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THE NEW YORK TIMES. MONDAY. MARCH 3. 1013. HARVESTER TRUST'S I POWER IS UI1YEILED Gets Its Monopolistic Strength from Morgan and Rockefeller, Says Federal Report.

VAST WEALTH ITS WEAPON Result of Conant Inquiry Mad Pub He by Taft Despite Pretest A of the Company. oesiea, but much higher rates In recent years, averaging about 11', per cent- In HM-Kiji on net twrti, escluMve of good' will, according to the bureau's estimates. lenera11y speaking, nays the the prices obtained by the company on (omtn sales are relatively higher than thoa in the domestic maiket. net-tin in iom vases a lower naxrgla of profit, j. UNFAIR.

SAYS McCORMKX i President Harvester Company At-I Uxk Spirit of Federal Report. C1IICAGO, March 2. When Cyrus H. Mccormick. President of the? International Harvester Company, learned the nature of tha report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the opera tin if methods of the International Harvester Company, to-night, he Issued a statement irt which he said In part Foif tha Bureau of Corporations to make fjta report on the International Harvester Company at this time Is manifestly unfair- It appears In the mldit of the Government's lawsuit, and within, two days of the beginning of the evidence of the company, The report rehearses old charges hlchj It finds are mainly untrue, hut which: it larks the courage and candor unequivocally to deny.

But, even so. It Justified the company with respect to the fundamental matters of honest capitalisation, moderate profits. and fair prices. The report grudgingly concedes that this company, unlike many omer mrge corporations, is not overcap italised, it admits that Its profits have not been excessive. The bureau nails the old falsehood that we sell abroad cheaper man we sell at home The report con cedes what this company has always con tended that Its formation was to bring about the most economical production, Harvesting machines are tne cheapest tilings the rariner buys.

1 i On the Question of temporarily con cealing the purchase of certain harvester plants, the report ignores and impeaches the sworn testimony or the Government own witnesses in the equity suit. i it exaegerates and criticises tne com nany's financial resources, but' admits that these are necessary to economically manufacture on a larce scale. i I am told the rode of ethics of the American Bar Association justly con demna the practice of a party litigant making public statements regarding matters Involved in pending litigation. The report's criticisms of the business nrac tlces of the company are hardly more thafl a summary of the hostile hearsay of dis gruntled individuals. BUSINESS TROUBLES.

NORTON BEACH TILLOTSON. residing at 143 West Eighty-sixth Street, cashier (or A. 1. Convene ft hanker. 40 Wall Street, has filed a petition, with llabillUes of and no ssxets.

The deMi were contracted between 1901 and 1007. to fifty-eight creditors, and are for dry goods, furniture, rent, drugs, doctors, theatre tickets, photographs, flowers. Jewelry, confectionery; clothing, shoes, meat, laundry, children's goods, schooling for children, milliner, silk roods, corsets, shirts, gloves, china. glassware. Has.

lamps, dentistry, and cleaning. CHARLES SIMON SONS. INC. A petition has, been filed againat Charles Simon's Bona, wholesale dealers in noeiery, is union Ho.un.re, by then creditors: Charles cnlpman 8ons Rick Knitting Company, $555; Rrownhlll ft Kramer. 1277.

and Flat Rock It is asserted, through the combination, "'f and tne assets i more i KURTZ ft WECHfLER. A petition has been filed against David H. Kurts and Oscar Wechs- ler. romuOHlns trie Ilrm or Kurtz ft vecnsier. manufacturers of human hair goods, at 106 1 I Spring Street, and also doing bualness as the Jsns Wsint Company at the same address, by these creditors'.

Henry Gin her. Solomon Hvman. Sl.fc23. and S. Gienby.

Inc. S1.4M. The liabilities are said to be $5,000 snd assets Sl.buu. CLEMENS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. A netltlon has been filed against the Clemen Construction Company, builders.

Of 2.401 First WASHINGTON, March 2. The power ef the International Harvester Company tbe so-called Harvester Trust which ta Federal Government is seeking to (itiolve, lies In Its monopolistic position. Its superior command of capital. Inclutl-'(. its connections with 3.

P. Mortraa tc Ce. and John D. Rockefeller, and certain objectionable competitive methods, according to Luther Conant, Commissioner of Corporations. In his report as tbe operations of the giant corporation submitted to President Taft to-dav.

"The chief features of the Interna tional Harvester Company'a Uys Mr. Conant. are the substantial maintenance of its monopolistic position in tbe harvesting machine business, orlfc InaJiy acquired through combination, and its extensions on a large scale Into new lines of the farm machinery industry." The Harvester Investigation was made In response to a Senate resolution adopted vera! years ago. Recently represents tives of the company requested that the report be withheld pending tbe outcome ef the Anti-Trust suit, but President Taft decided to make it public. The combination, the report declares, was arranged In YJfTH by the former earners of five leading competing concerns, and was not.

as frequently iia-serted." a mere sate of their properties jto new interests. mis point Air. sonant Mrs: I has been represented In format tea tlmony by officers of the company and Its financial promoter. Q. V.

Perkins, then ef the firm of J. P. Morgan St that lis organization was not the result iof concerted action by the former competing owners, but merely of the purchase of their properties by new and outside interests. Documentary evidence complttfcly disposes of this contention and shows that the principal competing Interests oOn- the formation of this combination and were active In bringing it about. Pswerfal laterests Beblad It.

