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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1902)
THE HOKNINGr OREGONIAN, SATURDAY,- OCTOBER 1$ 1902: 13 RI0E8 ARE FIRMER Exceptional Strength in Hops in Local and Other Markets.' Ft CHOICE ARE WORTH 25 CENTS BrcTi-crs Free Bayers in Kexv York FaIr Bnlnes In. Oregon Prunes In the East Advance in Almonds. The local hop market shows exceptional strength in response to Eastern ind foreign advices. Dealers arc' buying In Sonoma freely at 25c Choice lots trill bring that figure here In exceptional cases. Many sales of JOO-bale lots are reported throughout the state. HopS are moving freely at Independence, Sherwood, Hubbard and Chehalls, Wash., sales being within the range quoted. Eastern advices to dealers reported New York State "hops actlvo,' with more disposition shown by .brewers to buy. The German market advanced 10 marks yesterday. Quotations In the local market range from 19c- to 21c, according to Quality. One Bale was reported yesterday as' low as 10c, but the general tendency for choice hops is Upward. -not very much' business passing. Shippers were paying1 Cots for club. Farmers are not inclined to sell, as what wheat is still held Is in strong hands. Exporters say they are paying more than wheat is worth on a legitimate basis. Freights must go down or wheat up, or they J TVjll be on the losing side. Present prices are wholly on a speculative basis. There Is notjii ing doing in charters, as the vjews of shippers and owners are far apart. Shipowners are ask ing 25s, which exporters cannot afford to pay. WHEAT Wall Walla. 640C5c: bluesterrt. CSSBSHc; Valley, CSVtc per bushel, export value.. FLOUR Valley, ?2 9003 per barrel; hard wheat straights, $2 95g3 20; bard wheat-patents, ?33 50; graham. 52 S5Q3 20. i - . BAKLEY Feed. $20 per ton: brewing, $21t rolled. 521 50. MILLSTUFFS Bran, J IS 50 per ton; mid dlings. $23 50: short. S10 50: chOD. $17. OATS-Np. 1 white. $101 02ft'; gray, U5c6$H per cental. HAY Timothy. $1011: clover. $7 50; cheat. JS pr ton. 7 ADVICE TO GROWERS. Circular of n HOpmnn Addressed to- Prodncerg In Oregon. A recent circular of a prominent hopman,. ad dressed to the growers ofvOrcgon, said: It is a sad commentary on the farsighted ness of Oregon hopgrowers that CO per .cent of the crop is contracted at 12c per pound and under. There will be a. loss to the grower of 10c per pound on at least' 40,000 bales, or in the neighborhood of $00,000. This amount of money would put up a hopgrowers' exchange in iPortland to cost, say $100,000, and give, an an- sual Income from the balance of $30,000. One- wh of such a sum expended annually, under proper management, would put the Oregon hop- grower in a position of Independence in the matter of information on weather, crop condi tions, prices paid elsewhere and outlook for prices to be realized. This shows what might be done .with proper organization and" co-operation among" growers, and It Is a matter worthy the consideration of all who grow hops. I know for a fact that many brewers In Great Britain "bought sparingly of Pacific Coast hops last -season, and some large brewers bought practically none.- They satisfied their demands from stock. As a consequence, "stocks of Coast heps la "London are . very short, while the United States- brewers are practically bare of them. As a consequence, the English brewer, must have our hops to at least as great an ex tent ds ire sent them over last year, say 75,000 bales. With our crop of say 210,000 bales to supply home trade, .and the foreign demand,, there Is sure to a shortage somewhere. If we let 73.000 bales be exported, there will be 140,000 bales left. Our -annual consumption is close to 190.000 bales: The shortage will be felt. How soon la another question. If grow ers will part with their hops at say 20c per pound, they will beTused to- feed the demand until the trade can be worked up to paying 25i3'30c per pound, hen the 'dealers will have all their holdings to put In at full figures. Hop Offers at Salem. SALE3X, Oct. 17. (Special.) Salem represen tatives of English hopdealcrs are- offering only 2&23c, and say they cannbt get orders at higher prices. Most of tho buyers for Amer ican firms .are offering -23&c. but 24c has been .reported by several growers. Xcxr York Hops Close FJrin. NEW YORK., pet. 17. (Special.) Hope, were fairly active, with brewers free buyers, the market closing firm at full "quoted values. There was also a small trading between dealers, with business In Pacifies at 2S02!feC German cables note strong" markets. Chehalls Hop Sale nt 2Cc. CHEHAL1S. Wash.. Oct. 17. (Special.) The J. C. Bush lot of 107 bales of Mops was sold and delivered to Herraan.Klaber'today at 25c a pounds. Some other deals are .pending. London Hop Market. LONDON". Oct. 17. Hops Pacific Coast firm', -0 12s$f7. EASTERX PRilX" MARKET. Fair BcKinehs in Oreons for Xovcm ler Shipment. NEW YORK. Oct. 17. (Special) Prunes. Email sizes, are easier, owing to large receipts. Sizes 00-70 are sdld la a large way at ra Large prunes are .scarce and firm. Affair busi ness in Oregons, November, shipments. Is noted on the 2c" four-size basis, with jo up on 80-40. 3 Seeded raisins are active, and spot new is' In light supply and firm, Sc being paid for fancy In one-pound cartons. One seeder here 'today advanced Sic on goods tp arrive. Loose also firmer, with 6c quoted on three-crown grade. A cable from Denla reports that market higher on Valencia layers and 'stocks -small. The' equivalent of 9Vic cost here Is quoted. Califor nia Sultanas, bleached, are easier. Spot apricots are steady. Coast offerings are limted. There continues a quiet feeling In cheap grades" of salmon, with offerings of pink at 70c for tails. Tomatoes are easy, owing to liberal offerings of low grades Southern pack. California canned apricots are firmer on ex tras. Peaches, fine grades Southern pack, are ficarce. - All nuts are active. California almonds chow Eome easiness, due to""large" receipts. Nonpa reils are offered freely at 14ic. -Oranges, fancy, are firm. Lrmor.3 show weakness. WALNUTS ADVANCE. Due to Shortage Abroad and Heavy Demands on California. On account of .the shortage in the Naples walnut crop and the extremely heavy demands 4)on California growers, prices have advanced, and Jobbers are asking 1213c for soft-shell, fu