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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1906)
TIIE MOUSING OREGONIAJf, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1906. 15 SUGAR PRICE 001 San Francisco Jobber Tries to Invade Portland Field. U LOCAL FIRMS MEET HIS CUT Quotations on All Grades Are Re duced Ten Cents a Hundred. Refiners Maintain Their Former llfiure. SUGAR Local Jobbers meet cut by San Francisco firm. FRUIT Direct quotations received . on Manteca watermelon!. ONIONS Sharp advance at Walla Walla. POULTRY Former prices main tained. BOGS Tone of market better. BUTTER-43teadyi and unchanged. A new kind of "sugar war" baa broken out. This time the trouble la between jobbers and the refiners apparently have nothing to do with it. Prices on all grades of refined sugar were lowered' 10 cents a hundred yesterday In this market. At New York there was an ad vance of tea points. The Kelley-Clarks Com pany, agents of the Western Kenning Com pany, and Johnson. Lieber A Co., agents for the California Hawaiian Beflnlng Company, stated that they had been advised of ao changes by the Southern refiners. The decline was brought about by the at tempt of a San Francleco Jobber to enter the Portland field. Ue wired quotations 10 cents under the market to local retailers Thursday evening and as soon aa the Portland Jobbers beardi of It. they met ths cut. Haas Bros., of San Francisco, Is the firm that started the trouble. This firm. It Is understood, has been in a "gentleman's agreement" with the other Bay City whole salers, and desiring to get out of the com pact, started by cutting the price on sugar. It Is presumed the cut also applied to San Francisco territory. At any rate, the field of the Portland trade was trespassed upon and the local Jobbers at once decided to sacrifice their profits and repel the invasion by meet ing the cut price. No one in the trade yesterday attributed the trouble to either of the refineries in Cali fornia. These rival concerns have been at outs for several months now, but no open warfare has lately been Indulged in. That relations are strained, however. Is apparent from the fact that refinery prices on the Coast are maintained Independently of the Eastern market. Ordinarily, Pacific Coast prices are quickly affected by fluctuations at New Tork. At the present time, the price on sugar here Is 4G cents below New Tork. Usually It Is 60 to 75 cents above New Tork. This state of affairs would indicate that refining operations on the Pacific Coast are not as profitable as they might be. "There never was such a wide difference In prices." said a "prominent local Jobber yes terday. "The refiners have already lost a million dollars since the fight began. When they get tired losing they will get together. 1 would not be surprised to wake up any morning and find that they have Joined hands. Then the- price of sugar will go up tl or $1.25 a bag." MELONS FROM MANTECA. San Joaquin Association Quotes rricee to Jobbers Direct. . Portland Jobbers expect now to have a square deal on the melon proposition. The, San Joaquin Melon Association yesterday opened up communications with the local wholesale trade and made quotations to them direct' on watermelons from Manteca. If the arrangements are made, the melons will be bandied hereafter by the Jobbers without the intervention of California agents. The situa tion as regards the cantaloups trouble Is Improving as the Jobbers are gradually as serting their rights. Oregon cants will short ly be In large supply and the cause for the friction will have vanished. The street was well stocked with deciduous fruits of all kinds and the demand was fairly good. California advices quoted a firmer lemon market. Walla Walla onions were stronger on an advance of 15 cents a hundred at Walla Walla. VOVITB.Y PRICES MAINTAINED. Better Feeling in the Egg; Market Butter Is Steady. Receipts of Spring chickens were again quite large yesterday,, but prices were main tained, as very few old chickens were received. Ducks are selling a little better. Turkeys are in fair demand. . Geese continue slow. Egg handlers report a better feeling In the market with the improvement shown in ths quality of receipts, but this has not been re flected yet by any advancs in prices. A steady and unchanged butter market Is reported by the city creameries and on Front street. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of ths leading cities of ths Northwest yesterday were: Clearings. Balances. Portland ..$ 077,126 $107,810 (Seattle 1,801, Sol 243.671 Tacoma h ...... 062,662 98,78 Spokane . . .... 640,672 41.U5S PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Grain, Flour, Feed. Etc FLOUR Patents. $410 per barrel; straights. $3.45; clears. 13.2903.40; Valley, $3.50 g 3.85; Dakota bard wheat, patents. 5. 40(83.60: clears. $4.25; graham, $3.60; whole wheat, $3.75; rys flour, local. $5; Eastern, 13.40; cornmeal, per bale. $1.90) 2.29. MILLSTUFFS Bran, city, 17; country, (18 per ton; middlings, $25.5026; shorts, city. $18; country. $19 per ton; chop, U. 8. Mills. $17.50: linseed dairy food. $18: Acalfa meal. $18 per ton. WHEAT Club. OOSTOc; blueatem, 71S'72c; Valley. 71 72c. OATS No. 1 whits feed. 30; gray, $2 per ton. BARLET Feed. $23. BO per ton;; brewing, $23 50: rolled, $24524.60. RYE $1.50 per cwt. CEREAL FOODS Rolled eats, cream. 90 pound sacks. $7; lower grade. $5.506.75: oatmeal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks. $3 per barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale: oat meal (ground). 60-pound sacks. 17 50 per barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4 per bale; spilt peas. $5 per 100-pound sacks; 25-pound boxes, $1.40; pearl barley, $4.25 per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes, $1.20 per box. pastry flour. 10-pound sacks, $2.50 per bale HAT Vallsr timothy. No. 1, $Ula.oO per ton; clover, $3.6009; cheat, $3.3007: craln hay, $7jS; alfalfa. $11. Vegetables. Fruits, Etc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, common, 60 75c per box; fancy. $1.25&2; apricots, $1.25' 1.35; grapes. $1.7562 per crate; peaches, 75c $1; pears. $2; rlums, fancy, 50fc75c per box' common. 