Great resources came to the company. the financial support of J. P. Morgan I liabilities are (aid to be 1225.000 a its fiscal agents, and large loans lob-I forced sale would not realia sy-e-v, wv. THE BUSINESS WORLD WHOLESALE PRICE CHANGES.

Only 43 Last Week Strong Up- ward Noted. Only forty-three chances were shown last week in Don's liat of wholesale prices quoted in the New York and nearby mar kets, and of these twenty-three were de clines. Contrasted with the abarp dif ference In the number of hither and lower prices in the previous week, tbe general tone was much stronger than at that time. Another noticeable thing was the decline in tbe number ot changes in foodstuffs from thirty-seven the pre vious week to thirteen, and the reversal of the poeltlon of advances and declines. Last week there were ten advances ana three declines, against three and fitecn, respectively.

In the week before. Another feature waa the sharp drop in the hide market, all but one of the grades quoted having shown a downward revision. This weakness was largely dis counted, hewever. by the Inferior quality of the offerings. The leather market waa generally unaffected by the changes in the raw materials.

Provisions ahowed a strong forward movement, live beef be- Ing the only commodity In this field to show a decline. Pig iron was weak in the metal markets, but the finished products maintained their full strength. The following table givea the minimum prices quoted on forty-one leading commodities, together with comparative prices for the previous week and last year, I This last 1 Tear Week Week, Ago. Coffee. No.

7 Rio. .12 lOO SJ.ia Stand. Itrown yd. Printcloths, yd Butter, cream, extra, lb. Cheese, f.c, special, lb.

Eggs, West. lsts. choice, lb. Prunes. 80-40 Cal.j Peaches, aL.

dried, RAl.in It, Flour. Fpring 4.90 Flour. Spring clearl bbU 4.0 Wheat. No. 2 red, bush.

1.11 Corn. No. 3 bush. Oats. No.

2 white, bush. Cotton, mid. uplands, lb. .120 Hjr, prime lbs. 1.0." Hides, C.

pack. No, Hides. C. com, lb. Leather, hemlock sole, lb.

-2H leather, union backs, lb. .41 Iron, pig, F. No.2. i-Steel billets. ton.28.ro.

Copper. Lake, N. lb. .15 lMd, New York, lb 04.15 Tin. New York, lb -4HH Petroleum, refined, gal.

Beef. live. 100 lbs. 6.8.-. Hogs, live.

100 lbs. 8.15 Sheep, live. ChL. 100 lba S.23 Lsrd, prima 100 Ibe 10.5S Short ribs, loose, Chi uui tv. .4 .8514 .21 .04 .04 .04 .04 liH 4.y 4.00 1.11 .3 l.OO .1 .144 .41 IS.

26 28.60 .15 .0435 .44 .131, 6.63 8.00 5.00 .14 1 i .27 .11 .10 4 10 l.tMS l.ar, .34 14.H3 20.00 .04 .43 .15 3.23 BUSINESS ETrilCS IMPROVING. Major Hiflglnaon Says Corporation Management la Growing Better. 'Special to The Sew Tori Timet. BOSTON'. March The men manag ing the affairs of the great and small LOBSTER PRICES HIGHER.

1913 Pack Good Held Closer Than Laat Year Corn Wanted. Jobbers in the local canned goods market gave more attention to future com last week than at any time since the new prices were named. There wa some In disposition to meet asking however, and.buslneaa was not any too heavy aa a result. The be.ter packers are still i' 11 a. sCtf anla fMkefs tTl corporations of this country are getting "ul "'Z bettef and better every year, and there 1 lirreW are fewer abuse.

In the conduct of cor- "Sj. Other future corn waa largely to Major Henry Lee neglected, and spot mw" Hln-on. head of the powerful and wide- ly known banking firm of Lee, Higginson Co. I that were made. Standard No.

3 Mary- Th better conditions oeen i injj were held at 80 cents, free on ooara brought about because they are right. I a as well as efficient men. ot lh(! market, though there waa "I'M not mean to say mai mere are havr demand for th era. Sup- good pHeTJrobUht inh" h.nd ofacker-T financial transactions. There are a good were firmly held.

Southern many men who still need watching and ffcPJJ JSSra" neglected. with! whom a ereat many business men Xwek announcement of prices on bSsn lOUckSbster featured capped fish there are not so many as there have been actjV, Oood advances over lVVi fig- i ures were and the best grades i nere na ui. weM quoted up to Domestic sar in the management of the Mock 7. JZ. mora acrive.

the buyers aP ment i financial district. The methods in use to-day are' very much better than they were many years ago. Men dealing with tbe Exchange are better protected." RECORD COFFEE IMPORTS. into ii Ulnes were more active, the buyers ap-1 parenUy. trying to beat the lO-cent ad vance that will go into eiieci io-ujr.

Weather in Cotton and Grain State. Special to The Jfew York Time WASHIXOTOX. March X. Tbe following is tha forecast for Monday and Tuesday, aa Issued Total Value $130,500,000 In 1912, I by the United States Weatber Bureau, for the k. i In Ulitnrv I cotton and grsla states: carolisa and Georgia-Fair According to Statistics compiled by the Monday and Tuesday; rising temperature tu Tues.

merce the value of coffee Importations in I ar: moderate north to east winds. the i calendar ear 1812 was the largest on In that year the coffee en tered Into this -country was valued at S130.5OO.OOO. against $100,000,000 In 1S02. the I previous highest total. In 1900 and ISO the value of such Imports was $87,000,000.

