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MACKAY & CO. BANKERS Members of New Yfrk Stock Exchange There never was a time when a dollar would buy so much of Genuine Bond Value Suggestion? upon reuest. 14 WALL STREET NEW YORK Cities Service Company 7% Series C Debentures Interest requirements be? ing earned 11 times over. Convertible into Cities Service Company Com? mon and Preferred stocks on attractive basis. Market value of stocks Junior to the Debentures more than five times prin? cipal amount of outstand? ing debentures. Yield 7.45% Plus common stock dividend accumulations Circular "C-36" on Request Henry L. Doherty & Company Bond Department 60 Wall Street New York National City Bank "Rights" When, as and if issued We have prepared and will forward on request a special letter outlining the plan for increase in capital to be of? fered for authorization by stockholders August 26th. We are prepared to purchase and sell these "Rights" at the market, when, as and if issued. Colgate,Parker&Co. 49 Wall Street, New York The Steel Situation and Steel Stocks are covered in the current issue of our MARKET LETTER Copy on request. ? Shonnard Mills & Co. Members M.y Stock ??change 120 BROADWAY^ N.X Telephone-^-Rector 8080 IT? STANDARD JE I3SUES INFORMATION ON OIL SECURITIES For the purpose of keeping in? vestors advised we issue book? lets on the Standard Oil issues and the Independent Oil Stocks; also a weekly sum? mary, which may be had on request. CARL H.PFORZHEIMER & CO Vests era In Standard Oil Sourit!??? 25 BROAD ST.. NEW YOKK Phon?-* 48?0-l-3-3-? Broad. ^?K? CHATHAM & PHENIX p_=x\ NATIONAL BANK i\JEZy, Capital * Sorply? Jl2.???.???? ^TONA^ staaaarcaa.$lS0,9?.aa. BaNK *??? Broad-ay. Singer Via? ,.,./;-.. And 13 strmmatsam Stock Market Quiet; Prices Yield Further Sentiment Still Depressed by Industrial Trend; Lacka? wanna Steel Earnings Are Up; Decline in Sterling Stocks were plainly suffering- again yesterday from a\ combination of de? pressing influences which discouraged bullish initiative and aided the short sellers. Chief of the adverse factor? i were tho persistent and apparently ' well founded reports of industrial contraction force?! by the demoraliza? tion of transportation facilities. Be? sides this the deadlock at the Spa con? ference and the pronounced weakness in sterling exchange added to the weight of unfavorable items. A few stocks stood up against the current, but generally speaking the market lost ground on all sute?, with ! motor and tire shares appearing to be j under the greatest amount of pressure. I It was a case of the bears finding things entirely to their likimr and. i?s ! happened on Tuesday, most of the sell j ing came from this quarter. The mar ? k?;t contracted further, dealings fall j ing off to approximately half a mill : ion shares. Weekly reviews of the iron and steel trade emphasized the extremely difficult conditions under which the in? dustry is operating. It appears that in the Pittsburgh district, the heart of the industry, additional steel making and finishing units have had to sus ! pend activity by reason of fuel short | age. Meanwhile fuel prices are soar ; ing as the steel mills are bidding for j the available supply and production i costs have mounted with great rapid? ity. While there may be a tendency to exaggerate the situation, nevertheless the position of $he industry is far ? from satisfactory and if long con j tinued cannot help but cut heavily into earnings. The report of the Lackawanna Steel Company for the second quarter of the year was of more than usual In? terest by reason of current conditions in the trade. It disclosed a remark? able recovery in earnings in the three months ended June 30, showing profits, after charges and war taxes, of $1.881,946, compared with a deficit of close to $500,000 in the March quarter. Unfilled orders on the com? pany's books rose from 122,399 tons to 484,267 tons in the three months. In the first quarter the company was still suffering from the after effects of the steel and coal strikes of late 1919. In the second quarter covered in the re? port just issued the company appar? ently had not begun to feel the effect cf the transportation blockade seri? ously; at least, the earnings statement does not reflect it. Lackawanna Steel stock made quite a vigorous response to the publication of the earnings statement, rising more than 4 points net and holding half of the gain to the close. Other steels hardened but little more. The sudden sinking spell in the motor and tire group came in for much comment. Bear traders based selling operations in these shares on reports from the center of the industry to the effect that production of tires has been over? done and unemployment is rapidly in? creasing. Moreover, rumors were afloat hinting of an Impending cut in prices of motor cars as well as tires. So far as their application to the motor car industry went such rumors did not square with the facts, since a number of companies have only within the course of the last fortnight marked up prices sharply and announced that