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MARKING TIME

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possibly be given intelligent consid.
Grafton in forty weeks, much less
forty days.
I'm every campaign we hear OF
people going ove the state talking
reduction OF taxation-yet when tho
time comes when such reduction
could be made everybody seems to
be very busily engaged in thinking
up new ways to spend moro money.
Tho only way to save money is to
a " It. I do not mean to say that
any department should be crippled
so MS to be unable to function. but
l do mean that every expenditure
should be investigated and II It does
not prove TO be a good Investment
It should be chopped off-just as
you would do in your own business
II you could not see proper returns
for the expenditure of money You
have heard the criticism Of previous
legislatures. so that you will have
this experience for your guidance.
wyoming has grown to It's pres
ent prominence. first drought the
livestock and ranching business To-
day this business is in bad straits,
and only the most careful
ment will ever get II back to normal.
Only those improvements absolutely
essential are being made on the
ranches today, and we can only
fairly ask those engaged in this line
to a their rhare for the essential
improvements on state property.
However, I know you gentlemen
have come here with n full determi.
nation to do your duty as you see
1t. You are on trial before a Jury
OF the entire population of the state
n as a body. but as Individual
members-and l know you arc going
to give tho best there is in you. /
have nothing TO suggest in the way
of legislation other than the thoughts
| rave given you. My duties are
ntirely executive. and I expect to
carry out-or at least help-the
rules you give the next forty days
for the conduct of my office.
While your official duties arc
going TO be very strenuous during
the next forty days. the good people
OF Cheyenne have provided ample en-.
tertainment for you and your ladies'
and ltrust that YOU will have time
for the enjoyment OF some OF the
pleasures to which you are entitled
so that upon your return to your
homes you will ever retain n pleas
ant memory OF tho time you spent
in the capitol city as n member Of
tho Eighteenth legislature.
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OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 14,-G. S. De-
partment Of Agrlculture)-Hogs-
Receipts 2s,5oo; slow; steady to 1oc
lower; bulk 200 to $50 pound butch
srs slo.25@1O.75; top sl0.75: deslr-
able $50 to 200 pound weights 1915
010.25; few 40 TO $50 pound aver.
ages ss.25d9.75: packing sows 1915
$1,000; feeder pigs s6.50a7.50: bulk
of all sales s9.90@10.75; average cost
Tuesday s1o.s7i weight PA.
Cattle-Receipts 5000: fed steers
and yearlings fully steady: large
part run late in arriving. early sales
S7.00M9.25: few loads upwards to
$1,000: she stock and bulls steady
to strong; veales slow, steady: stock.
ers and feeders scarce. steady; bulk
butcher cows and heifers s4.00T6.75;
Gamers and cutters s2.500s.50; boil.
ogna bulls sf.ooGI.5o; practical veal
top $3.50.
sheep-Receipts 10000: lambs ac.
tive; fully 90 cents higher; carly
sales fed westerns S1~7.QOAfsbO;
some held higher; sheep 15e to Csc
higher; desirable weight fat eyes
s1015m10.40i feeders unevenly high.
er; fleshy lambs to feeder buyers
upward to s17.25.
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Casper Loan viii
Put On Big Sale

Diamonds, watches. jeweiry. guns.
articles OF clothing. clocks and
dozens OF other miscellaneous and
useful articles will be placed on
sale during the mex few days at
radical reductions In price Mt thu
after inventory" event OF tho Cas-.
per Loan office on South Center
street. During the past year. tho
local loan establishment has gar.
nerod hundreds OF desirable articles
and now they arc going to unload
this merchandise at unbelievable
figures. Many unredeemed pledges
AFRO listed among the articles to bo
placed on saia and these will be dis.
posed Of nj bargain prices. A 80 10
per cent discount Is the order OF tho
day at this sale 30 drop in tomorrow
morning and watch the fireworks.
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DIAMOND JACK
A[TER|E WILL
RETIRE TOFARM