Ainhama Miaaiminnl. and Louisiana Fair Monday and Tuesday; rising temperature: lignt to moderate variable win oecoraing vrau. Ratern Tezms Cloud Monday. Tuesday fntr: moderate sootheasf and soath winds. Western Texas Ueoerauy lair saonoay aoa Tuesday.

tab Cloudy Monday, tuesoay prouasiy ei- nicUhoma. Arkansas. lows, tna miseoun Tha itiimilllv 1tnnnrtit dtirlns 1012. haw I uii. Xuesdsr fair.

v.r. was Ipm than in 1IKI9 or there I Tennessee and Kentucky Fair Monday and bflng pounds imported In that I probably Tuesday; rising temperature, Indiana Kalr and warmer nonaay. mcouay Tuesday 10.55 8.82 100 lbs. Mess Pork, 'a Rice. dom.

prime, .034. Rubber, Para, lb. .99 .08 Bugax.stan.gran.. 10O lbs. 4.40 4.40 Tea, Formosa, fair, lb.

.14 .14 Tea. Japan low, .17 .17 Potatoes. State, new 1.80 1.80 Wool, av. 10O ST. lb.27.93 S7.02 8.30 15.871,4 .05 Vi 1.10 5.83 .15 S.50 24.05 tained from John D.

Rockefeller, father- in-law or a member or the Mccormick family, which own a large amount of the corporation stock. I These resources, Mr. Conant maintains, give it a great advantage in extending credits, an exceedingly Important feature ef the farm machinery industry, and of profiting by the economies of large scale Operations." i Between 1903 and 1004 the company is declared by the commissioner to have acauired secretly control of D. M. Os borne its chief competitor, I the I Avenue, by these creditors: Bronx Buppiy com Minnie Harvester Company, the Ault man-Miller Company and the Keystone Company.

These are referred to aa bogus independents. The secret Con trol of the Osborne Company, the report says, was maintained for nearly two years, while it was being advertlse4 as an independent concern. Two of the chief stockholders of the Osborne Company. Mr. t'fMiant adds, agreed to refrain from engaging Independently in the same lines or business lor ten years.

Regarding the charge that the company has tried to gain an undue proportion of local dealers In farm machinery by allotting, as a rule, only a single brand to; any LATEST CUSTOMS RULINGS. Foot-Power Machines Must Pay 45 Per (Cent. Duty. The United States Court of Customs Appeals has reversed the Board of General Appraisers i in a case affecting the classification under the tariff act of 1009 of bench lathes operated exclusively by force applied to; the treadles by the foot of the operators Bernard, Judae Co. imported the machines, which were returned for duty at 45 per cent, ad valorem under paragraph 199, as manufactures of metal.

The Importers made the claim before tbe General Board that classification should have properly been nany. 1730: Isd Company, $750. and Irving A. Bona. tloO.

The liabilities said to be fti.ouo and assets $2,000. GEORGE W. LOCKWOOD COM PANT. A ntltinn hmm heen (lied aaalnst Oeorse V. Lockwood Company, dealers In flub, Sixth Avenue at Fifty-eixth street, these cred-1 made at 30 per cent ad valorem under tor.

visiter j. i mici wh, s-isua Vinf ttmr. XT. and William McKIsnev. i4.

sivrnv KimcusnN of 158 East 113th xxana-oriven -toois nave osuauy street hasjfiied petition -with, liabilities of I been admitted as machine tools, 'and' the ana assets ot e-Ji. i I board extended this nruptlca tn 1nelnrl JACOB HATEM. butcher, of 152 Kssex Street, I has filed a peution with ltabiUUes of l.i32 1 foot-driven mechanisms, thereby sus- and assets ef Sl.SOv. i I talnlng the Importer's protest. The court MAY-MTCHAELHON NOVELTY COMPANT.

I nnv vm Vio hnoril anA hiiMi that one dealer in the same place, thus tend- -Judge Hand has appointed Israel MT DDlled to a machine places it ing to restrict the outlet for competitors' receiver for the May-MlchaelsoB iNovelty Com- foot JXwer applied to a macnine places wnj, umuiciin I in U. HU1B WVgvry ivr IHQ punwics Ul S4 00O and assets riOOO. I i I the customs as If It were driven by elec- LEOX MELTZ. Schedule of Leon Melts. In stallment dealer.

1,452 Wilklna Avenue, snow llabillUes of 53,044 and assets X1.01L goods. Commissioner Conant rays: I "The company'a own records show that this was one purpose at least in making this distribution of Its brands, and it ap pears to have had some practical effect in handicapping competition. Sneclal discriminatory prices i and terms," Conant continues, have been reported In some Instances, but the general policy of the company is to maintain high prices in the monopolized line; in the principal new lines. However, where considerable competition is: en' countered, unusually low prices and long terms have been generally employed. "Another complaint is that salesmen of the International Harvester Company represent that purchasers of competing lines of harvesting machines will be un able to obtain repair parts.

