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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1905)
THE MORXUTG. OREGOyiAK. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1905. 13? SUGAR GOES DOWN Ten-Cent Decline in AH Re fined Grades. DUE TO IMMENSE CROPS Manipulation of Eastern Tomato Market Car Shortage Inter-' feres With Wheat Buying. Advance In Poultry. 4 CIIITJ TT.flnAfl -t-i4. rl!ni in cents. CANNED GOODS 'Manipulation In Bostern tomatoes. , HOPS Large purchase at Salem by ax porter. FRUIT Peach market -weakened by expected receipt. WHEAT Buying checked by car ssmrtage. POULTRY Opening prices one cent 4 higher. BGGS Eastern stock offering. AH grade of reflned sugar dropped 10 cents a hundred yesterday In the East and on this CnfC The- prospect of big crops In Europe and tN Cuba, hat made a. very weak market. Btrpe la known te have an Immense crop f beets thla year and for this reason the New York refiners have, for the past two or three days, been refusing to take over raws from the importers, in an effort to force them down. They finally succeeded in bringing eswugh pressure to bear en the importers to roeeeed in their object and the 10-cent reduc tten announced yesterday followed. The net prlee to Jobbers on both coasts Is now the rune. Loet Winter, through specula tion, prices) In New York were muoh higher than here. In the face of the big production In all the sugar countries Europe's crop alone betag over 1.000.000 tons In excess of that T 1W4 the market has a weak undertone, and the natural tendency of prices la there fore downward. ADVANCE IN TOMATOES. .Extensive Manipulation Reported In Eastern Markets. About the firmest article in the canned goods market at the present time is tomatoes. Ad vastee-s have been coming along with much reg Mlarlty. the latest being a rise of 15 cent a dooea In California gallons. The Eastern mar ket Is la the threes of manipulation, according to the trade paper, one of which of recent date rays: A ffature of the situation that is coming more to the front as the season progresses Is the comiecttet) with the upward trend of th market, of the tomato syndicate. It in stated on the authority of one of the bt poMod buyers in the market that thin syndi cate is hot in possession or between 1,000.000 and 1. .$. 00$ eases of stock, and that Up man IstwlaMos aided by the unfavorable growing weather and lighter acreage in the product this year. Is responsible for the prevailing mar ket Said a broker yesterday: "The recent advances In tomatoes are the re sult of skillful manipulation by the syndicate. The Interests Identified with the movement are 1 a position practically to dictate terms to the Jobber. I look for a fl I. o. b. factor market on full standard Ss before the toma to pocking season ends. It is even now prac tical!? tmponstbic to buy en the P0c or even PSHc f- . b. factory basis en full standard 31. We are disgusted with the actions or the syndicate. If we succeed In working up the Jobber to the point where he is wilting to pay POc per dozen we can't get the order con Armed, paekera wiring us the market has again advanced. Wc are out of It until the sttwatten has Mttled te a steady basis. A good deal will depend upon the late Fall pack of tomatoes as to whether the price will be main tained. If the packing is late, then the chances are more favorable to the Jobber. Some goods packed new are highly colored and a good many slack-filled cans are likely to make their appearance In the market." WHEAT SELLING FREELY. Dealer Loudly Complain of Car Shortage Ocean Lines Congested. Wheat dealers report a libera! soiling move ment en In the country, but complain that more grain is being offered than they can take care of. There Is no relief, they say. In the car e.hortage trouble, notwithstanding all the prmnfe-ee that have been made. There Is also congestion en the ocean transportation lines, as the regular steamers have more wheat of fered than they can find space for. and a arge number of the Independent boats have gone Into the lumber trade. Wheat prices held 8m, but without mueh change. POOL-TRY OPENS HIGHER. Good Demand la Promised This Week Eastern Eggs Offering. The poultry market opened this week with prices about 1 cent higher than they dosed last wjek. though there was very little stock en hand yesterday en which to quote values. The demand promises to be very strong for eeveral day at least, as the large retailers are said to have but little on hand. Old hens and Springs were Quoted at the same price yesterday. Eastern eggs were offeted freely on Front street yesterday at 26 cents, and Oregon stock eott from 26 to 27 cents, the ranee probably feeing according te quality. There was no change In the butter situo tten. EXPORTER BUYS HOPS. La Vic, Through Krebs Bros.. Get 540 Bales at IS Cents Early Trading Expected. The largest transaction that has ooourred In the hep market in a long time was closed at Salem yesterday when Krebs Bros, bought bales of choice 1005s of T. A. Llvesley & Co The price Is understood to have been 13 cents. Krebs bought the lot for George A. LaVle. of New York City, a big ekporter. There is much less bearish talk heard In the market now and the Impression seems to be gaining ground among dealers that the bottom has been reached. Some experienced hopmen are of the opinion that the market will open in full blast much earlier than expected and that Instead of waiting until the middle of October, bjiyers will be out In force before this month Is closed. All sorts of forecasts are being made now on the size of the English crop, as the time for such guesswork Is limited. About October 1 the English figurea will be given out. Not only In this country', but in England are the esti mates as far apart as they can be, for a cable was received yesterday saying the crop nrcrald be 700.000 hundredweight. This would Indicate a perfect crop, whereas the English paper that have been received have shown that the crop was more or less damaged. PEACHES NOT PLENTIFUL. But Market la Easier sts Two Carloads Are car at Hand. Peaehesjarere In light supply yesterday, but the market .showed a somewhat easier, tone a a car of Salwaya'is due Wednesday and another car Thursday. Three car' of "ba nanas were received yesterday and all were In very fine condition. Gravensteln apples are doing a little better, owing to the smaller supply and good de mand, fancy stock bringing $1.50. Thenext table apples to come In will be Kings. Con cord grapes were more numerous yesterday and were held at S3 cents for five-pound baskets and 43 cents for ten pounds. The market Is still glutted with tomatoes which sell at 25030 cents. Two cars of sweet potatoes came In yesterday In good shape. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Balances. Portland L353.007 $248,635 Seattle 1.I5C.142 217.772 Tacoma 668.548 58.707 Spokane 042,113 113.699 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain, Flour, Feed, He FLOUR Patents. $4.50 4.95 per barrel; straights, $ I 4.23; clears, $3.73 6 $4; Valley. $3.60 4. 10; Dakota hard wheat, $ tt.30 07.23 ; Graham. $8 25 3.75; whole wheat. $3.73 4; rye flour, local, $5; Eastern, S5.50 9-5.60; co ram ml. per bale, $1.9062-20. OATS No. l white feed. $23 24; gray. $22 per ton. WHEAT Club, 69370a per bushel; blueetem, 72278c: Valley, 71c. BARLEY Feed. $20 per ton; brewing. $21; rolled. $22023. RYE $L30 per cental. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $1S per ton; mid dlings. $24.30: shorts. $19; chop. U. S. Mills. $16; linseed dairy feed. $18; alfalfa meal. $18 per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 90 pound sacks. $6.75; lower grades. $506.25: oatmeal, steel cut, 50-jound sacks, $8 'per barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oat meal (ground), 30-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4 per bale; split peas. $5 per 100-pound sack: 25-pound boxes, $1.40; pearl barley, $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25 pound boxes, $L25 per box; pastry flour, 10 peund sacks. $2.50 per bale. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy. $1415 per ton; Valley timothy, $11912; clover, S860; cheat. $7.5089; grain hay. $839. Vegetables, Fruit, Etc, DOMESTIC FRUITS - Annies. Xlfil.50 kperbox; peaches, 6Oc0$1.15 per crate; plume. wvim; I't rraic; cniiiBtvupra, .ircw)i..ze craic; crate; pears, $11.25 per box; watermelons, sif:lc per pound; crabapples, $1 per box: grapes, muscat. $1.25 per box, Tokay. $1.65. black. 75c$l; concord, 25ft43r; casabas. $20 2J50 per dozen; pears. $1.50; blackberries. $2 per crate; huckleberries. 8c per pound. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, choice $6? 6.50; oranges. Valencia, fancy. $505.23 per box; grapefruit. $3gf3.5A: nmrappler, J2.50 dozen; pomegranates, $101.23 per box. FRESH VEGETABLES Beans. l4o per pound; cabbage. lQIMc per pound: cauli flower. 75J?JK)c per dozen; celery. 73S00c per dozen; corn. SQOc per dozen: cucumbers. 10015c per dozen; egg plant. $1.75 per crate; peppers. 7Cf&c per pound; pumpkins. lU91Hc; tomatoes, 2530c per crate; squash, 5c per pound. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $L251.40 per sack; carrot. $1.25 1.56 per sack; beets. $iei.25 per sack; garlic. 12?c per pound. ONIONS Oregon, 9003$ I per sack; Globe. 73c per sack. POTATOES Oregon extra fancy. 65 75c per sack; common, nominal; Merced sweets, 2 02 Vic per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 70c per pound: apricots. 12 12 He; peaches. 16H 12ViC: pears, none; Italian prunes, .none; California rigs, white. 4CT0e per pound; black. 4 63c; bricks. 12-14-ounce packages. 75 85c per box; SS-ounce. 52 5?2.40; Smyrna, 20c per pound; dates, Fard. 6c. RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages. 7 8c; 16-ounce. 8U9c; loose muscatels, 3i 74c; unbleached seedless Sultanas. 6c; London layers, 3-orewn whele boxes of 20 pounds. $1.85; 2-crown. $1.75. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc, BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream ery. 30 82 Is c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery. 25fl0c: More butter, 14 16c; Eastern creamery, 203270. EGGS Oregon ranch. 20 67 Vic; Baptern. 26c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 13HCP 14c: Young America. I413c. POULTRY - Average old hens. lZViiie: mixed chickens. 13S134r; old roosters. oslOc; young nxterw, ll12e; Springs. I3HS14e: dreseed chickenp. 14c: turkeys, live, 2&23e; turkeys, dressed, choice. 20024c: geese, live, per pound. 89c; geese, dressed, per pound. lOCfllc; dueks. lSffl4c; plgens. $11.23; squabs. $22.50. Hops. WooL Hides, Etc. HOPS Nominal. WOOL Eastern Oregon average best. 19 C? 21c; lower grades down te lc according to shrinkage; Valley. 23 627c per pound. MOHAIR Choice. 0c per pound. HIDES Dry hides: No. 1, 16 pounds and up. 10H17c per pound; dry kip. Ne. 1. S to 10 pounds. 14 13c per pound; dry calf Ne. 1, under 5 pounds, 17618c; dry salted, bulls and stags, one-third less than dry flint; (culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored, murrain, halr-cllpped. weather-beaten or grubby. 2Sc per pound less). Salted hides: Steers, sound, 00 pounds and over..910c per pound; 50 to GO pounds, SViQPc per pound; under 50 pounds and cows, 89c per pound; salted kip. sound. 15 to 30 pounds, itc per pound; talted veal, sound. 16 to 14 pounds. 9c per pound; salted calf, sound, under 10 pounds, 10c per pound; (green unsalted, lc per pound less: culls, lc per pound less). Sheep skins: Shearlings. No. 1 butchers' stock. 25Q30c each; short wool, No. 1 butchers' stock. 40830c each; medium, wool, Ne. 1 butchers' stock. 00SOc; long weeL No. l butchers stock. $1 1.50 each. Murrain pelts from 10 to 20 per cent less er 12 14c per pound: horse hides salted, each, accord ing to size. $1.501? 3; dry. each, according te size. $19150; colts hides, 25 6 30c each; goa? skins, common. 10915c each; Angora with wool on, 23c ft $1.30 each. TALLOW Prime, per pound. 33Hc; No. 2 and grease. 