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-9 t 3 - i I 2 ft: i i i 1 ,; t s 8T WXLlOAM B BUitlfARD WILMINGTON. JS. C. Wednesday MoBsrnre. Apbii. 2. "DEPRESSI05 IN STEAMSHIP - BUSINESS." The ship subsidy bill which has passed the Senate will, it is pre dicted, encounter some very strong opposition in the House, not only from Democrats, but from Republi cans. The sentiment in some of the Western States is strongly against it, and the Re presents tires who hare to give an accounting to their con stituents prudently decline to go upon record against that sentiment, It is said that there are enough of these to defeat the measure unless some extraordinary methods be re sorted to to drive the dissenters in There are three principal argu ments advanced in favor of these subsidies; one that they will build up the American ship yards by stimulating a demand for ships; an other that they will keep at home the 1180,000,000 or $200,000,000 an nually paid to the foreign ship own era -for transportation across the seas; another that it would give lower freights and thus benefit the American farmers, whose food stuffs are shipped abroad. This last argu ment was the one which they pre sented to the farmers to win their support for the subsidy scheme. But it has not had the effect they though it would, for the Republican oppo sition in the Senate came from ag ricultural States, and that is where the I Republican opposition in the House is coming from. As a matter of fact this scheme has grown weaker from the day it was: first introduced in Congress, for the simple reason that discus slon exposed its weakness and the pretences of its advocates, and the iobs that are in it. Even some of its supporters make strong argu ments against it, without, perhaps, thinking so or having any reference to subsidies, merely noting facts and conditions as they are. As an illustration we clip the following editorial from the Boston Commer rial Bulletin, a subsidy supporter, It was not written with any refer ence to subsidies but presents an apt object lesson all the same Under the caption which we have quoted it says: "Although American capital is in terested in almost as great a tonnage of ocean steamships under foreign flies as the United States merchant marine can muster to-day, the depress iag effect of low transportation rates and t-emendoas competition for freight at even low rates has not been felt on this side of the water. In Eng land and in Germany, where invest ments of capital in steamship lines are widespread, and in the Continental bourses, where these shares are traded in, this depression is not a matter of hearsay but of fact. "The condition of the large ocean transportation companies may be gath ere J from the statement that while the Hamburg-American line has just an nounced its plan to increase its capital by 1.000,000. which will give it a total capiUI "f 5 000 000. besides de bentures of i, 125.000. it is felt that th-) time is highly inexpedient for in creasing the capital of ocean transpor tation companies, in view of the un satisfactory state of the freight market and the disinclination of the public to buy stocks of any kind. The last cap ital increase of the company, amount ing to 750,000, was made only a year ago. It was sold at 115, but the new issue will bring perhaps five points less. "The annual reports of English and German lines for 1301 have shown heavy reductions in earning, necessi tating in many cases radical cuts in the dividends paid to shareholders. "Only this week the directors of the Ounard Co. decided to reduce the divi dend to 4 per cent, against 8 per cent, last year, and even this amount is only paid by taking 25,000 from the re serve fund. "An attempt has been made to solve the problem by forming a cloae com bination bet wee j the English and American lines for the maintenance of rates and an equable division of such business as offers. How much will be accomplished by this move remains to be proved. Nominally at the present time rates are being maintained but the business does not improve, the foreign trade at the port of Boston for instance showing a falling off in value of ex ports sines January 1st, 1902, of $10, 000,000 as compared with the same pe riod in 1301." This means, if it means anything, that the steamship business is being overdone, and hence the depression. There are either too many steam ships or too little business, which amounts to the same thing. When this is the case there must be com petition which cuts profits down to the smallest margin, if there be any profits. It has been demonstrated that the largest ships, which make reasonable time, are the best profit makers, the expense in operating these being leBs in proportion to the cargoes carried than the smaller ships and hence the trend among ship owners of large capital is towards very large vessels with immense power, capable of driying them across the Atlantic in seven or eight days. It is said that the Oceanic on a recent trip made a profit of $90,000. If that be . so there will be more of the Oceanic kind and fewer smaller vessels com pared with the number now being built. - . These large vessels would : come in