Officers of the International Harvester Company ad mit that this was at one time a charac teristic of competition in the industry. npntehlv fair. Illinois Fair and warmer Monday. fair; brisk southwest winds. Lower Mlcnigan t-touay ami wamrer Monday, probably snow flurries at night or Tuesday.

tapper Micnigan onow iiumc, uu v.nriuv Tuesdav cloudy, probably snow near and i.ii:uiuo.O0b pounds In 1UU4. The aver age pound price was 13.8 cents In 191, 'cents In 19U0. 6.8 cents In HWi These figures, the statistics show, are representative of the average price in the coiintrv from which exported to the United States, since the law designating th method or valuing tne merchandise Imported into this country requires that I Monday. Tuesday cloudy, probably snow the) selling price or wnoiewie raarMiiunw Duiicrwi, value of the merchandise in the country from which exported be accepted as the stated value In the returns made to the statistical division of the bureau. ThA nrlco or ImnnrtM coffee In was higher man that or recent years.

though In the fiscal years 4805 and 1K6 it averaged 144 cents a pouna ana io cents in lbw TOBACCO CROP 11912. tviuv.Ti.in rimirlr and warmer Monday, probably snow flurries In north portion. Tues-dar probably fair; brisk southwest winds. Minnesota Cloudy Monday, snow flurries In east and north portions; wormer in east portion. Tuesday fair.

North Dekons Ciouay sionaay; aomewuai colder in west portion. Tuesday fair. South Dakota ueners i ly tair wonoij ana Tuesday. Somewhat colder tn west portion. Nebraska and Kansas air Monaajr; warmer in! east portion.

Tuesday fair. -j Reached 962,855,000 Pounds Larger Than 1911, but Behind 1910. FINANCIAL NOTES. 8.. ft W.

S. Kuhn. together with the t'nion Trust Company Mellon National vim nlr nt THtt.hurtrh were the successful bidders According to Circular 43 of the Depart- I yesterday on 2.500,000 Pittsburgh School 4V4. WHICH are tsx tree in c-enusyivauia. ment of Agriculture the total tobacco crop for the United States in 1912 amount ed to some 962,855,000 pounds.

Compared with. the 1911 crop, this total showed a gain of nearly 60.000.000 pounds, but, com pared with that of 1910 (one of the largest kunwnl the balance waa the other way by nearly pounas. 11 was aiso considerably smaller than the crop of 190U. Kentucky naa dv tar tne neavicst pro duction of any of the States, the crop In that section of the country amounting to more than one-third of the grand total for the year. In pounds it snowea 980,000.

Virginia was second on the list with 112.200,000 pounds, and ortn Carolina third with 110,980,000. New York State was well down with a production of 5,200,000 pounds, and Texas waa last with onlv 14O.000. In total farm value on the basis ef the -price on Dec 1 the New Kngland States led in the cigar types, with the sura ot.S9.589.000. Wisconsin was second with a valuation of and Pennsylvania was -third with New York State, with was at the bottom of tms 11st. in tne cnewing, smoking, snuff and export types the Bur- ley district leads a valuation of trrv Lnrn and John H.

Ross, formerly members of the firm of Weed ft Owynne, have formed a partnership under the name of Lows Ross. St IO wall street, to aeai in investment securities and Standard Oil Howard S. Holt, formerly with Gilbert Ellott ft, the Standard Olf specialists, naa become associated with the sew firm of Jenks, Owyans ft Co. FOREIGN TRADE OPPORTUNITIES. The Daily Consular and Trade Bepert notes tne following foreign trade '-opportunities.

Further information regarding them may be obtat'Sed by address lag the Bureau ef Foreign and Domestic Cen -erce, rare of the Department ef Ceatawfea and labor, Wshlngtoa, D. giving the number. tbe I teas referred to: 10.480. KOVELTIKS. One ef thf eeramercial agents ef the Department of Com mere sad Labor reports that a resident ef a South American country Is deatreoa aaeurlng cast-losvwis of novelties from maaufactsrers la the rnitid Jle Is eapeelally Interested In thosn that are useful In increasing personal romforta Jlgeoclea are desired from manu-facturtrs ef such -r i iaSl.

kLectriC CIjOCKH. An Amerfc-aa consalar officer in Canada retorts that a sop-ply company In his district desires to get in touch with Americas manufacturers of electric tktcka. 1 10.483. MOLDINO ACHTXKS.A report from aa American consular officer In a European country states that a resident of kts di.trlct has an Inquiry tor molding marhiaoe for casting piano platee (frames! with straining pins for th string. In place, Corre-spoadence may be In English.

10.4XX. BACON. A European bo.lnees firm informs an American consular officer that It would Ilka to get In touch with one or two American packing houses, with a view te pur chasing bacon. -10484. FLEBCK-LIVM) VESTS.

Aa A Iran consul reports that a firm In his district has been buying fleece-lined vests in s-ng tasd. some of which are of American msnu facture. The firm sells S00 SuO dosen I var. mIh. tn liuDort direct from the t'nlted States.

Theso goode eust and per dosen, cost. Insurance, a no rretgnc. destination, less per- cent, tor eaan, ana a per rent, commission to the firm. Sixes 40 and 42 swtl best, nreferablv the latter. The firm believes it could increase Its sales by 59 per rent, if it could eliminate the middleman's profit, handling charges, ftc.

This firm enjoys a geed reputation, handles some lines ef American goods, snd Is said to be favorably disposed toward articles of American manufacture. Correspondence may be In English, and quotations should be given, coat Insurance, and. freight, city of destination. 10,483. -WHEAT.

