13 'Market and Financial News of the Day THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1921. 'lir'lllllllllllllllll'tl'llltlllllllMI't' H'lUH.H.I m i' !,i,ii. .i ''! l!tlll'lttllilliiliitiitilli.l,ti,ilth Jiliinti irlia, 1 -tmsi i ft? fy a v fsfi? w Arcr ? tt cat csV'rt.' . v t'r-" 5 U)nMIIIIIIIII!iailllllllj ilMHfc, f ft ' M '! Omaha Grain Omaha, Jan. 5. Practically all the early trading to day was in corn and oats, with wheat neglected. Corn sold at a decline of , lc to 3c, and generally lc to 2c off. Oats were off Jc to 'lc, No. 3 white Jc lower. Demand for wheat was light. Offerings disposed of op to a late hour went at a decline of 8c to 10c. Receipts of wheat and corn to day were fairly substantial. Rye prices were unchanged. The world's visible supply of wheat decreased 3,082.000 bushels the last week; corn increased 1.101.000 bushels and oats increased ,652,000 bushels. Minne apolis millers report a much better flour business in evidence the last clay or two. Milh there were fair buyers. Sixty to 65 per cent of the heat in the three northwest states ha? left the farms, it is estimated, and the balance of the crop will come out slowly. Good demand for cash wheat at St. Louis from outside milling concerns was reported, with scarcely enough good wheat to sun- ' i- J y it. Yesterday's export wheat di inand was rather light and today's inquiry was little or none. WHEAT. , No. J hard: 1 cars. $1.71. No. 3 hard: 1 cur, II. 6: 1 car, SI. 6.1 No. i hard: I cars. 11. IX No. 6 hard: 1 car, .11.62; 1 car, (1.60; -8 car, 11.63 (smuttyU. Sample hard: 1 car, 11.61 (weevil) car, 11.47 (live weevil). No. 1 spring: 1 car, $1 M (northern). ivo. b sprint;: 1 car. 11 60. No. 1 mixed' cir. 11.62 (durum). CORN. No. t while . 1 car. $1.M. No. S white' I cars. 6Hc: 1 car. No. 4 white: 1 car, 57c. 1 car, 66 Sic; a care, loo: 3 cars. 66c. Sample white- 1 car. 63c (wheat mixed). No. 3 yellow 1-car, 61c (special bill . Ins): 1 cars. 60c. No. i yellow- 1 car. 5So (special bill ing); 2 cars, 57c; 10 cars, 6c. No. 6 yellow 1 car. 66c; 3 cars, 83c, No. 6 yellow: 2 cara, 63c . No. 3 mixed: t cars. S9c No. 4 mlxrd: 15 cara, 56c: 4 cara. 66c. No. & mixed: 1 car, 63c. No. 6 mlxfd 1 car. 62c. OATS. No. white: S cara, 41c; 2 cars, 44o (ahlj'pers' wilpht). No. J wii.te 1 cars, 43 c (shipper' WWirnt): 8 cars, 43V.C No. 4 white: 2 cars, 43t Sample while 1 car, 43 c. No. 4 mixed' 1 car, 43c. KYB. No. S: 1 car, $1.61. . Sample: 1 car, l.4. X BARLKT. , No. 1 feed: 1 car, 60c. OMAHA RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS (CARS). Ttere nts Tiwtiv wir ir. a - tWlt'Hh Corn Oati Ityo llnrlcy Shipments Wheat Corn Oats .. Rye S&rley BroomhoM'a Weekly Review says: Stock of win at and dour In United Kingdom waieliousrs remain largo and. compared with last year's stocks, show an lncreasr of 6,000,0(0 to 7,000,000 bushels. Arrival of wheat are mrdorately larger, although the quantlttta on passage this week show. ducreuHO of 1.000,000 bushels, with an increase of like amount to the contl - nental port. The royal commission on wheat supplies la offering only sparingly as English flour millers are well supplied with wheat, tak ing enly small lots of good quality brands (or mixing purposes. Think the continued delay of any selling Of the new Pialte wheat crop will very likely result In further purchases by con tinental countries of North American wheat because chief Importing