THE BEK: OMAHA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1921. Absorption of Bond Issue Sets - Finance Record Nrw York Telephone Com pany'i $50,000,000 Worth Of Bonds Sold Before . ftlllicrrint Wktt HnAni By HOLLAND. To the public, la offfrinsr was tiid on dsy lut week of $50,000,. ' 1100 of the 6 per cent bonds iiued by the New York Telephone company- The advertisement announced that these bonds would hear 6 per cent interest and would be offered at 97. But at the end of the U verJisement there was printed, in (null letters, a line which stated that at all of these bonds had al ready been aold or aubscribed for and the advertisement was published merely as a nutter of record. Occasionally within the past year offerings of bond, not Industrial, have been made by advertisement hnt jiipplctncntinjr these offers were a brief line stating that the offering had already been sold and the ad vertisement was published merely as a nutter of record only. Onlr Hppnd Onc Btfnr. Th manafsr. of tha syndicate openM tli.lr hook for iilncrlptln at h a p. plnlij hmir and Imrrmllatrly clo.J lhm fcaeauM. already tUa bnnd had btcu ovar. aiibai'rlbtii. Two or thrr point of vlaw hlfh hava baan taken !, thla tran. actlni, ravaal lomi Int.resiifcf fart. First of all, anma of tha vafrana of tha Wall Klrt rfiatrlrt, aapaolally nn man who formerly wn asanclsttd with very Una i"nd off.rln,,, hava trlil for aaveral daya to racalt whether nr not at any oilier time lars an offer aa thla f an tnduatrlal tsau of Ponda wai aver mad and overaubacrlbed befora th booka wer open. Not any of them ronH recall with one iceptloti a similar tncideat. Thera have been ov.rsubaurlptlnna for atate, rminl- r'pal and tnvernment Issues. Very Urua overauhecrlptlona for rerent laauea of trsssury certiriratea hava been made. But poaalbly with thla elnKle exception no other tnduatrlal Insure (for tha Tela- rnona company la to be classed aa an In dustry althouah It la a Dublin utility aa Velll haa been abaorbed upon the Inatant or tta oirertn ana befora the booka wore opened, especially so ronaplcuoualy ah- enrnen tnat tna overiubacrlptlnna wore Miineiei it not rar irom 14110,000,000, ' The One Exception. Soma t" yeara airn an offerltia; of a lata. amount of aeourltiea. behind whlrh. lood one of the lareat of American In- nuainea waa inane In a eeneat!o:al way. J he Investing- public aeemed to be over, rome wlh a freniy In Ita desire to an. re In ' thla opportunity. Tha offarlna; we npparenuy oversuoacriDecj many million dollars. I,e than an hour before the subscription booka were closed subscnp- - "..w r,n 1 .in, ijmo Lii.a ait liuur after the closlpa: of the booka the subegrlptlon cpmnmnded no premium and .that .'Waa the beifliinlug of the collapse. PHrav.ery waa made that In order to aecuro. an apparent oversubscription it v.aa ijecenar.v' for any one who desired to subscribe- a certain named amount to be told that a aubarrlptlon would not be considered unless he Increased the amount at least five tlmea. in that .ivay It waa possible .to report that oversubscriptions, Which In the aKKregate reached hundreds of millions, had been made. That was one of the latest, possibly the last, denionstra. n'-ua ui a,, mruioii wnicn uai-'a 10 d can. ed "hldh finance" .and there were many who were afterwards sorry that they had subscribed to the offerings. New Prosperity Aren. Thla Incident of an earlier day waa aomettmea referred to by thoae who were examining -recorda so that they might learn whether In the past any offering xcept by government, etate or munlcl pa My or by a railroad company of bonda, eQual In amount to theae telephone bonda, had been made and If made whether the record waa found excepting the one which was referred to a few llnea above. There waa high finance In t-ha- best and honoruble meaning of the term In the offering and marketing of - these tele Phone company bonds. And thla ia all the more . gratifying because from another point of view the Incident la now referred to as demonstrating the Unusual eager ness of the public or of Investment housea to Secure bonds or long time notes, not only government arid municipal Issues, but those behind which atand Industrlea who.ee credit, la high. Thla la spoken of aa an incontrovertible proof of fundamental airnngm ana or me beginning 01 an era of prosperity. From All Part of Country. Thes bonds Avhan at last they are dis tributed, after allotmenta have been made to the subscribers, will reach almost every part of the country. 