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Evening star., 1926-02-19
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, February 10 (SpeciaD.
White potatoes. 100 pounds, 2.OOa
AIS; beans, bushel, S.00al0.OO: Brussels
sprouts, 15a25; beets, bushel, 3.OOa3.25:
cabbage, hamper, 2.25a3.25; sweet po-
tatoes, barrel 2.00a5.5O; yams. barrel.
20Oa4.50; carrots, bushel, 1.50a175
cauiiflower. crate, 2.25a2. so; celery.
crate, 5.50a6.5o; cucumbers, crate,
6.00a10.00; kale, barrel. 1.75a2 90; let
pounds, 2.50a3.25; oysterplant, 100,
7.O0a9.O0; eggplant. crate, 3.5Oas 90;
tomatoes, crate. 3O0a6 90; spinach,
barrel. 1.75a2.OO; savoy cabbage,
bushel. 6Oa75; turnips, basket, 20a25.
Apples, barrel. 2.0Oa6.50; bushel. 75a
200; grapefruit. box, 3.OOa4.25:
oranges, box. 3.75a4.5O; tangerines,
box, 2.25a3.00; strawberries, quart,
60a70.
Selling Prices at Noon.
Wheat-No. 2 red Winter, spot. 90.
mestic, no quotations; No. 2 red Win
ter garlicky, LII.
Sales-None.
Corn-Cob, new. spot, 3.7Oa375 per
barrel as to delivery; domestic vel
low, No. 2, new, 80 per bushel; ex-
ports, No. 2, spot. II; No. 3, 73A.
Sales-None.
Oats-No. 2, so asked; No. 3, new.
40 asked.
Rye-Nearby, new, S5a9o; No. rye
spot, no quotations.
Hay-Receipts IA tons. The gen.
eral hay situation is quiet, with sup
plies Of all grades and kinds more
than ample for the present limited
demand. Prices generally are in buy.
ers favor. Low grades of clover
mixed and No. 2 clover are particu-
larly--hard to move.
Quotations, per ton, today; No >
timothy, 24.50a25.00: No. 3 timothy
% 00a23.00: No. l light clover mixed
23.50a24.00; No. 2 light clover mixed
2100a2250; No. 1 clover mixed, $500
a2350; No. 1 clover, 23.00a23. so; No. 2
clover, 20.00a21.00.
straw-No. / wheat, 1s.ooa14.oo: No.
| oat, 14.00a so.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK.-Stock firm, 20 rails
up to 4 points.
Bonds, mixed Erie convertible
active.
Foreign exchanges, easy; French
franc under pressure.
Cotton. steadier Wall Street buy
inc.
Sugar, easy; increased spot offer
inGs.
Coffee, declined; lower Brazilian
markets.
CHICAGO.-Whea lower; weak
BuenoS Aires markets.
Corn. higher; covering.
Cattle, higher; good shipping de-
mand.
Hogs, firm.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
RISE IN YEN NOTED.
Wall Street Deeply interested in
japanese Advances.

NEW YORK. February 19 P).-
Wall Streets interest in the steady
rise of the Japanese yen to the high
est level in several years has been
by the nations plan for
return to the gold basis. During the
past year Japan has shipped more
than SIS 900 900 in gold to the United
States as a reserve to strengthen its
The actual restoration of
the gold standard. however hinges
upon political developments, which
may not be decided for several
although present indications
point to re-establishment of a free gold
market with the financial assistance
of the United States.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
D. & H. INCOME DROPS.

NEW YORK. February 10 P).-
Net income of the Delaware and Hud
son Co. for. 1925 declined to S4.907.70S
after taxes and charges. equal to
S11.54 a share on Si2 SOB 900 stock
compared with S5,Sl7,376 in 1924, or
S13.6S share. Net income for the
last quarter of 1925 was S245 ,4S3, or
81 cents share, in contrast to 81,
362. 1858. or S555 a share. Total in
come applicable to payment of fixed
charges was S10.413.973, charges
amounting to S5.506,265.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
WILL INCREASE STOCK.
Stockholders of Southeastern Pow
er Co. Meet in Maine.

AUGUSTA, Me, February 19 LP).-
Stockholders of the Southeastern Pow
er and Light Co., which operates
in Mississippi, Alabama
Florida and Georgia, at special
meeting today voted to increase the
capitalization from $500. 900 to 4,850,-
900 no par value shares.
1t also was voted to increase the
number of directors from 12 TO a.
The new directors chosen We're Per-
cival Cowan and Oswald Johnston.
both of New York.
The authorized shares will be di-
vided into 100000 shares of 81 pre-
ferred, 100,0 900 of S6 preferred, $50 900
of participating preferred and 4,000,-
900 common shares.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
AUTO SALES IMPROVE.