out? put had been sold for many months ahead. The position of the tire in? dustry, however, is not so favorable, according to advices from Ohio. Oil shares acted better than any other of the speculative stocks, and Invincible Oil, which has been under accumulation for a week, advi?iice..l into new high ground. This stock was the market leader in point of activity, dis? placing all the other popular favorites. The Mexican oils held up well and the Street expected an official an? nouncement shortly on the Mexican Petroleum's new development work. Call money remained at 8 per cent all day, with renewals at that level. The break of 3 cents in sterling ex? change occurred in a thin market. Money and Credit Call money was comparatively easy on the Stock Exchange yesterday and the rate held at 8 per cent throughout the stock market session. Brokers stated that money was in greater sup? ply than on Tuesday. To-day an ad? ditional $11,000,000 of government de? posits will be withdrawn from the banks, which will bring this item down I to a minimum. These deposits will be immediately replenished through the sale of additional Treasury certificates. Yester- Year day. ago. On mixed collateral.,... 8 6 On industrial collateral. 8 6% Time money (mixed col? lateral) : Sixty-days.8@8% 5%@?3 Ninety days .8?8% 5%?6 Four months .8@8% 5%@6 Four to six months..8@8M? 5%@6 Bank Clearances?Bank clearings at New York yesterday were: Exchanges, $776,564,267; balances, $72,786,599. Silver?London, 53%d; New York, domestic, 99 ^c; foreign, 93c; Mex? ican dollars, 701/4c. Sub-Treasury?United States funds: ! Reserve credit balances, $62,234,704. Canadian Exchange?New York funds in Montreal, $135.31 premium per ?$1,000; Montreal funds in New York, ' $118.90 discount per $a,000. i The Dollar in Foreign Exchange Sterling exchange which showed an erisier tendency for a week, declined rather sharply yesterday. The con ' tinental exchanges were steady. Francs j nnd lire are now being quoted in cents ! instead of units to the dollar. Yesterday's closing rates, compared ?with those of a week ago, follow: (Quoted dollars to the pound) Yesterday Week ago Sterling, demand. 3.88 3.94125 : Sterling, cables. 3.8875 3.94875 ! Sterling, sixty days_3.83 3.89625 ?Sterling, ninety days.. 3.8025 3.87 (Quoted cents to the unit) ! Francs, checks. 8.23 8.80 Franc3, cables. 8.24 8.31 i Belgium, francs, chks.. 8.79 8.90 Belgium, francs, cables. 8.80 9.00 Lire, checks. 5.86 6.00 ?Lire, cables..... 5.87 6.01 ?Swiss, francs, checks. .17.70 17.70 i Swiss, francs, cables.. .17.75 17.75 ?Guilders, checks.35.00 ?5.125 Guilders, cables.35.10 -35.25 [Austrian, crowns, chks. ? .69 Austrian, crowns, cbls. ? .70 ?Sweden, checks.21.95 22.00 ?Sweden, cables.22.05 22.10 ?Denmark, checks .16.65 16.40 ? Denmark, cables.16.75 16.50 j .Norway, checks..16.70 16.55 Norway, cables.16.80 16.65 I Pesetas, checks.16.05 16.30 ?Pesetas, cables."....16.10. 16.35 1 Greece, checks..12.75 12.65 Greece, cables.12.80 12.70 Manilla, checks.48.50 49.75 Manilla, cables.49.00 50.00 India, rupees, checks. .38.50 37.00 India, rupees, cables..39.00 37.60 Japan, yen, checks. .. .51.375 50.65 Japan, yen, cables.52.625 50.90 Argentina, checks..93.825 93J525 Argentina, cables.93.875 93.625 Brazil Rio, checks.23.375 23.78 Brazil Rio, cables.23.60 2 .76 Marks, checks . 2.52 2.63 Marks, cables. 2.53 2.64 Czecho-Slovakia, checks ? 2.80 Transactions Yesterday in Listed Stocks Summary of Stock Exchange Dealings (Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.) Day Tear January 1 te data. Yeaterdar. before. uro. 1920. 1919. 1918. Railroad stock? ... 119,400 138,200 301,400 23,691,800 25,822,700 17,026,600 Other atocka . 387,200 611,400 1,605,700 112,114,100 113,416,200 61,112,800 AM stocka '. 606,600 649,600 1,807,100 135,805,900 139,238,900 78,639,400 Yeaterday. Day before. Year ago. 1920. 1919. II. S. government bond?.$7,483,000 $9,991,000 $7,965,000 $1,689,942,000 $1,289,7-48,000 Railroad bonds . 1,116,000, 1,164,000 1,114,000 189,463,000 185,416,000 Other bond? . 1,415,000 2,244,000 1,227,000 214,199,000 201,822,000 All bond? .10,014,000 13,399,000 10,306,000 2,093,604,000 1,676,986,000 Record of Stock and Bond Averages (Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.) Stocks Range the? Range fall Day Year far 1920. year 191?. Yesterday, before. ago. High. Low, High. Low. 20 Railroad atocka ...- 63.30 63.20 77.25 68.70 58.60 78.80 68.35 30 Indnatrial atocka . 01.97 92.10 114.40 110.30 87.93 119.33 79.20 60 Stocka . 80-5? 80-54 99.54 92.06 76.96 99.54 75.92 Bonds 10 Railroad bonds . 69.67 60.65 78.90 76.28 66.78 82.80 72.83 10 Industrial bonds . 83.25 83.46 94.00 91.45 83.10 95.70 90.56 5 Utility bonds. 69.60 69.37 86.12 74.53 68.34 87.75 71.80 25 Bonds . 75.09 75.11 86.28 81.71 73.94 87.91 80.21 High. Low. Dir. 1920. 1920. Rate. 46 26 ? 46% 25% ? 88^4 60 6 2% We ? 3 \%l ? 53% 30% 1 95 76 8 96% 84% 6 128% 101 10 61% 35% ? 147% 124% 12 15% 10% Net Adams Express Advance Rumely Ajax Rubber . 900 61 % 61 % Alaska Gold Mines.. 200 1% 1% Sales. Open. High. Low. Close, chge. Bid. Aak SCO 33'/8 33% 100 331/2 33 Vz 175 95 6 30% 151/2 _. 