'The report prevails that frbin the far west, even from the Pafciflc coast, aubscrlptlona came although the telephone company is not tho greater organisation, but la the subsiding New Va,I, T.l.nknn. nnmn. n V n it. 1.' n 1 a ti ll seems to be not in ao great dlstreea aa at one time waa reported to be the fact. Xw England It Is true has Buffered be cause deprived of dividends upon railroad and other securities. The passing of the dividends a year ago of one of the great industrlea alruoli New England Inveatora very bard, and yet from tttvr England came, relatively speaking, the largest amount, of eubsrrtptlons for theae tele phone company bonds. But telephone is auea have always been favored by New England and this disposition la traceable to the fact that the original and audden appreciation In the market value of the etocK of the first telephone company took place In New England, and Invasion In rat section have never regretted the placing of aome part ot their funda in telephone securities. About 15 yeara ajro Theodore M. all. who waa then president of the larger . . . -. i . nM4 re.ttv extending telephone service west of the Mississippi river. He waa persuaded to thla undertaking because he had received many urgont appeals from farmere and othera who dwell In thoae sections for tele phone aervlre. But at least $160,001), 000 were necessary In order to carry out the romprehenalve plana which President Vsll had perfected. Men of capital and financial leadera were approached with a demonstration worked out In figures and statistics ehowlng that an investment, ui thia kind would b safe, but It was not postlble to obtain the money. Later aome n.rt of tha needed funds Waa aecured and telephone service all over the remoter west, including highly perfected long dis- tance service across the continent, waa established.- But at no time heretofore was there a record except by government, elate and rational offeringa. of the kind now made by the Instant abanrption even bfnre th subscription booka were opened 'of 50,OOO.Ot of bonds. Trade Review. ' By R. a. Dun Ce. ' With a continuance of fluctuating de mand, progress toward better business ia still gradual and uneven. Seaaonal )n flutncee. as usual at thia period, now be. Kin to cause Increased activities In some branchee and diminished eperatlona In other lines. The latter phase la witnessed in channeia where Inventorying is becom ing a factor, but retail trade ia moderately aumulatrd aa advance holiday requirc menta develop and lower temooraturee prevail In aome aectlona. The net result of commercial movementa la not adverse, and the announced reduction in freight ratea on farm producta adds to the con structive forces whose ultimate effect will b beneficial. Recent decllnea tn prtcoa of cotton and grain, however, have tended to Increase uncertainty and hesitation in strictly agricultural district of the weat and south, anl the enlargement of buying and gam In collections baa bean checked In some Inatancea. With the situation rraraed by- much irregularity, a. broad characterization of existing conditions ia difficult; Tt the outlook ia unnrstakably brighter than In earler months thla year. Kvidence of Improvement appear In aom atatisticai barometer that measure pro duction envj distribution, and current de creases In bank clearings era niirtlv ex plained br the lower level of commodity priceev While unaetttement in prices bis lessened appreciably, competition for buat--peaa la not without Influence in aome quar ter, and Dun'a -comprehensive list of wholesale quotatiopa dlacioaea about an nuai division ot declinea and advance. Fiiaactal markets thla week reflected la different waya and tej varying degree tha proposed limitation of armaments at the Washington conference, with the rise I terllng exchange to the highet point f the year an oustandlng development. Moderate tei Trade Revival. While th moderate revival recently eVvtope4 in iroa and ateei i utalned. demand eontiuue uneven, anil competition ti not vttheut fft c price. Published euotaticn thl week diec!e few rhang-, bet conciors in available in aome in- incet, aad th geBrl price ..tuatlon ia nrr. Carreat aad proepectlv railroad tarchaie aUord encouragement, yet th THE GUMPS .".r,J,,w- wriL- l' supra c If T ItT WlU 60- IT COMIMO IV MVM- YKt OHt til NOJ AU. VVtL UtTCM to ,ovl VO' TOO 0l emergency charaoler of tkt buying re lualna apparent, tnd mill operations hav slackened In eerialn quarter. Ih fab ricating steel trade, however, reflects further Improvement, , with new oniec id October reaching i per eent of capacity. In rebruary, thla year, the bonking rat aaa only about 11 oar cent. Uieouaeloii of the probabl Influence on th ateel In dustry of th proposed naval disarmament Ins (iigaged attention thla week, but The iron Age atatea mat "navai construction calls for far leas ateel than Is commonly though)," and estimates th tonnage at only a fraction of I per cent ot s year's outppu. Hide Market Continue) Strong, Th strength of hide markets has been accentuated, but a further general advance of toe, asked on domeatlo packer etock haa tended to check new ordera. trout tha viewpoint of sellers, however, th sta tistical position remains very satisfactory, and quiatneaa in foreign hldea haa b-en mainly due to paucity ot offeringa. Uni formity of demand la tacking In the leather trad, but the Improved situation In aula leather continues, and aom ad ditional salea have been mad to Eng land. In upper leather, the condition of dullness and weakness In calfskins per sist, yst some tannera expect a revival in thla quarter before long. As repeatedly atated of