A report from aa American consul state thst the manager of certain flour mills in his district Is In the market for red snd hard wheat, and requests samples and quotations, free on board. New Orieana, Galveston, or Laredo la carload and ten-carload lota. Correspondence, in English, should be sent directly, to tbe person in 10.4K6. GOLD BLOCKING LEAF OR FOIt A firm of wholesale and export stationers tn the United Kingdom hns Informed -aa i American ooneular officer' that it is In search ef a kind of gold blocking leaf or foil which does not tsrnish. The firm states that the article Is used by bookbinders, ftc, and It could da a large business it it could get bold of the rlrht line.

10.487.' POCKET- ELECTRIC LAMPS. Ac cording to the report of one of the commercial a rents nf th Uenartment of Commerce and Labor there would be a good market and readv sale for- Docket electric lamp. In a South American country. He furnishes the names of two firms would probably arrange for the sale of thle article. Catalogues should be tn Spanlah, if possible, and should be Illustrated any event.

10,488. CONCRETE MIXERS. An American consular officer reports that a foreign business man is desirous of securing the sola 1 agency for Switserland of a certain new type ot concrete mixer manufactured in the United States. This tvne of machine Is for making artificial stones, and la so constructed that the two materials are subiected to an unusually in tensive mixing nrocess by means ot air blasts. This method baa the advantage of reducing the proportion of cement used, tbe ratio uader the new process being said to be one part of cement to flva parts of gravel ana sand.

10.4R0. CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL GOODS. A business man In a European 'ciuntry, who is the sole repre sentative ot well-known foreign manufacturers of chemical nroducta and pharmaceutical goojs. Informs an American consular officer that ha la dMlmii of estendina his business by repre senting similar American houses. References are furnished, and correspondence may be In Epgusn.

10,4. WHARF. EXTENSION. The Amer- I i4 can 1.0DIU1.UI up( m. 1 reports that the Department of Public I Works has advertised for tenders, te received waul Meek la, for est.a.lon wharf at lie sax Course, la tbe Provio.

Quebec. Plana, specifications, and form contract rae be seen aad forms ef-i'S" obtained at tbe Depart meat fubile at Wttaa 1.m. TRACTOR PLANT FOX HOW The Amerlcaa CoaguSate Ueaeral at Town, Soath Arrtce, has forwarf.e4 a s- -paper clipping which states that the Cruris. Divisional Council baa Invited tenders supply ef aa Internal combustion t'c'" engine, loot leas than brake borarpr aad two It-tea grovel trucks for use la coastructloa ef Its various roads. Farttc-lars ef pleat reejuired may be obtained applloatVos to tbe council.

Tenders will received until April 4, ISIS. MACHINERY FOR PUMPIN WATER PROM WELLS. A report from Americas Consal atate that several re traders la tna Near Kat are Intereated markis.ry suitable for pumping water fm welts, hot-air. petrel, or kerosene power pr ferred. Pticae sbeuid be quoted e.

i. f. ci of destination, and eorrcspsadsnce sbou, be la Eagllah. 1.4. ELECTRIC RAILWAT COr STRCCTION AND MATERIALS.

An Am" lean reaaul rr ports that eeveral munlctps Ittea is a latls-Ameriran country, wita approval ef the National Tioverament, offering very favorable terms and conce slons te persons ta. build en electric (trolley er other srtleml to connect cert.i points. The line will be about Ss miles Ion. over a generally level and easily grail-country, well watered and peovidsd wit ample water power for tbe ptaatsv Cor treeters and companies Interested In electn railway constmctloa and maierlala ess 01 lain further partlculss from the consul I 1.4. OILS.

TOBACCO. PROVISION-AND OTHER GOODS. A report from a Consul In Africa states that th' should be a geed sale la his district for 1 tain lines nf American soeda He furnish-- Vlhe name of a European business man 1. 'I desires to represent Amerlcsn exporters mineral el la tobacco, dried flab, corned bee canned meats, condensed milk, and enamel, wires ail of which are la great demand 1 the regies In Question, This business is reponea to- nave traveiea estensivsiy 1 Africa representing various European house 1M. GRAIN ELEVATORS.

An engine in France informs an American consular ficer that ho is anxious to eater into corre spoadence with an American builder grain elevators, aa be baa In hand the co' struetlon of a grain elevator with a caparli of about LS7S.S00 buabels. This el'vator to be constructed in a city ef Norther-Africa. 19.4IT. ARMORT AND BCTt-P ING. The American Consulate Oeneral Ottawa.

Canada, reports that the Depart ment of Public Works has advertised tenders for the construction ef th folio win. buildings: Until March 4. for tbe struetton of an armory at Port Arthur, On tario; tl) until March tl. for the eor.stu, tlon of a customs building at Ottawa. On tarlo.

Plana speclficstlons. and form contract eaa be seen and terms ot t.nri-obtalned st the Department of Public Vi or-Ottawa, Canada. 1.48. POTATO AOENCT. An consular officer In the West Indies rencr-that a reputable American commission chant ta desirous of securing a potato count from some Eastern city of the L'nltc States.

Ha etstes thst it reasoaable iipm terms are offered he can handle from to 19,000 barrels per month. This merchKi-maintains a sales force traveling througho the ieland on which he Is located, end la I a poaltton to give good service. Corr-spondencs In English. Investment Securities 10 Wall St, N. Y.