122 851/4 53!/2 38 119/2 8034 141/2 10/4 95 74 109% 82 17% 11% 3O/2 16% 72 56 10O'/4 89 115% 86 50 35 142% 122 106% 77 100% 92% 8 283 209 20 94% 85% 6 1651/2 84% 7 61% 38 ? 21% 12% ? 59/2 45 6 66/2 64 4 17 7 ? 86% 76 6 82 72 5 9 5 ? 1761/2 137 10 148/2 103/a 7 102/2 97 7 38% 27% ? 49% 40'/? 4 154/2 114 8 32/2 17/2 ? 96 77/z 5 Alaska Juneau . Allis-Chalmcrs . Am Agr Chemical.,. Am Agr Chcm pf... Amer Bosch Mag... American Can . Am Car _ Foundry. 80 Am Drug Syndicate. American Express... Am Hide ?fi. Leather. Am Hide & L pf Am Ice Securities... 200 1% 1% 300 37 37 33 33?1 33/2 33/2? 2 61 61?1 1/2+ % 1% 37 - 1'/a 1% 37 32 33 33/2 34/2 6O/2 61/a 1% V/Z 1% 2/8 36% 37 200 85% 853/4 85% 85%? % 84 ?5% 300 86% 86% 863/4 86%+ 1'/a 85?% 90 400 117 119% 115/2 118%+ 2% 117/2 119 900 ?40% 41 40% 403/4? % 40/2 41 1700 137 137% 136 136 ? 2% 136 137/4 300 11/4 11/4 11 11 + Va 11 II/2 500 135 137 134/4 134/4+ 2/4 135 137 100 16 16 900 87% 87% 100 42 42 Amer Int'I Corp. 2600 86% 8634 American La France. American Linseed 1900 11/2 11}<? 900 80% 803/4 Am Locomotive . 6400 100% 101% 99/4 Am Safely Razor.. . Am Ship & Com.... American Smelting... Am Smelting pf. American Snuff ..... Am Steel Foundry.. . American Sugar .... Am Sumatra Tob.... Am Tcleg & Tel. American Tobacco. . . Amer Tob pf new... American Wool??n . . . Am Writ Paper pf.. . Amer Zinc . Amer Zinc pf. Anaconda . Ann Arbor . At, Top & San Fe... At, Top & S Fe pf. Atl, Birm & Atl_ Ail, Gulf & W I.... Baldwin Loco Co... Baldwin Loco Co pf. Bait <?. Ohio. 900 lo'/* 15% 15/a 1100 23% 23% 23% 300 603/4 60% 60 400 91/2 91 Vz 90% 300 105 105 105 105 ? 300 38/2 38% 37% 37% 400 125! 2 125/2 125/? 125/2 1900 90% 9O/2 893a 89%? 500 93 93 93 93 ? 400 300 5400 700 300 200 300 200 226 87% 86% 47 14/a 49 56% I6/2 200 81 100 73 600 8/2 228 87% 87% 87% 87% 85/2 47 46/2 H/2 14/2 49 49 56% 56/4 I6/2 I6/2 81 803/4 73 73 8/2 8% 1700 158/4 158/2 155 156 ? 2'4 156 158 22900 119/2 12134 1183/4 119/4+ % 119% 119% 300 97/2 97/2 97/2 97/2+ 900 32% 32% 32 32%? Bait _ Ohio pf. 300 44% 44/4 44% 44% IO2/2 17 13/4 62 15 8/j 81% 5 10% ? 634 ? 48% ? 7/4 ? 634 ? 29/4 20 ? 28% 15/4 ? 85% 62% 6 46 26 ? 134 110 10 100 93 7 1934 14 ? 104% 62% 5 IO8/2 98% 7 205 175 8 61% 40% 4 I6434 97 Vz 10 59% 47 4 4% ? Barrett Company . .. Beth Motors . Bethlehem Steel _ Beth Steel, Class B. Bklyn Rapid Tran. . . Bklyn Rap Tran ctfs. Bklyn Union Gas... Booth Fisheries Co. . Brunswick. Butte & Sup Cop . . . Caddo Oil . 1200 144% 144/4 143/2 143% 700 22 22 21/2 21% 300 85% 853/4 85% 85% % 9634 97% 1/4 32% 32% % 44 44% Vz 143 144/4 % 21 21% 3600 700 300 400 100 100 1000 700 89 11% 83/4 48% 8% 6/8 90 11% 8% 48% 8% 6/8 834 483/4 8% % 22% 22% 22% 22% 17% 18 17% 18 + Calif Packing . 500 70/4 70% 70% 70/2 + Calif Petrol 300 32 32 32 Canada Pacific . 1400 122% 122% 122 + 11 10% 27% 42% 61% 91/2 67 I2034 98 7 ? 19% 2 30/4 ? 453/4 - 5 7 41% 23/a ? 21/4 14 ? Case, J I, pf. Case Plow . Central Leather .... Central Leather pf. . Central of New Jcr. . Cerro De Pasco. Chandler Motors . .. Ches & Ohio. Chi & E 111 pf. Chi Gt West. Chi Gt West pf. Chi, Mil & St Paul.. Chi, Mil & St P pf.. Chi & Northwestern. Chi & Northwest pf. Chi, Rock Isl & Pac. 500 93% 93% 93% 9334 200 14 14 14 14 ? 700 64% 64% 64 64 ? 300 98% 98% 98% 98%? 200 2043/4 205 204% 205 + 2 200 44 44 43/2 43 % 6300 100 101 Vz 9734 99 ? 1 700 54% 54% 54 54 - 7% 7% 7% 8 8 8 ? 1 900 7% 100 8 700 23 2300 34% 2200 51% 400 703/8 300 98% 4100 37% Chile Copper . 1100 15% 44% 27% 1% Chino Cons Capper. 4034 30% 1 Coca Cola . Colo Fuel & Iron. .. Colo & Southern... Col & South 1st pf. Columbia Graph ? . . Col Gas & Electric. Consol Cigars . Consolidated Gas Cons Int Call Min. . Continental Candy . Corn Products . Corn Products pf.. . Con Textile . 2% Cosden & Co. Crucible Steel . 4100 153 Cuba-Amer Sugar .. Cuba Cane Sugar.. . Cuba Cane Sugar pf De Beers . 44% 28 27 20 51% 46 4 65% 27% 67 60 70% 55% 937a 75 20% 11% 14% 10% 105% 76% 105 100% 46% 21% 43% 30 278% 115% 8 60% 49% 7 59% 3.9% ? 85% 78 7 36% 31% ? 9934 83% 9 210 165 10 9 4 ? 16% 9 ? 13 9% 1 23 23 23 + ' 35 34% 34% + 52 51 51 ? 70% 70% 70% + 98/2 98% 98%? 38 % 37 37% 1534 15% 15%? 30% 29% 29%? 36% 36% 36%? 34 34 34 - 24 24 24 - 49 49 49 - 29% 29% 29/2 55% 55 55 ? 65 65 65 - 78 78 78 ? 12% 11% 11%? 12 12 12 ? 94% 93% 93%? 1000 101% 102/a*101% 102% + 900 34% 34% 34 34 ? 300 38 38 38 38 - 156 152% 15334 2900 52/4 52% 61 52% + 1700 5234 53 5134 61% + 400 78% 7834 78% 78%+ 200 32 32 32 32 - 700 30% 200 36% 200 34 100 24 30 49 2400 29% 400 55% 500 65 300 78 1700 12% 300 12 1900 94 15% 30 % ? Del? & Hudson. 1000 89/2 89% 89% 89% 11 28 147 15% 25% 17% 48 36% 19% 68 42 93 85% 102% 87 '4934 - 8434 41% 77% 108 23% 7 18 ? 9% ? 17% ? 12% - 27% 3 20 ? 11 ? 49 2 22% 1 80 7 58% 6 Del, Lack & West Denver & Rio Gr. . . . Denver & Rio Gr pf. Dome Mines . Dul, So Sh & Atl pf. Elk Horn Coal. Endicott-Johnson ... Erie . Eric 1st pf. 2700 Erie 2d pf. 1200 500 196 196 196 196 + 5 1800 5% 5% 5% 5%? 11% 11% 9% 9% 1200 1500 1500 500 24 22% 700 86% 4500 13% 20% 14 2700 32% 100 23 300 1234 2C0 64/a FLsk Rubber Tire.. Freeport Texas. Gaston Williams . . . Gcn'l Amer Tank.. Gen'l Motors . 