late, th trend In footwear la toward the atapl and medium and lower priced lines, and factorlea producing euch gooda are busily engsged. Th novelty plants, In Contrast, are Inactive. Dry Goods Trad Quieter. With an Inventorying period at hand and Jobbera buying little, primary dry gooda markets have ruled quieter during the wa;k. Hesitation ha bstii IncreaaeJ by the recent decline In raw cotton, ami a general softening of prices on unfinished gooda haa developed. Following the late upturn, print cloths have yielded again to the fu besls, and some other leading fabrics have also fallen moderately. On the whole, the price movement in textllea Is uneven, and a rlae in raw allk ot Yoko hama haa been only partially reflected here. The cloaking and dreaa goods trades hav been somewhat unsettled by the strike of garment workers In New ork city, while dullness tn th demand for the finer gradra of -worsteds Is causing a. lessening of output In that line. Irregu larity o'f production la evidenced In differ ent quarters, but activity at carpet and rug mills, where largu operations are assured for the- next few months, la a fa vorable feature... Omaha Grain Omaha, Nov. 19. Cash wheat' prices today were un changed to 1c or 2c higher, with the bulk higher. Corn ranged unchanged to'le higher. White was 'Ac to lc higher, yellow unchanged to Jc up, and mixed lc up. Oats were c Jic higher. Rye and barley were un changed. Grain receipts continued light but were some larger than the average recently. - WHEAT. - --.-. No, i hard; 1 car, 1.0 7 per tent dark); S .cars, 1.08 (smutty)! J. -ear. 1.04 (smutty); 1 car, $1.00: 1 car, IJc; 1 car, S8o (yellow): 14 car, 9&c. . No. 3 hard: 1 car, $1.08 (dark, amutty): 1 car. $1.04 (dark, amutty); I .car,, 9c (amutty); 1 car, 8o (yellow). i . No. 6 hard: 1 ear, o (yellow).. Sample hard: 1 car, 5c (llvo-wevel)i 1 rar. Ho (yellow, live weevel). . : Mo J mixed:-! car. Se (durum): I car, llo (durum, smutty); 3-5 ear, 80o (tmut- ty). - . ; CORN, o No. 1 white: 1 car, 40e. n ' No. 1 yellow, 1 car, 4le (special billing); 4 cars 40Ao. No. ysllow: 1 car, 40e; T cars, 40c. No. 1 mixed: 1 car, 40c. . No, 3 mixed! 3 cars. 40e. , . OATS. No. 8 white: 1 ear, 300 (special bill ing): cars. $0ic. . No. 4 white: 2 ears. S9e. KTB. No, 2: i car, 76c. No. 3: 1 cat, 7oo (heavy); 1 !- car, 1 "VaW No. I: '4 car, 4Te, No. S: 1 car, 47c. No. 4: 1 car, 43a PRIMARY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Reeelpte Wheat Corn ........ Oats Shipments Wheat ...... Corn . .'. Today Tear Ago .1,00$, (100 , Ms, 010 . 421,000 1,32,000 462,000 614,609 ...1,381,000 J.H5.000 ........ 45s. Off :a,u"w 980,009 633,000 EXPORT CLEARANCES, Oats Reeelpta Today Tear Ago Wheat .T7. J,MJ.J l.J. Corn 573,000 343,000 CHICAGO CAR 1-OT RECEIPTS. Today Wk, Ago Tr. Ago Wheat 3S . 19 17 Corn 1 1" Oata ....33 93 49 KANSAS C1TT CAR LOT RECEIPTS. " Todsy Wk. Ago Tr. Abo Wheat 136 103 14 24 8 38 5 3 10 LOUIS CAR LOT RECEIPTS. Today Wk. Ago Tr. Ago 49 98 109 $3 45 48 , IT 49 34 Corn Oats ST. Wheat Corn Oata NORTHWESTERN CAR LOT RKCEIPTS OP WHEAT. ' Today Wk. Ago Tr. Ago Minneapolis H$ 607 441 Duluth ......HO 119 134 Winuipeg 1,31$ 937 S1J OMAHA RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts Today Wk. Ago Tr. Ago Wheat 13 --48. 91 Corn $4 $3 30 Oata 7 -7 IS Rye - 4 ? Barley i 1 3 Shipments Today Wk. Ago Tr. Ago Wheat 44 18 34 Corn ............... 1$ . U Oat t. IS 2 $9 1 Barley CHICAGO CLOSING PRICES. By t'pdike Oreln Co, DO. 5S1T. Nor.' 1. Art. I Open. I High. I I-ow. Cloa. I Test. Wht. Dee. May Ry Dec. Nay I I 1.0?Vs 1.11 1.07 V. 1.07 1.1 1.08 1 l.$H 1.08 Ml 1.0 1.11 1.U14 l.OTtf ins 1 1.1014 1.11)4 I 1 .Mt, ".81 .!. .$mi .ih .$4 .$41 .48 I ,4 1 .49H M) .4 W .!3Va vS3 "isHrji'H -.5$' 1 - .a .itwi 1 Cora Dec, .4914 .49 .411 I .69 "AYi , Mar .944. e4 Oata peo. .334 .3314! i31Hf .314.1 May -i$Vi! .1$ 8V4I.V.. Pork I Jan. 1 10 J14. !I4. J14.94 14.0 Lard Jan. 8.4 $.14 $40 $8 14 $.19 1.4 I $.34 $.$3 I $.77 Mea Riba Jan. T$ T4J Til 7 44 T.$" 7 43 Til 1.4 T.M I T.4 May Mew Tek Prodeee. New Tork. Nor. 19 Butter Vnaettleel; creamery, higher than extras, 4iff4JHc: rreamarr extraa. 4:4)43c; Orsta, 34$) 41He. Cbee Irreguler; unchanged. Poultry- Live, firm: chrkena, 311 Tie; fo:a lljllr- turkeya 4c Dressed pourrry. tteady; turkey, west ern fancy, 4Sg45c. 8t IT IN COLORS IN THE SUNDAY ttC t to LtT HVM HE vkjmt C'T STtP$ 0 IT- HOT '.L' t tHt's 'uVg 'CR-UR.VOVJSe TCAV OH . K - M TC.t 0maha Produce Furnished by .tst of Nebraska, de. partment of agrleultur, bureau ot mar ket and. marketing! UVO TOULTRT. " vnoieeaie "nnuMi, Buying Pr. Veiling Pr. Broilers .o.inf ID.:; $o.:f"irlu.:s .139 33 boring .17 .17 .33 .13 .31 .3t .33 Hane, light .... Hena, heavy .... Cock .......... Duck Ge ........ ... .190 .S9b .119 ,0 ,189 .131b .:: .11 .3:9 Turkey .309 CRKISEP POULTRT. .3:11 ,ibV .33 6 .18 ,30l .! .4t isrotier . Spring .194; .20 .174S .!3 Hen Cock . Duck . .. Turkey. .13W .14 .34 .27 .UH .2$ - .40 .43 EOOS. heavy Case count, $14. SO it. 00. Select H& .H3 No. 1 47 .40 NO. 3 35 .40 Cracka 309 .33 Storage, according to grade M0 .609 .384$ .Z2i .339 .40 BUTTER. Creamery, prints - .40 .... Creamery, tub ... .4t .45 Country, beet ... .30 .33 .33 .34 Country, common .339 .3 '4 -3$ w :30 BUTTER FAT. At stations ..... , .33 .... FRUITS, Bananaa, lb., 7W8c. Oranges, size 310, $7.60; size 350, $0.747.0O; size Sen. $4.00 09.40; slse 334, $4.0004.00, Lemons, box, $6.