countries' takings since August 1 are rather below frevtoii estimates In spite of the fact hat theso have been very liberal and tak ing Into consideration the monoy strin gency throughout Europe. Russia is still negotiating a trade ngree . merit, but it is unlikely that this country will ship any quantities of fond grains from the last crop. Arrivals of foreign wheat tloiir have Increased and the do mestic output continue to exceed the de mand. It Is consequently expected there will be a further lowering of the official price, which today la quoted at 81 per BU'k of 280 pounds. Chicago firm says: In analyzing the, effect of the passing of the war finance ' bill over the veto of the president it ap pears evident that congress has done little to assist the farmer In financing his crops, but have really taken a backward step In the matter of deflation and recon struction. Under the law the corporation . has no power to loan money to farmer or companies for the purpose of carrying grain, cotton, wool or other farm prod ucts and It activities must be confined strictly to the loaning of money to ex porters and hanks properly secured for tho purpose of financing exports. CHICAGO CLOSING PRICES By trpdlke Grain Co.. Doug. 2627. Jan. 6 Financial Chicago Grain 90 43 Si 79 22 40 26 ' 7 14 io n 1 3 91 66 49 63 IS -.4 17 11 19 I i 'i By ALEXANDER DANA NOYES. Chicago Tribune-Omaha lie Leased Win. New York, Jan. 5. With another clay of unchanged money rates, the realy important incidents of today's markets were the further decided ad vance in government bonds and the great strength of sterling exchange. In the bond market, prices for the Liberty loans again led the move ment of the day with some very striking gains. The iVi per cents and the 4)i per cents of 1918 went pratically a point above Tuesday; advances over last week's closing prices now range as high as 2j4 points. Even the Victory 4fcjs, which have lately been much less subject to t'epression than the oth ers, sold at the hig'-en prices since the f'rst week of October. This movement hardly needs coinmertt; it is entirely logical, be- trer oart v reaction irein necessuious -.ivi vear.ir.fi sal. or s,alM to "fix Business Light. lnsse-f " but laro-elv also a COnse-! Exporters, were holding off and h""1"'" "( I ;.,- l.;.f.. I was light. Milling demand I w P"fJ. By CHARLES D. MICHAELS. Chleago Tribune-Omaha Bre Leased Wire. Chicago, Jan. 5. Depressing in fluences were numerous and effec tive in the grain markets today, the net losses being 2J6JV4c on wheat, lc on corn, Myt on oats, l&c on rye and VAc on barley. Argentine news was the main fac tor and for the present and im mediate future is expected to be more attractive, as it usually v dur ing January and February. Argen tine wheat was said to be offered to Germany at 15c to 20c under American from the gulf. The British commission was out of the market and apparently is using its influence through the Argentine situation, to get lower prices. It has asked for a definite state ment regarding the export tax on grain from that country and the buy ing from there is regarded as large ly dependent on the reply it re- Call Finds Ranks Here in Fine Shape fi m Total Deposits Exceed Total Loans by 4 Millions, -Reflecting Deflation. Total deposits exceeded total loans of Omaha banks by more than $4,000,000 on December 29. Con tinued deflation is reflected by this fact, and although both deposit and loan.s are several million less lhan on December 31 of 1919, the December 29 call found Omaha banks in splendid condition, con sidering the unusual market situa tion. Deposits. Dec. 91, MS Pee. 21 59 Omaha National ...I 29.244,944 f 19, ICS. MS U. 8. National ... 