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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, . SATURDAY. JANUARY 4, 190S. 15 UNDERT0NEI5GQGD Oats Market Quiet, but Prices ' May Soon Advance. EXPECT STRONGER DEMAND Increabcd Consumption in the Spring AVill Cause Higher Prices-i-Big Government Order Coming. Barley Stocks I;ight, Although the local demand for oat ha not Increased, a firmer undertone is appar ent In the market. It is believed that prices have been at the bottom for some time past and that the future will ee a material elevation of values. Several reasons are given for the strong statistical position of the market. With but five months of the season pone, fully half of the crop bas been con sumed. Feed barley is near the point of elimination as a market factor, while the excessive prices of millfeed and their scarc ity will necessarily cause a larger consump tion, of oats. "With seven months of the cereal year to follow and only half of the oats crop available. It Is evident that any Increase In the demand must affect prices strongly. General business conditions are responsi ble for the light movement at present, and when building operations, railroad con struction work and the like are resumed, oats will necessarily go Into consumption at a faster rat. Another element of strength In the mar ket Is the likelihood of a large Government call for oats in the near future. Should the contract call for the extreme amount speci fied in former years, it would practically ex haust stocks in this section. This Govern ment order will have to be placed at Port land or the Sound, as California eould not fill it. Some speculative buying in anticipa tion of the order is already under way. Buying of oats on a large scale by some of the interior cereal mills has also been re ported in the last few weeks, indicating a belief In those quarters of a pending ad vance. " The upward course of the Eastern oats market is being watched with interest, and although prices there will have to go 10 cents higher before transcontinental ship ments can be made with profit, there Is a possibility of such a movement yet taking place. As only about 25 per cent of the barley crop remains, that cereal would naturally be very firm, but for unloading by some of the small holders of feed barley in Eastern Oregon. "When these weak sellers are weeded out, which is expected to be the case very soon, a stiffening of feed barley prices is looked for, and the oats market will also be affected. A fair amount of business Is passing in the wheat market, and the strength that was shown with the beginning of the year continues. CHOICE HOPS ARE BECOMING SCARCE Lower Grades Are Plentiful and Offer at Unchanged Prlcre. A fair amount of business is reported in the hop market, but there is no particular pressure to buy or sell at the moment. Dealers find the supply of choice hops in the state to be much reduced, but there are plenty of the lower grades to be had at the current rates. In the statistics printed in' this column yenterday-momlng the WashIHgtofrl5T6cVwof 1907 hops should have read "7500 bales" in stead of "T!M00 bales." and the olds "3300 bales" instead of "S5.0OO bales." The latest Issue of the London Brewers' Journal says of the English hop market: Trade is slow as usual at this time of year. Continental descriptions are firm and unchanged in value, but English hons are saleable on decidedly lower terms, princip ally owing to the inferior quality now Offer ing. Nearly, If not all, the best hops have already been picked out and sold. There is great disinclination on the part of brewers to stock, notwithstanding the low range of quotations now current. Operators are very cautious owing to their past experience, as in 1IHXS they bought very heavily, some to the extent of about two years' supply, and until old stocks have been cleared out there appears slight prospect of the demand im proving, stocks on brewers' hands have for some time past been a drawback to freer purchases. The general slackness of trade also is an unsatisfactory feature in the mar ket. Prices are now believed to have touched bottom, but it is unlikely there will be any material reaction from present values. SEVERAL CREAMERIES CCT PRICES. Butter Market Weakened by Over-Supply of Lower Grades. One of the larger city creameries still maintains a 87 It-cent price on butter, but the others have declined to 35 cents. The supply of top-grade butter, taking the mar ket as a whole, is not great, but there is an overabundance of storage butter and the poorer qualities of country creamery, and this has weakened the entire market. Receipts of eggs continue large and the market is weak, but no lower. Poultry of all kinds was scarce yesterday. The demand for chickens was good and up to 15 cents was quoted on hens. Ducks were In fair request. Eastern Sugar Market Goes Up. The New York refined sugar market ad vanced sharply yesterday, the American, Arbuckle and Howell going up 10 cents and the Federal 20 cents. Trade wires reported cane raws firm and beet raws steady. The advance was said to be owing to the de layed arrival of Cuban sugar and In some quarters It was believed the new prices would not hold. Yesterday's rise In the East makes the differential between Pacific Coast and New York prices only 20 centa Potatoes Weaker. Onions Firmer. The potato market has slumped again as a result of the decline in Oregon Burbank prices at San Francisco, .where all grades of potatoes are in over-supply. There Is a moderate demand for onions for shipment North and South, and owing to the holding policy of growers, an Increasing degree of firmness Is shown In the market. Car of RedUiud Oranges Due. There were no features of interest in the fruit and vegetable trade yesterday. Busi ness was slow and prices generally un changed. A car of Redland oranges, the flint of the season, is due today, also a car of celery. Bank Clearings. Clearings of the Northwestern cities yes terday were- as follows: Clearings. . .