DENVER. Colo. Jan. 14.-Deciar.
ing he was tired OF paying lawyer
fees and "of picking up papers to
read such headlines as 'Alteris
Hunted in $4,000 Gem Robbery"
Louis Diamond JaclS) Alterie today
made known his intention after a
visit to Chicago OF retiring perma-
nently 10 the farm he purchased
last October in the Jarr Canyon
country southwest of here.
Alterie appeared in Denver after
being released by Sheriff McKissick
OF Castle Rock, Colo. who sought
MN at request Of Chicago authori.
ties. When he gave himself up.
Alterio was informed that he was
no longer wanted.
I've got TO go back TO Chicago
the pal and friend of the late Dion
o'Bannion said. II don't have to
steal. My income is more than L
ever need and. besides. I hold the
position OF president of the tanitors'
union. But I'vo got business back
there and. with a nfty-nfty break,
I'll be back in Colorado for a perma-
nent stay"
IN stay in Chicago until Tn
ready to leave" he continued. "I1i
not shake hands with anyone OK.
cept my trusted friends. No one
Will ever hold mo with ono hand
and shoot mo with the other. That
was the fault Of O'Bannlon-he was
too trustworthy and grew careless.
NO, 1 don't wear my guns-in
Denver He peeled back his coat
TO show in~tervlowers the truth OF
his assertion. But. in Chicago.
they'll never take my guns away.
1 need them to protect my life. I'm
not saying l can't be killed: for I
can. But all I ask Is an alley TO
run into and my two guns"
I'm tired OF all this he con
cluded. Il want TO come back to
my ranch and work with Joe Buck
nam and Frank Ponley. 1 was born
on n cattle ranch at Hell's Hollow.
Calf. 80 years ago and all through
my 25 years In Chicago. I've yearned
to get back in the saddle. IL l get a
hfty-hfty break in Chicago. I'll be
back TO enjoy Colorado cener and
climate In my old age. We plan to
open n rodoo and movie camp on
my land"
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RELIEF
PLANS DRAFTED

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Its act TO eliminate tho provision
that prohibits rediscornting By fed.
eral intermediate credit banks OF
loans negotiated by federalIy chart.
cred agricultural credit agencies.
In recommending use OF the pub
lice domain for cattle grazing, tho
commission suggested that n uni.
form policy Tor grazing on national
forests and public land be drawn up
by n committee on which the live.
stock industry would be represented
Meantime tho commission declared
no increases should be made in graz
ing charges.
The report expressed confidence
In tho livestock Industry. but urged
that adjustments he made as speed.
lily as possible. The adjustments
should deal with finance. transpor.
tation costs, tariff and grazing, It
said.
The root OF the present cabinet
problem. the commission declared.
lies In the break down OF tho old
packer controlled livestock loan
companies. the weakened and re
strlcted condition of many local
banks OF the range country. and III.
lack OF available primary discount
agencies"
II was urged that tho intermediat,
credit banks grant only such loans
rs are safe and will carry tho con.
ndence Of The investors in govern
mont debentures. and that the farm
loan board enter upon a campaign to
Inform cattle men and bankers that
the credit banks ~ able and willing
TO provide adequate %rodiscount facil.
tiles for all sound loans.
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RAILROAD RATES
ON LIVESTOCK
ARE CRITICIZED

