13 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY.. DECEMBER 31, 1903. ONLY EXPORT TRADE No American Demand for Ore gon Hops. CURRENT PRICES LOW Absence of Eastern Orders the Re sult of Poor Brewery Business. Orepon Wool Sales In the East. Grain Markets Are Firm. Ths hop market continue. as hu been Ihe case for soma time past, almost en tirely an export affair. Tho dealers In this stata who supply the American trade have had but little to flo and only a few of the foreign buyers, even, have operated freely. Of the hops that have font and are now fong forward to the London market, a considerable portion are on consignment. There has been more movement in Cali fornia of late than in this state. C. C. Donovan, of Santa Rosa, purchased -lIOO bales of Callfornlas at prices ranging from o to C cents. The Oregon buying reported yesterday was all by export dealers. Kola Xels bought the John H. Cooper lot of 160 bales at Independence at 7 cents, also the Bl-bale Taylor lot at Harrisburg at (4 cents. H. L Dents bought the Roberts lot at North Tarn Mil. John Carmlchael secured S2t bales from Joe Williams, of Carlton, at cents. The lack of demand from the East causes DO surprise. In view of the poor condition f the brewery business, and no improve ment In this respect is expected until the brewers' affairs are brighter. In the mean time, however, the steady foreign drain Is putting supplies here Into small compass, and should buying pressure, from any cause, be exerted It would very likely have a prompt effect on values. STRONG INDKRTOSE IN GRAIN. Bnt Business Is Quiet. Especially In the Wheat Trade. The grain markets continue rather quiet, especially wheat, but values are firm throughout. Thera Is some California de mand for wheat and millers are also buy ers. The East advanced sharply yesterday and options were also higher at Liverpool. lut London cables quoted cargoes Sd lower at 36s 5d. with buyers reserved and no transactions. The coarse grains were Btrong locally with a continued good In quiry. Bid and asked prices were posted at the Beard of Trade as follows: WHEAT. Bid. Asked. .w;i .US' 1.B5 1.67 Vs 1.40 . Januurr February 2hi OATS. 1.62 -i I.ti3- BARLEY. 1ST :snuary 'sbruary February 1.42H 'OrUBIT m.-mv 1 si.ar. Hnnrtail Kv (he aJl PTC Hail LS CAliianio u-iv v. b Pec. Pee. Total ! Last wk. 27 SSI 1? 4 4 35 2rt-J7. lo:i 4 14 3 10 - 2 s. 61 i 3 1 3 Wheat Parley lour Oats . iiay .. OREGON WOOL SALES IX THE EAST Fitapie Mo-vlag at Steady Prices Large Transactions In Territories. The only business reported In Oregon wool at Boston in the past week, accord ing to advtc's Just received, wns the sale of sbout 80.000 pounds Eastern line staple on the scoured basis of c and small lots ff clothing and Valley aroois at prices with in the range of last quotations. Supplies of all kinds are limited. There has been much activity In territory Vools there. A large amount of Montana wool has changed hands. Important holdings of three-eights and halt blood having been cleaned out at 22c ta S:'.c. The total is estimated at 3.2S0.000 pounds. Among other transactions in Montana, wool are One staple at "21 hie to 22s and medium at 22c to 23,4.c Half blood and three-eighths hava been In particularly good request. Of Wyoming and other territory wool a fair amount has heen sold, kinds, both combing and clothing, crcatliaJLsome Inter est. Included In the sales ara 125.000 pounds fine and Una medium Utah on the .rests of 50c to 62c. and 75.000 pounds tine Idaho at 57c to 5Sc. A fair amount of Soda (Springs sold to cost 02c for three-eighths. Further sales of fine Nevada have been re ported on the basis of 6c Wyoming comb ing has realized a clean cost of 55c to 60c. CELLAR SWEET POTATOES DCE TODAY fancy Oregon Cauliflower Received ien eral Trade Fair. Business moves fairly well for the holiday week. In the fruit and vegetable line, but supplies are rather light. The JapanVse rrangs due yesterday failed to arrive, bnt fc-llt probably be on hand today. They will be quoted at 75c per boa. Among the apple receipts was a shipment of good Northern Fpys. which were offered at $150 per box. A ear of cellar sweet potatoes, the first cf the season, ta due today, and will be quoted at 2 Sc. Some tine