21.263.d81 17.116,044 First National .... 19,63,S5J '4. 979,98 Stork Yards Nat.. 10,013,599 6,182,368 Merchants National 14.640.60S 9.641,997 Live Stock National 8,866,602 6,264,089 mi i ip IK? ill if I ill it ft! 1 quence ot genuine reinvestment, coupled with some! clearing away of last month's delusions about the national revenue. What was almost equally striking today, however, was the active buying and half to three quarter point advance in the num ber of long-term bonds of Euro pean governments. Sterling Advances. , Sterling advanced no less than 9 tic t.i the pound, making a total recovery of lCKc from laHt week' lowest, and 8214C fr"m the bottom figure of the season (reached early in November) acd reach ing the highest rate since the third week cf August. In i the main, today's noteworthy ad vance, like all of the past month's re covery, reflected progressive rtmoval of actual money tension In our market there are other contributing Influences such as the fact that, since October. Eng land has purchased only 660,090 bales nf cur cotton, and at very low prices, as against more than 1,000,000 bales, booghl at prices twice as nigh. In he corre sponding period a year before. What this meant was shown plainly enough by the decrease In our November surplus of ex ports to England cf $29.0I0,000, a com pared with Octobtr, and of 174.000,000, as compared. -wlhk Novemher, 1919. Theo Influences have een visibly at work for many weeks. It is probahle that today's unusually violent advance wa due to the sudden discovery of the fact by belated speculators or by International merchants who had let their drafts accumulate and oerstayed their market. v Business Uncertain. Business on the stock exchange r Itpsed In a purposeless backward and forward movement, reflecting little but the restless activities of professional speculators. Prices declined under such auspices all the way from a fraction tJ several points, after which thy recov ered most or all or tne earty i.isscs. in the end net declines and net advances v tre about equal in number and few of them imnortant. How far the reduction cf dividends has been discounted In ad vance, thereby toeing Its Influence el present values, was shown by the lack of itsponse to the cutting in two of the quarterly rate on Mldvale Steel shares. I The general marxet was stronger iiwr the announcement than before and Mid into Mtnek ItKalf closed only 114 lower. Probably Wall street was relieved that I the dividend had not oen entirety ticnded; It had expected the worst. In this os in other similar cases. No dt-unt there will be further Instance to now tnn in? Indiscriminate pessimism of last month was overdrawn. New York Quotations an i Open. I High I Low, i Close. I Tes'y fvnt. t Mh. 1.7JH 1.73 l.8V4 14 1." May 1.67H 1.6754 l.3tt 1-64 J. Rye. May 1.47 1.47 1.1SW 1.16 1 July 1.S8 1.18 1.11 1.33 l.Ss Corn I May .741 .74 .73 S .74tf .7S4 July .70! .76Vi .74 .76 .764 Pat I May .491 .49 .484 .49 .49 July .43 .48 .474 48 .48 pork- - Jan. ...v... 2S.S5 I.rd I L ' Jan. 115.75 n;.85 112 75 15.85 11.85 May 113.45 113.52 13.37 13.50 13.60, ftlha III; Jan. 111.40 111.45 111.32 11.45 11.43 May U2.1S 12.17 112.05 113.17 12.12 " Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 5. Flour Un changed to It'c lower. In carload lota, family patents quoted at 910.00010.40 per bbl. In 9-lb. cotton sacks. BHin 82fi.OO!27.0fl. Wheat Receipts, 245 cars, compared with 286 cars a ycRr ago. Cash No. 1 northern, 1.741.78; March, 11.56; May, SI 63 Corn No. I yellow,. 