2 3c. FURS Bear skins,. as to size. No. 1. $2.5C 10 each; cubs, $102; badger. 23 & 50c; wild cat, with head perfect. 25t3'50c: house cat. 5 10c; fox. Vommon gray. 50070c; red. $3 5; cress. $3613; silver and black. $100 (J 200; fishers. $56: lynx. $4.306; mink, strictly No. 1. according to size. $1(32.50; marten, dark Northern, according to size and color. $10ff 15: marten, pale, pine, according to size and color, $2.50 9 4; muskrat, large. 10 15c; skunk, 4030c; civet or polecat. 3010c; otter, large, prime skin, $e10; panther, with head and claws perfect, $29-5: raccoon, prime. 303Oc; mountain wolf, with head perfect, $3.50 3; coyote. 60c$l; wolverine. $08; beaver, per skin, large. $30; me dium. $34: small. $191.50; kits. 50975c. BEESWAX Good, clean and pure. 20 22c per pound. C A SCAR A SAGRADA (Cblttam bark) Good, 3c per pound. Dressed Meats. BEEF Dressed bulls', 19 2c per pound; cows. 394c; country steers, 4 94c. VEAL Dressed. 75 to 123 pounds. 7HO 8c; 125 to 200 pounds. 496c; 200 pounds and up. 394c. MUTTON Dressed, fancy. 6 97c per pound: ordinary. 4 95c; lambs. 797H& PORK Dressed. 100 to 150. 7 97 He; 130 and up. 696Hc per pound. Groceries, Nats, Etc COFFEE Mocha. 26928c; Java, ordinary. 18922c; Costa Rica, fancy. 18920c; good. 169lEc; ordinary. 10912c per pound; Colum bia roast, cases, 100s. $14.25; 50s, $143: Ar buckle. $15.75; Lion. $15.75. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, $3.37;4; Southern Japan, $3.50; Carolines, 59ffHc; brokenheod, 2"c. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound tails. $1.75 per dozen; ,2-pound talis. $2.40; 1-pound flats. $1.85; fancy. 191-pound flats. $1.80: Vt -pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink, 1 -pound tails S5c; red, 1-pound tails, $L80-corkr. 1-pound tails. $1.S3. SUGAR Sack basis. 100 pounas: Cub $5.70; powdered. $5.45; dry granulated, $5.35 extra C. $4.85: golden C. $4.75; fruit sugan S5.35; advances over sack basis, as foliows Barrele. 10c; half-barrels, 25c; boxes, ooc per 100 pounds. (Terms: On remittance within 15 days, deduct Ue per pound; If later than IS days and -within 30 days, de duct He per pound; no discount after 30 days.) Beet sugar, granulated. $5.25 per 100 pounds; maple sugar. 15918c per pound. SALT California, $11 per ton. $L60 per bale; Liverpool, 50s, $17; 100s. $16.50; 200s, $16; half-pound 100s. $7; 50s, $7.50. NUTS Walnuts. 13c per pound by sack, lc extra for less than sack; Brazil nuts, 15c: Alberts, lie; pecans. Jumbos, 14c: extras targe, ioc; airoonos. l. -v JOXc: chest nuts, Italians. 15c; Ohio, $4.60 per 23-pound drum; peanuts, raw. 7t per pound: roasted. 9c; plnenuts, 10912c; hickory nuts. 7c; cocoanuts, 7c; cocoanuts, 35990c per dozen. BEANS Small white, 3H94Ue; large white, ZVtC, pink. 3U93Hc; bayou, 45 95c; Lima. GKc. Provisions and Canned Meats. HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, 14c per pound; 14 to 16 pounds, 13ic; 18 to 20 pounds, 13&c; California (picnic). Sfec; cottage hams. 8o shoulders. 9c; boiled ham, 21c; boiled picnic ham, boneless, 15c. BACON Fancy breakfast, 19tfc per pound: standard breakfast, 174 c; choice, 16c; English breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds; 15c: peach bacon, 14a DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears. 11c; dry alt. 12c smoked: clear backs. He: dry salt, 12c smoked: clear bellies, I'd to' 17 pounds average,' none; Oregon 'exports,' 26 to 23 pounds, avertge, llX.c; dry salt. I2tc smoked; Union butts, 10 to IS pounds aver age, none. PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels. $18; half-barrels. $9.50; beef, barrels, $12; half barrels. $60. SAUSAGE Ham. 13c per pound; minced ham. 10c: Summer, choice dry. 17Hc; bo logna, long. 3 He; welnerwurst, Sc: liver, 6c; pork, 9910c; headcheese, 6c; blood, 6c; bo logna sausage, link, 4 He CANNED MEATS Corned beef, pounds, per dozen. $1-23; two pounds. $2.35; six pounds, $S. Roast beef. flat, pounds, $1.23; two pounds. $2.23; six pounds, none. Roast beef. talL pounds, none; two pounds. $2.33; six pounds, none. Lunch tongue, pounds. $3.15. Roost mutton, six pounds. $&50. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered, tierces, lie; tubs. UUc; 50s. HUc; 20s. Uc; 10s. llic; 3s. 11 tc Standard pure: Tierces. 10c; tubs. 104c; 50s. 10c: 20s. loe; 10s. 10jIc; 5s, lOTic Compound: Tierces, 6s; tubs. 6Hc; 50s, 6Hc; 10s. 6ic; 5s. 63c Oils. TURPENTINE Cases, S6c per gallon. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7Uc; 300-pound lots. 7;c; less than 500-pound lets. Sc. GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases .23 Vic; Iron barrels, 17c; 86 deg. gasoline, cases. 32e; Iron barrels or drums, 26a COAL OIL Cases, 20 he; Iron barrels, 14c; wood barrels, 17c; 63 deg., cases, 22c; Iron barrels. lS'.ic LINSEED OIL Raw. 5-barrel lota, 63c; 1 borrtl lot. 54c; coses. 59c; boiled. 3 -barrel lot. 55c; 1-barrel lots. 56c; cases. 61c HKY TONE IN WHEAT PIT MOST OF SEWS AT CHICAGO IS OF BEARISH NATURE. Heavy Shipments During Past Week From Baltic Ports Increase In Visible Supply. CHICAGO. Sept- IS. In the wheat pit ot the start the December option was a shade lower to H&Kc higher, at SiUS&tKc. Con tinued rain In the Northwest Induced general buying during the first hour. Aa a result the market was quite firm. December touch ing 84Hc Weekly statistics, however, were extremely bearish. Probably the most Im portant feature waa the heavy shipment of wheat during the past week from Black Sea "porta, the total movement from that locality being fl.32S.000 busljels. .as against 6,192.000 bushels the corresponding time last year. The wortd'a total shipments were nearly 3,000,000 in exceei ef the amount estimated In advance. In addition, there was an Increase ef 719, 000 bushels In the world's visible supply. Aside from the foreign situation, two domestic fac tors encouraged the bears. One Influence was the huge amount of wheat arriving at North western markets. Despite unfovorable weather conditions, receipts today at Minneapolis and Duiuth were 1.205 cars, against 