Oregon cauli flower was put on sale at $1.25. CHICKENS IN STRONG DEMAND. F-n Moving Better at the Lower Price. Kaetern Hotter Offered. "he poultry market continued In good shape. The demand for chickens val strong and 13c was freely paid and in some cases 3 4c waa quoted A number of cases of dressed turkeys arrived, but they moved lowly. The es-g market was moderately active. Oregon ranch was quoted on the street at t7V,c to 0c. with most sales at 3Sc. City creamery butter held firm at last prices. Fresh Eastern butter waa offered cn the street at 32 4 c. Fewer Imperial Cantaloupes. That the cantaloupe crop In the Imperial Valley during the coming year will not amount to much over 1JO0 cars is the opin ion of Commercial Agent C. M. Knox, of the Southern Pacific, who has just returned from a visit to several days to the melon country, says the Riverside, Cel.. Enter prise. Mr. Knox bases his opinion on care ful Investigations, and says that the farm ers are not planting as heavily asj they did laet year, profiting by the losses suffered by the growers because of the small market for the product and the low price received last Summer. He says not over 6000 acres will be planted to cantaloupes. Demand for Mohair. There la a moderate demand for domestlo xnohair at current prices, according to late Eastern reports, but Turkey hair la not as actively sought owing to the relative cheap ness of Arosrican-grown hair. However, prices are holding quite steady on both classes of stock Boston quotations are: Domestlo combing. 25&2Sc; carding (choice). 23 It 2.1c: carding (average). 170 39c; inferior, 14616c; Nolle (first cob'ms), lUtflSe; Nolls (second coVms), 19ff20c. PO BTLAN f MARKETS. Groceries. Dried Fruits. Etc. DRIED FRUITS Apples. T!c per pound; peaches. llOUSc; prunes. Italians, 59 (fee; prunes. French. tfj5c; currants, un washed, rases. sHc: currants, washed, cases, 1 10c; figs, white, fancy. 50-pound boxes. 6fcc I dates. 7 4 (Hit- COFFEE Mocha. 242Sc; Java, ordinary, 17820c; Costa Rlra, fancy. 1820c; good. 16 0 ISc: ordinary. 124 16c per pound. RICE Southern Japan, head, 5 0 6?c. SALMON Columbia River, t-pound talis. 2 per doxen; 2-pound talis. 12.95: 1-pound flats. $. 10: Alaska pink. 1-pound tails, 85c; red. 1-pound talis. 1.45; sockeyes. 1-pound "proVk Granulated. $5.95: extra C, 15.45; golden C. 13.3.1; fruit and berry sugar, 5 95; plain bag. 13.75: beet granulated. $3.75; cubes (barrels). $6.35: powdered (barrel). $6 20. Terms: On remittances within 15 days, deduct hie per pound; If later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct Ho per pound. Maple augar. 1581Sc per pound. NUTS Walnuts. 1413c per pound by sack; Braxll nuts. 16c; nlberts. 10c; pecans, IHc; almonds. 13914c: chestnuts. Italian, lie; peanuts, raw. 6Sc: roasted. 10c: plnenuts, Wg 12c; hickory nuts, 10c; cocoa nuts. !K)c per doxen. SALT Granulated. $14.50 per ton. $2 per bale: half ground, 100s. $10 per ton; 60s, $10 50 per ton. BEANS Email white. 6.33c; large white. 44c: Lima. 5V.c: pink. 3jc; bayou, 3c; Mexican red. 4c. Grain. Floor. Feed, Etc BARLEY Producers' prices: Feed. $27.50 per ton; brewing. $28. WHEAT Track prices: BInestem. DSc; club. Blc; fife, lc; red Russian, Sac; 40-fold. 93c; Valley. lc. FLOUR Patents, $3.00 per barrel, strslghts. $4.0.-.; exports, $3.70: Valley. $4.65: J-sack graham. $4.40; whole wheat, $4.6j; rye, $3 50. OATS Producers' prices: No. 1 white. $32. SO per ton. MILLSTI FFS Bran. city. $26 50 per ton; country, $21.10: middlings. $33 00: shorts, country. $28.002K.OO: city. $30 00: chop. $20.00 925.00; rolled barley. $28.00 29 00. HAY Timothy. Willamette Vall'.y. 1 per ton: Eastern Oregon. $ 16 50 3 1 1 .00; clover. $12 00; alfalfa. $12.00313.00; grain hay. $12.00$ 13.00. Vegetables and Fruit. FRESH FRUITS Apples. 75cS$3 box: pears. $161.73 per box: quinces. $11..S per box: cranberries, $14 50U 15 per barrel; Spanish Malaga grapes, $7.50 68 per barrel; persimmons, $1$1.25. POTATOES Buying price. 80iff90c per hundred: sweet potatoes. 22c per pound. TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels. $J Q3 per box: Japanese. 75c per box; k-mons, fancy. Stiil.M per box; choice. 3j3.60; standard, 2."S box: grapefruit. 