ture deliver'. It is reported from Los Angeles that the en tire walnut crop of Southern California has ben cold. The crop is-' estimated by experts at 700 carloads. The season has been exceed ingly favorable, and the quality of the nuts Is excellent. Tfie first carload of walnuts shipped from the state this season was sent to Chicago Serte-aber 30 from San Juan Capistratto; the lot was a full carload of soft shells..' Fnlted States Consul Nason, at Grenoble. France, reported as follows oa the French wal nut crop, the report being written prior to the cable n-ws that additional storms had prac tically annihilated the crop: The crop of walnuts Vls year lri the Valley of tho Iscre or Gralsivaridoa will. In the opin ion of experts (Judging from present appear ances) be a comparatively small one about one-half of that of last year. The crop is ex pected to yield about 12.000 bales of dried wal nuts, as against double that quantity in 1301. an J 4000 to 5C00 bales of fresh walnuts, -which are exported chiefly to England 16.000 to 17 000 bales In all. It would probably have produced 30C0 or 4000 bales more had it not been for two hall storms which visited these regions on August 7 and 13, and which exceptionally were general throughout the valley. The stones that i JVipre in some cases as large as filberts, and did considerable damage to fruit generally, and. especially to walnuts. It may be re marked la passing that the walnut district of the Isere comprises a territory in the lower val ley or the Gralslvandon. between Tulllus and MarPfnn1' or ma 10 miles long, and seven miles wide, the nut trees flourishing in the fer tile valley on cither sldo of. the river, and ex tending back ,qulte a distance on the contigu ous uplands and hills. PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. FJqnr. Feed, Etc. The wheat market was steady yesterday, yitb. Vegetables, Frait, Etc. A generally good business tms done In these lines. Owing to the withdrawing ot the San Francisco steamers, California grapes have been advanced, as receipts of Oregon are not suffi cient to supply the demand. Someflrie- pears of the Fall Butter, Duchess and Beurre Clalrgau varieties came In from Salem yesterday. VEGETABLES Tomatoes. Oregon. 4050i per box: turnips. $1 per sack: carrots, $13 1 10; beets, $1 per sack; cauliflower, ?131 25 perdozen; cabbage, lc per pound; celery, Den ver, $1 per dozen: peas, 34c per pound; .beans, 4 Stic per pound; lettuce, bead, per dozen, 25c; green onions, per dozen. 12&c; com. 15020c per dozen; cucumbers, 75cg$l per box; green peppers, "Sff-lc per lb. GREEN FRUIT Lemons, $33 50 per box; oranges. $45 per box; bananas, $2 25?2 75; plreapples, $6 per dozen; apples, table, 85c $1 23 per box; cooking, 5Cf75c; peaches, 0 00c per box; pears, 75c'$l per -box; cataloupcs. 75cjj$l per crate: huckleberries, 6c per pound; grapes; sweetwater, 40j50c per box; Niagara, 40c per crate; Concord, 3540c per basket, 2214c per half basket; California Tokay, $1 23 per crate; Rose of Peru, $1 25 per crate; Muscat, $1 25 per crate: Cornlchon. $1 15; grape fruit, $3 50 per box; quinces, Oregon, S5c$l per box; cranberries, Tillamook, $7 per barrel; Ilwaco,. $6; Cape Cod. $0. i DRIED FRUIT Apples, evaporated, 7HQ8? per pound; sun-dried, sacks or boxes. 56c: apricots. 7Sc; peaches, 67c; pears. OftfBUic;. prunes, Italian. W32c: figs. California blacks. 4Ht5tc: do white. 564c; plums, pitted. 44Sr3Xc RAISINS-Loosp muscatel, 4 -crown, Sc; 3 crown, 7Hc; 2-crown, 7c; unbleached seedless muscatel raisins, 7Kc; unbleached seedless Sul tans, Sc; London layers, 3-crowiu whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1 S3: 2-crown, $1 75. .- POTATOES Best Burbanlw, 6070c per sack; ordinary, 50f55c per ccntaU, growers prices; Merced sweets. $1 753'2 per cental. ONIONS Oregon and Washington. ocQ per cental. ' TONIC TO THE MARKET SECRETARY SHAW'S- OFFER STIMU LATES THE STOCK LIST. Batter. Ejrcs. Poultry, Etc. The 'poultry situation shows no change, re ceipts moving off fairly well at prices quoted. Butter Is firm, fancy grades being scarce. Fresh ranch eggs are firm at the price quoted. POULTRY Chickens, mixed. $3 5004 23; per pound, 10c; hens, $404 50 per doten; per pound, 11c: Springs. $2ri03 per dozen: rryers, $2 S0 3 23; broilers. $262 50; ducks, $505 50 per dozen; turkeys, young, 1012c; geese, $0C50 per dozen. "'. CHEESE Full cream..1 twins. 14c; Young Aroorlca.. 14T14l4c: factory prices. llUc less. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 27Vi30c- per pound; dairy, 18320c : store. 1215c x EGGS 22H2271.4c- pec dozen. Hops. "Wool. Hides, Etc. HOPS-2125c per pound. WOOlAVallej- 12wrjl3: Eastern Oregon, 9 14UC; mohair. -aagSSc. , HIDES Dry hides. No. 1. 10 pounds and up. lSglSHc per pound; drr kip. No. 1. 5 to 15 pound!.' 12c dry .calf.'.Nd. 1, under 5 pounds, 10c: dry-salted, bulls and stags, one-thltrd less than dry flint; salted' hides, steers, ibund, CO pounds and over. .8&0c; 50 to -CO pounds. Q Sc; under 60- pounds and cows'.- 7c; stags and bulla, sound, -5--S&c: kip, sound. 15 to 21 pounds, 7c; veal, .sound, 10 toTl pounds, 7c; calf, sound, under" 10 pounds. 8c; green (un raited), lc pe"r pound less; culls; lc per pound less; horse hides, salted, each. $1 50B2: dry. Another Day of Advancing" Price St. Paul and Baltimore & Ohio Are the Leaders. NEW YORK, Oct "17. Another day of rising .prices characterized the stock situation today, and the desree of confidence that prevailed was a notable contrast to the depressed feeling that- existed at the outset of the week. The formal announcement that Secretary Shaw bad agreed to Durchaso all bonds of the Issue of 102 presented at the Subtreasury today and tomorrow" was an effectual tonic to the mar ket. All told, it was expected that the tenders under this offer would result in the release of about $20,000,000 by funds which would bo speedily available to the local money market. With this prospect of new materia in sight to continue active operations, the pools went to work with considerable confidence and bid up their favorites notably. The call , money mar ket showed more -ease today, and 'there were confident expectations that a good bank state ment would be issued tomorrow, which would contribute toward further ease next week. The usual crop of rumors respecting' this or that, stock was put .to -good usage