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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920. 12 Cleveland Auto Old & New Packard Motor Com. & Pfd. Timken Det. Axle Pfd. 1 Clinchfield Coal Santa Cecilia New 1 Central Aguirre Sugar Manhattan Electrical Supply Bank of Manhattan Rts. Bankers Trust Co. Chatham & Phenix Merchants Nat. Bank National Bank of Commerce "Morton lachciibinclL & Co. occo Drrair pbmm&jwa wrrsuuaai FINANCIAL NEWS AND THE SITUATION veitora who have awaited more celled conditions In the money market before employing their surplus funds In Ions term Investment, a ?ool sign, which In dicates that the usual April demand for bonds may result next month In the ab sorption of a considerable volume of ne . curltles held by syndicates and Instltu . .. .. , , , ,,'tIon5- There has been little Incentive to Activity Of Specnintor In Wall buy bonds with tax burdens as high as uiey are io-aay. uuo ji. Kann declared Street Is Iievived During Last Week. MONEY PATES ABE EASIEH raying Utility Companies Just Bates for Services Ben dered Public. in Paris the other day that foreign In vestment securities to be really attrac tive to the American millionaire must show an Income return of at least 18 per cent Thaf assertion appeared startling, but It was no exaggeration, as any ono can tell by estimating the enormous tax burdens which those In receltrt of mill ionaire Incomes have to stand for tinder ! speculation without a quick return to our Income tax law. Those conditions ' high money rates. Tho. probability Is explain the broadening demand for high grade bonds of the tax exempt class which millionaire (Investors can better afford to take on a i V, per cent, basis. rinnnctnpf Iteconstructlon, The country Is eolng ahead conserva tlvely, and In these days of high prices an Immense volume of credit Is needed to finance the dally turnover of busi ness. Unless all signs full the bond market Is on tho verge of Important de velopments. Several new loans are pond tag and heavily capitalized Industrial corporations will make large offerings of preferred Bharcs soon, If no further setback be encountered. Tho country's Burplua bank reserve Is not sufficient to financo a sustained movement of bull that If any such movement should be attempted the Federal Reserve Board; would apply again the brakes and forco a reduction In the volume of loins secured by Stock Exchange collateral. return of spring fresh Impetus wilt be plven to the new housing movement gaining headway throughout tho coun try. That development Is very Interest ing and recalls the extraordinary pur- rpu. WbI! CtpAAt Inan nn'nhnt Vina Vidftn I rrtAAfl fit Inn,! In tho fllrmtllE SeCtlOPS or tne west a year ago, wnen i soldiers sought homes for themselves in the area where high grain prices of fered attractive Investments. 1th the arrival hero of large consignments or European gold there Is likely to be u further strengthening of bank reserves, which may reach sufficient proportions to Justify the financing of new ventures in various lines. For the time being the American people can do nothing better than saw wood, cut out extravag ance and fortify their bank balances in preparation for the second Income tax Installment three months ahead. greatly reduced, and the urgent need now is for a sufficient reduction In com modity loans to enable the banks to respond to tho