4.2a box; bananas. Sft&'vc per pound: pomegnanatea, 1.504i2 box: pineapples. $303.75 per dozen; tangerines. $1.75 per box. ONIONS $IB 1.2.1 per 100 lbs. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips. $1.25 per sack: carrots. $1: parsnips. $1.25; beets. $1.50: horsersdlsh. B'ltlOc per pound. VEGETABLES Artichokes, $1.40 ana; beans. 20ij22'-ic lb.: cabbage. Ht81c lb.; rauliflower. $125 dox.: celery. $4.30 per crate: cucumbers. 21f2.B0 box: eggplant, lie lb.: lettuce, $1 1.2.1 per box; parsley. nc doxen: peas. 17 We lb.: peppers. lSr2uo per lb.; pumpkins. lrlHc per lb.; radishes. 30c per dox.; spinach, 2c per lb.; sprouts, 10c per lb.; squash. 11VC per lb.; to matoes, $1.502. Dairy and Country Produce. BUTTER City creamery, extras, S8iy37c; fancy outside creamery. 329350 per lb.; store. 181 20C. EGGS Oregon ranch. 8740e; East erns. 27 i :i2 W c per dozen. POULTRY Hens, 12S1JC lb.: Spring, larxe. llu12ac; smsll. 14314Sjc: mixed, l:3 13c; ducks. 1718c; geese. 10llc: turkevs. IK 0 20c; dressed turkeys. 20B2jC. CHEESE Fancy cream twins. 13j16c per lb.: full cream triplets. 15H16c; full cream. Young America, ISViSlTc. VEAL Extra. i10c per lb.; ordinary. 76 8c: heavy, 5c PORK Fancy. 7H8c per lb.; large, 6V 97c. MUTTON 6'37c per lb.; lambs. 88VsC TIoos. Wool. Hides. EtO- HOPS 11)08. choice, 77Vto per pound; good prime. 636ttc; fair prime, B"4S6c; medium. S8 5c; 1907. 22Hc; 1906, 1 1 hk c. WOOL Eastern Oregon, average best. 10 14c per pound, according to shrinkage; Valley. l"Wr- MOHAIR Choice. 18919c per pound. HIDES Dry hides. No. 1. 1.14fl6c pound: dry kip. No L 1314e pound: dry calf skin 17gl7'4c pound: salted hides, heavy, 8439c: light and c-jws. 8Uj8ttc: salted calf skin. V."a.l2c pound; green, 1c less FURS No. 1 skins: Angora goat. $1 to $1.2.1: badger. 25fc oOc; bear. $6620; beaver, $6 5038.60; cat, wild, 6ic$l; cougar, per fect head and claws. $.I&10: fisher, dark, $7.50611: pale. $4.BO'(jr7: fox. cross. $3 to IS- fox, grav. aw to 80c: fox. red, $2.25 to $4: fox. silver. 135 to $100; lynx. $1U4 1.1: marten, dark. $812; mink. 75c$4 00; muskrat.- 10 41 1.1c; ottor, $7: raccoon. 45c 6c; sea otter, $12.5. as to size; skunks, &ue7Sc; civet rat. 10315c: wolf, $23 3; coyote. 7Ocr$1.10; wolverine, dark. $33S; wolverine, pale. $22.50. CAfCARA BARK Small lots. 4t; car Iota, 6!c per pound. Provisions. BACON Fancy. 214c per pound: stand ard. 18c; choice. 17c; English. 16016Hc; strips, 13c. PUT SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt. 12c; smoked. 13c; short clear backs, heavv. dry salted, 12c; smoked. 13c; Oregon exports, dry salt, 13c; smoked. 14c. HAMS 10 to 13 lbs.. 14 He; 14 to 16 lba 14Vjc; 18 to 2 ) lbs., 14ttc; hams, skinned. 14Hc; picnics. 10c: cottage roll, lie; shoul ders, lie: boiled hams, 206 20c; boiled picnic. I7c. - LARD Kettle-rendered: Tierces. HHc; tubs, 18Hc: 50s. 13Wc; 20s, UHc; 10s. 14c; 6.1. 144c: 3s, 14'4c. Standard pure: Tierces, 124c: tubs. 12'jc: 60s. 124c; 20s. 12c: 10s. 13c; Gs, 134c: 3. 134c. Compound: Tierces, 8c: tubs. 84c; 50s, 84c; 20s. 84c; 10s. 8c: fis. 84c. , SMOKED BEEF Beef tongues, each. 70c: dried beef sets. 16c: dried beef out sldes. 15c; dried beef lnsldes. 18c; dried beef knuckles. 18c. PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pics' feet. $13; regular tripe. $10; honeycomb tripe. $12: pigs- tongues. $19.50. MESS MEATS Beef, specials, $11 per barrel; plate. $14 per barrel; family. $14 per barrel; pork. $21 per barrel; brisket, $25 per barrel; S P. beef tongues, $20; pig snouts, $12 50; pig ears. $12.b0. Freeh Fish and Shell Fish. FT8H Halibut. 7c lb.; black cod. Tf8e: black base. 2oc; striped bass, 18c; herring, 54c: flounders, 6c; catfish. 9c; shrimp, 124c; perch. 6c; sturgeon. 124c: sea trout, 13c! torn cod. 8c; salmon, 84c; smelt, 6c. OYSTERS Shoslwater Bay. per gallon, $2.2.1; per sack, $4. B0: Tke Point. $1.60 per 100: Olympia (120 lba). $6; Olymplv per gallon. $2.25. CLAMS Little neck, per box. $2.60; raxor clams. $2 psr box. Lumber. ROUGH Dimensions. 