~ NEW YORK, February 19 R.-
Dealers in General Motors cars and
trucks sold 1921 units in January
against 1888 in the same month of
1925. Sales of cars and trucks to deal
ers by the manufacturing divisions of
the corporation were 76,23S compared
with 3O,642.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs L. Coz
Nominal Selling checks

Foreign exchanges steady. Quota
tions lin cents: Great Britain, de
mand 1856: cables, 4S6 7-16; 60-day
bills on banks. 4S2Is France. de
mand, 3.56R; cables. 3.57. Italy, de
mand, 4.01&: cables. 4021s. De
mand: Belgium. 4.544; Germany.
% so: Holland, 40.05; Norway, 2O.95,
Sweden. 26.75; Denmark. 1886; Swift
zerland, 1925 u; Spain. 14.09; Greece.
1.42: Poland. 1890; Czechoslovakia
295: Jugosavia, 1.7612; Austria. IA;
Rumania, 43ls; Argentina. 40.S7;
Brazil 1885; Toxic 46is: Shanghai,
7514; Montreal, 80 9-16.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Railroad Shares Improved.

Increased dividends We're discussed
in connection with the rise i'll Balti-
more ana Ohio. Railway shares as a
rule were doing better. Special buy
ing appeared in Union Pacific. SOutn-
ern Railway was higher on more a"-
tlce trading. Stocks of the North
western carriers We're in better de-
mand. Other rails We're generally
higher.
Many times during the last six
months when the market has heSltatcd
and has appeared to be saSging, 1t has
been rescued by a sudden resump-
ton of buying in the railway quarter.
This was what happened again today.
Railway stocks began to develop
strength midway through the session
and one after another members OF TINS
group fell into line.
The principal reason given for the
selection of the railway shares was
the report that the Interstate Com
merce Commission, in the near future,
would decide in favor of the Nickel
Plate merger. This would not be a
welcome incident for the Chesapeake
and Ohio shareholders, who have been
protesting that they We're not getting
their full due. 1t would be helpful TO
the owners of Erie securities, which,
under the terms of the present ar
rangementS are thought to be getting
pff well.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
NORFOLK & WESTERN RY.
REPORTS PAY INCREASES

Announcement of an increase IN
pay for clerical forces, inspectors and
car repairmen has been made by the
Norfolk and Western Railway. aCcori-
ing to advices from Richmond. For
clerks, the increase will be 81 a
month. while inspectors and repair
men will be given an increase OF :
cents an hour. The increase affects
only the classes mentioned.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
LOANS SHOW INCREASE.
Federal Reserve Board Reports on
Brokers' Figures.

Loans by the 81 reporting banks
in New York City with stocks and
bonds as security given by brokers
and dealers amounted on February 10
to $3.137. .5SS 900, the Federal Reserve
Board announced today as the second
series of figures on the so-called
brokers loans. The total February 10
represented an increase of approXi-
mately S46 900, 900 over that of Feb
ruary 3.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
REYNOLDS SPRINGS NET.

NEW YORK, February 10 P.-
Reynolds Spring reports net loss of
S114,317 for 1925 after depreciation
interest and Federal taxes, in contrast
to net profits of $469,5S5 the year be-
fore. The regular quarterly dividends
of ia per cent on the "A" and "B"
preferred stocks were declared.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
POTATO MARKET SLOW.

CHICAGO, February 10 R.-Pota-
toes trading rather slow, market
steady: total United States ship
ments, 645; from Cuba; 8 Canq
dian; Wisconsin sacked round whites.
3.75a3.95; Minnesota sacked round
whites. 3.65a3.S5; Idaho sacked rus
sets, 390a4o5.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
MARKET CLOSES FIRM.
Short Covering Helps Lift Stocks in
Last Hour.

NEW YORK. February l9 OP).-The
Closing was firm. Active short COW
ering took place III the last hour
when American Can was lifted to
332 and General Electric to 3S6i2,
both high levels. Sloss Sheffield.
Foundation Co. and Columbia Carbon
sold three to four points higher.
Total sales approXimated 100000
shares
Evening star., 1926-02-19
STEEL SCRAP HIGHER.

NEW YORK, February 10 R.-
Heavy melting steel scrap has ad-
vanced so cents a ton in the Chicago
district, a sale having been reported
at $14.50 a ton.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
AMERICAN SNUFFS NET.

