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mi :4 e i 1 3)l 1 1 L Ne il. 1 14 ROADS MAKE RULES TO MOVE FREIGHT Time Limits at Tidewater to Bo Cut mi (I Elevator Charges Increased. I. C. C. WfLL GET TARIFFS Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clark nnil the executive committee of the. Kastern railroads met yesterday an the. Kastern freight accumulation con ference and adopted rcsolmlotm to re lievo the freight congestion, One reso lution provided that export Mils of lad ing will he Issued aonly when founded on written wean rontr.u-tx. and traffic moving under such condltlnnit will lie rdlowcd fifteen days free time nfter reaehlitg s-caboard, after which the regu lar storage, charges will apply. Tills resolution, as were the other.', g.isi submitted by the sub-committee on tr.itric. adopted .tnd referred li.ick to the rub-eonimlttfe for the wot king out t-f the dotutltf, with the rccouniiendatloh that the, raids IntcrcHcd tll tariffs) villi the Interstate Commerce Corrtml" nlon Immediately In order that the rut in may go Into effect without delay. rrce time on tidewater coal wan alto reduced from the days to three days. ml the straight free time from twelve to five days. Illevator eh.ttgest for fnort gtaln were Incrciwd because romet I'onylcnees leave small lots In the elcvatora for several months. Accord. Ing to the resolution adopted the storage charge will he doubled after the first olNty days, and will tie doubled again after the second and third sixty days, at vlihh rate. It will remain. Carload paek.ii Re or piece freight con .Ipntd to New York harbor for domestic lighterage delivery must ! consigned to a rpeeltlc destination, iiccnrdlng to a fourth resolution adopted, and if such shipments are reordered to another lighterage, delivery they will be subject to the rccniirlijliment charge of $2 a car. President .. II. Smith of the New York O'litrnl was authorized to appoint a suh-eonimlttee on embargoes to art upon nil embargoes Issued by nil rail roads teprcscntrd In the conference and on all rtnuest" fur relief, whether from shippers or railroads. Mr. Smith up pointed Commissioner K. VS. ClarU. II. Cntnplie.il. vlic-prcsldent of the New Haven, and M. II. Casey of the Iaicka wanna. A eonimiteo representing hosiery and knit underwenr mills suggested to President Smith that goods for foreign shipment should not bo allowed to re main on the elockt longer than 48 to "2 hours, the fame length of time given to the local j'i''Ucrs of fielglit. "Tlic situation is Indeed serious." said II. M. liraff of Ittii llrnadway. one of the committee. "Wo arc compelled now to ship goods by express from outlying points to New York. There aro many mall mills that get payment of SO per cent, of their goods at the time of ship ment and tliey need that money to pay their emplnvec.. This freight conges tion Im working a great hardship on them." SING SING VISITORS DISHONEST. Vae Token Money In Mot Marhtnrai Inmate Make liood. OssiMNii, March 23. Isaao Haines. Sing ring's banker, has been put In the fleld as a candidate for secretary of the Mutual Welfare I-engiM against Charles c.omlorf. wire tapper, making tills the ch'e.f political contest to be decided at the prison election licit week. Tli Inmate will elect lifty-six dele gates to their "parliament." which will elect an executive board of nine mem bers. The executive board will name tho tecretary, sergeant-at-arms and the inrlous committee. Ilalncn Is the cashier of the bank of Ring Sing which was chartered by Warden Osborne to encourage the saving of Inmates' earnings In token coin. A wanting is published In the prison pe. rlodtc.il ngalnst distributing token coin nmong vMtors, explaining that recently one. of Warden Klrchvvey'.-i aids was obliged to make good 67 centH used by visitors to defraud slot machines In the Otslnlug railroad :,itlou. AUGUSTA FIRE LOSS $5,000,000. DO Illoeka SiTrrpt, .'I.IHMI llmneleaa 4HMI llonac Horned In .nh llie. Acovkta, lia., March 2.1, The tire which (started yesterday in the business miction was brought under control at noon to-day. It had Mvept an area of run and a quarter square miles and de stroyed property alueil at ?:.,iinu,oon. Ten central business) blocks and twenty residence bloeksi were swept clean. One person was killed and several firemen were, seriously Injured. Three thousand Xiorsons are homeless. Klrc comp-inles brought here by special train from Atlanta, Macon and Savannah are. (till on duty. X.vtuivn t.K. Tenn , March 23. The flro that twept i:ast Nashville late yesterday destroyed 600 residences and left 3,000 Pci-mjiis homrle.vs. Tho property damage la estimated at $1,500,000. One person was killed. TAX FRAUD SUITS BEGUN. Oov rrnuieiil Srekn to Confiscate 11,00(1 Mnrk f Tolinrcn. Tile (iovernmept began yesterday the first of a seri'.s of forfeiture suits fol lowing tho wholesale raids on cigar makers ami tobacco dealers who are alleged to have defrauded the (iovcrn incut of Internal revenue taxes, In the suit III il in the Federal Dis trict Court by Assistant Culled States Attorney I Simon the iovcriiment svtks to contlscale JS.nuil worth of toluoio lid tile equipment found 111 tile olllec nml factory or the Italian Toscnnn Coin puny. Inc.. of i:il and 13:i llleucker ttrri'l. .Mr. ISirnc asserti on iiiforniatlon ml belief that between April 1, Kilt, nnd March 16. IJ16, tho defendant torn vnr defrauded the Government by causing false entries to Im made In Its JpokH concerning the manufacture and Kile of cigars Riid the purchase of leaf tobacco. COAL RATE REHEARING ASKED. Road Hrek lie pen I uf Cut on Hall Tariffs. ' Washington, March 23 The anthra cite, coal carrying railroads lllcd petl llonn with the Interstate Coiniuurco Commission to. day asking for a i clear ing In cnnncrtlon with rates prescribed by the commission In the so-called an thracite coal case. The commission In I'tsxtlgatcd tint whole subject of unthra clt freight wiles ami the inlet, and n g illations goernlng transportation of this commodity It was estimated that de creases nidereil by tlie rommissloii amount to fiom in to .". pep cent Tlie commission oidered I'arrlers to rnalio tlie iwv, rates effeclhe on October ''5" but they wcro pobtponcd until Jnuiry, and later until April 1, U. S. AND ARGENTINA IN WAR TRADE BOOM Coinmercirtl Rolntions Witli Smith Aincricnn Tttul1 ie Show Hhj Ini-reaso. 0E KM AN MARKET SLUMPS Sp'tiitl Corrtsponitnct to TitK Sc. tlL'BN'os Atiiks, Kb. 15. Argentine Imports from the fulled States In 191.' were valued nt i:ifl.liS,90l, ns com pared with I36.6S4.4I6 In 1911, and the Argentine exports to the f nlted Stated Increased from $47,000,000 In 1014 to ISO.M'.'.'inS. according to statistics Just published by the Argentine division of statistics. This country Is now credited with a trade balance of $300,000,000, ns ft result of the enormous Increase In foreign trade ns a result of the war. The classification of the Imports, hc conllng to tlie countries from which they proceeded, shows how seriously the war lias affected some of the nations In their commercial relations with the Argentine Republic, The value of tlie ImiMirts from ttermany last year Is given ns only $.,6.3,310, whereas In It'll the value was f. 19.094.13a, although the state of war had existed live months. from Austria-Hungary the men-hate disc imported was valued at $261. 