6o75c; blackberries, 62 Oo per sound. MELONS Cantaloupes. $1.602.23 per crate; watermelons, lfa'10 per pound. TROPICAL FRUITS Ltmons, $5y6.50 per box; oranges. Valencia. $4.5o4iS; grapefruit, S4&4.50; pineapples, $34 per dosen; bananas, c per pound. FRESH VEGETABLES Beans. 57c; cabbage. l2.j?er pound; celery, 85c$J per dozen; corn. 1520c per dozen; cu cumbers, hot house, 2ac per dozen: field 4oiJ 60e per box: egg plant, 10c per pound; lettuce. head. 25o per dozen; onions, lOignVic per dozen: peas. 4Sc. bell peppers, 12u15c: radishes. 1016c per dozen: rhubarb, 232140 per pound; spinach. 2 33c per pound; tomatoes. 60S90C per box; hothouse, $2; parsley, 25c; squash, $161-25 per crate. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. 0cO$l Per sack; carrots, $101.25 per sack; beets. $1.25(91.50 per sack; garlic 103120 per 'ound. ONIONS New, l!ff1Uo per pound. POTATOES Old Burbanks. nominal: new 'eotatoes. Oregon. 7590c; California, $1.25. DRIED FRUITS Apples. 14c pound; apri cots. 15j19Hc; peaches, 12H13c: pears, 11 hi 14c; Italian prunes. 54 8c: California figs, white, in sacks. 86e per pound, black. 465c; bricks. 1214-ounce packages, 75 83c per box; Smyrna, 20e per pound; dates. Persian. 68ttc per pound. .RAISIN8 Seeded. 12-ounce packages. 89 Sc; 16-ounce, 910c: loose muscatels. 2-crown. 64 7c; 3-crown. 7o; 4 crown. 77c: unbleached, seedless Sul tanas. 67c; Thompson's fancy bleached. 10 11c; London layers. 8-crown. wnola boxes of 20 pounds, $2; 2-crown, $1.73. Butter. Eggs, Poultry. Etc. BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream ery 2022c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery, 20622c; store butter. 14 w 15c. F.OOS Oregon ranch, 21S21o per dozen: Eastern. 2021c. , . CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 139 13Hc: Young America, 14314c. POULTRY Average old hens. 13WI"; mixed chickens. l.Vo13c; Springs, 15irl6c: roosters, BjJIOc: dressed chickens, 14615c; turkeys .live. 16C17c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 20'7 22i4c: geese, live, per pound. 8&9c: ducks, 11S12HC: pigeons, $11.60; squabs, $23. Hops, Wool, Hides, Et. HOPS Oregon. 1905, nominal, lSlSc; olds nominal, 10c; 1900 contracts, 15316c per pound. WOOL Eastern Oregon average best, 160 20o per pound, according to shrinkage; Val ley. 2ofT22c, according to fineness. MOHAIR Choice. 2830c per pound. HIDES Dry: No. 1, 16 pounds and up. per pound, 1820c; dry kip, No. 1. S to 15 pounds, 1821c per pound; dry salted bull and stags, one-third less than dry flint; culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored, mur rain, halr-sllpped, weatherbeaten or grubby, 2c to 3c per pound less. Salted hides: Steers. . sound, 60 pounds and over, per pound, 10 11c; steers, sound. CO to 60 pounds, 10 lie per pound; steers, sound, under 60 pounds, and cows. 9 10c per pound; stags and bulls, sound. 7o per pound, kip, sound, 15 to SO pounds, 10c per pound; veal, sound. 10 to 14 pounds, 11c per pound; calf, sound, under 10 pounds, 11 12c per pound; green (unsalted), 1c per pound less; veals, lc per pound less. Sheepskins: Shear lings, No. 1 butchers' stock, each. 2530c; short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each. 60 60c; medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each. $1.252; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20 Eer cent less, or 13 16c per pound. Horse Ides: Salted, each, according to sise, $1.50 2 50; dry, each, according to size. $11.50; colts' hides, each. 2530c. Goatskins: Com mon, each, 1525c. 'Angora, wlta wool on, each, 3oc$1.50. FURS No. 1 skins: Bearskins, as to sise. each, $520; cubs, each. $13: badger, prime, each, 2330c; cat, wild, with head perfect, 30 50c; house cat, 520c; fox, common gray, large prime, each. 60 70c; red. each, $35. cross, each, $515; silver and black, each, $100300; fishers, each. $38; lynx. each. $4.606; mink, strictly No. 1, each, according to size. $13; mar ten, dark Northern, according to size and color, each, $1019; pale pine, according to size and color, each, $2.5004; muEkrat, large, each, 1215o; skunk, each. 40a0c; civet or pole cat, each, 515c: otter, large, prime skin, each, $6 10; pantner with head and claws perfect, each. $25; raccoon, prime large, each. 5075c: mountain wolf, with head perfect, each. $3.503; prairie (coyote). 60c$l; wolverine, each, $68; beaver, per skin, large. $5 6; medium, $3 7; small. $1(61-50; kits. S075c. BEESWAX Good, clean and purs. 22 25c per pound. TALLOW Prime, per ponnd, 4 4 He; No. 2 and grease. 23c. CASCARA SAGRADA (chlttam bark) New. 2 2 Mo per pound; 1904 and 1905, 8o In small lots. S4c In carlota. GRAIN BAGS 99c. Groceries, Nuts, Etc. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, Btto; South ern Japan, 5.40c; head, 6.75c COFFEE Mocha, 26028c; Java, ordinary, 1822c; Costa Rica, fancy, 1820c; good, 1618c; ordinary. 10 i 22c per pound; Co lumbia roast, cases. 100s, $14.75; 60s, $14.75; Arbuckle. $17.25; Lion, $15.25. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talis. $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.40, 1-pound flats. $1.10; Alaska pink, 1-pound tails, 90c: red. 1-pound talis, $1.23; sockeyt, 1-pound talis, $1.70. SUOAR Sack basis. 100 pounds: Cube, $5.30; powdered, $6.05; dry granulated. $4.95; extra C, $4.60; golden C. $4.35; fruit sugar, $4.05. Advances over sack basis as follows: Barrels, 10c; W-barrels, 25c, boxes. BOc per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances within 15 days deduct o per pound; if later than 15 days and within 80 days, deduct He. Sugar, granulated. $4. S3 pur 100 pounds; maple sugar, 15 18c per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 15c per pound by sack; Ho extra for less than sack; Brazil nuts. 16c: filberts, 16c; pecans. Jumbos. 10c; extra large. 17c; almonds, 14 015c, chestnuts, Italian, 1210o: Ohio. 20c; peanuts, raw, 7c per pound; roasted. 9o; plnenuts, 10 12c; hlctory nuts, 714 8c; cocoanuts, 35 90c per dozen. SALT California dairy. $11 per ton; Imi tation Liverpool. $12 per ton; half-ground, 100s, $9; 60s, $0.50. lump Liverpool, $17.60. BEANS Small white. 