871 ears o year age. A scarcely less important factor was the liberal primary movement, receipts today kt all the principal grain centers be ing 1,580,000 bushels. Toward noe the ab sence ef any apparent support from the lead ing bulls inspired confidence In the minds of bears and caused increased selHag pressure. Yielding to thin tendency the December de livery rradually c4d off to S3Uc Covering by shorts cAused a moderate rally, but the mar ket closed rather ea. with December at Sl4c. Corn was firm early, but weakened under heavy sales, and closed with prices at the Vwet point. December opened 9Uc high er at 4&H9-I5UC. sold off to 4 4 tie, and closed at the bottom. Sentiment in the eats pit was bearish. The market closed at about the lowest point ef the dsy. December opened unchanged te jic lewei. at 2SH&2&HC. sold off, to 2SU.C. and dosed at 2SU52SSc Provisions were steady en a scattered de mand. At the clos. January pork waa up 5c. lard was a shade higher at 6.6&fl6.S7H. and ribs were up 2Vic at J8.Se. The leading futures ranged as fellows: WHEAT. September $ -83Ti $ -84 $ .83H December 84V1 -5S, .84 May 867. -S? .8 CORN. Sept. (eld.) M .54 .S1H .62H Sept. (new.) 54H .S4U .54 .32 Dec (eld 46K .46, .45 .4S Dee. (new) .45H 4$U .44H -44Va OATS. May .44 .454 .H September .2Jj December 2 .254 .2f .2SH May rS .34? -3U MESS PORK. October 14.1K) 1S.W 14.90 14.93 January 12.45 12.47 12.42 12.42H ' LARD. OrfftJvr 7.724 7.80 7.724 7.72 Vi November 75 7.4S 7.40 7.42K January G.S7Vi C.57H 6.6 SHORT RIBS. October 8.05 S.72Vs 8.0) 8.W January -52 "5fl Cash quotations were as feitewa: Flour Steady. Wheat-Ne. 3. SOgSSc: No. 2 red. SK84c. Corn No. 2. 82c: No. 2 yeMow. 32fce; Oats Ne. 2. 27ie; No. 2 white, 2Vc: No. 3 white 27e2SAc. ' Rye Ne. 2. 67&G9C Barley Good feeding, 36UQ7c; fair te ehetee malting. 42$4Sc Flaxseed No. 1. 92c: Ne. 1 North wt tern. PSC Timothy Prime, $3.23. Mtf perk Per barrel. $15.(-15.M. Lard Per 100 pounds. $7.67. Short ribs sides Loose. $S.&09&S. Short clear sldc-Boxed. $3,7569.6. Clover Contract grade. $11.75912.10. . Receipts. Shipments Flour, barrells 31.700 a5,46 Wheat, bu-tsels 2.00 $.40O Corn, bushels 443.fi0 912,500 Osts. bushels 433,000 2SS.400 Rye. bushel 13.000 8.500 Barley, bushels 12W.S00 9.500 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. Flour Receipts, 11. 500 barrels; exports, 4660 barrels. Quieter, but firmly held Wheat Receipt. 15S.6O0; exports. 23,700 bushel. Spot, easier; No. 2 red. STSic ele vator and 9c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duiuth. 91Uc to arrive f. e. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Manitoba. 69slc te arrive f. o. b. afloat. Options opened steadier on Arm cables), bad weather news. Western bull sup port and covering, but turned weak at noon under big receipts, bearish weekly statistics and liquidation. Later It rallied en demand and closed only Uo pet lower. May dosed 90Uc; September closed 8Sc; December dosed BSTtc. Hops Quiet; olds. Si? 11c Hidee and wool Steady! Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18. Wheat and barley, steady. Spot quotations: Wheat-Shipping. $L4091.50; milling. $1.R2H 91-60. Barley-Feed. $1.02H9L07H: brewing. $1,109 1.12. Oats Red. $1.1391.(5;. white. $1.3781.45; black. $1.1591-63. Call board rales: Wheat December, $I.3S&. Barley Deceinber. $1.04. Com Large yellow. $1.37iflL42. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 18. Wheat-September. 80ic; December, S15ic: May. S4i9&4Tic; No. 1 hard. S4ic; No. 1 Northern, S3c; No. 2 Northern. 77978c Wheat st Uverpool. LIVERPOOL. Sept. IS. Wheat December. 6 SVW: March. 0s Tlid. Weather In England today was fine. WHeat at Tacoma. TACOMA. SepL IS. Wheat Unchanged; bluestem. 72c; club. C&c; red. 63c Visible Supply of Grain. NEW YORK, Sept. 18. The visible supply of grain Saturday. September 16, as com plied by the New York Produce Exchange ii as follows: Bushels. Increase. Wheat 13.356,000 l.llfl.OOO Corn 5.799.000 61,000 Oats ... 13.OS6.000 2.037 000 Rye 934.000 15.000 Barley 1.S7S.000 375.000 New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. Cotton futures closed barely steady to 7 points decline, September. 10.23c; October. 10.31c; November. 10.29c; De cember. 10.37c; January. 10.40c; February, 10.46c; 'March, 10.50c; April. 10.53c? May. 10.57c v- " - : S HIGHER San Francisco Spot and Spec ulative Market Strong WHEAT IS BARELY STEADY Cargo of HaSold for "Vladivostok. Potatoes "'arVd Onions in "-Excessive Supply Eggs Arc ""." r Moving Upward. r . j SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18. (Spclal.- Grain options were traded In nearly all day. Barley held up the best with sales of Decem ber up to $1.04H. closing at $1.04H- Cash values of that cereal- were strong. Choice feed sold at $I.07V- Receipts were large but mostly sold ahead. Exporters are be lieved to be Quietly buying in the country for Europe or the Far East. December wheat had a sharp setbacx to $I.33H. In fluenced by the Chicago decline, but closed steadier. Leading Interests report a good demand for choice oats at full prices. Feed stuff and hay were firm. The steamer Dum barton will take 10.000 bales of new wheat and oat hay for Vladivostok from this port. Arrivals ot table grapea were emaller, but the market was weak, dwlng to the heavy carry over. Including a large amount Intended for Paget Sound ports that ml wed connectlorj with yesterday's steamer. A large surplus or old and deteoriated peaches keeps the pace Utr that fruit weak, but It will eoon dfcapper and a better market will be seen. Apples were quieter owlnr to the lack of choice ripe eating stock which Is mostly wanted Pomegranate were more plentiful and quoted at a wider range- Citrus fruits were steady. Receipts pf potatoes and onions exceed re quirements and only the fanciest goods shew steadiness. Eggs are again showing flrmnesa. Upper grades of butter and cheese are steady. Re ceipts. 31,000 pounds butter; 8700 pounds cheese; 26.3(0 dozen eggs. VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 25f?40e: garlic. 