$ 174. 2!2 .. 1.715.274 7SS.S32'. SSti.537 Balances. $327,444 107.2-44 33.505 139.872 Portland Seattle . Tacoma , bpokace PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Butter, Eggs, poultry, Etc. BUTTER City creameries; Extra cream ery. 35Ci7V5 per pound; state creameries, fancy creamery, 35 37 V c ; store butter, choice, 20c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins. 16 16 Vic; Youiig America, 1717c per pound. VEAL 75 to pounds, 9c; 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 20o pounds, 56 Vic. POULTRY Average old hens, l-tfc 15c; mixed chickens, 14c; Spring chickens. 14o; rooHters, SQ 10c; dressed chick ens. 14c; turkeys, live. l$6 20c; dressed, choice, 20&23C; geese, live, per pound, U4i 10c; ducks, 14c; pigeons, $11.50; squabs, EGGS Fresh ranch, candled, 32 Vic per dozen: Eastern, 21 23c per dozen. PORK Block, 75 to 150 pounds. 6tt & 7 Vic; packers. 6 Vi 7 Vi c- - Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. MILLSTUFFS Bran, city, 23; country, $24 per ton; middlings, S29; shorts, city, $24.50; country, $25 50 per toe; chop, $179 19 per ton. WHEAT Club. 83$4c; bluestem, 850 Sc; Valley. 80&'84c; red, 910S2c. OATS No. 1 white, $27.50028; gray, $27.5028. FLOUR Patent. $4.95: straight, $4 40; clears. $4.40; Valley, $4.40; Graham flour. $4-254.75; whole wheat flour, $4.505; rye Hour, $5. 50. BARLEY Feed, $27 per ton; brewing, $32: rolled. $30. CHIRK A L FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 90- pound sacks, per barrel, $8; lower grades. $G.50 7.50 ; oatmeal, steel-cut, 45-pound sacks, $S.50 per barrel; 9-pound sacks. 8 per barrel; 9-pound sacks, $4.50 per bale; split peas, per 10O pounds. $4.254.80; pearl barley, $4 4.50 per 100 pounds; pastry flour. 10-pound sacks, $2.60 per bale; Caked wheat, $3.25 per case. CORN Whole. $32; cracked. $33, HAY Valley timothy. No. i. $18 oer ton: Eastern Oregon timothy. $212I2; clover. $15; cheat. $15; grain hay, $1516; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14. Vegetables, Fruit, Etc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, 75c$3 per box; peaches, 75c$l per crate; pears. $1.25 2 $1.75 per box; cranberries, $9. 50 12 per barrel TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, $2.5O4.00 per box; oranges, navels, $2.25 2.7.: Japa nese oranges, 50c per box; grapefruit, $4; bananas. hfyoVtc per doas.. crated, 5Vic; pine apples, $4.50 per dozen; pomegranates, $2.25 per box; persimmons, $l.tiO per box; tanger ines, $1.75 per box. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. 75c per sack; carrots. 65c per sack; beets. $1.00 per sack; garlic, 8c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes, $1.23 per dozen; beans. 15c per pound; cabbage, lc per pound ; cauliflowers, 75c $1.00 per dozen; celery, $3.253.50 crate; lettuce, hothouse, $11.25 per box; onions, 15 20c oer dozen; parsley, 20c per doxen; peas, 10c per pound; peppers, 817c per pound; pumpkins, llV4c per pound; rad ishes, 20c per dozen; eplnach, 6c per pound; pprouts, 810o per pound; squash, 11V4C per pound; tomatoes, $2 per box. ONIONS Buying price. $1.60 1.75 per C. V. T.; apricots. 15 19c; peaches, 11 13c; pears, llVi14c; Italian prunes, 2& 6c; California figs, white. In sacks. 56&c per pound ; black, 4 Vi 5c ; bricks, 75c & $2.25 per box: Smyrna, 18Vi20c per pound; dates, Persian, 7 Vic per pound. POTATOES Buying price, 06Oc per hundred, delivered Portland; sweet pota toes, $2. 75(g) 3 per cwt. Groceries, Nuts, Ete. RICE: Imperial Japan, No. l, 6V4c; South ern Japan. 5V45c; head, 7 Vic COFFEE Mocha. 24 3x28c; Java, ordinary, 17 20c; Costa Rica, fancy, IS 20c; good. 16i&18c; ordinary. 12l6c per pound Co lumbia roast caBes, 100s. $14.50; 50s, $14-75; Arbuckle, $16.03; Lion, $15-88. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talis. $2 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.95; 1-pound flats, $2.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound tails, 95c; red. 1-pound tails, $1.55; sockeyes, 1-pound tails, $1.90. SUGAR Granulated. $5.60; extra C, $5.10; golden C, $5 00; fruit sugar, $5-60; berry, $5.ti0; star, $5.50; beet sugar. $5-40. Advance sales over sack basis" as follows: Barrels, 10c ; Vi barrels, 25c ; boxes, 50c per 100 pounds. Terms; On remittances within 15 days and within 30 days, deduct Vc;jxiapie sugar, 15 18c per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 15Vi20c per pound by sack: Brazil nuts, 19c; filberts, 16c; pecans, 1618c; almonds. 19 20c; chestnuts, Ohio. 25c; peanuts. raw, 6?8Vic per pound; roasted. lOc; pi He nuts, 10 12c; hick ory nuts, 10c; cocoanuts, 35 90c per dozen. SALT Granu'ated. $18.00 per ton; $2.25 per bale; half ground, 100s. $13.50 per ton; 50. $14. oO per ton. BEANS Small white, 4c; large white, 4 Vi c ; pink. 4. 