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JANUARY INVESTMENTS Upon request, we will ?end our current list of offerings of high-grade State, Munic? ipal and Corporation bonds. Estabrook & Co. 24 Broad St. New York Hartford Provldenca 15 State St. Boston New Bedford Spring field The Price of Capital due to its bearing on the future course of bond prices is of primary im? portance to investors? This and other matters of interest to holders of all investment bonds and stocks are exhaustively discussed in our current Weekly Review. While the supply lasts. Review No. 245 may be obtained free of charge, accompanied by 2c for postage. MOOOY'S INVESTORS SERVICE JOHN* MOODY. President 35 Natiau Street, New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago r To the holders of Lexington Avenue & Pavonia Ferry RAILROAD COMPANY 1st Mtge. 5% Gold Bonds We have prepared a Summary on the situation of the above bonds. A copy will be sent free on request to bona fide bond? holders. Wc invite you to confer with us on any of the Underlying Bonds of the New York City Traction Companies. As spe? cialists in these issues we can render a valuable investment service. Investment Securities 2 WALL ST.?NEW YORK Telephone?Rector?3273-4 McClave & Co. American Locomotive Company Our Special Letter will be sent on r e quest. L Ask for R-2 2 67 Exchange Place, New York Telephone 2810 Rector UPTOWN OFFICE Hole! Ansonia, "3rd St. & B'way Telephone 1615 Columbus I'cr the convenience of individual investors who wish to keep a current memorandum of all their income derived from sala? ries, various types of se? curities and other property subject to Federal income taxes, we have prepared a concise form of account book based on the latest taxuschedules. Copies may be had free of charge by asking for ''Income Tax Record.'' New York Trust Co. Chase National Bank McCLURE.JONES&REED tiem**r% Km0 Ytvrh Stock Bttcha*tm MA Broadway. Phano 3311 JWclor. Stock Prices Are Firmer in Dull Trading Little New Business in Sight as Accounts Are Evened; Covering of Commit? ments by Shorts Feature Interest in the financial markets was restricted yesterday by the approach of the year's end. Unless there is new of a stirring nature, unexpected as well as significant, the tendency in the final week of the year is toward dull? ness. Attention is focussed on closing accounts, rather than in initiating new operations. The inactivity yesterday, ; particularly in cotton and in the for? eign exchanges, was heightened by the 1 fact that the London markets were ? closed, as an extra day'3 holiday was ; observed. In the stock market the initiative re ! mained on the floor, and the same \ forces which caused a recovery from | the earlier reaction on Friday and Sat? urday were again dominant. Profes? sional speculators who had sold stocks short during the middle, of last week, disappointed at the steadiness of prices, began as early as Friday to ; cover, and the movement went further yesterday. There was evidence of squeezing shorts, particularly in the groups of stocks which had most heav? ily sold last week. The result was a firm undertone for the market, with average net gains for both mils and industrial stocks. Over the holidays the accumulation of news was insufficient to change the trend of the market which had begun at the close of last week. The chief news was the announcement of price cuts by two of the principal General Motors units and the publication of November statements of earnings and expenses by the New York Central and the Pennsylvania, both of which re? ported gains in net operating income. The reports served to emphasize the need of discriminating among roads, and offset part of the effect of the No? vember showing of the Southern Pa? cific. Despite the manifestation of further price cutting, the motor shares were not weak. General Motors lost %, but Studebaker was conspicuously strong. The European exchanges were firm Cotton quotations rose fr,om 19 to 47 points. Wheat prices, on the other hand, were easier, reacting from the gains of last week based on the ex? pected Russian grain purchases. Money and Credit Call money, after opening and re? newing at o per cent yesterday, de? clined to 4% per cent during the sec- I ond hour, at which level the rate held until shortly before the close, when a slight increase in demand carried the rate back to 5 again. The government during the day took down $14,500,000 of the funds which it has on deposit with the banks here. Yester? day. On industrial collateral... 