44600 Gen'l Motors 7% deb. 700 Goodrich, B F.. Goodrich, B F, pf. . Gray Davis . Great Northern pf.. Gt North Ore subs.. Has & Bar Car Co.. Houston Oil . Hupp Motors . 1200 Inspiration Copper .. Inter-Cons Corpn ... Inter-Cons Corpn pf. Int'I Harvester . Int'I Mer Marine.... Int'I Mer Marine pf. Int'I Motor Truck. .. Int'I Mot Trk 2d pf. Int'I Paper . 14900 86 Int'I Nickel . 3900 17% .. 44900 45 11 9%? 8 ? 22%? 86% 86% + 13 13 ? 203/B 20% + 14 14/2 + 3234 32%? 23 23 ? 12% 12%? 64% 64%? 24% 25%? 85 85 ? 59 60 ? 19% ? 6534 7 33 4 50 4 75 ? 13 1 61% 47?4 4 43/4 3% ? 16% 9% ? 142% 11234 7 51% 27% ? 111% 76% 6 170 50 ? 71 60 7 91% 62% ? 2634 15% ? 46% 36% .60 Invincible Oil . 7% 6% ? Island Oil & Tr 5 5% Vz 11 11% % 934 10 Vz 8 10 22 22% Vz 86 8634 % 123/4 13% % 20% 20% % 14 15 3/3 32% 33 3/4 22% 23 % 12% 12% 633/4 64% % 25/a 25% % 82 85 60 60% % 86% 88 % 23 24 25% 85 4300 62 300 87% 100 23 600 70% 700 35% 35% 35 35 ? % 35 35% 1900 73% 75 73 73 ? % 72 74 500 100 100 98 99 + 1% 97 99 16% 16% 16 16 ? % 16 16% 1400 50 50 49% 49%? % 49% 60 400 3% 3% 3% 3%? % 3% 3% 200 10% 10% 10% 10%+ % 10% 11/2 200 129 129 129 129 - 12834 130 1500 31 31 3034 303/4? 34 3034 31 92% 92%? 34 92% 9278 60 60 ? % 59 60 68% 68%+ Vz 66 69% 84% 85% + 17% 17%? 1300 93 500 61 300 68/ 19% 13% ?48% 40 152% 98% 105 95 95 53% 33% 24% 48% 21% 91 ?4 63 43 37 ? 38% 26% 2 3300 7 400 17/s 300 '44 Kan City Southern.. 4 Kan City South pf.. 4 Kelly Springfield ... 8 Kelly Spgfield 8% pf. - Kelsey Wheel Co.... 2 Kennecott Copper ... 1.20 Keystone Tire . 1400 27% 6 Lackawanna Steel .. 5100 73% 77 Laclede Gas . 300 38 38 Lee Rubber & Tire.. 200 29 47% 3934 3% Lehigh Valley . 1700 44 206% 145 12 Ligg & Myers Tob.. 200 148 Locws, Inc . Loft Candy . Lorillard, P _ 36 25% 2 28 14 ? 110% 100 7 38 18% ? 137% 80 8 222 161 10 ?6 18% 2 93 61 68% 86% 173/4 463/4 45 7 6% 17% 17% 44 423/4 900 109% 109% 106% 106% 100 100 100 100 100 - 100 70 70 70 70 + % 2534 253/8 25%? % 28% 27% 2734+ i/a 73% 75+2 38 38 ? % 29 29 ?44% 44 148 148 26 26 84?4 85% 17% 17% 2300 25% 500 26 46% 7 17% 45 106% 101 60 70 25% 2534 27% 28% 75 75% 37 40 28 29 43% 44 146 155 26 26% 700 15% 15%. 15% 153/8? i/a 15% 16 200 100 100 10O 1C0 - 93 100 Maxwell Motor . 300 23% 23% 23% 23%? 3% 23% 24 May Dcp't Stores Mexican Petroleum. Miami Consol Cop 71% 20% 1.60 Middle States Oil... 40% 4 9 ? 63 7 80% 7 3% ? 62% 18% 80 94 11 31% 21 49% 36 ? 116 105 7 86% 44 ? 98 83 7 102% 92% 7 93% 72% 6 17% 11% 1 77% 64% 5 S6% 23% ? 100% 85 7 59% 48 5 84% 66% 7 77% 49% 5 29% 26% 4 5% 3% 41% 21 fa ? 116% 71% 6 111% 67% 6 47% 30 4 Midvale Steel. 1600 200 200 100 1600 Minn & St L new. . . M, St P & S Ste M. M, St P & S S M pf. Mo, Kan & Texas... Missouri Pacific .... Missouri Pacific pf. . National Biscuit pf. . National Aniline . .. National Aniline pf. Nat'l Cloak & Suit pf National Lead . Nevada Con Copper. New York Central.. N Y, N H & H. 500 3034 Norfolk & Western.. North American ... Northern Pacific _ 400 72% Nova Scotia Steel .. 500 55 Ohio Body . 200 27 900 80 81 80 81 12700 194% 195 191% 193 1C0 21% 21% 21% 21% 4300 21% 21% 21 42% 41% 13% 13% 69% 81 7% 42 13/j 69/< 81 m 4700 26% 27 700 44 44 200 105 5300 82 300""92 100 96 69% 81 6% 21%? 41%? 13%? 69%? 2% 81 ? 1 7 ? % 21% 42% 14 71 85 7% 200 69/? +2 81 90 192% 193% % 21 21% % 21. % 41% 13% 69 80 6% 26% 26%- 26% 26% 42% 42/s? 1% 42% 43 1C5 105 105 + 1% 103 108 82% 80% 80%? i/a B03A 82 92 91 92 - 91% 92 96+4 95 100 76%+ % 76 77% 12%? - 69/2? 30 ? 0 ? 96 300 76% 76% 76% 900 12% 12% 12% 69/ 30 300 4% 43 Vi 36/ 94 42 32 42% 34 75% 69 44% 37 82% 45 23% 15 98 81 64% SI'? 91% 85% 37% 3 20 ? 90 7" 30 ? 22Va ? 3 40Okla Prod & Ret?n Otis Steel . Pan-Amer Petrol . . Pan-Amer Petrol B. Parish & Bingham. Pennsylvania R R.. Penn Seaboard Steel Penn I C pf. Peo Gas <?. Coke... P?re Marquette. 1400 25% Philadelphia Co _ 900 35 P, C, C & St L ctfs. 900 75 Phillips Petrol . 700 41% Pierce Arrow . 4200 53% Pierce Oil . 900 15 Pierce Oil pfs. 1400 84 Pittsburgh Coal _ 200 60 69% 30% 1C0 89% 89% 89% 89%? 300 56% 56% 56% 56% + 72% 55 27 4% 72 54% 27 4% 200 24% 24% 24% 72 + 54 ? 1 27 - 4% 24%> % 12% 12% % 69% 70 % 30 30% % 89% 90% % 50 57 % 72% 72% 54 56 - 27% 4% 4% 24% 25% 15900 105% 106% 104% 104%? % 104% 104% 2700 99 99/4 98% 98%-- 98% 99 200 32% 32% 32% 32%? 1% 32 34% 1900 39% 39% 39% 39%? % 39% 39% 200 200 900 33 Pitta Cofl pf. 23% 23% 23% 23%? 1% 23% 91% 91% 91% 91%? % 91% 33 33 33- 33% 25% 2434 25%- 25% 35% 35 35%? % 35 75 75 75+2 74 42% 41% 42%+ % 42% 53% 51% 52%+ % 62 15% 15 15 ? % 15 84 84 84 ? % 84% 60 60 60 - 53% 85% 4- 1% 84% 300 85% 85% 85% 25 92% 34 25% 35% 76 43 52'A 15% 84% 60% M High. Low. Div. 1920. 1920. Rat?. 33% 21% ? 113% 84 8 60% 37 4 124 74 6 2234 16 1 G4% 64?4 4 45 32% 2 94 68% ? 124% 84% 6 55% 37 ? 93% 34% ? 123% 93% 6.50 21% 8% ? 2634 15% ? 18 11 ? 30 20% ? 9% 6 - 18% 10 ? 243 199 8 90% 72% .74 4834 2834 ? 82% 61 6 10,6% 88% 6 116 108 8 30% 18 ? 60% 50 5 850 625 20 113% 100% 7 51% 37% 4 118% 50 4 126% 69 7 13% 9% ? 50% 43% 3 47 25 ? 53% 46 .60 17% 1034 _ 95% 60% 6 106 85 7 38?4 13% ? 