing for foreign accounts. This was in- sufficient to hold the rallies. however, and the market eased again. A fair export business in all positions was re- ported probably around 500,000 bushels. ply is anticipated when the govern f1ent's statement Is issued next week.
 Reports of frost in parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota had little effect on corn values as the damage was not large. Buying by shorts on the dips checked an early break and resulted in an up- turn in values. .'
 Demand for oats were good and the market averaged higher on unfavorable reports from Canada, where a damag- ing frost was reported to have occurred in some sections. l--..
 Provisions were firm in line with the strength in hogs and on development of better cash demand for lard over- night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
CURR EXCHANGE

E1
 NEW YORK, Sept 6.-The demand that appeared on the curb exchange was Tn sufficient volume to offset selling pressure following the reactionary ten- dencies that developed late Friday. Business on the whole was in reduced volume after the opening and subse- quent trading lacked actively of mar Ket importance. Nickel Plate new is- sues recorded only a few transactions with quotations holding around Fri days closing figures.
 @PF4ce movements generally were nar- r9w and this was particularly notice- aDie Tn the petroleum group, Atlantic Labas preferred, after a long absenca Tn the trading list, attracted attention 1oday, moving up from GA to g. Im- perial oil and International Petroleum continueo In demand around the level ment. -"'e- There were many important nove- ments in the curb market during inc week They included advances in sey- erai or the public utility issues as a result or further accumulation in com nectlon with readjustment of capitaIi. zatlon and predicted mergers of sona ot these affiliated concerns Most in- S1TeS was attacned to the appearance or the two Nickel Plate issues as trad- Ing in those stocks gave a definite measure of the calculated value of the securities entering into the Nickel Riate merger. The new common stock. zea w4len issued was traded in at "A to to% and the preferred ranged from R 10 eb. Franklin Simon preferred. when issued, also was admitted to trading selling at 106h to 1O5h.
 Radio preferred when issued made !. new nigh record following the declara- Ion or the dividend Of 1N per cent
 thompson Radio had a sharp break tonowing statements that a syndicate Sontroll1ng the stock had dissolved
 mere were wide movements in a mum r ot 'ne pubic utilities. Middle West ..oYeo up about 10 points and there "4s sharp advance in western mower
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COTTON CHECKED
 !. BY HEDGE SALES Market Is Steadied By Trade Buying, Closing - At Small Gain

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.--An early ad- vance in the cotton market was checked by hedge selling today and after touch- ing 24.95c December eased off to 24,04c. It was steadied at this level by trade buying or covering, however, and closed at A.0oc, the general market closing irregular at net advances of 6 to Il points.
 The opening was firm at an ad- sold 8 to 21 points net higher on pre- bureau covering, which was promoted by relatively steady Liverpool cables and continued private reports of de- tcriorating crop prospects. The de- mand was supplied by realizing and southern selling, after which prices eased off during the forenoon, but of- ferings were well taken on the, decline from 2465c to 24.50c for October. and from 24.09c to 23.s6c for January. Com siderable October seemed to be wanted at the 24Mc level, partly by spot trad- CTS against sales of later deliveries. pre- sumably to transfer hedges, and one of the features of a general quiet market was the ease with which contracts either could be bought or sold within or 4 points in the late trading. On the whole, local brokers re- garded the action of the market as indicating that scattering accounts had been pretty well evened up and that there was an even division of opinion as to the probable effects of Mondays government report. Another private re- port today estimated the crop at 61.2 and indicated at 1,32o,0 900 bales. Acs cording to yesterdays canvass New York Cotton exchange members are looking for a government condition re- port on Monday of around 60.6. Private cables said rally from an opening de- cline in Liverpool was due to easier exchange rates.
 Cotton on shipboard awaiting clear ance at the end of the week was esti- mated at 5000, against 5000 last year.
 NEW YORK COTTON
 NEW YORK. Sept. 6.-Cotton futures closed
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STOCK VALUES
 3 POINT LOWER
Buying Power Lacks Im- presiveness In Brief,
 Active Session

