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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1906. 15 V. Mi MUCH WHEAT Supplies Remaining in North west Are Light. CARRYOVER WILL BE SMALL European Markets Depressed by Im mense Shipments From Argen tina Australian Movement I Xol Ended Yet. WHEAT Unsaid stocks in North west arc light. HOPS Sale or 300-bale lot re ported. MEATS Butchorf Association buys no beef or mutton on Front street. EGGS Markol advances a cent. POULTRY Receipts light and de mand plow. BUTTER San Francisco market again declining. CHEEK PRODUCE Cold snap checks trade. All the world's wheat markets took a mrn for the worse yesterday. Chicago dumped badly, bat part of tho loss was re gained before Ihf clec of the day. Llver !oot had h good opening, but cloned at a de ilne. In the local market trading was dull. Not much whoat was being offered and deal ers were under no pressure to buy. The prie-s quoted showed no change from the mriy part of the week. Club was quoted at 07 eenta and for hlu?,un. tonn- dealers quot d 1 cent higher, ntlier tho mme as club. Stocks In the Northwest have run so low that It it jwt likely there will be much ac tivity in tlte remainder of the reason, unless something unforeseen Miuuld occur. A local xlilpper ustimatcd yesterday that not over 5.OO&.O00 or C.00U.0IH) bualiols remain in tho country and at tidewater to be moved. "The tthlpinerita up to March 1." he said, "were 30.u00.000 Uaahete. and with 12,000.000 bush els witltdrawn for eeJ and lionie consump tion, it leavtw only a comparatively small quantity with which to meet future require ments. California . will take about 75.000 tons before her new crop is ready and about 1.O00.00O- biwhols will be required for the Tutted Kingdom ships under charter hore and on the Sound. Anotlier million buhcJ V'H K out in Jlour. for a larger quantity ban bean mM foi Vladivostok han mtwt ieo ide Imagine. This will leave only in the lHHffhborbood of 1.000.000 husheis to carry uv-r tills season, as the trade now soanas. It is not oxHcted that much new Euroin-an bsine will le worked up. as wheat cannot ! bought in sufficient quantities at a price that wiSI net a proilt on th returns. The KnglLoh trade can get all the grain It wants from Argentina, shipments from which coun try IttKt week skewed a surprising Increase of over 2.OOO.O11O bushels, and this in itself whs swttkSejit to deprerc prices at Liverpool. Tin Australian movoment fell off sharply, but it U pointed out that Australia will con tlmie to ship throughout this month and next. Th weria's phipmentM. flour included, from the principal exporting countries last work vsmptirc with the pivteux week as follows: March 10. March Z. from i,u. nu r. S. and Canada... . 2.3'.rt,Oo0 2,300.ooo wt. H52.000 1.100,000 lntrtlan ports l.OOC.OBo CSO.iKW iiwJhi jttf.ooo r,c.ono Argentine 5.12S.Xrt 2.0CS.O00 Australia 504.000 1.144.000 Total 10.342.000 8,308.000 Cuantltli on passage for the two weeks were us follows: March 10. March 3. For bu. bu. United Kingdom .32.800.000 32.0S0.O0a Continent 15,52i.MHt 1 -1.320,000 Total -J8.320.OO0 4C.400.0W) The following table exhibits the American visible Mipidy. as compared with previous yean: t bu. Decreaw?. March 12. 1WNJ 47.701.000 MIS.OOO March IS, limr 35.137.Oiio 471 000 March 7. 1004 34.C5S.OO0 Otl'.OOO March H. jna 40.827.000 1,031.000 Marcli 10. U102 r.3.1W..KHt 038.000 March Jl. r.tui 7A.bia.fm I.341.O00 Marnh 12. 100O 53.C!tS.0N :tS5.O00 March 13. 181M 2it.S02.iOO 325 0A Marcli 14. 1S9S 32,4ir,,0O0 507,000 Increase. Rupert coming to hand relative to dam ag in the Northwest by roason of the cold wave are conflicting, and it will be tome time before the uxact conditions are known. A letter from The Dalles yesterday stated that berious damage was dope to wheat In Watco County, and that much of the Fall grain would have to be reeown. Advices from Col fax wore that the good fall of snow had-pro-tccted tho grain. BOYCOTTED BY BUTCHERS. City Association Will Buy No Mutton or Beef on Front Street. An arrangement said to have been en tered into between the Portland Meat Deal rs' Association and the wholesale meat men is causing more or loss worry on the part of Front-street commission men who handle dressed meats. They regard it as practi cally a boycott. The association, which includes perhaps half of the retail butchers, is said to have received a promise from the Union Meat Compnnyt and the Pacific States Packing Company that the latter will not handle hotel and restaurant trade, provided the re tailers do not buy beef or mutton on Front street or from farmers. Veal and pork tho butchers may buy where thoy please, but the commission men think It will be only a question of time before pork is also put on the prohibited list. The wholesalers do -not handle veal, so Front street is safe on that score. Somn of the commission dealers make light of the "boycott." saying it will die a natural death as half of the butchers are outside- of the association and the others will oon find it expedient to buy where thoy can do so cheapest. WEATnER MAKKET TOR EGOS. 1 Vices Jump a Cent on Light Receipts. Chickens Scarce and Slow. Kgg prices were boosted about a cent yes terday. It was a weather market alto gether, and therefore a milder turn to the temperature will cause a drop back to the former figure or below it. Receipts of eggs, as of other kinds of produce were unusually light, but there is no reason to believe that the cold snap has checked tho laying of the hens. The accumulated 'stocks in the coun try will therefore begin pouring In as soon as, the weather moderates. The decrease in receipts of chickens is about all that holds prices up, for the de mand so far this week has been very light. The butter market is without change. The decline has been resumed at San Francisco. Hep Sales at- Current Rates. A few small hop sales are reported at cur rent rates with a fair amount of business be twee dealers. The largest, transaction that has come te Hght this week was the pur chase by J. J. Shores of 300 bales from Roberts, of McCoy, at about 0 cents. There was a rumor In the market that Charles Llvesley bad bought the Look Hop crop at Aurora at 0 cents, but it could not be confirmed. Slow Trade la Fresh Produce. The -demand for fruits and vegetables was cut ehort by the cold weather acd as the Jobbers had all of their stocks in doors, the street bad a deserted appearance. A car of sweet potatoes was the only arrival. Bank Clearing. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: Clearing!". Balances. Portland $1,058,712 $107.O6S Seattle 1.048,852 3S7.S01 Tacoma 1,052,577 138.056 Spokane 700,014 142.187 PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain. Hoar, Feed, Etc FLOUR Patents, $3.85(j-i.5o per barrel; draughts, $3.40(04; clears. t3.35fr3.S0; Val ley, 3.405j;j.tK; Dakota nard wutat. patents. a.6ot;u, ciear. $6; era nam. 3.1Uax75; w&ule wheat, f4.7t34: rye nour, louu. J; Intern. V.u0.o5; curnmcal. per bait, fl.WQz.2i WHEAT Club, 7c; bluestem, U7tfCSc; red, 03c; Valley, 70c. OATS No. 1 white feed, J27.50; gray. $27 per ton. MILLSTUFFS Bran. city. $17: country. $la per ton; middlings, f24.&0; shorts, city. $13; country $11' per ton: chop. V. S. Mills. $17.50; linseed dairy tood. $lb; Acalfa ratal. $1S per ton. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oala, cream. 00 pounds sacks, $0.75: lower grades, $5.2S&C.&0; oatmeal, steclcut. 50-pound sacks, $3 per bar rel; ID-pound sacks, $4.25 per bole; oatmeal (ground), 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per barrel; lo-pound sacks, $4 per bole; split peas, $5 ter 100-pound sacks; 26-pound boxtw, $L40; pearl barley, $4.25 per loo pounds; 25-piund boxes, $1.25 per box; p&stry flour, lo-pound sacics. $2.50 per bale. BARLEY Feed. $23f24 per ton; brewing, $24624.50; rolled, $24.50625.50. BUCKWHEAT $2.25 per cental. HAY Eastern Oregon timothy. $13814 per ton; Valley timothy. $SSt: clover, $7.50tfS; cbtat, ?0S7; grain hay. $738. Vegetables. Fralts. Etc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples $1(32.50 per box; cranberries, $12.5vQ 14.50 per barrel. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $1.SUS3 oer box; orangts, navels. $2j3.25 box: Japan ese. COc psr single box; tangerines, $1.63 pr half box; grapefruit, $23.25; pineapples. $3.75 tj4 per dozen; bananas, Cc per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Artichokes, $1S1.25 per dozen; aiaragus 10ft 11c per pound; beans, 22Vfec; cabbage, lVjc per pound; cauli tlower. $262.25 per crate, celery. 4.505: chlckory. 25c; cucumoc-rs. S1.25G1.50 per dozen; head lettuce, 35 j 40c per dozen; hot house. $1.2501.75; peas. 10S12VjC; pepprs. 25040c: radishes. 20c per cozen; rhubarb. $2.25 per box; tomatocx. California. $2.2532.50 ier crate: sprouts, Cfi!7c per DOunC. parsley. 25c. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. O0cQ$l per sack; carrots, 05375c per ack, beet. 85c0 $1 per tuck; garlic, 10tfl2,c per pound. ONIONS Buying prices: No. 1, 70360c per sack; No. 2. nominal. POTATOES Buying prices: Fancy graded Burbank. 55Q 00c per hundred; ordinary, nominal: sweet potatoes. 2VJQ2Hc per pound. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 11012c per pound: apricots. 12& 12Vfcc; peaches. $10V-,&12c; pears, none: Italian prunes. 5K66lc; Cali fornia figs, white, in sacks. 5 Vic pouna; black, 45c; bricKs, 12-14 ounce packages. 75&5o per box: SS-ounce. $232-40: Emyrna, 20c per pound; dates. Persian, 5?i0Cc pound. RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages SO BMc; IG-ounce. VQlOc; loose muscatel. 2 crown. 77Hc; 3-crown. 7i47?iC: 4-crown. SgSHrc: unbleached seedless Sultanas, 037c; Thompson's fancy unbleached. 12&12Hc; Lon don layers. 3-crown. whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1.75; 2 -crown, $2. Groceries. Nuts. Etc. COFFEE: Mocha. 20tj2ac; Java, ordinary. 16Sf22c; Costa Rica, fancy. 18020c; good. 18 18c; ordinary. llfr c jer pound; Columbia roast, cases. 100s. $14.75; 50s. $14.75; Arbuckle. $1U.3S; Lion. $1C3S. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, Cc; South ern Japan. 5.35c; head, 7c SALMON Columbia River. 1 -sound uils. 51.75 per dozen; 2-pound talis. $2.40; 1-pound flats. $1.85: -fancy. 1 to Impound flats. $l.Su; H-Pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound talis. 90c; red. 1-pound tails. $1.25: cock eye. 1-pound talis. $1.70. SUGAR Sack basl. 100 pounds: Cube. $0.05, powdered. S5.S0; dry granulated. $5.70; extra C. $5.25; golden C, $5.10: fruit sugar. $u.70. Advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels. 10c; -barrels. 25c; boxes. 00c per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances wlUilu 15 days deduct 4c per pound: If later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct He; eugar, granulated. $5.50 per 100 pounds; .maple sugar, 155j16c per pound. SALT California. $11 per ton. $1.00 per bale: Liverpool. 50s $17; 100s. $1C50: 200. $10: --pounds. 100s. $7: 50s. $7.50. NUTS Walnut. 15c per pound by sack; yc extr- for less than sack: Brazil nuts, lCc; tllberts. ICc; pecans. Jumbos. 16c; extra large. 17c: almonds. 14H&15c; chestnuts, Italian. 1216c: Ohio. 20c: peanuts, raw. 7c pound; roasted. 8c: plnecuts. 104T12c: hickor- nuts. 7eSc; cocoanuta. 35300c per dozen. BEANS Small white. 4c: large white, 3c; pink. 2Hc: bayou. 4J4c; Lima, CT4c; red Mexican. 5c. Butter. Eggs. Poultry. Etc BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream fry. 30c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery. 27ViG30c; store butter. 103 EGGS Oregon ranch. lC4ijl7c per dozen. cHIJKSE Oregon full cream, twins. l4Vs 15Uc: Young America. 15fil6l.c POULTRT Average old hens, 13014c; mixed chickens, 12Vj&13c; broilers. 2022c; young roosters. 12gl2Hc: old roosters. 10& lOijc: dressed chickens. 140'lSc; turkeys live. lC&I7c; turkeys, dressed, choice. lSQ20c: geese, live, pound. SfiTOc: geese, dressed, per pound. 10fl2c; ducks. IGaiSs: pigeons. $10 2: squabs. $203. Provisions and Canned Meats. HAMS iO to 14 pounds. 13c pound; 14 to 26 pounds. 13c; IS to 20 pounds. 13c; Cali fornia (picnic), Oc; cottage hams, 014c; ahoul ders, Oc; boiled ham. 10c; boiled picnic ham. boneless. 14c BACON" Fancy breakfast. 184c per pound; standard breakfast. 16Kc; choice 15lc: English breakfast. 11 to 14 pounds. 14ic; peach bacon. 13Uc PICKLED GOODS Pork barrels, $1S: barrels. $0.50; beef, barrels. $12; li-barreis. $0.50. SAUSAGE Ham. 13c per pound; minced ham. 10c: Summer, choice dry. l7Uc; bolog na, long. 54c; welnerwurst- Se: liver, fir? pork. SiflOc; headcheese. Cc; blood, 6c; bo- logna sauKge. im. 4c sausage, link. 4&c NNED MEATS Corned beef. pounds, dozen. $1.25; two pounds. $2.25: six Is. $7. Roast beef. flat, pounds. J1.25; CAJsNEI per dozen, pounds. S two pounds. $2.25; six pounds, none Roat oecf. tal" pounas none: two nou&ds. six pounds. $7. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt. 10c: smoked, llc: clear backs, dry talk 10c; smoked, llc; clear bellies. 