36 27% 2% 127 73% 8 38 27 ? 124% 110 10 69% 61% 4 1% % ? 53/ 40% 4 13% 8% ? 2934 17 25% 1534 ? 55% 42% 5 78% 53% 6 116% 77% 8 6934 40 ? 96% 64 3 I4334 89 8 115% 105% 8 47% 41% 3% 109 89% 6 11534 104% 7 8O34 64% 6 97 42 6 80% 59% 4 21 17 2 10% 7 ? 31 20% ? 20% 14 ? ?12% 8% ? 67 54% 4 89% 80% 7 55% 44% 4 31% 25% ? 82% 57 6 14% 9 ? 69% 47 4 32 16% 1 98% 77% 7 145 100 8 95% 60 6 Balea. Pitts * Went Va_ 200 Pressed Steel Car... 300 Pure OU Co. 200 Punta Alegre Sogar. 100 Ray Consol Copper.. 100 Reading .21900 Reading 1st pf. 100 Remington Type ... 300 Repub Iron & Steel.. 6100 Repub Motor Truck.. 300 Replogle Steel . 2100 Royal Dutch, N Y sh 1400 Saxon Motors .. . . 800 St Louis & San Fran 2900 St. L & Southwest. . . 1700 St. L & Southwest pf 1200 Seaboard Air Line.. 300 Seaboard Air Line pf 100 Sears Roebuck . 100 Shell Trans Ter. 1700 Sinclair Oil . 4900 Sloss-Sheff Stl & Ir 500 Southern Pacific _ 2900 South P Rico Sug pf 100 Southern Railroad .. 19600 Southern Railroad pf 6200 Standard Oil of N J 10 Stand Oil of N J pf 700 Stewart Warner .... 100 Stromberg Carburetor 18900 Studebaker . 34900 Tenn Copper & Chem 100 Texas Company .... 3900 Texas & Pacific... 500 Tex 4 Pac C & Oil 1300 Third Ave Railroad. 100 Tobacco Products ... 3000 Tob Products pf. 100 Transcon OH . 1900 Twin City Rap Tran 300 Union Bag _ Paper. 1700 Union Oil . 200 Union Pacific . 1900 Union Pacific pf_ 200 United Drug rts. 4900 United Alloy . 300 United Ry Inv. 100 United Ry Inv pf... 200 U S Cast I P & Fo 100 U S C I P & Fo pf 100 U S Food Products. 900 U S Ind Alcohol.... 2700 U S Realty & Imp.. 300 United Retail Stores 5600 U S Rubber. 16900 U S Rubber 1st pf.. 100 U S Smelt & Ref pf 100 U S Steel. 24800 U S Steel pf. 100 Utah Copper . 200 Vanadium Steel _ 21900 Vir-Carolina Chem . 300 Vivaudou. 3900 Wabash . 700 Wabash pf A_.-.. 1400 Wabash pf B. 200 Western Maryland .. 500 Western Pacific pf.. 500 Western Union Tel. . 400 Westinghouse Mfg . 300 Wickwire-Spencer . . 500 Wilson Co . 400 Wheel & Lake Erie. 300 White Motors . 500 Willys-Overland .... 3300 Willys-Overland pf... 100 Woolworth . 200 Worth Pump & M.. 600 Net Otjen. High. Low. Close, ehge. Bid. As_ 30% 30% 30% 30%? % 30% 30% 99 99 97 97 ? 2% 97% 100 41% 41% 40% 41 + % 40% 41 100% 100% 100 100 - 99% 100 163/4 16% 16% 1634- 16% 16*4 90% 91% 89% 90 ? ? 89% 90% 43% 43% 43% 43%-- 41% 45 65% 66 65% 66 ? 2% 66 66% 93% 9434 93 93%? % 93 93% 47% 47% 47 47?4 47 49 84% 85 84 84%+ % 8334 84% 114% 114% 113% 114%- 114 114% 9% 9% 834 834? 34 834 9% 26 26% 25% 25%? % 25% 25% 17 . 17% 15% 16 ? 34 1514 16 273/S 28 26% 26/a- 26 27 734 734 7% 7/2- 7% \ 8 14 14 14 14 - 14 14% 199 199 199 199 - 197 199 76% 76% 76% 76%+ % 7634 77 31% 31% 31 31%? % 31% 31% 73 7434 73 73 + % 7234 73 94% 94% 9334 94 - 93% 94 108 108 108 108 - 106 108% 28% 293/8 28% 28%? % 28% 283/4 59 59% 683/4 59%? % 59 59% 643 650 643 650 + 6 643 650 105% IO534 105% 105%+ % 105% IO534 40% 40% 40% 40%? 1% 40 41 88% 8934 86 . 87%? 1% 87 87% 73% 73% 70% 71%? % 71 713/8 9% 9% 9% 9%- 93/4 9% 46% 46% 46 46 - 46 46% 42% 42% 41% 41%? % 41 % 42 50 50% 49% 49%? % 49% 50 IO34 IO34 1034 IO34- 11 11% 6834 69% 67 67 ? 1% 66% 67% 88% 88/4 88/4 88/4? 1% 89 90 15% 15% 15% 1534- 15% 15% 34 34 34 34 - 34% 37 89 89 89 89+1 30% 31% 30% 30%+ 1 116% 116% 115% 116 - 65 65 65 % % % 43 43 43 934 934 934 21 21 21 17 17 17 44% 44% 44% 44%? 3 68 68 67 67?1 99% 92% 91% 91%+ % 91% 92% 68% 6834 58 58 ? % 5734 58 .77% 78% 75% 75%? 1% 75% 75% 99% 99?4 97 97?2 97 97% 108% 108% 108% 108%? % 108% 10834 44% 44% 44% 44%+ 1% 43% 44% 92% 93 9134 92 ? 34 91% 92 108 108 108 108 + % 107% 108% 67% 67% 67 67 ? % 67 68 85% 87% 85 85%+ % 85% 8534 7434 7434 73% 73%+ 1% ? ? 183/4 18% 17% 18%? % 18 8% 8% 8% 8%? % 26 26 2534 25%? % 16 16 15% 15%? 1% 10 10 934 9,34? % 66% 67 66% 67 - 80% 80% 80% 80%+ % 49 49 48% 48%? % 30% 31 30 30 59% 69% 59% 59%? 34 11 11 10% 10%? % 61% 51% 51% 51% 19 19% 18% 18%? % 82 82 82 82?1 107% 107% 107% IO7/2? % 10634 108% 70% 70% 69% 69%+ % 69% ?9% 18% ? 8% 8% 25% 25% 16 18% 934 10 65 67 81 82% 4834 48% 30 30% 59 59% 10% 11% 61% 53 18% 18% 81 84% *Ex dividend Lamont Appeals For Support of New Consortium Banker Tells Foreign Rela? tions Council That Trade in the Orient Hinges on Efforts of Individuals Thomas W. Lamont, of J. P. Morgan & Co., who yesterday presided over a luncheon given at the Bankers Club by the Council of Foreign Relations, at which Far Eastern affairs were dis? cussed, appealed to "all good Ameri? cans" to cooperate with the bankers who represent the United States in the Chinese consortium. "We must remember," the banker de? clared, "the formation of the con- j sortium, now that Japan had decided to come in, is but the first step in a long and arduous pathway. The bank? ing groups themselves will have to dis? play toward one another great patience ?great tolerance. Coalitions never function readily; international partner? ships always prove difficult, but the fact that we are all engaged in one enterprise and with one principle in view?namely, the welfare of China? to reach that happy end we must be? speak the cooperation of all