2x4 to 14x14 to 32 feet. $10; 34 to 40. $11; 42 to 50. $13: 52 to 60. $17; 1x8 to 1x12 rough, $11: 1x4 com. sis.. $10: 1x8 com. sis.. $11; cull. 1x6 and wider sis.. $7; cull. 1x4. sis.. $6: cull. 2x4 to 2x12 sized. $7; ship lap, com.. $12; cedar, com.. $13. FLOORING 1x4. No. 1 V. G.. $30: No. 9 V. O... $25: No 3. $15: No. 2 slash. $18; 1x6 slash. $18; 14-Inch flooring, $4 extra. RUSTIC 1x6 and 1x8 No. 1, $2.1; No. S V or chan.. $18; No. 2 special pattern. $20; No. 3. all patterns. $14. . CEILING 1x4 and lx No. 1. $25; No. 2. $28; No. 3. $1.1. LATH 1 4-Inch. $2: IH-lnrh. $1.75. MOULDINGS 2 Jnchei wide and under, per linear foot. 4cfNnver 2 lnchej in width, per linear foot, each Inch In width. c DOOR JAMS Up to 12-Inch. No. 1. $32; No 2. $20; No. 8. $14. STEPl'ING Up to 12-Inch. No. 1. $32; No. 2. $18; No. 3. $12; 1x3, No. 2, $18; No. 4. $18: S-lnch. $2 less. Bank Clearings. . Clearings of the Northwestern cities yes terday were as follows: Clearings. Bslances. Portland $1,032,624 $187,537 Seattle 1.480.170 156.96 Tacoma , 7H1.04" 51.4S6 Spokane 980.272 136,1116 'Metal Markets. NEW YORK. Dec. 30. While the London tin market was firmer In the late trading last prices showed a net loss for the day, with, spot quoted at flSl 10s and futures at itSS. The local market was easy, with spot quoted at 28.85 92.10c Copper was steady In London, with spot quoted at t3 Hi $d and futures at i4 12s 6d. Locally the market was steady. Lake was quoted at 1 4.17 4 14.60c: elec trolytic. 14.124 & 14. 25c; casting. 14614.114. Lead was unchanged at f 11 in London and 410 0 4.15a locally. Spelter was also unchanged In both mar kets, being quoted at 121 In London and $.106$. 16c locally. The Iron market was unchanged locally. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Dec. SO. Cotton futures closed easy. Closing bids:' December. l.s.1c; January, 8.80c; February, 8.80c: March, 1 Sic; April. S.84c: May. $.88e; June. (.86c; July. $.$7c: August, 6.80c; September, l.tSc; October, $.5c STOCK PRICES FULL Effect on Sentiment of Italian Calamity. BUT CHANGES ARE NARROW November Earnings Reports of Har riman Roads Are Moderately Fa vorable Smelting and Amal gamated Copper Suffer. NEW YORK. Dee. 30. Speculative Inter est In the stock market was somewhat lan guid and prices fluctuated but were slug gish. Operators seemed indisposed to ex tend their commitments on the 'near ap proach of the Ness Year's holiday and pre ferred to await the turn of the year and what it might bring to throw light on the future of the market. None of the day's several contrary movements was pursued far. The perceptible decline of the forei oon was regarded as an effort to appraise the harm to values that has resulted from the calamity In Italy. The selling represented the opinions of the traders, rather than of any forced consequence of the disaster. Opinions vary as to how far the loss of property Involved may be reflected In the movements of the securities market. In the case of the enornous losses by the San Francisco earthquake, which reached an estimated aggregate of $500,000,000. dis tinguished economists are quite generally agreed that an Important effect was pro duced In the bringing about of the subser quent exhaustion of capital supplies, wblcfi was a prime fa c toe. In precipitating the financial crisis of last year. In the San Francisco case, the connection with the great financial centers was close and direct, not only through active commerce, but also through the Insurance companies, by which the losses were brought into immediate re lation In the securities market, and in the London money market. Whatever process of restoration and re sort to capital supplies follows tho present disaster. It Is certain to be slower and less perceptible In its effects on the general financial fabric. American Smelting stock made another dip in recognition of the formidable com petition promised in -he new corporation, and Amalgamated Copper moved in com pany, the threatened competition being con sidered as representing a rivalry between Interests in those two corporations. The November net earnings statements of the two Harriman Pacific railroads were re ceived with moderate satisfaction, the ad vantage In the comparison with last year being. In fact, decidedly less than in sums of the preceding statements. A moderate falling off In gross earnings was shown In both reports, compared with November of last year, and the cut in operating cost was also less drastic than has been exhibit ed In some of the