(047.00. Pears. Kelfer, bbl., $7.50, O rapes, ISmperor. $3.6093.45. Grapefruit, I4.0U4B.00. Apples. Jonathans, according la araMa. box. 33.60313.00: Delicious, ac cording to grade, box, 43.78Q4.76; Rome Beauty, $3.l69i J.OO; Ortlay, $3,603i4.0O; Spits, $4.0004.60. Cranberries. $17.60(j 19.00. Figs, 38-3 oz., $3.3SS.50: 13-10 ox., $1.80; 66-oz.. $3.60. vuiei, drome dary, case, 1$ lbs., $0.6099.76. VEGETABLES. Potatoes, Nebraaka Early Ohio No. 1, uer cwt.. $1.76: Nebraska Early Ohloa No. $. per cist,, $1.40; Nebraaka Red River Ohioa, per cwt., $3.0093.36. Sweet po. tatoea. bu.. $1.60(1.75: bbl.. $6.0094.50, Celorv.. Jumbo. $1.36(81.35: Michigan, 41) 65c. Head lettuce, $6.0096.60; leaf IsttiioB. 4046c. Onions. Red (ilobe, 6p 7c; yellow, 40Ho; Spaniah, $3.60. Cab bage, lb., 3c, Cucumbers, doz., $1.2 5 $.00. Cauliflower, crate. $3.003.35. To matoes, lug., $3.0093.25. Radishes, do., 36936c. Squash, Hubbard, lb., .3493c. Turnlpa, lb., 3o. Carrots, lh 393V40. v.m nlsnt. crate. $3.6093.00: hampers, $3.6094.00. Garlic, lb... 36c, Honey, case, $5.6094.00. nuts. Walnuta, black, lb., fie- English, '339 35c, Brasll, washed, 18c; medium, 10c. Pecans, No, 1, 18c. Filberts, Sicily, 30c. HIDES AND WOOL. . Beef Hldea Oreen. salted. No. 1, late tak off. oer lb.. efi)8c: No. 3. late take off, per lb., 67c; Green. No. 1, late take nff, 49904 No. !, rate take off, per ih.. 396o: green aauea, oia aiocn, per iu 196e; green salted bull hides, per lb., $o; green bull hldea, per lb.. So. Horse Hides Largo, eacn, 4a.ouiwJ.uui medium, eaebA $3.00; email, eaoh, $1.60. iony -ana uiuea cacn. iaqw,v,v. Sheen P.elta Green salted., a to alx and wool, each, 15090c. Shearlings ureen saiteq, as to an anu wool, each, 60SOc. k-urs The aeaeon ha lust opened for Cure and they are bringing good prices. Wool Choice fins and V, biooa, per lb., 16918c: choice medium and blood, per lb.. 12015c; cbolce low U blood, per lb., 10913c, ... . -, HAT. Prairie No. 1 upland. $11.00913.00: No 3 upland, $9.00910.60; No, $ upland, $7,611 98.61): No. 1 midland, $10.60311.00; No. 3 midland. $S.6010.00; No. 3 midland. $7.0098.00; No. 1 lowland, $8.0090.00; No. 3 lowland, $7.0098.00; airaira choice, J17.00fjilS.00; No. 1, $16.00014.00; aland, ard, $13.00914.00; No. 3, $8.00 Jf J 2 00; No. 3, $8.0009.00. - Oat straw, $$.0004.00 Wheat atraw. 17.0098.09. Wholeaal prices of beef cuts are as roiiows: jno. x riDa, J8tc; no. 2, lo'jc; No. 3, 1314c; No, 1 loins,. 33 Vie; No. 3, 14 Vic; No. 3, 13o; No. 1 rounds, 1314c: No. 3, 13c: No. 3, 10V4c; No. 1 chucks, 8Vic; No. 2, 8c; No. 3, 7c; No. 1 plates, 7V4o; No. 2, 7c; No. 3, 6Vic. Chicago Grain By CHARLES D. MICHAELS. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Dee Leased Wire. Chicago, Nov. 20. Seldom haj the, wheat trade been called upon to face so many conflicting influences in the market at one time. Owing to general conditions, . practically all mills, elevators, and exporters have kept their grain well hedged and with a light speculative trade, the pressure of the cash article has weighed heavily against the price. It is estimated that there is well over 100,000,000 bushels cash wheat hedged in the various markets at present, but this is not an abnormal amount and were speculative action anywhere near as large as it was several years ago, it would have little or no effect. The several break of last "year-and the recent decline has served to undermine confidence of believers in higher prices and they have been slow in buying for investment. -' - f . , . Jfe ' Surplus lft. From a statiatical standpoint the United States waa heavily cover-exported from the territory east of the Rockiea and there la practically no aurplus remaining. ven figured on the basis of actual bread requirements of 4V4 bushels per capita, and allowing for a normal carry over. The bullish statlatica, however, have coat the trade dearly, both this and last year, aa world's condition have mon than offaet them. There is a growing belief, how ever, that future developmenta will favor a higher level of grain values, as the lat ter are now well below the prewar aver age and with live itock are practically the only commoditiea that are. No great apprehension exist at th present tim over the reported poor con dition of th new winter wheat crop tn the dry sections of the southwest. There have been years when Kansas aeeded in the dust and received very little moisture throughout th winter aad yet raiaed a good crbp. - However, a plant that goe into th winter in a weakened condition 1 usually ucept!bl to damage from winter killing. Thia would not be a fac tor until growing weather cornea la the spring. - Wheat closed in Chicago Saturday -with December at $1.0$ aad May at 81.14s. shewing net lessee of IV fj 3c for the week with. May leading. . Cera Crop Smaller. The seven rrplua torn ttes hava a total crop and carry over thia season of about 4S.404.494 buihele leaa than laat year, as shews by official reports. Iowa haa a carry arer of 41. 