3fi)8e. Oats No. ? white. 42H43a Barlty 6 17 5c. RVeNo. 2. 1.521.631i. , Flax No, 1. 11.981.99. fit. Louis Grain. St. trfmls, Jan. 6. Wheat March, 11.74 bid; May. 91684 asked. Corn May, 7554c bid; July, 75C bid. Oats May, 49 e asked. Kaasa City Grain. ' ' Kansas City. Mo.. Jan. 5. Wheat March. II.65T4. May. $1.601,. Corn May. fiMM,c; July. 69c Omaha Hay Market.. Receipts hav been very heavy, hut the last few days country roads have been so bad that very little had was loaded this week. The market ba cleaned oft, and prices are a little stronger on prairie hay, while alfalfa remains steady. Oat and wheat straw are hhrher. Upland Prairie Hay No. 1. 114.000 15.00; No. 2. ill. 00012.50: No. 2. 17.000 f.00. Midland Hay No. 1. 112.00 13.E0; No. . $10.0011.00. Lowland Hay No. 1. 110.00; No. I. fg.0OQ9.O0: No. S. 16 0007.00. Alfalfa Choice. I22.0024.00: No. 1. fl9.00922.00: standard. 116.00918.00; No. 2, tl2.ol4.00: No. t. tll.ooai2.00. Straw Oat. 112.000 11.00; wheat, f 11.00 12.00. New York Prod nee. New Tork Jan. . Butter Steady: firsts. 44H5r.Hc Eggs Uniettled; fresh gathered extra firsts. 9c; firsts, 768c. Cheese Sfs'y: unchanged. Live Poultry Easier; chickens by ex press, J1S6c; fowls, 31012c; eld roosters, 21c Drexsed Poultry Quiet; turkeys, young, 0eS6c Chicago Produce. Chicago, ' Jan. 6. Batter Higher; creamery extras, 14 H; standards, 4r. Kgg Lower; receipt. 2.045 case; firsts. 6364c ordinary first. G6Ot0c; at mark, rases Included. 6561e; re frigerator firsts. 56057c; refrigerator ex tras, 67H$6$o Poultry Alive, higher; fowls, J!e; springs, 27c; turkeys, 40c. Kansas City Produce. Kansas Clt. Mo.. Jan. (. Eggs lc tlrlter; firs's, 56c; second. 47c. Butter Creamery, 2o higher, 65c; pack, lng. unchanged, 19c. Poultry Unchanged. ' , Chlcag Potatoes. -. - rali-ago Jan. 5 Potnttes lnartive re. eclpts, 17 cars; sacked, 41.408 1.50 C1( Furnished by Logan 4 Bryan, Peters Trust building: Tuesday High. Low. Close, close. A f . S P X3 Htti 83 88 Baltimore & Ohio 35Vi 25 35 U Cenadalan Pacific 116 N. Y. & H. R. ... 72 Krle R. R li H Ot. North., pfd .. 76 H Chi. at. Western S Illinois Central .. 89 Mo.. Kan. A Tex. ts Kan. City Soith. ..19 H 'lssour Pac.flc ..20 N. Y. N. H. A H. 18 North. Pacific Ky. 82 14 75 116U 116 116 71 7114 72 17H 14 74H 75H 814 8 214' 2H 19 19H 19H m, 82H 67 H 4114 82 8,3 H 26H 27 98 994 22Vs 2314 29 29 19H 18H 81 66H 40 81 261i 98 22 28 2 19 20 10 82 67 41 Chi. & N. W. ... 69 Ponn. R. R 4114 Reading Co. 82- C. R. I. St P S7 South. Pacific Co. 99 Southern Railway 23 Chi.. Mil. & St. P. 2914 Union Pacific 119 11714 118 119 Wabash 8 1 814 STEELS. t Am. Car. & Fdry. 121 120 121 121 Allls-Chalm. Mfg. 32 32 32 81 Am. Loco. Co 83 82 82 IT. All. Steel Corp. 22 31 Bald. Loco. Works 87 86 Keth. Steel Corp. 56 64 Colo. P. & I. Co. ..27 27 . Crucible Steel Co. 80 76 Am. Steel Fdrlea. 30 30 I.arka. Steel Co. ..58 62 Mid. Steel & Ord. 38 31 Press. Steel C Co. 82 81 Rap. I. & 8. Co. 63 61 Rail. Steel Spring 83 82 Sloss-Scheff S. & I 61 50 U. S. Steel 81 81 COPPERJ. Ana. Cop. Mln. ... 