for a large amount of the pro posed subsidies, so that the most of it would be absorbed by them and the few steamers which would secure the mail contracts provided for under the subsidy scheme. The outcome would be, if the scheme were carried through Congress and became the law, that a few large ndiast chips would gobble np the subsidies and that' would be the end, practically speaking, of the American merchant marine which the snbsidyites seem so anxious for. These great ships drawing heavi ly would require deep channel ports of entry and consequently would be confined to the deepest ports on our coats t, ports which have been made deep and kept so by the expendi ture of many millions of dollars. As there are few ports of this kind on the Southern coast, where the Gov ernment has not taken the same paternal interest in theJiarbor im provement that it has in the ports above, these ships would, of course, not come this way, and our shippers would still bedependent upon the tramp steamers as they are now. How much then would the shipyards of this country really gain by this sub sidy scheme when they would be simply called upon to build a few very large vessels instead of many smallerones? How much of the money now paid for ocean service would be kept at home when shippers from many of our ports would Btil be dependent upon the foreign ships which now carry their pro ducts across the seas? Would the farmer of Iowa or Minnesota or Illi nois have his wheat or corn or flour or pork carried to foreign markets for any less than he does now? Not much, for the kind of ships that do his work would not be built by the subsidies which would be absorbed by the big and fast steamers which would be built or which are now built and running without any subsidies. These are some of the reasons why the Republican Representatives of Western constituencies are not enamored of this subsidy scheme, which, under pretence of being a benefit to the farmers, will be a ben efit only to the rich companies which own big ships, which are built more with a yiew to carrying passengers than freight. FRAUDULENT PRETENCES- The pretext on which the sup porters of the anti-oleomargarine bill now before the Senate defend their position is that the measure is in tended to protect the public from fraud, from oleomargarine mas querading as butter. If that were all, and if that were what they are really trying to do, there would be and could be no reasonable objec tion, But that is not all. That figures very little. The real object is to crush out the oleomargarine industry because it has become an important one, and because its product competes to a greater or less extent with the butter of the dairy. If it had been shown that oleo margarine is injurious- to health they might justly plead that as a ground for opposition, but that has not been shown; on the contrary experts employed by the Govern ment have after thorough tests pro nounced it a wholesome and nutri tions article and some of them go so far as to declare that it is better and more wholesome than much of the butter.that is put upon .the market. As 8uming, then, on the strength of the testimony to that effect, that there is nothing injurious to health in it, the public needs no more pro tection against that than it does against butter, and there is no reason why butter should be especi ally favored and oleomargarine crushed. It is all right to guard against frauds not only in oleomar garine but also in butter, and one ought to be held to as rigid rule and account as the other. The dairy man colors and sometimes perfumes his product to add to its attractions and gets a fancy price for it, and there is no reason why he should be permitted to do this and the oleo margarine manufacturer be denied that privilege. Because some butter makers re sort to such devices to make their butter popular is no reason why that industry should be warred upon, nor is it any reason why the oleomarga rine industry should be warred upon because some of the manufacturers, as alleged, practice fraud. Destroy ing a great and beneficial industry is certainly too radical a way to pre vent fraud, and a Way that has never been resorted to in any other indus try in the country. Senator Simmons took the right position in his speech against the pending bill, Monday, and argued eloquently, forcibly and logically that it was not only unwise and un warranted but sectional and class legislation. The most powerful. wisher so far reported this year is a Pennsylvania man who has some guinea fowl. He read that one of President Roose velt's boys was hankering for some guinea eggs to peck eggs with the other boys on Easter. It wasn't the guinea s season for laying, a little too early, but he wished that the guineas might hurry up so he could sena the Jttoosevelt kid those eggs he nanserea lor, and the guineas did hurry up and he sent those eggs on time, and got a nice note of thanks from P. S. Cortelyou, who knows now to fix 'em up cn such occasions. They don't need anv Audobon so cieties in Germany to nrotaRt the birds. They have professional bird catchers who are paid a salarv to catch enough to supply scientific in stitutions and