35Hc; jrreen peas. 2fJ3ic; string beans. It? 3c; tomatoes. 25030c; okra. 40350c; eggplants. 35650c POULTRY Turkey gobblers. 19S22c: roost ers, old. $4?4.50; roosters, young. $1.50915.30; broiler, small. $202.50; rollers, largr. $2?? 2.50; fryers. $3?S.50; fryers, young. $Al. EGGS Store, 22 Q 20c; fancy ranch, 36c; East ern. e 21c. BUTTER Fancy creamery. 26c; creamery seconds, 22c; fancy dairy, nominal; dairy sec onds, nominal. WOOL-an Joaquin, UgKct Nevada. 15 19c: lambs. IlfjlSc MILLSTUFFS Bran. $20.50321; middlings, $25(727. HAT Wheat. $10044.50; wheat and eats. $10&13; barley. ?gll; alfalfa. $Gg9; clover, $7 10: tck. $5013.50; straw, per bale, 30 050c POTATOES Sallnae Burbanks, 0$1.16; sweet. $1.5061.63. CHEESE Young America. llH12Hc; East ern, 15816c. FRUrrs Apple?, choice. $1.40: common, 50c; bananas. fl?3; Mexican limes. $595.30; Cali fornia lemons. helee, $4.50; common. $1.50; oranges, navels. $23 $4; pineapples. $2&3. HOPS 1904. 13f 15c; 1005. 14315c. RECEIPTS Flour. 23.670 quarter sacksr wheat, 20.991 centals; barley. 14.076 cental."; eats. 6734 centals; beans, 467 sacks; potatoes 730 sacks; bran. 70 ac( middlings. 32S sacks; hay. 1326 tons; wool, 123 bales; hides, 250. STOCKS ARE MOVING OP ADVANCING TENDENCY CONTIN UES IN NEW YORK. Conditions In Money Market Show Some Relaxation' Sudden Spurt in Reading. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. The advancing ten dency of prices which held through last week woo continued in today's etock market. The movement did net persist In full vigor through out the day. as It was Interrupted by occa sional halts and reactions, but there was ne actual reversal of the course of prices. The day was without special incident In the way of news, but advices from all quarters were corroborative of the extraordinary pros perity In all parts ot the country and In all lines of business. The money market offered ne obstacle. These who were operating in the market for higher prices are satisfied, apparent ly so long as the necessary' reduction ef loans by the clearing-house banks to keep their de posit within the legal reserve can be effected by the relieving operations of trust com panles. The extent to which thlsi process Is being carried does not entirely escape crit icism. Immediate conditions in the money market showed some relaxation today. The Treas ury withdrawal from the market was lees than In the corresponding period of last week and New York exchange rose to par. indicating the lessened demand upon New York banks. At the same time, sterling exchange fell away to a lower level, and exchange fell away to a lower level, and local banking houses were lnthe market in London These negotiations were not successful, as the arrivals of gold from India were reserved against the Indian currency. The price of gold was marked up In the local market and discounts there and In Berlin hardened an additional fraction. The London market Is looking forward to a further rise In the Bank of Englandls rate and speculation there was consequently restrained at one time during the day. The momentary strengthening of stocks necessarily gave place to some re selling when the rumor was found to be In correct. ' The unbridled manner of the first spurt In Reading had a disturbing effect on specula tion. The movement In Canadian Pacific was regarded as coming from the some source as that In Reading. Call money was not hold at the maximum level of Friday, but ruled above lost week's level. Sterling ex change moved up from the low lev;l In the afternoon. The closing tone of stocks .was Ir regular. Bonds were Irregular. Total sales, par value, $2,670,600. United States bonds were all un changed on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Lod. Bid. Adams Express. ...... ..... ..... 240 Amal. Copper... 22.300 'S3 824 S2 A. Car &. Fndry. 4.400 36H 36 36H do prefererd --99 H Am. Cotton Oil. , S do preferred "90 Am. Express... 225 A. H. & L ptd. . 1.500 '334 32 H 33 American Ice 26U Am. Linseed Oil 17 do preferred.. 200 40 4 0 39 H Am. Locomotive 17.900 54 H ' SIX 54 do preferred.. 1,600 116 114 115 A. Smlt. 4 R.. 26.200 128 126 127H do preferred 300 123 1224 122U Am. Sugar Refg. 3.900 139 Ti 133 U 139 A. Tob.. pfd. cer. 400 100H 100H 100 Anaconda M. Co. 600 115 113 114 Atchison 7.900 91 H 90 90T do preferred.. 600 103 104 Ji 104 Atlantic Cost L. 2.100 167 166 166 Baltimore A O. . 11.700 113H 112 113H do preferred... 97 H Brk. Rap Tran,. 6.200 69 H 69 69 Can. Pacific 00,300 174 172 H 174 Central of N. J 213 Cues. &. Ohio... 35,100 59 H 3SS 39 Chicago & Alton 200 36 H 35 Ti 36 do preferred.. 78 C Gt. Western. 4.700 22 - 2UH 21 C Northwest. -000 216H 214 H 216 C M. St. P. . 27.200 1SOH 170 , 1S0K C. Ter. & Trans. 200 ia 18 17 do preferred.. , 39 Central Leather 400; 42 41 41 do preferred.. . 600. 103 103. . 103 C, C-. Q lc S:X- 200 101." 100 , 100 Colo. F A. I... 3.700 44tf: 43 43 BARLEY t CQlo. dc So 1.S00 2S 25 2S do 1st pref... 500 62 61 62 do 2d pref 3.100 43 42 42 Con. Gas BOO 183 183 1S3 Corn Products.. 3,000 11 10 10 do preferred.. 700 30 47 43 Del. & Hudson.. 1.300 219 217 217 DeL. L. & W 430 D. & R. Grande. 800 36 33 36 do preferred.. 300 S9 83 SOU Distillers Secur. 400 42 41 41 Erie 32.200 31 51 51 do 1st pref... 1.200 S2 82 82 do 2d pref.... 600 75 74 74 Gen. Electric... 500 1S3 -183 182 Hocking Valley 92 Illinois Central. 3.700 1S2 ISO 130 Intern". Paper.. 3,100 20 19 19 do preferred.. 300 78 73 73 Intern. Pump ..... 23 do prefererd 82 Iowa Central... 100 2S 28 28 do preferred.. 100 56 56 36 Sas. CUr So... 100 27 27 25 do preferred .." - 53 Louis. & Nosh.. 13.100 131 140 150 Manhattan L... 800 165 165 163 Metro. Securities 3.200 S2 81 Sl Metro. SL Ry.. 3.000 128 127 127 Mexican Central. 1,-700 24 23 23 Minn. St- L. . . 72 M.NP & S S M. 1.300 143 141 140 do btrrd.. j.ooo 107 167 166 Missouri Pacific. 14.600 108 107 107 Mo.. Kas.iT. . 3.900 34 ,34 34 do preferred. . 1.700 71 71- 71 National Lead.. 500 48. 