good cit? izens. "The policy of the United States government with respect to the Far East has been criticized in the past as not having been altogether consistent. But in this particular matter of the consortium, since it took it up afresh two years ago, its policy has been con? sistent, energetic, courageous. But the success of the consortium, the main? tenance of American trade in the Far East, rests in the last analysis not upon governments, but upon private citizens and upon their support. "Japan undoubtedly showed broad mindedness and wisdom in waiving her reservations in regard to Manchuria and Mongolia. She was courageous in recognizing that those reservations were of no value to her and if main? tained would only serve as an in? evitable bar to her entering as a free and full partner in the consortium. As one of her leading men said to me: 'I want Japan to enter the consortium I on the same terms as the other bank? ing groups. First, because the opera? tions of the consortium will best de? velop China, and from such develop? ment Japan will benefit most; second, through the consortium the four na? tions will be brought into closer touch, and, third but not least, because Japan has not the resources wherewith to de? velop China alone.' " Jacob Gould Schuxman, ex-president of Cornell University, who recently re? turned from a trip to Japan, defended the foreign policy of the empfye and said that above all it wished peace With the United States. Henry W. Taft, who was in Japan with Dr. Schurman, said he came from Japan openminded in regard to its policies, but with a firm conviction that Americans ought to study Asiatic affairs more closely. New#Stock Listings New issues admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange by the govern? ing committee yesterday included: $1,250,000 additional first consolidated mortgage 5 per cent bonds of the Nash? ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway; 16,000 additional shares of the Amer? ican Bosch Magneto Corporation; 189, ^780 shares of common stock of the Times Square Auto Supply Company, Inc.; $156,200 additional common stock of the Bush Terminal Company; tem? porary, certificates for $4,600,00.0 new 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock of the American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company; 6,900 additional shares of stock of Lo?!w'8. Inc. Financiers Look For Many Bank Consolidations Bankers Trust - Liberty Na? tional Merger Is Still at Talking Stage; Deal Long Under Consideration Wall Street is on the threshold of a period of bank mergers, in the opinion of the senior officers of several of the leading financial institutions. The re? ported consolidation of the Bankers Trust Company and the Liberty Na? tional Bank has not yet been effected, and officials of both institutions, though admitting that conversations had been held, denied that any tangible results had yet been obtained. Harvey D. Gibson, president of the Liberty National BanK, declared: "The matter of the merger of the Bankers Trust Company and the Liberty Nation? al Bank has been the subject of in? formal discussions for some time. No decision or definite understanding has resulted and we cannot say when any? thing will occur which could be pub? lished properly. The matter has not even reached a point where it could be referred to the board of directors." A similar statement was issued by the Bankers Trust Company. If the deal should go through, the combined institution would be known as the Bankers Trust Company and would operate under a New York State charter, but as a member of the Fed? eral Reserve system. In all proba? bility, according to those who are well informed, Mr. Gibson would become president of the merged institutions, and Seward Presser, president of the Bankers Trust Company, would be made, chairman of the board of di? rectors. The capital of the merger would be $25,000,000, and the surplus $25,000;000, and the deposits $400,000, 000. The object of the merger, according to its advocates, would be that it would make the combined institution clearly the third largest banking institution in the country, lagging behind only the National City Bank and the Guaranty Trust Company. It is argued that great resources .are needed to meet the new conditions of world nanking and that mergers will give the strength and breadth necessary. It was indicated that the combined institution, if it comes into being, will energetically go into branch banking and would seek to jump into leadership in international banking. Some bankers who are of the opinion that the same tendencies which in the last several years caused numerous bank mergers in England will brJng consolidations here. Among the banks mentioned in the speculations of bankers who'foresee consolidations are the National Bank of Commerce, the Mechanics and Metals Bank, the Na? tional City Bank and the Chase Na? tional. The last named institution has acquired the Metropolitan Bank, and it is believed that it may eventually take it over as a branch and establish other branches. Monthly Earnings Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific ? May gross.?10.66S.570 Inc. J1.889.3SS Dei. aftertax.. 