President Wilson seeks $100 million emergency tax
Washington September 4 President Wilson urged Congress to pass an emergency internal revenue measure to raise 100 million dollars to cover expected losses in customs revenue caused by the European war. He urged prompt action to keep the treasury strong and avoid borrowing.
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Navy seeks aid for deepest seas mystery voyage
Washington September 4 Lloyds figures show 1,000 sailors lost with ships totaling 136,000 tons over three years, all vanished. Commander J Foster Stackhouse seeks American cooperation for a seaborne charting expedition to remove 2,000 P D marks from charts, study dangerous reefs, and navigate future trade routes via the Panama Canal. Secretary Daniels offered aid as Stackhouse plans a 250,000 mile voyage next March with scientists aboard the ill fated Beott voyage ship.
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Germans Arrested for Deserting Ship in Savannah
Five German seamen who left the British steamship Heyptiana recommended by the German consul were ordered turned over to the British consul after arrest on desertion charges. The court ruled US treaties allowed no other action since the men were peaceful mercantile seamen under contract on a British vessel and protected by Britain.
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Farmers urged to diversify crops in Georgia
Albany September 4 Special. At the Georgia State Agricultural Society convention Judge John A Cobb proposed resolutions urging farmers to cut costs and strive for self sufficiency by sowing fall crops of every kind and expanding hog cattle and sheep raising. The group urged a 1915 crop mix balancing food needs with cotton as a sure crop and encouraged mutual cheer and concerted effort amid earlier hard times.
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University to Have a New Infirmary in Athens
Athens September 4 Special The University of Georgia will open Crawford W Long Infirmary with 22 beds funded by 1500 from the Woman's club of Athens and further gifts. Trustees authorize a $10 per student charge covering gym lessons baths swimming games and infirmary use. a trained nurse will be on duty year round ensuring care during illness.
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Black man denies guilt before execution in Columbus incident
John Davis, a Black man, faced the gallows for the serious case involving Oscar McGinty, a Muscogee County planter, on Route 2. He read his Bible in his last hours and protested innocence as Sheriff Heard performed the execution. The death occurred after the drop failed to break the neck, leading to strangulation in about fourteen minutes.
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Oscar McGinty
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Fletcher Plans Nomination Convention in Griffin
Senator elect H M Fletcher changes plan from Macon to Griffin for the nominating convention on September 19. Delegates from Butts Fayette and Spalding counties will attend and a new executive committee will be elected for two years. The item notes a call for revenue sources yielding immediately and consistently.
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Export Demand Pushes War Prices on Foodstuffs
Chicago reports war priced gains across grains and staples as export demand surges. Wheat futures jump 6 to 3-3 cents, corn and oats rise, with widespread buying from European governments and record wheat clearances. Buyers include France and other nations. vessels to Montreal in demand. farmers hold for higher prices amid hedging unwind.
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Farmers of Ware to Cut Cotton Acreage Next Season
Waycross Ga September 4 prominent Ware County farmers plan to reduce cotton acreage by at least 50 percent or abandon cotton next season. They consider a mass meeting to formalize the pledge to secure fair prices for growers. A ware house company is being organized in Waycross to store cotton and finance loans while the market improves.
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Price of Wheat Soars as War Fears Hit Markets
Wheat prices surged as May option rallied to 1.31 amid war anxieties. Traders noted a sharp rise since Germany signaled hostilities, with few speculators opposing the move. Profit taking proved insufficient to slow the rally in a market already gripped by food-supply fears for armies and civilians.
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Atlanta Quotations for Live Stock and Groceries
Prices hired from W. H White Jr of the White Pret ion Company cover live cattle and hogs with varied weights and quality grades, plus a lengthy grocery list featuring canned goods, spices, flour, meal, and feeds. The report notes rising and varying prices across steers, cows, lambs, hogs, and related farm staples in Atlanta markets.
Hesters figures on cotton crop
New Orleans reports from H G Hester secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange give the season's total world consumption of American cotton at 14 383 000 bales for the period ending August 81 with breakdowns to Northern mills Northern ice foreign mills and the cotton growing states listing Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Oklahoma Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas among others. Comparisons are to actual dates and weeks and include weekly and monthly figures with year over year changes and inland stocks and exports effects noted.