ALBUQUERQUE. y. NJ, Jan. Il.
"A travesty on justice" was the
why Sam II. Cowan, OF Fort Worth.
eounsel for the American National
Livestock association, characterized
the workings of the transportation
act and railroad rates charged ship.
pers under tho act, In an address
before tho annual convention OF the
association here today.
1T is proposed now" Mr.. Cowan
declared. ''to complete consolidation
OF railroads. leaving in effect the
standard OF rate making, treating
the revenue basis as the legal right
OF the railroads to exnct from the
producers, the shippers and the pub
lie the most that tho traffic viii bear
with that standard declared 10 be
the basis OF reasonable rates to pro.
duce what the law calls a fair re-
turn. II IS n ~travesty on justice.
THE shippers rights are made
subsidiary to those or the carriers.
Such never was tho law until
the transportation act was passed.
because neither by common law
nor by statute could a rate DO con-
sidered reasonable which was In ex.
cess OF what was Just and fair for
the shipper and tho public to pay"
The speaker declared that trans.
portation rs the very artery Of the
world but thnt dur 10 combiua.
Tons Of lines a danger has resulted
TO all industries which cannot holp
themselves or which have the
chance TO combine, but lack the
mental acumon to do f."
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DENVER. Colo. Jan. 14,-U. s.
Department Of Agriculture.)-Hogs
Receipts, 400: fully steady; early
top. slO.75 paid for several loads
225 TO $50 pound weights; most
others 100 to 235 pound kind, siO.s5
to s1O.65; few 5000; fat pigs. $500
to Ss.50; stoclScrs. $3.50 to 5000.
packing sowx. s9.25,
cattle-Receipts. 1000. calves. 80:
slow: very little done early: few
sales mostly cows. around steady.
few calves. around steady. talking
lower on bulk veal calves ono load
i.063 pound beef steers, ss.25; COWS.
$3.50 down; common to medium
hoifers. s4.7b; medium 10 good veal
ers. $500; n and cutters, S2.25
TO s3.25; few stocl,ors. 500.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000: bulk OF
run late arriving: no early sales
asking sharply higher: best fat
lambs held around $1,000 talking
steady on fat ewes; asking higher
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Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Forelgn
exchanges irregular. Quotations in
cents; Great Britain demand attn;
cables 477h; 60 day bills on banks
cables 5.35H; Italy demand 4.12h;
cables Alb; Belgium demand 500;
gables 5.00k; Germany demand 49,.
so; Holland 40.31; Norway 1923:
Sweden 26.92; Denmark 17.74; Swift.
zerland 1925: Spain 14.i3: Greece
1.7s; Poland 1sk: Czeoho slovakia
5.00%; Juso slavia 1894. Austria
00i4h; Rumania So; Argentina
1861; BRAZIL Ills; TolSia ss 7.1e;
Montreal 30 1882.
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Grain and Stock
Opinions From
Brokerage Wire


Stock opinions
j. S. Bache and Co.-Studebaker
appears to bull with difficulty and
does not respond to the heavy buy
ing and sharp advances in General
Motors during the last few days.
Would not get too bullish on 1t here.
Livingston & Colt looks like
higher prices in the next few days.
particularly in rails, oils and rubbers.
J~osephthal & Gothic market is
still in a healthy condition. there
fore look for continuation of upward
movements.
Grain Opinions
Bartlett Frazier-Wheat appears
strained and dangerous. UnderIy-
ing conditions in corn are far from
henlthy.
Stein Alstrin-We expect higher
prices for wheat but expect erratic
price swings.
Thompson McKinnon There
ought 10 be considerable reaction in
wheat. There is no eason for high
priced coarse grains.
Harris Wlnthrop-We suggest ex-
treme caution and conservation at
these levels.
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NEW YORK. CURB CLOSING
LIVESTOCK


CHICAGO. Jan. 14.-U. s. De.
partment of Asriculture.HHogs-
Receipts, $1,000; slow, steady TO Toe
higher; most gain on 40 to 220
pound averages; desirable weightv
butchers. early at s11.25; few 40 to
200 pound averages. s1o.40a1o.75;
ESQ pound kind. upward to sI1.15;
little done on others; heavy weight
hogs. Slo.75 @11.25: medium. s1O1O
g1l.2o; light, s9.5091o.75; light
light, ss.ooq1o.4o; packing hogs,
smooth. slO.35 @1O.s5; packing sows.
rough. s9.soa1o.55; slaughter pigs,
s7.0o@s.75.
Cattle-Receipts, IL 1000; fairly ac-
tive; beef steers. l5c to 25c higher;
weighty kind showing most advance.
Mondays downturn regained; values
as high or higher than late last
week; early top matured steers.
sl1.25; best yearlinss, s10.sB: numer.
Gus loads relatively long fed heavy
steers, $1,000 1850; bulk fed steers
and yearlings, ss.oOa1O.5O: year
-ings, very scarce; choice kind NIB.
sent; she stock, 1oc TO 15c up; spots
more; Gamers and cutters. strong:
bulls, firm; veslers. strong, mostly
slo.5oG 11.50 to packers; choice
handy weight selections. upward to
$500 to outsiders; country demand
stockers and feeders moderate Mt
Arm prices; meaty feeders late yes
terday. up to $3.50; bulk, s5.5o@s.oO.
sheep-Receipts. 5000. fat lambs.
'5c to soc higher; bulk medium to
good lambs. s1s.a5G1s.75: early top,
1910; best bid s1e.25; no clippers
sold; good II pound yearlings,
1875; fat sheep and feeding lambs.
strong; good medium weight ewes,
Ilo.oo41o.25; feeding lambs. scarce;
few sales. si6.5o917.75.
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Market Gossip