14 to 17 pounds average, none: Oregon ex ports. 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt. 11c: -rooked. 12c: Union bellies. 10 to 18 pounds, average, none LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces. I0?c: tubs. 10c; 60s. lOKc; 20s. lltc: 10s. HAic; 5s. IlSc Standard pure: Tierces. SHc; tube. OTtc; 60s. OUc: 20s. lOHc: 10s. 10.c: 5s. 10ic Compound: Tierces. Bc; tubs. C5icl 5os. 6?c; 20s. 7c; 5s. 7?c ' ons. TURPENTINE Cases, 80c per gallon. COAL TAR Cases. 20c per gallon; tanks, cer gallon. GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases. 25c; 72 test. 27c: 86 test. 35c; Iron tanks. 10c WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7-c; 500-pounfl lots. 8c: less than 500-pound lots. SVic (In 25-pound tin palls, lc abov keg price; 1 to 5-pound tin palls, lc aoove keg price; 1 to 5-pound tin cans. 100 pounds per case 2hc per pound above keg price.) LINFKED OIL Raw. In barrels. 54c: in cases. 59c: boiled in barrels. 50c; in cases, 61c: 250-gaIlc lots, lc leg D reused Meats. VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds. Tg'Sc; 120 to 150 pounds. CGCVsc; 150 to 200 pounds, 55ihc: 200 pounds and up, SUg-ic BEEF .Dressed balls. 2H03c per pound; cows. 334tf44c; country steers. 405c 1 MUTTON Drted. fancy, S&e per pound: 'ordinary. 405c; lambs. SgOVac PORK Dressed. 100 to 150 pounds. SSSJSc; 150 and up, 60C4c per pound. Heps. Wool. Hides. Etc HOPS Oregon. 10u5. choice 1010Jjc; prime. SV4ilVjc; medium. 78c; olds, 5jj ,"c WOOL Eastern Oregon avcraxo beac 10 021c: Valley. 24020c icr pound. MOHAIR Choice, 25830c. HIDES Dry: No. 1. 16 pounds tnd up, per pound. 18ff20c; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 15 pounds, per pound. lC01Sc; lry calf. No. 1. under a pounds. 18&21c; dry salted, bull and stags. 1-3 less than dry flint; culls, moth-eaten, bad ly cut, scored, murrain, halr-sllpped. weather beaten, or grubby. 2c to 3c per pound lews. Salted hides: Steers, sound. CO pounds and over, per pound. 10011c; steers, bound. 50 to CO pounds, per pound. 10911c; steers, sound, under SO pounds, and cows, per pound. 0010c; mags and bulls, sound, per pound, 7c; kip, sound, 15 to SO pounds, per pound. 10c; veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds, per pound, 11c: calf, sound, under 10 pounds, per pound, 11012c; green (unsalted), lc per pound less: culls, lc per pound less. Sheepskins: Shearlings, No. 1 butchers stock, each 25030c; short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each 50800c. medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each 75cg$l; long wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each $1.2502; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 per cent lecs, or per pound, 16016c; horse hides, salted, each, according to size. $1.5002.50: cry', each, ac cording to size. $101.50: colts' hides, each, 25060c; goat skins, common, each 15025c; Angora, with wool on, each 3Oc0$l.rO. FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to Kite each $5?20: cubs, each, $103: badger, prime each. 2S&Oc; cat. wild, with head perfect, aotjrs&c: house cat. StJTSfc:: fox. common gray, large prime each. BOtyTOc; red. each. $34?S: cross, each, $6f 15; silver and black, each $100 300; Ushers, each. $508; lynx, each, $4.6006; mink, strictly No. 1. each, accord ing to size $103: marten, dark Northern, ac cording to ilze and color, each $10015: pale pine acording to size and color, each. $2L609 4: muekrat. large, each 12015c; ricunk. each. 40000c; civet, or pole cat. each. 6015c: otter, for large, prime ekln, each $&01O; panther, with bead and claws perfect, each $205; raccoon, for prime large each 60075c: moun tain wolf, with head perfect, each $3.5005; prairie (coyote). G0cQ$l: wolverine, each. $G0S; beaver, per skin, large $556; medium. $307: small. Sltfl.&O; kits. 60076c BEESWAX Good, clean and pure 325; per pound. TALLOW Prime, per pound. 404ic: No. 2 and grease 203c CASCARA SAGRADA (chlltam bark 2a OSc according to aualltr. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. March 13. The market for" evaporated apples is not active export de mand being slack, but attractive fruit Is still firmly held. Common to fair are quoted at 7CSlic; fair to good (1005 crop), SirSTic: nearly' to strictly Vlme. 983fec; choice 10c; fancy. 116 UUc Prune are In fair demand .with prices firmly held and ranging from 4 "4 to Sc. ac cording to grade Apricots show continued firmness, which' has become more marked recently as a re sult of unfavorable reports of the coming crop. Choice are qnoted at 10 He; extra choice 11c; fancy. llirl2Hc- Peachc are In fair demand with choice quoted at 10c: extra choice 10c: fancy. 103i?llc: extra fancy. llJsel3sC Raisins are quiet with loose muscatels quoted at Cric; seeded raisins. SUf5;ic; London layers, $1.30J1.G0. Dairy Produce la the Kast. CHICAGO. March 13. On tho Produce Exchange today the butter market was steady. Creameries. 10J2C4c: dairies. 15 23c Eggs Steady at mark, cases included. ICHc: firhts. 124c; prime firsts. 13Vic; ex tras. 15c Cheese Steady, 11 i i12c. NEW YORK. March 13. Butter, firm, un changed. Eggs Easy. Cheese Firm, unchanged. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, March IX Otten futures closed steady at a net advance of 7 to 12 points. March. 10.28c; April. lOJtSc: May. 10.40c; July. 10.57c; August. 10.52c; Octo ber. 10.00c; November. lO.OSc; December, 10.11c; January. 10.14c SELLING WHEAT HEAVILY CHICAGO MARKET CLOSES "WEAK AND LOWER. Pit-Traders Frightened by AVcathcr Bureau Reports or Snow in Winter Wheat Belt. CHICAGO. March 13. The wheat market was slightly easier at the opening today. In itial quotations on tho May option being ff V S te c at 77 to 78 te. The weak ness was caiw-4 by the selling by traders who were influeneed by the Weather Bureau re ports of snow In many parts of the Winter Wheat section and for Mill more soow taight. During the flrx patt of the 3itoa offerings from local traders wore easily ahorbod by commission houaes and May advanced to 78,lS7S?jc Later, however, the market de clined sharply on Increased selling by pit traders, who were Influenced by the closing prices at Liverpool, which showed a con siderable decline Lower prices for cash wheat and the absence of any export demaad forced May down to 7C?;c The market dosed wtak with May iac off at 70tJ77c. Small receipts of corn Induced active buying in cash houses. Later the market became easier In nympathy with wheat. May closed at 42;&42-sC. a net loss of Uf?ie. Oats were stendy all day. May closed -unchanged at 28 H Provlslons were firm because of'a. lair de mand by packers and a wsardty of offerings. At the ctosc May pork was up to 5ft 7 Vic; lard was 205c higher, and ribs were up to 10c WHEAT Open. High. Liw. Close May $ .7S4 $ .7SH $ .7i $ .77 July 7SH .78; .77 .774 September ... .78 .7S',i .77U .77H CORN. May July .43 .43U .42; .43 .43H . .42 OATS. .43 .September July September 'Aihx .43?; -2S& .2S?; .2S- .28 .424 -4S4 .2S4 .2)5 .27-1 .27?, MESS PORK. May 1K.70 15.725 15.C. 15.724 July 15.00 15.G5 15.52 13.C5 LARD. May 7.771, 7.S0 7.724 7.S0 July 7.874 7.0 7.85 7.trt September ... 