earlier statements New bond Usues continue to succeed each other in announcement. Money and exchange rates showed no Im portant change and the net effect on stock prices of the day's various movements proved trivial. Bonds were- Irregular. Total sales, par value. $6,436,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing High. Low. Bid. 84 824 834 004 4!;s 411'., lb 1(18 107 4 43 42 4 424 37 364 22 21 , 22 144 14 134 68 4 67 4 57 4 112 112 111 834 81 4 81 1024 101 4 lol 4 132 131 130 93 4 So 2S4 29 504 484 44 1004 loo 1C0 101 I004 1"1 4 10B 1084 107 111 H04 HOVi 92 6S4 674 674 177 4 176 4 176 S24 31 4 31 4 1014 1014 I0I4 227 6"4 664 664 12 11 119, 1844 lti4 183 1504 149T4 150 704 6t) 69 404 34 384 074 574 574 76 70 75 4 73 V, 734 724 l41i 1624 162 17 173, 174 18o ISO 174 404 34 39 814 814 81 37 4 37 37 34 4 34 4 34 61 504 504 394 m Hr 1594 1574 157!, 147, 146 4 146 4 7.14 724 72 148'' 14i 147 4 184 174 174 44 45Ts 46 12 12 12 56 354 34 84", 314 814 314 40, 304 4l 714 71 714 1244 1234 1234 53 4 52 53 1334 1324 1324 664 6.14 6.14 421 14 42 73 4 73 73 7i. 774 774 1234 1224 12t 4i 46 4.14 854 854 8.14 74 143 1424 1424 364 86 35 1324 131 'i 1314 IOS 104 4 104 4 87 87 864 43 4 2 424 168 484 474 481 1424 1404 141 26 25 4 26 87 V, 86 86 244 24 61 4 604 on; 424 414 414 24 23 4 23 554 M 54 77tJ 774 77 1724 1204 1214 12.1 1244 124 264 254 26 61 62 61 1 4.14 44 4- 44 4 374 85; 854 471, 44 464 72 71 704 1844 1824 182-54 fi 95 95 354 -35V4 844 106 5.1 54 64 1134 1124 113 474 46'i 46 454 44 4 444 114 194 184 19 .in! 40U 494 65 S3i S3; (K'4 64 SV. 124 124 124 R7 . 351 34 129 1284 128X Sales. 23.&O0 6,400 A mal Copper . . . Am Car Sc Foun do preferred Am Cotton Oil.. 1,000 Am Hi it Lt pf. 100 Am Ice Securl.. zoo Am Linseed Oil.. 2jo An Jjocomotlve. . 1.8O0 do preferred ... II 10 Am Smelt & Ref. 61,300 do preferred ... v 6'K) Am Sugar Ref.. 7 00 Am Tobacco pf.. ...... Am Woolen 40 Anaconda MIn Co S.S.O Atchison ' 1 14.3'H) do preferred ... 3iJO Atl Coast Line... 400 Bait & Ohio 8,100 do preferred Brook Rap Tran. 21.9o0 Canadian Pacific. . 1.1O0 Central Leather.. 2.400 do preferred ... 200 Central of N J Ches St Ohio 8,300 Chicago Gt West. 1.500 Chicago & N W.. 1.700 C, M & St Paul.. 20.500 C. C. C & St L. 1.600 Colo Fuel A Iron.. 8.000 Colo A Southern.. 800 do 1st preferred. 800 do 2d preferred.- 100 8.80C 2p0 Corn Products . . Del A Hudson... D A R Grande., dc preferred . . 20,3(n 1.100 5l) 4.800 Distillers' Securl.. Erie do 1st prefer!!. do 2d preferred. General Electric 1.2O0 2X 2.100 4.000 Gt Northern Ore.. 1.800 Illinois Central .. 9.800 lnterborough Met. 13.7O0 do preferred ... 8.80O Int Paper 100 do preferred Int Pump 7.AOO Iowa Central 2.100 K C Southern... 6.XOO do preferred . . 2.O0O Louis & Nashville 1.300 Minn & St L l.ooo Mfl St P 9 9 M. 300 Missouri Paclflc. 4'.fHVl Mo. Kan A Texas K'.S'-O do preferred ... 200 National Lead ... 1.SOO N Y Central !2.1oO N Y. Ont West. 1.R00 Norfolk West.. 500 North American Northern Pacific 12.90O Pacific Mall 4o0 Pennsylvania 14.700 People' Gas .... 6O0 P. CCA St L. . lOO Pressed Steel Car. 1.000 Pullman Pel Car By Steel Spring.. SO0 Reading Republic Steel ... do preferred . . Rock Istand Co.. do preferred . . . fit L 6 F 2 pf. St L Southweetsrn do preferred ... Slose-Sheffleld .... BOO 80O 1.600 2, (too ?oo 200 900 100 do preferred ... 2.IW Southern Railway. 40 do preferred ... l,8io Tenn Copper 800 Texas ft Pacific 11. 800 Tol. St I. West, l.ooo 1I0 preferred ... 8 20O Union Psclflc ... S7.800 do preferred . . . 1O0 TJ 8 Rubber 300 do 1st preferred XT S Steel R5.400 do preferred ... 2.100 Utah .Conner ... 800 Va-fa.ro Chemical. 1.800 do preferred Wbash 1 do preferred ... 20.200 Westlnahmise Elec 1.1"0 Western Union ... 1. iOO Wheel I. Erie 30o Wisconsin CentraLll.."" m Tl Tel... 2.600 Total sales for the day. 816.100 share. BONDS. NEW YORK. Dec. 80. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.103 Y C G 34s. . 9.14 do coupon. ... 1 "4 North Pacinc 3s. 734 North Pacinc 48.104 4 V. S. 3s reg mi do coupon .... I'm South Pacinc 4s. 914 U 9 new 4s reg.l204'Unlon Paclflc 4s. 101 4 do coupon 121 IWIseon Cent 4s. 914 Atchiron adj 4s. 93 IJapaneae 4s 82 4 D A R O 4s.. .. 