5 7 On mixed collateral.5 7 Time money (mixed collateral): Sixty days . B@5?4 1x'\&.lVt Ninety clays. 5@6V4 71,4(??71^ Four months .BCa 5\? 7 (o)7?_ Four to six months. 5(a ?1* 7 (g 7'? Bank Clearings - Bank clearings at New York vesterdav were: Exchanges, $70,700,000; balances, $61,600,000. | Silver?London, holiday; New York, domestic, bar, 99%c; foreign, 64% c; Mexican dollars, 49Vic. Year ago. 3.60% 3.44 3.42 5.84 6.84% 6.18 6.17 The Dollar in Foreign Exchange Foreign exchange rates ruled firm yesterday, changes being relatively small because of the holiday in Lon? don. Gable rates on London scored an advance of 1 !s cents at S4.201,,. Continentals moved within a nar? row margin and were slightly irregu? lar. South American and Far Eastern rates were steady, some advancing slightly. EIROPE Testor- Previous Tear day. day. ago, GREAT BRITAIN (par M.S6 a sovereign) Demand . 4.20 4.1 87_ 3.49 Cables . 4.20% 4.19s* 60-d bills (buy'g) 4.16^ 4.1.-, i_ 90-d bills (buy'g) 4.14% 4.1 4 H FRANCE (par lit.3 cents a franc) Demand . 8.04 7.99 Cables . 8.04% 7.99 % BELGIUM (par 19.3 cents a franc) Demand . 7.73% 7.67% Cables . 7.74 7.6S SWITZERLAND <par 19.3 cents a franc) Demand .19.f?l 19.54 16.18 Cables .19.?",3 19.56 J ?>._ i ITALY (par 19.3 cent? a lira) Demand . 4.39 % 4.4 4 % 3.36 Cables . 4.40 4.45 3.37 HOLLAND (par 40.2 cent3 a florin) Demand .36.SO 36. 65 31.21 Cables .36.65 36.70 31.33 GERMANY (par 22.8 cents a mark) Demand .54% .63% Cables .54% .63% AUSTRIA (par 20.3 cents a crown) Demand .04 % .04% .26 Cable? .04% .04% .27 NORWAY (par 26.8 cents a crown) Demand .15.SO 16.70 15.30 Cables .16.88 16.75 16.35 SWEDEN (par 26.8 cents a crown) Demand .24.90 24.90 19.75 Cables .24.95 24.95 19.80 DENMARK (par 20.8 cents a crown) Demand .20.15 20.15 15.30 Cables .20.20 20.20 35.35 SPAIN (par 19.3 cents a peseta) Demand .14.94 14.94 12.93 C;,b!,... .14.95 14.95 12.94 PORTUGAL (par 108.05 cents an escudol Demand . 8.25 8.25 10.45 Cables . 8.25 8.25 10.50 GREECE (par 19.3 cents a drachma) 1.35 1.39 Demand . 4.30 4.25 Cables . 4.3? 4.30 POLAND (par 23.8 cents a mark) Demand .036 .03?? Cable? .036 .03 % I CZECHO-SLOVAKIA (par 20.3 cents a crown) Demand . 1.40 1.39% 1.16 Cables . 1.40 1.39% 1.17 JUGOSLAVIA (par 20.3 cents a crown) ?.10 r. 15 .17% Demand .39% .39% Cables .39% .29% RUMANIA (par IS.3 cents a leu) 1 'en.and .77 .76 Cables .77 .76 FINLAND (par 19.3 cents a mark) Demand . 1.98 1.96 Cables .. 1.98 1.96 FAR EAST CHINA (Shanghai par unsettled) Demand .77.00 77.00 Cables .77.50 77.50 CHINA (Hong Kong par unsettled) Demand .55.00 55.00 56. Cables .55.25 65.23 66. JAPAN (par 49.S cents a yen) Demand .48.no 48.no Cablea .48.25 48.25 INDIA (par 48.65 cents a rupee) Demand . 28.25 27.75 Cables .28.50 28.00 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (par 66.8 cents a dollar) Demand .:.49.00 49.00 - Cables .49.25 49.25 - THE AMERICAS ARGENTINA (par 42.14 cents peso) Demand .33.37% 33.37% 33.87% Cablea .33.50 23.50 34.00 ; T?RAZtf. (par 82.45 Ci nts a paper mur?is) Demand .13.00 12.87% 34.37% Cables .13.12% 13.00 14.50 : I'Kitr (par i486 a pound) Checks. 3.50 3.60 4.09 ECUADOR (par 48 CO cents a sucre) Checks .24.21 23.80 - I CHILE iiu; 36..' cents a peso > Checks .10.62% 10.62% 14.00 L'RUOUAY i par 103.42 cents a peso) ?'becks.71.60 70.87% 74.12% ! VENEZUELA (par 19.3 cents a bolivar) Cheeks.18.18 17.59 - Canadian Exchange?N?w York funda la I Montreal, 6 11-16 per cent premium; .Mont? real funds in New York. 6% per cent dis C?untjjrj' T3 .74 1.28 1.30 2.41 2.46 72.50 73.00 48.75 48.87% :6.00 :e.50 paper Transactions Yesterday in Listed Stocks Summary of Stock Exchange Dealings (Copyrirht, 1921, New York Tribune Inc.) Stock? Yesterday Rnilrond Mocks . 61.200 Other ?tock.o . 527,600 AU Macks . 688,700 Oar Year January 1 to data before a*? 1921 1920 1919 34,600 133,100 33,899,100 48,106.600 92,991,800 241.200 683,600 140.316,300 174.219,100 216,789.900 275,900 816,600 173,915,400 222,325,600 309,781,700 Teaterday IT, S. rovernment bond?.$7,681,000 Rnilrond bond* . 3,103.000 Other bond* .3,496.000 All bonds .14,279,000 Bonds Day before ?2,044,000 , 1.392,000 " 1,452,000 4,888,000 January 1 to date Y cerne? 1921 1920 $34,681,000 $2,105,821,000 $2.473,801,000 2,316,000 631.702,000 699,602,000 3.627,000 787,901,000 741,219,000 30,624,000 3,525,424.000 3,814,622,000 Record of Stock and Bond Averages (Copyrip-M,. IOC!, New York Tribune Inc.) Stock? Rant? Jan. 1 Ran?? io'l Yeater- Pay Year to date. Year 1920 day beforo a?? H|*h. low, Hlrh. Low. 20 Railroad Mock*. 