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Stock prices again pointed lower in today's brief but active session. While selling ap- parently was not as urgent as :t h1d been in tGs two preceding days and short covering was in evidence In sev- eral Issues, buying power continued to lack tmpressiveness. Recessions in most of the pivotal shares were limited to fractions, although losses of one to two points were quite common in other sec tfons of the list.
 ,One of the features of the session Nas. the sharp break of TX points in American Water Works, common, to 10SN just before the close. West Penn Power, a subsidiary, broke 6h points t6 sS0h on one sale United Railways investment preferred also was in rather free supply, closing two points lower atc3s.
 United States Steel common touched a new low on the current movement at 105%, rallied later to 106h, off #. Bald win closed h lower at '119A, while American Can dropped IF points to ie4M.
 'sPersistent liquidation of American Woolen sent that stock to another rec ord low of 51h, but it moved back to b2h at the close, showing a net loss of 2& on the day. Fears for the safety of the Quarterly QlV1uen0 or IA per cent on Chandler were reflected in the liqui- aation of that issue. which sold down to a new low at 35A.
 Union Bag and Paper also broke through its previous bottom, closing about point lower at 39.
 Buying of Lackawanna was again the outstanding feature of the railroad list, that stock moving up to 143h, a new high snce 1921, before profit taking forced 1t back down to 141%, up K. 'Nickel Plate" dropped more than . point to 116h and Chicago North western and St. Louis Southwestern fell back a point. Pittsburgh and West Virginia climbed nearly 1h points, most of the other popular rails show ing slight recessions
 Some of the weak spots in the in- dustrtal list were United Fruit, Amer tcan Beet Sugar, Fisher Body, General American Tank Car and Nash Motors. off about 2 to 5 points.
 Foreign exchanges trading was quiet with further recessions in the principal European rates.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
GRAIN AND pRoyIsIoNs

CASH GRAIN
 NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Rye steady; No. western, $1.04A f, o. b. New York and $1.02A c. 1. f. export. Lard weaker, middle west, $14.15014.25.
 Other articles unchanged.
 TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. s.-Ciover seed, $13.50; October, $14.50; Decsmosr, SIS 90 Alsike, $1o.25; timothy seed, $3.15; October, $3.15.
 KANSAS CITY, Sept. 6.-Wheat,, No ? hard. H.14h 01.25; No. 2 req, .s1.26@ 1.30.
 Corn, No. ? yellow. $i.1s@1.14; No. 2 mixed, S1.1091.11.
 Oats, No. 2 white, 4Sc. FiS
 CHICAGO. Sept. s.-wheas No. 2 red, $1.29; No. 2 hard, S1.20@124.
 Corn, No. mixed, $1.1sh Q1.21; No. yellow, $1.20h @1211z. -L k
 Oats, No. ? white, 4sD4skc; No. 8 white, $46% @47hc.
 Rye, No. ?, $92%c.
 Barley. 76Qs7c.
 Timothy seed, $6.00@6.g5. z Clover seed. $11 .50@21.50. ,.r Lard, $1S.57; ribs; S12.87;, bellies, $13.26. ST., LOUIS, Sept. s.-Cash: Wheat, No; ? red. $1.as01.4o; No. red. s1.25@ Corn. No. 3 white. SLY; No. { vel low, $1.22.
 Oats, No. 3 white. 47M94sc; No. 4 white, 45h @46Mc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6.-The cot ton market today was a dull affair with trading light and fluctuations de- veloping a narrow range, the extreme
 spread being 15 points on December, It was a pre-bureau market with trad CTS showing no desire to enter upon new commitments. After opening slightly
 which market resumed Saturday trad ing today, October trading up to 23.83c;
 December to 23.97c and January to 23.97c, or IS to 16 points above the close of yesterday, the market eaSed off on moderate hedge selling at the low est October traded at 23.72c, December at 23.62c and January at 23.s5c, or Il to 15 points down from the highs near the start. There was a little spurt of trading in the last quarter of an hour
 and prices rallied slightly from the lowest. The close showed net gains for the day of 8 to 6 points. ...
 The firmness of Liverpool was att tributed to shorts covering fearing the bureau report on Monday.
 The weather map was again bone dry and the official forecast promised gen. orally fair weather for over Sunday. Temperatures continued much below normal practically for the entire belt. Spot news was rather mixed with lit- tie improvement in Ghe basis. Sales at the leading southern markets were again fairly large, detailing 3T,179 bales, which was considered a good total for q Saturday.
 The government. report showing con- dition and estimated yield as of Sep tember l, will be issued at 10 o'clock, New Orleans time, Monday. The cen- sua bureau will also report at the same hour the total amount of cotton rinnad prior to September i.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
STOCK IETrrR