99 I z Money, Exchange, Ftc. NEW YORK. Dec 30. Money on call, firmer at 28 3 4 per cent; ruling rate; 3 4 per cent: closing bid. $4 per cent; offered at 8 4 per cent. Time loans steady; 60 days, 8 per cent; $0 days, 134 per cent; six months. 3 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper closed at 4 04 4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.85 4.8610 for 60-day bills and at (4 87 for demand. Commercial bills. $4,844 4.844. Far silver. 504c. Mexican dollars. 4 5c. Bonds Government steady; railroad irreg ular. LONDON. Deo. 0. Bar silver Quiet at 23 4 d per ounce. Money. 24 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for short bills Is 2 4 psr cent. The rate of discount la the open market for three months' bills is 2! 24 per cent. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. $0. Silver bars, 604c. Mexican dollars Nominal. Drafts Sight, 6c; telegraph, 10c. Sterling on London, 60 days, $4.Sd4; ster ling on London, sight $4.874. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances In the gen eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve, shows: Available cash balanoes 163'5 ,?''.!. Gold coin and bullion 26'2?S'?SS Gold certificates S1.6S6.120 Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Dec. 30. Coffee futures closed steady and net 5 points lower to 5 points higher. Business was more active, sales being reported of 48.250 bags. Including December at 6.40e; March, 6.555.65c; May, 5.455.55c: July, $5.605.56c: August, S.45c; September, 6.40$5.45c; November, 6.46c. Spot coffee steady; No. 7 Rio, 464c; No. 4 Santos, 7484c. Mild coffee steady; Cordova, 412 4c. Sugar Raw quiet; fair refining, 3.17c; centrifugal. 96 test. 8.67c; molasses sugar, 2.82c; refined steady; crushed, S.35e; pow dered, 4.75c; granulated, 4.65c. EASTERN EGGS THREE-CEXT DROP IX THE SE ATTLE MARKET. Japanese Oranges Firmer and Uke- V It to Advance Sharply Best Butter Is Firm. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) Eastern eggs slumped 3. cents per doxen to day, now being held ss low as 37 cent. Fresh eggs were slightly firmer, most sales of extra fancy being made at 45 cents. Butter Is Arm on firsts. There Is an ac cumulation of seconds and Eastern, and if lt were not for this, dealers declare there would be nothing to prevent an advance. Until the surplus is worked off there will probably be no advance. Thirty-seven cents is the top on fresh Washington creamery butter. The 5000 bundles of Japanese oranges that were held up until fumigated came- on the market today. Quotations were slight ly firmer, surplus stocks having been well cleaned up. An advance of from 15 to 25 cents would not surprise local dealers. QUOTATIONS AT SAN FRANCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce In the Bay - City Markets. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. The follow ing prices1 were quoted In the produce mar ket today: MIlIstulTs Bran. 128.6030; middlings. $32.60 635.50. Vegetables Garlic, 7? 9c: green peas, 10 grl2 4c; s;rfng beans, 15p20c; tomatoes, 60c tl $1. Butter Fancy creamery, 37c; creamery seconds, 32c: fancy dairy, 26c; dairy sec onds. 20c; pickled, 23 4c. Cheese New. 148144c; Young America, 154 & 16c; Eastern, 17c. Eggs Store, 44c; fancy ranch, 45c; East ern. 30c. Poultry Roosters, old. $45: young, $7 9: broilers, small, $3.50 & 4.50; broilers, large, $4.603'5.50; fryers. t6&7; hens, $5S10; ducks, old. $45; young. $68. Wool Spring. Humboldt and Mendocino, 16019c; Mountain. 6ff84c; South Plains and San Joaquin, 74p94c; Nevada, 9 & 14c Hay Wheat. $18(i22..10; wheat and oats, $17421; alfalfa, $14.50018; stock, $1215; straw, per bale. tJUfciflOc. Potatoes Early Rose, $1.25 91.35; Sa linas Burbanks, $1.261.50; Oregon Bur banks. $l.i;g 1.25; sweets, $1.251.50. Fruits Apples, choice, $1.25; common. 40c; bananas, $ 1 fi 3 : 'limes. $4.505; lemons, choice, $3.25; common. $1; oranges, navels. $1.502.50; pineapples. $244. Receipts Flour. 3800 quarter sacks; wheat, 300 centals; barley, 650 centals: oats. 10 centals; beans. 786 sacks; potatoes, 8750 sacks: bran, 125 sacks; middlings, 165 sacks; hay, 126 tons; wool, 4 bundles; hides. J580. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. Light receipts end a moderate demand made for quiet conditions In the local live stock market. Aflr the first of the year some Increase in the volume of business Is looked for. Former prices were maintained all through the lists yesterday. The re ceipts for the day consisted of 240 sheep and lambs. Local prices current yesterday were as follows: CATTLE Best steers. $4.254.50: me dium, $4 "3 4.2.1; common. $3.50 3.7.1; cows, best, $3.253.50; medium, $3 & 11.25; com mon. $2,504)2.75: calves, $44.75. 8HEEP Best wethers. $4.254.50: mixed, sheep und Iambs. $4.25 4.60; wes, $3.7594: lambs, best trimmed, $4.755; untrim med. $4(6 4.25. HOGS Best, $5.7536; medium, $5,259 6.76; feeders not wanted. Eastern Livestock Markets. SOUTH OMAHA. Dec. 30. Receipts. 3700; market, active and steady. Western steers, $3.rOfg6; Texans, $35.10; cows and heifers. $2.504.50; stockers and feeders, $2.7,1 5.5(); calves, $3 6. Hogs Receipts. 12.000: market, 10c low er. Heavy, $5.455.S0; mixed, $5.405.30; light, 85.2--. 5. 85; pigs. $3.5035.10. Sheep Receipts. 7500: market, strong, 10 15c higher. Yearlings, $5.256; lambs, $.40e7.00. CHICAGO. Dec. 30. Cattle Receipts. 7000; market, steady. Texans. $3.60 4.4.1; Westerns. $4.60)5.65; stockers and feeders, $2.704 SO: cows and helfurs, $1.5005.00; calves, $7$r9.25. Hogs Receipts, estimated, 80.000; mar ket, generally 10c lower. Light, $55.SO; mixed, $5.SOo.90; heavy. $3.305.90: heavy and rough, $5.3O5.00; good to choice heavy, $.1.5095. 90; pigs, $4&5; bulk of sales, $.1.4.113 5.80. Sheep Receipts, estimated. 20.000; mar ket, strong. Natives, $3.7.1 5.21: westerns. $2.7.1 (S 5.2.1: yearlings. $5.2.1 $i'6.7.1 ; lambs, native $4.50 7.8.1. Westerns $4.75-37. SO. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Dec. 30. Cattle Receipts, 8000, including 200 Westerns; market, steady, stockers and feeders. $3 5.20; bulls. $2.4013 4.40; calves. $3.5007.50: Western Nsteers, $4&5.60; Western cows, $2.7584 50. Hogs Receipts. 17.000; market. 10c low er. Bulk of sales, $.1.3095.70; packers and butchers. $j.4A4 5.75 ; light, $5.10 it 5.60; pigs. $3.754.7.1. Sheep Receipts. 7000: market, stesdy. Muttons, $4 2.1 5.25: lambs, $67.70; range wethers, $4?6.S5; fed ewes, $.1-84.75. Eastern Mining Stocks. BOSTON, Dec. 30. Closing quotations: Adventure . .$ 9.124!Mont c A C. .30. Allouez 36.50 INevada 19.1i4 Amalgamated 83.124!01d Dominion 57.50 Arts Com.... 37.75 lOsceola 134.00 Atlantic .... 16.50 TParrot 29.21 Butts Coal... 26.50 IQuincy I" .100 Cal A Arlx. . .118.00 IShannon 17.25 Ca! A Hecla. 675.00 ITamarack 81.00 Centennial .. 33.50 iTrlnlty 17.00 Copper Range 81.25 lUnlted Copper 14.25 Daly West... 10.0O U. S. Mining. 44.50 Franklin .... 16 50 If. S. Oil 28.2.1 Granby 106.54 ll'tah 4ti.00 Oreene Can. . 12.25 Ivlctorla 3.75 Isle Royals.. 24.30 IWlnona ... 6.21 Mass Mining. 6.25 'Wolverine ...150.00 Michigan ... 13.25 North Butte.. 85.00 Mohawk .... 69.00 I Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Dec. SO. The market for evaporated apples continued steady both for spot and future delivery. Fancy ape quoted at 84g94c; choice, 74r8c; prime, 47c. Prunes were rather unsettled, with only a small jobbing demand In evidence. Quo tations range from 4 4i74c for California and from 64&9o for Oregons, the latter 60s to 20s. Apricots are unchanged, with choice quoted at 94 fi9ic: extra choice, 103104c; fancy. 114 114c. Peaches are quiet, but holders are firm In their views. Choice are quoted at 7 7Hc; extra choice. 74t38c; fancy. 84llc Raisins are unsettled, although reports have been received that the negotiations of the growers' pool on the Coast have been completed. Loose muscatel are quoted at 8 4 & 6 4c: choice to fancy seeded, 6 7c; seedless, 448c; London layers. l. 60-41.60. Dairy Produce In the East. NEW YORK. Dec. 80. Butter, firm; held, creamery, common to specials, 23 30c. Cheese Quiet and unchanged. Eggs Steadier, unchanged. CHICAGO. Pec. 30. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was steady; cneamerles, 22&82c; dairies, 214l&v27c. Eggs Steady at mark, cases included. 