009.00 bushel from the eld crop, compared with 33.400, 90 bushels tha previoua year, while Nebraaka. en November 1. held 41. 404.oe againat 1$.. buahel laat year, the aggregate for the tn. states b Ing 113.904. bushels out of a total for the entjrw -rounirr of l.aa.eo. lilinm reserves are 24.. a bushel or 4.. buebela woe thn lae year. There arc many tradern wi ti that torn aill ultimately acil math, higher anl A PEEK INTO GO- 6rr vixtz fitu . we expect th large crop and carry ever thl eaaon will illaappear very rapidly the eiiinw aa it did In 141J, when the crop waa large ami the prlc low. Export de mand haa been fairly active and local atocka are expected to ahow a material reduction between now and the cloa of navigation. While there la a feeling that oat are selling considerably too low a compared with other grains, there I nothing In light at the ! resent time to bring about a material upturn, a a majority ot trad ers see the situation. LiveStock Omaha, November 19. Reeelpta wore: Cattle Hogs Sheep Official Monday 13,904 4.904 4.734 Official Tuesday ... 7.483 4.642 10,13$ Official Wedneaday.. 4,714 $,118 $.463 Official Thursday.... 3,635 4.131 6.038 Official Friday 1,442 4.814 1,449 Bat mat Katurnay.. 400 :,ooo Six daya thla week 30.671 33.631 30.999 Same daya last week 30,834 32,964 26.434 Sam daya S w'a a'o 25,407 26.094 34,421 Hams daya 3 w'a a'o 39,224 83.37) 62,487 Sam day year ago 61.413. 39,680 68, Kecelnt and disposition of live slock at they Union stock yards, Omaha, Neb., for 34 hours, ending at i p. m., November 19, 1931, RECEIPTS! CARLOT. Cat. Hogs Mo. Fsc. Ry. 1 Union PacKlo K. R , 4 C. & N. W. Ry., east ...3 4 l & N. W. Ry., west 3 10 C, St. J, M. & O. Ry 1 C B. & Q. Ry., weat 4 C, R. 1. & F., east ,..,1 Total receipts ..7 30 IMPOSITION HEAD Hogs .... .163 Armour & Co Cudahy Packing Co. rold racking Co. Morris Packing Co, Swift V Co .1. W. Murphy SwarU & Co. .. .. . Total 399 344 .... 419 .... 443 880 .... 114 ...sTiTI Cuttle The small Saturday aupply of cattle, nbout 200 head, found an outlet at orlcea 1uat about steady with yesterday, though there were hardly enough her to make a market. Receipts have been no larger this week than laat, total Deing about 30,500 head, but the general trend ot values has been lower on account of a alack demand for most classes.v, corn rea beeves show 6076c declines, bulk of the ran to good shortfeds e earing at is.zb 7.00, with an extreme top of $10.00. Grass beevea and cowl are around 3BO iowar. helfera are ateady, and atookera and feed ers show lessee of mostly 50o, heavy kinds be 1 11 af off mout. Quotatlona on Cattle Cholc to prim beevea. $3.Z69.26; goea to cnolce Deeve. $7.004J$.26: fair to good Beeves, $4.00Si 6.76; common to fair beeves, $6.0006.00: choice to prime yearlipgs, $9.60if J0.60; good to choice yearlings. $8.0099.60; fair to good yearlings, $4.607.76; common to fair yearlings, $6.00S4.60; choice to prime grasa beevea, $S.607.00; good to choice grass he'a'vvs, $S.06.36; fair ' to good grass beeves, $8.00$s.40 j common to fair grasa beeves, $4.006,00; Mexicans, $4,00 4.76; good to choice grass netters, ss.uo 96.60; fair to good grass ' heifers, $3 74 6.00; choice re to prim graas cows, 94.101' 4.60; good to choice grass cows, $3,869 4.10: fair to good graaa eowe, 4J.36SJi3.8b: common to fair grasa cows, $2,6043.35: good to choice (seders, $5.40&4.36 fair to good feeders, $S.006.40; common to fair feeders, $4. 60 5.00; good to choice stockers, $6.6ftfl4.26; fair to good stoek- ers. $8.00$6.60; 1 common to fair stockers, $4.60(j6.36; stock hoirera, 44.oows.Z6; stock cows, $3,004)3.7(1 stock calves, $4.007. 00; vea calves, $4.00fi8.5O; bulls, ataga, etc., $2.26J,T5. , . Hogs-vSaturday's hog receipts were estimated at 30 loads or 2,000 head, mak ing a total for the week of 33,600 head. There was a fairly good demand for hogs Saturday at prices strong to 10c higher with a top of $6.60, most of the aupply selling from $6.256.60. Heavy hogs, however, continue to sell at a big discount, all tha way from $5.266.00. these prices are generally l$26c loner l-.an the close last week. HOOS. No. Av. 35. .381 54. .310 41 . .234 60. .199 80. .187 78. .209 74. .205 $5. .218 Sh. Pr. No. Av, Sh. Pr. 6 35 5 80 6 15 6 25 4 35 4 45 3 6 26 ( 75 9 10 24. .407 210 220 110 140 80 160 180 40 49. .290 72. .223 6 20 4 30 6 40 4 60 $ 60 S6. 61.. 182 202 61. .197 60. .203 Bheep There were no fresh sheep or lambs on the market Saturday, the re ceipts for the week totaling 30,900 head. There has been a good demand for fat lambs all week and while prices have not changed greatly there was a certain amount of etrength which reached ita height and top lambs sold at $8.75 and yearlings $6.26, tha market eoftening the balance of the week closing with a top of $8.66, bulk of the lambs selling from $8.28 to th top, price that were con. sldered steady with the cloae last week. Feeders are fully ateady but the sheep are dull and weak. Quotations on Sheep: Fat Iambs, good to choice, $8,2514.76; fat lamba, fair to good. $7.60&8.26: feeder lamba, good to choice. $7.60gi8.00; feeder iambj, fair to good, $6.767.50; cull lamba, $S.!5(36.26; fat yearlings, $5.606.6O; fat wethers. $4.506.25; fat ewes. $3.004.00; feeder cweo. 3.io(g)3.oo; cull ewes, $1.004J3.50; - - vires, uca,jr, f v 1 By ALEXANDER DANA NOYES. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire. "New York,- Nov. 20. We must describe the action of the stock mar ket in the week of the disarmament conference and in resoonse to the re markable incidents in Washington, as proioundly disappointing and logical ly unexplainable. Yet this was by no means the first time that highly important developments of a politi cal tort, appeared to fall flat as an influence on the financial markets. The stock markets decline last No vember after Harding's election may not be a fair parallel, for the applause over that great majority was a prod uct more of political emotion than of cool financial calculation. - Some of the stock markets declined after the signing of the armistice; some people bought stocks on -belief that termination of the war had removed an increasing economic peril, but others sold through fear of economic reaction on return to peace. - Instance In Potnt. But th fall in stock exchange crirea In the two or thr week after th pass age of th federal reserve act in 1913, ita h-sltstlon titer th gold ctandard act wa adopted in 100. ita break after the d. fiat of Bryan free silver ticket la 169. and It vellent decline on th passage of the liver purchase repeal bill ia 169$. were clearly instances in point. Nona the lees, even lit financial ralca latlona. the evrmountlng tf ntntaclea to reduction of annamnt and of readjusted public credit ia an answer to an argument for the longer future, far superseding any consideration ot momentary btseiaeea coa tlition. When the h'rr f th' Pr1M t writ ten tn larger perspective ef 2 .r a yars from bow, tta accncmic ciius will aa- VVtB i.OV financial THE FUTURE Debating League Plans Innovation For Next Season Proposal to Have. Each Team In District Meet Every ' Other One to he Tried Out. Lincoln, Nov. 20. Five hundred Nebraska high school debates, ln volving the decisions of 1,500 judges, by next May. is the propo:ed in novation of the Nebraska High School Debating league for its 15th annual contests, on the question of the open and closed shop. At the recent annual meeting of this organization, with 96 members last year, the president. Professor M. M. Fogg of tlie University of Nebraska, was instructed to urge the adoption of a new plan .of tie cidirtg the district championship honors the plan, which worked well in the eastern districts Jast year, of having each school in n district meet every other. Will Maintain Interest. - "The outstanding merit of this plan," says Professor Fogg, "is that it maintains interest prevents a team from quitting work as soon as it loses a decision. With the membership this year likely to go considerably over the 100 mark, if this new plan is adopt- ed, some redistncting and increase in the number of districts will be necessary in order to keep the mcm- bershin down to a point wliere tne number of debates will not be bur densome either .as to. time or money. ' ' Will Fix Membership. By December 1 the active mem bership of the league is to be fixd. The executive committee has been authorized to map out each year the schedules of district debates, set tine a time limit for the comple. tioa of-the. various stages. -This ac tion was taken to prevent serious delays, which have sometimes nem 110 tlie progress 01 me leagues work, in deciding what teams shall participate m the state oeDate tour nament in May. To date ;11 new applications lor membership have been received: Cotner university academy, Dix, Franklin academy, Fremont, Grant, Oxford, Grand "island. Raymond, Riverdale, Ruskin and Wood Lake. Superintendent W. H, Morton, Fairbury, director of the southern district, newly elected president of the Nebraska State Teachers asso ciation, feels obliged to withdraw from the directorship. Principal E. E. Stone, Fairbury, has been ap pointed in his place. Doane College Elaborate plana are being mad for Thanksgiving day. The foot ball game In the afternoon with Midland closes the season for Doane. The dinner will bo held in the evening, followed by the an nual preforrnanc which Is usually a mock grand opera and mixer in the Gay- lord hall parlors. Thn foot ball banquet will bo held Friday. The committee in charge pf the arrangements are: Prof. C. O. Carlson.. chairman; H. I. Stuhblefleld, Mrs. Fred Osterbout. Gladys Perry and L. Ij. Cole man. Invitations have been Bent out to tha Honor Us in the atate, and to other interested alumni and frtendp. The biology lecture in connection with the extension course was held TueBday night, tha aubject being "St em Architec ture and Pattern in Lumber." President Bennett apoke on student honor in the college