museums, but are al lowed to catch no mora. Mn Ann lse is allowed to catch or kill any. A FRANK DECLARATION. When in discussing the disfran chisement .of the negro in the South Representative Pou in vhis speech, Monday, declared that the purpose was to get rid of the bulk of the ne gro vote, he frankly declared the truth, and when he followed this up with the declaration that, "If our representation is to be reduced for that we are willing to submit to it," he uttered the sentiments of every believer in I white supremacy in the South. And when he added, "There is not a member from North Carolina who would not prefer to sacrifice his seat here than go back to the conditions that existed prior to 1900," he, no doubt, expressed the sentiments of every one of them. Of course the Southern Repre sentatives in Congress, who will be cordially supported by the Demo cratic Representatives and Senators from the North, will oppose the movement for reduction of repre sentation, as its object is not to force recognition cf the negro 's political rights, but to weaken the South politically, and thus I 'weaken the Democratic party. In other words, it is a political trick and a ! fraud attempted to be perpetrated in the name of justice, justice to the negroes, who speaking for the mass of them, have no more idea of the value of the bal lot than a goat has of astronomy andjusticetothe white voters of the North, who have never asked for any legislation of that kind and have never complained of negro disfran chisement in the South. The mass of white voters in the North are perfectly willing to let the white men of the South settle this ques tion in the way that seems best for them, and is best for them and the negro. If that question were sub mitted to them eight out of ten of them wonld so say by their ballots. It is not the people, but the politi cians who are doing the protesting, and they are doing it to further party schemes. The Crumpacker scheme will not succeed, but regardless of whether it does or not when it comes to decid ing between unrestricted negro suffrage and reduced representation the South will accept reduced repre sentation, and then the suffrage laws will be made so rigid that the negro will never become a possible factor in our politics, whether he can read and write or not. It is said that the three negroes who went from Tuskegee, Ala., to show the natives of Tagoland, a German province in West Africa, how to raise cotton have demon strated that cotton which grades in the Berlin market above American middling can be successfully grown there. The principal obstacle to producing it -on a commercial scale is lack of transportation from the interior to the seaboard. German capitalists are now talking of build ing a railroad for that purpose, and have ordered preliminary surveys. Some of Bishop Potter's friends in New York contend that when men who rnn financial, concerns, indus trial shops, etc., get from $100,000 to $250,000 a year Bishop Potter should get more than the trifling salary of $12,500. ! From a commer cial standpoint, and if Bishop Potter is giving his services for money.that may be correct, but if he isn't he ought to get along, without scuffling very hard, on $12,500 a year. Since Speaker Henderson has come out for reciprocity with Cuba, the protectionists in his district are combining against him and are boost ing a candidate to rnn against him. Henderson is a hustler, however, and the fellow who gets his knucks will have to get up early and go to bed late. BOOK NOTICES. The Smart Set. which is alwavs inr teresting, is more than usually so in the April number, which is a capital one with a list of contents, every paee of which is entertaining, with variety enough to suit the various classes of readers. It presents a hundred and sixty pages of well told stories and well written articles. Address The Ess Ess Publishing Company, 1135 Broadway, New York. St. Nicholas for April is a charminer number and will prove a delight to the young folks, for whose especial bene fit it is published. While the whole list of contents is interesting, thev will find the story of "The Boys of Rincon Ranch" and- the "Boy Choristers," both splendidly illustrated, esneciallv so. Published by The Century Com pany, Union Square, New York. I E. I. 0. Ward, of Talladega. Ala bama, has given the reading public a Tary interesting volume entitled "Heart Shots," a book of 282 pages. containing forty-six essays, a few of which are: "Your First Sweetheart," "Mental Sweethearts," "Divinity in Man," "A Piece of Coal" and others. treated in a sentimental, philosophi cal, or humorous way, as the subject may suggest. Mr. Ward writes charmingly, holds the interest of the reader from beginning to end, and has given us a work that will compare with the classics that have choice places in the library, and rank high in liters ture. It can behadbv rending? si no to the Publishers, the P. Tennyson Nely Company, 114- Fifth Avenue, New York, or to E. L. O. Ward, Tal- iaaega, Ala. For W Hooping: Cough use CHENEY'S EX. fECTOBANT. Wot sale by Hardlnf Palace PbarmaevJ Does not make the manT- The blood it the-life," the vital force of the body. So it not