. 1 1 1 "" " '. """" ' f 11 ' '"' ( . '17 THE MORNING OREGOXIAy, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1909. ! SET PRICETOO HIGH Potato Shippers Unable to Sell at Bay City. BUYERS ARE HOLDING OFF I'lrst Shipment Since California Fhmd Iteaclies) the San Fran cisco Market Steady Decline In Kggs Is Expected. The first shipment of Oregon potatoes to reach the San Francisco market since tha recent flood, which was expected to put prices on a filgh level, la atlll awaiting buyers, at least advices to tha ahtppara yes terday morning wero that tha potatoea wano atlll unsold. There wara four cara of fancy atock In tha shipment and tha ship para asked 11.15 02. Buyers' Tlewa wera eonalderably below theaa figures. Tha trade twtre la anxloualy awaUIng tha outcome of tha deal, aa the valuations fixed In tha Bay Cltr will govern future operatlona here. About 15 ears of Oregon potatoea are now In transit to tha South. Buying contlnuea In a rather small way In tha vaUey. Fo ffar aa can ba learned $1.35 la the top price paid for potatoea. The oulon market la quite firm on tha 1-eent basis to growers. There Is a good outside demand and a number of cars of association stock have been placed this week. TOP FRICE9 ASKED FOR WHEAT. Floor Very Strong, but Higher Price Are Not Certain. Full prices are asked for wheat by local holders, but the amount of business passing la not large. Oats and barley continue very firm at last prices. The local flour market Is strong and on tha basis of present wheat values an ad vance In flour quotations would seem to be due. The possibility of Eastern flour coming In has. however, to be reckoned with In this connection. Bid and aaked prlcea were posted at the Board of Trade aa followa: WHEAT. Bid. Asked. ...I .9 .99 . .. 1.00 1.02 February March ... OAT3. February March ... I.7t4 1.70 l.To 1.71 '.i BARLEY February 1.SSV4 1.4114 March 1.40 1.42 Receipts In cars were reported by the Merchants Exchange as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oata Har Jnn. 30-31 43 17 .. 18 F-b 1 1 J 4 1 g Total last week. S .. 33 54 HOP qlESTION IX ENGLAND. Government Introduce Bill to Govern Ira portat Ions. Consul Lorln A. Lathrop, of Cardiff, for wards tha following brief summary of the provisions of an act Introduced la the British House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The proposed act pro hibits hop substitutes In tha brewing of beer, and provides for the marking of Im ported hops. According to English news papers this bill will meet considerable op position, and doubt Is expressed whether It will be enacted. Rop-growera of Kent, however, are united In urging the passage of the measure - and have succeeded In arousing considerable) aympathy throughout tha Kingdom. It la not improbable, there fore, that thla or a similar bill may ulti mately be placed on the statute book. Con sul Lathrop's report follows: Tha measure will undoubtedly he pro tective In lta effects, and tha English hop growers, who have had a. eontlnuoua aeries of bad years, will bo benellted at the ex pense of California and other non-British rrowera Under this act a brewer la pro hibited from using any hop aubstltuta un er penalty of 100 (SS