63.96 63.70 62.30 67.35 57.40 78.80 63.60 30 InduMriul ?lock!.. 76.13 74.10 68.27 79.13 60.80 110.00 67.67 5C Slock? . 70.84 70.18 65.88 73.38 61.02 92.06 64.80 Bonds 1C Railroad bonds. 80.38 80.15 71.13 82.12 71.01 76.97 68.75 10 Industrial bonds. 86.36 86.56 R1.48 87.66 80.45 91.45 81.30 5 Utility bonds. 80.25 80.43 69.10 81.00 70.13 74.56 67.44 25 Bonds . 8276 82.78 74.88 83.80 75.25 81.71 78.94 ITiirh. Low. Dlv. Net 1921. 1921. in$. Sale?. Open. Hl?h. Low. Close. ch?e. Rid. Ask. 49 30 4 Air Reduction. 300 48% 49 48*4 49 + 1'/a 48 51 ZWi MVA ? Ajax Rubber. 6700 16% 17% 16'/? 17'/a+ % 17% 17/a Wa % ? Alaska ?old Minee... 800 % % % %- !/4 % 1% ?2-? Alaska Junes?. 600 % % % %- % % 59% 34 4 Allied Chemical. 1700 57' '2 68 57% 58 + 1 571 ? 58 39' i 281-4 4 Allia-Chalmera . 1400 37'/a 38 37% 38 4- % 38 38% 90 67% 7 do pf. 100 85% 85% 85% 85%? 2% 85% 85% 60'a 26' a? Amer A?r Chemical. 1400 29% 29% 29% 29%!- V* 29% 30 84 51 ? do pf. 800 66 67% 55% 57% 4- % 66 58 51 24' ? ? Amer Beet 8u?ar- 200 27'/? 27% 27% 27'/2- 27' g 27% 65'2 29',? Amer Bosch Ma?- 1400 33'/;. 35 33'/2 35 4 1% 34% 35'/j 563, 42 4 Amer Bk Shoe & Fdy 100 53 63 63 53 - 52'/2 53'i 351*2 23'a? Amer Can. 5600 331, 34% 33% 33% + % 34 34'/4 97 76% 7 do pf. 300 94 94 94 94 4- >/a 93'/4 94 1511-4 115% 12 Amer Car A Foundry 600 145 145% 145 145%-}- 2% 145 145'/a 29 6'.'a ? Amer Chicle. 1100 12 l2'/a 11% 12% 4- '/a 12'/a 13 24% 15%? Amer Cotton OU. 300 22 22 22 22 4- % 21'/a 22 67 35'-2 ? do pf. 300 46'/a 46'/2 45 45 + 1% 44'/a 46 8% 414 ? Amer Dm? Syndicate 600 4% 4% 4% 4%? % 4% 5 16 8 ? Amer Hide A Leather 300 13% 13% 13% 13% + 1% 13% 14'/4 62% 40'a? do pf. 100 59% 59% 68'/a 68/a + 1% 59 60 78% 42 7 Amer Ice. 1700 77% 78% 77 77% 4- 1% 76% 76% 731/4 57 6 do pf. 300 71% 711/2 71% 71''2! 1% 70% 71% 53% 21%? Amer Inter Corp- 2600 41'/a 41'/a 40% 41' 4 |- % 41'/8 41 "4 11% 7% 1 Amer La France. 100 9% 9% 9% 9%? % 9'/a 10 62% 17 ? Amer Linseed. 600 32% 32% 32% 32% i- % 32'/a 32% 109% 73% 6 Amer Locomotive_ 19400 103% 109% 103% 109 4- 5% 109 109'/2 115 98% 7 do pf. 300 114 114 114 114 ? %113 115 10 312 ? Amer Safety Razor.. 9600 5 5% 4% 5 4- % 4% 5 14 4! - ? Amer Ship & Com... 1200 5% 6 5% 5% + % 5% 5% 47% 29%? Amer Smeltin?. 8700 4B'/8 45% 45 45%!- % 45% 46 90 63% 7 do pf. 200 87 87% 87 87'/a+ % 87% 88'% 35 18 3 Amer 8teel Foundry. 1300 32'/a 33'/, 32% 33% h % 33 33% 96 47%? American Su?ar .... 4400 52 52% 51% 62% f la 52% 52% 107% 6N*a 7 do pf . 300 83 83 81% 81%? la 82 82'/a 88 2812 ? Amer Sumatra Tab... 9600 32 33% 31% 32% 4- 2 33'/2 34 56 48 5 Amer Tel & Cable... 100 53 63 63 53?1 52 57 119'/a 95% 9 Amer Tele? A. Telep.. 6200 1133% 114% 113', 2 114 4- % 114 114% 136% 1111/2 12 Amer Tobacco . 600 132 132 132 132 + % 131% 133% 131% 110 12 do B . 300 127 127% 127 127%}- 1% 126'/2 127% 99% 86 6 do pf new. 100 96 96% 96 96%+ 1% 95% 96% 83% 57 7 Amer Woolen . 2600 793/4 80% 79% 80% t- 1% 80 80% IO41/2 93 7 do pf . 300 102% 102% 102% 102%? % 102% 104 391% 20% ? Amer Wr Paper pf.. 300 25% 25% 24 24 ?1% 24 25 14% 6% ? American Zinc . 600 12'% 13% 12% 13%+ % 13 13% 40% 22^., _ d0 pf . 200 37 37 37 37 - 37 38 50% 31% ? Anaconda . 10600 49% 50% 49% 50%+ % ?0% 50% 20 8% ? Amer Wat Wks pf... 400 17% 17% 17% 17%-- % 17% 17% 32% 20 ? Ann Arbor pf. 300 29% 29% 29% 29%-}- % 29% 30 3% 1 ? Asset* Realization ... 200 1% 1% 1% 1%+ % 1% '% 50% 24 4 Asso Dry Good?. 300 48% 48% 48% 48%+ % 48% 48'/a 76% 55% 6 do 1st pf. 300 75 75 75 75 - 75% 76 IO734 91 6 Associated Oil . 600 102% 102% 102% 102% + % 102 1C5 94 76% 6 Atch, Tap i San Fe. 24C0 92% 92% 92 92%- 92% 92% 88 75'/2 5 do pf . 600 81% 85% 81 % 85%- 85% 86 7% 1 ? Atl, Birm & Atl.... 1700 1% 1% 1% 1%- 1% 1% 91 77 7 Atl Coast Line. 100 83 83 83 83 ?2% 82 85% 9% 1% ? Atlantic Fruit . 600 2% 2% 2% 2%+ % 2% 3 76 18 ? Atl. Gulf * W I.... 3600 31% 321, 31% 32%+ % 313,4 32% 441/2 15%? do pf . 600 22% 23 22% 23- 1 % 22% 23% 99% 62% 7 Baldwin Locomotive.. 23900 96 99% 96 99%4 3 99 99% 105 95 7 do pf . 300 103% 104 103% 103%? %102 104% 42% 30%? Baltimore & Ohio.... 17C0 35 35% 34% 34%? % 35 35% 56% 47 4 do pf . 200 52% 53 52% 53 + % 52% 53 86 70 7 Barnett Leather pf. . 100 86 86 86 86 -' 6 83 93 27 20 ? Barn.ida.il, A . 300 19 19 19 19?1 18% 25 35 14%? do B . 300 20 20 20 20 + '/a 19% 20 8% 8% 8 Brit Emp Steel. 300 8% 8% 8% 8' j? % 8% 8% 57 55 7 do 1st pf. 300 56% 57 56% 56%? % 56% 57 223/4 22 ? do 2d pf. 300 22 22% 22 22%? % 22% 2234 62% 39% 5 Bethlehem Steel. 100 52 52 52 52 ? % 51 52%. 