7.03 S.V 7.03 S.00 SHORT R1B&. May S-224 8.324 S.224 S.324 July 8.30 S.37 S.25 S.37 Cash quotations were as fellows: Flour Dull and -asy. Wheat No. - Spring. 7G0SOc: No. 3. 72g70c; No. 2 red. 771U07Oic Corn No. 2. 41c;.No. 2 yellow. 41Je Oats No. 2, 2Sic; Ne. 2 white, 31 Ue: No. 3 white. 2Oi0314c Rye No. 2, 508 00c Barley Good feeding, 37c: fair to choice malting, 40050c Flaxseed No. 1, $1.06; No. 1 Northwestern. $L11. Mess pork Per barrel. SIS.COfj 15.C5. Lard "Per HO pounds. $7.50. Short ribs fides Loose $S.104JS.20. Clover Contract grade. $13.60. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 20.000 21.200 Wheat, bushels 10.00U 33.3(H) Com, busheki 2 10. GOO 270.000 Oats, bushels 214.500 203.200 Rye. bushels 1.000 4.VM Barley, bushels 67,000 0,000 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK. March 13. Flour Receipts. 13.200 barrels; exports. 7500 barrels.. Market barely steady with trade light. Wheat Receipts. 40.000 bushels. Spot, weak; No. 2 red. S3ic clovator; No. 2 red. S34c t. o. b. afloat: No. 1 Northern Du luth. Mic f. o. b. afloaL A weaker open ing In wheat. Influence by lower English cables and rplendld weather conditions, was followed by recoverlee Bulls failed to hold the market, however, and In the last hour May broke under 84c through bear pressure and active unloading with the close ltj lUc below the previous night's close May. 53 QSi 15-lOc. closed S3c: July S3O-IC084c closed 83Sc: September 830S4c closed S3c Hops, hides and petroleum Steady. Wool Quiet. Grain at San Fraafclsco. SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. Wheat and barley, steady. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. $1.32Upi5: milling. S1.374S1.474. Barky-Feed. $1.174Q1-21V;: brewing, nom inal. Oats Red. $1.3001.65; white. $1.3501.70; black. $1.2501.70. , Call board sales: Wheat May,, $1.27. Bar leyMay. $1,204. Corn Large yellow. $1,174 0L2O. Changes 1B Available Supplies. NEW YORK, March 13. Special cable and telegraphic communications received by Bradctrcefs show the following changes In available supplies as compared with previous account: Bushels. Wheat, United States and Canada. east of the Rockies, increased 06.000 Afloat for and In Europe Increased. .20.000 Total supply Increased 20l,000 Corn. United States and Canada, cast of the Rockies. decrcaed 21,000 Oats. United States and Canada, east of ihe Rockies. Increased -174.000 MiaBeapelis Wheat Market. Wbeat.at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, March 13. Wheat Msrch. Cs CMd; May. us 5id; July. Cs 3id. Weather cold and damp. Wheat at Tacema. TACOMA. March 13. Wheat, unchanged. Export: Bluestem, 65c; clao. Sic: red. C3c MINNEAPOLIS. March 13. Wheats-May. 754c: July. 77H477;c; September. 7Gr TGTic;, No. 1 hard. 75ic; No. 1 Northern. 75l,c; No. 2 Northern. 73Vic. 1 TUG Clip of United States Shows Increase Over Last YeaV. FLEECES GAIN IN WEIGHT Annual- Report of National Manu . facturcrs' Association Places Oregon Sixth in Xumbcr of. Slieep Not Much Dolnp. BOSTON. March 13. (Special.) According to advance sheets of the annual census of sheep and the wool business of the United State, just Usued by the National Associa tion of Wool Manufacturers, and considered the authority on thev subject by everyone In the business, there are 3S.C21.47C sheep fit for shearing In the United States, as com pared with 3S.312.072 the p recced I ng year. The slight excess over the figures for 1P04 (the foregoing figures being for the fixed date of April 1. 1005. when the census is made). t!o not necessarily mean that the number of cheep In the country has actually increased, as 'name additions were made to the flocks in Wyoming and some changes In the totals were made between the census date and the final making up of the tables at the end of the year. However, that there has been an Increase there Is no -question, and this, not taking stock of the lambs, which. If they could be counted, would make a much larger total than 3S.000.000. The Spring lambing was fully up to the average, and the associ ation's correspondence points to an Increased number of sheep for the coming season's dip. Contracting Is Limited. Since the season of 1800, when heavy looses were experienced by men who had entered Into contracts, the bubble bursting early In January, buying wool on the sheep's back months before the shearing time has been practiced to only a limited extent. Such a courses of buying Is not considered ound by conservative men. because of the numerous attendant risks. Shrinkage of the same clip differs from year to year; change of breeds causes a change In the value of the wool; and the condition of the wool depends a great deal upon the seasons. Such buying .Is not ap proved by good commercial uage. Is danger ous to the operator, and In such caws last stasen did net yield the best return te the grower. In all sections of the country, with the ex ception f Wyoming, heavier fleeces are In dicated, owing to changes ami Improvements In the breeds. The total Increase In weight is slx-hundredths of a pound per fleece. The tout quantity of wool produced, en the basts of the before-mentioned 3S.000.0OQ odd sheep, not Including pulled wool. Is 253.48S.43S pounds, as against 240.7S3.032 pounds the pre vious year. Its equivalent In scoured wool Is 07.067.121 pounds. The amount of pulled wool did not vary particularly from tho year before 42.000.000 pounds. The shrinkage was 32 per cent. 1 per cent less than the year before, making the pulled wool yield equal 2S.5CO.000 pounds clean wool. The total pro duction of wool for the entire country, there fere was 205.4SS.43S pounds, or 12C.527.12l pounds of scoured wool, or 2.501.074' pounds mere than tho' year before The average