growing demands of mercantile customers. The situation is full of Interesting possibilities, and the credit strain has been by no means fully relieved. But with skilful financing the Indications are that the demands of the April money market can be provided for without acute disturbance. Other Demands, The country la engaged In an extraor dinary building campaign, and with the STEEL Common & 1st Pfd. Bought Sold Quoted Geo. A. Huhn & Sons Members: Nr Yoti Ftf-k Exiharse PhllidelpfcU ftnrk Etrtunje Chlraro PtorU Exchni New York Cotton Exchange. 111 BROADWAY, N. Y. Phono Rector 5340 1418 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. By "WIM.IAM JUSTUS HOIES. The spirited outburst of speculative enthusiasm In Wall street last week was ; in natural response to the Interesting j developments making for Increased I optimism In Investment markets. They Included successful adjustment of the . ircome tax payments last Monday, fol lowed by a reaction In money rateB, collapse of revolution In Germany end more public recognition of the railroads vastly Improved position In consequence of protection provided by the recently enacted law which guarantees a lA per cfnt. return on property investment for two years. It Insures for the railroads a protection which they never enjoyed before the war and indicates that they will be more liberally dealt with for two years at least TOTAL TRANSACTIONS IN THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Week Ended March 20, 1920. Bales of week. 1S20. ",146,731 19X9. 5,701,093 1918. 1.9S9.60S 1920. January 1 to dato 60,050,142 1919. 40,535,517 191!. 21,188,935 Ilinjt U. I lilr.l Dir. I HUh I Low, (In I Ilfld.l Silfi. I nieh. I lw. I.iit. Net Cbfe. lUtte 1K0. ni(B.i Lew. DlT. Dir. I In MYldd.l Silei. niiM Low. 1 tut 38 4 55H 2 53 52 95 904 mi 128 102 227 l?i 101 146 116U 64 , 5 154 119 30 122 634 65 12041 144 &7i 93S 1035s i Important Change. The sentimental Influence of those changes Is far reaching, affecting not only the holders of J17.CO0.0CO.0CO of out standing railroad securlttes but also the lKWO.OW people of the L'nlted States, whose prosperity In one way or another Is Influenced by the well being of the transportation Industry. If the world war taught the American people any thing, It taught them the folly of treat-1 1Mb Ilia luitiunuo iiibte" : onj. pelllng them to get along without tho Jj proper rolling stocK ana equipment. When the struggle began the physical position of many of the roads was so poor as to make It necessary for the Government to overhaul ei'i'pment the funds were Instantly available ' if;? 1-nrlt.r th nlrf order of things It was almost Impossible for the railroads to obtain funds with which to finance their requirements, because the roads had been half Marvel for several years, and their credit had fallen so low as to make It impossible for them to appeal success . fully to Investment markets. sv Era. We recommend an underlying Closed First Mortgage Railroad Bond Due in 12 Yean The obligation of one of the few railroads which last year showed a profit to the Gov ernment, Price to Yield 6.25 GL1DDEH, DAUIDGE & CO. Mcmltrt A'nc Yor Stock, Exchanie Z0 Broad Street, New York Unitea btates finishing Com. Central Aguirre Sugar. Royal Typewriter Com. FREDERIC H. HATCH & GO. Kstabiishrd 18M. Fhone Rector 6340. 