Youngstown expects advance in
wire prices.
Now York and Southern Mining
directors declared regular quarterly
2is per cen payable January ~ TO
stock Of January l..
Pullman company declared resu-
lar quarterly So dividend.
National Biscuit declared regular
quarterly dividend April 10 and
March 81 During year ended De-
comber 81 It earned after taxes S5.44
n share on common against S5.O5 a
share in 1923.
American District Telegraph Of
New Jersey declared quarterly div
idend of 2 per cent compared with
previous rate OF IA per cent quar-.
terly.
Freight car loadings week ended
January q were 7s5,725. increase 1872
per cent over previous week.
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Chicago-Business in meat prod.
rcts for the past week is described
as quite satisfactory" by packers.
a flood of poor quality steers has
glutted the beef market. whilo pork
trade is slow and draggy. Quality
OF hogs has been poor. Although
log prices have sagged, there has
been no sympathetic fduction in
prices of products.
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Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO. Jan. 14.-Butter high
err: creamery extras 3sc; standards
3I&c; extra firsts 37Q37hi firsts
35M 361zc; second 32m sac.
Eggs unsettled; receipts 2.344
cases; first 57d5Sc; ordinary flrsts
50053c; refrigerator firsts 46d46Ac.
NEW YORK. Jan. 14.-Butter,
steady receipts. S.5s5i creamery
higher than extras. 3oA Q4Oc.
Eggs, steady; receipts. 1876; Pa
cinc coast whites. extras. 63h964c;
ditto. nrsts to extra firsts. 61a63kc.
Cheese. firm; receipts. 1i3,lS7
pounds.
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JaAa 4fs"ClOCh
prices reacted sharply today on sell.
ing which was widely characterized
as a correction of the weakened
technical position. Equipment is.
sues developed a temporary burst CT
strength on merger rumors, but the
rally was not sustained. Total
sales appropriated 1850, 900 shares.
NEW YORK. Jan. 14.-Profit.
taking caused slight ~recessions in
stock prices at the opening of 10.
days market with selling directed
principally against the oil shares.
Rail issues also worked lower, Dem
e and Rio Grande preferred drop.
ping more than a point and New
York Central and Chesapeake and
Ohio yielding fractionally. Radio
was n notable exception, advancing
u point.
Downward tendencies held sway
throughout the subsequent dealings.
although several independent
points of strength developed. Man.
haitian Guaranteed jumped 10 points
10 100 and General Electric, Bosch
Magnetic and Great Northern Ore
moved up briskly. Most of the in.
%fluential shares. however. were
sluggish. with American Can fall
ing back a point. Republic Steel
opened . points lower. Considerable
i~rregularity marked trading in rail
shares. Omaha preferred advanced
a point while the common declined
III.
Denver and Rio Grundc preferred
extended It's loss to 2% points. Cop
pers were sustained by the rising
tendency Of metal prices. Foreign
exchanges opened easy.
Commission house selling, appar.
emily based on the belief that an
other technical reaction was war
ranted. contributed materially to the
heaviness shown by many stocks
during the month. American Type
Foundries broke five points. Denver
and Rio Grande Western preferred
AZ. American Foreign power (25
per cent paid four and Omaha com
mon 2is. L.. S. Steel common
Jagged to 124 before It met suffi-
cient support TO Withstand the profit
taking in that issue. Electric stocks
and n number OF speclalties how
ever. displayed Independent strength,
Buffalo and Susquehanna jumping
level points and General Electric
four. American Hide and Leather
preferred touched a new top AZ rs.
up as. in reflection of a favorable
New Jersey court decision. A
brisk demand for-American Locomo-
tive and DUPONT, which touched
new tops At l17h and 1853 respec-
lively. had n steadying influence
on the general list round noon.
with moderate recoveries under way
In several popular issues. Call money
again renewed at 3 per cent.
Rumors OF now combinations
among railroad equipment com.
panies accompanied the heavy buy.
ing of these shares In tho afternoon
which advanced them 2 to 4 points.
Lima Locomotive touched TAN.
American Locomotive 119Z. and
Baldwin Locomotive 1915, all new
high prices for the current movo-
ment. Some Of tho coppers were
bought on q higher trend to the
metal. Utah touching 30. Allis
Chalmers. Associated Dry Goods.
American Republics and Laclede Gas
advanced 2 to 4 points.
The closing was weak. Selling
pressure increased In the late deal.
ings when call money was marked
up to az per cent. American Can.
Jordan Motors. Radio Corporation.
T~,fsAI Cfato. rast Ir@- Dl-1 Co..
Roebuck and Stewart Warner sell.
ing Q to 4 points below yesterdays
final quotations.
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Finance :: Bonds :: Stocks IS Grain :: Livestock s.: All Markets