during the day,' but-the 'most tangible assertion -was; that a favorable traffic alliance had been effected between St. Paul and Union Pacific. The. soft coal stocks, as a group, were a notable feature of the day, and an early rise' of alinost 4 points In Baltimore & Ohio caused, an increased de mand for other stocks of this class. . But little Interest was displayed In" the authratlte. coal stocks, and there was- some disposition to re duce dealings in them until the actual settle ment with the miners Is worked out. Trade was furiously actlvo during the first two hours, and when the list showed some dis position to lag, St. Paul was brought forward as a leader. Immence blocks of this stock were taken, lifting it 4 to 194V!. Large orders, were placed simultaneously in other transcon tinental stocks, and there was a ready response in all other parts of the -list. The. United States Steel stocks becamo prominent after a long period of neglect, and their rise started an active demand for various other independent Iron and steel stocks. Late In the day a heavy buying movement de veloped In Ihe Eastern trunk lines, led by New York Central, and there was a more .general Inquiry for tho higher-priced railroads. Including Illinois Central and the grangers. Top prices showed a fair sprinkling- of gains, reaching 2 points and over, and there were many of a point or more. The closing was active and strong, but some of the leading fea tures of the day were below the besU Railroad bonds sympathized moderately with the rise fh stocks, and there was heavy buying In the speculative issues. Total sales, 43,000, tKX. United States old 4s and new 4s, coupon, advanced and the new 4s, registered, per cent on the last call. , Closing? StocU Quotations. Balt & Ohio 11 Can. Pacific ..,..140V4 Ches. & .0hlo...;. 55H Chi. Gr. Western. 32Vi Chi., M. & St. P.103V4 D. & R. Q 46 do pfd ......... 95 Erie 40W do 1st pfd 70 do 2d pfd....... 55H Illinois central ..153 Louis. A Nash. ...144 M.. K. & T..;.. 31 (Aonfd C2H N. YT Central....100 Fenasylvanta S4& Reading 3Q& do lit pfd ,43 do 2d Pfd ; 4oU Southern By 80 do pfd M Southern Pacific-.. 75 Union Pacific ....100 do pfd ,3 U. S. Steel 4154. do pfd Sly Wabash 2..-S8U do pfd gm Spanish 4s S7H Rands 11 Money, Exchange, Etc. . NEW YORK, Oct. 17.Money on call steady; at 57 per "cent; closed offered at 5 per cent; prime mercantile paper. 6 per cent. - Sterling exchange steady, with actual busU ness in bankers' bills at $4 S5.6O04 .83.05 for demand, and at $4 82.55 82.65 for 66 days; posted rates. $4 83H and $4 86: commercial bills, $4 81. 75S4 82.25. Bar silver. 50 c. Mexican dollars, 40c. - Government bonds strong; state bonds steady; railroad "bonds firm. - LONDON, Oct. 17. Bar sliver steady, 23 5-16d per ounce. Money, 12 per cent. . Rato of discount for short bills, 'S2 .per cent; three months' bills, 3V5,3 5-16 per cent,. Consols for mdney, 031-16; for account, 93 3-10. J SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. Sliver bars, C00 per ounce. Mexican dollars nominal: Drafts Sight, 2c; telegraph, 5c Sterling on London Sixty days, $4 82; sight, $4 65. WHEELS WHi AGAIN TURN INDUSTRIAL SITUATION BRIGHTENS " WITH SETTLEMENT OP STRIKE. 8TOCK3. Atchison do pfd Baltimore & Ohio do pfoy Canadian Pacific Canada Southern Chesapeake & Ohio...... Chicago &" Alton...' do" pfd Chicago. Ind. & Louis.. do pfd Chicago & Eastern Ill Chicago Gieat Western. do A pfd Ndo U pfd. Chicago. &N. W '.. Chicago, R. I. & Pac... Chicago-Term. & Tran. do f & : U., C, C. & St. Louis.. each, $10150; coUs' hides, each", 25330c; goat Colorado Southern skins, common, each. 10015c: Angora, with wool on. each. 25e0$l. PELTS Bear pklns. as to size; No. 1. each.B $52u: cubs, $2S"5: badger, each. 1040c; wild cat. 2550c; house cat, 5Q10c; fox. common gray,, .each, 305Qc; do red", each. $15032; di cross, .each. $33Jfdo silver and black, each. $100J?500:"fisher. -cach7 '$6"C; "lycx. each. $2Q:3; mink, strictly No. 1, each. 50c$l 50; marten, dark Northern. $6012: marten, pale pine, ac cording to size and color, $1 50?2:V muskrats, large, each, 510c: skunk, each, "40S550c: civet or polecat, each. 0310c; otter, for large prime, cklns. each. $57t panther, with head and claws perfect, each. $2a; raccoon, for largs prime, each, 20350c: wolf, mounfaln, with head perfect, each, $3 50"5; wolf, prairie (coy ote), with head perfect, each, 4CS00c; wolf, prairie (coyote), without Tiead. each. 8035c; wolverine, each. $107; beaver., perkln. large, $'36; do medium. $3H: do small. '$131 50; do .kits 50075c. SHEEPSKINS Shearings. 15 0 20c; short wool. 2533c; medium wool. 30360c; long wool. 00c3$l each. TALLOW Prime, per pound, 433c; No. 2 and grease. 2VjQZc. ' Groceries. Nnts, Etc. COFFEE Mocha. 2332Sc; Java, fancy. 20 32c; Java. good. 20324c; Java, ordinary. 1S3 20c; Costa Rica, fancy. lS20c: Costa Rica, good. lC31Sc: Costa Rica, ordinary. 1012c per pound; Columbia roast. $11; Arbuckle's, $11 63 list- Lion. $11 13: Cordova". $11 03 list RICE Imperial, Japan. No. 1, CV4c;' No. 2. 4?Jc; Carolina head. 6437140. .SALMON Columbia River. 1 - pound talli. $1 83 per dozen: 2-pound tails, $2 75; fancy 1-pound flats, $1 00: -pcund flats. $1 23: Alaska pink, 1-pound tails. OSc; red, Impound tails. $1 30; sockeye. 1-pound tails, $1 60; .1 pound f.ats. $1 CO. BEANS Small white, 4c; large white, 414c; pinks, 3ic; Bayou, 4c; Lima, 5!fcc per pound. SUGAR Sack basis, net cash, per 100 pounds: Cube. $4 50; powdered. $4 33;" dry granulated. $4 25; extra C. $3 75; golden C. $3 63. Advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels. 10c; half barrels. 25c; boxes. -50c per 100 pounds. Maple, 15316c, per pound. Beet sugar, granulated. $4 13 per ,100 pounds. HONES' 13c per No. 1 frame. NUTS Peanuts, 0?c per po-nd for raw. S3SVJC for roasted: cocoanuts, S3390c per dozen; walnuts. 13316WC per pound; pln nuts, 10f l2Jsc; Htckory nuts, 7c; Brazil nuts, J4c; filberts, 15310c; fancy pecans. 1414c; al. raor.ds, 15510c. GRAIN BAGS-Calcutta. $8 2580 30 per 100 for spot. SALT Liverpool. 50s, $20 80 per ton; 100s, $20 40; 200s, $10 50; rock, per ton. 60s. $19 60; 100s,- $19; half ground, per ton, 80s, $20; 100a. $19 50. Worcester salt, bulk, 320s, $5 per bar rel; linen sacks, 60s, S6c per sack. OILS Coal oil. cases. 21c per gallon; tanks. MHc: boiled linseed, cases. 