NEW YORK, February 19 LR.-
Net income of the American Snuff
Co. for 1925 was Sl.640.15S, after
charges and Federal taxes, against
Sl,S5S,5S7 in 1924.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
RATES ON BAR SILVER.

NEW YORK. February 1s P.-
Sar silver, GGA; Mexican dollars, 81 4
Evening star., 1926-02-19

are the annual cash payments based on the
latest quarterly half yearly declarations
Unless otherwise noted eXtr3tor special divi-
dends are not included.
Paid this year. no regular rate, b or
extra. lPayable in preferred stock. tPlus
Al in stock payable | 20 quarterly. sPlus
81 in stock payable y " quarterly.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
WALL STREET LIST
STRONG At CLOSE
Tobacco and Rail Shares
Lead Final Trading-Late
Bidding Lively.
BY STU ART Z. WEST.

Special Dispatch to The star
\EW YORK, February l9.-Oper-
ations on the buying side gained the
upper hand in todays stock trading
After opening strong, hiSh-prlced
industrialS were subjected to Iurtnef
selling pressure, but later covering
uperation set in. causing substantial
rallies from the low prices of the
forenoon.
The close was strong for the lead
erS. with the tobacco and numerous
OF the railway shares prominent at
the end.
There was an active demand for
the tobacco stocks. United Cigar
stores ran up } points or more ana
Tobacco Products over points.
Partly this was due to favorable
trade reports and partly it was toll
lowing out the tradition that people
active in the market for the tobaccos
make individual moves rather than
keeping their stocks in close toucn
with the main fluctuations.
Jordan Leads Motors.
The regular dividend was declared
OH American Woolen preferred. Inc
preferred stock had broken over :
points and the common :. After 'he
dividend announcement there was
rally, but feeling in the Street was
not bull!sh on these stocks. lhe
rumor persisted of something un1aNol
able impending, despite the dividend
action.
Jordan Motors made a new high on
a repetition OF the merger rumorS
which have been circulating for some
time. Shares of film companies We're
quite weak Fox Film "A" stock was
down some Il points and Pathe EN-
change was off !. United States Hub
Der was weak feature. The upward
move in American Can appeared to
have been checked. General Motors
moved within a radius which for that
stock was small The same was true
of Hudson Motors. Studehaker vas
offered freely at prices under those OF
Thursday.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Capital Traction Reaches III

In today's session Capital Tractio
stock displayed by its action that
some traders believe a consummation
OF merger proceedings are not az re
mote as generally supposed. This
security established q new modern
hlgh when total of so shares sold
up TO III. The advance was orderly.
beginning with 1882 on the initial
sale of 10 shares.
The remainder Of the market wa
featureless with Gas stock selling
at 1875, Railway preferred at 9Os.
ana Traction > per cent bonds at
par.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Bureau Questions Methods.
Seeks /. {. {. Bond Permit

The Missourt-Illinois Railroad 90.
has applied to the Interstate Com
merce Comission for permission 10
issue and sell 100000 in per cent
notes, using the proceeds together
WIN $4,000 from its treasury to
fetire S49Z 200 in first mortgage I per
cent gold bonds. maturing Fehrua,,,-
IS, 1881
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Over 600 to Attend Ranouet

More than COO reservations have al
ready been received for the annual
banquet of Washington Chapter
American Institute of Banking. 10 be
held at the Willard Hotel tomorrow
night. thus assuring the largest at
tendance ever boasted by a similar
affair.
An elaborate entertainment program
by talent recruited from institute
ranks has haen arra neal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-20

its steel body models. Chassis is
standard, but includes number of
recent refinements which improve
performance.
This is the first time in auto
mobile history" said F. S. Car
penter that a 4-door car on a six
cylinder chassis has been offered
the public at anything resembling
this figure. The Hudson Essex or
ganization explains this high quality
at its very moderate price by the
manufacturing economies obtained
through building its own bodies in
it's own ultra modern plants.
up to the present Essex has
manufactured only the coach type of
body Except for a nominal number
of touring bodies. mostly for EXPORT
which It originated, and on which
Essex has built up a volume sales
record Of $1,000 in three years on
the six cylinder chassis.
THE tinish-lacquer-is an at
tractive duo-tone effect in blue. The
lower panels and the wheels are pei
ham blue, the upper panels in
Aquamarine blue. The tenders and
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EMBARRASSING MOMENTS OF A MOTORIST