65 411/2 5 do Claas B. 2600 56% 56% 56% 56%+ % 563,4 57 14% 6% ? Brooklyn Rap Tran.. 600 6% 634 6% 6%? % 6 6% 10 3% ? do ctfR . 100 5% 5% 5% 5%? % 5% 5% 90 88 7 Bush Term pf. 100 90 90 90 90 - 89% 90% 1221/2 81% 10 Burns Bros . 1900 121% 121% 121 121% + % 121% 121% 6% 3% ? Butte Cop & Zinc- 1400 5% 53,4 53/4 5% 4. i/4 5?/2 53,4 22 10%? Butte A Sup Copper.. 1600 20% 21% 20% 21 + 1% 20% 21% 333/4 14%? Butterick Co . 300 31% 32% 3134 323,4 + 13/4 32% 32% 193% 7%?- Caddo Oil . 2600 12% 12% 12% 12%? % 12% 12% 74 53% 6 California Packin?.. . 600 69% 70 69% 70 + % 69% 70% 603/4 25 ? California Petroleum. 2600 48% 49% 48% 493,84- % 49% 49% 7% 334? Call Lead & Zinc- 600 6 6% 6% 6%4- |/a 6 6% 60 41% 2 Calumet & Arizona.. 300 59% 593/8 59% 59%4- 2% 56 ? 123% 101 10 Canadian Paciflc. 2600 119% 120 119% 119% + % 119 1?v 10% 3 ? Case Plow. 300 3 3 3 3 ? % 3 3% 43% 22% ? Central Leather. 1300 30% 30% 30% 30%+ % 30% 30% 96 57%? do pf. 200 63 63% 63 63%+ % 63 64 209 186 8 Central of N J. 300 186 186 186 186 ?4 181 192 36'/a 23 ? Cerro de Pasco. 1700 35 35% 35 35%4- s., 35 35% 86 38% 6 Chandler Motors. 2900 47% 49% 47 49%4- 2 49% 49% 65% 46 4 Chesapeake A Ohio.. 800 56 56 55% 56 + % 55 55% 16% 14%? Chic & E 111 w 1.... 600 15 15 15 15 ? % 14% 15 37 333/4? do pf. 400 34% 34% 34% 34%? % 343,4 35 9% 6% ? Chic Great Western. . 200 6% 6% 6% 6%? % 6% 6% 20% 14 ? do pf. 300 16% 16% 16 16 ? % 16% 17 31 i7i/4 _ Chic, Mil A St Paul 3700 19% 19% 18% 18%- 183/4 19 46% 29%? do pf. 9400 32% 32% 31% 32%+ % 32% 32% 71 60% 5 Chic & Northwestern 2700 63% 633/4 62% 63 - 623/4 63 110 95' 7 do pf. 600 99% 100 99% 100 + 1 100 102 35 22%? Chic, R I & Pacific. . 300 32 32 313,4 32 - 32 32% 893/4 683/4 7 do 7% pf. 300 84% 84% 84% 84%? % 83% 84% 73 60 5 Chic, St Paul, M & O 100 53 53 53 53?1 52 53 163/4 9 ? Chile Copper. 13300 16 16% 16 1638 r % 16% 16% 291/2 19'/., ? Chino Consol Copper, 2600 28% 28% 28% 28% f ?, 28% 2834 43% 19 " 4 Coca Cola. 1200 41% 41% 41% 41%+ % 41 41% 1234 2% ? Columbia Graph. 3600 3 3% 3 3 ? % 3 3% 62% 9% ? do pf. 600 12 123, 12 12%? % 12% 12% 67% 52 6 Columbia Ga* & Ele?: 1600 65% 65% 63% 65% | ' 8 65% 66 56% 2834 4 Comp Tab Record... 9600 55% 66% 54% 56%+ 1% 56% 563,4 12 i'2 ? Consolidated Dist- 1400 1 1 1 1 + % 1 1% 61 13%? Consolidated CUrars.. 300 20 20 20 20 - 19 22 95 77% 7 Consolidated Ga?- 900 92% 92% 91% 91%? % 913,4 92% 21% 12%? Consolidated Textile.. 1600 143,4 15 14% 15 + % 14% 15% 99% 59 4 Corn Products. 5600 95% 9734 95% 97 + % 97 97% 112 96 7 do pf. 1200 110 111 110 111 + %-,11 115 44% 22% 2% Cosden A Co. 5400 37| a 373,4 37% 373,41- 78 3754 373.4 107% 49 4 Crucible 8Uel. 3600 65 66% 65 66%} 1% 66 66% 33% 10%? Cuba-Amer Su?ar .. 2400 13% 13% 13% 13% + 38 13 i3i2 26 5% ? Cuba-Cane Su?ar - 300 63,4 7 63/4 7 + % 6% 7 67% 13%? do pf . 16O0 13% 13% 13 133,4- 13% 14 59% 23 4 Davidson Chemical... 8700 53% 54% 53% 533/44- % 53% 53% 2l' 13% 2.36 De Beers. 600 14% 14% 14% 14%- 14% 14% 110% 90' 9 Delaware A Hudson. 1100 105% 1053,4 105% 105%? % 105% 106% 249 93 6 Del, Lack A Western 1300 120% 120% 116% 116%? 3% 116 117% 41', 2% ? Dul, So Shore A Atl. 200 2% 2% 2% 2%? % 2% 3 7% 3% ? do pf . 300 3% 3% 3% 3%- 3% 4 40 15% ? Emerson-Brant pf- 200 21 21 21 21- 21 22 81 52 5 Endicott-Johnson .... 600 78% 78% 77% 78% I % 77% 78% 15% 10 ? Erie . 2600 10% 10% 10 10%+ % 10 10% 22% 15 ? do 1st pf. 1600 15% 15'/a 15% 15%- 15% 15% 15% 10 ? do 2d pf. 400 10% 10% 10 10%- 10 10% 82% 44% 8 Famous Players _ 2200 77% 78% 77% 78% | 1% 78% 783,4 97 7434 8 do pf . 100 95% 95% 95% 95% ??? % 95% 95% 19% 83/4? Fisk Rubber Tire_ 1700 12% 13 12% 12% r 3a 12% 13 20% 9% ? Freeport Texas . 300 14% 14% 14% 14%? % 14 14% 53,4 % ? Gaston Williams - 300 % % % %- % % 59% 39% 6 Gen Amer Tank. 300 51 51 51 51 - 51 53 783/B 39%? Gen Asphalt . 6900 65% 66% 65% 66% f % 66% 66% 7034 54 6 Gen Ci?ar . 600 67% 67% 67% 67%, 3a 67% 88 1433/4 109% 8 Gen Electric Co. 200 140 140 140 140 + % 139% 140 16% 938 1 Gen Motors . 23200 10% 10% 10% 10%? % 10% 10% 73% 60 6 do 6% deb. 300 72% 72% 72% 72% f % 71% 72% 44% 26%? Goodrich, B F. 1400 35% 36% 35% 38%+ % 36% 36% 1634 83/4? Gray Davis . 300 12 12 12 12 ? % 12% 12% 79% 60 7 Great Northern pf... 1600 75 753,4 75 75% ? 1 75% 75% 35% 25% 4 ta North Ore subs.. 100 32% 32% 32! s 32%+ % 32 32% 16% 6 ? Guantanamo Sacar... 600 5% 5% 5'/a 5%? % 5U 6 26 17 ? Gulf. Mobile A No pf 300 17 17 17 17 - 16 ~ 17' ? 50% 25 ? Gulf States Steel_ 300 45% 46 45% 45%? % 45% 46 13% 12 ? Habirshaw Elec . 2700 1% 1% 1% 1% (- */8 1% 1% 82 50% 4 Haskell A Barker Car 600 78% 79 78% 78%? % 78% 78% 25% 13 ? Hendee Mf? . 