48 45 Nor. Pacific 3.900 212 -.'211 211 N. R. R. M. pfd. 38 N. T. Central... 22,600 151 ts 140 151 5C. Y.. O. & W. . 2.000 - 55 54 54 Norfolk & West. 1.400 86 86 83 do preferred. .. 90 N. American... 400 98 08 OS Pacific Mall 600 43 43 45 Pennsylvania .. 60.700 144 143 144 People's Gai 1.900 104 103 103 P.. C. C. & & L. 100 81 81 Sl Press. Steel Cor 2.100 46 45 45 do preferred.. 400 08 93 93 Pull. PaL Car 246 Reading 101.000 122 119 120 do 1st pref i 91 do 2d pref , 94 Republic SteeJ.. 7.000 23 22 '23 do preferred.. 5,000 04 93 03 Rock Island Co. 13.600 34 33 33 do preferred.. 200 80 SO 79 Rubber Goods.. 2.400 33'- 34 35 do preferred.. 200 104 104 104 Sloss-Shef field.. 1,300 03 03 92 S L & S F 2d pf. 67 S. L. Southwest. 300 26 23 25 do preferred.. 1.000 63 62 63 So. Pacific...... 17.300 63 07 68 do preferred.. 400 120 120 120 So. Railway 8.900 36 36 36 do preferred.. 300 101 101 101 Tenn. C. & I... 7.300 87 87 S7 Texas & Pacific. 2.700 37 38 36 T.. St. L. & W 33 do preferred v 3S Union Pacific... 47.S00 133 132 132 do preferred 06' U. a Express 123 U. S. Rubber... 11.400 3S 56 57 do preferred.. 1.70O- 114 113- 112 U. & Steel . 02.300 37 38 37 do preferred.. 17.000 104 104 104 Vlr.-Car. Chem. 100 31 31 31 de preferred.. 200 10S 10S 108 Wabash 7.100 24 23 23 do preferred.. 4.800 45 44 44 Wells Fargo Ex 233 Westlnghous E. 169 Western Union.. 800 04 94 04 Wheel, & L. E. 200 17 17 17 Wisconsin Cent. 300 32 31 31 de preferred.. 1.200 61 60 6tf Totol sales for the day. S07.400 shares. BONDS. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. Closing quotation: U. S. ref. 2.i reg.l04D. & R. G. 4s.. 101 de coupon 104In. Y. C. Ga3s. 99 V. S. 9 reg 104 Nor. Pacific 3s.. 77 do coupon. 104 IKap T9olSt Am lOXfi Nor. Pacific 4s.. 105 U. a new-4s reg.134 do coupon 134 U. 8. eld 4s reg.104 de coupon 103 Atchison Adj. 4s 09 So Pacific- 4s... 98H hjntpn Pacific 4s. 105 Wis. Central 4s. 03 Jap 0s. 2d ser. .100 Jap. 4s, cer... 90 Stocks at London. LONDON. Sept. IS. Consols for money, 80 5-16; consols for account. 39. Anaconda 6 I Norfolk West. Atchison 94' do preferred... de preferred... 10Sj Ontario & West. Baltimore & O. .110 j Pennsylvania ... Can. Pacific 178 'Rand Mines Che. & Ohio... 60Reodlng C. Gt. Western. 22 do 1st pref.... 83 95 36 74 . 0 . 62 . 47 . 47 . 37 . 103 . 70 130 . 98 tr.. at. & St. P.. 183; do 2d pref DeBeers 17 D. & R. Grande. 57 do preferred... 92 Erie 33 do 1st pref 85 do 2d pref. 77 Illinois Central. 103 I,ouls. & Nash . . 154 Mo.. Kas. & T. . 35 N. Y. Central... 133 So. Railway. do preferred. So. Pacific... Union Pacific. do preferred. U. S. Steel 33 do preferred... 10 Wabash 24 do preferred... 45 Spanish Fours... 92 Money,. Exchange, Etc. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. Mcny en call, firm. 2d per cent; closing bid. 2; of fered, 2. Time loans1, steady; 60 days. 3fZ4 per cent; 90 days. 4 per cent; six months. 4f4 per cent- Prime mercantile paper, 4 ff5 per cent. Sterling exchange, easy; closed steady, with actual business In bankers bill at $4.S493f? 4.85 for demand, and at $4.S235g4.S240 for 60 day bills. Posted rates. $ l.834?4.84 and $4.64.S6. Commercial bill. $4.82. Bar silver 62c Msxlcan dollars 17C- Govemment bonds, steady; railroad bonds. Ir regular. LONDON. Sept. IS. Bar sliver, firm. 28d per ounce. Money, ltfl per cent. The rate -ef discount for short bills Is 2 per cent, for three months bills 3 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18. Silver bars. 62c. Mexican dollars, nominal. Draft, sight, lc: telegraph. 3c Sterllng. 60 days. $4.82; sight. $4.85. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Sept, 18. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances in the gen eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve, shews: Available cash balance . Geld coin and bullion .. Gold certificates $133,913,760 57.196.140 42,378.080 LIVESTOCK 3IARKETS. Prices Quoted Locally on Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prfTes were quoted yesterday In the local market: CATTLE Best Eastern Oregon steers. $30 3.75; good cows. $2.23432.50; common cows. $1.50tJ1.73: calves. 123 to 130 pounds. $5; 200 to 250 pounds, $3.304. SHEEP Best Eastern Oregon and Valley. $3.23Q8.50; medium. $3; lambs. $4.23N.50. ' HOGS Best large fat hogs; $6.23g6.50. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City, Omaha aad Chicago. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Sept, IS. Cattle Receipts 15,000; market steady to 10c low er. Native steers. $496; native cows and heifers. $1.6365.23; stockers and feeders. $2.3034.23; bulls. $263.25; calves, $3 6.30; Western steers, $3 8.50; Western cows, $2.50 e&5. Hogs Receipts 4000; market strong to 3c higher. Bulk of sales. $3.25Q5.40; heavy. $5.3063.45; packers. $5.2565.45; pigs and light. $4.50 3.33. Sheep Receipts 5000; market steady. Mut tons. $4.1565.25: Iambs, $3.30 7; range wethers, $4.2305.25; fed ewes, $3.3094.30. CHICAGO. Sept. IS. Cattle Receipts 3000; market steady to 10c higher. Beeves. $3.60fr6.50; stockers and feeders, $2.40 4.45; cows and heifers. $1.334.60; Texas fed steers. $3.2564.50; Western steers. $3.10 4.75. Hogs Receipts 28,000; market slow, bare ly steady. Mixed and butchers. $5.1065.80; good to choice heavy, $5.2005.30; rough heavy. $363.13; light. $5.1505.73: pigs. $4.83 63.40; bulk of sates, $3.30 6 3.80. Sheep Receipts 43,000; market 10c low er. Western sheep. $3.1094.90; native lambs, $3.6067,40; Western lambs. $3,600 6.75. SOUTH OMAHA. Sept, IS. Cattle Re ceipts 6500; market steady. Native steers. $3.1066.10; cows ano. heifers. $2.7594.50: Western steers. $364.65; Texas steers. $2.75 63.S5; cows and heifers, $2 63.40; canners. $1.5062 30; stockers and feeders, $2,236 $4.23; calves, $2.5065.30; bulls, stags, etc. $2363.60. Hogs Receipts 3300; market strong. 