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Totalworld
H. G. Hester
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Weer's Trade Reviewed by Commercial Agency
New York September 4 Dun s Review tomorrow says there is further abatement of tension in financial circles though money remains firm and new business is restricted to urgent needs The disorganization of foreign exchange is slightly reemarked international banking arrangements slowly improving Efforts to feature normal transportation facilities with foreign markets are inveting with gratifying success Shipments of grain abroad are becoming more extensive and buying for foreign account continues heavy The higher prices induced by these purchases cause expansion in offerings of wheat from the country and sales abroad will hasten a return to normal conditions in international exchange Considerable irregularity is seen in reports from leading mercantile and industrial centers but movement of commodities is well maintained Failures for the week in the United States were 364 compared with 205 last year In Canada 55 compared with 49 last year
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Dun
United States
Canada
Cotton Movement Relays New York and Atlantic Receipts
Atlanta reports daily cotton movement with New York stock at 87 963 and New Orleans receipts 282 stock 48 968. Galveston receipts 1 878 stock 43 72 mobile receipts 80 stock 2 259 Savannah receipts 1 166 Charleston receipts 46 stock 1 590 Wilmington stock 7 563 Norfolk stock 18 553 Boston receipts 33 stock 3 200 Philadelphia stock 1 275 Slightly varied regional totals show day receipts 4 419 shipments 8 620 stock 2 065 for the period and a season export tally of 22 324. details list prices for middling cotton and feedstuffs, with prices from various markets and items, mostly nondiscrete.
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Boston
Philadelphia
New Orleans Cotton Exchange Leaves Conference Plan
New Orleans cotton exchange members rejected the New York Liverpool straddle plan and will operate independently. New York plans daily meetings to liquidate straddle interest and set rules, with open contracts to be liquidated by ballot and orders sent to Liverpool or moved to the local market by Sept 8. Weather is favorable for crops with little cotton business but rumors of lower offers from the southwest.
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Cotton Market Review Faces Old Contracts Liquidation
New York reports the cotton market dominated by efforts to close out lingering old contracts from markets closed over two months ago. The plan from the international conference aims to adjust straddle interests, but liquidation depends on Liver pool stock sales. Liverpool averages about 2,000 bales daily with a short interest near 360,000 bales. English suppliers avoid new imports, and British orders for cloth may tighten supply. Estimates of the new crop rise after August government data, with steadily falling southern prices and Texas selling to New England mills at very low levels.
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Chicago livestock market figures show varied receipts and prices
Receipts for hogs cattle and sheep across Chicago and St Pauls reveal mixed trade with hogs at 7.00 to 8.60, cattle steady with steers around 6.75 to 10.00, stockers and calves varying, and sheep reports including lambs around 7.25 to 7.75. Prices reference native and southern stock, with specific bids for steers cows heifers and yearlings across multiple markets.
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New York Dry Goods Market Shows Mixed Signals
The New York scene shows a steady primary cotton market with bids for large quantities of print cloths but no business as mills cut prices further. Staple ginghams demand remains solid while Drews Hinghame shows no clear improvement. Domestic wool prices hold firm though Australian fine wools fall sharply due to financial pressure prompting crepe price reductions.
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New York Bankers to Furnish Money
New York day note details a sharp decline in foreign exchange with Indon cables at 502% and demand at 5.01% as talks between New York officials and a banking group prompt financing of the city’s foreign obligations. Call money offered at 6% by Canadian banks required 50% collateral. time money around 3% remains nominal. Forecasts of tomorrow’s bank statement show cash gains offset by interior shipments and a likely loan reduction to curb the deficit.
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Cotton Seed Oil Market Weakens Amid Liquidation Pressure
New York cotton seed oil prices show a decline of 14 to 18 points with weak close as liquidations and hedge selling of January, plus limited outside support, weigh on futures. Traders report about 27,050 barrels traded this month, with 8,100 sales and spot prices around 6.00 to 6.06. Futures opened and closed mixed across months with September to April bids and varying gains and losses, signaling a soft, unsettled market.
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Coffee and rice market reports from New York and New Orleans
New York reports on foreign exchange activity and Santos clearance of 61 000 bags for the United States weighing on spot coffee prices. Prices in Havre rose while Santos Curb declined. receipts show 16 000 bags. In rice markets at New Orleans, rough and brown Honduran rice eased with Japan demand improving. prices for polished rice and bran listed with 7,21 sacks received.
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Market Report Notes Mixed Live Poultry and Sugar Trends
Country Produce and New York reports show mixed poultry changes with alive birds lower and fowls higher while butter and refined sugar remain steady. Berlin streetcar traffic for September 4, 1913 records 42,890,006 passengers as urban mobility continues.
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Swift & Company dividend notice at Union Stock Yards
Swift & Company Union Stock Yards announces a dividend of one dollar and seventy cents per share. Stock of Swift & Duniperry will be paid to stockholders of record as of September 10, 1914, per the secretary Hayward. The payment date is October 1914 and the notice is dated September 5, 1914.
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Swift & Duniperry
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