members which will have the broad.
est powers in collecting facts and
tgures in support Of the Institutes
am TO cooperate with the oil board.
me committee will be headed by
j. Edgar Pew. OF Dallas. Texas,
president Of the institute and r. l..
WEIGH general secretary and coun.
II is h general opinion among
the delegates that the committee 4.
gong to start an oil inquiry of its
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Rail Dividend
Is Declared BY
Houston g. Texas

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Directors
Of the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad company. controlled by the
Southern Pacific company, today
declared a dividend OF Sc payable at
the ratio of SO on January 10 and
SO on July 10. The lost dividend of
50 was paid in 1913. The Southern
Pacific will receive $500 .e10 from the
dividend as it owns virtually all the
S1O.o 900 stock OF Houston and
Texas.
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now that electrical pumping equip
ment is ready fer use at 200 wells.
OH City Derrick says daily aver
age crude oil production U. 8. week
ended January 10 was 1885, $50 bar
rels' increase of 1889 barrels over
previous week. Gain is due to in.
crease OF 51.o25 barrels in WORKMAN
and TO SO what warmer weather
which improve the flow of wells.
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POTATOES

CHICAGO. Jan. IL Potatoes
carly morning trading light accoun,
cold. foggy weather; market steady;
receipts, SO cars; total U. s. ship
ments. 75T; Wisconsin sacked round
whites. si.o5G1.15; fancy. shade
higher; Minnesota sacked round
whites. 3i.1o; Idaho sacked nusssts.
s2.1o02.25: fancy. s2.s5.
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Flour

Kansas City-For the last six
months flour production in the mills
OF Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and
Oklahoma has been running at over
10 per CEN above the rate for 1928.
Production has been rendered some
what spasmodic. however, by recent
sharp Advances in wheat.
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Fish

Seattle-It is estimated here that
the canned salmon produced in
Alaska. Puget Sound and Columbia
river waters in the last year exceed.
ed In value the pack of 1923 by So.
100000. although in volume it was
some coo. 900 cases less.
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Fruit

San Francisco-storage supplies
of apples in California are the small
est in some years. Dealers forecast
higher prices. Two advances of 25c
A box each have been made in the
last fortnight. The California crop
in 1924 was small because of
drought.
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OIL

Shreveport. lathe Standard
Oh company of Louisiana refinery
at Baton Rouge consumed three mil.
lion more barrels of crude oil In
1924 than in 1923. according to com.
pany officials. Figures for the two
years were not disclosed.
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Copyright, 1926. Casper Tribune,
livestock

Fort Worth-Prices for coming
t~~o-year-old steers and heifers have
advanced to $3.50 and $3.50. re-
s~pectively, here, and there is consid.
cradle inquiry for yearlings in this
market. A good sale of young cat
tie Is anticipated in west Texas this
spring.
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METALS