steep grades with 4-wheel brakes
functioning perfectly despite the slip
perry, rain-swept highways, sped the
Whippet, maintaining an even, smooth
riding balance the entire distance, at
all speeds.
Up the mountain sides the 4-cylinder
engine responded to every demand
without a strain, and despite the long
sustained drive, with the throttle
wide open on the steep grades, the ra-
diator did not boil at any time, dem
onstrating the cooling efficiency of the
Whippet motor.
Throughout the perilous journey
the Whippet Rugged close to the road,
sharp curves were taken with perfect
safety, bad stretches of road We're
covered comfortably,-a tribute to the
low center of gravity of the Whippet
At the end of the return trip the
Whippet was given thorough inspec-
tion and was declared by experts to
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COLOR TRENDS lgJa01I
by H. Ledyard Towle
Paris Ablaze With Color
. PARIS LETTER
DNcO Color Advisory Service

Paris-The hunters moon hangs
how over the Place Vendone, and
In the gardens of the Tuilleries the
fallen leaves rustic underfoot.
Autumn is in the air and the
Automobile Salon is on. All Paris
Is color mad! At the Grand Palais.
where the motor car creations of
the great manufacturers stand IN
rows like the Kings guard upon
parade, there are giints Of burnt
orange, and the duh rich warmth
of maroons: taking their place in
the color harm onies of the whole
and giving forth note like the
muffled sound Of convent bell.
Never before such a spectacle.
No longer the dead monotony Of
somber hues. Here is beauty, and
the eye. studied from Nature her
self and deliciously reproduced in
endless and every changing subtle
ties The motor car is expressing
at last the aesthetic ideals OF its
owner
Town cars Of jade Roadstcrs of
cafe-au-lait and crimson Sedans
of orchid and sable. The colors of
the lagoons in Venice at midday
The myriad golden browns and cop
per-reds and brown-yellows OF the
autumn leaves Greens OF the
spring brookside and rich scarlets
that vision peoples and sunsets.
Outside along the Champs Elysees
the changing kaleidoscope thrills
with its never-ending stream of
harm onies. The haute monde
and the demi monde in whiriing
squadrons of satisfying color rolling
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Finds Motor Car
Cash Sales Large

Detroit, Nov. 19.-Nearly half of the
purchasers of Dodge Brothers cars
pay cash, according to +. p. Foley,
treasurer of Dodge Brothers, Inc, aft
err statistical study of practically
10000 recent sales made by dealers
throughout the U. S. and Canada.
ITO get an average of the preva-
lence of installment buying" said Mr..
Foley, I'VE took 30.095 sales of new
cars made by our dealers over a Pc
riod Of several weeks and analysed
them. We found that 1889, or 4s.l
per cent Of the buyers, laid down the
full amount when they took delivery
of their cars and trucks.
No exact figures are available for
the industry as whole but the COM
monty accepted estimate is that only
20 per cent of motor car buyers paw
in full at time OF delivery. For this
reason l think the result of our analy-
sis will surprise a good many people,
particularly bankers"
In not a single district throughout
the U. S. and Canada did the amount
of cash transactions fall below o.
per cent, and in some districts cash
sales amounted to more than SIS per
cent of the dealers total business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-20

Of cars that were never meant for
speed shortly will be knocked into a
cooked hat. 1t is only a matter of
a few months before cars will be
timed by stop watches and not by
the speedometer. Doubtless there
will be competitions in large cities.
Over stipulated course, fully pro-
tected, cars of various makes will
be opened up Official timers will
check the fight of these cars,
speedometers playing no part what
soever in the proceedings. Then.
and only then, will the public come
to know the truth about the speed
ability of different makes.
Two years ago there were all
sorts of eXtravagant claims with re-
gard to the effectiveness of various
types of four wheel brakes. Every
car equipped with brakes on all four
wheels claimed to be able to stop
quickest. Then came an enter
prising manufacturer with the city
contest idea. He was sure of his
car and his car won tie contest
1t stopped so much quicker than
any other make of car that since
then it has been a rare thing in
deed to find a manufacturer boast
ing about the wonderful brakes on
his product
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Ten Best Sellers