37 38 Am. S. R. Co. . 38 Butte & S. Min. Co 13 Chile Cop. Co. ....12 Chlno Cop. Co. ... 22 Calu. & Arizona 45 Inspira. Cons. Cop. 24 Kcnr.ecott Cop. ...20 Miami Cop. Co. .. 19 Ncv. Cona. C, Co, 11 Ray Cons. C. Co. 14 Utah Cop. Co. ... 64 INDUSTRIALS., Am. Beet Sug. ....45 44 A. u. w. i. b. o. 11 Am. Inter, orp. ..39 Am. Sum. T. Co. 76 Am. Cotton fill Co. 21 Am. Tel. & Tel 97 Am. Z , Id. & Smlt. 9 Brooklyn R. T Bethlehem Motors. 2 Am. Can Co 27 Chandler M. C... 65 Cen. Leather Co... 38 Cuba Cane Sug. Co 22 Cay. Pack. Corp... 61 Cal. Pet. Corp 26 Corn Prod. Rfg. Co 66 nat, r.nam. a St.. bv FIsK Rub. Co. Ion. Electric Co Oaato Wm & Wig 4 3 Oen .Motors Co.... 14 14 Goodrich Co 40 28 Am. H. & I,. Co... 10 Haskell ft Bkr. Car 68 57 J. S. Ind. Al Co... 65 64 65 inter. iNicice' 13 14 15 Inter. Paper Co.,. 4 43 44 311 at si 44 It 2 36 12 10 21 46 32 1 17 10 13 61 68 38 74 21 97 '2 26 65 37 21 611 25 f.6 St.. 60 9 .... 14 13 ...121 120 42U 911 12 13 2 2 150 154 13 13 82 33 , 86 66 27 76 30 64 33 8214 62 84 51 81 36 26 11 10 21 45 33 19 'i 17 11 12 51 4514 71 40 76 21 97 'k 27 6 5 1 39 22 61 28 66 60 14 121 121 1 3 14 14',s 29 40 9, 9 58 67 65 15 45 111, 43 94 13 32 87 66 27 79 30 53 31 81 2 83 61 i 37 37 13 12 22 45 33 20 18 11 14 14 44 70 39 76 21 74i 9 2 27 65 18 22' 60 26 66 49 13 Ajax Rub. Co.... Kelly-Spring Tire. Keystone Tr R. . Inter. Mer. Mar... Maxwell Motor Co. Mex. Petroleum.. .164 Mid. States Oil ... 13 Pure Oil 36 34 wmys-uver. i;o. e 14 s Pierce Oil Corp, ..11 10 Pan-Aiff P. 4 T. 73 71 Pierce-Ar. Motor 21 20 21 Royal Dutch Co. 66 63 64 U. S. Rub. Co 64 63 4 Am. Sug. Rfg. Co. 91 89 91 Sin. Oil 4 Rfg. 23 22 23 Sears-Roe. Co. ... 95 93 95 Strom. Carb. Co. 33 32 33 Stude. Corp 46 46 46 Tob. Prod. Co. ... 55 (2 14 Trans-Con. Oil ... 8 7 7 Texas Co 48 43 43 17. 8. Food P. C 23 21 22 IT. S. 8. R. & M. 34 33 34 The White Mo. Co. 36 36 36 Wll. Co., Inc. ...41 41 41 West Airbrake ..94 94 94 West. El. & Mfg. 44 43 44 Amer. Wool. Co. 61 69 60 saien, ts,duu. Money, close, 7; Tuesday close, T. Marks, close. .0134; Tuesday. .0121. 3 55r"n' Cl"' 3-S0!4: Tues(W '. New lork Money. w X?rJfi Jan' 6. Prim Mercantile Paper 7 8 per cent Exchange Strong. U"1 Demand. IJ.60; tables. Franc Demand. 6.9Bc; cables. .9Te. Belgian Franca Demand, .16c; cables, f. 17c. Guilders Demand, fl.ito: cables, JL78C. Lire Demand, S.47c: cables, 1.49c. Marks Demand, 1.3ip; cables. 1.3e. Oreece Demand. 7.40c. Montreal 14 per cent discount Time Loans Easier; all dates, 7B7V4 per cent. Call Money Steady; high, 7 per cant; tow. 1 per cent; ruling rate, T per cent: closing bid,- 6 per cent; offered at J Der cent; last loan, 7 per cent. 156'4 12 3 16 6 10 . 10 73 73 21 6 4 91 29 96 33 46 54 8 22 33 36 41 43 61 the best reports coming from the mid rye and exporters were reselling at the Heautlv. buvlng from the outside Kv. a light and while local aupport wnj fair at time, proven muiuir PCornr'had' a heavy undertone and at th? Inside prices were off l4c from the pre vious dav's finish. Business wis largely local and the support came mainly irom . . hM nt tha last. A rai of o followed the break due to proflt t.i,i. nd covering. Elevator Interests bought low grade. Exporters took 68.000 bushels here and 100.000 bushel at th gulf. Domestic trade was Blow, with 42 000 bushel taken. Cash urloe de clined lc. with old off Sc. Consign ment notWs were in fair supply and nrrlval. 