4c; large white, 4V4c; pink. 2c; bayou. 4 Tie: Lima, 6cj Mexican red. 414c Provisions and Canned Meats. BACON Fancy breakfast, 20c per pound; standard breakfast, 18c; choice, 17c; English, 11 to 14 pounds, 16c; peach, 15c HAMS 10 to 14 pounds, 16c per pound; 14 to 16 pounds. 16c; 18 to 20 pounds, 16c; California (picnic). 13c: cottage, none; ahoulders, 12c; boiled. 25c; boiled picnic, boneless. 20c. PICKLED GOODS Pork, barrels, $S1: H -barrels. $11; beef, barrels. $11; -barrels, $0.00. SAUSAGE: Ham. 13c per pound: minced ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17e. bo logna, long. 7c; welnerwurst, 10c; liver, 6o; pork, 9 10c; headcheese, 6c; blood, 6c; bologna sauuage, link. 4c. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears. dTy salt. 12c: smoked. 13c: clear backs, dry salt, 12c;- smoked. 13c; clear bellies. 14 to 17 pounds, average, dry ealt, 14c; smoked, 15c; Oregon exports, 20 to 25 pounds average, dry salt. 12Vjc: smoked. 1314c; Union bellies. 10 to 18 pounds sverage, none. LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces 1114c; tubs. llic; 50s. llc; 20s. 12c; 10s, 1214c: 5s. 12c. Standard pure: Tierces. 1014c; tubs. 10c, 60s, 10c; 20s, 11c; 10s. 1114c; Bs, HHc Compound: Tierces, 714c: tubs. 7Kc: 50s. 7c; 10s. 814c; 6s, 8 lie Oils. TURPENTINE Cases, 81o per gallon. COAL Cases, 18c per gallon; tanks, 1214a per gallon. GASOLINE Stove, cases. 2414 c; 71 .test. 271tc: 8S test. 35c: Iron tanks. 19c. WHITE LEAD Ton lots, 714c; 800-pound lots, 8c; less than 500-pound lots. 814c. (In 25-pound tin pails, lo above ken price; I te 5-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 w 5-pound tin cans. 100 pounds per case. 214o per pound above keg price.) LINSEED Raw. in barrels, 47c; In cases, 63c: boiled, in barrels, BOc; In cases, 55c; 25-gallon lots, lc less. - Dressed Meats. VEAL Dressed. 7B to 125 pounds, T0Sc: 125 to 64 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, ttc; 200 pounds and up. 514 6c. BEEF Dressed bulls. 3c per pound; cows, 4 14 5 14 c; country steers, 5 6c MUTTON Dressed fancy, 78o per pound; ordinary, 66c; lambs, fancy. 69 814c. PORK Dressed, 100 to 180 pounds, 8r814e: 150 to 200 pounds, 7148c; 200 pounds and up. 7714c Mining; Stocks. . SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. The official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows: Alta $ 01 Alpha Con 09 Andes 07 Belcher 20 Justice $ .04 Kentucky Con.. .01 Mexican 67 occidental Con. .74 Best & Belcher .68 Ophlr 3.45 Bullion .20 Overman Potosi Savage . ., Scorpion Seg. Belcher... Sierra Nevada. .09 .11 .67 .06 .OS .18 .81 .17 .03 .08 Caledenla .23 Challenge Con. .12 Cnollar 10 Confidence . . . .55 Con. Cal. V. .85 Crown Point.. .08 Exchequer 42 Gould & Curry .06 Hale & Nor. . . .SS Silver Hill Union Con Utah Con Yellow Jacket. Julia 05 NEW TORK. AugT Adams Con $ .20 Alice 2.25 Breece 25 Brunswick C. .30 Comatock Tun. .14 Con. Cal. St. V. .80 Horn Silver... 1.65 Iron Sliver.... 5.00 Leadvllle Ccm. .03 3. Closing quotations Little Chief $ .05 Ontario 2.60 Ophlr 3.50 Phoenix 02 Potosi 12 Rav&ff. . . -I'.S iSierra Nevada.. .19 Small Hopes... .0 Standard 1.73 BOSTON. Aug. Adventure ..$ 5. 3. Closing quotations: 87141Mont- C. &. C.$ 2.23 Allouez 83. 00 Mohawk 61.50 39.00 Amalgamatd Atlantic 102 11. 32. .73 25 25 00 00 1214 00 50 6214 0214 00 Old Dominion .Osceola Parrot Qulncy Shannon .... Tamarack . . Trinity U. S. Mining. U. S. Oil Utah Victoria .... 106.00 27.1214 86 00 9.8714 93.00 8.8714 56.00 10.50 57.50 6 1214 6.B21, 150.00 Bingham . . . lai. Hecla Centennial .. Cop. Range. Daly West.. Franklin ... Granby Greene Exp. Isle Rovale. 700. 23 74 17. 10. 11 24 19 7. 12 Mass. Mining 73 Winona 00 (Wolverine . . Michigan ... GREAT FULL TRADE Sentiment in Commercial Cir cles More Optimistic. HEAVY CROPS ASSURED Scarcity of Labor Is the Only Serlona Complaint Commodity Prices Fairly Steady Railway Earnings Still Increase. NEW TORK, Aug. I. Bradstreets tomor row will say: Sentiment in general seems to have become decidedly more optimistic, practical assurances of heavy crop yields, the growing buoyancy of the iron end steel industry and the rela tively heavy volume of orders booked in gen eral lines for Fall and Winter requirement being the principal stimulant. Railway earnings are very heavy. Evidences multiply that the momentum already impart ed to trade and Industry will receive a further Impetus and they, as a whole, will surpass any previous period In the country's history. Business failures in the United States for the week ending Aufuet 2. number 170 against 170 last week and 178 In the same week of 1105. In Canada, failures number 28 against 24 last week and 29 In this week a year ago. Wheat, including Dour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week end ing August 2. are 2.895.020 bushels against 1,401,606 this week last year. For the past live weeks of the fiscal year the exports are 9,837,306 bushels against &.424.2S7 In 1905. SCARCITY OF LABOR. Only Bad Feature of the Situation Com modity Prices Steady. NEW TORK. Aug. 3. R. G. Dun Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: Aside from he seasonable dullness In whole sale departments, commercial activity is well maintained, and preparations are made for Autumn and Winter business. Scarcity of labor is the only serious com plaint, the output of coke being curtailed, and there Is delay in harvesting crops, while strikes retard the rebuilding of Ban Francisco, but on the other band a slight modification of the 1903 scale has brought back 8000 more bituminous miners and the threatened struggle In 33 paper mills has been averted, while ad vanced wages brought full activity in the textile Industry. Commodity prices are fairly steady, cheaper grain, because of large crops, being offset by strength In the leading materials of manu facture, while legislation in Brazil advanced coffee sharply. Railway earnings In July were 8.9 per cent larger than a year ago, and foreign com merce at this point showed gains of $3,353,669 in Imports and $483,006 In exports as com pared with the same weeW last year. Commercial failures this week in the United States are 180 against 216 last week. 192 in the preceding week and 232 the corresponding week last year. Failures in Canada number 16 against 15 last week, 23 the preceding week and 26 last year. Bank Clearings. NEW TORK, Aug. 8. The following ta ble, compiled by Bradstreet. shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended August 2. with the percentage of Increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year: P.C. P.C. Inc. Dec. New York $1,751,691,436 8.8 .... Chicago 211,745,203 12.6 .... Boston 137.189,309 .... 