Because there will be a surprising
readtustment Of names in the list OF
the ten best selling auto oIles for
1926. the industry Is especially in
terested in checking back to the
beginning Of the World : II to see
just how fate has treated the var
ious contestants. Several Of the
largest companies are this year
battling for even tenth position
which makes 1t all the more inter-
esting to know that Saxon. a prod
uct that is gone and forgotten, once
held eighth place with a production
Two years before that Saxon was
in ninth place with production OF
1000 cars. That same year Metz
was In tenth place. Production was
in the 5000 class.
Some of the popular makes of
cars have checkered all over the
board while others virtually have
held the same position year after
year, rejecting sound business and
sales policies. One organization in
particular is significant Of the risk
manufacturers assume when they do
not surround themselves with pro-
gressive engineers. This organiza-
ton held fourth place in 1913 and
1914 but got into trouble with bad
transmission. Each year it dropped
back a place until it has ninth and
nearly out of the picture.
In 1919 1t still was ninth but pro-
duction had increased from 1900
to $4,000 in proportion to the gen.
eral increase In cars. In 1920 it
moved up to sixth place with a pro-
duction Of $4,000. The car had been
redesigned to a point where it was
gaining popularity again and where
II 1t had been given a chance it
would have been the most popular
six cylinder automobile of 1926.
Unfortunately the company let the
engineers and designers spoil the
body. Another manufacturer Dor
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Insurance Inquiries

Q. Why was the valued policy"
discontinued?
a. Because il often enabled
those insured, to be Unidentified for
more than their cars were worth.
That was profit, not insurance.
Q. What two forms of coverage
apply to hazards with unlimited
loss possibilities?
A. Property damage and public
liability. The car might run through
a show window filed with rare
glassware or run wild in a crowd.
What's The Answer?
1. OF the timing gear arrange
ment on the front of the engine,
which is the idler gear?
2. How can a weak valve spring
be detected?
3. How many coats of lacquer
make good refinishing job?
4. What causes d e on a n
(knocking) of gas mixture itself?
5. How many American makes Of
cars were there in 1911?
(Think these over during the week
and look for the answers in this de-
partment next Saturday. You may
be Wrong.)
Copyright 1926 by the Ullman
Feature Service).
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The Old Mechanic Says:

l wish some of you chaps with
cars would know enough about the
repairin' business SOS you could tell
me. exactly what's wrong with your
car when you've got a complaint.
I'm gettin' into trouble every day
through takin' too literally the COM
plants of owners who take wild
guesses at their trouble.
If you tell me there's somethin'
wrong with the gears, and lead me
on by tellin' me that you notice they
do this. that or the other thing, it
isn't exactly logical for me to start
right in loollin' to the clutch for the
trouble. l know enough about this
business to look into the unsuspect-
ed units for trouble that appears to
be somewhere else, but, hang it all,
I'm as human as the rest Of EN-.
Smith, down the street, was so
positive the water pump leaked l
just couldn't resist the temptation to
get out the tools and look into it.
Cost Smith several dollars for some
thin that could have been fixed for
the price Of good cigar.
Just because the water leaked to
the floor directly beneath the water
pump the trouble couldn't be any
thing but a pump leak to him. He
was so COMPOUNDED sure about it.
That's why 1 clean overlooked the
fact that the leak originated in one
OF the hose connections. 1t was
pure chance that the water ran
down the pan to the openin' under
the pump.
Motorists could save themselves a
lot of money by KNOWN enough
about their cars to guard against
startin' a repairer off on the wrong
foot
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Whippet Covers 62O Miles
On Fl Gallons of Gas

In driving rainstorm recently. an
Overland Whippet sedan again demon.
strated its economy, road stability
and stamina under almost terrifying
weather conditions, making record
run from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh
and return. a distance of 500 miles.
IN less than one day, averaging 293
miles per gallon OF gasoline. The trip
was made under official observation.
Economy of fuel consumption was
one OF the major features Of this trip.
A careful check was made of the gas
dime and oil used in the journey and
showed that 81 gallons of gas and
quarts Of oil were used.
The Whippet sedan left CITY hall
Philadelphia ,one minute after mid
night and arrived in PITTSBURGH at
10.4o A. NJ. After an hours rest the
driver left Pittsburgh on the return
trip and arrived back at Philadel-
phia's City hall at lila P. NJ. The to-
tai driving time for the round trip
was "a hours and 10 minutes.
This run was not in any sense
speed test. In fact, police officer ac-
companied the driver all the way to
certify that at no time was the legal
speed limit exceeded
over the neunsais reads. down
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Essex Now Offers
4-DOOr Sedan

A new 4-door Essex sedan. with
upholstery and all details OF high
quality, yet with list price under
the $500 level is announced by the
Hudson Essex Sales Co. Hudson
Essex distributor. The first cars of
this type to reach this city are now
on display in Hudson Essex sales
rooms.
A view of the car discloses ample
roominess and a general air of rich
ness and careful finish. both within
and without The body is steel
built in the s10,000,o00 plant which
Hudson Essex recently finished for