71 li'itoy, New York. WIRE CONNECTIONS. Tleilon, rhlcarn I'hilad-'phla and Montreal. New York State Rys. Com., Pfd. & 4i2s J.K.Rice, Jr. & Co. Phon 4000 10 4010 ; 35 Wall St , N. V. ; That era has passed. Business was almost crippled by the short sighted policy of those days. The country lost a fabulous amount of potential trade through inability of the railroads to provide facilities that the people re quired. The result was unsatisfactory to everybody, as the one thing certain ' is that a half starved utility never succeeds. Seven or eight years ago. wh'en the railroads were accustomed to implore heaven and earth for a 10 per cent rato Increase, and the Interstate Commerce Commission, nfter months of debating, told them to get along with a 5 per cent. raUe. the general public 1 lost a thousand time3 n. re tlian the j shippers saved. It was a cao of forcing I the buElest Industrial nation in th world tti Jeopard.ze Its wonderful de livery servlra by making it give a , dollar's worth of service for seventy five cents. I Inndeqnnle Hntea. ' If the revenues of the railroads or of ' mv nthpr utility are inadequato to ' maintain the organization at a h'gn (state of efficiency the public senlre Is 'threatened. It must deteriora.s. If the, : shortsighted policy persists receivership? , ; are Inevitable, because no business can j bo long maintained at a loss. No coun try has devel- ped its railroads as in-1 tensively as we have developed oura. but none has treated them as unfairly In the days when Federal and Ste com m.sslons did everything po.-ibla to I hamper the carriers and make earning sufficient revenues to protect the In- tegrity of their securities difficult for tnem. ror inai reason mo Kiuu6 n'" ha.1 been brought about by the law of February 28 last Is of Immense signifi cance. It is helpful not al.ne to the railroads but to all utilities engaged In serving the public at a fixed rate for fervlee. Thos-e properties must be made self-sustaining und un.ess they earn enough to give them a moderate re serve as a rainy day fund they will be In a precarious financial position. fining StroiiR. In a country of high pressure busi ness the pen Ice Itself will be always of greater Importance than the price charged for It. which Is typically true of the United States, where every train has to go at high speed and every tele phone connection made In a few seconds. Hlch nressure service the world over costs money, but the American people 1 have shown that It la worth all that it J osts. This nation aoes Dullness on ine 107 100 W S2 113i 49',? 534 52' 100; 233 pi "t H 165U 25 34U 65 65U IS li 36 i son 59 53 89 39 74; 105 S3 1701 38 ; 95 12?H 112H 39H 85 m 95 lSti 90H 33 G3 87 74 92 82 104 16; 50 93; SO 86 39 'j-j 54 sot; 964 225 924 54. 112 Vs 1054 101 i 614 38i 2111 69HI 65V 6J 67Hl 4". 12 7 4 6 SOc 6 1200ABams Express 5700 Advance Humely,. 700 Advance Itumely pf 4400IAJax Rubber 1400' Alaska Gold M 3800'Alaska Juneau G M 23500 Allls Chalmers Mfff 600 Allls Chalmers Mf? pf... 2500Am Asrio Chcm 100 Am Agric Chem pf lOOlAm Agric Chom pf a 30.. 800 Am Bank Note 11900lAm FJeet Sugar 11200'Am Eosch Mag ex dlv... 100 Am Drake Shoe & Fdry.. 300'Am BS4P pf sx dlv... 75700iAm Can 100'Am Can nf 29200:Am Car & Fdry ex dlv 100!Am Car & Foundry pf 2500'Am Cotton Oil lOO Am Cotton Oil pf 15800'Am Druggist Syndicate.. 3S50 Am K.xpross 21700!Am Hide & Leather 26600 Am Hido & Leather pf 8.70 7.53 8.38 8.58 6.45 7.i4 9.04 S.33 7.1S 6.41 7.23 8.45 6.23, 8.38 7.06 6.77 5.33 5.93 7.63 8.971 1100 Am Ico pf . . 