infrequently happens that the man who looks to be a picture of physical strength falls a sudden victim to disease. A proper care ior the blood would prevent many a serious sickness. The cleansing of the blood is per fectly accomplish ed by the use of Dr. Pierce's Gold en Medical Discov ery. It drives out the impurities and poisonous sub stances which cor rupt the blood and breed disease. It increases the ac tivity of the blood making glands, and so increases the supply of pure blood. It builds, up the entire body with good sound flesh. There is no al cohol, in "Golden Medical Discov ery" and it is en- . tirely free from opium, cocaine and all other narcotics. . The dealer who offers a substitute for the " Discovery " does so to gain the lit tle more profit paid by inferior medi cines. There is nothing " jnst as good " for the blood as "Golden Medical Dis covery" therefore accept no substitute. l took five bottles of ' Golden Medical Discov ery' for my blood," writes Mr. William D. Shamb lin. of Remy, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. I had 'ring worms' on me and I would barn them off and they would come right back, and thev were on me when I commenced using- Gola en Medical Discovery,' and they went away and I haven't been bothered any more." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con stipation. CURRENT COMMENT. Why doesn's M. Powderly nrovide a place for himself m private life? We should think he might be too proud to submit to the "some thing eauallv as good" treatment. Likewise Mr. Evans. Washington Post, Ind. "Gen. Miles lost his head, figuratively, and consequently he is iu u&iiger ui xoaiujj ib uuiuuuij, auotes the Springfield (Mass ) Union; which the same wonld be said of Gen. i unston, if things that were equal to the same things were also equal to each othe in the man agement of the war department. Chattanooga limes, Ind. The Beef Trust has made ruthless and unnecessary advance in the price of steak, there is no help for the householder in a resort to the fish market. Fish and flesh are both out of sight, and the mills are threatening to put up the price of flour. The worker for wages must expend every extra cent he gets as his share of the prevailing pros perity in order to pay for his daily bread. If there were not so many Trusts in the conntry which under the cover of protective legislation manage to levy toll upon nearly everything the laboring man puts in his stomach or wears upon his back before it reaches his hand prosperity wonld be more evenly diffused. Philadelphia Record, Dem. A delegation from the Sea coast Seamen's Union called on Senator Hanna the other day and asked him to use his influence in getting an amendment to the ship subsidy bill whereby American se a- men would derive some benefit from the proposed new law. The seamen wanted a provision inserted in the bill requiring the employment of American sailors only, and their representative pointed out that Chinese sailors conld be employed for $8 per month, whereas Ameri can sailors demanded $30 to $40. Senator ilanna declined to comply with the request, on the ground that he "must keep friends with capital as well as labor." Savanna h Mews, Dem. QUARTERLY MEETINGS. Wilmington District Second Bound. Whituville, Fair Bluff, April 2 Market Street, April 6 Town Creek, Gay's Chapel, April 6 Bladen Street. April 9 Grace, April 8 Waccamaw, Bethesda, April 16 8hallotte, Andrews' Chapel, April 17 Carver's Creek. Grant's ChaneL April 19 20 Bladen Uircuil, Uenter, April 26-27 Elizabeth, Union', May 3-4 Magnolia. Rose Hill, May 10-11 Clinton, Kendall, May 17-28 Jacksonville, May 24-25 Fifth Street, May 25 Kenansvijle, Warsaw, May 31 Onslow, June f-8 District Conference at Fair Bluff. April 1-3. R. B. John, P. E. Raleigh News and Observer'. A white man named Carter is being held in Wilson on suspicion by Duplin county authorities as being implicated in the murder of Kit Lawaon, a prom inent citizen of Smith's township, that county. Lawson was murdered one night last week, being shot from the dark through a window while sitting conversing with a gentleman in bis Dome. A Deep mystery. It is a mvsterv wh v wnmAn Andum Backache. HeadanhA- KranngnMa Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells when thousands have proved that Electric Bitters will quick ly cure such troubles. "I suffered for years with kidney trouble." writes Mrs Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, la., "and a lame hack nalneH ma an Tni,it not dress myself, but Electric Bitters whollv cured mn aA. althrmh ?a years old, I now am able to do all my housework." It overcomes Constipa tion, improves Appetite, gives perfect health. Onlv BOc at R R RpT.T.iTwv'a drug store. 1 For wTar Strty Tsar Mrs. WrsBxow'g Soothihg Syrup has been used for over sixty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften thn mim. and allays all pain; cures wind colic! ana is ine nest remeay ior diarrhoea. It will relieve the noor littl iiff. immediately. Sold by druggists In every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask tar Mrs. Wlnslow's Ftanthfiiir Rmn l i . i . . J "ft S)IEMES FAVOniTE RESCMPTI67I FOH.WEftKWOMEW. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. - .,- . r it" - Murphy Democrat: Columbus Lambert shot and killed Come Back Wolfe, an Indian, in the Indian reser vation in Swain eounty last Tuesday. Lambert escaped. The difficulty arose over the possession of a log cabin. Baleigh Post: A colored man named Isaac Johnson, who lives sev eral miles from Scotland Neck, was poisoned by his boy a few! days ago and narrowly escaped death. They had rented some land and the boy had to do some of the work of cultivating it. Getting tired of the job he tried to kill his father by putting Paris green in his coffee. j Newton Enterprise: Some fields of wheat are beginning to improve in appearance, but farmers tell us that the prospect of wheat generally is very gloomy. Nearly all the wheat on some fields is frozen out, and many fields are badly washed. On a whole, it looks as if the wheat crop of the county will be a very small one this year. Fayetteville Observer: Yester day (8unday) Deputy Sheriff Mona ghan arrested a negro preacher and school teacher named Geo. B. Perry on a warrant from Robeson county, charging him with forgery.! He was taken to Robeson by a deputy sheriff from that county. He came here after him Perry, it is alleged, forged the name of three of Robeson's school commissioners to a voucher for $76, Concord Standard: Isaac Cruse, of No. 6, killed his wife Saturday night in a most brutal way. He got liquor and was drinking. He had a row with his wife which she probably thought was ended and was ironing clothes. The monster came up behind her and dealt her a blow about the neck and shoulder, sinking the blade of an aze to the hollow. Another blow cut deep into her cheek, severing the toneue. Another carved ner neaa and another her arm. The murderer is in hidinsr. but is pretty ture to be cantured. He is a necrro. from 55 to 60 years old, rather under size and stoutlv built, lie has been known as a good worker and hardly capable of anything very bad when not under tie influence of liquor. Stanley Enterprise: Sarah Hvatt. a 13 year-old colored girl, was placed in iail here here Tuesday even ing and given a preliminary hearing before Esq. J. W. Bostian yesterday Last week she did a piece of high handed forgery, and securing goods from the stores of M- F. Little, G. M. Dry and Wiscassett-Efird Co., upon alles-ed orders from Wm. E 8anders. Mrs H. W. Lightfoot and Wm. Wat son. The girl forged orders from these parties amounting to between two and three dollars and skipped, tthe wss arrested bv Sheriff McCain at Cotton ville, and at the trial it developed that the girl was only 12 years of age. Esq J. W. Bostian released her with the understanding that she pay I Up all the amounts for the stolen goods and that she be given a sound threshing Lumberton Robesoniah: Mr, A. B. Pearsall, his wife, daughter, mother and Miss oeymore. of the Seminary, who was visiting them, were poisoned Sunday by eatinsr custard which had been cooked the day before and kept over. It was first thought that Mr. Pearsali's cocdition was serious, but at last reports ail were doing! well and were out of danger. j W. H. Hammond was covicted of an assault with a deadly weapon at the! last term of court and when sentenced to the chaingang disappeared. Since his es cape he has travelled about in Georgia and Florida until a few days ago he returned and gave himself up to the authorities for the purpose of serving out his lime, tie says that serving time on the chaingang in Robeson county is far better than enjoying the privileges of liberty in other states. Asheville Citizen: It is said there has never been a time in the history of North Carolina iwben so many people were emigrating as now. i be emigration in (his section is con fined largely to the mountain districts and is mostly to Oklahoma and Wash iogton. Nor is all of this emigration confined to this section for large numbers are also going from other parts of the State, also South Carolina and Virginia. Within tbe ( past few years a number of emigrant parties have passed through Asheville going West. It is not a floating class of people that have been struck by the emigration fever, but some of the yery best citizens of tbe j country. These people are not going ph uncer tainties for they have sold their prop erty here and already purchased land in the wm. it is learned that (he sheep industry will perhaps oe taken up in this section on an ex tensive scale. Western North CarOr lina is particularly adapted! to sheep raising and if a business venture of th s kind is made it will probably be the beginning of a live stock business of great importance. IWINKMNUb Never strike a man that's down, especially if he is muscular and is just getting up. Baltimore Netps. Patience She's very maniahj she's ruined her divided ' skirt already. Patrice How t Scratching matches on l.