300 15% 153,4 15 15 ?2% 14 17 61 49%? Homestake . 400 53% 53% 53% 53%+ % 533,4 55 86 40% ? Houston Oil . 3600 77% 783,4 76% 78%4- 314 7812 78% 16% 10% 1 Hupp Motors . 300 11% 11% 1134 11%+ % 11% 11% 100% 85% 7 Illinois Central . 1000 97% 97% 98% 96%? 1 96% 96% 7% 2 .60 Indiahoma . 2400 3% 3% 3% 3%? % 3% 3% 13% 6 ? Int A?ricultur? . 200 7% 7% 7% 7%? % 7% 8 57 31%? do pf . 6C0 Z2\\ 32% 31% 31%? % 31% 32 42% 29% ? Inspiration Copper .. 2200 40% 41% 40'8 40%+ % 41% 413,4 5% 1% ? Int-Cons Corp . 600 1% 1% 1% 1%- 1% 1% 18 3% ? do pf . 300 3% 3% 3% 3%- 3% 33,4 100% 67% 5 Infl Harvester . 300 80 81 7934 81 4- 1 81% 813,4 29 21 2% Infl Cement . 100 27 27 27 27 + 78 26 28 17% 7% ? Int Mercan Marine... 100 14% 14% 14'/2 14',a-- 14% 15 673/4 36 6 do pf . 26O0 64 64% 64 64%+ 1 64 643? 42 26 ? Int Motor Truck. 600 27% 27% 27% 27%? % 27% 28'A 76 63% 7 do 1st pf. 300 72 73 72 73' 4- 34 72 73 73% 38%? Infl Paper . 600 62% 53 52% 63 ? % 5234 53 75% 67 6 do pf stpd. 300 70% 70% 70% 70%4- % 703,*, 711/, 17 11%? Infl Nickel . 1400 11% 12 11% 11%? % 1134 12 ' 26 5% ? Invincible Oil . 20100 14% 15% 14% 15 -j- rg 14f- 15 4% 2 ? Island Oil . 1400 2% 2% 2% 254? % 2% 23? 37% 14% ? Jone? Te? . 2600 37% 38% 37% 38%+ % 38% 38% High. Low. Dlv. 1821. 1021. in $. 18'/a ?? 4514 4 28?g 9 547?. 27% 17% 177 91 58! i 60% 164 102 21 % 12% 1641 a 118 62 58% 36% 21 7 45</_ 167'/4 28 16'_ 32'. a 14% 741-2 3'8 53,i 9% 26% 23% 4SI a 61 100 25 30 1281.2 7 91/4 65 87 6% 15H 77% 89 76 G&1-2 231 2 231 4 33 46 41 Vz 83% 39 4 30% 148 16 19% 68 17! 4 0C% 79% 7134 41 y4 17 12 64 3 3 23% 65% 84 87 341/4 421/4 88 14/? 78 6C 34! '2 32 80 96 104 70 Va 1141/4 5114 40% 941.4 107 2634 10 32! 1? 16 ? 8','4 ? 13C 63 32 47!/? 138% 64 10 714 136 97 55 32 18 13 27 84% 15% 10 22 5' 2 63 Kansas City 8outh. do pf . Kansas A Gulf. Kelly Springfield . . Kennecott Copper Sale*. 1400 200 2600 2400 19200 Open, niirh. 23 Va. _3'/4 Keystone Tire . 14600 17% 17 Kresge, S S. 3u0 173?/_ 174 Kress & Co. Laikawanna Sleel. 3/_ Lehigh Valley ,igg & Myers Tob Lima Locomotive . . Loew's, Inc . Loft Candy 200 91 91 91 91 - 100 45'/4 45'/4 45% 46% 60O 57 57% 57 67 - 100 I6OI/4 160% 160% 160% 2600 97 102 97 102 - 3C0 13 Vz 13'/a l3'/4 13'/r 26C0 9% 97/, 9% 9% 334 Lorillard, Pierre. 300 151% 151% 151% 151%? 2'-? ? 8% - 22% ? 16 ? 33! 2 ? 43 3 92 </a 7 12*8 ? 10'8 ? 102 7 44% 7 26 6 6734 e 238 - D ? 46 e 47% - 64" a E 54 E 12 - 16 13 32i4 : 31% : 61 Va 1 20'/? - 1? 14 87 Louis & Nashville. 4 Maekay Cos pf. 300 57 67 7 Manhattan Elevated.. 900 33 35 1% Manhattan Shirt .... 600 31% 31% 2 Martin Parry . 400 19'% 19% ? Mar St Rway. 100 3 3 ._ do pr pf. 3O0 35 35 12 Mexican Petrol . 13600 114% 114% ?2 Miami Copper .1200 27 * 27 1.20 Middle States Oil- 10900 13% 13% -- Midvale Steel . 2600 26% 27% ? Minn ._ St L new- 100 5% 5% 7 Minn, St P & S Sic M 600 67% 67% ? Mo, Kan? & Texas.. . 3700 1% 1% do pf . 1400 2% 2% do w i. 4600 8% 8% do w i pf. 1900 25% 26'0 Missouri Pacific _ 900 17% 17% -f- % 107 1% 66 114% 114% 27 27% % do pf . 1700 45% Montana Power . 300 59% do pf . 300 99% Montgomery Ward .. . 1400 13% National Acme . 600 10% National Biscuit _ 100 126 Nat Cloak & Suit pf. 100 66% Not Enom & Stamp.. 600 36% National Lead . 200 83% Nat RR of Mex 2d pf 3C0 3 Nnvada l'on Copper. 1200 15% New Or, Tex & Mex. 200 56% N Y Air Brake. 300 58% N Y Central. 2600 73% YA --"/4 5?34 38% 73% 24% 39% 69% 5% 14% 253-4 30% 41 63/4 983/4 25% 933 49 2833 65 101 103 24% 60 97! 2 192',4 114 37 45 93% 10-3? 13' <?8 413, 11 ?8 27' 36? 2C3, 72 13 441 55! 75 25'. 4 46% 8 27% 38% 34% 32% 6% 3 33% 15% 50 37% 67 16 9% 21 5% 30% 02 20% 23 78 48 80 54 87% 243.4 21% 67 58 19 11 603,, N Y, Ch & St I, 2d pf N Y, N H & Hart. . N Y, Ont & Western. N Y Shipbuilding. . . North American .... do pf . Northern Pacific .... Nova Srotia Steel. . . Oklahoma Prod <fc Kef Orpheum Circuit .... Otis Elevator . Otis Sl.ee! . Pacific Development.. Pacific Gas & Elec. .. Pacific Mail . 300 60% 1700 12% 100 21% 300 13% 3400 44 600 39% 3700' 78% 200 23% 600 2% I00 15 200 123 300 1034 400 5% 300 66% 600 12 % % Pacific Oil . 6600 47% Pan-Amer Petrol ... 3600 52% do B . 800 46% Pennsylvania K R. . . 6400 33% Penn Seaboard Steel 1200 10% Peoria & Eastern- 200 11% People's Gas A Coke. 12600 63% Perc Marquette. 800 20% do prior pf. 200 64% Phillips Jones . 100 82 do pf. 600 85 Phillips Petroleum... 300 32% 'Pierce Arrow. 600 13% do pf. 200 30 Pierce Oil . 1400 12% do pf. 800 73% Pittsburgh Coal. 300 62% Prod & Rcf. 1400 30% Pittsburgh & W Va. . 