6.81! 91600 Am Int Corp ex dlv... 7.S4 1300 Am Lsi Franco Fjre Kng, 3.50 21200 Am Linsoed Co 7.31 1300'Am Linseed Co pf ex dlv, 5.71 1 93SO0 Am Locomotive 6.66) 100 Am Locomotive pf !l06 27-JOO'Am Ship & Commerce. 34000.m Smelt & Kef SOC'Am Smelt & Kef pf 200'Am Smelt Sec A 50 Am Snuff 35750 Am Steel Foundries.... 100;Am Steel Foundries pf. 12400 Am Sugar Ilcf 200'Am Sugar Uf pf 57300;Am Sumatra Tob 100',Am Sumatra Tob pf... 100'Am Tel & Cable SOOO'Am TpI & Tel ox div... 1400 Am Tobacco 600'Am Tobacco pf new.... S'400 Am Tobacco Sec 900! Am Ico. 34; 44H 70 60 2H 46 834 94H 93 92 43 89; 121 09 62; 97T4 146 ,112U 43 85 134 112 2S; 1184 634 67 105U 13U S7; 964 lOSU 32 U 40 674 744 14 24 41'; S3 89; 93 92 42 824 113 99 010 45; 97T4 133 33 424 69 79 O 24 43; 834 03U 93 92 42 884 120 99 ton 50'4 97T 1424 112i; 112U 45; 47; 55 55 124 13 105 '1114 22 ! 4 E.80 7 7.4S 61 7.36 12 10.04 3! 6.19 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 7! 5.34' 7l .05! 10 9.911 7 7.S2 5 9.961 S 8.22' 201 7.69! 6l 6.32! 61 7.60 7! 5.21 148300 Am Woolen px dlv. 7 CSS 66; 103 ' 12; 55. 36U 105-, 106 24; 69 95U SI 4 102, 894 0 1.4 9SH 260 954 65i 12 4 i2 STi 93 1 --A! 60 51 at? 43 64; 105 76 76 6 54 1350 I112V4 '137 63 13 114 1764 194 30i 1404 '1034 1024 : 94 3SV 27 43:8! 42 93 62 134i4!ll4 1114!l05 14 1 1 31', I 174 95',; ' 7 102UI 9 2W io si 204 57 64 4-S 474 60, 11.76 S5s ' 94 - S0H !1570 '111 167 60 It 114 1024 15 17 13U 62 105 100 S 120 10S4 27i; 114 2f'U 854 45 754 65 134 134 100 104; 10S4 205 614 62 90 1544 594 114 11 10T4 274 424 614 914 10$ 814 10 10H 64 194 63 96 .i 93 93 15 2 17 74 2751 65 594 115U 115 96 72 103 175 454 47 90 1174 47 4 4 1 21 30; 45; mi jump, and if It has a shipment to make 120i 113 Woodward Iron Common Merrill, Lynch & Co. Tradlnc Department 120 Broadway. New York I'hnne llrrtor 70S.1-TOT3 Incl. TOBEY & KIRK MembtM N. . STOCK i:CIfANOE iwir;iraBi Times Square Auto Supply Com. & Pfd or a telegram to send the people insist on prompt service. The result Is that Americans excel in quantity prwluctlon and the derman generals are still talk ing about the celerity with which wo helped win tho war. The desperato con dition of trolley companies In the East and the West emphasizes the necessity of strengthening utility equ'.oment and mali.ig the rate pay for Ue service rendered. IlnlldliiK t'l. CENTRAL-UNION TRUST CO. STOCK CLINTON GILBERT 2W.II St.. N.Y. Tel 4S43 Rector American Caramel " Industrial Finance National Casket LYON and CO. 50 Pine St, N.Y. Tel. John 854 Mir I. A. .Noble C. Lor lu ineodore c. NOBLE & CORWIN Ntw iorlt RIGHTS Bk. of Manhattan Co. Mech. & Metals Nat. Bk. Peoples Trust Co. Travelers Insurance Telephone nil Uroid. "While the railroads were operated by the Government there was little com plaint of poor service, because the public knew that such complaints would be hopeless. Uut now that the carriers havo been returned to owncrthlp control, the people are showing a lively Interest In -tho va't Improvement programme that it being gradually formulated. The J30OV0O0.Q00 revolving fund will be util- lzed largely .'or purchase of equipment and other material which must be pro-j vided in generous quantities If the roads 1 are to obtain facilities which their pat-i rons require. All those outlays will be' merely Investments In tho public