NEW YORK, Sept. e.--American Wool was under sever pressure during to- days short session and under a heavy volume of liquidation sold down to 62, off more than 3 points from the pre- vious close. This weak spot in the market kept the general list from dis playing any ra1lying tendencies. which might otherwise have been present American Can, Chandler Motors, Allis Chalmers and a number of other issues broke into new low territory on the present reaction, and many other indus- trial leaders were fractfonally lower. An announcement of a new contract of considerable proportions by Internation- al Combustion Engineering, an optimis- tic trade report from Dunn and Brad street were the important news develop ments of the day The close was mod erately weak. and suggested possible further reactions in certain directions for the coming week.-Fenner & Beane to Kahn & Virgin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
|BONDSSTEADY 2 IlDIIL SESSION Demand Continues Strong
 For High Grade Rail-
 road Liens

NEW YORK; Sept. e.--Bond prices held steady today in extremely quiet trading which was devoid of individual features. Demand for high grade rail- road liens continued and Liberty bonds were firm. but the snarrow and uneven fluctuations of other issues Tailed sto indicate q definite trend. n
 St. Paul convertible 4is, which re- covered 1M points, Kansas City South ern 5s and Pennsylvania 6hs we're among the railroad obligations to score substanttal gains. These were partial ly offset, however, by losses in Erie 4s, Katy" 6s, Reading General Az and Frisco adjustnnent 6s. s s7r&
 The Industrial list displayed a ffeavy tone with Wilson convertible es, United Statss Rubber bs and Magma Copper 7ss declining point each. American Srnelting s. xowever. were. in demand at higher prices. 4,
 Brasilian. Issues were stronger on the anfiounceuzsnt that funds had been. de. posfted forsOctober interest and sink ing fund requirements on the $12,000.- 900 Rio Dss Janeiro issuese ez. U.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
MARKETS AT A GLANCE

NEW YORK: Stocks reactionarv: American Woolen and Chandler at new lows, --e Bonds irregular; trading extremely dulls Foretgn exchanges easy; sterling and francs slightly lower.
 Cotton higher; firm cables.
 Sugar and coffee, holiday.
 CHICAGO: Wheat lower; better Ar genuine weather.
 Cotton firm; frost reports.
 Cattle steady; light receipts.
 Hegs irregular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
:. FOREIGN EXCHANors

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Foreien ax. changes easy; quotations in cents. . Sx Sre&t tsN Britain, I'll demand. s4.4s%; cables, Trans oS-oay bills on banks. $4.4ON. Italy, 4s4% 94.s4A; Belgium, 4s7X Ss (S:se Germany, per trillion, 23%: Hoi- Iand 3e12; Norway, 1869: Sweden
 S6.6Si Denmark, 1887; Switzerland 1S1s; Spain, 1914; Greece, 1.7s; Poland 1sNb < Czechoslovakia, 2.99h; Jugoslavia' 1.oon Austria, .OO14b; Rumania, .521s !; 41; Montreal, 100. = o~' O'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
COTTON. SEED. OIL