02c: barrels, 57c: raw jinscea, cases, cue; barrels. C3c; turpentine. do 1st pfd;..'. do 2d pfd Delaware & Hudson... Dcr Lack. & Western. Denver & Rio Grande.. do pfd Erie do 1st pfd do 2d pfd Great Northern pfd,... Hocking Valley do pfd Illinois Central Iowa Central..-. do pfd Lake Erie & Western do pfd Louisville & Nashville.. Manhattan Elevated ... Metropolitan Street Ry. Mexican Central , Mexican National . ... Minn. & St. Louis Missouri Pacific M.. K. & T do pfd New Jersey Central... New York Central...., Norfolk & Western.... do pfd Ontario & Western.... Pennsylvania Reading do 1st pfd do 2d pfd St. Louis & San Fran. do 1st pfd do 2d pfd St. Louis S. W do pfd St. Paul do pfd Southern Pacific Southern Railway do pfd Texas & Pacific Toledo, St. L. & W... do pfd ;. Union pdcific do pfd .'. Wabash ......... do pfd '' .- Wheeling & Lake Erie j(do 2d pfd Wisconsin Central .... do pfd . Express Companies ' Adams American ..-.. Unittd States Wells-Fargo Miscellaneous- Amalgamated Copper . Amer. Car & Foundry do pfd , American Linseed Oil.. do pfd Amer. Smelt. & Rcfin do pfd Anaconda Mining Co. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Colorado Fuel & Iron Consolidated Gas .... Cont. Tobacco pfd.... General Electric Hocking Cqal International Paper . 'do pfd International Power . Laclede Gas National Biscuit : isationai uma cases, 72c; wood barrels, 6Ss; Iron barrels, 60c; North American 101s or 10 cases or more, ilc; gasoline, cases, 20c; barrels. 19&c Collier and Atlantic, whlto and red lead, in lots of 500 pounds or more, 6c; less than 500 pounds, 0"c Heats and Provisions. BEEF Gross. cowsv 33314c "per pound;. steers. 4c; dressed,. 07e. VEAL 7?S c. MUTTON Gross. 3c per pound: dresstd 3c. LAMBS Gross, 3V4c per pound; dressed, 6l4c. LARD Portland, tierces, 13c per pound; tubs, 134c; 60s. 13Uc; 20s, 13c; 10s, 13He; 5s, 134c Compound, tierces, 9Vic per pound; tubs, 9I4c HOGS Gross, 6 37c per" pound; dressed 70 714c BACON Portland, 17319c per pound; East ern fancy, 1714c; standard, heavy, 1514c; light, 16c; bacon bellies. 1514c. HAMS Portland. I5c per pound; picnic, llHc per pound; Eastern, fancy. 15c; shoulders, DRY SALTED MEATS Portland clears, 140 15c; backs. 14S15i. bellies, 15316c; plates, 10c; butts, 9310c Eastern Regular clear sides, unsmoked. 13c; smoked, 14c; bellies, average 25 to SO pounds: unsmoked, 13c; 'smoked, 14c; plates, 1314c. SAUSAGE Portland, ham, 1214c per pound; minced ham, lOltc; Summer, choice dry. 1714c; Bologna, long, 8c; welnerwurats, 0c: liver. 76; pork. 9c; blood. 7c; head cheese. 7c; bologna sausage link, 714c. PICKLED GOODS Portland., pigs' feet, t barrels, $4 50; H-b3rrels. $2 50; 15-pound kit, $1. Tripe. Mrbarrels, $5 50; M-barrels, $2 75; 15-pound kit, $1; pigs tongues, -barrelsi $6; U-barrels, $3; 15-pound kits, $1. Coffee and Sngrar. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Coffee Futures closed steady; net unchanged to 3 poirits higher. To tal sales, 33,370 bags, Including: October, $53 5 10; November, $5 15; December, $5 25g3 SO; March. $5 4535 50; May, $5 6035 65; July, $5 7535 60; August, $5 80. Spot R16 steady. No. 7 Invoice, Zc; mild dull; Cordova, 7?s312s. Sugar Raw firm;- fair refining, Sc; centrif ugal. 96 test. 3 9-1 Cc Molasses sugar, 2c. Refined steady.' Pacific Coast Pacific .Mall , Peoole's Gas Pressed Steel Ca- do pfd' Pullman Palace Car.... Republic Steel do pfd Sugar ..r..... Tennessee Coal & Iron. Union Bag & Paper Co do pfd .United l States Leather.. do -pfd United States Rubber.. do pfd .-1.... United States Steel..., do pfd . Westen Union American Locomotive . do pfd Kansas City Southern do pfd 44 600 2,000 10.000 14.000 700 38,200 1.700 J500 13,9001 3114 30 500 "2,400 1.2001 ' 1.700 2.200 200 16,300 700 3,200 900 100! 1,300, 400! 17.400 BOO ' 100; 1O0 400 600 700 1,500 600 100 5.600 13,500 .1,600 800 400 . 700 88 000 8.100 2.400 1.100 12,100 (10.5CK) 'i2."8O0 06.200 21.200 1,000 1.300 1.400 1,300 5,300 14.700 58,700 000 40.300 11.300 5,000 6,800 100 2, 600 70.000 ". 300 .2.000 6,300 700 1.800 2,800! .7,000 10,400 1,300 100 600 1C0 300 200 7,500 7.800 800! 200 1.200 5,100! 2,800 100 400 100 3,000 400' 200 8,000 1,900 l.OOOj "7,000 1.000 8 6001 8.300 . 300 ' 3.300 400! "2o5 61.100! 30.000 7001 1.900! ana; 1,3001 94 200 67141 4714 Z3' :ooi4 aow 10Z 3414 74J4! 50 173 234 45W 33 08 5391 192 08 9214H 15215 40 8114 5915 140 136 14214 lOu ill 113 3114 63 170 15814 SO 34 16014 70HJ as 70. 7714 74 33 70 104 100; 74 90 45 3U 45 107 91 351; 50 28 41 28 638 100 145 145 68 21 48i( 901i 98V C4 85 221 121 187 24 20 73 72.14 4614 .30 125 77 22 70 12G 6714 14 14 Ul 8014 101 I 100! 135! 84 W14J 37 73! 8741 78 77 82" 73 32 Toil 103 74 38 9014 45 2914 -45H 100 90 85 50 28, 30 27 53 200 240 142 240 00 88 83 220I22K 121 187 24 22 73 72 ft ilS 76 42 104 00i 93 231 46 29 i 1 125 ' ln case thls Imbibition cannot bo enforced a. i.oj uut) ue impu5ea on sucn articles. Reports were submitted by delegates from" the various South American countries and Mexico dealing with the cultivation and marketing of their coffee, crops. 21 12I "i4 00 5n" 40 90 92 80 30 94 EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current nt -Chicago, Kansas City and Omaha. CHICAGO, Oct. 17. Cattle Receipts, 2500. including 200 Texans and 500 Westerns. Mar ket slow and steady. Good to prime- steers, nominal, $7 50; poor to medium, $3 75 0 00; stockers and feeders, $2 255; cows, $1 40 5 75; heifers. $2 235; canners, $1 402 00; bulls, $2 254 50; calves, $7 50; Texas fed steers, $33 $0; Western steers, $35. Hogs Receipts today, 10,000; tomorrow, 10. 000; left over, 2500. Market averaged 10c higher than yesterday. Mixed and butchers, $6 D7 CO; good to choice heavy, '$7 25$7 65; rough, $0 6537: light, $6 607 40; bulk of sales, $6 &3j3 20. Sheep Receipts, 17,000. Market for sheep and lambs steady; closid weak. Good to cholco wethers. $3 504; fair to choice mixed, $2 50 3 50; Western sheep, .$2 603 75; native lambs, $3 3030; Western Iambs, $3 755 40. OMAHA, Oct. 17. Cattle Receipts, 2100. Market steady. Native steers, $4 7508; cows and heifers $34 60r Western steers. $3 0506; Texas stders; $3 504 60: cows and heifers, $2 75?4 10; canners, $1 752 80; stockers and feeders, $2 0035; calves, $30; bulls, stags, etc., $24. 1 Hogs Receipts, 3700. Market 1015c higher. Heavy, $77 05; mixed, $77 10; light, $7 03 7 15; bulk of sales, $77 10. . - Sheep Receipts, 11,500. Market for .best strong; feeders, steady. Fed muttons, year lings, $3 C034; wethers, $3 403. 