weight of fleece for the entire country was 6.53 pounc. against C.50 pounds In 1004 and 0.23 pounds In 1008. The aver age shrinkage was C1.3 per cent, compared with Cl.C per cent In 1004 and CO.S per cent In 1003. Ist year's valuation of the clip Increased 23.S per cent over the year before, while the average value per pound of fleece and pulled wool Increased 20.9 and 22.0 pr cent, respectively. The value of the clip In dollars Increased from $C4.6IS.050 in 1004, to $0,415,514 In 1006. Montana Leads la Sheep. Montana has the largest number of sheep of any state la the Union. S.200.0CO, which pro duced last year 37,700,000 pounds of wool, washed and unwashed. Thto shrunk te 12. S1S.000 pounds when scoured, or CC per cent, and the valuation was $S.SI 4.420. The aver age weight of a Montana fleece was 7.25 pounds, and the average price per pound was CO cents, against 55 cents the previous year. Wyoming Is next In line, .with 4.500.000 sheep, producing Jast year 31.600.000 pounds of raw wool, shrinking CS per cent to 10,089. 000 pounds of the scoured proauct. worth $7,060,000. Fleeow average seven pounds each and the shrinkage CS per cent. New Mexico is the third state In size of flock, with 3,100.000 producing 17.050.COO pounds of washed and unwashed wool, shrink ing CO per cent to CS20.000 pounds of scoured wool and worth $4,433,000, or an average of C5 cents per pound, as compared with 60 cents In 1004. Fleeces weighed 5.5 pounds and the shrinkage was CO per cent. Fourth on the 1U Is Idaho, with 2.300.000 sheep. Idaho's raw production was 10.10O. COO In 1005. shrinklng.ee per cent to 5.474.000 .pounds. !coured. worth $3,777,000. Fleeces average seven pounds each, and the average pound price was CO cents, 14 cents mere than the year before Fifth state is Utah. She has. a flock total ing a round 2.000.000. This produced In the aggregate 13.0G0.Ctt) pounds of washed and un washed wool, the shrinkage being C3 per cent, bringing the scoured product down to 3,550. CO0 pounds, which brought 53.04 S.500 In the market, or 67 cxnia per pound. against 55 cents the year before The fleeces averaged 6.5 pounds each. Orrgoa's Flock and Value. Oregon's place Is sixth, with 1.900.000 In her flock, producing 15.200.000 pounds of raw wool, averaging eight pounds to the fleece, and shrinking 70 per cent to 4.5G0.000 pounds, scoured. The valuation was $3,146,400. CO cents per pound, a gain of 14 cents over 1004. California stands next, with a total of 1.730.000 sheep, whose fleeces averaged 7.23 pounds each and aggregated 12.fiS7.600 pound. This shrunk CS per cent to 4.OCO.0O0. and brought $2,801,400. or 60 cents per pound, against 63 cents in 1004. We come eastward now. for Ohio comes next, with 1.SC0.22C. shearing 11.307. CCS pounds of fleeces, averaging 6.25. shrinking to 5.053, 32 pounds, or 60 per cent. Ohio's clip was worth $3,661,014. or 63 cents per pound, S cents better than she got the year before. Colorado's flock total 1.400.000 ami pro duced last year P. 1 00. 000 pounds of raw wool In fleeces averaging C.5 pounds each, shrink ing CC per cent to 3.C1M.000 pounds of the ecourtd product. This brought $2,042,040. or CC cents- per pound, as compared with 62 cents the year before Texas has 1.440,000 and Michigan 1.300.000. These and the above are the only states that have 1.000.000 or over. Texas clipped 0.3C0. 000 pounds of wool, averaging 0.5 pounds to the fleece and averaging to shrink 67 per cent, or net scoured 3.CSS.S00 pounds. This brought $2.IC2.1G0. or 70 cents per pound. Michigan produced S.450,000 pounds, shrinking acourtd to 4.225.000. or 60 per cent, the fleeces aver aging 6.5 pounds each. The Michigan clip brought $2,577,260, or 61 cents a pound, a gain of C cents. Oklahoma and Indian Ter ritory together bare 00,000 In their comblntd flock, last year's total clip being 3C0.000 pounds, bringing $06.7CS for the let. The clip rhrcnk CS per cent to 115.200 pounds scoured. Fleeces average six pounds each, and the average selling price was G3 cents. Like the other states, thts was a gain over ll04, amounting to 13 cents. Prod actio a la aterB States. New York State has a goodly flock. C75.0OO. producing the large clip of 4.060.000 pounds, equal to 2.023.000 scoured, the shrinkage be Ing 50 per cent, and bringing $1,215,000. or CO cent per pound, against 63 cents in 1004. Pennsylvania has a larger flock. 860.000. clipping 3.1O0.O00 pound rough wool, worth $1,642,240. New Jeraey has but 32,000 sherp and a proportionate clip, but the two small cxt Cocks arc those of Rhode Island and Dela ware. COO each. Arizona has CS0.CO0 sheep, and Is gaining. These produced, a clip of 4.420.000 pounds, averaging 6.5 to a fleece, and shrinking CS per cent to 1.414.400 scoured. The market value was $047.C4S. or C7 cents per pound, agalxut 63 cent the year before. If we apply some comparative figurt to the flock, of the United State, we find that the 3S.50C.OO0 odd sheep enumerated In the census would nach In a single line 20.373 miles, allowing each animal four feet of linear room, or once around the world .and from New York ' across the continent to Son Francisco. Placing them in platoon forma tion, allowing caca animal two feet "elbow room." they would extend three ft deep from New Ycrk to San Francisco, and another platoon from New York to Chicago. WO OLG ROWERS' TRICES HIGH. Unsuccessful Effort to Contract la the West. BOSTON. March 13. A feature of the wool market was the unsuccessful effort to con tract for wools In the West. Montana and Wyoming growers are reported as placing prices at prohibitive figures. The market shows a Arm outlook. There is a small supply of territories on hand. For fine medium CGSCSc Is being paid. There Is a moderately steady call In pulled wools for As and A supers. Foreign grades are steady. The worsted manufacturers are. working on their heavy-weight orders, as well as on the continued light-weight demand. In fleeces the activity Is principally In three eighths, half-blood and medium washed. The quarter-bloods are not available. For Ohio fleeces 31c Is the price, while the same grade of Michigan brings only 334c Half-blood is selling at 324c up to 34c for good Ohio wool. Fine unwashed Ohio U also strong at 263 264c- Territory quotations: Idaho Heavy flne. 10f20c; One medium. 22423c; medium. 2CQ27c; low medium, 2&9 27c Wyoming Fine. 21022c: heavy flne. 100 20c; flne medium. 22J23c; medium. 2&327c; low medium. 