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-The cotton seed oil market was firm today on GOV ering by recent sellers on evidence of firmer technical position and on, an advance in lard.s Closing prices we're 19 to 85 points net higher. Sales, 16.- 300 barels.s Prime crude, $s.621s ;4 prime summer yellow spot. s11.50; September closed $11.25; October, $10.4s; Decem- Der, $9.90; March, $10.o4. all bid. s...-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
LIyERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Sept. 6.-Cotton, spot limited demand, prices steady; strictly good middling, 1663d; good middling, 16.13d; strictly middling, 15.63d; mid ding, 15.1Sd; strictly low middling, 147Sd; low middling, 14.28d; strictly good ordinary, 13.75d; good ordinary, 1S.03d; sales, 5000 bales, including 1900 American; receipts, 1S,00o bales. includ- ing 1900 American. Futures closed quiet; September, 14.39d: October, 14O3d; December, 13.87d: January, 1Ss7d; March, 13.90d; May. 13.90d; July, 1374d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 6.-Turpen- tine steady, s4@s4hc; sales none; re- ceipts, 416; shipments, 5; stock. 14,3s1. s4s; shipments, 261; stock, l04, ,i10.
 Quote; B, S4s5; D, $4s5; E, F, c, H, I. $5.o7AG5,10; K, M. $6.1o; N, sS. .2 Q5.40; W& $6.1696.25; wv, $s.7OG s.sO; \, $s.7o9s.9o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
HUBBARD BROS. & co,

Members Nsw Yerk Cotton Exchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange,' New Members Liverpool Cotton Associataon. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future delivery. Special eonsignments ef spot oektsn for delivery ,:.f- ,-.@
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
LONDON MONEY

LONDON, Sept. 6.-Bar silver S4 19-l6d per ounce; money, 2N per cent; discount rates, short bills, 3% 0311-1e ger gent; three months bills, 11-1s per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
POULTRY AND PRODUCE

7
 CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-Butter lower; creamery extras, SIC; standards, 36N c; extra firsts, 36A@3sc; firsts. 34@s41ac; seconds, 3203ac.
 Eggs unchanged; receipts, s,1ss cases. Poultry alive lower; fowls, 17925c; springs; 27c; roosters, 16c.
 ST. LOUIS. Sept. s.-Esgs. ssc;. poul- try and sbutter uncnanged. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 6.-Butter fat, 1c higher, 2ec; other produce unchanged.
 NEW YORK;. Sept: e.-Live poultry nominal: no quotations. Dressed poultry steady and un- changed. ..
 Butter easy; receipts, .1S,940 pounds; creamery extras (92 score), S7M 037% c; creamery firsts (ss to sl score). S6A Q 37Ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
DRY GOOna

NEW YORK, Sept. 6-Cotton goods in the gray division were slightly firm CT and a moderate amount of specula- tive buying developed in anticipation of the government report cotton mar ket Monday. Sheetings and print cloths were lower. Wool goods mar kets were quiet in the mems wear di- vision. WOmen's wear lines were be- ing bought more steadily. Raw silk was steady with Canton grades in sharp call but scarce because of strike and other disturbances in China. Knit goods were in better demand. ..
 ...t.. RAW SILK
 NEW YORK; Septt. e.-Raw silk steady; prices unchanged.
 rs STEEL MARKET
 NEW YORK, Sept 6.-Steel un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK. Sept. 6.--Following are todays htgh, low and closing prices of bonds on the New York Stock Exchange and the total sales of each ov"e S,,u.rrn erarre noSoa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
NEW ORLEANS sPnT CnrrnN

NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
 NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6.-Spot cot ton steady; points up; sales on the spot, 394 bales; to arrive, 800; low mid ding. 21.27c; middling, 23.77c; good mid ding. 24.27c; receipts, 4,721; stock, 4O,- 596.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
FLAX MARKET

- - 1T A4EA N MA XIX EFT
 DULUTH, Minn., Sept, 6,-CIose F,av. September, $222h; October. s2is. No vember, $2.19h; December, $2i7N; May. $221. 10''
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK. Sept, s,-Tollownis are today's ssles high. lew and closing priess sf socks listed on the New York Stock Exchange:
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NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK. Sept. 6.-Foowing Is the official list of transactions the New York Curb Exchange. giving all stocks and bonds traded in:
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NEW YORK SPOT COTTON
 NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Spot cotton quiet; middling, ASSOC.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 6.-cotton futures clOsed steady at net advances of 8 to points.
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PORT MOVEMENT
IMrERInR MnvEMEMr