60; ewes, $2 503 75: common and stockers, $1 503 75; common and stockers, $1 503 50; lambs, $3 50 65 35. KANSAS CITY. o"ctT 17. Cattle Receipts, 3C00, Including 500 Te'xans. Market steady. Native steers, $4(57 55; Texans ar.ty Indian steers, $3ff3 75; Texas cows, $1 73$?3; native cows and heifers, $1 25 4 50; stockers and feed ers. $204 85; bulls, $23 50; calye?. $3. 25fl6. Hogs Receipts, 800. Market strong, 10c higher; bulk of sales, $7 057 10. Heavy, $7 C27 20; packers, $0 057 15; Yorkers, $7 107 15; pigs, $0 507 05. ' Sheep Receipts, 2000. Market strong. Mut-. tons, $304 50; lambs, $3 5005 25; range weth ers, $S03 90; ewes, $303 85. . SAN FRANCISCO MAHKETS. Prices Current for Prodnce at the Bay City. SAN FP.ANCISCO, Oct. 17. Vegetables-Cucumbers, 50073c per box; garlic. 202o per pound; green peas. 303c per pound;" string beans, 203c per pound; tomatoes, 35060c; onions., 40060c; gg plant, 63070c. Apples Choice, 90c; common,' 23c. Bananas $1 250iJ 50. Limes Mexican. $55 50. California lemons-Cholce, $2 75; "common, 50c Oranges Navel, $1 504 80. Pineapples '$1 5003. Potatoes River- Burbanksi -SOJ0c J "Salinas Burbanks, 75c$l 15; sweats,' $1 2001 25." Poultry Turkey gobblers, 1617c; do hens. 1617c; old roosters, $4 5005; do young, $4 50 05 50; small broilers, $303 25; do large. $3 50 .04; fryers. $404 25; hens. $4 6006: old ducks, $2 5004; do young, $303 50. - Butter Fancy creamery. 29e; do seconds, 26c; fancy dairy, 25c? do seconds, 21c. Eggs Fancy ranch, 40s; Eastern. 2227c. Cheese Young America, 1314c; Eastern, 14015c. Wool Fall Humboldt and Mendocino, 130f 14c; mountains, 83?10c Hops-2225c. Millstuffs Bran, $21022; middlings, $23 500 Z3 50. Hay-Wheat, $10013 50; wheat and oats, $10 Viz oup barley. $7 0009 50; alfalfa, $801150; clover. $7 500 0 50; straw, 37035c per bale. Receipts Flour, qr. sks... 16,4801: do Oregon .... 1,0201: Wheat, centals.. 6,150MlddlIngs, -sacks. Barley, centals .10,710Hay, tons Oats, centals ... 5,037lWool, bales Beans, sacks... .11,750: Corn, centals .. 501 Potatoes, sacks. Bran, sacks Hides .411 480 444 403 584 687 Metal MnrUets. NEW YORK. Oct. 17. The feature of .todays metal market was the sensatlbnal advance in tin at London, due, it Is said, to manipulation on the part of the bulls In that market for the purpose of squeezing the short Interest. Wheth er or not this explanation bo accurate, prices there advanced 3 for the. day, spot closing at 120 and futures at 118 10s. Locally, there, was little business, but prices were higher in sympathy with the trade developments, spot being quoted at 20.50026.05c Copper also advanced ln London, saining lis 3d, which brought the .closing figures up to 53 for spot and 53 2s Ba for futures. As was the case with tin. copper here also advanced, but without Important business. Standard .closed at 11c; electrolytic, 11.70011.85; Lake, 11.75011.95c, and casting, ll.65il.75c. Lead was quiet and unchanged In both mar kets. New York closing at 6c and London at 10 2s 6d. The English Iron markets were a trifle lower. Glasgow closed a shade lower at 67s 8d, and Mlddlesboro, at little higher, at 5Ss 4d. Lo cally, Iron was quiet. Warrants nominal. No. 1 foundry Northern, $23025; No. 2 foundry N6rthcrn, No. 1 foundry Southern an- No. 2 foundry Southern soft, $22023. . Compulsory Use of Pure Coffee. NEW YORK. Oct. 17. Three recommenda tions embodied in the report of the committee on consumption have been adopted by the In ternational Coffee Commission ln session here. The report recommends that all governments and producing and consuming countries shall cause the compulsory use of pure coffee in the armies and navies, establish demonstrating de pots and prohibit the sale of adulterated coffee ana or suostuutes bearing- the name of coffee, Total sales for the day, 1,107,200 shares. - BONDS. U. S. 2s. ref. reg.l00Atchlson adj. 4s... 06 do coupon 109 C. & N.W. cpn. 7s. 135 do 3s. reg 107D. & It. G. 4s 101 do coupon" 10SN. Y. Cent. Ist3...101 do new 4s. reg.. 136 00 coupon do old 4 s. do coupon do 5s. reg do coupon reg 137 ..111 ..111 ..104 .-.105' Northern Eac. 3s.. 73 do 4s ..103 southern Pac 4a.. 94 Union Pacific 4s. ..104 West Shore 4s 113 Wis. Central 4s.... 02 aiiningr Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. lT.-Offlclal closing quotations for mining stocks: Alta $0 Oil Alpha Con 2 Belcher 9 Best .& Belcher... 9 Caledonia 00 Portland Seattle .. Tacoma Spokane 23snlc Clearings. , Clearings. $796,691 ' 911,527 293.770 422.3S0 Balances. $155,223 70,714 Challenge Con ... cnoiiar Confidence Con. -Cal. & Va... Crown Point .... Gould & Curry... Hale & Norcross. Julia 10 JUstlce ,...$0 OS Mexican 20 Occidental Con S Ophlr 82 7 7 3 3 13 45 10 5 3 Ovorman .... Potosl Bovags See. Belcher .. Sierra Nevada Silver H1U 6 Union Con Utah Con NEW YORK. Oct. 17 closed as follows: Adams Con Alice Breece Brunswick Con . Comstock Tunnel 200.600 i Con. Cal. & Va.. Zo,U(U , nom suver iron suv.er , Leadvllte Con ... 2YclIow: Jacket .. Mining ifltocks .today Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Oct 17. Today's Treasury statement shows: Available cash balances .......$220,200,814 Gold 134,043,936 Stocks at London. LONDON, Oct. 17. Closing quotations: Anaconda 5INorfolk A Western 81 kl ao pra 95 Atchison .0: An nfJl' 1 I Ontario 3k Wei tern 35 Old Dominion . 17 OOi $0 15Llttle Chief ... 30 Ontario v s 60 Ophlr .". 0 Phoenix , 5iFotoel ......... SOjSavage 1 25. Sierra Nevada 80Small Hopes ., 3standard .$0 10 . 8 25 . 75 . ' 5 5 10 . 35 . 3 00 BOSTON. Oct 17. Closing quotations: Adventure $, 21 OOJOsceola .$ go 00 Alloues 2 25 Parrott .: "...,'25 50 Amalgamated . 65 37QuIncy 125 00 Bingham 28 50 Santa Fe Cop... 1 02 Cal. & Hecla... 520 00 Tamarack iss ntt uenienmai m cu JTimouniain Copper Range . 58 76 Dominion Coal. 130 00 Franklin 0 50 Isle Royals .... 13 00 Mohawk 46 60 Trinity United States Utah Victoria ..... Winona , "Wolverines 05 00 10 75 21 25 21, 75 6 23 3 87 S3 00 Transportation In -Now the "Worst Feature and Threatens to Con tiaae Disturbing?. NEW YORK, Oct 17. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:. The settjtaneift of ihe coal strike Temoves the only serlcls handicap to' Industrial prpgrcssJi Five months of restricted fuel production had begun to check tha wheels at many manufac turing centers, where there was a perceptible diminution ln consumptive demands as the pur chasing power of the wage-earners steadily decreased. Savings have been exhausted, and rauch. money has gone out of the country be cause of this strike, but the Nation's remark ably strong position assures & speedy restora tion of prosperous conditions. Transportation Is now the worst feature, and threatens to continue disturbing. While the grain crops are being moved, tho supply of rolling stock and motive power will prove In sufficient, although every effort Is made at the shops, liberal premiums being offered for early delivery. That the railways are-well occupied is evidenced by earnings for the first week ot October, 3.5 per1 cent larger than last year, and 10.9 per cent above 1900. Inadequate supplies of fuel .paused further banking of furnaces, but the effect of a de creased output of domestic pig iron has' been partially .neutralized by larger arrivals from abroad. Footwear shops are actively engaged, many products having added tp their long list of or ders, and while practically all tha New England manufacturers are assured full time up to the end of' the year, they are also taking orders for dellVerles ln March. Prices are easily main tained. Leather is slightly weaker, owing to the sharp fall -In hides. Failures for the week numbered 206 la the United States, against 229 last year, and 24 in Canada, compared with 31 last year. DEVELOPMENTS FAVORABLE. Retnil Business Has Been Generally Stimulated Wheat Exports. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Bradstreet's tomor row will say: With the settlement of the great coal strike of 1902, the moat remarkable In some respects of modern record, practically the only unfa vorable feature in general trade and Industry disappears. While relief to tha public mind Is, perhaps, themost Immediate result. It Is nat ural to expect that the present,abnormal prices and conditions ln fuel supply will gradually disappear. -Somo scars, of course, will be left, and the eftct of the costly trouble will, no doubt, be reflected ln some permanent loss of trade ln tfie mining regions, and in rather higher prices for fuel tho coming Winter than were paid a year ago. All other trade developments this week are largely favorable. Retail trade has generally improved, stimulated at the West, Northwest and South by cooler weather. Fall festivals and carnivals. Jobbing demand Is also bene fited, particularly at tho West. Shoe, hat and cap, clothing, .hardware and lumber dealers have all done well. Seasonable strength Is noted ln butter and cheese, and the metals are also higher. In the general strength of farm proaucts the weakness ln cotton is notable. Wool Is firm nt all Eastern markets, manu facturers are liberal buyers, stocks are being pretty well reduced, and holders are Inclined to ask for higher quotations. Improvement ln tno iron traae as a result of the probable end lng of the coal Btrlke Is as yet a matter of "Sentiment, but with the free movement of coal Eastern iron furnaces now banked are expect ed to resume operations. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending October 16. aggregate 5.240.6SS bushels. against 6,647,770 bushels last week. 5,536,073 Dusneis- in the corresponding week last year. and 3,. 90,643 bushels ln 1900. Wheat exports since ouiy 1 aggregate 78;371,130 bushels, against 85,103,017 bushels last season, and 63, 202,165 bushels In 1900. Business failures ln the United States for the week ending Thursday, October 16. number 2tti. as. against 170 last week, 108 In" this week last year, and 223 In 1900. In Canada, failures for tne weeK number 15. against 20 last week, and in una weeK a year ago. 'the corre Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Tho following table, compiled" by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear ings at the principal cities for the week .ended uctoDer lp, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with spondlng week last year: . Clearings. New ork $1,702,204,000 Chicago 166,121,000 Doston 140.465,000 r-nuaaeipnia 120,002,000 St. Louis , 49,231.000 Pittsburg 40,OS8,000 Baltimore 24,153.000 Ban Francisco 31,531,000 Cincinnati 21,2SO,000 Kansas City 22.020,000 Inc. 20.5 8.7 i3.2 Cleveland Minneapolis .... New Orleans ... Detroit Louisville Indianapolis .... Providence Omaha Milwaukee Buffalo St. Paul St. Joseph , Denver Richmond Savannah Salt Lake Albany Los Angeles" Memphis Fort Worth Seattle Washington. .... Hartford Peoria, , Toledo Portland. Or ... Ro3hester Atlanta Des" Moines New Haven .... Worcester Nashvlllo Springfield, Mass Norfolk Grand Rapids .. Sc:anton ........ Portland, Mo ... Sioux City .... Augusta Syracuse Dayton. O , Tacoma Spokane Topijka Davenport Wilmington, Del Evansvillo , Birmingham . . . Fall River Macon Little Rock .... Helena Knoxvllle Lowell , Akron Wichita .. Springfield, .Lexington . .- New Bedford Chattanooga Youngctown Kalamazoo' , Fargo . . .Tf Blnghamton Rockford Canton Jacksonville. Fla SDrlngfleld, O ... Chester Qulncy Bloomlngton Sioux Falls Jacksonville, Fla Fremont Houston Galveston ...... Columbus, O .... Wheeling Wllkcsbarrn Decatur Utlca' Greenburg, Pa.. Totala U. S..t. Outside N. Y.... Montreal- Toronto Winnipeg Halifax Vancouver. B. C. Hamlltcn St John. N. B... Victoria. B. C... Quebec Ottawa London, Ont .... Ill 16,335.000 21,151.000 18,242 000 9.491,000 0,794.000 11.423,000 7,051,000 7.854.000 7.810.000 6,457.000 6,064.000 4,843,000 4,800,000 4.146,000 .4.400 000 8,032,000 3.761,000 5.613.000 5,142.000 3.404,000 5.091,300 3,724.000 2,715,000 3.003,000 2,970.000 4.438.906 2.757.000 3.721,000 2.241.000 2,000,000 1.910.000 2,300.000 1.003.000 2,041.000 1,857.000 1,103,000 1.847.000 1.091.000 2.815.000 1.370.000 1,651.000 1.803,827 2.171,474 1.400.000 1,067,000 1,348.000 947,000 1.134.000 1.125.000 088,000 1.189,000 582.000 845.000 647,000 767.000 618.000 600.000 477.000 552 000 007.000 570.000 520.000 015.000 340.000 301.000 452.000 383,000 441.000 339 000 262.000 413.000 345.000 ICS 000 158.000 10.522,000 8.935,000 8 710.000 774.000 661,000 239.000 2.297.000 517,000 ....$2,r,nt.407.6ri8 ....$ 550 173.321 CANADA. 23.748.654 .... 