| Show Prosperity ity Pre Prevails va ils in A America me nc a Trade is Brisk Throughout West Scramble Now On for Essentials IMMERSED in in war work which steadily expands an and i which L ne necess necessitates tates further restrictions on less less' less essential en enterprises es tile the country's s' s pro producers er are are confronted p by active active d demands from rom the merchants of df f. f th the chief crop yielding sections the ac action ion of the various buying forces forcE's resulting In somewhat of a a. scramble for the relatively relatively relatively rela rela- small quantities of goods that are likely to to be available for ot other er than the g governments government's needs sa sass s s Bradstreets While cons conservatism in buying is not absent it is 18 Is no not so conspicuous ls as asI t I I heretofore and less IEs is heard of the tile probable effects ot the new draft law lawIn lawIn lawin in restricting cl civilian consumption It ItIs ItIs Itis is realized that the turning out of ot ordinary products products' must suffer while militant needs are being fulfilled and that as labor is scarce underproduction tion relative to the normal wants of ot the people is a foregone certainty However country m merchants in the great crop yielding sections are buyIng buy bu- buying buy buy- I ing freely the one oPe complaint being of ot inability to get goods and of ot course the mainsprings of this activity are are provided by high prices for all farm products Indeed the tho Northwest a large part of the Southwest west most of the South the West and on to the Pacific coast are enjoying unusual prosperity thanks to a combination of ot high prices for crops and meat animals animals ani ani- mals and activity in shipbuilding and andin andin in general war work I Seasonable weather a wide area but more particularly in fn the West has helped retail trade and incidentally some of the Southern centers report that department stores are crowded with shoppers Buying for the forthcoming holidays is being urged and as wages for all an- industrial workers as well as employment for women were were never bett better r. r depressive features resulting from the calling out of men men for warfare are overshadowed At the same time additional lines tines are being restricted but adaptable workers thus liberated readily read read- fly ily find employment in essential ii i- i It is quite superfluous lous to tosa sa say that manufacturing is rushing ahead at high speed but here war work ork is the propelling force with many manufacturers being compelled to refuse all other business Thus Thus goods for civilian uses ures are likely to become scarcer scarcer and with the government government government gov gov- making further calls upon trades i uch as as- textiles and iron fron and ste steel l. l or ordinary buyers will have to take pot luck Some es estimates estimates es- es es are of 50 per cent of ot the country's capacity In textiles being secured for the government Country banks in the cereal growing growing growing grow grow- ing regions are in better shape and andare andare andare are making time loans on acceptable collateral thus testifying to the promptness with which h crop money i ih h has s r returned turned to the farmer 1 1 NEW NEWYORK CURB CLOSE i J. J A. A Hogle Hogl Co furnish the following 1 quotations re received elved over their ther private 1 wire 1 I i I i 1 I Asked Industrials Industrials- 1 4 1 Air S. S 60 00 70 00 Aetna Exp 12 Amer Marconi j e 3 3 Chevrolet 1 Curtis Aero tj 35 a Holly Corn Com p o 3 3 do pM I O L Lake e Pf Torpedo r ed 4 1 h Maxim t. Jh Sub Boat i 6 17 United Motors 2 31 34 U S Steamship k s 15 6 Wright Mart i J 1 S 8 SOils Oils Oils- B hIr r Vt S 3 y 1 Boston r 0 46 18 6 Cosden is Elk Basin i. i l y-l y G Federal Oil i r 2 2 24 Glenrock i 3 3 3 Metro Pete 1 t 16 13 1 2 16 1 16 ij Merritt e 01 4 20 21 M MV V lk i g li In MIdwest Oil 93 93 9 95 do pfd oJ 1 r- r l' l 4 46 50 k JUg 4 0 tl s e 77 2 77 1 r i 1 i A s Sequoyah Uz Mining Mining- Big L Ledge jt ol li c ButteN Y Y h Ca Cal Jerome 3 Caledonia 43 O I 42 g d opper 1 2 Con Arizona 14 1 Con Copper Copp r. r 0 5 Davis Dab Daiy t. t 6 5 S Emma Copper 12 3 I r. r 04 t iJ A 4 13 13 10 Howe rt fO t o 4 Iron hon 8 16 10 I Jerome Ierome Verde t I 16 9 Kerr Terr Lake j jf 6 Magna Copper Coppel t J ft 34 34 Mason