1st against $2,;47,3.13 In 1911. and Hetglan Impoits dropped from $12,137.5:1 In 191 1 to $S..3,7I.. fierman occupation of french terrl tory Is blamed for a diminution ft out $:2,3?3.554 to $13,310,610 In the v.ilu.. o. v reneii imports, Import from the United Kingdom fell In value from J92.47I.6M to $67.7M. 67. but those from Itrltlsh pO"vtMsIons inrrenseq mint J3.2vr..i;rt3 to $.360.ts.,. Ilusslnn ImtMirts fell from r.t.r.at to $12,699 ami those fiom Turl.eV were reduceil from $77,151 to $33,7n7. fiom -oim iiierciianiiixe was received to the value of $1.132.13. an Increase of AAA f .'"i"ue. 1-irge Importations of Mexican nil in creased the figures of this countrv from $1,790,625 In 1314 t $t5.1l,395 last jear. in tlie tlrst nine montlis of 1915 tne importation of netmletnn was ne.iriv double that of the sa.ne perbsl in 1911. uraziiiau imports Increase, in viiln.. tu rn ire than ll.ioin.uiio. itr.h.-i.,,, i,,- tmv. cue. v. niiean ny jnon.tM'ij and Para guayan by $470,000. Tho-e from fru guay decreased fiom $2,9.11,792 to $1,- S.9,6,i, ami thoe of Peru fm-n $1. 214.391 to $1.20. Imtch Imooris ,11. mlnlsheil In value bv $s:s,00O ami Japa nese Increased by $330,000. Italian lin-jwrt-s fell $3,700,000. while Snanlsh In. creased by $2,700,000 and ImiiIsIi In creased $170,000. As regards exports in the first nine months of 1911 Argentine productions to the value of $.10,731,120 were exported to i.ermany direct. List xear the ex. pcrtatlon to that count rj- ceased, but there Is l.ttle doubt th rooIh continued to llml tliir wav lotn Germany through Holland, liemmirk ami tiweden. nn.1 also through Italv until that couiltn" Joined the Allies. Figure of the exKirts to the.e countries In 1914 and J91a aro Inteicstlnc In this conne.-. Uon. In the flist nine months of 1915 the exports to Italy were valued at $33, S03.31S, which sum excteded the value of the xports In 1911 by $29,72$. I. Kxports to Iienmark lnerea.ed from $774.74: In 1911 to $1.5.19.66.1 In 19IS and thme to Holland fion $1 1,173,077 to $1S.S31.3:. Sweden lmKirled Ar gentine goods valued at $1,675,1 1: In 1914 and $5,oai.2s.r, In 1915. exports to Austria Hungary In 1911 were valued at $1,576,S47, and those to P.clgliim at $17,303, !S7. Exportation to isith coun tries ce.-is.il In 1915. Kxports to Aus tralia increased from II27.2M to $1, 991.936. Itolivla rtceive.1 es In value by t:5o,00(i, extKirts to other countries increased as follows; P.r.iall, $6,2mo.0h0 . Chile, $390.11011. Spain, $ I, tiio.oiiii , franc. $20.ti").0o0 . Nwrway, $9oo,oon ; i"aia gilay, $3J3.noo. portuuil, !i90.nfl0: llrlll'.i pi ssessloiis, $6vti,iiii0, fulled Klng'lom, $102,000,000, t'rugu.iv, $3, 240,000. CORN PRODUCTS SUIT JANGLE. Company's l.injrr An'mn 1,'mrrn in e n X t lorne.i a. At t.ie opening of the argument foi the defence In the iocrmncnt's Slier man law dls.-olullon suit ngauiKt tlie Ccm Proiliicis lieilmng Company and others, defemkints, b'toic .luilgo Learned Hand In the fnitcd Stales lb-trlet Court jesterday .lames .M Slieelian of I'liktigo, attorney for tlie Corn Products Company, .iceincd the i loverninent at tornes of making nilsriire.-e"ila!loni. Mr. Sheehan lefeired to the a. ciii.,n ()f one if fie i;oeriuuent's law yes that the Corn I'mducts. 'miiiii b.id retired to turn ocr books and papers from which the Government might compile necessary statistics as to tlie price paid by the defendants fur corn. Tho Coin Products, Company. Mr. Sheehan sahl, lead gnen the I lot crn.lient full access to nil the documents i. quired, but had merely rcfuc, i,, ,-jM. pile the statVtles Itself. :ls considered that to bee part of the work or the fed. eral Investigators. 'Hie lioMrnmeht's brief outlining Us allegation tilled 511 printed folio pages The defeiue's brief submitted to Judge Hand yesterday kiiisNis of only ninety small pages. The defence will continue Its argument to-morrow. The Satunlay -csMoii will be glien over- to ielnilt.il by both shies. DR. FINLEY FOR NURSES' BILL. Ilrnrlng Tnkes Plnee on I lie .lours Xlensnre. Ainxsv, .March 23. ir. John II. fin ley. Slate Commissioner of education, and tepreicntalhcK of tlie nurses' asso. elutinns mid tio.pi.is of the Stale, argued in favoi of Samuel A Jouis' bill provlillug that only grndiiale ceiti. fleil nurses are entitled to practise as certified nurses at I lie hearing before tlie Joint Senate arid Assembly Public Health committees. Huh nfu-riiuoit, opposition was piescnlid by physi cians ami attorneys repiesenting several hospitals in dlffemit cities of the Slate and tlie hearing was attended by nearly ion nursis. The chief argument ( tbe advociitfs of Hie mea-iirn was that it afforded addition:; pmlcctloit to the pub lie as well as cei tilled nurses. Tlie bill places musing schools under tlie super vision of the Slati" Hoard of Itegcuts nml this provision met with considerable objiclloii from the opponents of the measure. Dr. William 1 1, Sllllman and Charles .1, Tobln of Albany argued against the measure and maintained thai It was class legislation In ttiat II would prac tically prevent poor persona from getting tlie servlcea of nurses, .Miss l.lllian VVnlil of Hie Henry Street Si tllemeiit. New Vurk , .Mis, Charles fl Sleveiison, legislative ri presi'iitatlvi" of tain" nurses' iisi.clalloiiH of New Voik Slnte, and .Mrs. .1, K. Jacks, president of the State Nurse A.ssoclullon, luduraeu the bill. THE GRAIN MARKETS. Wheat Weakens Willi torn tinnri Haln Throuah Hell. The chief depressing factors In the wheat market yesterday were the advices of bcnetlelal rains In Texas and Okla homa, the pr.isH"Ct of additional inols turn over virtually nil of tho wfnlir vviieai lieu and the decided weakness In the corn market. A morn bearish sent! tneni seemed to be forming In wheat circles, possibly duo to tho diminution In inc outside trade, as was best lellected yesterday by tlie perlodti of Inactivity in tho market, while ttic llullssisltlnn to ) vvin.il is turtner rostered by the In conclushe tenor of the peaco reports. Tho peace advices are tierslvlent Thoso Involving Turkey and ItiMsIa arc especially annoying to the wheat bulls. A truce between these countries would pave tne way ror ultimate rhlpments of wheat through tho Hardanelles iind also trom italkaii countries, without n corrc siKiiiiting Inciease In the demand for vvneal n would doubt ess lie seen In the event of Germany and Austria making pence wmi ine Allies. The nrciuOumll Mileiins In ih ..... durliig the senslnii wire not productive ef ii bro.idciiliig ef outside support it . cur niai me ui.iiiv repnrls lli.il thre nr ','"' IT,"?"" r 'IJ vvh'at re tempering tne l.iilll.-li tnur of the new crop ietvce. It Is granted Hint the tlm eminent report on Anrll 7 lll tie oioi,k,iu. in n. M", the plant condition Is concerned, but no i fw, in connection with the report that tils MirlllL- Wlif".lt nr.j, I,. i,...-. tenn mid Ciiiindlun nortlufst sr ti be sioiuwiiuiniiy aecrene,i, 1U not nlmulste.l the nieculntlve utipport recently counted o. iiorre r- preuiriioni that a more Hopeful tons to th crop msagis lis noted after u period of revl jprlng weather tut ijimuoui ill went The HdVlrAM from at.rnA wa-m .t !rcI!,' rauslng much fluctuntlon here. In hlle Liverpool rt.l were without sne- eini einuige, niirl n),e the private caWn urgeiled steadier nmrkets, thf covering of sunns . iMiiuipeg nml ("lildiito for for eijzn account HUM lint nf lt... . ......... The export liujlng of .mrl.Hii tvheit w i -im in no un.ieriio.oon lmaliels for th- lay4 I.iiKllidi auihoruii - rreni nhilng n .on site tii-t prl. . for .Vnirl .iii ivhs.it are Hearing a mfe nml ulru tlmt ion- llticiital Interest, are k.y to aliaurb much ui in- urpiu-e in .vrcenilna mid Au tralhi SUt h all n,lmUl,m umil.l l. ,At. e'rud uulte liuillsh locally, but for llie .