20c ; bayou. 4c ; Lima, o Vi c ; Mexican red. 4c, HONEY Fancy, $3.503.75 per box. Provisions and Canned Meats. BACON Fancy breakfast, 22Vic .pound; standard breakfast. 19Vic; choice, 18Vc; English. 11 to 14 pounds, 14c pound. HAMS 10 to 11 pounds, 14c pound; 14 to 16 pounds. 13Vic; IS to 20 pounds, 14c; picnics, 9Vic; cottage, 12c; shoulders. 11 Vic; boiled. 24c SAUSAGES Bologna, long, 8c; links, 7 Vic. BARRELED GOODS Pork, barrels. $20; half-barrels. $11; beef, barrels. $10; half barrels. $5-50. . DRY SALT-CUBED: Regular, hort clears drv salt. 12c: smoked, 13c: clear backs. dry salt. 12c; smoked. 13c; clear bellies, 14 to 17 pounds, average, ary sail, none smoked, none; Oregon exports, dry salt, 13c; smoked. 14c LARD Kettle rendered; Tierces, 12c, tubs, 13c; 50s, 13c; 20s, lSVfcc; 10s, 13Vc; 6s. 13 c ; 3s, 13 13 $.c ; standard pure, tierces. llc: tubs. 12c; 50s. 12c; 30s, 12Vfcc; 10s. 12 Vic; 5s, 13-Sc compound: xierces. SVic; tubs, 8C; 50s. 8c; 20s, 8c; 10s, 9Vc; 5s. 9C Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc HOPS 1907, prime and choice, 57V4c oer nound: olds,, l2c per pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon, average best, 13 20c per pound, according to shrinkage Valley. 1820c. according to fineness. MOHAIR Choice, 2930c per pound. CASCARA BARK 5V46c per pound; car lots. 7c- per pound. hides Dry. No. 1. 16 pounds and up, 1212Vic per pound; dry kip, No. 1, 5 to 15 pounds, 12c per pound; dry calf. No. 1. ,,nri,.r a nounds. 14c: dry salted, bulls and tags, one-third less than dry flints; culls moth-eaten, badly cut. scorea, murrain. half-siipped, weather beaten or grubby; 2 a ner nound less: salted hides, 5 tie; salted kips. C6c; calf skins, 78c; green bide, lc per pouna less. FURS Bearskins, as to size. No. 1, $5 n onrh: cubs. 11(93 each: badgers, prime. 25550c each; cat, wild, with head perfect, 30 6 00c ; cat, house, 5 20c ; fox. common, gray, large prime," C070c each; red. $35 each; croDs, scgyio ca; n v "'"""i 8100 -300 each; fishers, $58 each; lynx, ej tuiium Mnh: mink, strictly No. 1, accord ing to size, $13 each; marten, dark, north ei.ftnT 'joioa pu ezis o Suipjooou UJ ah - nale. nine, according to size and color. $2. 30 61 4 each: musk rat, large, 2&lo0 each: skunk, 30 40c each; civet or pole cat. 515e each; otter, for largo, prime skins. $6S10; panther, with head and TM-rfeet. S25 each; raccoon. for SO O 75c each: wolf, mountain, with head perfect. $S.505 each; prairie (coyote). 60c$1.00 each; wolverine. 68 each. QUOTATIONS AT BAN FRANCISCO. Price. Paid for produce In the Bay City Market a. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. S. The follow lnK prices wore quoted today In the produce market today ; . Vegetables Garlic. 48c; green peas, 39 5c; string beans,. 10 15c; tomatoes. 50c 2: egg plant, 812V4c. Poultry. Booster,, old, 14.50; roosters. young, S8; broilers, small, $303.50; broilers, large, 5; fryers, $5 8: hens. 49: ducks, old, $405; young, $507. Butter Fancy creamery, 33c; . creamery, seconds, 28c; fancy dairy. 25c; dairy sec onds, 24c. Fruits Apples, choice, $2.25; common, 80c; bananas, $103.50; Mexican limes, $3.50 4.50: California lemons, choice, $3.50; common, $1.25; oranges, navels, $1.2502.50; pineapples, S3 3-3". Eggs Store. 28030c; fancy ranch. 40c Eastern, 22c. Cheese New. $140 15c; Toung America, 14 H 16c: Eastern, 18 fee. Wool Spring, Humboldt and Mendocino. 202oc; South Plains and S. J., 608c lambs, 7011c Hops Old. 203c; new. 4011c Millstuffs Bran, $28029.50; middlings. $31032. Hay Wheat. $12017.50; wheat and oats, $120 13.50; alfalfa. $9014; stock, $8010 straw, per bale, 45 085c. Potatoes Salinas Burbanks. $1.25 01.50 sweets, $1.7502.25; Oregon Burbanka, 75c tan. Receipts Flour, 8262 quarter sacks wheat. 020 centals; barley. 160 ceptals oats, oO centals; beans, 3410 centals; po tatoes, 1900 sacks: bran, 110 sacks; hay, 'l tons; Bides, Dairy Produce in the East. CHICAGO, Jan. 3. On the produce change today the butter market was steady creameries. 200 29c; dairies, 18025c Eggs Steady at mark, cases included, 220 23c: flrsta, 22c: prime firsts, 24c: ex traa, -tto. Cheeae Steady, 11 13c NEW YORK, Jan. S. Butter, steady and unchanged. Cheese, unchanged. Eggs, firm and unchanged. Wool at St. Louis. 6T. LOUIS. Jan. S. Wool, steady. Terri tory and Western mediums, 20023a; floe mediums, 19'421c; fine, 15317c, LUAN RATE DROPS No Longer a Premium on Cur rency at New York. BANKING SITUATION GOOD Stock Prices Fluctuate With North ern Pacific and Reading the Fea tures Poor Railroad Returns Have Effect on Sentiment. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. The course of to day's stock market was a succession or backings and fillings, reflecting the uncertain feelings of the professional element, which concerned most in the dealings. Oppos ing considerations came Into play at differ ent times and enjoyed a temporary ascend ant in shaping the course of prices. Early In the day factors of depressions were given most weight in the discussion on the floor . the stock exchange, although the active weakness of Northern Pacific probably had as much effect on prices in general as any larger development in affairs. This stock was the market leader yesterday and those who bought it then on the assurance that a large extra dividend was to be immediate ly forthcoming apparently had misgivings today and sold out. At the same time, the series of poor rail road earnings reports for November aroused grave apprehensions of the ultimate conse quences to dividend disbursements of such a rate of inroad on the net returns. The Pennsylvania Railroad was added to the list today. Pennsylvania's earnings reports are always accepted as highly representative. owing to the great variety In the classes of Its traffic, and a 10 per cent decrease In net earnings of this road, foiythat reason, - towards the railroad stocks in general. The I-ouisvllle & Nashville showing was even poorer, the net return being cut in half for November. Speculative support centered on Reading and it was the rise in that stock that turned the market upwards. The rapid easing of tne caii-ioan market was a help to the stock market. The call-loan rate went no higher than fO per cent todav and from that level receded easily. Brokers who have handled funds for holders of cash seeking a premium on currency notified their cus tomers today that -there was no demand, the trafTlc having come to a definite end. The gain of the banks on subtreasury operations was small, nartlv owlnr to the surrender of Government deposits which nas oeen going on curing the week, while Incoming United States gold coin among that Imported, and which does not figure in the array of checks in subtreasury opera tions, has supplied $1,403,100. The direct express movement with the interior seems to have been to the advantage of New York on balance to an amount near $4,000,000 or over, so mac in weeK's gain In cash ap pears to have exceeded S5.OOO.00O. The effect of the week's money operations on the loan statement cannot be estimated, but that con ditions are working towards rapid recup eration of the banking position is clear. The stock market turned very strong after the estimates of the currency movement ap peared. An advance In the price of refined sugar had quite a pronounced effect on sent iment regarding the commercial and indus trial situation, and a number of industrial stocks became strong, led by American sugar itself. A further rise in th. London price of copper was another incentive to the rise. Rates for time loans were nnta.Mv lower and an lncreasine: suodIv of rinri a. reporcea. ine lone of tne late advance be came as uncertain as had the morning de- nuu mo eiiuing was easy. Bonds were firm. Total sales, mp . $2,774,000. (United States bonds were un changed on call. - CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. Adams' Express Amal Cooper . mgn. Law. tsia. 165 2 700 fillO 49 80 31 14 4714 3114 88 3014 48 '4 Am Car & Foundry do preferred . Am Cotton Oil 31 Vl 89 300 1.000 30 do preferred American Express.. 200 1314 1& 7 24 3614 8514 72 93 10014 7414 29 69 8414 69 82 84 40 158 173 Am ttu & pc., American Ice Am Linseed Oil .. 1,600 100 1914 1814 8 'sr.ii 85 71 oo preferred Am Locomotive . . do preferred 4,500 3714 86 7S14 Am Smelt & Ref . . 26,800 do preferred .... 400 Am Sugar Ref .... 24,900 Am Tobacco pf ctf . 200 9314 108 Vi 100 75 V 74 Vi Anaconda Mln Co. 4,200 2Ti 7014 85 68 X2 SO 40 2814 6814 85 68 82 so 39 155 Vi "sovi Atchison do preferred .... 6,400 100 100 20O 100 8.5u Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio, do Dreferred Brook Rap Trsn. Canadian Pacific . . Central of N J.. 2,400 ' 15814 Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Q W.. Chicago & N W. . C, M & 6t Paul.. Chi Term & Tran.. do preferred C. C, C & St LouW Colo Fuel & Iron Colo & Southern . do lt preferred do 2d preferred Consolidated Gae. . Corn Products ... do preferred .... Del & Hudson.... D. L, & W D R G do preferred . Distillers Securl... Erie do 1st preferred do 2d preferred General Electric .. Illinois Central .. Int Paper do preferred .... Int Pump do preferred . Iowa Central do preferred .... K C Southern .... do preferred 600 400 30 30 814 1,600 139 9,500 107 137 138 105 106 5 20 200 400 3li0 BOO 400 800 100 56V4 19 25 98 11 55 111 24 01 ' 43 ' 96 11 160 : '20 'sc' 17 83 86 19 24 52 43 98 10 f-5 15214 415 2o 60 80 17 3414 23 1,500 154 " 300 '21 ' 1.300 300 200 80 17 34 900 115 114 114 800 126 121 125 200 9 52 13 65 10 700 300 J00 200 63 14 65 10 '2.i ,51 90 1514 24 82 '46" 53 13 65 10 32 23 511, 94 15 24 81 125 45 25 56 39 42 92-15 83 . 64 84 45 26 111 81 61 20 69 146 98 76 77 16 60 15 2 29 29 72 106 13 a us 119 SO no 2AO 100 23 51 Louis & NaRhvllle 2.ooo Mexican Central .. 3,800 14 yuan it st ixmis.. M, St P & S S M do preferred Missouri Pacific . . Mo Kan & Texas.. do preferred""- . . . National Lead 200 241 800 81 2.20O 1,000 45 26 '39 oi" S3 64 1.500 40 S" 33 Nat R R of Mexico . N Y Central ... 10.R00 N Y. Ont & West.. 1,300 Norfolk & West.. 200 do preferred .... -x. North America .. 200 45 44 Pacific Mall 800 26 26 Pennsylvania .40O 111 110 People' Gae 60O 81 80 P C C ft St Louis. , 10O ' 62 62 Pressed Steel Car.. 200 20 - 19 do preferred .... 600 70 69 Pullman Pal Car:. Son 147 147 Reading 181,200 99 81 do 1st preferred do 2d preferred ..... Republic Steel ... ion 16 16 do preferred 20O 66 66 Rock Island Co. ... l.ioo 15 ir" do preferred 400 29 2S St L ft S F 24 pf St Louis ft S W do preferred loo 29 29 Southern Pacific . 11,700 .73 71 do preferred 70O 107 106 Southern Railway.. 