service. ' because with ttrlcter supervision by the enlarged Interstate Commerce Commis sion those great properties will b9 op erated In the interests of the public first , of all. At least $1,000,000,000 annually will have to hi spent on tho roads for flvo years properly to equip them with facilities urgently needed to handle the volume of business which the carriers must provide for. Those prospective, nnlnment and Etccl Issues. IL-illroatl 1074 buying Is already n factor in the steel markot, because purchases by carriers, and the automobile trade have beon a largo factor In the rush orders which many steel mill3 have booked. That movement has just begun, and It Is clear that tho largest volume of improvement work which railroad managers ever have handled will be under negotiation during the nest few months. 1064i 41 604 7S 60 21U 41 55 63 106 104 104 404 44U 27 67 es 92; 56 70 S24 924 201 31 93?g 134 654 107 52 2554 100 450 106 514 S5" 101 99; 195 9 s 54 644 684 154 31ii 42 63 87 101 101 33 364 20 53 364' 87; I 44 554 70U 75 25 400 Am Woolon pf ex dlv.,.. 1400'Am Writ I'aper pf 6000 Am Zinc. L & Smelt 6'10.T1 400 Am Zinc. L & Smelt pf.. 4' 6.35 5S700 Anaconda Copper 500 Assets realization S.70 2300 Associated Dry Goods... 9.20 300 Aspo Dry Goods 1st pf . . . 5.15' 500'Assoclated Oil Co 7.0S 7200 Atch, Top & Santa lo... 6.34' SOO'Atch. Top & Santa Fe pf. .. 100, Atlanta, Uinn & Atl i.is' ioui' Aimnuc io-i.Pi iine 1.791 13 'Atlantic It-tlnlns 6.1S-. 400 Atlantic IWlnlng pf 6.14 1S20O At. Gulf & WISS 7.5S: 100 At. Gulf & V I S S pf... 500 Autosales 300 Autn.ales pf 34! 5.20'561S0O Baldwin Loco Works.... 7.00 1200 Rildwin Works pf . 11500 Baltimore & Ohio 1300 Baltimore & Ohio pf 2200 HarnPt Leathfr 2900 Barrett Co cx dlv 100' Barrett Co pf 100 Batopllas Mining 763f"J.!WhlPhem Motors 150 Bpthlrlmtn Steel Km Rothl. hem Stel 7 p c pf. 102 4('ii BctHohrm Steel S p c pf. 112i 5.21 106300 Bethkhfm ft "el B cx div: 97-'V 3D0' Booth. Kihf rles 12V SSOO Brooklyn Itapid Transit.. 4400 Bklyn Rap Tr ctfs of dep 600 Brooklyn L'nion Gas 100 Brown Shoe lOOIBrown Shoe pf 300 Bruns Term & R R 5700 Burns Bros 104 US j-.a'. I r.o " 64 97 i2; S3 92 ss; 106 20", 24 70,' 054 9341 944 S14l 814 112.112;il2 I 494! 454 4S4 '92 I 92 '92 l134 4'l29i'13l !ii54 us; 113; 1UJ-4 l'U-4 89 4 S94 SOU 30i 1001 934 271 '200 9541 95U 103 102; 102 47 51 184' 19". 50 I 5S4' 44; 43 65 24 1 5 4 . U 2 4 34 1 G 64 3 '44 14 4 1 1 3 4 14 64 -fi3; su - 4 1 4 6 -14 3 1 1 uO 63 44 40 654 11641113 II641 4- 4 78 S ss 1540 S4 1 73-, 1 S i 89 (1510 8.47 6.36 6.71 I 10 5.60 6.91! Ml 7.12 7.23 113 113 155 .162 66 I 66 134! 11 254' 23' 25U H04 HS 133 1004 100 100 5( 4SU 82 120 105 1 31 50 30! 36 47 I 47 62 I 77 122 '125 UnytnK Honda. An Interesting development has to do with the somewhat broader inquiry for high grade b'nds of the distinctly Invest ment t; t Tlio ' uritle, have come Ilti somewhat beuer demand ai a conse quence of the release of funds by In- 101 13 23 44 2D 91 147 101 15 254 174 96 90 154 36 135 10S4; 4S 2C4i 104 76 101 55 189 96 400 100 394 794 99 89 165 6 9 107 100 104 204 33 20 S2! 99 1004 94! 17 124 654 85 10 26 1004 974 33 2041 14 5 8 8 8 '3 101 9.34 6.51 7.32 10.05 6.24 7.93 7.23 C.49 6.88 3.91 7.44 7.73 6.49 6.90 7.S9 6.S4 7.S1 9.17 5.21 4.14 7.3S, 8.39 6.911 1 ..I 2.86 7.89 s.io n ' 7i?S 7.69 8.89 8.53 rr, 10.42 9.52 7.S6 8.23 4.30 6.66 9.64 1 13 62 93 97 7! 