S3.) "Hop sub stitutes" are defined as any bitter article, or bitter substance, other than hops, capable of being used tn the brewing of bear. Including any preparation of hops, tha use of which In brewing has not been previously sanctioned by the commissioners for the time being baring the management of duties of excise. Hops must be Imported In bags, marked en the outside. In words and figures not less than three Inches In length and half an Inch In breadth, with the name of the owner, planter or grower, lie country, and the year In which grown, and the gross weight. The penalty for noncompliance to te 20 (S97.32) for each bag unmarked. Cus toms anthorltlea are authorised to retain unmarked hope, which shall be forfeited If not marked by tha Importer within a ahort specified time. HENS HAVE RESOLED IATIXO. rtenty of Fgga Looked For In the Near Future. That tha egg market will steadily de cline from now on la evident from reports from the country, which show that the soft, warm weather has caused the hens to re sume laying. There was some disposition on the part of local handlers to hold the roarlo-t ateady yesterday In view of the considerable supply of California and East ern eggs carried, but the efforts did pot meet with much euccess and prices were tnollned to sag. Tha general quota tion on the street was 45 cents. Receipts of poultry were small and the . demand was light, but good prices are looked for throughout the week neverthe less. The butter market was active and steady at the recent decline and cheese waa firm at last prices. Bran Prirea Advance Sharply. The bean market Is again showing much strength. In response to California ad vices, prices on small white, large white and red. made a sharp advance of S cent yes terday. It Is reported that the floods In the Sacramento-Pan Joaquin delta district have considerably reduced the acreage In beana for next season. Three Cars of Bananaa Arrive. Three cara of bananas, two of which wera sjneen. arrived yesterday. A small ship men: of truck also came In by steamer. The vegetable market waa firm on everything ex cept sack vegetables, which were generally lowen Iiunk Clearings. Clearitlis of N day were as folio zs of Northwestern cities yester- .lows: Cfcaartnga. Balances. Portland' I1.H1.1SJ IISC.21T Seattle .( 1.749. S3 1:5.231 Tacoma . . S77.331 4. 472 :.l0.t 451.190 PORTLAND MARKETS. Groceries. Dried Fruits. Ete. PRIED FRUITS Apples. 8M1C per lb.; peaches. TV, 8c; prunes. Italians, 59se; prunes, French. 4 3 Ac; currants, unwashed, esses. P'sc: currants, washed, cases. 10c; figs, whltu fancy. SO-lb- boxes, 6'ci dates, luFfiE Mocha. 24ffISe; Java, ordinary. 17 6 Ccsta Rica, fancy. is20c: good. ItiAl.'c; ordinary. l'J1rtc per pound. SALMON Columbia River, l-pound tails. IZ per dozen; 2-pound talis. 12.95; 1-pound - . .. . i . ...11 HKh - flats. S7.1U; Aiasaa pina. l-lnunu red. 1-pound talla. Il-45i, sockeyes. 1-pound talis. $2- .,,, RICE Southern Japan. 414c: head. Tc NUTS Walnuts. l213o per pound by sack; Braxll nuts. 18c; filberts. 15c; pecans. Tc: almonds. 13314c: chestnuts. Italian. 11c: peanuts, raw, 6 6c; plnenuts, 104, 12c; hickory nuts. 10c; cocoanuts. oo per dozen. " mr . SUGAR Granulated. $.