(iiowledge thnt Canada has ronsllrable nsai 10 . Til" Argentine esttnrt- llila mL ,t. lllliatei at 3,1011.1)00 !iuhr!, agJlllst 3.::e,- imiii in in iireitotitt ck ini.l ...Uj.OoO an jsar nr:i.i,irs.i , xport to-day may -VCssil H.OOO.OOll l.ll.he'e. All.lmll.. I. ii'ted to stil, clou" to :.000,00() bll-hela "I IUIII Wl-Sfc.. rem -The innrkst ronllnu'd tt down war.i ireiid, mid noted turn li In lavor of the bear Inter. ts. nlio have hesti uulte ouroui of tote. The cr'nte.t prtsur wa In the .May position ut Chicago l.lne-. n.r rniiniry ieopi wer.- partlv iniuiUMlea .X in h iittentlon wua given to lh report that lii.lustrlal loncerns. wer4.. lug for nlcnhol siipjtllcs, iver purclmsing """I inir corn lli lotit.lv. the buying takes fnun the deumtut for Indian -.iii. ii-. rniiy mere a e buret nf bulll-h enthut aeiii ImssiI n t,, heavier demand from distilling conrems No foreign Lu - ...s i-iioni r-eirruav, nut eximrt In. qillrley HTC receU-.l ururl I....1H- .i-.,.. a. At th e.mi tlin the s.-tu-il .titpni-nle of corn to the other -Lie ar let n, iarir- at i..i,-r , y,ar ,r, iottJi.an,,c n,e " i""i iii the .vrnentlne eroo, U.its The 1 Is-1 mis m, ass . . of the d.n. due to the dmti hi the ,.,. unirket. and lu retlctlon of tnene,.t r.tln. In Texas and Oklahoma. Country .inertii. nrre somewlmt larger, t,ut ,,,-mai rerrlpt are small, and total Only :.r,oo,oo.l l.iuhel, for four ill)) this vek. acalnst l.noo.uoo a year aso. Import Interest i'fr.l,y was aid to be llclit ' it r'f4lln"" -The decline In torn .in 1 lb ..iuiu .iti.ii inroimn som grain boure hot ... ... '" ,l"""". ill' niar,e" ia i... nuiniu tu-iori. tioer II. or i celptj ere fair but erP , at.nrt.ed I htrago price-- Oliere Jtith Ijhw- rio. prer est Inr clo-e lT"i '.ov JOVl, l' 1iP; pi-1 inc, JM' jfc-, U t: hi, t:1, T3S T..V, c. : " . oT '0 11 y 11 ". 11 in 11 5J ll.tio a 11. XI It vv ; it it v; i.".?) ere: Wheal : May . . July. September.,. Corn : May July Oata: May July Pork : Mar July I.ard: May Julr Klb: Mar July . ... .. ee" York Mar Inj et I01, l.T', 1W 10-.!, I" ivi V"S t.'i II to It v 11.4.-. 11.70 t: i." it t: -) ahrat price ere t'lolnr. . . . tl FINANCIAL NOTES. Oo'd to th- "xtent of tl"..,naa r,i, draxn from ih Mil. Irasurc yesti-rday hy the c.uarauty Truti Compmy. The dlrt-.-tors of the Cnlte.l r!i and Lleeire I'.trpttr ition tn-sd a re-otutloii yesterday -.i pa divide nte on the 7 p, r em. tir.i preft-rre I stock quarterly Instead 'if ernil-atiuilai'y . Claud- V IMeri ha been adnipt..,t .i Ptrinership in t tie rjrm of It.iiden. stone Co Mr I'eters hu t.ein .. -o.-l..t...l alth llayden, ,lone X Co for the lust ""11 y ir- as in in i :rr of th'lr New York offl. e. Ctah C.tn-oll.laifil Mining Cmiiiauv b.i decland a duldemi of r..i eents a sti.ir'e in Kctlirr with on .xtra dividend of .". enis a shitrr. pivable Vprd 10 to to. U r,f re.-ord Mar. h .'!. Three tn. mills .if. .Ml cent a share was paM, At tbe ..unu it meeting of the Interna tlonal Mlier Company Uenrc- II. r..arls ns rlett' l i dlri'i'lor Pi suiit-e.l t lie late ". M. Curlie .nil I. II Hall wis .Hi. I... I ti the Petard. Oiler dir. .-lore were reelected The board mm consists of scv elite, u dlie, lor" The iii.-tn.iE.ri of t'ie ndl ate tl,.f Ultlerw rote Hie ....O.tO.OOO new Mldv.t.O S'eel and (irdunne c.tniiuny stnik issue mailed yet.-rdiy to ruh-crlliers to the on ilicate cheeks rcpre.t 111 Imk the iirolli on the iraucii ilon. Thl-, aernr ling to re ports, im. unit.-. 1 to between 1 1, and ; n. r cent, which I. approvim iti lj tt..'.,ii,o0u, A' a meeting of tlie board i,f dir. . tors Of Hi" .ltll, KVplO-iMS 1 ',.11111 mi .I,,),,, Markli. president nf Hie i; i ji.irli.s c.iai Compaiiy llliiurd II lluulii., ,,. ,,re.l V"'. "'.I1" ' "li.itli im and I'henix N.nioaal II ink, I. A i lark if His , ntan Aiu, , I.e.id and f-mihlni; (oinpni), and r leitlirop Ames of Hit-tun were ele.ee.l ill-rector- Tie- VIC, to e- were crea-e.i Sv lucre isliiu tn s,r, from live o, mne inembirs Tin Increase .o, iipprnved l.v Hie eiitcUlio.il. m at thi iinnuil inettini oii Tutnlav THE METALS MARKET. Hi-port of l.nruc Imiiilrlea Pro in llomeatle onan nier. The copper Ir.ule w.-i. s-.di aui.etl n,l,, so seinblaiiif n( He yisterilav by report trnui snuie o the larse pioduiiii.- uuer.is thai irji iiiuuinr for eleetrnlylie h.i.l .uine Iron! dniue-iic coii-uniers. e-iituiletl :d ;.o KMtXI to Mi.tNl.(.l illl,. ,,r Jul v. AUill't and sriileiuliei- ilelUrr Thru neie Mime linpliriea troui nianulactuiers to the Con null,', it Yalliy ami nioderaie sabs ueie w liortiil III Hie liel:liliorliii,nl nt :.. ,.,.. l'ciilalive olli riiu-' said to l ri ali" lol c.t ,t,iiiii,ii n,v'r.-ooi s wi ri out nil at ".V lor pril l ii ii ii. I .Mine slniniieiii biter posll ions wen' ofleretl In se.nntl h nnl at i'i'. In :"'.'..t but leil In small business .No export wire reported yi-rlmlav "Ihe lulled st iti s Iioverumeiit reioriti uuiioits ol in."'! Ion- in .tinmry Aniei-icau eh.iro lytic at tauntou uas utieliaiua'd at tt.'ii; for spot hul spot standard broke it ;,s and luiurc" broke (! Till wan mint and easier for spot at tie ami tbeie were olferllisa ol resale luls ol April May May June aiu .liiueJule ship mints trom the straits via l.ninlou at cm Ions, but scarcely eunil.h Ir.i.lm; In etab lish prues. IVrnnts for illrr-.-t lilplileiit trom ihe Miail are ullhhild Tlie steam 'hip Maiii'huri i. from l.oudou, arnrrd at New York with ion Man h ai rival to date have la en " t.'s ton The l.oudnu market a llrmer .'it tlw for spot an ad v.nnv ol pi Sitaiidard was also tinner at an advaiii'e ol l.'.s on snot and Km mi Inline The sin.. more market ;i uie ill.lll.i'il Willi sales of I -1 ton- at (IK. It's Si'i lti r wa nioilerali ly active Willi lulerrsl mainly lu second uuuilrr al 1 In i,',i. March a tiuotxblc at IT',e. and April al Ifc al I'.t't M Louie I.iiiiiI.iii u.is uiichaused la-ad was unlet but tlriu al ", for soot and April elupment al K.i-t si l.oui- 'I he Ixindoa in.irlut j U' . I lower on spot and IT,, bmrr on Inline Antlinnliv m In too, I dciiiaiid (or spul with sal.1 at l-V but luture position are weaker wllh lirer otfirin.' al ;i-i-o fur Apill-May shipment Irom the Far l.anl Itny'a I nalonia Hi Ipla l,"tl,ll IN, llcci'lpts, for ilulles at Iho Ciistoui Hoiisii yeslelday Were Jl'iIlli.OIS.O'.', of whlcli I75,:IM,'JI was for incrchaiidlMi withdrawn fioni bonded warehouses and 100, BUS, 81 for icceiit Importations. THE SUN, FRIDAY, RAIL MILLS' CAPACITY ABOUT 6,500,000 TONS U. S. Slool Planfs l.fiul, With Ahilii.v (it Turn Out 1,000, 000 Tons n Year. In view of Ihe heavy purchases of steel rails In the last few days for dellveiy In 101 nn. I the movement to r,vuro higher price mi some of these contracts It Is In teresting to note that t ie capacity of rail mllN nf the country Is approximately ViOO.OOO tons annually, tif this total the fulled States Steel t'.ii-poriitlon In terestM arc able to roll nbout 4,00u.OOO tons ii year, based upon actual tier. formaiiccs of the mills during tlmen of greatest activity. Under rtres this out put could probably bo Inerc.tseil, Tlie Nary works can produce 1,200.000 ions; Ihe Illinois Steel Company, at South Chliago. T.IO.noO ton: Hie lldgar Thom son works of l ie Carnegie Steel Com. p.my. 1.000,000 tons, iind the nuluth plant nbout tuO.nuO ton a year. The llnsley mill of the Tennessee tVial, iron and K.illio.i.l Coini.my has a capacity of TJO.OOO ions, making a total ns almve Indicated 4.noo,0oo tons, to xvhich tnav be ndiioil the output of llgf.it sections and girder tails by the lairaln Steel vompany. ine latter work. nave a ca pacity to produce tlO.000 tons of girder rails name. The capacity of the lndeendent rail mills, also bned tiHin actual ierform atico and tiot iiirjii theoretical estl mates, gives a total of approximately .'