5c higher. Heavy. $5.2565.33; mlxid. $3,256 5.32; light. $5.3065.40; pigs, $4.5005; bulk of sales, $5.3095.35. Sheep Receipts 25,000; market steady. Westerns. $4.5063; wethers, $4.25 65; ewes. $2.2564.25; lambs. $660-65. , Reflned Oil and G&seUae Uj. CLEVELAND. Sept. 18. The Standard OH Company today advanced the selling price on oil grades of reflned oil half o cent per gallon. Gasoline Is advanced 1 cent per gallon. The quotations on the various grades of reflned oil and gasoline ore now aa follows: Ohio State test oil, 8c; Water White Ohio" State test olL 8c; Headlight, 173 degree - oil. 10c; Eocene oil. HJaC; V. M. &. P naphtha, 11c; deodorised, crtove, gasoline, 12c; 74-degree to 76-degree gasoline, lis. Downing, Hopkins & Co. - . ' 'Established 1893 - WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor Chamber of Commerce Your Credit Accounts Are they protected against loss? Precaution It not Protection. Losses are inevitable in spite of f every precaution. Ho numari agency can with certainty avoid the daily hourly hazards in business that without warning, impair and destroy profits. CREDIT INSURANCE GUARANTEES PROTECTION TO PROFITS Reduces the risk of Credit Losses to a minimum of safety. Anticipates your Credit Losses for the year at a point of sure profit. Endorses and furnishes collateral on everv account. Removes doubt and places cash sale. OUR Applies to every account In any manufacturing and wholesale busi ness. Covers every possible form of insolvency. Involves an adiustment simole. clear and eaultahle. Every clause Is clearly, plainly raymeno to Folicynolders Past Three Yean $2,127,930.00, Which means that amount of Profits destroyed by Insolvency of customers was J icsiorcain spot casn tnrougn our indemnity. o TS Paxaation. and particulars in our booWet. "Collateral on Merchandise Accounts. Sent free to any CredltMan, Manufacturer or Wholesaler who writes for It, The American Cayital Fall Paid, 51,010.000. 312 Inaiway, New York City. E. N. WHEELER, State Agent, l Dekum BIdg., Portland, Ore. CKWSN1 Every Device Being Tried to Influence the Market. BEARS WORK ON GROWERS Urge Early Selling In Order to Bring About Lower Prices. Yields of Producing Coun- J tries Future Forecast. In a circular letter to the hopgrowers of Oregon. Washington and California. B. J. Smith, a dealer of thla city, -polrfs out the reason why the hears are trying to brlnff about an early selling movement. The letter Is as follows: The critical period Is now at hand, and the bears are using even device known to the faker trade to influence the hopgrower to d!spo5 of his hops, at the fame time advis ing him that the market will eurely go lower, stopping at nothing to -carry out their de signs, and who have absolutely nothing hut their own Interests In view In maliciously misleading the grower. They are willing to sacrifice every grower'o Interest on the Coast to preserve their own. They even have some of their Eastern correspondents also In Lon don, who are on the same side of the mar ket they are. write letters and wlrea express ly for them to show the grower. In absolute opposition to all reports to the contrary. I as sure you that Germany and the Continent -will have less hops than last year. And when the government report of the English crop Is. given out. about October 1. It will be away below 500.000-welght. I am tak ing great pains, at a considerable mone tary expense to keep posted from legiti mate and unprejudiced sources both in Amer ica and Europe. My London correspondents' advise me that any talk -of over 500.000-welght for England Is most ridiculous. Let the growers figure It out themselves. England has but 47.0CO acres of hops under cultivation, and the yards are old. Does It stand to reason that she could raise such an enormous crop? No. It's a malicious misrep resentation on the face of tt. Why. a grower, who would sell his hops at the prices now offered would simply bo com mitting suicide with his crop. And just so mire as the sun rises tomorrow morning. Just so sure will we see ISa and 20c prices In No vember. And before November is over we will see Mven-elghths of the dealers who are now bears, rank roaring bulls, all forcing the mar ket up. so they can sell their cheap hops and make further short mles at a good figure to the brewers. Today the price being offered Is near the cost of production, and when any article gets near the cost of production. It's absolutely safe for the producer to speculate on it him self. It would be an entirely different propo sition, as far as the grower was concerned. If he could get 20c. Then It would become a matter of speculation with the grower. We hear occasionally of a 10c or lie Bala. This is easily accomplished. I go to the grow er and say: Here. I will give .you, say. He for your hops, but I want the contract to read 10c or lie. and here is my check for the balance. Faking isn't In It - with the .game the bears are playing, and they quote these sales to further depress the market. There are never any hops sold for. September delivery. But there are always lots of them sold for Oc tober and November delivery, especially the latter month. Dealers will undoubtedly hold off perhaps un til October 15. so as to give the growers ample time 'to become discouraged. This holding off br the dealers will only make a .swifter mar ketwhen It once opens up. Before November is over we will see 1 00.000 to 123,000 bales shipped off this Coast, and prices ConsTflerably higher than Is now talked. The bears wll know that If they can cause a further depression In prices. It must be done during the next tljree weeks, before the time comes that they will he forced to buy to fill their October and November deliveries. Any reportf of over 30,000 to 35,000 bales for New York State Is Incorrect and misleading, and, In my opinion. New York will not have 30, 000 bales this year. I am placing both my honor, judgment and advice at stake with the growers of the Pa cific Coast in trying- to keep them posted on the tafle situation, and I- furthermore prom lsejlfaca and every one of you that what 1 ten you I believe to be absolutely correct Today I received a cable from one of my most conservative English correspondent, advising- me that