life claas Thursday. The Doane playcra are rehearsing "The Comedy of Errors." Professor J. E. Taylor, head of the history department at Doane, spoke on the limitation of armaments. University of Nehraska F. C. Camnbcll addressed th m,mlir. of the university commercial club on "De partment Store Organisation." rrora. h.. jr. Schramm and I,. O. Wymann lectured in Fairbury Tuesday oefore the Women'a Club on "The Resource., nf Vo. braaka," laying eapecial emphaais on oil and . gas. , Dr. Lida B. Karhart of the tcmhor al lege goes to Omaha every Tuesday after noon to teach a class in education. About eight elementary and high achool teachers aro enrolled In th course. . which will questionably lay great atreas on the move ment of the paper currencies. He will Unuw a great deal about ehe huge infla tion of JS21 In the paper of Gem, cm, central Europe, being able ta bat ti'a cci. ii-iioi s. not only on th i.ciuil Move ment of th present year, but un know- ieno or woat nappeneo to that mass of depreciated paped after 121 whether, for instance, it wa eventually acnlcl down or waa repudiated outright or waa placed, lib some Pouth American cur rencies, on a basia of gold redemption up to a stipulated percentage. Hut aa to the matter of the present year'a outpour of irredeemable paper, w know the cause as well aa he will know it the recourse of those governments to cover their revenue deficits, not through adequately increased taxes, put through notes 01 lianj. decreed to circulate aa money. Failures This Week With returna for ai days Included In th statement, against figure for five day laat week, failures thl week not unnaturally disclose an increase, number ing 43 In the United Slates. Thla total compares with SM last week, 441 two week ago and 3) default tn thta week of !!, when th business mortality waa comparatively moderate. .Of th current week' insolvencies reported to R. o. Dun Co.. :t I involved llabllltl-a of I5,00 or more in each Instance, which is SI 4 per cent of the aggregate number. This ratio ia lower than the per cent shown for such failures last week, aad Is also below the ratio of . per cent ot this week. Ist year. Numoering 47. default tn Canada thl wek compare with 4 Is it week, two weeks ago aad tt tnsolvenci In this of 1!. Of this weeks failures. II had an Indebtedness of IS. or more I eaebi . which Is li t per cent of tb total namtwr. Last week, when Jhere were J mllar defaults, the ratio 47 per ont. while In this ek of last year, with li uch irsoiveneies. the rat'-o aa at tha unusually hga point ot 11 1 per cent. ewT telt rt f I lug N10 A V SWOP tliMT raver the methods ot study and th prln. ciph of teaching, Thn Induing tsani from tlip college of sgrli-ulture Iclt lon,lv fur Chicago, whern they will titke purt In the Inlernu. tlonal live stoik ekpueltinn which will tit hHd November 54. Tho lant I com posed of tit following men: U. Martin Krucger, Heward; I'niit K I'saaart, t'hainhers: U. W. Iterrmmttt, Fiterllng; t'llfford :. Oiradot. Pender: Paul M.-IMll, Vnivvrslty Place, and Karl J. letter. Mucin. I'll team ha a it roach, rrofoicr Wll Ham il, h.ivln uf the department of animal liusbamlry. Machinery la being Inalalled for the University of Nebmaka trade- school print "hop, and the plant r. Ill soon b in opera tion. Hlgnta . Gamma Epsllon. professional geological fraternity. Initiated four new member Tuesday evening at Robbers' cave, which furnished a very appropriate place for the particular type of Initiation. Refreshment were furnished after the dilation. Tho filiates were: I.ynn ilardln, K. A. Wymen, Harold .Mrtilasaon, Carl lion, and Eugene Reed. Tits college of law and the college nf buelncM- administration mat Wednoednv on the university gridiron lo aetlle Nuprcm- acs 111 1001 uaii. -jno game enuoa score- leas, Kearney Teachers College The actiioia of tho coflego met iu the gymnaalum Tuesday and after callus dinner discussed the following topics: Tr.a standard of scholarship tlio seniors should obtain; The tlilugM our college needs that the seniors could nivo her or help her to obtain; Hhould commencement be held once a year or at the end of each uuarter? Three seniors will receive iho A. B dcgrc at the close of Ihls quarter. The girla of tho school are to he awarded their class numerals with tho school letter, when they have t-omplet. ed the eight flve-mllo hikes and two 1(1 tnlte hikes, aa prescribed by tho Hiking club, under the direction of Miss Mildred Andrews, supervisor of gymnnaium worlc for women. This ia tho flrut opportun ity that haa been given the co-eda to earn the collego ' letter and clai num eral. Thirty girls are taking advantage of this opportunity. Four hlken havo al ready been taken by tho club, threa of which were five-mile hikes, and Iho other, a 10-nille hike. The first five mile hike completed in an hour and a half, th- second In an hour and 15 mln. utes, th third in approximately an hour and 10 minutes, with time taken out for eating a light lunch. A chance will be given the girls to make up any hike which they cannot take at tho regular time with the rest of the club. .The Dramatic Art club Initiated tholr now members In devious and unusual waya, Saturday, In the college gymnt alum. The club has &0 members. This week has been observed as Chil dren's Hook Week, throughout the school.. -Programs having -been given In eaoh convocation. President George II. Martin addressed the student body at convocation Monday, ulng.th topic, Better Books For Children. Cotner College The Kansas club and a few invited gueala held their repular first semester party In Mathesian hall. Prank Kennedy was, elected president; .Ruth. Atwooa, vice president ;:- Vance : Thomas, secretary and treasurer, and Randolph, . Smith, yell leader. ,.f .