.oiio.ooo tons nnnually. Including S 10.000 tons for Hie I.icltaw.intiu Steel Company, .'ini.uuo tons ror tbe Cambria Steel Com Puny. TOn.iimi tons for tlie Pennsylvania nml -Maiyl.md steel companies and 5.10,. 000 tons for the ltetlih'lieiii Steel Com pany The National Tnlte Company also has .1 tall mill, which Is occasionally utll zed Including the laltr, with the la, rain and Hie re rolling mills producing light sections, there Is ii vratid total of C.ltin.nnn ton annual rail capacity of Hie country. Tlie latgcst annual output of reel rails- was approximately H.JmI.OOO tons lu li00. The average yearly require ments of the railroads, therefore, are less than l.nOO.OOo toll", even liuikuig allowatim for light sections and girder fall-. It Is thu evident that the Steel Corporation tinder ordinary conditions would li able to meet tlie entire rail rr.iilret,ienti of tlie transportation com panies, s that tlie :,000,ooo o 3.S00.OO0 ton- prodiped by the Independent com panies would be surplus. It I tliui ilearly evident that the action of the fllltcd States Stee) Corporation In re filling to advance prices of rails at thi. lime will probably govern tlie action of the Independent mills. It Is Interesting, ho.vever. to recall that a lomddi-r.ible portion of the rail mill capacity has I ti utilize.) recently in Hie production of steel bars, largely for the manufacture of high explosive shells, Orders for stbh material have nre.'i exceedingly heavy and now become an Important factor in the rail Mutation. The distribution of the 1S17 rail contract hy the Pennsylvania ILiilroad. expeted within a few days, will be at a pre mluinof 3.vo p,., ton, probably, over the 3'i price prevailing for open hearth rails. Thi- premium, it will be recalled, was arranged at conference between reiueseutativej. uf the rail mills and th rall-oad company, becim-e of the severe fs-Kti gallon test Insisted upon by inc i-eiin-y ivatva eompane. Some of the ither iaree r.illrond companies al-o nav pieiiuunis, depeiidliig upon the tests re- iiuiteu m the manufacture of tlie rails. Tlie bae prices, however, remain the same as in I'.'OL' and ever since. Among the rail contract t placed lu the last few days are orders for 15,0011 tons for Hie Wheeling and Lake le, and IVoiO toiia foi the Nlckrl Plate. Indus'rl.it r.rads In the central Wet Irive also placed orders for about 5,000 tons of light tvtlon and girder rails wlih the , .rain stee Companv. ... Tlie llaltiinoie and rib)., r;.iis..i '"'g mtr.icts covering l.r.oo ton f steel for tive spans were placed w Hi the cm iuuikc ompany Hie liutl.ind Pal. load ha.- placed a bridge contract calling for loo t,u,s Wtn the American! llridge Company, the lln-l.ni :,i,,l vil...t,c has g.veii an onler for luO tons of bridge work to the Pennsylvania Steel Company and the Norfolk and Western, it i.- now definitely st.'llltl, has awiirileil ".".loil tons ui siruiltual slcel for Piers to the Vlr giula Iti ldgi; mid It mi Woiks. The llal. tlmore and fHiln put out new liniulrles yesiiniay lor -.no Inns for bridges .i be (instructed at C I C.lgu. The New York Central reipi.rcs too tnn foe the Itarclay illeti pier in tins city and tlie Chesa peake and Ohio has euiimi the market for .:o tons of Itildge work for dtllverv at Ha Innouil, .i. Tne Pt iitisylvaiiia llailroail is mil tab. It.'g Itlils nil sexril Mliall luidgee, calling for .'ion ion of structural steel. The Chicago. Hiirlmgloii and yuuiey. after placing an order for 70 ton of lirldge work, p. still in the market for 700 tons of similar wink. The New Yotk Central iccclveil bids yistcrd.iy on 7uo tons for a viaduct and L"H tons lor li.lilitloli.'.l strucliiial worl. .it litpcw pi . . .Slee" building work m other secllun) continues active The mutr.ot for an auditorium to be cotistructi ,1 at Ulack .Mountalii. N. c, requiring iin tenn ( strut turn! shapes has been awarded to the Virginia lliltlge and lion Wniks. The same fnbrli ators have taken iiiulracts for I. "on Imis of steel for sugar mills in Cuba Tin .Mt i 'lintl, '-.Marshall Con st I lift n u i Ctiinpany will furiilsh 0 1 1 Ions of shape- for a hot. 1 at l-'ulriuiuil, W. a. I In .liiiH i, ,v: l.aughlln Stttl Com- p.n.v will fiuuish tloo ,,n.-, of slit 1 for . V c i, ml, line at Haltlmore. wlillc lioylc A Cii. have bei n awarded the general tonlracl for Hie lleuellclal Savings llilll.lliig at Philadelphia, lc iiuliiug "'in ions of st i in tin :tl shapes, Tin American llridge Company has been iwaiileil Hie contract for another unit of Hie new plant ol Hie I'l.iiM.' Company at Chicago, tailing fof '.'.I'iIOI toils of slee1 The saine Inleie.-l- will also furnish lim) Ion nf slniclui.il shapes lor an eleciilc plaul .ii I'Vnl Wayne, ltnl..iiiil 1 mi Ions for Hie .Mai tin apartment at Chicago. The c rou.-lli llridge and lion Company Will sliph 'J. '.'Ol toll:, of stlllctlllal suapi- for the VA n.cnnslii Telephone II- change FINANCIERS 00 INTO TRAINING. Of iiiiiiialmo III Ihr Cqnllnble lllllldlliK to Xlnl.c llilelea. A gymiiasluin lia-i l--cu tilled up by many promlueui men in in,- tiuaiictal dislricl oil Hie ilglilieulll II", il- nf Ihe llipiltalili llulldliig. ti is knonii as the tiyninlc Club. liciugt II. Case is chairman of the boaid ol' governors 'Ihe incuiberii of Hie lioaiil arc i 'oi in lliis ,. Hll.-f. Jr, Thomas Cochran, 'I'. Coleinati du Pout, llliivey 1 1 iilbt-tui, fsewanl Prossi.i, Charles II Sablii, Kltiley .1. Sliepard ami All'i'lt II Wlgglli I'lic gymnasium occupies .ibmit one- quai'ler ol llic clghti 'mill Moor nf tlm building. The training quartim proper ai i mini up vvitli about every imi.-clu ileveliipcr and lieullli n sliuer in fiishlon, Tlii'li K also a large lounge rooiii, dli ss- lug rooms, rhowci.i, a steam loom, a squash loi'iii and a lioxlng room, Mlierl lialovvln, foiinery of Hie White hall Club gymmuilum. la tlie mipcrln- tendenl. MARCH 24, 1916. THE BOSTON MARKET. BOSTON, March M. The neneral mining lllUS., Ii. MS. .1 ...lu .. .. . I .(..,. . . . . , . ,M...t. .. " '-' stra.ij mi, i .tun. stilt, Allien- can Zinc and llutte and 8uierlor the exiTP- nuns, niitii oi inceo isauea nioreii into new hiKh sround on active trailing. American Zinc ii,. n a. tstiti l-iu-u ui e"i-t inr maiirsi. llutte and Httperlor made a gain of 3 point, bulled States Smellem closed , lower. Amei lean Telephone ami Telerph til etlve and llrmes 1 ' . ,1 1 a. I uhh. SJ , . i . ' ... 1.1.1... ......... u. ...... t.i,vrv .-vittiirij -t am ui.nrr s. The unimary: , open. Hitni liO. t:ioi- '' . . est tt Inf. I".. Adventure r,t. n'. rt Ut Alanlta Hold :n so ai "o 11 AlUiuc?. 0) 63 V.i ifi KXa Amer Zlne s f7 ?0i Vi Anaconda s r.70 Arlnona Conil. ... xi n. xii si. Iv Untie A llal.. , .. i 1 4 I S7:M Unites A Slllierllir., !) MU M JJ .V17 faltinif t A Arm. . ;ji, T: :j Calumet A llccla...Vi tin 8n ,V.i .. Clllnn . ;,4l4 J41 541; ;,4i ( (.upper Haute 1 ill M .1 Kat llulle te, 3 i;-4 J) tlranby . ;.t, i, no, wu, 1 Greene Cananea, . t: 4; 4.-,, 4;j, I'll llalleoeU 1; n t; ' I.-, M Jlelvetla .. 