Show 1 S SI I Wall al Street Briefs a aThe I The Republic Iron and Steel company 0 has with h New York bankers banker for tor the sale of or short short term I 5 I I per pr cent notes the proceeds to be terl used for new construction chief of or which Is I said to b be the erection of 01 by byproducts products coke ovens at the company's Southern plants to cost The company company- Is now operating at about 85 per cent of capacity rr in contrast Ho to 70 g per cent two weeks ago ao a and and 1 1 a a low of ot 10 30 per percent percent pr cent in mid midsummer November Kro gross grOes s earnings of ot the Pan- Pan American Petroleum and anti Transport Transport company arc aro officially estimated at at atmore more Inore than the highest figure in months resulting it is said sid from the tile active demand for fuel oil 01 and present high prices Earnings are expected to show further improvement in view of contracts for Cor 1925 1025 delivery aggregating tto to delvery The company's com corn pany's Mexican production Is I now barrels ban dal dally daily from Crom its Is heavy oil properties and 01 barrels daily of dalt light oils ois Chicago Rock Island Pacific has ha bought a refrigerator cars from frons Pressed car Steel Car m company Tho The St. St Louis Southwestern also ha has ordered a thousand box cars from tho Mount Vernon Car and Manufacturing company company Products packed this year by the tho th- th New York York Canners Inc Canner amounted to ap apProximately approximately ap- ap proximately cases a a. gain caln of a cases over last year S CURD CURB REVIEW NE NEW YORK Dec 9 Nearly Nearly all the tha bus business ness in tn the al curb market w was marlet wa concentrated con con- anti and SMi ln ir 11 the public utilities radio bOlting baking I grouns and Vh bs while these sues showed dg Oc isSues Is s is and n strength e a large number ot of lare other stocks were heavy and some noose or of them m showed substantial lotes loes Dealings In the oil 01 group were on an unusually small smal scale an Ind and some of ot these stocks were In supply at declines SUnT lf Standard Stand Stand- ard points n fn Oil Oi of Ohio Oio after atter aCer opening up 2 dropped 4 points Royal noyal Can Can- adian which was one of the one strong lures tures' features features' tea lea up to the end of last week was I about about 1 poInt Under its under is high price Lago Lao Oil n was firmly held further advance held and made a a CO COTTON quiet NEW EW YORK De 9 sot Cotton Cotton Spot middling 2325 Cotton futures clos e steady p Coton I December 2273 T- T uary 2282 82 Januar January Jan Jan- 2318 to 2284 March 2317 t to S May lay 2354 to 1365 1355 July Jul- 2366 2356 II I I SUGAR G FUTURES S I EW YORK D De c. c YORI Sugar O.-Sugar futures futures' closed I i easy Ap sales tons Starch I I h. h December D May July I II JJ FLOUR UR MINNEAPOLIS IX Dec 9 Flour Un Flour Un changed o BC 66 lower Family patents patent I I |