1.400 13 12 do preferred ..... Texas ft Pacific .. 2oo 19 19 Tol St Louis ft W 600 14 14 do preferred 4O0 35 35 rnlon Parlflc : 82.50O 120 11S Union Pacific pf.. 100 81 81 IT S Express it S Tfealty : U S Rubber .'. 10O 20 2-" do preferred .... 20O 79 79 TJ S Steel ;.. . 25.200 27 26S do preferred 7.300 88 86 Va-Ca.ro Chemical do preferred 100 90 90 Wabaeh Ron lo 10 do preferred .... 300 18 18 W-F TTxpress West Electric 6,200 43 1 Western I'nion . - 600 55 65 20 78 2 89 1T 89 10 1R 210 41 55 Wheel Lake Brie 7 Wisconsin Central. 14 do preferre-1 40 Northern Pacific .. 4t.2m 121 119 120, Central Leather . l.Oort 16 16 16 do pref-rrfd 3(V 76i 76 . 76 Moss-Sheffield ... 1.000 37 36 37 Great Nor-.hem pfd 16.400 11R 116 US Int Metel 600 7 6 7 preferred 11 Total sales for the day 635.000 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Jan. 3 Closing quotations: TJ. S. ref. 2s reg.l04N- Y C G 3s 85.00 do coupon. .. .104 North. Pacific 3s 68 U- S. 3 sreg. . ..100 North. Pacific 4s. 100 do coupon.. 100 ViiSouth. Pacific 4s 81 U. S. new 4s reg.119 Tnion Pacific 4s 99 do coupon. .. .119 - IWlscon Cent 4s 78 D & R O 4s 94 iJapanese 4s 7714 Stocks at London. LONDON, Jan. 3. Consols for 84 11-16; do for account, 84. Anaconda . . , 6.00 Atchison . 71.50 N. Y. Central. 15. .V Norflk West 65.75 do pref 87. -O Bait & Ohio S4..V) do pref S3.00 Ont &West.. 34.25 Pennsylvania. 57-00 Rand Mines. . 5.25 Reading 50.50 Southern Ry.. 13.1214 do pref 37.50 Cana. Pacific. 160.00 Ches & Ohio 31.25 Chi Grt West 8. C. M. & S. P. 109.00 De Beers..... 13.75 D & R G... 21.23 do pref. 50. OO Erie 17. SO do 1st p. . 35.nO do 2d pf.. 25.0O Ipouth. Pacific 74.50 L nlon pacinc.l'J.7 'n do pref 8-3. 00 U. S. Steel 27.3714 An nref..v 91.50 Grand Trunk 19.00 IU Central... 128.50 rWabash 10.50 do pref 39. on 1. Sl N !1..3U Mo.1C.-ft T.. 26.1214 ISpanish 4s 90.00 Amal copper. 4S.O Eastern Mining Storks. BOSTON, Jan. S.-r-Closlng quotations: Adventure ..$ 2.25 lOsceola 8S.O0 Allouez 29.O0 iQuincy 82.00 Amalgamated 48.25 Shannon 10.25 Atlantic 9.8714 Tamarack ... 69.00 Bingham . . . . 4.50 Cal & Hecla.6O0.00 Trinity 15.O0 L,nlted cop... 7.25 XT. S. Mining. . 33.25 U. S. Oil in.23 tTtah 30.00 Victoria ' 4.62H Centennial . . 25.50 Cop Range... 58.50 Daly West... 7.25 Franklin .... 8 25 Granby 58.00 Isle Royale.. 18.50 Mass Mining 3.50 Michigan 9.25 Mohawk 48.00 Mont. C. ft C. 100 Old Dominion 30.50 NEW YORK. JanT Adams Con 5 Alice 300 Breece : . 10 Brunswick Con. 10 Comstock Tun. . 19 C. C. ft Va 50 Horn Silver 70 Iron Silver 75 Leadville Con... 6 Winona 4.75 INorth Butte.. 44.50 Butte Coal. . . 16.00 Nevada ...... 9.50 Cal ft Ariz 104.50 Ariz Com 15.3714 S Closing quotations: Little Chief 6 Ontario 350 Ophir 113 Potosi 9 Savage 35 Plerra Nevada... 36 Small Hopes.... 19 Standard 150 Money, Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Jan. 3. Money on call, easier, 6010 per cent; ruling rate, 8 per cent: closing bid, 7 per cent; offered at 8 per -rent. Time loans, quiet and easier; o and 90 days, 8 per cent; six months, 60T per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 8010 per cent. Sterling exchange, firm, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.8515 for demand and at $4.8025 for 60 days. Commercial bills, $4.80. Pari silver, B5c. Mexican dollars. 43 He. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, firm. LONDON, Jan. S. Bar silver, uncertain, 25 l-16d per ounce. Money, 414 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for short bills is 6 per cent; three months" bills, 514 er cent. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Silver bars, 65V.C. Mexican dollars, 5214c Drafts, sight, 5c; telegraph. 5c Sterling, 60 days. $4.80; sight, $4.85. Bombay Discount ' Rate Advance. BOMBAY, Jan. 8. The rate of discount of the Bank of Bombay was raised from 6 to 7 per cent today. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances shows: Available cash balance $270,054,657 Gold coin and bullion 86.934.977 Gold certificates 58,721,490 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices Quoted Locally on Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. . There were no changes in local livestock prices yesterday. Receipts were 000 sheep, SO cattle and 15 lambs. The following quotations were current In the local market: CATTLE Best steers, $3.764.25; me dium. $&253-75; cows, $2.753; fair to medium cows, $22.25; bulls, $1.502.25; calves, $3.504. SHEEP Good sheared. $4.2.4.75; full wool, $4.505; lambs, $4.505.25. HOGS Best, $55.25; lights and feeders, $4. 50 a 5. Eastern livestock Prices. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 3. Cattle Receipts 820O; market, steady. Native steers, $3.73 cfc4.50; native cows and heifers, $24.25: Western steers. $34.55. range Cows and heifers. $1.753.75; canners, $1.502.50; stockers and feeders, $2.754.40; calves, $3 -5.50; bulls and stags, $1.754. Hogs Receipts, 10,500: market, shade te 6c higher. Heavy, $4.354.50; mixed. $4.37 4.40: lights, $4.304.42 pigs, $44.35; Dulk of sale. $4.37 04.42. Sheep Receipts, 5O0O; market. lOc lower. Yearlines, $5 4 5.50; wethers, $4.25lg4.75; ewes, $44.50; lambs. $6.25e.75. KANSAS OITY, Jan. 3. Cattle Receipts, 2000: market, steady. Native steers, $4.10 5.60; native cows and heifers. $2.2o4-75; stockers and feeders, $34.40: bulls, $2,400 4.00: calves. $46-75; Western steers, $3.75 4l4.75: Western cows, $2.75 4. Hogs Receipts, 13.000; market, steady. Bulk of sales. $4.304.46; heavy. $4-403? 