10 ,n ,4,, ,40 1.. lalalul deck pf... PO'i M'i )'. (0'i m I!e Koyale j & ' Zn Kerr Lake ,1 4 jt, 4 l ,h"'"li' 34 3i S 3i S1 Lake lei. p;i, im, p-,i, 15 La Dalle 41! i! 41! 41! ."..) Masuti Valley a 31 3 ' 3 Ml Mohmlt Ml. wia l rvo New AreadUn .. . ; -il K. lplslng 7 t 7 M North llutte 2,1. "sij ,i sr. Old foin-iy t,f !: Old lionilnlou r.;ij sJiJ ejil "1 P"'ol Ds'i M1 (Ijl.j P7I, J" I 011.I Creek in,' in? i 1,' Vulncy J- o;i a 1 fli I'O Mania Ke .... . 'j-J 37-. Miannnii ,1 ,, ; . 4 1: shaiiin u ........ v :r s': fi Kmitli Lake ...... i. t. 1. . OO Mouth Ctah....... A- .4- ' s-' ,1 St Mary Lund.... 7: 7-U 7- : Superior A llo.... 51. i'l :: 1. .JO Siifierlor topper .. 17 7t, l; K .1. 1 iiniir ;i ? . :io 1 uolnnine j. M , 7s3 t lah Anei 4 . 41; 4 i'l IV) tah Con . ti. 1,, ,,r J I tah Metal. i y . ,J , , Sa Wlniina t.... 11 41 ,1 II wolverine. .... " ti , r.J ' , ' ItAlLItOADS. 1; lloston A Albanr.194 If, "Fion r.jevjieu,. 7?'. 41 lloston A Maine i:'. 79 411. l.l li ;wi !' t ft SJIj 4.1, M P" lei. 43 C'l lis W, li) vi 11 notion A Me pf - unn iiiver-..., t Kltehburg pf .. t Maine cemral. ft" S.s IF....... t:. . p;. lot ili VVVet Kud St "K'li i . t!,lt si Wen tnd nf ... . mi. l T: Wl, 1 10' j ll.-.l. 4VI, 111, Sl-I'sj 1.S', PS V"i SV " 101 a, PV, 3 t".' V. 1 us 4!', "Si 11. ..s. . vi. M ISCE LLA N nOl'S 3' Am Air t liem. 7i. .si iv -H ll'i'a II.M, l't, it I'll, 10', :o.t Us', PV i " 1.1V I'l' 1. 131V, 11 ."" Ii .. vsu, ser vniii pi ll" Am I'neu serr. Am Miliar lift'.. ,!'". im Lie; Am TAT,. i a r. a vv 1 -.1 ftM li ft W 1 pf. . t.l. K.it liostoa Land 10', :"7 Edinn :u M ti , 11,. x- !. 1 .t IK", iii', w, "I )'" 10', 1 p- Ml, '. ton, ''V 1 ".' It" t . 131 1, 4.1 .".1 HI il I'K.eneral Elecirle. j'Jl s-t M ... t.s. 1.1 la. lias pi .... Sst, 5'. McElnaln pf.... M 10 Merenthaler .... pi. t'n Me. Tel pf s U-l N K Tel UP, 1 I'lillnun ptp, Itee." Mutton, . . lit. :. Mwlll I'll, ; 'llnrriiiitou . . 111, u 'I'orrnuton pf . . 3u Cnited Fruit. . in p.: Cnited Shoe Meh (.P, li. Culled Shoe M nl i-s, W V S Steel Vi Sj', !'.-. fiV, vt -.!, I"."', M pil I'll BOND? t rWJ Im T 1 11. C. P'J'l l io:T, -;i . ;i . n w;t lis.", . M .no 100 4ii Am T A T 4i "J Att bison ten l'"i Atchison ev 4.. Atehi.on a.11 4. 5-s A ; A VV I 1 . n ; n a q it 4... Mo Central Vt 4. ... r.so Ma lias ), . 4-iD N E Tel f. !'! Poisl Creek (,, pno Unlit A Co It.. H.vj Vetem Tel r.. p:-, l's;', .;, 71 st'i tii S,l- Itrj's H '.i.i 1" i) !.' SO -''J l'C'j rj Im I') THE BOSTON CURB MARKET. ROvroS. March 3 Th Botion curb clos ing bid anl arhed quotation follow. Bid Asked Alvaralo 1', t'.ri llav State . 17 1" Ilinthani Mining K'-t :' Pnheoila I', '.', Pernio . 'i" I." Putte A New York .. si, Huite A lxin.liin v.i ti Po.tou Kl; 4! .41 Ho. ion A Montana -'. H.i!aer.t r. Chief Con !, p, Con ConT r, ; ron AriAnna 1.', t,', Cortez . . . , Crnun Rei.-ne is l Cal Corttin '. vi Cuban Cement v st,. llavis llale t;, s:ajle A Kluettell . ':. First Natlnu.ll ("neper e. h liol'ltteld lot'. l $s tt...t.... ., rtV.tt.llt.lll !-, ; . Iron lllos-om 11, t,J Jerome Verde i l,, l.a llu-s. ci Male. lie ;s v. MeKudry larrash to .41. Verlean Meljl. .1 . Mine, nf .merioa 1", v. Ne llalte" .", ra, New Corntlia ra. r.-, Nevada liotislae v Old luiniltlloil receipt ,.1 V. Oblo Cupper IS ;'l Oneco ;i, 11, tliinul.iffa t, n. IMol in, ,.; S'lllt'toest M mil I'. s'li-w.ut .Vlllilll.- SI 'Intro 1.. 1. Tofmiuh IWinout 4', 'roni'iuli Mnniii r. , t t'nitel Venle Kvten-inn pc I iiili"! I'roru Miami. . ... I r, tikon imld. . . 2 , . BUSINESS TROUBLES. nankruptr Petitions, SA Ml I'l. li l.AKIN V p.tlinin m ln",u niplcv has been I, it, J against Sv,nuie! li I.akln. Ill .1 ti 11 f t . nr..- nf (leaks an. I siltlH at j, Has! lllcve.irli -Ire. 1. l.v inriMrd linriluu. Il7:i Henry Itlih. II. .. and .1.11 olt i'l irk. IIT.. .il, .hi assumed -I. nil. .Ill lee .Vlaer .1 p;ihi'i-, Fred ert k r llie. as lee, Im In 1111 1 ,.r J". It v " alleged that lu .lauuar). Itipi. Vlr t.aklu made ,( statement shostiiiE assets I;: 'Hut m.r lljldlities if ll.ouii. n.., hie liabilities are :;.nu'j and Hindu's s.seis l.01 pi in. unit.,, t lire.l i-l,i, k .Hid In process. It viae kImi alleged that In hie cnllceied liii.of.it fnun 1 tire loss ,in,l litis urn ., time.! fur the inoiii'v to creditors Tbe nn 01 ilrrid on Ntivi.iiil.er 1 .,sl VV 1 1. 1 'l.v . VI li.M'IITIIIIA-- A peiltnn 11 tinkruit.y has been filed aualn.t VVbi a ill luehirra. optician, nt 41; M nibnu avenue ,,nd st Wil U'Jil) sire," l, IMIHl I' Wade of ptiund neat-li. Conn, a .rr, liter fur ll.t.'jn. f.tr r'lll nf slice 'rt tills I. inn, to .lanuarj I, IJli: II.:;.,, and money u,H,ui. . ,1. isi , n was all-is, I thul en Jiiiuury :i he per- teuton an ills properly 10 lie soil h Hie slnrln under an e.vei-ullnn nlit-ilueil l'.l 'llieresi Uut'htera fur I.'.".;, aid made iirofHreiitl.il palueu. t,, ntlirrs of I'l. el 'Mie liii!iies Iri ,esn eslalt llshed twenty Sears. Discharge Ontnleil, .liiSHPII II. CIluNl.N" -Judge llituch has crantrd a ill.eliarKe from InnViruptev I'l Joseph 11 Croldll of .'1 West l.'lghtv fouiHi sireet.. forinnrl.i .1 liuimr .b-Hb-r and nf Hie Unn of I'rnnln A liie.er and J- Ii 111 1,1 1 A I'm, un s '1. 1. nine, wen I., I, mil llaiik.riiplf.v "ilieilulrt, VVI1.1.I.VVI III llll dealer In fur ire and ilesa.- at ,1 .(l 1 11 v- street and ti.i VV'eM Tlilrii-lourlli ,-ircei under tin ,me f llinld c.t, !,, tiled schedules slum, lug 1 t.i l.l 1 1 1 1.-.-. li;.s!i ami ;,,.et Ji". 11.'. cnnslsilnir or ein.'i, js.oiiii, Imriea and irinks ll.iou, Mi-counts M.-tt:. jlulius i! :d. futures lino and casb I on.ollilnled 'l.'ii'bHinr, l'ulted Sliilrs steel loiniiinii, with n.,s;'u .burrs as Ha tnlkl; Crucible rtce1. with lii.1""ii shares, nnd Meuoaii iviroli'iiiii, nh Ii.s1.11 sliiit'-i were parilcularly prominent In the d'M lugj .vesierJay mi the Consttll daltd Muck l.vtliallge. Tills represented a ver Btiod luoportliiii nf Hie huslness In Hie slin ks named handled In Wall street during Ho' 'lis Vleslinn Petroleum opened al lots.. vhi li nii.1 an nveriilglil de.'iius of pi points lis lileh as pun, and It ,il, a. lull as 1ll.il,, hut It closed at 1lHiT Cruillde M,e npene.l at iiu.,, v, 1r 4 pnllll above lie closing nn Wednesday: tou.lied a high of ii and then ileellneii to sst,. hut tl e,.,..i at HO In ,s of I'ldlfd Slates ,S,.el roninion. It opened nl Sl, up . of 11 puliii fmni Wednesdaj . sold as hlch ns s.-.i, ami then softene, to Si. hut II el, ite, I nt s,, 1 ."'.""."L Ji"K',,r'1 ,llKl1 "' Ike consoll tlated nt Si',, closing mi ST',, against nn opening prl. " of Ml'i n, an e ,rl In'v nf 'llo-re ns active iriidlng In Crle rlghls iihnilt 4.IMNI selling 1,1 1, u,l ,1.ii v,Vr: bun Inc uk dealt In fro. 11 nw ,,f S, , up to tin., ,t n ,, 1, t ,!,, hf; belnr one of the. .pt JUl uptmrtl mor." nnni amnnt th. Iniuitrltli. NEW CANADIAN LOAN TO BE OFFERED TO-DAY SubM'i'ipfion Books at J. P. Morfjnn & Co. Will Close Monday or Sooner. Subscription booko for the public of fering of the new $75,000,000 Canadian loun will be opened nt the offlcea of'.T, I'. .Morgan & Co. tlilst mnrnltir nt 10 o'cloclt mill will close Monday nt the name hour or earlier. Tho bond Issue In offered In three serlen, each of J23, OOu.000 maturlti In live, ten mid llfteen years respectively. They tire date.! April 1 and draw Interest on April 1 and October I. The first ser!e, maturing April I, 1921, In offered nt 9!t..'. and Interea:, yielding about 5.1 1' per cent.: the sec ond, maturing April I, I !''-'(!, nt 97.13 and interest, yieldliiK nbout percent., and the third, maturiiig April 1, 1 ! 