-JA.fe. j What is the first thing a young business man should learnt was asked of the successful one. That mailing bills is not collecting money, was the prompt reply. Indianapolis News. "Yon can't trust a bngand." "What do you know about brigands?" "Nothin' special. But I guess man kind is all pretty much alike." Cleve land Plain Dealer. Merchant--Whewl kefs have a little ventilation hem. Whn that idiot who closed the door so tight? jranner ine same wiot who always left it onen last winter. VhilfiAeil.nh.itt. Press i Why He is Satisfied: Godfrey -Doesn't Whatater ever xt. trnA nf his wife's continued sulkiness and ill temper? Scoriel I think not Wh she is good natured she sings. Tit- "I see a crank out West an- hat for ladies that will shut up when the curtain Vises'." "If he'd only in vent a box oartv that would An that he'd deserve a medal." Philadelphia Press 1 Little Elmer (who has ati In quiring mind) Papa, where do those pessimists mat we are always reading about live? Prof. BmadhnnHi r Island of ecotism in the miVUt nt a mo of woe. Smart Sep. I First Lawver ?Th Iawtat-b bad a hard strule over th Mnh. bags estate." Second Lawver "Did thev?" First Tam "V.. ti... had all they could do to keep the heirs coming to an agreement.'' -Pupc. 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Mackerel, No. l. i barrel... 88 00 8 80 08 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 4 00 7 50 8 85 10 8 08 ' baii-bbi. li oo Maczerei, mo. , barrel. 16 oo 8 oo 18 oo 8 0 7 00 8 00 6 4 00 naczerei, no. x Mackerel, No. 8, IhaU-bbl.. barrel... Hoiiets. Moueta, yi pork barrel.... N. O. Boo Herring, V keg Mryixa::: VLOUB- - Low grade 8 60 o o 8 75 4 00 Choice 8 75 Straight 4 85 O 4 50 O 5 00 8 O 10 nrstratent QLUE .... QBAIN bushel - Corn,rrom store, deb White Mixed Corn Oats, from store (mixed).. S3 O 60 a 8SK 80 60 75 O 30 O Cow Peas , HIDE8 jMb Green salted I 11 5 11 10 Dry oint. Dry salt , HAY V 100 8B No 1 Timothy. 96 O 1 00 60 Bice etraw...... N. C. Crop HOOP IRON. V CHEESE 9 60 a 75 O 20 80 8 14 Northern Factory. . . mutt uream Half cream in X IK LARDY- Northern .................... 69it North Carolina lo o ISM 12 oitvMess O 18 CO O 18 50 S17 50 83 8 1 85 90 O 90 a eo Bump Prime, bop: 11 sack. AJnm American., rkn-ioft B aaAk. B0GAB, Standard Oran'd Standard A White Extra C Extra 0, Golden so O 5 00 48 1? O 4 O 4 v xeuow LUMBER (city sawed) VM ft Ship Stuff, reaawea 18 Oo Bpngh edge Plank is 00 West India cargoes, accord- 88000 16 00 tag to quality... 13 oo C Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 t Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 C KOLAS8ES V gallon- Barbadoee, in hogshead... . . Barbadpes, In barrels ( Porto Bloo, In hogsheads.... 29 S Porto Rico, to barrels.; 29 ( Bugar House, in hogsheads. ia Sugar Hoase, In barrels.... 14 ( Byrnu, In barrels 17 9 NAILS, V keg, Ont.60d basis... 8 35 c BOAPjjB l Northern., , STAVES, 9 M-W. O.Tjarrel. ... 6 00 I B. O. Hogshead TIMBER, f H feet Shipping., 8 00 1 common null 400 e Fair null 5 00 e Prime mill 6 50 C Extra mill,..., 8 00 gainauu, n.u. uyprasssawed 9 M 6x84 heart 6 35 5 60 8 60 8 60 1 on " oap SxaoiHeart... " nap.. WHISKEY. 9 rallon Northern BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts oi Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday. W. & W. Kal I mart 9. ha loo .niin. wunwu. 10 barrels tar. W. O. fir. A. RailrnaH 9.Q hula. - " mV t-lV Wit- Ion, 25 barrels tar. U. U. Uailroad 15 bales cotton, 18 barrels crude turpentine. A At. V Ttoilvnarl 9 i..t. M:S4. turpentine, 106 barrels rosin, 20 bar. Steamer A. P. TTnrt 9 V.a.1.. spirits j turpentine, 100 barrels rosin. us narreis tar. Schooner niarnn on TT 1 hal& ton. 9 barrels rosin, 6 barrels tar. pjnooner cjancy Ann 3 bales cot ton, i I Total Kn halfla Anlinn A .-.- turnentinA. 91 R hn.roi. Mt. inn 1 rels tar, 18 barrels crude turpentine. Inseverable; "Now, then, Wil li6 . ?ai 1 Uncle John, "aren't you urea looking at tbe moneys?'' "All riht," reluctantly replied the boy Who was on his first visit tr k vjL' Now let's ffO the tilaetr- whM. th. ' - r w visa1 ur ffanKTinder'icage is." PhOadelphid COMMERCIAL J m. r w. ar w . , WIIj!MINGTON market fQuoted officially at the closing by thffTToduce Exchange. I STAR OFFICE. April 1. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 45e pr jrallon." ROSIN Market firm at $1.10 per barrel for strained and $1.15 per barrel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.20 per bar rel of 280 pounds. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet at $1.35 per barrel for hard, $2.50 for dip. and fpr virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine quiet at 34&33c; rosin nothing doing; tar stt-adv at $1 15; crude turpentine quiet at $1.10 210. j RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 4 Rosin... i 215 Tar i 179 Crude turpentine. 18 Receipts same day last year 16 casks spirits turpentine, 92 barrels rosin, 175 barrels tar, 43 barrels crude turpentine. 'cotton. Market firm, on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary h cts ft Good ordinary. 7 " " Low middling....:.. 8 if " " Middling 8 " " Good middling 8 1 5-16 4 4 44 Same day last year, market steady at 76c tor middling. Receipts 50 bales; same day last year, 71. j etorrected! Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for prouuee consigned to Commis sion Merchants.! JOOUHTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 65c; extra prime, 70c; fancy, 75c, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, bOc; fancy, 65c. Spanish, 7580c. CORN Firm, 7680c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON-Steady; hams 11 15c per pound; shoulders, 10 12 54c; sides, 10llc. EGGS Steady at 1212c per dozen. ! CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 20 30c- sprit gs, 1520c. TURKEYS Dressed, firm at 12 15c; lives 10llc. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 70 75c per bushel Cotton and Naval Stores. MONTHLY STATEMENT. RECEIPTS. For month of March, 1903. I Spirits. Rosin. Tar. j 1 9,440 12.617 RECEIPTS. For month of March, 1901. Cotton. 7.016 Crude 768 Cotton. S.70T Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude. 491 875 10 830 8.693 EXPORTS. For month of March, 1908. j Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude Domestic Foreign . .985 710 436 10 070 950 6,4u2 89 7.S87 713 463 10100 950 EXPORTS. For month of March, 1901. j Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude Domestic. Foreign . . 1.73a 1,283 848 6. 78 675 6S84 9.143 460 89 771 8 363 8 1,733 33,114 14,443 678 STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat April 1, 19Ci Ashore. Afloat. Total. 10 809 8W 40 364 11,519 688 Cotton 8pirits Rosin Tar Crude 10,309 257 40.864 11 519 58S 8TOCK8. Ashore and Afloat April 1, 1903. Cotton. 5,455 Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude 829 93 31 30 10.065 Naval Stores. ANNUAL 8TATEMENT. EEC 5 1 T8. For crp y ar endtd April 1. ISO? Spirits. Rosin. 1 9,484 Tar. 78,08i Crude. 80 588 lhSl BP Caif T For cr"j vareni.ed April 1, 190'. Crude. 8i,lll Spirits. Bo8fn. 136 834 Tar. 68 739 2S,576 EXPORTS. - For crop yar ended April Spirits. Rosin. D-meettci i6 5 4 90 F reiKn....i 413 95 710 1 1903 Tar. Crude. 67 5 4 3J323 31.4 Total...... 16 757 1C0 610 7U,6C8 e8S8 EXPORTS. For crop year -ndei April i.roi. Tar. Crude. Spirits. Rosid. Domestic. Foreign... Total.... 23 6 8 31 363 51831 20 689 17 113 S36 1 933 160 484 35,541 181.743 68 341 80 935 FINANCIAL MARKETS i Bv Telegraph to the Mornins: star. New Yobk. April 1. Money on call steady at 3K3 Pr cent, clos ing with; 3 per cent, offered. Prime mercantile paper quoted at 45 per centi Sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers' bills at 487 483 for demand and at 485H tor sixty days. Posted rates 486 and 488& Commercial bills 484&485f. Bar silver 53. Mex ican dollars 43. Government bonds steady. State bonds were inactive. Railroad bonds were steady. U. S. re funding 2's. registered. 109: U. S. re- funding2s. coupon, 109 ex int; U.S. 3'a, reg'd,108X ex int ;do. coupon, 109 X. U. S. 4's, new registered, lS9X;do: coupon 139&; U. & 4's, old reg'd, UI; do. coupon, 111 ex int; U. 8. 5's registered, . 106; do. coupon, 106: Southern Railway. 5's. 121 bid. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 105; Chesapeake & Ohio 45 J ; Manhat tan L 132; New York Central 1621: Reading 56; do. 1st preferred SIX; do.j2nd preferred 67K;St. Paul l64K;do.pref'd, 186 J4; Southern Bail- way S2 H ; do. prefd 93 ; Amalga mated Copper 65; Am'n Tobacco ; People's Gas 102M: Sugar 132: Ten nessee Coal and Iron 70 Hi U. S. Leather 13; do. prefd, 83 ; Western Union 90V ; U. S. Steel 42; do. pre ferred 93K; Mexican National 18; American Locomotive 31; do. pre ferred 94; Standard Oil 629633; Virginia-Carolina Chemical 69,; do. preferred 132 j. Baltmobe. April 1 Seaboard Air Line, common, 2424M; do. nrefer- red, 4444i; do. 4a 8283 naval! stores markets By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Nra Vapi Anvil 1 Rnn 4n.J. Spirits turpentine quiet. Uhableston, April 1. Spirits tur pentine and rosin unchanged. Bavanhah, April 1 Spirits turpen tine firm! at 45c: receipts 668 cahWb- Sales 800 1 casks; exports casks Rosin firm; receipts 1968 barrels; sales barrels; exports 6 230 bar reis uuote: A, B, U, IX, SI 80; E. I, $1 75; K 92 45r M, $3 85; N, $3 25; rrr ai n.. vtt ttt w vr, to ou: vv wvd oo. COTTON MARKETS. By Talesman to the Morning Btar. New York, April L The cotton maraet opened steady. with Dries mm points higher to two nointa ln and then turned firm on active cover ing by room shorts and light denial from enmminlnn t- . "n ceipta were considerably smaller th expected and spot market news fS? the South was Arm. Offering slim, to say the least, and for the uS being, sentiment favored a hih market. Yet bull support was S gressive and a prominent commissi bousewas seen to be quietly selling T i cotton around 8 83. Liverpool cabii7 were rather disappointing when ih market here opened and for lh balance of the day the Boglbh pric!? worked slowly lower, closing with tone "easy." Toward midday prices began to sift lower and sent; ment gradually crossed over tn th bull side. Then came a sharp raj" on light estimates for to-morrow's Np Orleans and Houston receipts, folio ed by a set-bank under profit-takirL by local holders. What appears to be a bear raid and liquidation sent prices down h,,. riedly just before 2 o'cW' July touching 8 75, and for ih rest of the day the whole list appeal heavy and very sensitive to selling from any quarter. The market cIosh quiet, with prices net two to thre points lower. Strike news from th Fall R.ver mills and better wStht reports from the belt helped to under mine the afternoon market Ciea ances for export were larger than e peeted, at 17,760 bales, but failed U stiffen the market. WBWYOBK, April l.