NEW YORK. Jan. 14.-coppef
firm. Electtolytic spot and futures
15h @15Ac.
Tin easy; spot and nearby $3.50;
futures 1918.
Iron steady; prices unchanged.
Lead firm. spot 10.50q1O.75.
Zinc steady; East st. Louis spot
100; futures 7.o0Q7.e2.
Anthony spot 1T.T5.
In Great Britain and America
aundruplets arrive on tho average
only noe in 400. 900 births.
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LIBERTY BONDS

NEW YORK. Jan. lf.-Liberty
closed: AVS siot.1o; first AZ :
HOLT; second AIS .lOo.24; third
i1.s s1o1.4. fourth KS sfoi.23. U.
5. government AIS s1O4.26.
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Nuts

Richmond. Va--The peanut acre
age in Virginia was cut last year
by experiments in cotton and total
production amounted to only 74,10O,-
ooo pounds. as compared with 1922
100000 in 1928. The total crop was
worth about IS. O00, 900.
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Textiles

Manchester. N. 1.-THE Amos.
keag mills have recently had an
agent in Ireland investigating proc.
esses of producing linen and it is
believed the company will give at.
tention in future to this class of
goods.
, 1925-01-14
WHEAT RALLIES
AFTER SLUMP
Early Downturn Followed
by Jump to Above Tues
days Finish

CHICAGO, Jan. IL. - Althoush
wheat underwent an early setback
In price here today. tho market soon
scored an advance. At first. the de.
cline In quotations at Liverpool to.
gether with continued selling here
to realize profits noted as a weight
on values. The Liverpool weakness
was attributed to increasing offers
from Argentina, but renewed specu.
lative buying here quickly proved
more than an offset. Chicago open.
Ing prices. which varied from un-
changed figures to &c lower, with
May s1.s5hd1.S6 and July s1.56A
q1.56b, were followed by n moder.
ate general DOWNTURN and then by
Il sharp ascent to woll above yester.
days finish.
Reports that a dock strike had
tied up Australian shipping served
temporarily to stimulate buying but
slowness Of export demand was n
handicap, and the market weakened
in the last half OF the day.
Corn and oats were responsive 20
changes In wheat. After opening n,
&c to Nc lower, May s1.30x@
sl.3ok. the corn market sagged a
bit more and then made material
gains.
Subsequently the corn market de.
veloped Independent strength as n
result OF eastern buying. Septem.
Der delivery established a new high
price record for tho season. Corn
closed firm, &c to 1Sc net higher,
May s1.31% to sl.s2.
Oats started at Nc to sc off. May
SIC. and cased down somewhat fur.
Their. Later. all months showed an
advance.
Provisions were without any ag.
gresslve support.
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MONEY

NEW YORK, Jan. 1i.-call mon
cy firmer; high SH. low 2: ruling
ratio az: closing bid 8; offered nj
81; last loan q; call loans against
acceptances ga. limo loans steady.
mixed collateral. 5000 days 3EQ
5%; 40 months 80. a. Primo com
mercial paper 3ik13a.
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Dctroit-Detail is rapidly growing
as a livestock center. Receipts at
the local yards in the last year to.
$4,000 cattle. 15s. 900 calves.
$4,000 sheep and $500 hogs.
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Steel

st. Louis-The output of the Com
monwealth Steel company for 1924
was in excess Of the banner business
year Of 1923. The, company spent
s2,5oo.0o in. improvements. The
plant of tho Westcott Valve com
pany will be moved from Seneca
Falls. n. Y, to East St. Louis. as
soon as the new s100. 900 building
of the company the street is
completed.
, 1925-01-14
Sleighs

Philadelphia-Although snow has
covered this section Of Pennsylvania
for ten days. there have been prac.
tically no sales of sleighs or sleigh
bells.
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NEW YORK. Jan. 14.-Prces OF
Wyoming Oils at . p. m. today were
listed on the New York Curb as fol-
lows;
Standard Oil Undiana) 5iA: Noun
tain Producers 20; Mutual 1ah,
sat Creek 25I.