109 110 105 1 23 S7 102 112 90 114 15 11 504 93 97 105 1 29 89 102 112 96 12 14 11 62 93 97 74 103 100 Burn" Bros pf 1034 1084I10S4 1700 Buttcrlck Co. 2000 Butte Copper & Zinc 6400 Butte A: Superior Cop. 12600 Caddo Crnt O & R. . .. 12200 California Park Co.. 21 I 104; 27 I 24 84 19 9U 924 103 203 54 54 90 154 5S4 11 11 9! 26! 41 59 90 117 103 39 664 774 66 19 364 55 67 96 102 18200 California Petroleum 42 400,Californla Petroleum pf. . 70 700, Calumet & Arizona 61! 8700 Canadian Pacific 100. Canadian Pacific s 30 f... 200'Case. J I, Thrp.s M pf.... 42000'CentraI Leather 600,Central Leather pf lOOCentral of New Jersey... 30000'Cerro do Pasco Cop 600 Certain-teed Prod Corp.. lOOiCertain-teed P C 1st pf.. 62000 Chandler Motors ex div 2709 Chesapeake & Ohio 2S00'Chl & K 111 Eo Tr ctXs.. 2500,Ch! & E III pf Eq Tr ctfs 3100;ChIeago Gt Western 1200;Chlcapo Gt Western pf.. 10300,Chlcago, Mil & St Paul.. 6400, Chi. Mil & Ht Paul pf.... 800 Chicafc-o & Northwestern. 600, Chicago & Northwest pf. 9000iChirago Pneumatic Tool. 63100'Chicago, R I & Pacific... 1700'Chi. It I & Pac 6 p c pf. . 800lrhl, K I & Pac 7 p c pf . . lOO'Chi. St P, M & Omaha... 19200'Chlie Copper 6S00Chino Copper 900 Clove, C. C & Ft Louis... 100 Cleve, C. C & St Louis pf lOOjciuett. Peabody & Co. . . . 200'Cluett. Peabody & Co pf. 20 'duett, Peabody & Co pf 102 7600 Cora-Cola 36 2600jf'ol u"! & Iron 300iColorado & Southern.... 6600CoIumbla G & Elec 26900IColumM.i Gr:iph ox dlv. 400 Columbia Grapho pf.... 100 Comp Tab Record 4900iConsolldated Cigar. .W Consolidated Cigar pf... IS""" Consolidated Gas 7'JOO Ccn Inter Cal M ox div. 13300lConlldatrd Textile 2400'ContinenUI Can px dlv. 4300lContlnental Candy 77500'Corn Prolucts Ref 080Corn Products Ref pf. .. OOCrex Carpet 19 9 27 23 S2 10 69 61 125'123 1125 122 4'1224'1224 97 974 97 ' .? 26 22U SOU 374 6a 614 5.15ll02n00!cniclblo rtpel Co. 7.121 2.45 6.91 j 6.53! 7.1S I 9.13 5.21 7.56 8.00 S.00 6.82 S.43 4.22 6.91 10.00 8.941 Sis! 7.43, 6.54 S.05 200,Crticlb!e Stei-1 pf cx dlv. 450 Cuban Am Sugar. 300 Cuban Am Su?ar pf.... 34900'Cuba Cano Sugar 600 Cuba Cane Sugar pf... 100'Deere & Co pf SOOiDelawnro & Hudson ! 99 200 Del. Lack & Western. .. Jl93 2400 Driver & Rio Grande... J 8 9200lDpnver & Rio Grande pf.' 15 404 254 61 4 474 90 52 70 82 92 194 31 894 124 964 107 62 2554 93 423 102 49 82 99 85 103 205 4S 52 90 14-3 57 9 9 9 23 39 53 8S 1164 95 37 65 764 66 j 17 334 50 67 96 102 102 34 37 25 59 414 90 65 80 4 S6 13 234 814 104 ' 91 105 53 227 93 125 102 444 SO 4 914 103 205 53 51 90 154 53 114 104 9 25 T, 394 58 8S li; 1044 374 65 76 66 19 30 SO 01 f 96 102 102 33 39 '' 61 43 90 34 1 - 4 1 11 54 1! 4 - 74 -" 8 14 6 14 3 - - 4 4 1 - - - 4 i 6 1 1 4 13 - 1 - 1 11 4 - 3 14 - - 5 - 1 - 4 5 5 1 : l 2U 4 1 J- 3 x 1 'i 54 ! 194 192 1192 100 75 94 172 "74 3S9 37 S3 85 90 85 102 654 49 S4 41 38 9 30 84 103 43 664 1S 93 61 4 164 26 S34 133 115 i ."1 H26 '127 : St 694 26: SS 91 I 7'i 71 ' 514 21 44 19 4S 1524 103 33 4S4 91 43 12 224 38 47 206 18 32 23 I 70 1S3 1124 61 136 ilO? 52 4 j 39 33i' 30 4 1 35 35 634 62 30 13 107 12 175 175 95 634 85 1524 3 2254 24 734 694 S4 64 924 36 31 6S4 33 29 7 23 57 86 30 50 13 80 50 3 94 134 69 112 110 274 764 1024 72 60 13 83 724 70 39 14 39 13 44 107 96 27 its 67, 38 S4 16 2S 404 144 254 17 43 143 93 61 50c 3.50 3.50 674 82 92 19 314 S9 124 93 106 63 233 93 423 102 48 82 99' 99 93 i 99 193 193 3 4 n 5 