3 1 . ut 94,91 and lnterc.it, yielding about rij per cent. HotidM will be Issued In both ret'slercd and coupon form. llolders of the lionilnlou of Ciinnd 1 "0 year t per cent. bnndH due Aunust I, 1935, l-eiucd In conversion of the Do minion of Canada 0110 and two yetir 5 per cent, noted, nuiy exehutufc their hold lugs of the twenty year bonds) for the new fifteen car homlx 011 the basis of ley Mid Mccrueil Interest for the old Issue nt the Imue price nf 94.94 and Interest. Thin offer Is limited to bondst lsKtied and outstanding us of March "II and T.'MI terminate with tlie closing of the sub-icrlpUon boohs. Hoth tho prin cipal and Interest of the new bonds aro payable at tlie Hanli of Montreal In New Vorli In t'nlted States gold colli. Th announcement of tlie offering of the new loan l.l Hindu by the syndicate which has purchased II, composed of J. I'. Morgan A. Co., Harris, Turbos & Co., tlie Hanli of Montreal. First National Haul,, National City Hank and Guaranty Tru Company. The announcement stae" that the obligations represented by tlie bonds and all payments are to be exempt from all present and future taxation .imposed by Canada, including any Canadian income tax The bankers have In en advl'ed that the Dominion Oovernmctit will Issue no further loan in tlie present calendar year In tlie L'ulted State.. CUBA CANE SYNDICATE CLOSED. Profit In I ndcmrlllnu Mmnl 'Jll I'cr Cent. J. A V. Sellgmau S. "., managers of the syndicate that iinderw roto the .".n.uOO.Ono preferred and iOO.UOO t hares ol common stock of the Cuba Caiic Sugar Corporation, announced ycterdav the dissolution of tlie syndicate. TIkj said that restrictions on tin: sale of the Mock were no lunger III effect. The profit In the underwriting was about "il per cent, of tho total subscriptions. In tlie letter sent to tlie syndicate mem bers Hie bankers said: "We beg leave to inform Jim that upon surrender of your withdrawn sub scription receipt duly Indorsed at tho fiuaranty Trim Company of New York, 140 H road way, N. V. city, on and after March '.'7, lt'lfi, you will receive the certificates for preferred and common shar 1 of the Cuba Cane Sugar Corpora tion to which .lull are entitled. AH r- strictlotii heretofore Imposed hy us 11.4 syndicate managers on tho sale of said shales lease from to-day. "Hi ferrlng to ovjr letter of March 17 we beg to state that the dividend due April I on the preferred shares will be mulled on that date to holders of record as of March 20 of withdrawn subscription receipts. "The accounts of the above named syndicate have been made up, and upon surrender to us at our office, 1 William streit, Ai Kinl after March 27. U'l'l, of jour unwltlidrawn subscription re ceipt, duly indorsed, ou will receive 11 check tn full ami titial settlement of your share of the ppitlte thereof. The terms of subscription to the syn dicate were f 1 0,1100 for 100 shales of preferred stock and seventy share, of common Cock. The preferred Is con- vertlbb" Into common share for share at any time. IRON AND STEEL MARKETS. Ilnllrond Mill cllvrl Seek sf rui'lurnl lclnt, ll.t: road tniunue a-lively li Hie mar kr- f..r sii.i'tural work jt wei. as fer re . and ether eiUlpllent. but Hie pro. purii.tii tif -'..el trtiuireti i-, he bulldlns of br .lg'. -H ' r-lillvely -anir. when lu.ulMtt'l "tltll 'lie total lullTH ts 1 ien b Hie falil'ti'.ltlni shops Til Urre.t proepei lis" eoinritt ts ft.r th" Cleveland and V ,ungs:ow'i l'allro d terminal at Mee.,n' '111, 1 I, I- e.'lnol'e.l !!!! r---UUlle f-tini .'il.AOil to .'.1001 Inns of st-u flie.tl shtpes, but ,-.irl ie lion ' i tills v-nrk is il"t ep.'c:. l Tlie I'liieago anu tlreat We lern Hallreol crimp mi h i imntlv," to the all upler inr uv Ualdwlu 1 uoilve Works Mine 1 irge . nnir.o l.s for t irge.i -t.ei w 1 .-e. in tie . a, ,lf enrrect average value lu Port Klu used ui the 1 oiirtructt.oi of ,,,rs for the iK,, t1t ihe dale ot iiipnicnt The nue.tion. Ne, s,nrU Ceuiral llailroail md meo fur im t, ,4 wrrf nf 3 nauielj i V'lr.t. whether some Sicrle rn ro.d. Inve i en pla, d 1 ,1 u, ,nrter. acle d within the .tvtute In Hi- win in 11111f.11 Hirers 111 ihe I'lttst.urg d.'s - trit". Will, b h.ne taken up tlie , np,ti'is of the shops for the I, ilain e ol this )r. The .li 111 ml for steel pi ites 1', oil timet a.'ilie f.r both ticirn.v and future ship lli'llt. Millie salrs Ml e'f '.) delivery hsve been 111 ole bv eie'ern l'enn. Iv it i!m mills at 3'v M 3'V Pr It' Meet rivets are ; per ion blither to 3 '.'.' tor structural and ?. 't..,- fnr Puller 1 Iv els iron tentlnties moderiie,) active In the Hasten) 'e-rltor wltll additional coll ie. .1. f.tr ahullt .il"l tolls cloeed J e- lenlav for lids veare deliver) The louts v Ills- "m ll.t Sasbvllle llillrnad has Jila. e, ..r.i.r r.tr -fid ions of st'iithero Iron tl. lu lilrniinglum fnr shlpuienl over ihe 1 vt haif of the yrvr to the laoilsvlie nl.nit t.oi Miuthiri; Iron hnwev.r. I av.ti able at 1 tor ,Vn . f oiu lrv DIVIDEND DECLARATIONS. null' in .n il Term Mk Usage and llklabomi ,Vnit Pajable April in lias, iplineri t'hb'ago ilrt.lt Wel . em Cardenas Atiierban Sugir, ipiarit rlv . . VI. ...... Imsells il,. pf'l 1 May I PfJ 1 April Ciillip tides. tiarterl rem II. la .Mtv ll.tfltta 1 tnitollilnuil tia-. iUirierl ... - ---- Hast II,, .-tun lias, ,ll ir- t.rll Clil ns li.ie of ij'll'ie. ,ll,l' Ii 1 Iv . - I Vivien and Wilier ttiuu tits, tpiarterlv --- Z Mar Vltir, Vt.r Mr Virginia Carolina ciit nib al. ipiirterl) NorrnlU and Western, iiuirttrly Mrs "ror Miiivh nr. por.slion. iiuar)erl llreat .Northern, ousr. t-rlv Teas I'mtir and Light, Ullarteri) . . Iliirrlsliurg I.lglit and I'tiwt r. uuitrti rl) . . American Malt Corpor ation, n u.t r 1 1 1 1 v liurtteM .Nailn11.il Hank, iiuirtfrl) Chart Nit loil.i: Mink. . I ii. rl t-rl I 1.1 li I'ousnlldaletl Mln. pf.i pfd i April 1 . May 11 rf.t 1 cr April 1 t"'i May I pfd l,er April 1 Pfd 1 V.e, Mnr. .11 pfd 1. e'e May 1: Se-r M,,r. 3 Si", April I April n April 10 tug. iU irtel l ... . unc t Uh Cniirnlldlltt il Mill ing, evlra. . ... ;;c sealinald National II ink, 011 irtt rl . . ,V, April April April Anrll Arkansas I .lit ht and I'titv t-r, iiu.ii ti'i'ly . . . Arnold. Coin-lahli', ipi.ir terl Ariiold. Cousiiilih'. iU'ir lerly Averv Conuiaii. ipiar lerli I'.ilgle While l.eud. lUIII'terl Snllllleril Citllfnt Ilia Hd Isiui, i u i rl 1 rl I'l, ill I'nui-r and l.lfhi, innrUrly Virginia Carwlhu Chtmlcal, quarterly. pfd P PM I' 1 eiiu "J I I'M 1, Pf.i P April to April I , pfd II .'.n April I , pfd l April 1 pM !. April 15 ABOEWTDfE TKADE B00KHK. Febrnnry Tnrnoer StSi Per. t, tlreater Than a Tear Abo. Cable advices received by the 'foreign trade, iletiartnient of tho National City llanlt from Iluenos Ayrem Bhow that trud during February wan turning over at a mtc npproxlniutely "5 per cent, greater In volume than the preceding montn ana thai Imports' wcro nbout is per cent, more lu value. Hank clearings during the month ( gregated O,0OU.00O pesioB paper (about KS7,000,000), as compared with 62S, 000,000 pes;osj in the frame mooth lat yeitr. In o)tnparlon with 883,000,000 paper pesos In circulation a. year ago there arc now 989,000.000, of vvhlth 423, OO11.OOO arc In tlm liandx of the people and B67.0u0,000 III the banks', uh com pared with 412.000,000 und 470,000,000 respectively last year, ll.