14.532.029 4.142.102 1.310.485 1,002.042 844.180 644.897 561f087 1.256.088 1.587,389 658,928 14.0 0.1 12.9 18.9 5.8 15.8 31.4 Dec. 0.2 6.0 11.4 15.6 11.7 31.1 4.0 1S.1 52.5 41.8 3.1 18.8 26.0 iili 10.5 40.3 10.7 8.7 31.6 18.1 8.0 35.0 10.3 32.3 33.9 13.2 19.0 12.1 18.4 6.8 25.5 S5.S 66.2 17.6 21.'i 20.3 25.3 16.7 15.4 30.0 4.8 22.6 6.8 20.0 80.5 23.2 27.2 11.3 4.0 19.1 13.2 1.5 42.2 7.6 f.i.2 23.2 13.5 23.4 31.3 4.6 19.3 7.5 42.9 31.4 27.8 1.9 1.0 30.0 4.0 8.4 4.0 6.3 16.8 2.3 8.8 5.0 2.3 0.2 1S.C 10.7 2.2 19.9 21.2 3.9 Totals, Canada $ 49.C50.062 .23.3 .... Cause of Rise in Money at Berlin. BERLIN, Oct 17. The steady rlso ln the rates for private discount during the past few days is explained in financial circles to be due to the unusually heavy offerings of American bills for discount. :iTifT-4 Commission B Capital and Surplus, $300,000.00 Buys and sells GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS, BONDS and COTTON FOR CASH OR FUTURE DELIVERY. Deals in Government, Municipal and Miscellaneous Securities. Owning and operat ing the most extensive Private Wire System in the -world, we can execute large or small orders more .promptly .and satisfactorily than any-other concern.- - we guarantee to execute orders when limits are reached. We do not hold you responsible for more than the margin you place on a trade. We charge noInter est for carrying long stocks. MARGINS REQUIRED t Grnln, lc per lmxhcl) Stocks, 92 per share. Com mission, grain, 1-8 c per hushel; stocks, 1-4 ot X per-ccnt. We will send you our Book of Statistics and Dally Market free. Write for lt. REFERENCES, 75 National and State Banks. Main Exchange, Bank of Commerce Building. Minneapolis. Minn. Exchanges in 75 of the principal towns and cities of the Northwest. lncluding. Spokane. Colfax, Pullman, Rltzville, Dayton. Walla Walla Moscow. Pendleton. Wires under con struction to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle; Everett and Vancouver. B. C. , Np IF YOU HAVE AN OPEN TRADE OR ACCOUNT WITH CS.YOU CAN U. OPERATE IT IN ANY OF OUR 73 OFFICES! CROPS OF THE WORLD GRAIN HARVEST IN EUROPE WILL BE LATEST OX RECORD. Millers In Countries Suffering Will Demand Good Dry Grain to Mix .Hvith Home Product. WASHINGTON, Oct 17. The Department of Agriculture's summary ot the crops of the world Bhows that, owing to the remarkably cool and wet Summer experienced throughout a considerable part of Europe, the harvest of 1902 is one of tho latest on record. The prom ise of an abundant yield, therefore, has been only partly fulfilled In Europe, allowing for grain gathered in a damaged condition, and for that actually spoiled. In the case of bread grains, there will be a demand among millers In the countries suffering for good dry grain to mix with the .home product The semi-official Russian estimate makes the wheat rye, barley and oats crop of that coun try not only larger than In 1901, but exceeding the average for tho five years 1890-1900. The estimate puts the Winter wheat crop at 180, 5S2.387 bushels of GO pounds each; Spring wheat 300,039,333 bushels of 60 pounds; rye, 854,432,750 bushels, of 50 pounds each; barley, 282.131,625 bushels of 4S pounds each; oats, 840,391,875 bushels of 82 pounds each. Throughout about four-fifths of the German Empire, harvesting was delayed by frequent rains, and there was still much grain ln the fields In tho middle .of September. The Austrian official figures for September 15 say that wheat and barlty are good average crops, while zye Is only medium to good me dium. The quality of the grain, so far as the harvest was secured 'under anything like favor, able conditions, Is mostly satis fac ton. From Hungary the official report for Septem ber 17 shows that malse has suffered from drouth ln some districts. The Roumanian wheat, crop is officially esti mated as the best ln many years. The Bulgarian cereal crops are fairly satis factory. The French Ministry of Agriculture has Issued a preliminary report giving the wheat produc tion of France as 352,000,000 bushels, an In crease of over 13 per cent over 1001. Tho crops ln Belgium are stated to be com paratively satisfactory- In Great Britain the area under wheat cultivation Is 25,285 acres greater than ln 1901. The recent weather throughout Great Britain has greatly .helped its farmers ln completing their belated harvest Harvesting Is progressing favorably In Den mark, Rye and wheat are of normal yield and good quality. , The wheat crop of Italy, according to present Indications, will be approximately 130,000,000 bushels. The recent rains In Argentina entirely saved the crops, and It Is expected tho yields will ex ceed last year by over 40 per cent. 5S4 barrels; exports, 20.67S barrels Market moderately a.cilvef and held at full limits. Wheat Receipts. 123,275 bushels; exports. 47,242 bushels. Market for spot firm. No. 2 red, 78c elevator; 77i7Sc f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. 82&C . o. b. afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba. 83Vl83ia f. o. b. afloat Options- opened easy on disappointing cables and larger Northwest receipts, but speedily ral lied and had an irregular advance with corn, holding firm all day. Buying was stimulated by larce clearances, talk of rain and lessened crop estimates until the last half hour, when It ceased because of poor export trade. Tha close was unsettled at Uc net advance. May, 77 7-167S4c, closed 7Sc; December, T7U 78 3-1 6c. closed 7SKc. Hops Firm. Hides Steady. Wool Steady. . Butter Receipts, 5700 packages. Market steady to firm. State dairy, 1SS22&C; cream ery, extra, 24c; crearrfery, common to choice. 17S24c. Eggs Receipts, 5000 packages. Market firm. State and Pennsylvania, 2224cT "Western can dled, 2123c 1 Grain nt Sun Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 17. Wheat strong. Barley strong. Oats firm. Spot quotations:- Wheat Shipping. $1 23; milling, $1 279 1 30. . Barley Feed, $1 l'l 20; brewing, -1 21. Oats Red. 1 071 30; white, $1 17ttl 30; black. $1 071 33. ; Call board sales: Wheat Strong; December, ?1 26; May, $1 28K: cash, SI 23. Barley Strong; December. $1 19: May, $1 21j5. Corn Large yellow, $1 451 47. European Grnln Markets. LONDON, Oct 17. English country markets steady. LIVERPOOL. Oct. 17. Wheat Quiet' and easy. No. 1 standard California, 6s 5;d. Wheat and flour In Paris steady. French country markets steady. Weather, ln England, partly clear. Dairy Produce at Chicago. CHICAGO. Oct 17. On the Produce Ex change today, the butter market was firm; creameries. 