Telephone Rector ISO. STANDARD OIL SUCKS BOUGHT SOLD QUOTED trlclty, steam or water. The court, there-1 fore, holds the; lathes were correctly as-1 are the latest quotations of cotton stocks: FALL RIVER QUOTATIONS. Special to The Note York Time. FALL RIVER.

March sessed at 43 per cent- under the provision lor manufactures 01 metal. The court has affirmed the Board of General Appraisers In a case relating to machines for 1 slicing meats. The machines are used either by hand or other power, and were returned for. duty at 43 I per cent- ad -valorem under the metal JUDGMENTS ENTERED. The following judgments for amounts more than S100 were filed yeateraey, me first name being that of the debtor Abrama, Amelia and Henry M.

Wolff A. Ahrama. coats, list. 1 Anderson, George. Harry Relay and Kenneth I schedule of the present tariff law.

They were anegeo to te dutiable aa macnine Reld BJ Morris. 1104. Abramowits. Jacob D. L.

Durra. Costa 1108: Bradley. Eds, and Harlan J. Gallagher Weber-Llsson Best. Chsrlee H.

A. Breldenbach, fl0. Cstta. Robert M. M.

D. tl.Stf. Caswell, Louis S. Mitchell. Fletcher I Inc.

1200. 1 91.S3Z. eeAea as w1ahai BAtlastt hut that the company Is opposed tb the vincenso J. Lairson. $746.

practice and baa used active efforts to wmiam P. W. F. Burke. 145 eliminate It.

It iDlakln. Martin, and Martin B. and James corn- price ni.Iten Bankers Suretr 18.719, Ehrllch. Solomon Globe commercial $168. C-hl.

Vale I. V. Evant. $111. Fischer.

Charles, and Harry Feilen Jeffer- r.bV Cltv of New York. 12.977, Flelschman, Gershon E. O. Kohnalamm et aL, $105. mr a.

industrious Hen siui. suggested retail price -V1 sToX Johnson. Tolander Mount Vernon Builders Jarmulo-araky. Albert: Louis Jarmulowaky. and Max Market ana jieyer jarmuiowsay, exec utors R.

Blocs. 1.41. u.i.m 1 nn 1. ticiffer. $254.

1 Mindil. Fhlllp: James Regan, and Bee man Co. Technical freaa. Mlnolfi. Salvatorc H.

Rich. Il.MI. Control of Retail Prices. The at one time openly at tempted through a clause in its mission contracts to control the paid for its machines by the farmer to the retail dealer. Since the elimination of this clause lists have heen rather generally Clrcu lated by some of Its branch officers, apparently to indirectly maintain the re tail price, although the company! contends that these lists are Intended for the use of Its employes in furnishing In formation of purchasers, and professes to discourage their issuance to dealers.

tools at 30 per cent, ad valorem. Judge Barber holds that the machines, whether operated by hand or otherwise, are not in any sense machine tools, uaiiagher Ascher, the Importers, are overruled. The Board of Ueneral Appraisers has decided that a protest in order to be valid must Do signed with the name of the owner. Importer, consignee or agent of the merchandise to be a lawful and sufficient protest, A. H.

Ringk- Co. filed a nrotest with the board In behalf of Joseph J. DeLong. It developed that the brokers had no authority to make the entry and sign Mr. DeLong's name to the Custom House papers.

Tbe action of Ringk CoJ Is held unlawful by the board and the dismissed. Arrival of Buyers Arriving buyers may register in this column by telephoning 1000 Bryant. American Linen Co Arkwright Milla Barnard Mfg Co Bourne Mills: Border City Mfg. Co. Chace Mills Charlton Mills Davoi Milla Davis Mills Flint Mills Granite Mills Hargraves Mills King Philip Laurel Lake Mills Lincoln Mfg.

Co Merchant' Mfg. Co Mechanics' Mills Narragansett Mills Osborne Mills Parker Mills Pilgrim Mills pf pocasset Mfg. Co Richard Borden Mfg. Sagamore Mfg. Co Beaconnet Mills Shove Mills Stafford Mills Tecumseh Mills 119 Union Cotton Mfg.

jWampanoag Mills iWeetamoe Mills Bid. Asked. Sales. 80 0 70 110 110 110 113 102Vi SO 102 07 115 60 135 145 OH 100 0 120 112H 70 102'i 108 140 175 170 6.1 88 I20 210 90 90 SeSSjSSSsaSJfBHBsaSBSmaasBsaasaBaaaaflH r- 1 a it is evident, nowever. that It could com- oella-J.

W. Cushman ft $273. Pletely aton this practice if It really I V- Wished to' Aithou new competition, of great Rig- I TT Tarkln ft Son. S23L hlflcance has begun to appear, the Com- I penfleld, William W. Charles Brown Paint msMioner points out mat the coraDinauon $si0.

In 1811 stm had shout 8rt per cent of Pearson. Ellas-prudential Candy $142. the nHuiuni ra Af d.i.u, rhrin (i. G. Ohendorfer.