-iltvviiv receipts: In Argentina are re ported to average in per cent, more than the aggregate earulugH a year ago. while (lovernment revenue for customs was 1 1 0,000,000 gold, an compared with ! ijOM.oun gold lu February, l'Jii. Hides: exported wero a.nOO tons, as against 7,000 last year nnd 7,000 In the same month of 1914. Tteef quarters ex ported numbered 420,000. ugainut 33, won and 403,000, itnd sheep carcnsne l.iii.OOt), against 176,000 and 136,000. HEAR LIMA LOCOMOTIVE FLAN. itoekholdrr Are Told How New Mtock Will He lannert The plan for tlie capital readjustment of the Lima Iovomotlve Coriiorallon, Is sued to stockholder yenterday, calls for tne creation or a new company wmi an authorized capitalization of 110,750,000, of which $3,200,000 will bo 7 per cent, preferred stock cumulative after April 1, 1917, and 17.550,000 common stock. Uf this there will soon be Issued 12,200, 000 preferred and $4,350,000 common. Tho 1iolder of the J2,000,OuO preferred stuck of the present company, who have consented to tho plan, will receive new common stock share for share In ex change for their Eecurltles. Holders: of the 14,000,000 common Ftoclt of the cxlat Ing company may Hubcrlbc to tho tjtock of the new company at 190 a aliarc In tlie ratio of 55 per cent, of their present holdings- and thev will receive one uliare of the new common stock with each tvvJ 1 shares of new preferred as well as one ' share of new common for every four ' shares of old common turned In. The new preferred stock Ishuo Is ex- peeled to provide new working capital amounting to l,9sn,uOO. The 12,200.00'! stock to be Issued has been underwritten by a syndicate and will be Issued at 590 a shine, which Is the price ut which it Is tielng offered to common stockholders. The Lima Locomotive Corporation psssej Into tho control of new interests. soiiid mouths ago. It was found necessary to raise new capital and restoro the credit of tho company to avoid Involun tary readjustment. CUSTOMS DECISIONS. VCRS -A hey advance ell milhtn the sinue point a nia.1.- yeeteMay by Jurtte MtC'lelUud n! the Hoard ol Cnited Stato i.eneral AppraUer on tlie lorlrn market value of fur hipi'ed here by !vey Co: ol Ixindon muse fur, ciported Nov.mber v and entereti at nn port on rsovemwr so. 11'-. were va'u.sl or the invulte At ml. ilmen The euttom. appraiser vtvancj inis nnce iu mi. per uoien. and the nn porter appealed to reapprateement In the rullnr Jutt rendere.1 the ireneral Appraiwr nuu inai ine xur. i"oiiiisiuif 01 raooii aiuni, were cre.lly undervalued and the Appral er' advance Is upheld. L'nlen the Importer now earrie ine case 10 a rsjam 01 in.-ee i.eneral Appraiser, and that tribunal re verse, the hndinis ol the mnrle General Ate pralser. them lar 111 be colittucatetl by inc cuiionif aatiioritie tor undervaluation liOVEI. -Tbe Ilelknap Hardware and .Maiiulacturniz Companv ol Iotiiertlle lest hefure the floij-d ol t'nlted state general Apprnlsen yeiterday in a ijahn that shoveli should Is admitted tree of uuty under para. ;raih S'l nl the tariff a. of 1I3 a. am cultural implement Tlie board rules that the shovel were correctly clas.iOKi by Ihe custonia collector a nianul''tnret of metal not specially provided lor. with duty t tbe rate ol 'Si per cent, ad valorem tinder paragraph '.17 ot theVpreent law. Judge l'lscher who rentier the board's opinion in til. ease, write. "The testlmnny of the Importer's ttties fall tar ehort ol eetib lislilntr I '.11 1 the .hovel tu question are cluetly iisetl in agricultural purtuits Shovels have .'jch wide and varied Unci that to pre vail under paragraph Sst it mutt be enn cluslvily shown tliat they are agricultural implements by reieoii ol lielnr chiefly rm plo.vett s such That fact ha not been proved 111 till" ease " I'EATIIKKS Tlie metho.1 ol apprai.uif for ilutlable purposes leather of v annua Iniids invplcrd at an sverage pnee I fully covered to a rereaiipriuseiiient dcisiou triud'il down eilcrdiy tiy Hoard ... t'nlled situ, i.enertl Annralser. The te.t case, the subject ot till rultnc, nivnlvetl the n.ution ot 1 lie- lureuti nmraei value or tTU'ie osirion feathers sluiUKd here by A U. Mjer of Port Kllratveth The humient eoiuime,! nl lour case el leather Invoiced at an average nn,.- 01 f'S p-r noutid n 01 llie caAes eonta!nnl only unassorted white., one nf the lUw, uila.iorted female anil the re mainder un."iiortetl whites and unv.oried femaJei lu apiirai-iiir the mrrchauiliee Hie ciislonir apprtiser eparaletl the unas sorted whiti ami Ihe un.nrted female and pl.ns-l a valuation of ,: ier pound on Ihe fo-uer tutl IT jter pound nn the httter The evidence m the t'ase showed thai the aggregate nf the apiiralsed value wj leu than the total Invoice or entered value It was admitted bt the importer that tf the Appraiser wa lU'tllletl lu makllig the senaia Una and bainj wparate values nn the l-oie tent ol the eerl cie the .ippraitHl valurs vL.rt. ..arre. I ..Oil II w a. conisstletl tiv the liOl. . eminent that is., per pound actually repre ,-nted llie foreign market value ol the nier. ' , ,n,ie a It ran. that l to ay. that tliat 1 1,,- u av era. e prnr nil the leathers", second whether ihe Appraiser actnl within the law- ill separating the feathers In tiling separate 'value, on Ihe two kind in the importation. I The case w:i br.t heard before .fud.-e M1O1 laud, vhn held that the Importer was Jusii. t lied i- upperleil by tbe evidence tn mvote. ling llie inert hHiitlise separably The General ni, raiser further held tint the Appraiser ii not warranted 111 separating the two I kind of feather, for the purpose nf appral. ' itieut and lining value, thereon, which, if .u I mined would have res'illetl In the liupoaitinn I rnmlf,;, pps.jled llie l.sllc to IliJ Isiird Of of peuallle. Kolinwnnr una ruling the tkjv Hire Oeneril Appraisers The tllulliu- ol lids boird lu-t reiitlered altirm the tlett.inn of Jutlte MtClelland The value a hied by lie ritigle i.eneral Appraiser and tlie appeal board read 1'n.nrled whltea and femalea enleied al tos per pomi'l Add sorling and Picking Nna.lv.int" PM'KIl Oreaseprnul or imitation parch nient puier used lor wrapping butter lard, Ac I. helti 111 11 iletlsiun ut rendered bj the II, miiI of li-ueral Appraiser prnterl) dutiable al the rale of r.i per cent ad viiiorein under paragraph .1:1 ol the tariff act of I'dn Tin ileiislou nirrrutr a prniet of Aleiander Murphy A Co of Philadelphia, in which it wav contended that duty .hould have lieeu taxed at Hie rate nf bin per irni ail va loreni under tbe general provision m para graph :e for wrapping palter not tpeeially provliliil for KIMI NKT MAKIM. MACK INK "Ihe ll.srrj ol lieneral Appraistr sustained jelrrdav a prolesl ot llie Linen Thread Cnmpiuy n lo Km for a Ion rale nl duty on a machine nt I'.; .bullies ni in tor inakliu tili net. I nil v w:i Irvieil on tin; machine at Die rale tsf a", per mil ail valorem under Ihe provision 111 paragraph t'- of Hie lanff act of 11 for "machines Inr making lace cm tains, nets or neiilng.'" The lieneral Appraiser sustain the elulin for class! licit loll its a nianulai Hire nl metal lint nieclally provided fur with dutv al the rate ol but Vu per I'eiit ad valnrrni uti ler paragraph 111" RAILROAD EARNINGS. i-ocr iiuhn r.vrinc Ine siinpintn '. in,' Compinv reprtrtt f ir lVhruiry . tt.pt changer Hross earnings. Ill.lsil.pil lu 1 1,71,'ioTil livpeiiie. , . . s.nui.n.ii (,,, I nr.. tin Net earnings. .'l.uT7,oii In, uper Incline '.'.4:i;..li In . I'roni '.liny 1 1 Hross earnings, tlul, I'.'l.ii'.'i in.. llvpen.e. . . . l!!,7ll,:t.':t Ihu I'.'ti.l.il'.iT V2P,S'.'il tl.ss.i,,44ti u niT.r.'u Net .', HI, ills''. t"al,'.'4'.',llil lu, l".iils.l".':i uper. Income . :il,.'