3.2 Philadelphia .... 135,004,115 .5 .... St. Louis 49,689,778 18.5 Pittsburg 60,945.513 1.3 .... San Francisco .... 39,917,019 1.7 .... Baltimore 27,483,496 15.6 .... Cincinnati' 25,159,000 10.3 .... Kansas City 25,034,253 16.9 New Orleans .... 13.838,817 81.6 Minneapolis 15.240.1S2 7.7 Cleveland 15.154.970 8.9 Louisville 10.514.75S .... 11.0 Detroit 11.147.40.-I .... 10.8 Los Angeles 9,698,427 6.0 .... Omaha 9.224,948 2.5 .... Milwaukee 8,366,3119 8.7 .... Providence 6.442,000 8.4 .... Buffalo 8.080.302 5.6 .... Indianapolis 6,520,823 6.7 .... St. Paul 7,997,788 42.3 .... Denver 6,342,476 8.2 .... Seattle 7,750,520 6.9 Memphis 2.234.947 80.7 Fort Worth 4.024,939 9.4 .... Richmond 5.00S.8S2 5.1 .... Columbus 4.708,900 .1 .... Washington 6,833,549 8.2 St. Joseph 4,658.968 11.7 Savannah 3.073,029 20.6 Portland. Or 4.844.215 23.3 .... Albany 6.384,781 21.5 Salt Lake City.... 4.391,982 4.5 Toledo, O 3.797,683 .... 12.0 Rochester 3,571,920 49.1 Atlanta ' 3,338,719 21.4 Tacoma 8,510,467 19.8 .... Spokane. Wash .. 3,531.617 32.6 .... Hartford 3,853,6:19 21.7 .... Nashville 2.422,486 5 Peoria 2,498.449 .... 7.9 Des Moines 2.078,441 2.7 New Haven 2.921.098 81.3 Grand Rapids .... 2.158.756 10.4 Norfolk " 2.226.805 20.0 Augusta. Oa l,16.'i,040 .... 15.9 Springfield, Mass.. 1,592,829 .8 .... Portland, Me 2,158.292 St. 8 Dayton 1.584,057 8.8 Sioux City 1,607,971 9.4 Bvansvllle 1.484,092 13.5 .... Birmingham .... 1,680.283 17.3 Worcester 1,339,834 1.0 Syracuse 1.478,034 .4 .... Charleston. S. C. . 771,230 1.3 .... Mobile 1.456,119 44.7 .... Erie 668,713 .... .... Lincoln 1.074,209 Knoxvllle 1.384,946 Jacksonville, Fla. . 1,211,964 10.0 .... Wilmington. Del.. 1.361,649 4.2 .... Wichita 1.140.031 6.2 .... Wilkesbarre 983,624 .... 8.5 Chattanooga 977,048 22.8 .... Davenport 831.655 2.7 Little Rock 963,874 33.1 .... Kalamazoo, Mich.. 707,564 1.9 .... Topeka 802,973 62.0 .... Wheeling, W. Va. 853,278 10.4 Macon 356.372 .... 8.4 Springfield, III.... - 834,576 .... 4.3 Fall River 750,611 2.8 Helena 696,789 .... 11.0 Lexington 635,014 23.3 .... Fago, N. D 839.9S1 New Bedford , 424.672 6.6 Toungstown 685.375 28.0 .... Akron 406,825 15.6 .... RockfordT, 111 48S.8S4 16.7 .... Cedar Rapids, la.. 470,760 3.2 .... Canton, 0 422,581 4.7 Binghamton 646.000 .... 21. 5 Chester. Pa 326.379 26.7 Lowell 464,511 Greensburg, Pa.... 436.681 18.0 Bloomlngton, 111.. 273.888 .... S3. 2 Springfield. 0 319,905 10.3 Qulncy, 111 849.147 . 23.3 Mansfield, 0 299,361 8.8 Decatur. Ill 273,437 .... 9.9 Sioux Falls, s. D. . 350,275 75.4 .... Jacksonville, 111... 284 077 21 3 Fremont, Neb 121,648 63.9 South Bend, Ind. . 392,849 Houston 16.252,049 65.9 Galveston 8,383,000 21.8 Fort Wayne, Ind.. 674,383 15.6 Total, U. 8: $2,709,376,011 7.4 Outside N. T. City. 957.688.575 5.0 .... CANADA. Montreal $ 27.877.6S0 .1 .... Toronto 21,423,282 15.6 Winnipeg 9.723.502 23.9 .... Ottawa 2,719.234 1.6 Halifax 1,684,920 Vancouver, B. C... 2.197.9:13 81.6 Quebec 1.731.943 .7 Hamilton 1,689.104 31.0 St. John, N. B . 1,263,281 17.3 London, Ont 1,026.820 2 0 Victoria, B. C 592,154 1.8 Calgary. Alberta.. 1,042,391 .. . Edmonton, Alberta 698,346 .... Total, Canada... $ 71,933,793 8.6 Balances paid In cash. 14.3 SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS. Prices Paid for Products In the Bay City ' Markets. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. The ' following prices were quoted In the produce market today: FRUITS Apples, choice, $1.25; common. 80c: bananas. $1.502.50; Mexican limes. $6 6 50; California lemons, choice, $4; common, $1.50: oranges, navels, $1.754; pineapples, $1.5OSC50. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, 35? 50c; gar. lie, 2014c; green peas, TScgSl; string beans, 3C6c; asparagus, nominal; tomatoes, 2540c; egg plant. 6075c. EQG6 Store. 1914S23Hc; fancy ranch. 27 He- POTATOES Early Rose, 7O80c; River Burbanks. 60c 31; Salinas BurbankA $1.40 1.60; Oregon Burbanks, 7585c. POULTRY Roosters, old, $G7.50; young roosters, $5-g; broilers, small, nominal; broil ers, large, $22.50; fryers, $333.50; hens. $S.94. BUTTER Fancy creamery, 23c; creamery seconds. 19c; fancy dairy, 20c; dairy sec onds, 18c; pickled, 17$ 17 lie CHEESE Young America, 13c; Eastern, 1614c Western, 16c. WOOL Kali Humboldt and Mendocino, 1 ff18c; mountain, 9llc; South Plains and San Joaquin, 9llc MILLSTUFFS Bran, $20921.60; middlings, $2528. HAT Wheat. $1S17.50: wheat and oats, lo12r barley, nominal; alfalfa, $710, stock. $78; straw, 3Vg50e per bale. RECEIPTS Flour, 14.634 quarter, sacks; wheat. 826 centals; barley, 4772 centals; oats, 1459 centals; potatoes, 2430 sacks; bran, 812S sacks: middlings, 451 sacks; 'bay, 836 tons; wool. 62 bales; hides, 1948. FEEDING WHEAT TO HOGS STJRPIiVS OP GOLD EX GRAIN IN MISSOURI. St. Louis Crop Report Indicates Win ter Wheat Yield Will Be the Largest Ever Harvested. CHICAQO, Aug. S. Sentiment tn the wheat pit was bearish all day, there being- very little news of a character to encourage the bulls. The volume of trading, however, was small, owing to a scarcity of offerings. The principal sellers were cash bouses, who sold against purchases In the country. The market was depressed at the start by a moderate de cline at Liverpool. Liberal receipts in the Northwest also exerted a bearish effect early in the day. Later a St. Louis trade paper's report on the Winter wheat crop of the United States caused additional weakness. This re port claimed that returns indicated that the yield would be the largest ever harvested in this country. It also stated that farmers in Missouri are feeding wheat to the nogs. The market closed easy. September opened ls14c lower