-Cottoa qui(., at 9c; net receipts 1 230 bales; ero:, receipts 6,289 bales; stock 18.6U59 bales Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uElaD9c; middliDK ulf 9c; sales 4 700 bales. Cotton futures closed market auiPt. Aoril 8 80, May 8 74, June 8 77, JuiV 8 77, August 8.58, September 8 24 October 8 10, November 8 02. Dewm' ber 8 02, January 8. 03. Total to-daj Net receipts 13 305 bales; exports to Great Bntaiu 5 bales; exports to France 2.944 bales exports to the Continent 7,458 balf.,' stock 689 683 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 36 5u bales; exports to Great Britain 7 22j bales; exports to France 2 944 ba eg exports to the Continent 16,085 baies Total since September 1st. -inji ceipts 6.928.261 hales, enporis to ar, Britain 2.723 223 bales; export " France 643,819 bales; exports u, . Continent 2,215.900 bales. April 1. Galveston, very firm.at 5 net receipts 6,092 bales; Norfolk, nroi at 83c, net receipts 1,241 lales; ha -timore, nominal at 9c, net receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 9c, net re ceipts 285 bales; Wilmington, firm at 8c, net receipts 50 bales; Phil delpnia, quiet at 9&c, net receipts 1 bale; Savannah, firm at 8 9 16c, net receipts 977 bales; New Orleans, steady at 8 7-16s, net receipts 2,894 bales; Mobile, nominal at 6c, net receipts 26 bales; Augusta, steady at 82c, net receipts 327 bales ;Charlestor, firm at 8c, net receipts 25 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. B? Teleeranh to the Morning Btar New roBK, April l.-Flour was dull and prices nominally unchanged. Wheat Spot steady; No. 2 red 82 e at elevator. Options Trade in wneat was rather quiet all day, but the ULd;t tone, influenced by strength in the Northwest, small interior receipts, light speculative offerings and & higher corn market showed consider able firmness until near the close, whf . it eased off under real Zing and closi steady at a partial c net advanc:; Tne sales included: May closed 77 'Ac. July closed 77c; September 77c; December 79c. Corn Spot steadj : No. 2, 67o at elevator. Options -f Wbiie not active, the corn market dis played considerable firmness all day on light Western offerings, coid . weather and local covering. The close was firm at a partial He net advance. Sal s included: May closed 65c; July closed 65c; September 63c. Oats Spot dull; No. 2 47c. Options dull and nominal. Fork Market firm, Lard steady ; Western steam $10 10 , refined lard quiet. Tallow firmer. Cheese firm; State full cream small, early made fancy colored 1313Mr; do. large 12l2c; full cruamrj, large fall make fatcy white 12l234c. Rice steady. Butter firm; creamery 23d28e; imitation creamery 2324c; renovated 1925c; State dairy 22 26c. Eggs quiet and steady; 8tat: and Pennsylvania 15l5c; Sou' here at mark 14J15 Potatoes steady. Cabbage Market quiet; State, barrel crate $100. Peanuts steady; fancy hand picked 4c; other domestic 3 4jeC. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 11c Coffee Spot Rio duii; No. 7invoice5c: mild dull ; Cordova 8Ji12c Sugar Raw firm; fair rtfic ing Sc; centrifugal 96 test. Sc; mc lassps sugar 2jic ; refined firm C tlon seed oil was slow all day but stegdy wttbout change Quoted: Prime crude, f. o. b. mills 3536c; prime summer yellow 43c; off summer yellow 42c; prime white 4546c; prime winter yel low 4647c; prime meal $28 00, nomi nal. FOREIGN MARKET. bv cable co the Ijorntnx tj.. LiVEBPOOL, April L Cotton: Spot moderate business, prices S-32d higher; American middling fair 5Xd; good middling 4 81 32d; middling 4 27 32d ; low middling 4d; good ordinary 4d; ordinary 46d. Tbe sales of the day were 7,000 bales, of which 6C0 bales were for speculation and export and included 6,000 bales American . Receipts since last report 33,000 bales, including 15. 300 bales American. Futures opened firm and closed easy; American middling (g. o. c.) April 4 47-644 48-64d seller; April and May 4 4764d buyer; May and June i 48-64d buyer; June and July 4 48 64 4 49-64d buyer; July and Au gust 4 48-644 49-64d buyer; August and September 4 45-64d seller; Sep tember and October 4 34-6424 35-64d seller; October and November 4 29-64 4 S0-64d seller; November and De cember 4 26-844 27-64d buyer. MARINE. ARRIVED. Stmr A P Hurt. Robeson, Fayette ville, James Madden. Clyde steamship Oneida, Hale, New York, H G Smallbones. ' Stmr A P Hurt Robeson, Fayette ville, James Madden. Standard Oil steamer Maverick. Fen- lon, Savannah, Standard Oil Co. (tow ing barge No. 58.) (MARINE DIRECTORY. Itst f Tmmu ia Ko? of VII; aalncsop, n. C, April ft SCHOONERS, D J Melanson, (Br) 134 tons, LeBlane, Georee Harriss. Son & On C O Lister, 267 tons, Moore, George harriss. oon c? UO, Metinic, ITS tons, Perry, 3eorge Ha? riss. Son & Co. Nellie Floyd, 484 tons, Nielsen, Heide eC Co. Annie Ainslie, 250 tons, Strout, George Harriss, Son & Co. Albert T Stearns, 508 tons, Bunker, ureorge oarriss, son 6? Co. BARQUES. Arabella, 641 fona, Isendorf, Heide ct Olive Thurlow, 877 tons, Hays, George t 1 1. 5 .'V- f 'it py bei i 1 :ne f . f - 3 1 J . i - - - ,t -1
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