-.95: extra C. $5 45; golden C, 13.35; fruit and berry sugar, 5 Bj; plain bag 5.73: beet granulated. 15.73; cubea (barrels). $8.35; powdered (barrel), 19.20. Terms: On remittances within 15 days, deduct c per pound; If later than 15 days and within 30 days, deduct c per pound. Mapie sustsr. lSfrlSc per pound. SALT Granulated. $13 per, ton. tl.90 per bale; half ground. 100s, SJ.50 per ton; 60s. IS per ton. ' , ... BEANS Small white. 5 He: large white. 4"c: Lima. 5?c; pink, 31ic; bayou, 4c; Mexican red. 4c Grain. Flour. Feed. Ete. BARLEY Producers" prices: Feed, per ton WHEAT Track prices: Bluestcm. $1.08; club. 9-tt$l; red Russian. 94c. FLOUR Patents. 55.35 per barrel: straights, 14.20; expurta. 3.90; Valley. :; 54-sack graham, 54. b0; whole wheat, 4. sj. OATH Producers trices: No. 1 white. $34 per ton. MILI.STUFFS Bran. $2(1826 30 per ton: middlings. S..T0: rhorLs. 2S.1U: chop, $2t'823; roiled barley. $2-?K. HAT Tlinothv. Willamette Valley. 16f 17 per ton; Eastern Oregon. $1718: clover. $12313: alfalfa, H4flS; grain hay, $1213. Vegetables and Irnlt. FRESH FRUITS Apples, $16 3.75 box; Spanish maiaga grapes, ta per barrel; per simmons. $lrr)1.25. POTATOES Buying price. $Irl.2j per hundred; sweet potatoes. 2 Vic per pound. TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, navels. J a 3 per box; lemons. 3g4; grape fruit. $4 25U4-75 per box; bananas. ofaSiic per pound; pineapples. $2.75J3.2S per dozen; tangerines. $1.75 per box. ONIONS Oregon, buying price. $2 per hundred. ... SACK VEGETABLES Turnips. $1.25 per aack; carrots. $1; parsnips. $1.60; beets, tlM: horseradish, 10c per pound. VEGETABLES Artichokes. Iigl.55 dor.; cabbage. Jc lb.; cauliflower. $2 per crate; celery. J4.60 por crate: cucumbers. $1.75Cf3-- dozen: lettuce. $1.251.75 per box: parslev. 3c dozen; peas. 15c lb.: radishes. 30c per dozen; spinach, 2o per lb.; sprouts. 10c per lb.: squash. 2Vc per lb.; tomatoes, $1.75(32. 25. Dairy and Country rrodoce. BUTTER City creamery, extras. 34c; fancy outside creamery, 32S34c per lb.; store. 18H20C. Eow Oregon ranch, 4.ffrr.oc per dozen. California and Eastern. 4 (5 4 7 'i c. POULTRY Hens. 1313Vtc lb.: Spring, large. 121sftlSc: small. H4i20c: mixed. 12V, it 13c; ducks, 18020c; geese, 10c; turkeys, 1 r 19 c. CHEESE Fancy cream twins, ISHtflSa per lb.; full cream triplets. 15Vi16c; full cream. Young America, lSViftJlTc. VEAL Extra, lOg'IO'.ic per pound; ordl narv. 738c: heavy, 6c PORK. Fancy, e8"Ac per lb.; large. 9 lie Provisions. BACON Fancy. 21c per pound: standard, 18c; choice, 17c; English, laixtf-HSc; strips, ISc. DRT SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt. 12c; smoked. 13c; short clear backs, heavy, dry salted, 12c; smoked, 13c; Oregon exports, dry salt, 13c; smoked,. 14c HAMS 10 to 13 lbs., 14 fee; 14 to 16 lbs., 14c; 18 to 20 lbs.. 14c; nams. skinned, 14c; picnics, Site; cottage roll. 11c; shoul ders). 11c; bulled hams, 19i-iS320V4c: boiled picnics, 17c. LARD Kettle rendered: TIsrcjs. 1314c; tubs, 13c; 60s, 13 "c; 20s. 13"4c; 10s. 14c; 6s. 14Hc; 3s, 14Vc. standard pure: Tierces. 121tc: tubs. 12c; 60s, 12?ic; 20s, lc- 10s. 13c; 6s, 13sc; 3s, 13Vsc. Com pound': Tierues. 