294 car. here with 60 i car. at the five market, against 248 cara last 3war Oats Depressed, 1 Oats failed to"nttract more than th upubI light attention and were depressed nearly lc. Commission houses did tho silling and buying was resting orders. No. 2 white in the sample market was firmer at 1M1Hc under May inilNii ' vhlte weaker at 23e under -Snles 100.000 bushel, and receipts. M ca n. Exnort sale of rye were 40.000 buBhels f all noelllona at former prlcra ea fcoard house, were fa'W" """".l': ers mo.tly local operators. Cash prices were 12o over May for No. 2. Barley was slow and easy. Pit Notes. The Price Current-Oraln Reporter re- .1 1 .i..hai.n In the west esti mated 601,000 for the week ending De cember 31, as compared to 623,000 the prevlou wek and 749.000 the same week f Minneapolis wired: "Have talked with many elevator people and country dealers and the general opinion Is that between 60 and 65 per cent of the wheat in tho three northwest state ha left the farms. Grand Forks, N. t.. reports the advance In the price of wheat brought out a lit tle selling, but the majority of farmers are Inclined to hold their wheat for 12. If that mark is reacnea mere win some for sale. Collections are reported very light No farm loans nre belnu e.v,.un a lynm York savs: "On account of strength In sterling some nf our exporters In the United Kingdom mat buy some wheat and they also feel that under tl.70 they would be tempted t buy some futuees. In anticipation of for- etgnera entering ino rnaraei. t-wu wul-., however, is almost a drug on the market the last few Cays and If the other side tart to buy now, they, could get it easily." In analyslzing the effect of the passage of the war finance bill over the veto of the president. It appears evident that con. gress has dono little to assist the farmer in financing his crops, but ha really taken a backward step In the matter of deflation and reconstruction. Under the law the corporation ha no power to loan money to farmers or companies for the purpose of carrying grain, cotton, wool or other farm products and It activities must be confined strictly to the loaning of money to exporter or banks properly secured, for the purpose of financing ex ports. ' New York Cotton. New Tork, aJn. S. Cotton was strong from the start. It opened up 33 to 45 points for the general list and 63 points for Janttarv and after a reaction which carried It down 15 to 20 point when the National dinners' association published its crop estimate of more than 13,000,000 hales, with ll 640,000 bales ginned to Jan uary 1 It turned strong again and by clos ing time had scored net gains of 88 to 95 points for tho active months. The strength was due to better trade report, to renewed strengh In the south ern spot markets and to the bulge In the foreign exchange market As for the trade, it appears that the "white sales" are beginning to make an Impression on the situation by cutting stocks In the hands of retailers, a development which hi resulted In the placing of some new orders with the manufacturers. Trade advices today Indicated that trade orders were qolrkenlr.g somewhat. 