900 24% do pf. 100 79 Pressed Steel Car... 20O 64 do pf. 100 92 Pub Serv Corp of N J 200 66 Pullman Go. 26O0 107% ? Punta Alegre Sugar. . 2 Pure Oil . 8 Railway Steel Spring 7 do pf. 1.35 Rand Mines. ? Ray Consol Copper.. 1200 4 Reading . 4630 38% 2 do 2d pf. 200 17% ? Remington Typewtr.. 300 41! s ? Republic Iron & Steel 1400 5 ? Republic Motor Truck 300 18 ? Replogle Steel. 200 40% 5.20 Royal Dutch . 1400 1% ? Santa Cecilia Sugar.. 300 10% 1 St Joseph Lead. 200 19% ? St Louis & San Fran 300 19% ? St Louis Southwest.. 100 28 ? do pf. 2600 2% ? Saxon Motors. 300 Sears Roebuck . 4600 1% 54% ? 12^,4 - J% ? ""% 1 1 16' 32% ? 67'., 26 ? 17% ? 42 67% 124% 1051-8 21 25% 43% 3 3% 26 0?!% 6% 29 '16% 15% 12% 45 6 31? 57 15' 1317s m Seneca Copper . 2600 Shattuck & Arizona.. 800 .74 Shell Trans & Trad.. 300 S;nclair Oil . 2700 Sloss-Shef Stl & Ir. . ;:03 Southern Pacific .... 3600 S? Porto Rico Sugar. 300 Southern Railroad... 1400 do pf . 1100 Standard Oil of Cal.. 3600 1 Standard Oil of N J.. 1800 do pf . 600 '. Stewart Warner .... 600 Strombere Carb. 1400 Studebaker . 14600 Submarine Boat . 300 Superior Oil . 600 Superior Steel . 3CO ? Texas Gulf . 20900 Tcnn Cop & Chem.... 1400 5 Texas Company . 9600 Texas & Pacific. 4700 1 Tex-Pac Coal & Oil. Third Ave Rway. . . 5 Tobacco Products . . Transcontinental Oil 5 Trans Wins Steel... 3 Twin City Rap Tran 8 Union Bag & Paper. 95%}- 1% 943/4 95!, 183%-f- 3% 183% 184 113% 113% 113% 74 % 150 104 207 12% 19 27% 74% 99 63% 62% 7934 103% 3938 86' 2 115 66% 41 42% 102% 9% 24% 72 11% 30% 70% 61% 47 11% 17% 44 18% 10% 42 134 55% 9?6 10 4 7 10 8 62' 130 92 903 6 ? 11% _ 8% ? 35% ? 84 7 41% ? <6% 6 40% ? 74 8 1400 27% 27% 27% 27%-f 300 14% 14% 143/8 14%? 1600 633-4 64 63% 64 - 19600 11% 11% 11% 11%? 300 30% 301/2 30% 30%? 300 31% 31% 31% 31%? 300 70 70 70 70 -( Union Oil . 1200 18% 18% 18% 18%? Union Pacific . 1600 126% 125% 125 125 - do pf . 100 69% 693/4 69% 69%? Union Tank pf. 100 150 150 150 150 f 1 United Cigar Stores.. 100 104 104 103% 103%? Cnited Fruit . 300 122% 122% 122 122 ? 70% 5 105 7 41% 2 25% ? 20% ? 5734 ? 5% ? 18 ? 49% 2V 8% ? 16 ? 51% 6 S8% 4 27% - 6% ? 7 ? 29! 4 4 8! 2 ? 4% ? 23 ? 1C5 8 30% 4 m Un Rway Invest. U S C I Pipe & Po.. U S Food Products. . . U S Indus Alcohol... do pf . U S Realty & Imp. . . United Retail Store?. United States Rubber, do 1st pf. I S Smelt & Ref. . . . United States Steel. . do pf . Utah Copper . 8700 Vanadium Steel . 1300 Va-Caro Chemical_ 3CO do pf . 1600 Vivaudou . 200 Wabash pf A. 600 Wells Fargo Express. 300' Western Maryland.., Western Pacific. do pf . Westinghouse Mfg. . Wilson Co. Wheel & Lake Erie. White Oil. White Motors. Wick wire-Spencer Willys Overland. 2400 5% do pf. 300 28 Woolworth . 200 133 Worthington P & M 600 44% 25 Wri*ht Aero. 100 8% 300 300 16''{ 1700 97? 900 39 300 90(,; 800 60 3200 03 76C0 04 300 993-1 200 30 109O0 833/j 300 1141; 63'/ 200 300 100 1600 300 300 3600 600 1400 *Ex dividend. Report of Month's Respite of Taxes in Mexico Reiterated MEXICO CITY, Dec. 27 (By The As? sociated Press). ? Despite recent de? nials that an extension of one month had been granted Mexican oij com? panies for the payment of taxes due the Mexican government on December 125, the statement was reiterated to? day in responsible financial circles that such an extension had been granted by Secretary of the Treasury de la Huerta, This decision was said to have been adopted by Secretary de la Huerta be? cause he considered it was necessary ' for the successful continuation of negotiations now in progress among the oil men., their bankers and the Mexican government. Paris Market Improves PARIS, Dec. 27.?Prices improved on ; the Bourse to-day. Three per cent; rentes 64 francs 95 centimes. Ex- ! change on London 51 francs 98 cen- ? times. Five per cent loan 80 francs ; 20 centimes. The dollar was quoted i at 12 francs 38M- centimes. Financial Items The American Exchange National Bank. 12S Broadway, will pay on ami after De? i-ember 31. 1921, preference share coupon 25 and coupon 18 detached from definitive warrants for ordinary shares of the Mexi? can Eagle OU Company, Ltd., representing a final dividend of 19 per cent for the year ending Juna 30. 1921, being equivalent to 94.53 ct-nts per share. Bond &- Goodwin announce that effective January 3. James C. Auchlncloss. formerly of Auchincloss. Jooat it Patrick, will b? admitted to their firm aa a general part? ner. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Commenting on the operations of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company for the current year, Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board, said yesterday that in November there was an increase in business of between 30 and 40 per cent over the previous months. Some slight further improve? ment has been noted this month, he said, notwithstanding the fact that De? cember in the trade usually is an off1 month. ,* In Wall Street Cuban Loan Status General Enoch Crowdor, who ta shortly to return to Washington, is ex- j peeted to submit h report to the State Department covering conditions in Cuba that will largely determino the prospects for flotation of a Tuban loan in the American market. Bank? ers conver?mnt with the situation say that a chief obstacle to arrangement of the loan exist? in inability 'f the Zaya8 Administration to arrive at a budget adjustment satisfactory to tho lending interest?. The delay on this point is linked with the proposed American tariff legislation, Cuba's receipts from customs being dependent mainly upon tho sugar which she can sell in the United States. If the United States rai?es a tariff harrier to such sales, these receipts will naturally be adversely affected. The delay in the loan is ascribed as much to the political situation at Washing? ton as to the economic position of Cuba. The projected temporary ad? vance of $5,000,000 is held up for like reasons. One Satisfied Subscriber There has been a deal of complaint on the part of subscribers to recent new issues who have had their appli? cations sharply pared, if not altogether rejected. Consequently, the discovery of a satisfied subscriber created more than average interest yesterday. It happened this way. A large Western house sent in a subscription for five j bonds of the Louisville & Nashville is? sue, an amount entirely out of line with their presumed requirements. The bankers, shocked by the moderation of the order and convinced that here at least there was no padding, allotted the five bonds 100 per cent in full. American Locomotive American Locomotive led the equip? ment group yesterday in the extent of its advance, and the stock at the close had spurted upward to 109, a net rise of 5'-v\ points. Baldwin, which had a larger turn-over, was 3 points higher at 99li. The recent strength in Ameri? can Locomotive has started all sorts of rumors circulating in the Street, but none, of them has brought forth any official comment. Among these ? has bee?i a story of an impending extra dividend distribution and another had it. that the company would eventually merge with the American Car and Foundry. The latter yarn has been unofficially denied. Probably the real ! reason for the rise in "Loco" lies in tho I strong balance sheet of the company. ! As of June 30, last, working eapital I totaled nearly $40.000,000. On that j date there were no loan3 payable and I there was in the treasury, among other ?securities, $10,750.000 of United States | Treasury certificates and $2.000,000 New York City 6 per cent corporate i stock and tax notes. ; Computing, Tabulating and Recording Despite the fact that Computing, j Tabulating and Recording shares have | had a rise of about 15 points within j the last three months the stock ad ! vanced to a new high for the year yes? terday at 56%, and closed the market i session v.-ith a net gain of 1%. ' It was j announced yesterday that the com? pany, owing to a marked improvement ! in its business during the last half j of 1921, will make practically as good ! a showing for the full year as it did j in 1920, when $15 a share was earned ! for the stock. Together with awards from patent litigation, it is estimated that net this year will reach $2.000,000. Manchurian Railways Financing Washington dispatches that Baron | Shibusawa would seek a loan of $100, j 000,000 or more for development of the Manchurian railways, if the solution of the Far Eastern problems accorded i with Japan's present ideas, revived j talk of a project that has been current j intermittently for the last few years. ; Bankers professed only academic in j tc-rest in the report. Interborough's Interest Bankers representing the Interbor I ough Rapid Transit Company's re ; funding 5 per cent bonds yesterday i expressed full confidence that the cou? pon due on January 1 wouid be met. They pointed to the Interborough's recently improved earnings record, which they regard as adequate to cover interest, charges, and said that even if this should not be the case the situa? tion