l 4 Valley old U 4 36 e. e n nv g 3 o 3 J I. I I. I f Ohio Copper A 4 it 44 4 flay Hercules r s 3 Stewart lw t 1 13 16 Scratch Gravel 16 2 Ja 14 Success 10 30 1 13 Tonopah Ext j I 1 7 16 1 19 16 16 0 r r. United Verde f. f 37 3 37 Yerington r 1 2 7 City Service corn com 2114 BOSTON BOSTO ClR CURa Badger Sro Br i brokers broken South street furnis Ibe ho over their l 1 Bid Boston 1 Montana 44 46 Boston ElY 70 80 Butt London 15 Calaveras 1 tt 14 Chief Con o Cons Copper 4 Davis a Eagle Eale Blue 13 Bell 5 21 4 4 Majestic l 1 22 Nevada Douglas 4 4 4 0 New Baltic 70 New ro Comella h 4 Ohio Copper It 8 0 United Verde E Es 37 38 Jerome Verde 5 52 Earl Eagle 2 1 I Iron Ca Cap p 11 0 1 t I I I i 1 1 i 1 1 1 i 1 NEW YORK STOCK LIST Bros Broi brokers mouth Main Maln street furnish the following quotations received over their private wires wres I Sales Am Sumatra liO Alas G Mines 3 34 3 3 Alaska Juneau 1 1 1 Am Beet Sugar 68 Am Can 45 44 1 g f g t H g gAm Am Car Fd 58 87 8 Am J 14 8 Lea pfd 92 18 91 Am Loco 61 67 67 Am Sm It R R 78 78 76 77 Am Sugar Ret Ref 2900 IOn Amer Ainer Zinc 10 15 15 15 I s A Atchison rs r ri 86 86 85 1 86 I At G W Vt T too BaIt Balt Ohio 1200 53 Bald Loco 92 91 01 92 2 Beth Steel B B 15 82 81 82 B BRT R T 40 39 40 Butte Supe 26 26 25 26 Cal Packers 40 40 Can Pacific Cen Leather 70 69 70 70 Cerro de 34 34 84 34 C 0 57 57 i C. C M lit St P. P Pc 1600 48 48 48 8 Chile Copper 16 18 16 16 6 Chino Copper 1400 40 40 40 Colo F 1 1600 48 47 47 Crucible Steel 66 67 Cuba C Cane ne 2600 1600 80 30 30 30 30 D n G. G 5 Do 5 Erie 15 1514 15 15 5 Distillers 54 53 54 I General Motors 1184 Great N pfd 91 90 S Great N N. p e. e 1400 31 31 31 I G Cananea 1900 50 49 49 49 General Electric ml M Mere rc Marine 28 27 27 mt Int Nickel 1 1100 30 30 29 Lot Int Paper 35 84 34 35 Inspiration 55 54 54 Indus Alcohol 2900 Kenn Copper 1800 34 33 34 K C Southern 18 Lackawanna Steel 1200 82 82 82 Lehigh Valley 60 Maxwell Motors I I I 27 27 2774 1 K T 5 Mo 1400 2414 23 23 Mexican Pet Midvale Steel 54 1 62 52 52 Nat Lead 1 1400 57 1 7 67 57 N Y Central 1900 73 73 73 73 Norfolk West 1034 Pac 88 88 88 Nevada Con 20 19 19 Ne New Raven 40 39 OhIo CUles Gas 31 71 37 Ontario Sliver 7 7 Coal 51 4 49 51 PennsYlvania 43 43 J 43 Pressed Steel Car 72 72 Nat Enameling 1500 51 61 51 Reading 59 88 89 Rep Iron Steel 93 1 92 Rock Island 1200 25 2 25 25 Ray Con 23 23 2344 Shattuck Ar Ariz 14 Sloss Sheffield 62 62 61 61 So Pacific 1200 87 86 So Railway 27 26 27 Studebaker 50 i 49 Sinclair on Oil 33 31 31 33 Texas Co Tobacco Prods 67 66 67 Union Pacific 1244 U S Rubber 61 a 60 61 U U. S S' S Steel J 1131 do pfd Utah opper 2200 83 82 83 U Us S Smelting 42 42 42 42 United Cigars 2900 Westinghouse r 44 43 44 Wilson Packers 65 55 53 54 i Willys Overland 1900 20 20 2044 20 Wabash Au A 39 39 39 I i Total tal sales Bonds 1065 OO s OSTON STOCK EX HANGi CLOSE Badger Bros brokers South Main Mam sheet furnish the following quotations received over o their private wires I. I Bid I Asked r rf Adventure 60 f e 21 35 Arizona Commercial 15 1514 15 Bingham Mines J f 9 1014 Calumet la Arlzo 57 Copper Copper Range 4 45 4 Daly Vest I V 2 4 East gast Butte 9 I 10 Isle Royale 2 c 26 I Island Creek IH 54 Ii 55 Indiana CO so 80 1 Lake Copper 6 kJ Mohawk l 56 Mason Valley j 3 c 3 I North Butte 13 14 Old Dominion 41 Pond Creek i 1 18 Superior Bo t Cj 4 4 South Lake lale i 50 10 90 South Utah 12 12 17 Swift Co Tuolumne 9 93 95 95 United Shoe Sho M c 9 Apes m I IS' IS 1 2 Ulah Con 9 9 2314 2 24 H- H CHICAGO MARKET Mf By Associated Associated Press i 1 riu CHICAGO Aco 8 lIt r pro 11 j tent omit I the th ices corn mark market 11 today 00 General selling front cool reports of or the Sloe new peace move mo and nd 1 there thero e. e was WIS a broad active market marked Some o 0 of the unload unload- ed ins Int nai so I 00 orIn automatic lou character Opening prices price which ranged from ISe e c lo So Ie loser Jower with Onto Octo October ber br 1 V 1 to IS 1148 US sal and November 1 to SI oem ur ere followed by a rally and nd then by a decided fresh Jh a. a breaU OatS reflected the th e o 0 of corn Changes In los InI nati naU however were Well alighi After Arter o Me in e If to c n lower looser with October Ocr 10 to 3 c. c the Iho market mar ket to continued to is elow a I tendency Y to sag III c I Hither Higher on on hog ioa lifted na Buying though was waa not |