24f 27c Utah and Nevada Fine. 21822c: heavy flne. 10920c; flne medium. 22&23c; medium. 2&9 27c: lew medium. 2C?27c Montana Fine choice. 22Q25c: flne average, 234124c; flne medium choice 2425c: average. 234124c; staple. 27f2Sc; medium choice, 270 28c; average. 2C4j27c " ' Wool Advances at London. LONDON. March IX The second series of wool auction sales opened today with a large attendance. There wm a strong demand for all offerings, and merino? sold at 3 per cent and cress-hredff 7U4f 10 per cent over the last sales. Most of the offerings were taken by home buyers. Americans bought suttaote par cels of medium greastes at an advance of 6 per cent. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. March 13. Wool, steady: me dium grades, combing and clothing. 25&2Sc; light flne. 2I4)25c; heavy flne. l$o20c; tub washed. 324jr40c. 3IARKET IS STTLIi IX HANDS OF SMALLER TRADERS. After a Lower Opening an Upward Movement Occnrs and the Close Is Active. NEW YORK. March 13. Today' stack market rthowed a little change from the neg lected state of yesterday, and was almost Idle for long Intervals during the day. Op eration were is the hands of tho smaller class of professional traders and the Incon sistent tendency of prices gave an tmprrdon of vacillating opinion on the market by this element. As a matter ef fact, the occasional shifting in the course of price. probably rep resented nothing more than the extension of the fictitious transactions of the traders to the limits to which they dared to carry them In the entire absence of the public and of the larger ehuo;A of operators. Prices In clined lower during the early part of the day. theH recovered rather more than the decline with eo&Hderable growth in activity. Strength In special stocks had much to do with directing the course of prices. The Cotton Fertilizer Company responded briskly to a report many times heard of a proposed merger. American Smelting and National Lead also once more moved upward on a repetition of the merger eitory. Brooklyn Transit was bought on the assumption that Saturday' huxe burdneM was the herald of an early season In the resort business without recant to u light fall of snow today. The Junior Vanderbllts made one of their period leal movements without any news to ex plain the reason. Among the more prominent market leaders, the good resistance offered by Union Paelfle and after an early yielding by Reading, had a ympathet!c effect in Im proving the tone of the whole market. Amal gamated Copper and Sehtoss-Sheffleld Steel re sponded to the favorable annual report. Foreign markets were somewhat depressed again by the reported hitch In the Moroccan conference. Discount rates In London and sterling exchange rates fell back at Paris and Berlin and rates for coll and tlmo loans were lower here. The upward movement gathered force with the' drvlng In of some short late In the day and the closing was active and near the tep level of the day, but ellghtly Irregular. Bonde were heavy- Total sales, par value. $1,175,000. United States bonds were all un changed on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Sales. High. Low. Closing' bid. Adams Express 247 Amal. Ccwr 122,800 103 1064 108 4 Am. Car & Fdry 1.000 42$, 414 do preferred loo 101 4 1014 101 Am. Cotton Oil.... 3. GOO 35; 31 35 do preferred.... ...... ..... ..... 8C American Express. 225 Am. Hde. & Lth... TOO 35 344 54 American Ice l.OuO 44 ! Ararr. LI raved Oil "-i do preferred.... 100 47 47 4C Am. Locomotive.. 5.100 70? iOi 7ui do preferred.... 200 1164 1164 lMh Am. cmelt. & Ref. 64.800 1C24 1KH 1C14 do preferred 1.100 124, 124 1244 Am. Sugar Refln.. 1.400 144 13S4 1404 Am. Tobacco, pfd 1.700 lWfi 104j 1044 Anaconda Mining.. 54,200 272 265 2704 Atchison 12.000 04 024 O07, do preferred.... 100 102 102 1024h Allan. Coast Line 500 ICO 150 100 4 Baltimore & Ohio, 2, W0 no?; 1104 1104 So preferred C Brook. Rapid Tran 40.800 83V, S24 S44 Canadian Paelfle. . 500 170; 170 170?t Central of N. Y... 40O 2174 2164 2I4 Central Leather... 10,500 45 444 43 do preferred 2CO 1054 105 104; Cheeapeaktt & Ohio 1.700 574 65?; 664 Chicago & Alton 30 do preferred.... ..... ..... 73 Chicago Gt. West. 300 214 21 21 Chicago & Northw. 500 22C 224 . 223 Chi.. Mil A St. 1. 4.00O 177 1734 17:s Chi. Term. & Tran 12 do preferred... SO C. C C. & St. L. 1.700 1014 004 101 C4o. Fuel & Iron.. 10.40O '634 63 65 Colorado & South. l.SOO 334 324 324 do IK preferred 2.000 72 714 72 do 2d preferred 404 Consolidated Gas.. 10.4OO 153 151 151, Corn Products ... 100 IS IS 174 do preferred.... 36 Delaware & Hud... 800 2v14 203 20C4 Del.. Laek & West 443 Denver & Rio G.. SOO 44?4 444 43 do preferred 8tl4 Distillers' Secur... 2. SCO 684 674 6S4 Erie 6.800 434 42 4 434 do 1st preferred 200 774 774 774 do 2d preferred 300 G?4 C7 67 General Electric... ' 100 IC04 1C04 1604 Hocking Valley.... 200 116 1154 115 Illinois Central.... 200 13 ICS 4 leu International Paper 3.100 224 21 22 do preferred 834 Iowa Central 400 32 31 32 do preferred.... 20O 60 654 584 Kansas C. South.. 100 23 23 23 , do preferred.... ...... ..... 5j. loulsvllleJc Nashv. 6.700 1404 1484 140 Manhattan L 300 163 158 153 Meropoiitan beeurl. 724 Met. Street Ry 1.200 1154 1144 115 Mexican Central... 2.2CO 244 244 244 Ml.n c Tvw( TV) TKX: r-.tt T " Mian. & St. Louis.. M.. dL P. & S. M. 151 do preferred.... 100 173 173 170 Missouri Pacific... 2,300 IC04 034 1004 Mo.. Kan. & Ttexas 1.300 3d 3d 4 33 do preferred.... 1 0O 71 4 71 4 71 National Lead 11.500 SC S4 831 Mex. Nat R. R. pfd 33U New York Central. 2,300 14S4 1404 143 N. Y.. Ont. & W. 4CO 50 404 60 4 Norfolk & West.... 1.500 SS4 S74 874 do preferred 01 " North American... 2O0 li ICO ao4 Northern Paelfle... 8.000 221 213 2204 Paelfle Mall 200 434 4.14 if Pennsylvania D.COo 13SC 1374 1384 People's Gas 700 OS 074 07i P.. C. C. 3c St. L. SO Preyed Steel Car. 700 544 63 54 Co preferred ICO as 4 os Pulmsn Palaee Car 100 230; 2304 237 Reading S0.260 1234 1W4 12S4 do 1st preferred .'. 90' do 2d preferred 97' Republic Steel .... 1.000 30 23; sotc do preferred l.OW) 1064 I04U 105 Ro'k Island Co. 2,eoo 27 2C4 27 do preferred ICO CC4 CC4 m SletA-Sheffiehl .... 2.4C0 S3 304 83 , St- L. Sz S. F. 2d 4U4 ' St. Louis South w. . 400 24 4 234 24 I do preferred.... 200 654 63 554 Southern Paelfle.,. 3.GCO 1774 C$4 67V uo preienr.... jw 11s jia JJ Southern Railway. C2.30O 414 334 414 do preferred SoO 1014 1014 loif Tens. Coal & Iron 2.100 1524 131 131 Texas & Pacific... 