8c; tubs, 8;4c; 60s, 81c; 20s. 8c; 5s. !ic. SMOKED EtEF Beef tongues. each. 70c- dried beef sets. 16c: dried beef out side's, 13c; dried beef Insldes. lac; dried beef knuckles. Vie. PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs' feet. $13; regular tripe, $10; honeycomb tripe, $12: piKS tongties. $10.50. MESS MEATS rieef. specials. $11 per barrel; plate. $14 per barrel; fnmily. $14 per barrel; pork, $21 per barrel; brisket, $25 per barrel: S. P. beef tongues. $20; pig snouts. $12.30; pig ears. $12.60. Oils. COAL OIL Pearl and" astral oil, cases, HHc per gallon; water white, iron barrels. 11c; eocene and extra atar, cases 2114; head light oil, coses, 2c; Iron barrels, lbo: elalne. casea. 28c. GASOLINE Union and Red Crown, bar rels 15'aC; cases. 22!?c; motor, barrels, l'c; cases. 23 He; 86 degrees, barrels. 30c; cases, 3714c; engine distillate, barrels. $c cases. 16c. LINSEED OIL Raw, barrel lots. 5c: In cases, 71c; boiled, barrel lots, 67c; In cases, 73c OIL MEAL Ton Iota. $ST. Hons. Wool. Hides. Etc HOPS 1903, 6 4j8o per pound; 1907, 1 'J to: 1906. .lfclisc. w , WOOL Eastern Oregon, average best, 10 14c per pound, aocurdlng to shrinkage; Vallev. 15&1'4C. MOHAIR Choice. 20 21c per pound. HIDES Dry hides. No. 1. 16jil7c pound; dry kip. No 1. 14 it 15c pound; dry calf skin 174180 pound; salted hides, heavy. tjl'oc; light and cows. 9i-914c: sailed calf skin 14160 pound; green, lo less. jrrjRg No. 1 skins: Angora goat. $1 to $125; badger. 23450c; bear. $320; beaver. $6 6088.50; cat. wild. 6ucfc $1; cougar, per fect head and claws. $3 a 10; flsher. urk. $7.J011; pale. $4.907; fox. cross. $3 to IS- fox. gray. 60c to 80c; fox. red. $2 2 to $4; fox. silver. $35 to $100; lynx. $10 15- marten, dark. $812; mink, 75c$4 50; muskrat. 10i15c: otter. $7; raccoon. r.cV 60c' aea otter, $itJ2.j. as to size; skunks, $0!3i75c; civet cat. loft 13c: wolf. $23; coyote. 70c$1.10: wolverine, dark. $333; wolverine, pale. $29 2 50. CASCARA BARK Small lota. 414Q5V4o old in carlota. selling at T!4sc PORTLAND 1JVESTOCK SIARKET. prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. Livestock prices held their own at the yards yesterday, notwithstanding the qual ity of the arrivals in general were only common to Inferior. The domand was strong, particularly for good stock. In the absence of which buyers had to take what was available. The receipts yesterday were 23 cattle. 430 hogs and B5 calves. Part of the cattle went on to the Sound. Late representative salea were: Thirteen steers. 1110 lha. $4-73; 9 bulls. 14.V) lbs.. $2 i5; 9 cows. 970 lbs.. $S 75: 2 bulls. 1300 lbs.. $ 75- 9 steers. 100 lbs.. $5.00; 8 steers. JO l'ba.. $4.50; 10 cows. 10O0 !M, $4.0O; 2 prime bulls. 1390 lbs.. $300: 10 hors. 117 lbs. $6 30; 2 calves. 91 lbs.. $300; 204 hogs. 225 lba. $7.00; 108 hogs. 143 lbs.. 'Tho current range of prices was as fol- '"cATTI.E Best steers. $T35.IS; medium. $4.2534.50; cows. best. $4; medium, $3.28 375; calves. $4.5tf50O. SHEEP Best wethers, S5.25'35S0': mixed rheep. $3.5065.25; ewes. $4.304.75; lambs. JHOGS-Beat. $7; medium. $6.25-36.75. Eastern Livestock Markets. KANSAS CITY. Mo, Feb. 2 Cattle Re ceipts. 14 '100; market steady. Native steers. $4!HU'8 76; stockers find feeders. $3.2j 6 73: calves. $3.50'o" 6 30: - Western steers, $4 306 6.40; Western, cows, $3'e 5.23. Hogs Receipts. 