4. DO; packers, $4.354-45; pigs and light, $4C4.42 Sheep Receipts, 2000; market, steady. Muttons, $44.S0; lambs, $66-80; range wethers, $4.2o4.85; fed ewes. $3.25 4.50. CHICAGO, Jan. 3. Cattle Receipts about 3000; market, steady. Beeves, $3.60'9)6.201 cows and heifers, $1.25)4.65; calves, $5.25 6.O0; Westerns, $3.754.G0; stockers and feeders. $2. 2504.80. Hogs Receipts, about 28.000; market, 5e higher. Light, $4.204.6O; mixed, $4.25 4.67; heavy. $4.254.65; rough. $4.25 4 35; pigs. $3.60i34.30; bulk of sales, $4.35 4.60. Sheep Receipts, about 8000; market. 10 15c lower. ' Natives, $35.15; Westerns. $3(9 5.15; yearlings, $4. 7065-50; lambs, 14.75 6.80. Metal Markets. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. There was a sharp break in the London tin market where spot closed at 118 10s and futures at 119 10s. Locally the market was weak and lower In sympathy with the decline abroad, quota tions ranging from 26 to 26.50c. Copper was 2s Od higher at f61 12s 6d for spot in the London market, but futures there were unchanged at 62 5s. The local market was quiet and unchanged with lake quoted at 13.6213.87c; electrolytic, 13. 50 13.73c. and casting at 13.25 13.50c Lead was unchanged at 14 12a 6d In Lon don. Locally the market was quiet, but another 2 points higher on the average at 3.60 3.70c Spelter advanced 2s 6d to 19 lOs in the London market. The local market was quiet and unchanged at 4.304.35c Iron was unchanged In London with standard foundry quoted at 47s Od and Cleveland warrants at 48e Td. Locally Iron was unchanged. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Coffee futures closed steady, net unchanged to 10 points lower. Sales, 37.00O bags, including: Jan uary, at 6.6oc; March, 5.80c; May, 5.JMc; July, 6.00c; September, 6:15c; October, 6.20c; December. 6.25c. Spot, ateady; No. 7 Rio. 6 1-16c: No. 4 Santos, Sc. Mild, quiet; Cor dova, 13c Sugar Raw, Arm: fair refining, 4.42c; cen trifugal, 96 test. 3.92c; molasses sugar, 3.17c. Refined, firm; No. 6. 450c; No. 7. 4.45c; No. 8. 4:40c; No. f, 4.35c; No. 10, 4.25c; No. 11, 4.25c; No. 12, 4.15c; No. 13. 4.10c; No. 14, 4.05c Confectioners. "A 4.70c; mould "A.." 5.26c; cut loaf, 6.70c; crushed, 5.60c; pow dered, 5.00c; granulated. 4.90c; cubes, 6.15c. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 3. There la very little demand for evaporated apples, but the tone Is steady. Fancy, 11 12c; choice, 14c; prime. S8c, and 10O6 fruit, 7llc Prunes are moderately active with quota tions ranging from 54 to 16c for California fruit and from 7 to 7c for Oregons 50s to 30s. Apricots, quiet; choice. 2225c: extra choice. 232."h:. and fancy, 2426c. Peaches, dull; choice. 12a 12 c: extra choice, 12tt13c; fancy, 1313!4c; extra fancy. 1414c. Raisins are in light jobbing demand. Ixose muscatels. 77c; seeded raisins, 7 0914c. and London layers, $1.701. SO. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Cotton futures closed steady, net six points higher to five points lower. Closing bids: January, 10.55c; February. 10.65c; April and May, 10.72c; June. 10.67c; August. 10.51c Befined Sugar Advances. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. All grades of re fined sugar were advanced 10c a hundred pounds today. Victoria, B. C. H. Barton, a youth of 16, was terribly wounded in the shoulder by the accidental discharge of a gun, while H. Norman, bis companion, was passing it to him. The shooters were In a caaoc SL HMOSIUHES Holidays Succeeded by Quiet Trade Conditions. MONEY IS MUCH EASIER Business In th South Affected by Farmers Holding Cotton Lum ber Moving More Freely at Western Points. NEW YORK, Jan. .3- Bradstreet' tomor row will cay: Rather mora than usual post-holiday quiet is reported in general trade and Industry, but the financial situation ehowa continued bet terment. Reduction ealea stimulate retail trade at some cities, but mild weather limits earonable distribution at the Northwest, while holding of cotton affects retail trade and col lections at the South. Money is easily ob tainable for business purposes at large cen ters, a number of the country banks have un obtrusively resumed cash payments, and the premium on currency practically disappeared with the old year at New York, stock-taking absorbs interest- in wholesale lines, but prep arations ;or Spring trade are under way, and some salesmen have gone on the road. Ship ments of good on Spring orders are reported light. -At the South, however, retail business Is very quiet, and In some Instances nearly one-third of the cotton crop to still reported' held by farmers. The lumber trade, while showing rather more life at "Western points, is very quiet at the South, and yellow pine and cypress prices are being cut heavily. The effect pf this is found in the report of traffic on the leading railroads, which In addition report business as a whole still shrinking. Business in the dry goods and clothing trade Is light as a whole, but the tone of that trade Is more confident than a month ago. The leather trade is quiet and soleleather stocks small, owing to curtailment of output, but stocks of hides are large. Business failures for the week ending Jan uary 2 number 345 against 248 last week. 185 in the like week of 1907, 220 In 1906, 278 In 1905, ami 262 In 1904. In Canada failures for the week number 27, as against 50 last week and 16 in this week a year ago. "Wheat, Including flour, exports from he United States and Canada for the week end ing January 2, aggregated 6.119.394 bushels against 4.236,270 this week last year. For the 27 weeks of the fiscal year, the exports are 119,095,668 bushels, against 97.923,599 in 1906-07. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Bradstreefs bank clearings report for the weak ending January 2 shows an aggregate of $1,906,970,000 as against $1,822,637,000 last week and $3,175,208,000 In the corre sponding week last year. Canadian clearings for the week total $66, 735.000 as against $71,479,000 last week and $35,767,000 in the same week last year. ' Per ct. Per ct. inc. New York $l,n62,4!9,000 dec 48.1 25.8 SS.2 13.2 16.9 44.5 Chicago 166.041,000 Boston Philadelphia . . . St. Louis Pittsburg 1 . . . . San Francisco.. Baltimore Kansas City . . . Cincinnati New Orleans . . Minneapolis ... Cleveland Detroit Louisville ..... 130,767,000 .... 102,908.O')O .... 63,125,000 .... 4:1,483.000 .... 26.021.000 .... 19,706,000 .... 25,4ri6,00J .... 19.9S1.000 .... 34.6 5.4 20.2 11.8 20,680.000 19,497.000 14 12,695, 00O .... 11,113.000 8.124. 00O .... 6,421.000 42.2 8..132.1100 8,967,000 82.9 15.9 36.5 i'o' 6 9.9 16.0 1.0s Angeles . . . Omaha Milwaukee .... Seattle 6,905,000 8.411,000 6.136.000 6.772.000 4.480.000 6.573.000 6.575,000 6.044.000 8.889.000 3,853.000 2,429.000 3,587,000 3.587,000 3.171.000 4,350,000 4,517,000 3.205.000 3,947,000 8.541,000 4.S45.000 8.595,000 8.629.000 2,811.000 1,742.000 2,280.000 1,967,000 2,137.000 1.649,000 1.225,000 1.952,000, l.o'iO.OOO 1,896,000 1,802.000 1.592,000 1,61)3.000 1, 945,000 St. Paul 1.0 Providence .... Buffalo Indianapolis ... 20.5 42.9 1.9 1.5 sV.9 33.0 61.0 43.7 33.1 33.4 17.8 80.6 Denver Fort Worth ... Richmond 19.7 Albany ....... Washington . . . Salt Lake city. Portland, Or. . . Columbus, O. . . St. Joseph Memphis ...... Bavannah Atlanta Spokane ....... 13.3 11.7 Toledo, o 11.3 i'o'.i Tacoma Nashville Rochester ..... Hartford Peoria ........ 1.4 20.9 36.1 32.8 20.4 Des Moines . . . Norfolk New Haven ... Grand Rapids . Dayton Portland. Me . . 22.6 19.4 24.9 40.6 14.4 1R.9 Sioux City .... Springfield .... Evansville 10.5 38.1 10.0' Birmingham . . - fayracuse Augusta, Ga... 12.6 Mobile 1,318.000 ' 1,552.000 1.241.000 1,077,000 1,351.000 20.4 948.000 .... 1,718,000 992.000 .... 1,028,000 .... 783.000 9.4 Worcester 14.0 Knoxvllle Wilmington ... 23.8 23.7 Charleston, S. C Chattanooga . . Jacksonville . . Wichita Wllkesbarra . . . 2.8 85.3 7.6 iV.i 20.3 Davenport ..... 1 Little Rock ... Wheeling Fall River .... Kalamazoo .... Topeka ....... Springfield .... Helena Fort Wayne New Bedford . Lexington ..... Youngstown ... Brie, Pa Macon Akron Rockford ..... Cedar Rapids . . Chester. Pa Binghamton . . Fargo, N. D. . . . Lowell Canton. O Bloomington . . South Bend, Ind Quincy. Ill . Springfield. O . . Sioux Falls ... Mansfield. O ... Decatur, 111 ... Fremont, Neb 1 Jacksonville, 111 Lincoln. Neb... Oakland. Cal . Oklahoma' ..... Houston , . . . . Galveston 1,193,000 1,003,000 1,053,000 . 844.000 SO5.000 874.000 651.000 626.000 729.000 647.000 406,000 531,000 536.000 . 416,000 627.000 670,000 475.000 822.000 306.0OO 608,000 . 456,000 383.000 297,000 346, OOO 340,000 841,000 193.000 237.000 289,005 182,000 1,076.000 1.159.000 522.000 16.953.000 13,358,000 19.9 14.5 33.0 29.9 7.7 18.8 56.3 S1.6 9.9 6.3 27.7 9.8 2.9 23.2 30.0 88.1 17.2 48. i 88.7 86.9 7.1 60.7 82.5 3.7 5.1 S.8 CANADA. . .$22,526,000 19.056.0OO .. 10.747.000 .. 2,323,000 . . 2,752.000 . . 1,366.000 .. 2.024.000 .. 1.171.000 .. 1,107,000 .. 1,199.000 791.000 . . 1,099,000 574.000 Montreal Toronto ...... Winnipeg Ottawa V. Vancouver .... Halifax ..' Quebec Hamilton St. John. N. B. London. Ont . . Victoria. B. C. Calgary Edmonton - 24.4 27.0 14.1 12.2 37.2 .3 28.1 12.6 10.4 1 25.7 22.8 INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT IS CUT DOWN Curtailment Is General . In Steel Trade. the Iron and NEW YORK. Jan. 3. ft- G- Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: Business quieted down at the conclusion of the holiday sales, as Is customary, and time was devoted to stock taking, while manu facturing plants were overhauled and re- tialred. Much Idle machinery resumed on January 2 and more mills will reopen next week, but in many leading industries there will continue to be a reduction In output until the outlook Is more definite. The cur tailment Is general In the iron and steel Industry and at New England cotton mills. Clothing manufacturers have received numerous cancellations and In some Uni buyers have asked delay in shipments of trlng goods until the situation Is mo fully developed. There Is a better feeling as to mercantile collections since the closing days of December brought no special pres sure In the money market. Many iron furnaces and steel mills have resumed and others are to open next week. Hides are generally weaker, except 6 Investment Bonds "We are offering an attractive and one of the very best investments which can now be purchased at the lowest prices. These bonds are in denomination of $100. "With every sale of bonds 100 PEE CENT STOCK BONUS IS GIVEN You get $200.00 for