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 104 4 4 4 1 3 4 34 66'Detrolt Edison Co. 100 Detroit United Ry 1000Domn Mines 900, Elk Horn Coal Corp.... 400 Elk Horn Coal Corp pf. 400iEmerson Rrantlnc 409;Emnr.on Granting pf.... 107 100 12 24 44 24 S3 74 14 104 100 11 23 41 23 74 14 107 100 12 234 4t 21 53 9900 Endtcott Johnson ex dlv.,121'l06'll34 223'Endicott Johnson pf 4S90Erle 1600 Erie 1st pf 100 Erie 2d pf 12000lFamous Players-1 cx div 200 Famous Piayprs-L pf.... 200 Federal Min & Smelt 1900. Federal Mln fc Smelt pf.. 1800 Flshpr Body Corp lCuo F.shar Body Corp pf 1210 ) Pi-.I; Rujber li2l,,01Fj-ceport Texas 102:i01101 15! 244 134 80 I S94 14! 234 164 76 SS 13 36 I 35 134 '121 10S10i 36 25 37 28 I 14 23 164 80 83 14 36 134 107 37 26 2 2 1 1 24 2 64 34 4 14 f 1 '7 8 1 15 3 4 1 14 " 71! 52, 154, SO 94 60 11 IS 31 19 694 100 51 40 72 S9T. 125 '116 794 1 S94 102 86 110 6 174 47 117 t 774 364 62 4S 61 36 21 29 100 53 S4: 77'I 50 1.20 6 34 12 12 7 4 10 7 1 7 1 T It 12 " 14 1 114 7 0-4 94 145 41 65 7$ 61 38 43 103 103 474 94 434 35 414 16 32 51 68 42 82 23 93 Ss0 634 91 94 30 ; 27 '104 ! 6S ;124 : 96 1UU74 22 S34 36 36 91 50 55 124 106 110 16 25 34 18 30 80 21 9 ! ) 00-2 994 72 105 14 394 92 64 23 55' 30 45 234 16 10 " S3 50 6S 3S 44 i?4 64 120 23 51 63 44 31 37 71 67 37 90 40 20 33 11 234 46 62 34 4S 10;, 89 50 11174 89 ' 87 214 13 84 1 65 109 74 S9 17 64 32 33 62 344 37 84 97 93 15 15V 234 11 21 644 13 64 .3 23 1S4 1SU ir ill 474 20 1174 103 161 21 22il.20 42 9 63 89 50 6 8 21 36 61 99 35 35 44 83 110 111 63 4.21 6.321 8.60 8.05 4.95 7.36 7.S9 7.78 S.30 7.40 1.47 8.48 9.76 7.S9 6.23 5.61 7.63 10.43 5.99 4.56 6.31 6.12 4.561 5.30 '6.8SI S.33 3.05 8.00 6.31 4.17 7.61 7.63 1 7.06 j 5.63i 7.32 6.66 6. S.70 3.42 5.83 7.14 4 24 40c, 2700IGaston, W & Wig-more... 1300General Chemical Co 115'General Chemical Co.... 200 General Chemical Co pf.. 1S00 General Cigar Co 300 General Cigar Co deb pf. 4500 General Elec Co ex div.. 2800'Gpneral Electric Co rts.. 3.16162600,Gt'neral .Motor Corp 140300 General Motor Corp ctfs. 200jGeneral Motor Corp pf... 4000.General Motor Corp dob. 1400'Gen M C deb pf 7 p c... 9500 Goodrich, B F, ex rts.... 600, Goodrich, B F rts 600 Goodrich, B F, pf 1200'Granby Consol M & 8. . . . 300 Gray & Davis 1710oGreat. Northern pf 25700, Great Northern Ore ctfs. 600 Greene Cananea Cop 100 Gulf, Mobile & North.... 400(Gulf, Mobile & North pf.. 6500 Gulf States Steel lOO'Hartman Corp 1400 Hendee Manufacturing... 21700 Haskell & B Car ex dlv.. 39600'Hupp Motor 1000' Illinois Central 20300 Inspiration Con Copper.. 8500 Interboro Con Corp 10800 Interboro Con Corp pf... 4900 Int Agri Corp 2S00'Int Agrl Corp pf 10700, Int Harvester Co new... 100 Int Harvester Co pf 30100'Int Mer Marino 34S0O'Int Mer Marine pf 1065, Inter Motor Truck 300 Int Motor Truck 1st pf.. COO'Int Motor Truck 2d pf.. Il600:lnternatlonal Nickel 300'International Nickel pf.. 98900 International Paper 900 Inter Paper pf stpd 4100, Iron Products Corp lOOO Jcwel Tea 600 Jpwei Tea pf 1400 Kansas City Southern... 200 Kanras City Southern pf. luo.Keliy Hpringnt'iu lire... 500, Kelly Spring TSpc pf. 25600,Kcrnecott Copper 17300 Keystone T & It ex dlv. 30700; Lackawanna Steel Co... loo' Laclede Gas of St L 100 Lake Erie fc Western... 