3.300 344 34 34 U Tol.. St. L. & West 300 364 3d 364 do preferred 200 644 544 34 Union Pacific S1.40O 1534 131 1MH do preferred 100 06 06 054 U. S. Express 118 U. S. Realty S4 U. S. Rubber 1.200 634 634 KJ do preferred 2.400 1134 112 l13i V. S. Steel 49.600 414 -M4 do preferred.... 17.100 1064 103 1034 VIr-Caro. Chemical 15.600 63 514 344 co prererrea.... 300 117 110 ih Wabash 1.700 234 224 234 do preferred.... 6,500 52 404 514 WIls-Farm Vr 233 Westlnghouse Elec. 101 WfrTi Ttnlm TnA (1(1' OIV U II Wheeling & L EC 200 204 204 20 Wisconsin CentraL 2C4 do preferred.... 654 Total sales for the day. S00.70O shares. .BONDS. NEW YORK. March 13. Closing quota tions: U. S. ref. 2a re g. 103 do coupon 104 T - C - ,a. D. & R. G. 4s... 4lN. Y. C..O. 34s. 094 OS 104 7T 034 104 4 034 1004 014 u. ex. 03 i c& . . . . lyrt do coupon 103 Elisor, raciiic as.. iVNor. Pacific 4s.. v. lion 13 I do coupon 131 U. S. old 4s reg.103 do coupon.... .104 Atchison Adj. 4s 04 4! So. Paolftc 4s... 4 Union Pacific 4s. s4!Wls. Central 4s. 4 'Jap. 6s. 2d ser. . 4fJap. 4 4s. cer.... Stocks at London. LONDON. March 13. Consols for money, 004: consols for account. 004. Anaconda 134 (Norfolk & West. 004 Atchison 034' do preferred... 03 do preferred ...106 'Ontario & West. 314 Baltimore & O. .113 4 Pennsylvania .. 704 Can. Pacific 1754 Rand Mines G4 C. Gt. W"catern. 214 Reading C3 Ches. & Ohio .. 574 i do lt pref.... 474 C M. & St. P..1S14' do 2d pref 30 De Beers IS4Tso. Railway 414 D. & R. Grande. 40 I do pref erred. ..104 do preferred.. 004 'So. Pacific C34 Erie 034 Union Pacific 1304 do 1st pref... 60 1 do preferred... 00 do 2d pref.... C04'U. S. Steel 414 Illinois Central". 174 ' do preferred... 10S4 Louis. & Nash.. 1314 'Wabash 2-t4 Mo.. Kas. Si T.. 354' do preferred... 52 N. Y. Central. ..1514'Spanlsh Fours... 014 Money. Exchange. Etc. NEW YORK. March 13. Prime mercantile paper. 554 Pr cent. Sterling exchange was strong, with actual business in bankers bills at $4.S5565.S360 for demand, and at $4.824004.8245 for CO-day bllh. Posted rates. $3.8384.834 and $4.S64 4.87; commercial bills. $4.S2U. Money on call was steady. 340-14 per cent: ruling rate. 4; closing bid, 34: offered at 34 per cent. Time loans, easy; 30 days. 554 per cent: 00 days, 5 per cent: C months, 4?3 Pr cent, Bar sliver. 634c Mexican dollars. 4S4c Bonds. Government, steady: railroad, heavy. LONDON. March 13. Bar silver, steady. 20 3-1C1 per ounce. Money. 3434 per cenu Discount rate, short bills. 34 Pr cent; three months bill?. 3 0-1C&34 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. Silver bars, 634c Mexican dollars. nominal. Drafts, sight. 74c: telegraph. 10c. Sterling. 60 days, $4.S3: sight, $4.SG. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. March 13. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances In the gen eral fund shows: Available cash balance $1.'2,2C,030 Gold coin and bullion 77.722.801 Gotd certificates 15.000.SCO LIVESTOCK MARKETS. Prices Quoted Locally oa Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prices were quoted yesterday In the local market CATTLE Good steers. $3.7304; fair to medium. S 2.73 3.23: cows. good. $33.25: medium. $2.3092.70: calves, light. 130 to 173 pounds. $4.20i94.75; calves, heavy. $363.25. SHEEP Good, fat sheep. $5.75C; com mon. $4.30 1? 3. HOGS Best, suitable for packers. $6,259 6.75: fair medium grades. $5.50; light, fat weights. 120 to 140 pounds. $55.25. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City. Omaha and Chicago. KANSAS CITY. March 13. Cattle Re ceipts. 1300. Market, steady to 10c tower. Natives. $3.306.15: native cows and heif ers. $2.2535.10; stockers and feeders. $3 4.73; bulls. $34.15. calves. $37; Western fed steers. $3.50 Q 3.30; Western fed cows, $2.7564.50. Hogs Receipts. 15.000. Market, strong to 5c higher. Bulk of sales. $6.1506.25: heavy. $6.25C30: packers. $6.2006.30; pigs and lights. $3.50 6.20. Sheep Receipts. 8000. Market steady. Muttons. $4.5095.00; Iambs. $5.75 C75; range wethers, $3.3000; fed ewes, $1.50 6.40. SOUTH QMAHA. March 13. Cattle Re ceipts. 3000. Market, steady. Native steers. 5.63; cows and heifers. $34.50; can ners. $263; stockers and feeders. $2.75 4.40: calves. $360.50; bulls and stags. $2.50 4. Hogs Receipts. SOOO. Market. 5c higher. Heavy. $0.10C.20; mixed. $C.10C15: light. siifltJ.13; pigs. $565.S5; bulk of sales. $6.10 6.174. Sheep Receipts. 13.000. Market steady. Yearlings. $3.4003.00: wethers. $5.205.C3; ewes. $3,5013.30; lambs. $ 6.25 f? 0775. CHICAGO. March 13. Cattle Receipts. 4000. Steady. Beeves. $3.90fr&25: cows and heifers. $1.5005; stockers and feeders. $2.65 04.70; Texans. $3.6304.40. Hogs Receipts today, 18.000: tomorrow, 32.000; murket 5c higher. Mixed and butch ers. $3.0066.324: good heavy. $8.20 6.33; rough heavy. $66.10; light. $66.23: pigs. .75 6.13. Sheep Receipts. IS.000. Market 10c lower. Sheep. $3.75 0; lambs. $4.6OC.0O. Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alpha Con....$ .11 (Justice $ .03 Andes 20 jMextcan 1.25 Belcher 23 Occidental Con. .04 Best & Belcher 1.10 Ophlr 5.374 Bullion 32 Overman 17 Caledonia .45 Potosi II Challenge Con. .15 Savage C2 Chollar r 12 Scorpion 06 Confidence 72 (Seg. Belcher... .05 Con. Cal. & V. L35 jSlerra Nevada. .34 Crown Point.. .07 Silver Hill 85 Exchequer 60 (Union Con 45 Gould & Curo -12 lUtah Con 03 Hale & Nor... 1.45 j Yellow Jacket.. .16 Julia Ort I NEW TORK. March 13. Closing quota tions: Adams Con....$ -25 Alice 3-5 Breece ....... .33 Brunswick C. .52 Comstock. Tun. .62 Con. CaL & V. 1.13 Horn Silver... 2.03 Iron Sliver 5.00 Leodvllle Con. .06 Little Chief... $ Ontario : Onhlr : .03 :.25 .23 .02 .07 .47 .24 .35 ;.oo (Phoenix jPotosl savage Sierra Nevada. Small Hopes... Standard ! BOSTON. March 13. Closing quotations Adventure ..$ C.30 Mont. C & C$ 5.23 Allouez 33.60 'N. Butte ... 83.23 Amalgamatd. 103.37 4 !OId Dominion 45.50 Am. Zinc... 10.00 Osceola 102.00 Atlantic .... 22.30 jParrot 3S.00 Bingham ... 40.23 IQuincy ... 00.00 Cal, & Hecla 600.00 'Shannon .... 7.374 Centennial .. 23.30 Tamaracx .. 107.00 Cop. Range. Daly West. . Franklin ... Granby Isle Royale.. Mass. Mining Michigan ... Mohawk .... bO.iZftlTrinity 14.75 (United Cop.. 20.00 U. S. Mining. 13.124IU. S. Oil 23.00 (Utah 0.124 Victoria 10.874 72.23 53.75 12.00 C2.00 0.00 13.50 (Winona . 8.50 57.30 iWol.erlne .. 