.s,ilii.-, ine I.U'.is.iifi) IHII'ltiil r AM M.VCKl.NAi' Tlie 1 tra.lt mid Mutklnac Hal. way re pons to the lulers'lite Hnmmi r-'e Comnils slop for lauuarv "'HI 1 llauces s4,:u; in I.s7ii '.'.',04:: III 1., .-..Ill It.Ul,! III! P.ll.'.ll T11I.1I oper rev .Net oper rev Hps. Itit'ouie renin Jlll I . Total opr, rev. Net uper re... Uper. Incouie. . . tii.Vl.n.'.l lue 2IO..VI7 Inc. 1. "11,187 Inc. 1 1 s il.'.K 40,1 iM ii.lfi.l LONG ISLAND ROAD'S DEFICIT DECREASES Freight and Passeiiffer Rtst enues Grow Petrs De nounces Suit. ThB report of the Ixini IsUnd Rail, road Company for tho year ended p.. cember 31, 1913, shown a net elcfldt cf tlttt, 149. a dc.irc.uie of 133:. 981 from th deficit of 114. The railway opTatltu; revenue of the road liicreasecl $:;(),!;) over 1M, totalling $13,533,780, hi the operating expensed etecreased jjj,. SSS, totalling l.i:,92t. The ntt rev. enue from railway operation. ws t4,43t,irR, an Increase of 30,4C'1 onr 1914. I'asisengcr revenue lncrcaed 151,34, or .063 per cent., which Ik helmc th normal unual increase, and the fried; revenues ftS6.1T?, or 3.3? per cent. Th'f , was also un lncrea.e of )l'6,ii In mall transportation revenues. "Tho earnings," the report ."atts "were adversely affected durtns the first half of the year by tlm general business depression arid during the tummer montlui by bad weather, but the la' quarter showed a marked Improvement In both freight und paisenger Irani due to a decided Improvement In bueb nesa condition""." President l'etera In his general re marks makes: tlie following statement In regard to the suit brought by Dlcl; Hro, minority Mockholders', against the com pany and the directors: "Vour director.-) are natlsflej t;ltt there Id no foundation whatever for the.e charges and no necessity f0- !m. posing the expentu of this litigation upon your company, nnd that It will bt found that thu company Is efficiently managed and carefully administered in the Interest of all the Mookholderi," The suit charges; that monty expended for the Improvement of the Long lines) wan really for the benefit of thtj Pennsylvania road, the majority stock holder, and demands the termination of the contract whereby the: txing Island road geta tho right to usaj the l'tnnvi. vunl.t tunnels and station. The report Btnte that ll.S07.312 paesenRer.i mere handled In nnd out or tho 1'cnn-yIvanU station on the road during the year, an Increase of 773,667 over the prevtotu year. WAR SENDS BAB SILVER tj?. .Metal Xeedeel to Make f oln Wltk I Which tn Par oMlera. The price of bar sjllvcr roic here yen. terday to 3 tenLs an ounce, the. !ile est klnce November 12, 1913, vxhe., H touched tlie same level. This repres-it an advance ef L'ni centa over lait Satyr day"H ejuoiatlonis. Jlexlcan tlolla-. reached 46 ' cents, an limreae of :S cents over Sat unlay. The present salve.- nltuatioti lb riv. erned chiefly, a-jsMrdlnc t bullion deal ers, by the cutting off of the Mexican siupply and the great demand for t'ie meul for th payment of tr-vips. Thero ha been a larsxe export dema-itl tn China. India, Knglandand the Continent Almo.st 73,000,001) ouni'1-.si haw h-en cut off annually trom the world's supply, the dealers sty, through the closing of mines in Mexico. Healers also say that the pneea Y.f souId rise s till hltrher In resvonsc to the Imdoii -.narket. which yesterday reache-i :"vts pence, were it r.it for the un'isuilly lilsfh e;ean freight and war risk r.ttei (Juh ksllver price., whl'-h went t"'tr's as $273 to 1300 a flask earlier In tht jear, aa apalnst a normal of $40 u If a flask, have" receded to the nelgihor. hood ejf 1200 a Mask, with the cntranea of a Callfonilali supply on the mart, In Iaindon. from which txport. Is psn hlbltcd. tho metal l Mmr sold at alTit $1''"J a flask. Am Ions- as Enclc d re-celve-a the bulk of the Spanlsn supply ami holds the. eMiibargo little ,ipe 1 seen for the alleviation of the ...tuauwi here. .Vorfolk and We.trrn lllvldend. The directors of the Norfolk and Western Hallway Company declared c terday the regular quarterly dlvtd" nd iif 1 per cent, on tlie preferred stock pi)' able May IS ti holders of record ,f April :;. 1 1 was said that act the common stock dividend would be considered at the April meeting I 'a & W Kllckwlr of Ko. inuke, Va , was el. vd a director of the oiinipan. to si ft Col, Walter II. Ta.vlor of NorfoP' de ci ,isd. DAIRY PRODUCTS MARKIT. BCTTIIII- Th' else ivnir en lie jestenlny and prices droppe ' ! t creamer . deejott c'v i.itio "V tla receliits V sin i'l surplu- ned ove- fr'Uii 'at- Wcilne-d-iv i Holders were nervous and buri. . cautloui. on .,. ttuilt of hltfll )r e market was n a seu.-.t:ive ctinurit lll'.le stor-ve .'reatiiery lift . Heiiovatd, ladles ..mi pack nt C and htch Prl- e. e'-e.tin- -v e ) 'hi v rt e-H 1 ,rr score. 37c , htKliri ,-nrlt'K ot tlrslr, Z'i.i:is'., se.-nnus .1 third.', .1. 5"'. uiisi'-ed fin ' p-tme tn I'lml e, I'c'ii.. 1P., tie la'sj It 3e , llr.ls. 34'l.li . -e 3Jic thlrit.-. 3u .1 .11c si., . . i ' to prlllli. 3.'.tl 3ic . rrtttivaiel ."-, :)'.. nr.t . c :n '. . ' ' - j 't 0 ""J"' paeklpic st,, s. v jr--flue, r; , .No :, jtrivii-. cin;r.si: M irke" very tie v. e . t'0.1 Ev of evpnrters t'iMlK CtHlsld.Ta , . port business pis increased pr t of ea.ler freltht rites U i -t.nues active gild inarke ue . -A i grade, firm. 1'rKe,: Mm, h flats, bei.l specials. !', .il-'. fancy, lsc ; current tna'se lllfle riatslei t S . . . ,!alf'e , ' . Anierle.. in. t :'e.- si.,- 1 v '! stiet'l.,1, 101. 117.. 4"reu Ite . t'linjce, 1 1"4 ;t '., I'ltieS He., .pis ner fl -is ere le.e tb.ui Ih-ise id .1 j . 1. - prbes rulstl j"ea.1 Dsn,., active, hu enuucll st.-l, h.. to re'P tti- ni.trac.t , -,..r .c- day. iicn lurtle.. .,nrt i, P J alnl s e., iy Near.i 1. and pivor Rra.lt. I. tsi'Ii ," Pre I re-di Katln-e.l eve evlra. tlrs'-. '.' 1 4 i .".". , t'r-' .' S'.otld:,, C0lsi;,fl,' , d".e ncurny pennery vvtd'.es, "."ji. . . 1 :'3 4.'4' . inivitl. .1 '. ,(..' I l I. pill I.TIM ie ; . 'tie forty foul rep,.-"e,l e , . itv nero iii.'o.ideu Tl.enii: ' lower and Was item. trail, t . I of buvers a., to prit . ban'-i -s nr".i iiiarKei terenet ee , . so 1 cene..,r,t t , ,1 : ; i... 1 . Scar e ami tni.i j.-n. r.t : rutis'ers t.', . tu-ke.. II. si p S a.-- I'l lie lint. 1.1, ,1 ,.' . du, k and seen trrivi',; 1' tee-e 1 I fl 1.'. Iiuiaeis I t 60ill.it' per pair l'lK'ilo is I iiiu:e,.s.i:i rufi.Tin - vi . . uet. Ver tlrill "li I'v'.-eiue llusluesi. ve,s nr ..null ' . uiiant.ty of .iti, V. 'i-iu'.d s .. tne supp ' or fotvis ce til roosters scirce l-'vn-'v chl . kevs altnosi ..t 1 lie ,1 ..ipp . bull lbs vvere a f-i'l. lie 1 ' less, active A f.ttr ainoai'' f tr Is P'dnt: tiiio 1 111 - in 1 lots. Ver I It I . He 1 l,il v . Turke) . di p.n ke.,. W toiiie, dry id. ki d ta 1 : . I'" St. it ;s,. . tin, ke, ,, 1 : t . tnllll fed, 17 -1 IK' . or . ' fOVVlS, 1. "it I'll,. O - Pt 110 lbs and ivt r to eltie. Pi. . iv. . under ;n lb. . drv picked, e U.s and e, 41-j ll's . Ik u I'C.e , r. t,e .1 ulii . Western, seal. led. Ijr. " -t old rovMlere, ll'tul.,".. '. ' Willi.. 11 'lis to Onsen, I 7 Ida , t,7J. turke). ir ,, . hens :'c. . tniu . in, . Ti - c Hverune best . 7 -l .s " l.roi.er',. : to ...v. I. t,, 1 colli fed, f 1 .. 5 .1. I .... 1 -bo). 1, Ilk le.l 3' tn IT lb . :'.' . ,0-1 fe. . in. , 43 to IT Mi, , '.,i ,1 . . ' em, boved. I'd lit,- an I to I'.' lbs 17'jf.. ol I r - ' lie.; elaeka. I t li'ainl. '" ' ern, 13l:ic , eee, W o. trn 1 .1 1 lc I'll. 4 1 a t