Reeeipts-week. q, ,359: season. 406, 557. ExpOrts-Week. 7.250; season. SUO.61s.
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United states bonds are ouutea in dollarsil 4 thirty -ssccnds ot dolisrs. =
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 6.-Eggs. 3Sc; poul- ny and sbutter uncnanged.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
SMOKING LOUNGES FOR WOMEN
STARTED ON SOME CRACK TRAINS
Institution SoIres Hard Question for Railroads Since
Nicotine Use Has Become Habit " ith Many of
Fair Ser. Who Dislike to Use Smokers.

lem on the best of the trains. but
there still is much to be desired on
the common or garden variety Of
limiteds and expresses. The women
say smoking is no longer a fad with
them but a habit, and the railroads
may just as we'll treat 1t as such.
The barber shops aboard the limited
trains also have been opened in most
instances to the women travellers. In
the list OF prices handed out on one
train travelling from San Francisco to
New Orleans, the "plain-hair bob" is
quoted at the modest sum of SO cents.
The "special-hair bob" whatever that
may be, is quoted at 70 cents, while a
neck clip" may be had for the in
intestinal charge of rs cents.
Ladies' shampoos range from 81
upward.
Women have been somewhat re-
luctant to move forward into the
club cars on trains. Man still has felt
that was his own particular portion.
but the opening of the barber shops
to the fair sex is an entering wedge
which. it is believed. they soon will
take the fullest advantage of.
The general rule against smokin q
in the dining cars seems to be in
force almost everywhere. This Is no
longer on account of the ladies, how
ever. but to protect the children.
The ladies' lounge, by the way, also
includes a shower bath-which may
account, in part, at least, for it's Sc
we're SecluSion.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
Definite INAUGURAL
PROGRAM DUE SOON
Joint Committee of Congress Is
Invited to Confer at
White House.

That some definite plan for the
ceremonies that will attend the in
augural of President Coolidge and
Vice President Dawes next March
soon will be framed with the ap-
proval of President Coolidge seemed
probable today when 1t was announc-
ed that the joint committee appointed
by Congress to arrange the details
had been invited by the President to
confer with him at the White House
on Monday morning.
The President had withheld his ap-
proval of all of the suggested plans
for his official induction into office
pending appointment of the commit
tee by the Senate and the House Of
Representatives
1t was announced that he would do
nothing official until he had discussed
the matter with that board.
/. Heretofore the President has only
indicated that he would not object to
military and nationally civic pa
rade on Inauguration day. He had
not reached any public decision on
the question of whether he would
prefer an official reception, an inaug-
ural bill or charity ball, similar to
the one held at the time President t
Harding took. office, or whether he would
prefer to dispense with all entertainment
on the evening OF his Inauguration.
This will be one of the outstanding
questions that probably will be de-
cided following the meeting of the
President and the joint committed
from Congress. The White House in
dicated its desire to shape the plan
as quickly as possible by the speed
with which it sought a conference
with the committee, this body having
been appointed only yesterday.
Evening star., 1924-12-20
HOUSE BUSHES FUND
FOR POULTRY PLAGUE
Sends 100000 Bill to Fight
Chicken Epidemic to
President.

An emergency Senate resolution
to appropriate 100000 for a fight
against the poultry plague epidemic
was rushed through the House today
and sent to President Coolidge for
his signature.
Chairman Madden of the appropria-
tions committee called up the .resolu-
ton, approved yesterday by the Sem
ate. Represent tative Blanton, Demo-
crat, of Texas at first blocked it's
consideration, but later withdrew his
objection and the resolution was
passed without further debate,
Action on the appropriation before
the Christmas recess, which begins to-
night, had been urged by poultry men,
representatives of farm organizations
and others, who declared the epidemic
had seriously affected the poultry in
dustry and disturbed consumers
A variety of State guarantees now
are effective, and 1t Is the intention of
the Agriculture Department to use the
funds carried in the resolution to pro-
muigate Federal regulations designed to
stamp out the plague much after the
manner of the campaign against the
foot-and-mouth disease.