1 We Offer MORTGAGE BONDS Tex Free in Nebraska 3)100, $500, $1,000 Amivntt jPRINCIPlEs U I'tAUM TABLE INVESTMENT. rThl splendid bookU fitted rltn sound on hilling security values, and (bows yon how to distinguish between the supitand the unsound how to draw thsp Una between speculating and in vesting, b show you hoar 40 systena. auxe roar saving and your Investing oa moarhlv bub), b Is substantially printed and bound a book you will want to heeppeCnUMhdv. It will be of great value to tou, but we send it FREE. ICRIEBEL Q CO. jJ37jftJ-aSalbj St - Chicago 11 Attractive issues offering attractive yields dominate our .January Purchase Sheet For first of the year investment this list should prove of value. , Will be mailed upon request for OQ-360 TheNationalGty Company Oaaahs First ftat.ona: Bank Bldf . itiepnona 8310 Douglas .(L State of Omaha Nebraska National., Packers National.. Corn Exch. Nat... B?rurlty State, .... American State .. So. Omaha Savings Union State F. and M.. Benson. Hank of Benscn .. Hank of Florence. . Pioneer State Com. of Florence.. Peters National . . . 4,491,686 3,908. 666 4,497,714 8.038.600 1,476,903 1,148,742- c 688,805 1,116,317 835,207 826.168 426,648 466,458 152,331 4.298.033 2,728.41$ 3,292.869 2,7J3,;a 1.361,460 829.665 7.18,856 1,257,100 851.619 890.880 1446,207 1 474.627 120,510 661.466 Total 1127, 33234 106,701.981 Loans. Dec. 31,19 Dec. 29, '20 Omaha National...! 24,651,397 919,910,183 u. B. National First National . ... Stock Yards Nat.. Merchants Nat. ... Live Stock Nat.... State of Omaha... Nebraska Naticnal. Packers National.. Corn Kxch. Nat... Security State .... American State ., So. Omaha 8avlngs Union State Kank of Benson .. F. and M., Benscn. Bank of" Florence.. Pioneer State Com. of Florence.. Peters Netlonal ... Totals..... 15,089,217 15,J0t),83Y 10.222,981 13.628,930 7,203,665 4,156,618 3.286.129 3,649,046 2.648,548 1,241,117 . 1,419,112 705,701 1,071,864 740.046 650,793 379,267 386.557 133,658 14,433,909 11,802,463 8,(36,613 ll,614,3rl 0,138.684 1.648,207 2,880,950 3,107,469 1,492,160 1,235,081 1,000,258 , 747,718 1.133.016 848,941 796,898 430,720 474,(27 91,964 482.717 .1107.670,931 191,609.664 1-lberty Bond Price. Now York, Jan. 6. Price nf Liberty bonds at noon w,-re: 2 Via, 93.40; tint 4a. 86.60 bid; second 4s, 86.10; first 4 Us, 86.30; second 4 Us. 86.14; third 4U. 90.00; fourth 4Us. 86.40; Victory Ifc. 96.60; Victory 4a. 96.50. Bar Silver. New York. Jan. 8. 'ar Silver Domes lc. 99Hc; foreign, 68c. aTMJtWSMAfI, I AAA tlSAAtMAl B kiwi uiuud hVM Uwiaiiisv By Retail Dealers Who Di Net Us the J. J. CAMERON CREDIT SERVICE 119 Thousand People in Omaha Asking Credit 80 prompt pays 25 eknri j 15 unsatisfactory; 10 require cash rating. Don't Get Stung. Cameron ha got tha whole tery E and can save Every Retailer, Butt iess and Professional man a great deal of worry, time and money by connecting up with his Credit Bu reau, i Small expense, quick service, re liable report. Do not wait call THE J. J. CAMERON CREDIT BUREAU 217-218 Leflant-i Doug. 7980. We exchange credit service with 300 Bureaus in United States Members of three National Association. 17 Years in Business. ( I f I I I I M m f Af !i Price Tendencies in The Building, Trade By jZylt In the January issue ofi THE NATION ' BUS1-,' NESS, George E. Roberts, Vice-President, of the Na tional City Bank, New Vork, says that prices in general will seek the level of prices on agricultural! products. 