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.