17.000; market B310o lower. Bulk of sales. $4r6 r.o. puckers and butchers. $.10r.i0: pigs, J4.50.jj.0O. pnepKeceipts. 700; market eady. Muttons. $4.60,r...-.O; lambs. $.0w7.0: range wethers. $46.B0; fed ewes, .lo.-0. CHICAGO. Felx 2. kittle Receipts 'about 83.K); market 11- lower. Beeves. $4.-0 3 7 0.V Westerns. $3.0O!ir 5.60; stockers and feeders. $3.25 5 4: cows and heifers, $1.!3 6 5.60; calves. $ 6fl Ho-Recelpts. about 47.000; market 1S9 20c lower. Light. $6Tt6 60; mixed. $0.15" 6 75: heavy. $1:204,6.80; gr.od to choice heavy. .20C.S.i: pigs. $4.0O6.8J; bulk of sales. $6.53 & 8.75. gn,eDl-Hecelpts. estimated. 14 000; mar ket steady. Natives. $3 40. 3.80; Westerns. $3 40&3.73; yearlings. $t7.10; lambs, na tives. $5.50S7.75; Westerns. $5.50 7.SO. SOUTH OMAHA, Feb S Cattle Re ceipts. 41O0; market 10 15c - -tlve steers. $4'c(a 2r.; Western steefs. $ 1. 25 3.30, cows and heifers, $3tiS: calves. :17. Hogs Receipts. 10.0(10; market lOc lower. Heavy. $62.1; light, $5.836.10: bulk of sales. $3.906 6.10. ,nnn Sheep Receipts. mr.rket 10200 lower. Yearlings. $0'ff650; wethers. $54? 6.25; ewes. $44.63; lambs. $6.307.40. Dairy Produce In the East. CHICAGO. Feb. 2. On the Produce Ex change today the butter market was steady. Creameries. 22f28c; dairies. 2ie2ac. Kegs Weak: at mark cases Included. 30 6 33c; nrsts, 33c: prime firsts. 34c. Cheese Firm. 14ei'4c. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Butter Fancy, very Arm; other grades quiet; prices un changed. Cheese Firm, unchanged- Kggs Easier; Western nrsts. 341c; sec onds, 33 U 34c COPPER PRICES RISE Market Affected by Advance in London Warrants. EQUIPMENTS ALSO HIGHER Professional Element Is Cautious in .Risking Short Sales in View ot fecund I'osition or Holders. Bonds Move Steadily. NEW YORK. Feb. 2 The stock market today was ruled largely by technical con siderations. The professional element was chary of risking short sales In view of yes terdays demonstration of the small liqui dation Induced by the considerable decline of last week. That decline, in fact, hod built up' a short interest of considerable proportions, and the room traders found a fulcrum in the necessities of these un covered shorts for lifting prices. Some importance was attached to a sharp advance In the price of copper war rants In the London market, the first that has occurred In many days, during which the price of the metal went intermittently downward. Copper mine shares abroad felt the advantage of this showing, and the ef fect was reflected here, although news waa lacking to show any vital change In the situation in the copper Industry, In which no demand has yet developed sufficiently to absorb supplies at the rate of output from the mines. Railway earnings reported for December, 19oS, show an Increase in expenditures over the same month, of the preceding year. The item of operating expenses of rail roads In December of 1M07 was maintained above the 1006 level to the proportion of nearly 3 per cent. The December excess over that level, when it occurs, must be regarded, therefore, aa ehouflng a more generous allowance for maintenance. A Doiicv of something