at 13o to 73473c, sold between 7M,c and 7373TsC and closed off He at 734c. , Continued absence of rain In Illinois was chiefly responsible for a Arm tone in the corn market: The close was firm. September opened unchanged to a higher at 491o to 4916c, sold between 40 kc and 49o and closed up He at 49 c. Despite liberal receipts, both local and at all primary points, the oats market was firm all day. September opened He to c higher at 31c to 31 Mc sold between 30o and 31 Vic and closed 14c up at 311c. Provisions were strong on lively demand by shorts and commission houses. Receipts of hogs were lighter than expected and this caused much of the firmness. An advance at Liverpool was another bullish factor. At the close, September pork was up 2VaC, lard was a shade higher and ribs were 7VaC higher. WHEAT. Open. High. Close. -735, .73 .7914 .49S .46 47 .31 H .3214 .3414 September December . May $ .7314 -73T, .78ii .78, .79 .79 CORN. .49H -49 .46 'A .47 1 ,47 .47 OATS. .3114 .31 Vi .3214 .32 .3414 .34 MESS PORK: 16.80 17. OO LAJRD. September December , May September December . May ...... .304 311 .84 September 18.80 18.9714, September December , November , 8.92V4 8.95 S.8714 8 95 8.82 Vi 8.90 8.95 8.85 8.97 V, 9.00 8.90 8.90 SHORT RIBS. . 9.1214 9.20 9.10 . 8.95 8.95 S.92Va September October . . , 9.15 8.95 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Easy. Wheat No. 2 Spring. 767616c; No. 8. 70 76c; No. 2 Ted, 71724c. Corn No. 2, 60V 95014c; No, 2 yellow, 5114 51 Vic. Oats No. 2, $0!4ci No. 2 white, 3132V4c; No. 8 white, 3032c. Rye No. 2, 66c Barley Good feeding, 35539c; fair to choice malting. 4246c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1.06; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.09. Clover Contract grades, $12. Shore ribs, sides Loose, $9.059.10. Mess pork Per barrel, $1717.12Vi. Lard Per 100 pounds, $8.82V4. Short clear sides Boxed, $i.50jrfl.62V4. Whisky Basis of high wines, $1.29. Recelots. Shipments. 17,700 - 8.400 471,400 8,100 175,200 260,500 324.000 74.200 5,800 7,700 4,000 Flour, barrels . . Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels ... Oats, bushels . . Rye. bushels .... Barley, bushels . Grain and Produce at New Tork. NEW TORK, Aug. 3. Flour Receipts, 16. 300; exports, 7000. Dull and lower for top grades. Minnesota patents, $4.25(3)4.60; do. bakers, $3.45&3.S0. Wheat Receipts. 87,5?o. Spot, easy; No. 2 red, 78c. elevator; No. 2 red, 80c, t. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 85 Vic, f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter, 81c, f. o. b. afloat. With few exceptions wheat was - weak and lower today, touching the low point of the season. The selling motives were big receipts, favorable Northwest news, less export demand and the bearish Modern Miller report. It closed c to c net lower. May closed 85c; September closed 80vio; December closed 82 a. Hops, hides, wool Steady. Petroleum Barely steady. European Orals Markets. LIVERPOOL, Aug". 8. Wheat September, 6s 4d; December and March, nominal. Weather, fine. LONDON, Aug. 8. Cargoes, quiet but steady; Walla Walla and California, prompt shipment, 31s Sd. Emgllsh country markets, generally eheaper; French, dull. Argentine shipments, 1,472,000 bushels; last week, 1,304.000 bushels. Indian shipments, 2,064.000 bushels; last week, 1,224,000 bushels. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. Wheat and barley, stronr. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. $1.30 1.32K,: mllllngv. $1,32164.45. Barley Feed. $11.05; brewing. $1(SL07V4. Oats Red, $1.17141.3714. Call-board sales: Wheat December, $1.2914. Barley December, 99c Corn Large yellow, $1.40ffil.4214. Minneapolis Wheat Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 3. Wheat Septem ber. 72V4B"72c; December, 74c; May, 7814 78; No. 1, hard, 75c; No. 1 Northern, 74c: No. 2 Northern, 73Vac; No. 8 Northern, 7114T2c. Wheat at Tacoma, TACOMA, Aug. 3 Wheat, l2c lower. Bluestem, 71o; club, 69c; red, 66c.. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW TORK. Aug. 8. The market for evaporated apples ls unchanged with spot supplies firmly held. ' Prime are quoted at llglllie: choice, 1114Uc; fancy, 12c. Prunes are In light demand and shippers on the Coast are said to show more disposi tion to accept inside figures. The spot situa tion Is unchanged with California 70s to 40s quoted at 71fca to 8o and Oregon 40s to 20s at 7814c. Aoricots are mors or leas nominal on spot. Fancy ars quoted at 1594c Peaches are said to be easier for forward shipment, but the spot market shows no ap preciable change. Choice are quoted at 10 11c; extra choice, HV4llVic; fancy, 11 12c; extra fancy, 1212V4c. Raisins are firm on spot with loose musca tels quoted at 67c; seeded raisins at 6gSc; London layers, nominal. HARD TO GET HOPS Oregon Growers Become Very - Slow Sellers. " REASON TO FEEL STRONG Lachmnnd & Plncus, of Salem, Con tract With Chester Murphy for a Largo Block at Six teen Cents. Hop dealers are skirmishing around pretty lively to make contracts. They And It an up hill Job, aa the growers are stronger than ever in their Ideas. It is useless to make offers below ths market, and even going prices will not tempt sellers as a rule. It Is not to be expected, however, that there can be much activity at 16 cents, when dealera themselves openly predict a 20-cent market later. Of the several transactions that were re ported yesterday,' only one was confirmed. It was the sale of Chester Murphy, of Salem, of 18,000 pounds to Lnchmund A PincuB, at 16 cents. A telephone message from Independ ence said that Joe Harris had bought several lots at 18 cents on the West Side, but the particulars were not obtainable. The highest price on the present move ment remains at 1614 cents. As was an nounced in The Oregonlan yesterday morn ing, this figure was paid by McKInley Mitch ell to T. L. Ambler, of Mount Angel, for 10,000 pounds. Mr. Mitchell says there are no more hops offering; In that section. The crop of the state, according to Mr. Mitchell, is not going to come up to expec tations. He estimates that the yield will be nearer 100,000 bales than the 125.000 or 130.000 