600, Lake Erie & Western pf. 3400 Ie Rubber & 1 re 2200 Lhlgh Vallpy 2o0 Liggett & Myers Tob.... 1200 Liggett & Myers Tob rts. 10300' Loews, Inc 2S00 Loft, Inc 600 Loose Wiles Biscuit 2700 Lorlllard, P. Tob ex dlv.. 500 Louisville & Nashville... ' 600 Mackay Cos pf 300 Marati Sugar 2900 Manhattan Elev guar.... 300'Manhattati Shirt... j 500 Martin-Parrv Corp 2500'Maxwell Motor 4U0 Maxwell Motor ctfs 600 Maxwell' Motor 1st pf 500 Maxwell Motor 1st pf cfs 100 Maxwell Motor 2d pf 2S00;May Dept Stores j 1000 May Dept Stores pf 10 5.21 10 1 200 Mrxlran Petroleum 2i 7.051 900 Miami Copper 4.76 2105H0, Middle States Oil ex div. 8.40' 19000 Midvale Steel & Ord 2100, Minneapolis & St L new. 400 -Minn. St P & S S M 100 Minn. St P & S S M pf... 300 Minn, St P & S S M L L. 3300 Missouri, Kan & Tex.... 100 Missouri, Kan & Tex pf. 12450'MIourl Pacific 3100 Missouri Pacific pf 2400'.Montana Power 100 Montana Power pf 4700:MulUns Body 3100 National Acme Co 11600'Nat Aniline & Chem 900 Nat An & Chem pf ex div 200 National Biscuit Co 200'National Biscuit Co pf... 200 National Cloak & Suit... 1800 Nat Conduit & Cable 4300 Nat Enam & Stamp 200,Nat Enam & Stamp pf... 650o National Lead Co I 100 National Lead Co pf 600,Nat R R of Mpx 2d pf... 1800 Nevada Con Copper 500 New Orleans, Tex & Mex. 6600 New York Air Brake. 17700'New York Central.... 100'Ncw York, Chi & St I, 100N Y, Chi & St L 1st pf 900 New York Dock 50New York Dock pf... 47500!New York, N II & 11.. 400 New York, Ont & West.. 1300 Norfolk Southern 1400Norfoll & Western.... 500 North Anier Co ex dlv. 9700 Northern Pacific ox div 6100'Nova Scotia S & C 00 .Ohio Cities Gas - 24 ARV. 30 3S4 34I ioils itju'-s lm1-! 107 4105 106 5.42 4 34 ! ?' 8.75 7.51 7.27 4.46 7.1S S.99 9.09' 8.66 ! 5.93 6.16 14 2U 24 7.61 7.18 7.13 6.71 6.56 8.91 6.60 7.14 5.21 4.71 7.31 9.6' S.43 7.78 8.91 4.9S 6.S2 5.80 4.64 5.56 9.4S 2.94 5.90 6.32 7.16 7.77 6.9S 300, Ohio Fuel Supply 14700iOkl.i Prod & Ref ex div.. HOOiOntarlo Silver Mining... 1300!Otis. Elevator lOSOOOtls Steel 900, Owens Bottle Co 700' Pacific Development 700 Pacific Gas & Electric... nil Mail. 5 7.58 3 7.62 S.61 4 5.33 5 8.47 6 6.73 7 7.96 'l 4.9 i 8 7.87 4 6.06 8 6.33 5 5.94 8 7.93 7 6.71 1 6.19 4 1.60 2 6.69 2 6.59 ".'.I 6 5.81 7 7.18 5.20 4.8S 1 6.20 6 7.50 194300iPan-Am Petrol & T. . , 14S00'Pan-Am Petrol & T B, ' ISOO'Parrlsh & Bingham.... 100 Penney Co, J C pf 8600, Pennsylvania R R 10100l'enn Seaboard Steel... 3000 Peoples Gas, Chicago., 1 800, Peoria & Eastern 10400. Pere Marquette 400'Pere Marquette pf 400'Pero Marquette prior pf. 17100; Philadelphia Co lS2S00Tlprce-Arrow Motor. . . . S00O Pierce Oil Corp 700 Pierre Oil Corp pf ex dlv 3300,Pltts, C, C & St Louis... 1900'Pittsburg Coal of Pa.... 200'Plttsburg Coal of Pa pf. 100 Pittsburg Steel pf 4000'PittsbuVg & West V.a... 3100 Pond Creek Coal 25300'Pressed Steel Car 200' Public Srvicj Corp N J 3800ullman Co 16500iPunta Alogrc Sugar S500' Railway Steel Spp cx dlv; 100; Railway Steel Spring pf. 7300 Rav Consol Cop 187800'Rpadlng 300'Readlng 1st pf 12001 Reading 2d pf 6000 Remington Typewriter... 9300 RcplOfflo Stool 600 Republic Motor Truck... 233100 Republic Iron & Steel.... 400,Repub Iron & S pf ex dlv 90200 Royal Dutch Co N Y.... 2400St Joseph Lead 11600 St Louis & San Fran... 200lSt Louis & San Fran pf. 1001st Louis Southwestern.. SOOlSt Louis Southwest pf.. 360OjSavago Arms Corp 52100 Saxon Motor 200,Seaboaid Air Line 1S24 191 22 23 29 314 46 47 16 16 11 BROWN BROTHERS & CO. 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