like starvation of these expenditures Is known to have been adopted' by the railroad, world during me penou of greatest depression. Whether the pres ent change In policy Is of necessity from the long postponement of proper outlay, or whether it marks a growth of greater confidence in future earnings, the effect is good on the demand for equipment and material. Some of the firmness of stocks of railroad equipment Industrials may ' be traceable to this cause. Bonds were steady Total sales, par value, .$3.904. "00. United States bonds were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. HlKh. Low. Hid. Amal Copper 3,500 75", . 74 73 Am Car & Folin. 1,3' 0 49', 49 4!)li do preferred ... 8i!u 110' llOTt llu's Am Cotton Oil.. 3,2iiO f2',4 Oils 02W Am Hd (t Lt pf. 300 4 1 40Vj 41, Am Ice Securi... 1,100 22 H 22 22ij Am Linseed Oil 131? Am 'Locomotive. . 700 CdVt 66 do preferred Ill Am Smelt & Ref. 11.200 H!s 4 do preferred ... 1,"0 103 101 li)2 Am Sugar Ref.. K 131 - ISO 12914 Am Tobacco pf... 400 92 P114 91 Am Woolrn luo 2Si4 2SW 28'4 Anaconda Min Co. l,2r.O 431,4 44ii 45 Atchison 8 . 0M"0 10ti 99 100 do preferred 1.000 102 1011s 10114 Atl Coast Line . . Bait & Ohio 6,909 lOSVi 10714 1"7T 110 preferred 91 Brook Rap Tran. 28,600 71 7'Vi i Canadian Pacific. . 2.2UO 173 J 172 '4 17,1 s Central Breather.. 400 31 30 S0 do preferred - lolyj Central of N" J.. 100 230 23') 230 Ches & Ohio 84,000 64VJ 62'J 4 Chicago Gt West. l.OOO 8 8 8 Chicago & N V.. 4iK 17014 173 ! 176 C. M & St Paul. 14,600 146 143',i 143T4 C, C, C & St L 68 Colo Fuel & Iron. "0 4" 80 40 Colo & Southern.. 2' 1"4 61 61 '4 do 1st preferred. 9"0 82!4 81 lj 8I', do 2d preferred. 2U0 79 "i "Si 79 Consolidated Gas.. 2.1IX) 118', 118 1184 Corn Products ... 8"0 19i 18 18;4, Del & Hudson UK) 173 175 1 74U, 1 & R Grande... 12,30 44H 43V4 43 do preferred ... l.') 82 82V4 82 DWKlliers' Securi.. St'O 38 37 30 Erie 1 r.l" 31H 80 '4 81 do 2rt preferred . l.WO 47.U, 45 45 io 2d preferred. 800 ' 83 35 35-H General .Electric 1"0 154 l."4 1R34 Gt Northern pf... 2.2-10 142 14114 141 Gt Northern Ore.. 800 71i 71 . 71 Illinois Central .. 9i0 142 14114 142 Interborough Met. 300 lSt 15'i 15ti do preferred ... 9ijO 42 41 la 41 Int Paper 100 His Hl do preferred ..... 64 S, Int Pump 100 3S SS SS If.wa Central 1,000 SOij 30 3t!i K C Southern ... 1.4'H 41 '4 40's 41 do preferred ... 100 72 Vj 72',j 72'4 Iuls & Nashville fx'O 122', 122 122 Minn & St L 2"0 50 5 M. St P 4 S S M. 2"0 142 142 141 Missouri Pacific. . 1.400 7t4 68'li 70'i Mo. Kan Texas 4.100 42 41 42'4 do preferred ... 74 National Lead ... 1.M0 78'1 1' 77 N Y Central 4.9(10 127 12rt 127K, N Y. Ont ft West. 1.W0 47' 47 47 li Norfolk & West.. 1.000 91 9oi 91 North American.. 4( Kl 80 8( Northern Paclttc. S.4"0 13S 137 13'i Pacific Mail V0 80 '4 20 Pennsj-lvanla 4.8D0 132 131 . 132 People's Gis .... 4.4O0 108 107 108 P C C St L. . 6"0 92 91 91 Pressed Steel Car 6"0 4, 4 41 Pullman Pal Car MX 17" 170 19 Ry Steel 6pring.. 100 4B'4 46 46 Iteadlrg 86.400 133 132 133 Republic Steel ... 1.2"0 24 24 24 do preferred ... 300 8.'. 85 83 Rock Island Co.. 8"0 24 24 24 do preferred ...6.410 (13 62 62 St L & S F 2 pf. 2iK 4') 4" 3S 6t L Southwestern 200 22 22 22 do preferred R0 Ploss-SheHield 100 "R 78 7 Southern Pacific. 