bales that have been figured upon. The long dry spell, he says, has caused injury that cannot be repaired. The new yards, accord ing to Mr. Mitchell, have suffered the most. A possible decrease in the Oregon crop from the first estimates brings up an inter esting question. Something like two-thirds of the crop Is said to have been contracted, and if growers cannot make deliveries up to the specified quantity, there Is likely to be a demand for the unsold remainder that will make a market full of moving pictures. Mr. Mitchell's views on crop . damage are not shared by all the other hop men. Some of the large growers insist that the crop will ultimately prove too heavy for the picking facilities, P. B. Gifford. of Kerr, Gifford A. Co., who has Just returned from a trip to England, visited the hop-growing sections in Kent and was there told that the crop waa in a de plorable condition. YAMHILL HOPS IN DEMAND. Growers Inclined to Hold for Still Higher Prices. M'MINNVILLE, Or.. Aug. 3. The price of hops in Yamhill still holds up. Growers are inclined to hold tor still higher prices. One grower, who has a large yard, has given an option on 30,000 pounds at 17 cents. Others are holding for higher prices. The hop con tracts now registered at 16c in this county are made with Chris Obye, Samuel Hawkins, William Shtpered George W. Perkins. I. G. Morris. Walter C. Miller, F. M. Crabtree and Mr. Dill. These sales were all made last week. An- examination of the records in Yamhill County Indicates that hop contracts have been filed to the amoupt of about 4000 bales. In all sections of the country buyers are re ported to be offering from 13 cents for baby hops to 15 cents for prims hops. Those who are in a position to know are of the opinion that when contracts secured within the last week are placed on record It will show that over one-half of the crop raised in this county has been sold. As most of the sales are for only a portion of the crop, and by those who deemed it -advisable to sell In order to secure picking money, It Is argued that the remainder of, the hops will be hard to secure, as they will not be forced to sell. In conversation with one of the officers of the "Hopgrowers of the Valley of Yamhill" he stated that hla reports from various portions of the county did not In dicate any larger yield than last year. The hot weather has undoubtedly caused a re duction In former estimates. As the nearlng of picking season approaches the lack of cultivation begins to show ' up. One of the leading local firms, who a year ago sold tons of fertilizer for the yards, has sold none this year. C. F. Daniels operated to a considerable ex tent In the vicinity of Dayton, picking up several contracts at the l&c market. One of the most prominent McMlnnvlIle growers was confronted with an option of 16 li cents, but refused the proposition. Many of the growers anticipate a 20c market by the time bops are In the bale. LIVESTOCK MAJtKJSTB. Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. The following livestock prices were quoted In the local markets yesterday: CATTLE Best steers, $3.&03.6fi; medium, $3(53.25; cows, $2.2&g2.&0; second-grade cows, $1.60Q; bulls, $1.6062; calves, $4g$4.50. 6HEEP 'Best sheared, $4; lambs, $5. HOGS Best, $7.2&iS-7.3f; light. $8.76T. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Kansas City. Chicago and Omaha. KANSAS CITT. Mo., Aug. 3. Cattle Re ceipts 2000; market steady. Native steers, $4&6.15: stockers and feeders, $2.2504.40; Western cows, $2. 60 4. 25: Western steers, $3.506: calves, $2.50 3.75. Hogs Receipts 6000; market 510o high er. Bulk of sales. $8.2214 O8.90; heavy. $6.2006.25; packers, $6.22 6.32 14 . pigs, $5 tj5.75. Sheep Receipts 1000; market strong. Muttons, $45.15; lambs, $67.50; range wethers, $4.23 iff 5; fed ewes, $4 5.50. SOUTH OMAHA. Aug. 8. Cattle Re ceipts 800; market steady. Native steers, $46; Western steers, $3.254.75; stockers and feeders, $2.73 4.23; calves. $2.75 5.30. bulls, stags, etc., $2.25 4. Hogs Receipts 6000; market 5c higher. Heavy, $66.23; mixed. $6.156.20; light. $6.208.35; pigs, $3.506; bulk of sales, $8-15 6.25. Sheep Receipts 2200; market strong. Yearlings. $3 S 5.75; wethers,' $4.505.13; ewes. $4 4.75, lambs, $6.25 7.60. CHICAGO. Aug. 3. Cattle Receipts 13. 000; market strong. Beeves, $3.756.50; stockers and feeders, $2.504.20; cows and heifers. $1.255.30; calves, $5.257.10 West ern steers, $8.80 3.23. Hogs Receipts 12,000; market strong to 5c higher. Mixed and butchers, $6.15 6.65; good to -choice heavy, $6.106.55; rough heavy. $5.806; light. $6.256.80; pigs, $5.608.40. bulk of sales, $6.20-56.45. Sheep Receipts 5000: market steady. Sheep, $3.1593.25; lambs, $4.85 7.85. Coffee and Sngar. NEW TORK. Aug. 3. The market for coffee futures closed steady at a net decline of &10 points. Sales for the day were re ported of 84.250 bags, including September at 6.907c; October, 77.05c; December, 7.15 7.20c; January. 7.30c; March, 7.50c; May, 7.60c; July 7.70i?7.75c. Spot Rio, steady; No. 7, Sc; mild, quiet. Sugar Raw, firm; fair refining, 8Vc; centri fugal, 96 test, S3 13-16c; molasses sugar, 8e; refined, steady; crushed, $5.50; powdered, $4.90; granulated, $4.80 , MORRIS BROS. BANKERS HAVE REMOVED FROM First and Alder Streets to temporary offices ' 733-35 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Building. Phone Main 975 STOCK MARKET SPOTTY TOXE OF SPECULATION BE COMES LESS CONFIDENT. Sharp Reaction Which Carries' Prices Below Previous Night's Close. Call Money Firmer. NEW TORK, Aug. 3. Today's stock market became even more spotty than that of yester day and the isolated instances of suemrth were fewer. This showing told on speculative sentiment in the course of the day, and the tone of the speculation became less confident and led to a sharp reaction. This change was derived more from the action of the market Itself than from any development in the condition of business or industry, unless the slightly firmer tone of the call of the money market may have been partly responsi ble. Larger importance was attached, how ever, to the fact that St. Paul and Union Pacific showed clear evidence of