about 2S0.00O-welght of the English crop was already harvested, and that It was moU doubtful if 200,000-weIght more could be gathered, as what was left was principally rotten now. The bop market la one of surprises, and I candidly believe that there Is a most happy surprise awaiting the growers this year. If they will stand "pat" until December. A great shortage la now being reported from, the yards In many sections of Oregon, which will more than offset the new acreage. But, as I nave stated before, it matters little whether England's crop Is above or be low BCb.M0-T?e!ght. as sha will taka Ml 000 every account on the secure basis of a CREDIT-INDEMNITY BOND worked, entirely free from ambiguity.! Credit-Indemnity Co., er hew toii 5. H. PHELAN, PrealieaL I J J SrsitVa? ami Ucsst St., St. Lasis, He. American bales anyhow. Then we will be lib eral, and allow, say. 20,000 bales. Imports (which there will not be), and then we will be away short of our own consumption, the best way we can figure it. Growers all over the Coast are much strong er than they were three weeks ago. The few 1004s left are gradually being absorbed, and by December 1 there will be none left. I furthermore suggest to the growers of the Coast that they under no circumstances al low any samples to be drawn from their re spective growths, on a basis of any such prices as are now talked 12c to He Tell the dealer to wait until your hops are for sale In No vember. Then he can have samples. This letter la distributed to 4000 Individual growers of the Pacific Coast. The E. demons Horst Co., of Stn Francltco, Cal.. have turned bulls. Ei J. SMITH. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. IS. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alta Alpha Con. $ .OSjJustlce $ -03 10 Lady Wash. Con. .02 Andes Belcher Best Sc Belcher. Bullion Caledonia Challenge Con... Chollar Confidence 21 Mexican 2l Occidental Con.. 1.03 -ST 3.3S .08 .03 .61 .13 .04 .31 .S3 .30 .03 .12 1.20 Ophlr .3S Overman ...... .39 Potosl .14 Savage .13 Scorpion .75jSeg. Belcher. Con. Cal. & Vs.. 1.30, Sierra Nevada. Crown Point in -silver hiii Exchequer S0Unlon Con Oould & Curry.. .21Utah Con Hale & Norcross 1.23t Yellow Jacket. Julia 00 NEW YORK. Sept. IS. Closing quotations: Adams Con .23LlttIe Chief .$ .03 Alice 32OntarIo 1.30 Breece 47 Ophlr 3.12 .01 .13 .3a .29 .30 1.6C Brunswick Con. . .31 Phoenix Comstock Tun... .07 Coh. Cal. & Va.. 1.15 Horn Silver 1.70 Potosl Savage Sierra Nevada.. Small Hopes.... Iron Silver 3.23 Leadvllle Con... .0tf Standard BOSTON. Sept. 18. Closing quotations: Adventure 0.00 Mohawk. 9 5!J.'-i Allouez 33.00 Mont. C & C. 3.00 Amalgamated. 52.63 Old Dominion. 2u.vJ Am. Zinc u.OO, Osceola 09-5C Atlantic 22.23J Parrot 24.30 Bingham "20.631 Quincy 100.00 Cat & Hecla.. 660.00 Shannon 6.8S Centennial ... 24.83lomaraclt 119.00 Copper Range. 60.23 Trlntty 8.13 Daly West 14.00 fnitea Copper. 23.73 Dominion Coal 70.00 V. S. Mining.. S4.IS Franklin 12.75U. S. Oil 10.-00 Granby 7.3H Utah . - 43.0U Ile Royale... 20.30i Victoria , 4.73 Mass. Mining.. S.OO Winona 10.23 Michigan .... 12.75 Wolverine .... 117.00 Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. The London tin mar ket broke-sharply under speculative offering! and closed with spot quoted at 145 2s 6i and futures at 144 7s Bd. Locally the mar ket was unsettled by the decline abroad, clos ing easy at 31.EO-S31.00c. Copper was a shade higher at 68 13s for spot and 68 12s 9d for futures In the Lon don -market. Locally the situation was un changed, and prices are more or leas nominal In the absence of business. Lake and electro lytic are quoted at 16-3k16.25c, and casting at 15.7516c. Lead was unchanged at 4.854.90c In the local market, and at 13 17s 6d In London. Spelter was firm In both markets, with spot closing at 26 5s in London and at 5.85 5.65c In New York. The foreign iron markets were somewhat Ir regular with standard foundry closing at 47s Id and Mlddlesboro at 4Ss 4d. Locally the market Is reported firm with a good demand. No. 1 foundry Northern Is quoted at J16.75g 17.25; No. 2 foundry Northern. $16.2516.75; No. 1 foundry Southern, J16.75gl17, and No. 2 foundry Southern at 5I5.7516.50. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. The market fdr evaporated apples la considered to be In a strong position, but the few arrivals from the new crop have not shown a desirable qual ity and have sold a shade under regular quo tations. Common to good are quoted at 4H 6c; prime. 7670 ; choice. 7ftc, and fancy. Sc. Prunes ore unchanged with quotations rang ing from 44 to 7Hc. according to grade. Apricots remain quiet, with choice quoted at 8S8Uc; extra choice. 8HSc. and fancy H10c. Peaches are in very light supply on spot. Fancy Is quoted at HHc. Opening prices have been received on one brand of seeded and bleached raisins, but the figures were considered high and attractd lit tle attention. The general spot situation Is unchanged, with loose muscatel quoted at 57Hc: London layers, ?11.15. and eeeded raisins 5tfeUc. Dairy Produce In the East; CHICAGO, Sept. 18. On the produce ex-' change today the butter market was easier; creamery. 1720Hc; dairy. lelSfcc Eggs steady at mark, cases. Included. 17c; firsts. 184c; extras. 22c Cheese firm at llgllSjc. NEW YORK, Sept, 18. Butter Steady; street prices, extra creamery. 21H21Hc; Of ficial prices, common to extra creamery. 1" 21c; Westrm Imitation .creamery, extras, 19Hc; renovated, common to extra. 15320c, Cheese Firm; state full cream, white, fancy, 12c; fair to choice colored. llU?ll?ic. Eggs Steady; Western, extra, firsts, 22c; do firsts, 2021 c. Coffee aad Sugar. NEW YORK. Sept. 18. The market for cof fee futures closed easier and quiet, net un changed to 10 points higher. Sales wera re ported of 24,000 bags. Including December, 7.1537.20c; January. 7.25c; March. 7.30T.40c, and May 7.407.45c. Spot Bto quiet; No. 7. 8?c; mild, quiet. Sugar Raw. nominal; fair refining. 3djc; centrifugal.. 94 teat. Z'c; mo lose es sugar, V,ic JUwairt 'dulL - Jm