-i;..-' ; VTW e"f ojass . 3 ebg t eat V, Ul "be; Held" T) ec. sjn -Ber"l& aiid ,1.6. .'.'J'he. course's. .clastea are ejiirruiK ineae .iprensic contests wun an enthusiasm that insures their success. Fol lowing the class contests tho tryouts for tne college debating teams will be neiti. Nfne students will be chosen to represent Cotner this year. The last three will conatltute a second team, which will en gage in some-debates with other teams of the -state. ' The .question that will be debated -in. thse contests .is.: "Resolved, That the principle ot the cloaed shoo is Justifiable." Midland College A vary KOod artists' oourrse nan' been ar- ranced for the MMliind. situunls consist ing of lour cveninga, of tho "Llttlo Theater" one act plays, three to bo Riven ttich of the four evenings. Tho Misner players have been secured for thia nart ot the course and the other two numbers win d concerts. The first of the num bers of the course waa given Tuesday. Dr. McKeever srave one of thn nrf. dresses at the convention on Thursday. Wednesday the fttuilents linArii David An. rterson. author of the "Blue Moon.' reud from his latest novui, "Red liock." Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By II. IRVING KING. Two Cures. In rural Canada the French Ca nadians have the following way of getting rid of rheumatism: They go out to a fence and leaning the breast upon it, say, "I leave you here, I leave you here, I leave you here. Den you go 'way and don't you never come back dere no more." In Maryland oeonle sufferinur from biliousness ,bore three holes in a tree and then walk three times around the tree, saying each time: "Go away, bilious." J-lere we go back again to primitive man, to tree worship and the doc trine of transference of disease. Also the conception of disease as an evil spirit. Moreover, we again encoun ter the mystic number three. As far back into history and tradition as man has been able, to delve certain numbers were regarded as of mystic import. Why lias never been discov ered, perhaps never will be. J he doctrine of tranference has already been discussed in this se ries. Primitive man regarded dis ease as an evil spirit which could be expelled from himself by provid ing, for it another habitation. The person, animal, object upon wilich he wished the disease, "caught it from. him. It was the primitive man's theory of contagion and beat the modern one "all hollow" in that when someone had caught the dis ease from you you no longer had it yourselt. The remnant of tree worship in the two cures under consideration is obvious: The direct appeal to the tree in one case and the contact with and appeal to the wooden fence in the . other. In both cases the pa tients put their disease "up to" the tree god, who would know how to take care of it. Perhaps the boring of the three holes in the tree is to facilitate the entrance of the dis ease into it. ICopyright, I;i, by Th McCIur 'cw. paper Syndicate. American Telephone & Telegraph Co 129th DiTid.nd )Urerif dividend et Tt I0'!r and Te-emr-Ftve Cents per tlire wl be paid on Monday. 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Jin ...."' tool Hlfl CO- t. IMt....lH '"'V Hwls tiov, la. 1140 Ill IKS I', H. Hul'her IS". 10. i"4V Vacuum OH la. 110. ... 10 loif ve.t. I'nlun CVs. IIJI ..lHv 10 West r.l. Is IIJI......1H HIV trutusy la. I4 101 S t5' t hlrfn 1J Slock, riileate, Nov, II tl. H IureU t Mark. Is t .ltle H.eiil, ' : Mimvareil llh week o, thole lo prlni 1.30 to I.Hu-poutKt ataer. ateatly tn hliheri other uneven, most yearling ihort fed plain liaavlea and (rassera, tie to 10 lower: ah iloclt and bulla, .tearlvt veal calves. to to II lowtr, tiKker mt feelers laroely 210 lower. ll.'ie nclpla. 1. 000 hear): aellv ami siron to I Oc hither than rrMsv's avsr ate: tnlmd up liicat, tooil elernrKi 17.00 paid for ISO 10 lmvpugna' avsraaes; prscllral top, 14 10: bulk, l.10fl-.l: lilht lithta. 10Q tin 1or: P'. 31 nc lower: bulk desirables. IT.eCtf Ltd. Hheep Iteccipls. 1,000 head: comparal with week 8", fat lambs. Sic lo 40o lower; fat aheep. lie to II lower, feeder lamb steady. . . p , Chiracs rotetoe. rhlc(jo, Nov. . rutloes Kcipt. 116 cars; total IT. H. ehlpnunte, ail cars; market, weak; Wlaconsln, sacked and bulk, 3l.e5cfl.7S; Minnesota, and Michi gan, sacked and bulk, l.461.76; Minne sota and North Dakota Red lvrs. lacked and bulk. 11.16; Ualiutas, tacked and bulk. ll.3Sftl.6i.