being fed out when attempts were made to bid them up. while Southern Pacific was given over to positive degression. The opening course of prices wss quite generally downwards, but this was attributed to the influence of the earlier dealings tn foreign markets, in which troubled affairs of Russia were once more a factor. The lower opening here was almost immediately repaired In sympathy with the sharp upbuilding of SU Paul and Union. Their relapse was the cause of some misgivings over the vague in formation on which much of the accumulation In these stocks has been based. Successive disappointments over the expected confirma tion of the "deal" rumors which have hung about these stocks for many weeks proves wearing upon the patience of the ill-informed holders, except when they have the example of large buying and advancing prices before their eyes. The new features of strength proved poor substitutes for these favorite leaders of market sentiment. The rise In New Tork Central was connected, with some revival of reports that a comprehensive merger of the Vanderbllt railroad properties was in contemplation. There was a Joint advance In a number of the North and South trunk line railroads, which was associated with the Government's cotton report, which waa expected to be favor able, but which even exceeded speculative anticipation. The cotton carriers sold off on realization, however, after the publication of the Government report. Amalgamated Copper waa helped by a sharp upward movement In the price of the metal in the London market. But these evidences of strength did not prove wholly convincing In face of manifest realizing that was going on in other quarters of the market. It was pointed out also that the first transaction which occurred In United States Steel after the dividend was declared, which were In the opening dealings of Wednes day, were at the highest prices on the move ment. The 4H4 touched then for an instart was not equalled afterward. The deduction is unavoidable that a very large supply of the stock was ready for the market to take advantage of the effect of the dividend. The firmer tone in the day's call loan market was due to the Indicated decline for the week in the cash holdings of the banks, which amounts to $4,771,000 on sub-treasury account alone and which seems to be only slightly offset by the receipts from the In terior. It Is supposed that the sub-treasury excess of receipts, which is largely on account of the Panama Canal bond payments, has been partly offset by redeposlts of Government funds with the banks. But these redenoslts do not go entirely into New Tork banks, while bond payments have come almost wholly from that source. The week's stock market operations and the August settlements also point to some further loan expansion. The impression of the profit-taking tendency of the day's market was emphasized by ths re sponse to the late two-point rise In St. Paul, which was met by an outpouring of stocks which carried a long list of active leaders from one to two points below last night. There was very little recovery and the closing was easy. Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par value. $1,007,000. United States bonds were un changed on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. Bid. Ailams Express 245 Amalg. Copper 146.900 104 '4 lo2'4 luiH Am. Car. & Fdy... 1.2U0 38 38 38 do. preferred 100 Am. Cotton Oil..... 200 32 82'i 32 do. preferred Am. Express ..... 227 Am. Hd. t Lr..pfd 29 Am. Ice Securities. 1.8O0 67 6714 67 1', Am. Unseed Oil... 100 21 21 20 do. nref erred 41 Am. Locomotive .. 10.60O 7014 68 69 do. preferred 11(0 1131-4 l Kml, A Ref. 27.100 lM'Vi 151 1,'J' do. preferred .... 6X 117 117 116 Am. Sugar Ref.... 6.&O0 138 137 137 Am Tnhiuvn. nfd.. 500 10H4 101 101 Anaconda Mng. Co. 43,900 26 257V4 258 Atchison lo.joo . uft do. preferred 10OV4 Atlantic Coast Line 6.200 154 142 143Vi Baltimore A Ohio.. 10,600 120 119 119 do. preferred 92 V4 Brook. Ranld TTan. 18.9X 79T4 78 7b Canadian Pacific .. 5,9o0 107 16554 ItUH Central of N. J iK Central Leather ... 600 89 59 HS do. preferred .... 100 101 101 101. Chespk. A Ohio 3,700 H0"4 6H"4 594 Chicago Grt. West. 2.400 18', 18V4 181, Chicago & N. W.. 7.5O0 2118 2(i 206 Chi.. Mil. St. P. 49.900 189 186 17 V4 Chi. Term. & Tran 13 do. preferred 28 ?.. C C. A St. L. 400 94 94 94W Colo. Fuel A Iron. 12,400 65 63 63 Colo. A Southern.. 300 SSlJ 37 7 do. 1st prererrea. zw ii lift 11 do. 2d nref erred.. 7'X 63 Xi 63 'i 63 Consolidated Gas 8.2(o 138 1364 137 Corn Products .... 000 mvi l'.4 1 do. preferred 100 77 77 76 Del. & Hudson 600 222 220 219 Del., Lack. West. 640 Denver & RIo O... 1.000 44 43 43 do. preferred ' 84 DlsU Securities ... 2.000 60 60 69 Erie 28,500 44 4H 43 do. 1st preferred. 200 70 79 79 do. 2d preferred.. 200 71 14 71 7i Onsiii Electric .. 700 l8t 1B8 IKS Grt. Northern., pfd. 1.200 296 296 206 Hocking valley 120 Illinois Central ... 5.700 178 176 176 International Paper 19 do. preferred 84 International Pump 700 46 44 45 do. preferred '. 80 Int. Met 1,000 38 37 37 do. preferred .... soo 18V4 T8"A 7714 Iowa Central 26 do. prererrea - 01 14 K. C. Southern 26 do. nref erred 7O0 55 M 55 14 55 Louis. A Nash 43,810 147 145 145 Mexican Central .. n zi 20 21 Minn. A St. Louis. 100 63 63 63 M.. St P. A S.S.M. 1.4O0 155 152 153t4 do. preferred IOO 173 173 170 Missouri Pacific ... 26.900 94 93 93 Mo., Kan. A Texas. 1,100 34 83 34 do. preferred .... 1,600 68 68 68 S'ational Lead .... 3.800 81 'A Ho Tll-K N.R.R. of Mex.,pfd- 3oo 3S SS'-i 38 N. T. Central Z2.40O 142 140 140 N. T.. Ont. & W.. 900 47 47 4 Norfolk A Western. 2.300 01 90 9o do. preferred S9 Northern Paciflo ... 2,200 205 204 2(13 Nortn American .. 100 9,4 96 90 Pacific Mall 6OO 36 38 35 Pennsylvania 25.600 13314 131 131 "i People's Gas 200 92 91 91 P., C. C. A St. L. . loo 79 79 79 Pressed Steel Car.. S.X 53 62 02 do. preferred .... 1,000 90 99 99 Pull. Palace Car... 1.000 24 240 237 Reading 93,800 135 132" 133 do. 1st prererred , 93 do. 2d preferred 95 Republic Steel .... 900 29 29 28 do. preferred fc. . . . 9ft Rock Island Co 4.700 26 25 25 do. preferred .... 8' ti 63 63 Schloas Sheffield .. 