every $100.00 invested Further information upon request. ST. JOHN GAS LIGHT & HEAT COMPANY, 206-7-8 Couch Bldg., Portland. light receipts of heavy sole leather sides sus tain that variety. FREE SELLING OF WHEAT ADVANCE IS PREVENTED IX THE CHICAGO MARKET. Leading Bulls iA-t Go at Every Rise. Corn and Oats Close lower. CHICAGO. Jan. 3. Free selling by lead ing bulls broke the wheat market on every advance. The close was easy. May opened unchanged to c higher at (1.07K 01-OTTi. sold off to 1.06V4 104 and closed at tlM. The com market was also weak tne great er part of the day. The close was weak with a May shade to 4 c higher at 61ft e6114c. May oats opened c higner at 55 JSSc. sold oft to B4c and closed at S4c. provisions openea nrm. i..tr, m. divmh In corn caused moderate weakness. At the close. May pork was off 5c; lard was un changed and fbs were a shade lower. Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. $1.06 4 .08 M .60i .69 .58 Close. $1.06'i .99 V? .85 .61 VI .60 .68 I .54 .63 .48 Vi .46 May July ..$1.0714 tl.07 .. .95 .96 CORN'. 6eptember May July September .62 .60 6054 .62 .eoi .60 OATS. May, old . May. new .66H .5514 .6314 .53V .48 a - .m .461 .46 MESS PORK. .64 -52vi .48-lJ .46 July, old July, new Januaryy ...12.77V4 12.77V4 12.67V4 12.67V4 May 13.36 13.40 LARD. January 7,87Vi 7.87Vi 8.07 Vi 8.12Vi SHORT RIBS. 7.82 V4 s.oevs 7.88 8.05 May . .. January . ... 8.90 6.90 7.80 682V4 7.20 6.82V4 7.22V4 May 7.30 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Firm. Wheat No. 2 Spring, $1.08(91.'12; No. 8, $1 1.10; No. 2 red. $1.00V4'l.OlV4. Corn No. Z, 6960c; No. X yellow, u 63V4C. Oats No. 2, 60c; No. 3 white, 4wjroio. Rye No. 2, 80c. Barley Fair to choice malting. 8ftff08c. Flaxseed No. 1 Northwestern, $1.21. Timothy seed Prime, $4.35f4.40. Clover Contract grades. $16.79. B-hort ribs Sides (loose). $6.67VS(?7.25. Mess pork Per barrel. $12.7K912.T6. Lard Per 100 lbs.. $7.857.R7Vi Sides Short clear (boxed) $7j7.25. Whisky Basis of high wines. $1.35. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrel . . . . 28.600 58,000 82.900 58. 7no Wheat, bustieltf .... Corn, bushels Oata. buehe la ...... Rye. bushels Barley, bushels ....246,600 ....248. 1O0 2.000 66,400 2RS.300 34O.70O 7.000 20.700 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 3. Flour Receipts, 28.600 barrels; exports, 13,300 barrels. Mar ket, dull but steady. Wheat Receipts. 49,000 bushels; exports, 96.000 bushels. Sfjot. steady; No. 2 red. $1.07 elevator, ana Jl.vtt'-i r. o. n. anoai; No. 1 Northern Duluth, $1.24 f. o. b. afloat- No. 2 hard Winter. $1.18 f. o. b. afloat. An early sharp advance carried wheat prices to the highest point or tne weex, out weakness soon ensued and values broke a cent per bushel. There was considerable liquidation based on easier cables and poor export demand and weakness in corn. Final prices showed 4C net loss. Closing: May, $1.13; July. $1.06. ' Hops, hides, wool and petroleum steady. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan . 8 Wheat- quiet. Barley strong. SDOt quotations: Wheat Shipping, $1.62 01.67V4 per cen tal; milling, $1.701.75. Barley Feed, $1.521.55 per cental: brewing, $1.62 1.87. Oats Red. $1.7S2 per cental; white, $1.551.6o; black, $2.753. Call board sales: Wheat May, $1.66 per cental. Barley May. $1.55 1.67 per cental." Corn Large yellow, $1.701.76 per cental. European Grain Markets. ' LONDON, Jan. 3. Cargoes, firm. Call fornla, prompt shipment, unchanged, 39a 9d; walla walla, prompt snipment, uncnaogea, 39s 6d. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 8. Wheat. March, 8a IVid; May, 8s d; July, nominal. English country markets, 6d dearer; French country markets, quieter. Argentine shipments, 240,000 bushels; last week, 2O8.00O bushels. India shipments, 184.- 000 bushels; last week. 144,000 bushels. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. S. Wheat May, $1.13; July. $1.1301.13; No. 1 hard. $1.14 01.15; No. 1 Nprthern, $1.12 1.13; No. 2 Northern, $1.10; No. Northern. $1.06. Wheat at Dnloth. DULTJTH, Jan. 8. Wheat No. 1 North- em. $1.10; No. 2 Northern, $1.08; May, $1.14; July, $L14. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA, Jan. 3. Wheat, unchanged; bluestem, 83e; club. 81c; red, 79c New Theory of Evolution. CHICAGO. Jan. S. Professor W. L. Tower, of the University of Chicago, who has been working, on a new theory of evolution to supplant those of De Vries and Darwin, brought before the scientists of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science in the zoology lab oratory of the university yesterday his experiments and conclusions reached with the potato bug. His conclusion Is that evolution has not taken place wholly by mutation, nor by natural selection. Officers were elected as follows Thomas Chamberlain, - president. Uni versity of Chicago; vice-presidents, C. E. Guth, University . of Iowa L. Kathenburg, University of Wis consin; F. Swain, Institute of Techno! ogy, of Massachusetts; Bailey - Willie, United States Geological Survey, Wash ington; C. J. Herrick, University of Chi cago; H. Richards, Columbia University R. Woodworth, Columbia University. It was decided to hold the next annual meeting of the organization at BalU more next Christmas. A Summer meet ing will be held this year at Hanover, Jv. H. 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