could be handled by slight defer I ment of current accounts and oills ? payable. The scramble for funds which ! has for the la-st two years character ; ?zed preparations for this payment is j apparently not to take place this year. From Cradle to Crave Opening yesterday of the compound i interest department of the National i City Bank's Forty-second Street office ! put into effect an idea long cherished i by Charles E. Mitchell, its president. He was in high spirits over the initial i success of the plan, preliminary re? ports covering the first hour's business | showing the receipt of more than \ eighty accounts. "Inauguration of the ! new department means that the Forty ! second Street branch will be literally ! a financial department store,'' said Mr. Mitchell. "The service which we will ! render to our customers there, includ? ing the savings, commercial and in | vestment banking and trust depart ! ments, will provide for their needs ' from the cradle to the grave.'' j Elusive January Reinvestment Demand Bond men and bankers will shortly ; begin pursuit of the January reinvest | ment demand, before the war a quite : deiinite objective, but of late years a | phantom goal. Like Santa Claus, some j believe in it; some do not. Among the believers there is great diversity of views. One investment banker esti? mates that this January it will amount to between $400,000,000 and $500,000, i 000 and laments the fact that only I about $100,000,000 securities are in ! sight to meet it. Another feels that it ! has been largely anticipated; that per I sons with funds available next month ' have bought ahead, fearing a rise in i bond values. To otTset the gap which ' this will make in January's market, he foresees considerable buying by in? vestors, who, having sold to establish losses, cannot repurchase the securi | ties under the new tax law for thirty days. People's Gas Stock Rises Resumption of dividends on a 5 Der ? cent basis by directors of People's Gas, j Light and Coke gave the market a sur? prise, this being evidenced by the rush to buy which carried prices up more than three points at one time. Profit i taking later caused a reaction, but a j net gain of two points was shown at ! f?S'.s. The company had not paid divi ] dends since 1917. A recent statement i by President Insull that he would be I much surprised if directors did not i restore the dividends before February j was construed to mean that action ', would be deferred until that time, but ! the action just announced showed that j this view was unwarranted. Third Avenue System's Earnings Another company in a position some J what similar to that of People's Gas j attracted attention yesterday ? Third j Avenue system ? with an improved i earnings statement. The company ! showed a surplus for November of j $6,460 after charges, and after setting i aside funds for interest on the adjust j ment income 5 per cent bonds. This j was an increase of more than $88,000 I over last year. Surplus for five month? j after similar allowances increased $304,429 over tr e corresponding period of 1920, amounting to $19,321. Inter? est on the adjustment income bonds, which directors may decide to restore before long, has not been paid since 1917. Exempt from ihr Federal lut ont? Tax $50,000 Bogah?sa, La. SCHOOL DISTRICT 5% Bonds Maturing December, 1922.?i This School District is co. cxten^ve with the City 0*f Bogalusa, having a popula. I tion of 8,24 5, and mskes a fine financial statement. These bonds were au'i.orized by the voters and are pay. able, botli prinripal and in". terest, by a direc ad valorem" tax levied on al! taxable 1 property in the ?Xstrict. Legality approved by John ('. ! ?': >?? /;,g_ PRICE TO YIELD 5H%j! on the investment Spitzer, Rorick | & Company Established 1871 Equitable Building, New York T?lrdr' Chl?? $50,000 Erie Railway ,onr. /s Closed mortgage secured by direct lien on over 500 miles of the main line of the Erie system in New York State, subject to only $13,000,000 prior liens and followed by over $110,000,000 junior bonds. 102^ & Interest To net about 6.65% R.W. PRESSFRiCH New York ? VWi Municipal ami tiailroad Hyntls IF YOUR BONDS ARE CALLED? Indications point to a continuation of the re? cent decline i-: interest rates. Corporations hav? ing outstanding securi? ties with coupon rates higher than prevailing interest levels may call these obligations and substitute new issues bearing lower rates of interest. 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