I Business Barometer I Production of Ohio Copper company for January totaled pounds This compares with pounds In January i l I and pounds pounds in December Output of the Copper corn com any for February was pounds compared with 10 pounds in Jan Jan- Lf l and O pounds in February Director Rogers of the census bureau says one out of every two families In Inthe inthe the country had a telephone In 1917 and the total number of calls averaged for every man woman and child Mexico City ad advices vices say the Carranza government has ordered In the United National states passenger cars for the Hallways ot of Mexico London Economist index number for Cor commodity prices was at end of February compared with at end of oC January With exception of fractional gain last November trend has been steadily downward sine last August S S S American Locomotive reports record breaking output for the six months ended December 31 31 with net earnings for Cor stock tile the largest for Cor any six months in the I company's history with the possible exception ex- ex o oC the fiscal year 1915 A Anet Anet net of 1688 a share after all taxes and the preferred dividends was earned durIng durIng dur- dur Ing the six months or at the annual rate of a share NEW YORK VORK CURB CLOSE J. J A A. A Hogle Co brokers furnish the following quotations received over their private wires INDUSTRIALS All Air Redo 50 60 Aetna Exp 9 9 Arnn Marconi 5 4 H Chevrolet Curtiss Aero 11 h 12 folly common 35 45 Holly preferred 94 98 Lake Torpedo 1 2 Submarine Boat 13 1334 14 United l g a 45 United 2 s 27 3 IUS U S Steamship 4 4 Wright Martin 3 3 3 I OILS Barnett 31 33 Boston Wyoming 7 H 7 H Cosden 6 6 Elk Basin u. u 2 3 Federal Oil 2 4 3 Glenrock 4 3 3 1 Pete 26 28 Merritt Oil 26 31 I W 19 16 9 16 1 Midwest 1 Oil 1 1 16 11 1 16 13 Midwest 1 preferred 1 1 Okmulgee 7 7 Sequoyah 79 81 Houston City Service com 79 79 MINING Big Ledge 7 16 II 34 United Eastern a e 4 4 Butte Butte- ButteN U N Y 4 34 Cal Jerome 7 16 34 Caledonia 29 31 Canada a Copper 1 I g Con Arizona 1 I t Ht COn Copper 4 6 Davis Daly 1 4 6 5 Green Monster 4 o a 7 16 Hecla 4 16 16 11 4 16 13 Howe Sound 3 4 I Iron Blossom e 7 16 Jerome Verde 16 11 16 13 I Kerr Lake Lalee 5 5 G Magma Copper 29 30 I Mason Valley 2 2 2 old d 2 28 30 i i t new 4 2 4 9 9 s Ohio Copper 34 Ray 2 Scratch tg Gravel e 5 Success 2 If I 3 Tonopah Ext 32 34 Un Verde Vede Ext Ext 5 5 S 8 Pete 21 21 If Sinclair Gulf GuU 37 37 84 84 I Western States Stares 32 33