717,221 Inc. 1,146.187 Net op. deficit. . 786,040 Tit?. 1,017.890 Five moa. gross. 53,73?'..648 Inc. 11.611,764 Bal. after tax.. 3,lti?>,02l Inc. 1.798,627 Net op. income. 2,05s.0S0 Inc. 1,473,346 Missouri, Kansas & Texas System May gross. ?6,186,?85 Inc. ?237,602 Bal. after tax.. 70.3S4 Dec. 207,957 Net op. deficit.. 126,385 Inc. 432.726 Five mos. gross. 27.111.538 Inc. 4.227,879 Bal. after tax. . 519.S97 Inc. 173,111 Net op. deficit.. 884,985 Inc. 1.205,490 St. Louis Southwestern System May gross . $2,371,115 Inc. ?792,313 Bal. after tax.. 306.314 Inc. 97,093 Net op. income. 356.970 Inc., 162.482 Five ?nos. gross. 11.567.385 Inc. 4,132.834 Bal. aftertax.. 1,C01,782 Inc. 1,534,68? ?Vt ?' '-."?-i?*. 1 .??S "iff Tne. 1.71?.Ml In Wall Street Canton Is Hopeful G?sorge A. Gaston, of Gaston, Will? iams ?fe Wigmorc, Inc., who has just returned from a two months' business trip abroad, stated yesterday that the company had succeeded in litjuidating a large part of its foreign inventories, with the result that its cash position had been considerably improved. Mr. Gaston said the company is now buy? ing automobiles in France and ship? ping them to England. During his stay on the other side Mr. Gaston visited Paris, London, Madrid and Lisbon. He expects to return to those cities in a few weeks. The company s adjourned annual meeting will be held on August 17, when it is ex? pected an income account and bal? ance sheet for the first six months of 1920 will b?, presented. Mr. Gas ton expressed the opinion that the company had seen the worst of its troubles and that the outlook was more promising than it had been in a long time. Chicago Happy Chicago gets back upon the spec? ulative map to-day. Trading in wheat futures is scheduled to be resumed and the stage is all set at the Chi? cago Board of Trade for the big event. Trading in wheat futures ceased August 135, 1917?j nearly three years ago. The September option was the only one traded in at that time, and the range of prices for this month on the last trading day was $2.10 to $2.13 a bushel The closing price was $2.13. Around the grain trade they have been talk? ing of a price of $2.50 as the basis on which operations will be resumed. Some of the biggest operators have recently taken a somewhat bearish view of the outlook for wheat prices, basing their ?jetand .upon the more promising crop prospect here and the indications of a smaller export demand. A Close Call on Steel New Street privilege market offered a call yesterday on Steel common? the stock was then selling around 921??1% points up, good for thirty days. This was the closest to the market that a call on Steel has been offered in many weeks. It was taken by some of the wise men of the Street to mean that the owner of the stock didn't think much of its bullish possibilities at least for thirty days. There arc a number of interesting developments in connection with Steel impending, one of which is the quar? terly meeting of the directors' schcd uled for the last Tuesday of the current month. Earnings for the three months ended June 30 will be made public at that time. * To Pay Off Ford Loan The last instalment of the accept? ance credit granted last July to the Ford Motor Company by the Chase Se? curities Company, Bond ?fe Goodwin and the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston will be paid off to-morrow, ac? cording to the bankers. This maturity amounts to $35,000,000. The bankers in their arrangement with the Ford company a year ago contracted to lend $75,000,000, but only $60,000,000 of this total was availed of. The different maturities were in the form of ninety day notes, the interest rate being de? pendent on the open market rate for commercial paper, the first notes being rediscounted at 5J/2 per cent. Accord? ing to the terms of the loan, the com? pany agreed to pay off $10,000,000 of the total at the expiration of the first ninety days. Invincible Oil On denial of reports from Tulsa, Okla., that its new Hunter well in the j Arkansas field was likely to prove a failure, Invincible Oil was heavily ! traded in yesterday, and at the end or the stock market session had added ; over a point to Tuesday's closing quo tation. It was reported that traders sold the stock heavily at the opening ; on reports of \unfavorable develop- | ments, but all their offerings were ! quickly absorbed. A telegram re- I ceived by New York directors of the company in response to inquiries con- ; cerning the Tulsa dispatch stated that ; the drilling operations in the ?rkan sas field thus far had fully met the expectations of the company. American Woolen Ever since the announcement that i the American Woolen syndicate had ' been left with more than $18,000,- i 000 of new $20,000,000 common stock on its hands traders have made the preiient issue the object of bear at? tacks. The result of their efforts yesterday brought out a considerable amount of stock and the price got