26ii2S4c; firsts, 29c; prim firsts, $040. Cheese Steady at 14 S 16c SHORTS BUY FREELY Weather Market for Wheat at Chicago. TONE IS VERY STRONG Cold Wave That Is Predicted May Seriously Damage the Fall gown Crop Sharp Ad vance at Winnipeg. CHICAGO. Dec. 80. The weather map seemed to have little effect on trading In the wheat pit during the Initial half hour of trading and sentiment was Inclined to be bearish, owing to quite free selling by several leading commission houses. A closer scrutiny of the weather report, however, apparently convinced many traders that the Fall-sown crop of wheat, which waa with out snow covering in many localities, might be seriously damaged by the decided drop In temperature which was scheduled to occur tonight or tomorrow throughout the lower Missouri, middle and upper Missis sippi and lower Ohio River Valleys. This apprehension brought out active buying of wheat by shorts, which resulted in the mar ket becoming decidedly strong. One of the leading bulls also bought freely through out the last half of the day. An improved demand for cash wheat In the Southwest, especially at St. Louis, where it was re ported 128.000 bushels had been sold to Southwestern millers, was an additional strengthening influence. An advance of 24c tn the price of December wheat at Winni peg also had some effect. The market closed strong at almost the top point of the day with May at $1.0S4 and July at $1.0001.004. The bulge in wheat was chiefly re sponsible for a firm tone in the corn mar ket. The market closed Arm and only a trifle below the best marks of the session with prices up 4 4c to c. Final quota tions on May were 61ic and on July 62c. More activity was displayed in the oats pit than for some time past, but no great strength was manifested. The market closed steady with prices 4c lower to 4 c higher than the previous close, with May at 52c and July at 46 4c A 10c decline In the price of live hogs caused considerable weakness in provisions early In the day. but a steadier tone devel oped later. Closing quotations were 5c higher to 24c lower compared with the previous close. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. $1,034 $1.04 1.07 1.084 .994 1.009, CORN. Low. $1034 1.07S Close. $1.04:4 1.084 1.00 4 .58 4 .61 Dec. . . May. . July. . Dec. . . May. . Jujy.. .674 .614 .61 .5 4 .61 .62 4 OATS. .674 Dec 494 SO May 614 .62 4 July 46; .464 .494 494 .514 .52 .46 .46 MESS PORK. Jan 16.174 16.324 16.15 16.324 May 16.424 16 55 16.40 16.65 LARD. , Jan $.374 8 474 9 374 9 424 May 9.62 4. 9.72 4 9.60 9.70 SHORT RIBS. Jnn 8.274 8.824 8.274 8.324 May 8.60 8.674 8.60 8.674 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Firm and prices were advanced 10 cents. Wheat No. 2 Spring, $1.06 4 1.08 4 ; No 2 red. $1.054 61.06. Corn-No. 2, 584 69c; No. 2 yellow, 69 4 c. Oats No. 3 white, 48 51c. Rye No. 2. 74c. Barley Good feeding, 59594c; fair to choice malting, 6164c. Flax Seed No. 1 northwestern. $1,614. Clover Contract grades. $9.20. Short rib sides (loose). $7,874 8.374: mess pork. $14.50 (ft 14.62 4 ; lard. $9.47 4 i short clear sides (boxed). $8.508.75. Articles. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 36.900 33.900 Wheat, bushels 22.000 18,600 Corn, bushels 3S6.200 179.800 Oats, bushels 240.000 221,600 Rve. bushels 5.000 2.000 Barley, bushels 130,300 7,300 Grain and Produce at New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Flour Receipts, 81.900 barrels. Exports. 6000 barrels. Mar ket dull but firm. Winter straights, $1.65 4.75: Minnesota bakers, $4.20 4.50. Wheat Receipts, 50.000 bushels. Spot firm; No. 2 red, $1.081.094 elevator; No. 2 red, $1.10 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, $1,204 t. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter, $1,174 t. o. b. afloat. Except for a brief opening decline, due to disappointing cables, wheat was again strong and higher today on fears of cold weather in Winter wheat states, strong northwest markets, new outside buying and covering of shorts. Last prices showed a partial 4 cent rise. De cember closed at $1.10; May closed at $1,12 4; July closed at $1,06 4. Hops Quiet. Hides Dull. Wool Steady. Petroleum Steady. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30. Wheat Firm. Barley firm. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping, $1.62 4 1.67 4 per cental; milling, $1,67 4 1.72 4 per cental. Barley Feeding, $L424l-5 per cental; brewing, $1.47(91.524 per cental. 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