$.148. the production of mowers, and Ta per I Itussell. Thomas K.E. O. Grover et aL.

costs. an4 sr 1 .1 a I 1T praoyrous ot rases. 1 I Kn Wel.her S1S4. ne Htfanm Av.ivfln rn uunn iicmu.i wnirn enamcf at umi tii inre-e in. duxtrlal ernsollduMone of the period isiKi was absent in the aase of the International Harvester Company.

sar Mr. Conant. The original capital of U3i.i.ii included Stsl.UiU.otiO in cash and ttW.nnontsj rerresenting the appraisal Value of T.Ian ts. Inventions, c4 The commissioner calls attention to several aueged excessive valuations, but says tnat the value of the nrortertles nlus the csh capital covered substantially is) per rait. 01 tne capital stock, and noias mat inir valuation for good wnicn ui inciuara in tne assetav 1 wuum hkely have met the remaining 10 per I ft Co.

M. Ettllnger et aL Excessive valuation tha Punmlratnn.r I rliuli. F. Jack man. $7,472.

Particularly polntj out. was placed upon I A. 6mlth Co. MacMlllaa et aL. u.

rh.riMi Anna Huriork Sims, and Mor ris r. Bockiua, execuiora p. $119. 1 Tlerney. John It J- w.

neuion. i. Wseber, Frederick C. W. Kappes, $Iia u.tAM ilAfim Co.

Bulllra. lawrenr. iu. 1 it. KlumDD.

Ilarrv M. Quenser. on.nzer EWrothy D. S. Woods.

Car iv Edna Ouenser. George B. Quenxer. Lena Quenier Floretta M. Quen--er.

Latllda HewetU and Mary J. Birch WA Dnaaa Ul 2 Wolklnd, City Gla.s Worka. $147 Enterprise Mfg. Cleveland, Ohio; M. J.

Oevoy, shirtings; Imperial. Bear. Chaa. H-, York, C. H.

Baer. dry goods; J. L. Thompson, linens: 315 4th Av. Glmbel Philadelphia.

Mrs. G. savldge lurs: Broadway ft SZd. Lelnboch ft York, W. 8.

Leln- boch. dry goods; Miss B. Pickle, notions; Grand. 3 Stewart ft Baltimore. ML: Miss N.

Mc Donald, notions: 214 Church; Victoria. Bettman. Klelnhoua Bt. Louis. Bettman.

woolens, trimmings: St. Denia. Bernheimer Bros. Kansas City, S. Stamro, millinery; 7 W.

si Hoffman House. i Fair. Tbe. Chicago. 111.

O. Williams, leather goods- 225 4th Av. Snellenberg. ft Philadelphia, L. Enxlander.

suits, dresses: l.Uiil Broadway. Blilstein. Klopper Cleveland. Ohio; N. lop per.

toys, novelties, sneit goods; He- Alpin. 4 Lederer Bros, ft Chicago. W. D. Lederer.

dress gooas; zas "HartfordSaxoiiy AME WOVEN ISJ THI SACK the American Rug titr pat too Turns for Private Homes AlUVt OF BEOAt SPLENDOR and Public Places A Magazine of finance, Gmime Ecdndmics NEW YORK. March 8. 19U. 10 Cent Iiun.Klnsston Motor Car Co. M.

Armstrong I Clswson ft Wilson Buffalo. N. H. E. ti.u I Gahwe.

ladies' ready-to-wear; 38 W. 33d. Paper Mill Indian Refining tne ore leases of the Deerlng Harvester company, it waa appraised at estimated Ly Mr. Conant to have been ti.t(i.isni too high at thst time. It is important to consider.

thelre- Port declares, that the bankers who dominated the organlxatn of the International Harvester Cumpany alsoi organised the t'nlted States Steel Corporation, Hirers of which had only a few weeks hjfore submitted affidavits that the value ef Its era acaatTlSt task nr $1 per ton. Mr. Perkins appraised these re properties, and was Chairman of Finance Committee of the Steel Corporation, and was therefore in no position to eny an excessive valuation for this ueer- log ore." i The company's stock, says Commission- T.1derman. John Joseph Keller, and Henry voiiani. oeen cioeriy nria ujr, lire k.

vsnntini im IOrmer fnt.r..t. Ih. Unrnrmirk 'and I. 1 1-41? fit JO leering families having throughout held Buckley." Thomas isrge majority ef the total, wniie con $215. Oicn point Oereon ConatrucUon Co.

and Geo. H- Plgueron VI Larkln Son. twvenT Inc-Columbla Pres. Inc. $2tvV a ut N.

Y. Transportation t. i A kledlcl. 8113. Co-Loul.

DO Jonge ft vundrs Com, Frank Richards Laundry I JUDGMENTS SATISFIED. first name la that of tbe debtor, the sec ond that of the creditor, end date when Judg ment was filed: Philips bora Outer Garment House. IU. J. iurs.

rniioim mia.ee lunlors coata, swea'ers: 132 W. 21st. Morris. Maun Reilly. Chicago.

I1L: H. Mor ris, wntae goons, notions, riooons; st i Htllman'a. Chicago. K. Jones, rtoaka.

suits, wautat tl. nsins. ciotntng; it ti. xia. Hurst.

J. E-, ft Bsltimore, J. Wells, drea gooos, mens wear, laaies gar- ments: 15 E. 20th. Sessions, F.

Millinery VUca, N. Y.i J. v. Clement, ansa, uces. miuwery.

nsia, C2t Broadway. Beeman ft Hendee. Los Angeles. Cel. X.