1 This is based on the fact that the farm produces about one-third of the annual wealth produced in the United ' States. Conse quently the agricultural popu lation holds the x balance of, purchasing poer, and general prices must therefore? be such as to enable the farmer to purchase commodities on the Jiasis of fair exchange. According to Dun's Index, agricultural products were' 'Ar higher on Dec 1, 1920, than on March 1, 1914, where as other products were 92 higher. It is the consensus of opinion that agricultural pro ducts will advance over the December 1st level. By the first of next March, the index Kon these products will, prob ably be 35 to 40 higher than cn March 1, 1914. - If prices in general arrive at the level of those on farm products, there will be a reduc tion of about 27 in the prices of all commodities except farm products. Arrival at the pre dicted level of March 1st means liquidation of present inventories on the basis of re placement costs. This process l is aireaay taxing piace ana rne theory ts therefore supported by actual tacts. It is probable that the stim ulation of buying induced by price reduction will mise the price level for the whole year of 192 above that predicted for March 1st In view of these facts, the writer believes that the price situation to be developed In the next quarter will be a suf ficient incentive for a great re vival of construction work. Now is therefore the time to draw up plans for buildings to be erected in the spring. Those who have building Ideas should sot them on paper at once. Dodge at lbtn Omaha C C. Shi mer, Pres. . G. A. Rohrliungh, HeivTreas. Yi, Boyd Jones, Manager Construction Dept. 3 W Ip. 9 lr - in Steady Progress of a Nebraska Institution Wt have just closed our nineteenth year, the most successful in our history - The new insurance written during the year, in the twenty;three states in which we operate, reached the splendid total of $43,423,500, a gain of 47.5 over the record of 1919. Our home state, Nebraska, furnished us with $5,263,000.00 of new insurance during the year, $952,500.00 of which was written in the month of December. This would seem to Indicate that life insurance for protection only is rapidly growing in popularity. - The mortality in our rmy of over fifty thousand policyholders was less than half of the "expected" mortality, according to the American Experience Table .of Mortality, which indicates the care with which our risks are selected. Our assets, consisting of First Mortgage Farm Loans, Government and Municipal Bonds, Cash in Banks, and Accrued Interest, total $4,065,162.11, having increased $656,083.48 during, the year. Our surplus to policy-holders, above legal liabili ties, increased pver $600,000.00 during the yean -s ANNUAL RATE FOR $1,000.00 INSURANCE: Age 25...,. $12.73 30... 14.43 35 16.66 40...,. . . .... 19.56 Age 45. .. ...,.,..$23.76 50.. 55.. 59.. 29.41 37.23 58.40 - Policies are issued in amounts from $1,000.00 to $50,000.00, at ages 16 to 59 inclusive, at rates proportionally hhe same as those above, which are guaranteed by the assets, as provided in the policies. 0- Our growing popularity is due to the fact that we are the leader in all essential respects of those in stitutions devoted exclusively to the cause of Pure ' Life Insurance Protection, the one feature of a life insurance policy of real value, both to the in sured and the beneficiary. ' - - OFFICERS J, C. Bufmgton, President Edward M. Martin, Vice President J. W. ffughes, Secretary-Treasurer Dr. A. C. Stokes, Medical Director R. E. Langdon, Assistant Secretary L. E. Gillespie, Asst. Secy. & Auditor . A. 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