16823c: dairies, 15321c Eggs Firm; loss off, 21c. Cheese Steady; 10HllHc. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Oct 17. The cotton market opened steady, with prices 2 points higher to I point lower, and closed steady, with" prices net 35 points higher. High Tariff Curelesncss. Boston Herald. We spoke the other day of the frank ness of -Senator "Lodge in the admission that the Wilson-Gorman tariff was a pro tective measure. He eald this, while all about his fellow-orators were declaring that the operation of that tariff showed the effects of free trade. But we fear Wheat areas ln Australia have been helped 1 that Mr. Lodge was careless rather than by heavy rains, Generally favorable reports of coming crops have been received from all provinces of India. The rice crop of Japan, hurt by tho wet Summer, probably will be below the average. Tho official estimate of ' Spain is that thl country wilK have the largest wheat crop for many years, and will have a considerable sur plus for exportation. The Nile flood this year Is the lowest In tho last 25 years, and although the scarcity ot water will partly be compensated for by tho new works executed by the British Government, frank when he put Into the resolutions at the Republican State Conventkm last week the statement that "the hahlt of charging to the tariff whatever Ilia, real or Imagined, afflict the country, has be come an evlC of Itself." Or perhaps Mr. Lodge Is not responsible for this any moro than ln admitting it ln the revision that he gave to the resolutions. It is so dam aging an assertion for the high tirlfflte3 that It contradicts logically all that they had claimed for the tariff In saying that Whatever water is available ln Egypt will be principally applied to the cotton crop, leaving beans, malse, lentils, etc., to bear the chief effect of the scarcity. tho crops in Upper Egypt are likely to suffer. the country owed Its prosperity to that legislative measure, with what possible fice, after decladag that the habit of charging evils to the tariff had become an evil In Itself, can men turn about and claim that good to the-country should all be credited to that source? Hero Is a con tradiction, that political partisans- should shrink from presenting to Intelligent men, so apparent Is It upon Its face. It was rank carelessness to let It into Repub lican resolutions unless the claim that public prosperity is dependent upon the tariff Is 'about to be abandoned. ST, changed Wool nt St. Louis. r LOUIS, Oct 17. Wool Quiet and un- WHEAT CLOSES HIGHER. Better Cables and Advance in Corn Helps Chicago Market. CHICAGO, Oct 17. Wheat was again Irreg ular and the volume of business Wafs fairly large. Weather 'conditions were against tho market, but higher cables and the decided ad vance in corn caused a strong feeling to the situation. Early ln the session prices were higher but a large amount of long stuff, espe cially May, was dumped on the market, to gether with considerable short selling, and these factors brought about a Reduction. With Improvement ln tho outside markets, there was another rally, and the close was firm and high er. December opened a shade to c lower, at 7171c, advanced to 72&C, -declined to 71c, only to rally again to 71c. The close was Uc hlcher, at 72&c. Trade ln corn reached such Immense propor tions that it was Impossible to tell who was buying or who was selling, but In spite of the large volume of business, there were no new features to the situation It was simply a case of only one or two prominent longs hold ing the whip over the shorts, who covered free ly today, resulting In a sensational advance. At one time December was over 2c above yes terday's closing price. Tho excitement did not subside any until large quantities of long corn had been thrown Into the pit. After the lull ln December, commission houses took on con siderable May, advancing that option also. The close was strong and higher. December 'closed 11C higher, at 62c. There was little trading ln oats, but the mar ket was firm, ln sympathy with corn. Decem ber c up, at 3154.C Provisions wero strong on higher prices of hogs and on strength ln corn. January pork closed 7c higher, lard unchanged and rlb3 6c higher. The leading futures ranged aa follows: WHEAT. Opening. Highest Lowest CIw. October , $0 70, $0 71 $0 70 $0 70 December .... 71 72 71 72t May 73i$ 74 73$ 74 CORN. October eOft 01 COM 61 December 51 53V 51 52" May 43 44 43 44Vi f OATS. Oct (new) .... 31 31 ZVA 31 Dec. (hew) ... 31 31 31 31 May 32 32 S2& 32 MESS PORK. October ..'....17 25 17 47 17 25 17 45 January 15 93 10 15 15 90 16 02 May 13 00 15 25 15 00 15 12 LARD. October ., 11 15 1120 1105 1120 January 9 35 9 35 9 25 9 30 ,May 8 CO S 67 8 55 8 62 SHORT RIB3. October 12 00 January 8 45 8 50 8 40 8 47 May 8 02 8 07 8 02 8 05 .Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady. Wheat No. 2 Spring, 7374c; No. 3, 0Sc; No. 2 red. 7071c. Corn No. 2. 61c; No. 2 yellow, 62c. Oats No. 2. 28,428c; No. 3 white, 30tf 34c. RyeV-No. 2, 3434c. Barley Fair to choice malting, 4356e. Flaxseed No. 1, $1 18; No. 1 Northwestern, ?1 19. Mess pork $17 45017 50 per bbl. Short ribs sides Loose. $11 7512. Dry salted shoulders Boxed, $9 75j)10. Short clear sldes Boxed, $1212 25. Clover Contract grade, $11 25. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 24.800 17,900 Wheat bushels ,....152.000 39,600 Corn, bushels 202.-500 J61.300 Oats, bushels 295,100 142 400 Rye. bushels 8.100 2.20"1 Barley, bushels 77,400 119,000 Grain and Prodnce at New York. NEW YORK, Oct. IT. Flour Receipts, 22,- j "I have called, sir," said the young man to the editor, "to request you to make a correc tion. I sent In an Item referring to my recital, ln which I described myself as 'tho amateur bugler,' and your paper printed It 'tho amateur bungler.' " "Oh, well," said the editor, "why not let well enough alone?" Judge. P0GS0N, PEL0UBET & CO. IC Hennessy Building, Butte New York Office 20 broad Street Scott's Santal-PepsmCapsuIes A P0SS7IVS CURE For InflanunatSsn or Catarrh of tho Bladdeztand Diseased KJdaoys. No-euro no pay. Cores qnlckly and Parsaa sontly tha worst cases of Gonorrhoea-, unci Oleet, no matter of how-long stand ing: Absolatelr.-h&naleas. Sold by drucnlsts. 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