Hendee. ladiee rieady to wear; Brosten. Fraser. Robert, LUca. N.

J. T. McDer- mott. furnishing goods, nosiery. glove Her aid Sauare.

i Newman ft Levi neon. San Francisco. CaL; B. Mayer, dress gooos. suss; a jitn.

i Hochsehlld. Kohn ft Baltimore. Mi; A. J. Fry.

cloaks, suits, skirts; 220 6th Av. I Dreyfus. Pine Bluff. D. L.

Drey- fua. dry gooos: tm isonaro. JOBBERS and BUYERS who are Interested In Men's. Women's and Children's RAINCOATS and Child's Capes can save 2S per rent, by buying di-- rect from the manufacturer. Jobs al-' ways on hand to fJoae out.

Quick deliveries assured. SCHWARTZ BROS. 1 11 Chester 8U Teieohone 1911 E. Y. Brooklyn.

N. Y. M. Valintlnl First National Bank of Jamaica. 1 L.

Minneapolis "EJ. ti. wont, tmnaa, airr; nanrra. and siderable- amounts also hsve beeni, re tained by other stockholder "Thia fact." he continues, -assumes especial Importance In view of the pend ing dissolution suit of the Government against the oomoanv." Pointing to the recent action! of the company In dividing Into two corpora Gc.i-ge 0Keefe T. and Bay Brewing Harris, lule-U.

H. Kronlg May 4. IOCS, $358. Aug. 2ft.

Special Sale of EMBROIDERIES At Reductleas Averaging A bo at 50 Off Our Regular Prices1 FIFTH AYE. ft leTH ST. Must the Country Storekeeper Go Two Views of the Changing Order of Merchandising See rage tSS a IlaSsT. eSsa-xa Nichols. Jessie 11 F.

C. HolUater. D1y. OuUford H- Raymond, June 28. 1813, S41A.

tiona. each with 7OOO.tns capital stock. I oueena Uin4 Title Trust Oct. ne retaining tne old Harvester ntacnme i s. plants snd tbe other taking over the new Imes and foreign business, Conant 1 "If thia is intended as cart of a plan or ultimate disintegration of the combination, tn the opinion of the hureau it was eaa vrg I The investigation, the report says, di closed low rates of profit in the early Tears nf the romhlnatlnn.

nartlv owing to apcrtect organisation and internal Jeal-1 McneonV Ssran C-A. WincWer. Feb. 20. 1811 Vufnun Ptttsbursh.

A. Kuehn. closka. suits, waists; 20O 5th Av. Daniels ft Fisher Stores Denver, Cot: E.

Conde. acrpeta, ruga; Tl W. 23d. I Ha'ger ft Lancaster, Miss eneriri, wvv, a Grand. i I Sherer.

C. W. F. I Holliwell. glass; Grand.

Whitney. Wnu. ft Albany. N. A.

J. Palmer, carpets, rugs: W. B. Taylor, up-bn'stery goods: Bartiett, silks; 41 Union I Whlttlnghsm. A.

Toledo. Ohio; A. C. Whittinghatn. millinery; Somerset.

i Alrav. BigHow ft Wsahbura. Sakm. Vt. I Shaw, silk; 2 Walker; Wellington.

Emery IX Danville. UL; W. E. Emery. Ma Sew Jersey.

B-ii ta Tk yeto Tori: Times. TRENTON. X. J-. Msrch 1- A voluntsiT pe- Maanbeiner; St.

Paul. L. Good- t.nkruntcv was iiiea tn tne urn i kind. enma. giass.

mnivn: i inuiri. States Court here or tne r-niiaaemnia i Leatherbury, veoeter ux. Baltimore. X2li.K2 and the assets are gtvea as I EUseaberg. Baltimore.

ML; A. Birkaa- IMMEDIATE DELIVERY on iuk-! RATINE 40 lav Orrpe Vollrw 45 In. Mere. Veilee 2 SEA ISUtND MILL. TeL Fraaklia ill.

6 Worth St. BABY CAPS MAX MAYER, 565-567 Broadwav, N. Y. AECTlOW SALES. VORZIMER ft BTLVIA.

auctloneera: aeU tst sjurtad cigars; Lta Broad say. Other Contents: OUR MOBILE State ot the Union. Most ot Them in the NoTthwea.U 'Bave Drawn Fiflg Per Cent, or More ot Their Native- Born Population From Other State tfEST EXPECTS TO AVOID' SPRING Chicago Come Storg ot Labor So Well and So Profit-, ablg Employed That Industrial Peace Likelg to Prevail i VAST CAPITAL IN IRRIGATION Between 1900 and 1910 the Moneg Soent in Irrigation Projects In-creased From a Xgtal of IStfiQOfiOO TEE MONEY TRUST VISUALIZED. 'i PuoCommUteee Report Pictures Read ot AUeged Trust at Centre ot Spider Web, the Threads of Which Bind Together Vast Corporate Wealth EUROPE'S B0PE OF PEACE GROWS APACE. Paris, Where There Bos Been Much Uneasiness, Now Thinks End ot Balkan War Near, and Other Markets Join in, Bope, Though Betd in Check bg Dearhess ot Moneg SMALL STOCKHOLDERS CANNYA Familiar Theorg That ThesaBugat Top.

Prices and Sell Near the Bottom Disproved i mesWrnsMSWumaW.