2ik) 78 77 7'i St.L. A S.F.,2d pfd. 3iK 44 44 44 St. Louis S. W.... 2.3U0 23 22 22 do. preferred .... 0OO 63 62 14 53 Vj Southern Pacific .. 81,2iO 7 74 74 do. preferred .... O0 118 117 117 Southern Ry 21,VK 37 36 36 do. preferred 100 99 99 99 Tenn. Coal A Iron 15.", Texas A Pacific 1.30O 33 33 82 Toi., St. L. A W.. 200 2 " 2 2 do. preferred .... b0 4S 48 47 Union Pacific 139.200 158 156 150 do. preferred 93 U. S. Express 125 U. S. Realty 77 U. S. Rubber 400 45 45 45 do. preferred 107 U. 8. Stfel 74.300 40 3914 : do. preferred 13.60 lo7 106 K'Tfe, Va. Car. Chemical. 1.1O0 38 38 38 do. preferred .... l'M'j Wabash 200 20 2014 2it do. preferred .... 700 48 46 47 Wells Fargo Ex 20O WestlnKhouse Blec. 151 Western Union ... 100 92 92 91 Wheeling A L. E. . 8,100 19 18 19 Wis. Central 6 25 25 S'. do. preferred .... 800 49 49 48 Total sales for the day. 1,002.800 shares. BONDS. NEW TORK. Aug. 3. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.l04lD. A R. G. 4s... 99 do coupon 104 ;n. T. C. G. 3 '4 s. 9r, U. S. 3s reg 103Nor. Pacific 3s.. 70 do coupon 10314:Nor. Pacific 4s.. 103 U. S. new 4s reg. 129 1S0. Pacific 4s... 91 do coupon 129 l"nlon Pacific 4a. 103 U. S. old 4s reg.li3;Wis. Central 4s.. do coupon 103jap. 6s. 2d ser... 99 Atchison Adj. 4s 95 IJap. 4s. cer.... 94 Stocks at London. LONDON, Aug. 3. Consols for money, 87; consols for account, 87 13-16. Anaconda 18Norfolk A West. 94 Atchison 96 Vj do preferred... 95 do preferred. .104 Ontario & West. 49 Baltlmoie A O. . 124 lfz 'Pennsylvania ... OH Can. Pacific 171Rand Mines Ches- A Ohio... 62 V-IReadlng 69 C. Gt. Western. 19 do 1st pref....46 C. M. ft St. P.. 193 do 2d pref 4.1 De Beers 17 ISO. Railway :is D. A R. Grande. 40) do preferred.. . 102 1 do preferred.. 88V4'so. Pacific 7S Erie 4.1 Union Pacific 162 V4 do 1st pref.... 82 do preferred... 98 do 2d pref.... 73 U. S. Steel 41 Illinois Central. 181 j do preferred.. . 1 1" W Louis. Nash.. 150 (Wabash 21 Mo.. Kas. A T.. 35! do preferred... 4'.i N. T. Central. . .145 14 Spanish Fours... 92 Money Exchange, Etc. KBW TORK. Aug. 8. Money on call, steady. 2Htf?3: ruling rate. 2; closing bid, 2; offered at 2. Time loans, firm; 60 days. 3bS4; 90 days, 45-t; six months, 6. Prime mercantile paper, 6 e 5 per cent. Sterling exchange firm, then easier, at $4.H520 for demand, and at $4.8235 for 60-day bills. Posted rates, $4.820-4.83 and $4.83Vti9 4.86. Commercial bills. $4.Bl&4.82. Bar silver 60c. Mexican dollars 60c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, . Irregular. LONDON, Aug. 8 Bar sliver, quiet, 29d per ounce. Money, 2 $2 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market tor short bills is B3 1-16 per cent; for three months' bills. S0-3 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. Sliver bars, 64c, Mexican dollars. 62c. Sight drafts, 2c; telegraph drafts, 5c. Sterling oa London, 60 days, $4.82; sight. $4.85. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Today's statement of the Treasury balances in the general fund shows: Available cash balances .$178,178.16.1 Gold coin and bullion 1U4,924,1H8 Gold certificates 41.707,400 Metal Markets. NEW TORK, Aug. 3. There was a sensa tional advance In the London tin market, fol lowing the considerable gains of yesterday. Spot closed at 179 16s or 5 6s higher, and futures advanced 5 to $179 15s. Locally the market was firm and higher in consequence and spot was quoted at 39.60t5-39.85c. . The London copper market was also much higher with spot quoted at 83 2s 6d and futures at 182 12s 6d. Locally the tons was firm but no further advance in prices was re ported, with lake quoted at 18. 62 & 18. 75c: electrolytic at lS.37fel8.SOc; casting, l.S4i 18.25c. Lead was unchanged at 5.75o In the - local market, but advanced Is 3d to 16 lis 3d in London. Spelter was unchanged at 26 12s 6d In Lon don and at 668 10c locally. Iron was higher In the English market with standard foundry quoted at 51s 4d and Cleve land warrants at 61s 7d. Locally the mar ket was unchanged. Government Cotton Report. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. A statement Is sued at noon by the crop estimating board of the Department of Agriculture ehosfs the average condition of cotton, July 25. to be 82 9, as compared with 74.9 in July, 10u5, and a 10-year average of 82.4. NEW TORK, Aug. 3. Cotton futures closed steady. August, 9.75c; September) 8.82c; Oc tober. 9.9tic; November, 9.96c; December, 11.03c; January, 11.07c; February, U.iKsc; March, 10.10c. Iondon Sheepskin Sales, LONDON, Aug. 3. At " the Cape of Good Hope and Natal sheepskin sales today, 102,064 skins were offered, of which 81,652 were sold. Ths supply was moderate but Improved in quality. The - demand was poor and mainly confined to the home trade. Long and short wool realized d and coarse (gd de cline from the last sale. Lambs ruled un changed. Dairy produce In the East. CHICAGO, Aug. 3. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was firm; creameries, 1621c: dallies 15'tilOc Eggs Firm; at mark, cases Included, 12 15c; firsts, 15c; prime firsts, 17c; extras, 19c. Cheese Strong; ll12c. Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 3. Wool Steady. Medium grades, combing and clothing. 23 S 28c; light fine, 18S22c; heavy fine, 14 18c; tub washed, 3238c. . Delegates to Prison Conference. SALEM, Or., Ausr. 3. (Special.) Governor Chamberlain has appointed the following persons to represent the State of Oregron at the annual session of the National Prison Association, which will be held in Albany, N. Y., September 15 to 20: Millie R. Trum bull, Rev. E. P. Murphy, Rev. E. W. St. Pierre, Rev. J. A. Levesque, W. T. Gardner. H. H. Hawley, Mrs. W. A. Mears, Miss Annie Cummins, Mrs. Lou Hatch, Rev. R. Abrahamson, c. W. James, S. D. White, Marion R. John son. Mrs. M. E. Daggett, Mrs. R. B. Houston. Picnic to Open New Road. LA GRANDE. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) The local Order of Railway Conductors will give an excursion and picnic August 26. The terminus of the excursion will be ten miles below Elgin, on the new Wal lewa branch. This will be the first pas senger train ever run on the new roadbed.