down to 8b*A, or nearly 10 points below the underwriting price of the new stock. The opinion was expressed in banking (quarters that the pessimism over the disappointing results of the new financing was being overdone, par? ticularly in view of the company's strong asset position. After the net proceeds of the new financing ($19, 000,000) are paid in, it is stated that the company will have net quick as sets of over $83,000,000, which after ! deducting the preferred stock at par ! would leave nearly $108 a share for the | common. The syndicate managers have ; notified participants in the underwrit- ? ing that 50 per cent of their subscrip- ! tion is due to be paid July 21 and the balance August 6. New General Motors Stock Taken J. P. Morgan & Co. announced yes- j terday that on the closing of the sub- I scription books for the 3.223,201 shares of ?he General Motors Corporation re? cently offered to shareholders over 99 per cent was subscribed for. As the sale of the stock to be taken by the underwriting syndicate has been com- j pletod, it is planned to dissolve the syndicate in a few days. ? London Money Market LONDON, July 14.?-Bar silver, 53%d; bar gold, 105s. Money, 4% per cent. Discount rates?Short bills, 6@?Ya per cent; three months' bills. 6% per cent. Gold premiums at Lisbon, 140. ? Equipment Bonds (Quoted on income percentage basis) n i,alVe,nv.> K?te- Matur-ty. Bid. Ask. Bait & Ohio.. 4?/i 192IV27 8 00 7 "5 I Beth Stfel ... 7 lf?21-'30 7.50 700 b'iSt & Alb... 4>i 1920-?7 7.50 7 00 liutY. K & P.. 414-6 l:?2I-?33 7.60 675 do. ?> 1921-'33 7.75 6 75 Canadian Nat. 7 1035 7 37 7 00 Canadian Xor 4M?-5-6 1920-?29 8 50 7 ?'S Canadian Bac 4>,a 1920-'28 7 50 /?o d?. 6 1920-'32 7.50 675 C. C. C & St L 5 1921--29 7 75 7 00 <lo-V. ? 1921--27 7.75 675 Che* & Ohio.. iV, 1920-'27 7 75 6 75 Ch. R I & Pac 4'-1-5 1920-'27 8 "5 700 C, SI L 4 N O. S 1920-'84 7.76 675 Del & Hudson 4 V4 1922 7 50 650 Brie . 4V4-5 1920-'27 8.25 7 00 Frisco ?.'una... 6 1321-'22 8 25 7 00 111 Central.... 4V4-5 l920-'27 ?.&0 7 00 Kan City So.. 6 ]920-"24 7 75 7 00 Louis & N'aah. 6 1920-'23 7 50 6 73 Mich Central. 6 1921-'32 7 37 0 71? do. 514 I920-'30 7.37 6 75 M. SP&SSM 4 ia-5 1920--26 7.E0 700 H?. 6 l!)21-'30 7.50 7.00 do. 7 1921-'30 7.50 7 00 N t Cent L.. 4 V4 1920--2S 7.37 7 Oo do. 5 1920-'22 7.S7 7.00 N Y Cent R R 4V4 1921-'32 7.50 7 00 do. 7 1921-35 7.00 6.75 n v. c & st L 4V4 ?an-'s? 7.75 7.00 do. 6 1931 7 ?5 r, 7-, N Y, N H & H 414-5-6 1920-28 9.00 7 00 Norf & West.. 41* 1920-'2t 7.25 6 50 North Pacific. 7 1921-'30 7.00 6 75 Pac Fr Eip.. 7 1925-'35 7.00 6.so Pennsylvania.. 4-4',i 1920-'23 7.12 6 50 Reading Co... 4H 192!-'27 7.12 6 50 Seaboard - 4M.-S-6 1G20-27 8.25 7 50 Southern Pac. 4 ?* 1920-'26 7.25 6 75 do. 7 1924-'35 7.00 6.75 Southern Ry.. 4\?-5 l'?20-'3?? 8 00 7.00 Cnion Pacific. 7 ll>24-'35 7.00 (".60 Yirginiau Ry. 6 l?0-'?0 7.60 7.00 Wabash . i 1921 16 00 7.0? Investments for Your July Funds TO YIELD ABOUT ' 6% to 8% Special circular de? scribing numerous is? sues of well diversified investments, including practically all of the recent offerings of rail? road, equipment and corporation bonds, both long and short term. Write for Circular No. 100| "Conservative. Investments." Spencer Traskfc Co. 25 Broad Street, New York ALBANY BOSTON CHICAtJO Member? New Tork Stock Eicbanj, Our Own Branches MOROCCO-EGYPT We maintain our owm com? pletely equipped branches in Morocco and Egypt, Stra tegically located in Alexan? dria, Cairo, Tangiers, and other important cities, they are in close touch with trade and industry. Direct connec? tions with Tunis and Algeria. The New York Agenry ?rill gladly supply further information. Bank of British West Africa New York Office, 100 Besrer Street AcoatJ R. R. AJWJtBT Roh_kb SKtrra B??d OffltM: Loodea B % Bonds of a Recognized Railroad which is now showing remarkable earning? may be purchased at current prices to yield over 12%. We have prepared a circular whic!. explains the investment position of these bonds and also gives full details about the railroad. Perhaps you would like to read it. Send us your address and ask for Circular A 153 Herrick &. Bennett ilemlrrt yew York Slock Exchange 66 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Telephone Rector 9060 Uptown Office- 51 East 42d ?St. Ralph H. Dunn, Manager ________________-_SI Et You May Profit By Investment AT PRESENT LOW EXCHANGE RATES in the CITY OF COPENHAGEN 372s Loan of 1902 which actually yields about 9% interest, and may offer a possible additional profit of over 50% in the Exchange. ASK FOR CIRCULAR B Your inquir?/ is also ini it'.i on FRENCH BELGIAN BRITISH GERMAN And Other European Bonds H?TH& COMPANY 30 Pine Street, New York Telephon? Jona 621*. High Grade Long Term Mortgage Bonds 8l?% Basis Large equity in assets and earnings. Company serves im? portant city wi.Vout compet?* tion with a necessity in daily I use. DETAILS ON" REQUEST H.D.Robbins&Co. Incorporated | 61 Broadway New York Banker? Trost Co. Guaranty Trost Co. National City Bank McCLURE, JONES A HttO Members Sett.- York Stock ?xchang* m Broadway Vhotte ??*?i