143.00 Metal Markets. NEW YORK. March 13. There was a fur ther advance In the London tin market with spot closing at 166 and futures at 164 16s. Locally the market was also firmer, with spot quoted at 3C.2683C.33c. Copper was lower abroad, closing at 70 17s 6.1 for spot and 78 2s 6d for futures. Locally the market showed a firmer tone and inside prices are quoted a shade higher. Lake is now held at 18.50S18.75c: electrolytic at 18.23 18.50c and casting; at 1818.26c Lead was unchanged at 5.35 "go. 4 3c in the local market, but was higher at 15 17s 6d In London. Spelter 'was unchanged at 24 10s in Lon don and at S. 20$ 0.30c locally. Iron was higher abroad, with standard foundry closing at 4Sa 6d and Cleveland war rants at 48 84d- Locally no change was reported. No. 1 foundry -Northern is quoted at $lS.23nS.05; No. 2 foundry Northern. $17.76ffl3.S3; No. 1 foundry Southern. $18.23 4518.75. and No. 2 foundry Southern, $17.75$? 18.25. , WILL PICK CHERPER Yamhill County Hopgrowers Vote to Reduce Price. ASSOCIATION IS FORMED Railroad Company Will Be Asked to Cut Rate to East to One Cent. Application Has Been Made for a Warehouse. M'MINNYILLE. Or.. March 13. (Special.) About 123 hopgrowers held a meeting here for the purpose of organizing the Yamhill County Hopgrowers' Association, the object of which will be to further the interests o the growers. Two resolutions were passed, one stating that it was the sense of the growers In this county to reduce the price of picking from $1 to SO cents per hundred pounds as long as low prices for hops pre vail. The other resolution was to ask the railroad company to erect at this place a warehouse, where hops from this and ad- Joining counties could be stored, sampled and Inspected for Eastern shipment. They also discussed the advisability of asking the railroad company to reduce shipping rates from 2 to 1 cent. If the market prices re mained low. A committee of one was appointed to meet with the state association at Salem next Saturday, A delegate was chosen to confer with the company concerning the warehouse and a committee also appointed to draft pa pers for a permanent organization. A meeting will be held at this place next Saturday at 10 o'clock for tho purpose of permanently organizing and it is hoped that every grower in the county will be present. Ernest Wells, of the B. Clemens Horst Company, has purchased the Estes lot of 42 bales, the P. P. Olds lot of 80 bales and R- B. Ferguson's 60 bales, paying 10 cents in each case. This leaves but one large lot of 16C bales unsold, although 11c has been offered and refused. Louis Lachmund & Co. and the Baumbach & Relchel Company have made several offers to contract 100C crop at 10 cents and W. C Miller, agent for Falk Woraser & Co.. of Chicago, has offered to contract crops for from one to five years at 10 cents. As yet no contracts have been made, aa far ns known. PRICE WOULD NOT HOLD EGG RECEIPTS AT SAX FRAN CISCO PROVE TOO HEAVY. Butter Is Also W.cak and Lower., Grain Speculation Quiet Po tato Receipts Large. SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. (Special.) The Dairy Exchange found It Impossible to maintain the recent advance in egga in the face of heavy receipts and today reduce", its official quotations 14 cents. Somo houses, unable to take care of their accumu lated stocks, have been selling freely, below exchange rates and hastened this reduction. Storing has lately been active, bur Is checked by the present wet weather. Butter Is also weaker and exchange prices for fresh ex tras and first are 14 cents lower. Cheese Is unchanged. Receipts, 04. SOO pounds of butter. 5000 pounds of cheese and 68,670 dozen eggs. Grain speculation was quieter, owing to bad wire service and weakness of wheat In Chicago. Option prices for cereals had a small decline, but cash values remained steady. Feedstuffa were easy. Hay Is In more demand. Fresh fruits were fairly active despite the cold and showery weather. Oranges were in moderate supply and firm. Two car loads arc bespoken for tomorrow's auction. Lemons and grapefruit are steady. Ordin ary apples are dull, but high quality stock Is scarce and firm. The first green peas of the season from Bay districts arrived and brought 10 cents. Asparagus and rhubarb are still in large supply and weak. Fair quantities were taken by the regular steam er for Portland. Potatoes were weak. Five carloads of Oregon arrived. Onions are scarce and firm, but several carloads of Oregon are closely due. VEGETABLES Cucumbers. $1.2301.30; garlic. 306c; green peas, 80124c; string beans. 10 15c; asparagus. 364c: toma toes. $I1.50. POULTRY Turkeys. 1310c:. roosters, old. $5 3.30: roosters, young. $67: broil ers. $506: ducks, young. $037. BUTTER Extra creamery. 26c; creamery aeconds. 21c EGGS Fancy ranch. 10c. CHEESE Young America. 13 14c; East ern, nominal: Western, nominal. HOPS S 12c WOOL South Plains and S. J.. 1013c; lambs. OlCc MILLSTUFFS Bran. 51S.3020.5O; mid dlings. $2S 020.30. HAY Wheat. $1116; wheat and oats, SS.30 12.50; barley. $8 11: alfalfa. $UC 12.50: stock, $7.30 Q' 8.50; straw, per bale, 305Sc. FRUIT Apples, choice. $2; common. 30c; bananas. $12.73; Mexican limes. $5 3.30: California lemons, choice. $3; common, $1; oranges, navel. $1.503: pineapples. $1.50 3.50. POTATOES Early Rose. 00c$1.10; Sa linas Burbanks. $l1.30; sweets, nominal; Oregon Burbanks, 75c$1.10. RECEIPTS Flour, 12.120 quarter sacks; wheat. 71S4 centals; barley. 4003 centals; beans. 682 sacks; potatoes, 3468 sacks; bran. 5024 sacks; bay, 3S0 tons; wool. 210 bales, bides. 605. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. March 13. The market for coffee futures closed steady at a net advance of 6 points. Sales were reported of 73.250 bags. Including March. 6.73c; April. 6.80c: May. 6.00c; July. 7.03c; September. 7.23c; December. 7.507.55c; February. 7.60G7.65c: Spot Rio. steady: No. 7, 84c; mild, steady; Cordova. 0412c. Sugar Raw. strong: fair refining. 2 15-16 3c; centrifugal. 06 test. 3 15-lC834c; molasses sugar, 2 H-lC24c Refined, firm; crushed,. $5.30; powdered. $4.70; granulated. $4.60. Shingle 31111 a Total Loss. KELSO, "Wash., March 13. (Special.) The shingle mill of J. N. Moore, known, as the Catlln mill, located on the Cow litz River, about two miles south oC Kelso, was burned this afternoon, to gether with the dryhouse and 500.000 shin gles. The loss Is total, there being no Insurance or Are protection. The causo Is supposed to have been from an over heated journal. H. P. WILSON. V. EN GINGER. FRANK L. BROWN. BROWN, WILSON & 0. INCORPORATED. FINANCIAL AGENTS INVESTMENT SECURITIES SAN FRANCISCO. NEW YORK. UNION TRUST SUMS. TRINITY RLDO. as m i vHnBH