1S.80O 119 118 H do preferred ... 6"0 122 1211 121 Southern Railway. 1.7"0 23 25 25 do preferred ... 9"0 62 61 61 Tenn Copper ... 1.0' 40 39 S9 Texas & Pacific.. 2K) 34 34 34 Tol, St L West. T0 49 49 4S do preferred ... 2'l0 6!) 6S 68 Union Pacific ... 4S.1"0 178 177 178 do preferred ... 1"0 95 93 95 V S Rubber 1"0 82 32 32 do lit preferred. f"v 112 101 HC V S Steel 88.80O 6.1 52 83 do preferred ... 4.100 113 114 114 Utah Corner .... 6"0 44 41 42 Va-Caro Chemical. 1.2Cu 46 4 43 do preferred 114 Wabash - .900 18 18 18 do preferred ... 8.7' 4S 48 4S Westlnghouse Eleo K 80 80 79 Western Union ... 2.0 6S 68 68 Wheel ft L Erie 10 Wleconsin Central. .1" 38 SS 38 Am Tel ft Tel.... 400 126 125 126 Total tales for the day. 428,100 e-haree. -; BONDS. VEW TORK, Feb. 2. Closing quotations: U. S ref. 2s reg.lOIU'N Y C O 3s... 93 do coupon 102'North Paclnc 3s. 74 U s 3s reg. . . .100 North Pacific 4s. 104 do coupon 100-VSouth Pacific 4s. 92 U S new 4 reg.l1!t!Unlon Pacific 4s. 8(1 do coupon. .. .120'Wlscon Cent 4s.. 93 Atchison adl 4s. 91 Japanese 4s 82 D ft R O 4s 98l Stocks at London. IvONDON, Feb. 2. Consols for money, 83; do for account, 83 1-16. Anaconda ... 9.23 IN. Y. Central. 130.00 ii,i,ioti ...102.2.1 iNorflk & West 93 23 do pref 103.75 I do pref 00 00 Palt Ohio. 110.50 IOnt ft West.. 48 23 t an Pacific. .171 .i7lPennsylvanla. 07.121 Ches ft Ohio. 04.73 Chi Grt West 8.73 C. M. ft S. P. 149.00 De Beers ... 11.80 D ft K G- 44.73 do pref 84.no Rand Mines.. 87 Ueadlne 68 00 Southern Ry. . 28 00 do crer tvi.nu South Paclfle.J21.C214 union Pacific .182.12 Erie 34.2. do rrer do lst'pf". 40.30 U. Steel 512 do 2d pf. . 315.50 do pref 117.23 Orand Trunk 18 62'Wabash 19.00 111 Central. . .145.00 I do pref 49.00 I. ft X . 125 00 tppaniBh 4s.... 94.73 Mo K ft T... 43.23 Amal Copper. 76.8714 Money Exclianre. Etc. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Money on call easy. 12 per cent: ruling rate and closing bid. 1 per cent: offered at 2 per cent. Time loans very dull and steady; 69 days 211 per cent: SO days 2 per cent; six months 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, S!4Sr4" per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business In bankers- bills at 14.8530 iff 4.8540 for 60-day bills and at J4.8770 for demand. Commercial bills. 4.84 4 5. Par silver 51 c. Mexican dollars 44e. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, firm. LONDON". Feb. t. Bar silver Steady, 23d per ounce. Money U4f2 per cent. The rate of discount In th open market for short bills fs 2 per cent; three months' bills. 7-ld per ounce. SAJf FRANCISCO. Feb. . Silver bars el0- Mexlcan dollars 45 c. Drafts Sight. 7c; telegraph. 10c. Sterling on London. 60 days. $4.85; eight. $4.60. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. The market for evaporated apples is unchanged with fancy quoted at 89c; choice, 77c; prime, 67c; common to fair, 6(6c. Prunes are somewhat steadier on spot with quotations ranging from 4 to 7c for new-crop California fruit ranging up to 49-50s. and from 6 to 9c for Oregon rang ing from 40-SOs to 20-30S. Apricots firm, owing to the strong sta tistical position with choice quoted at 9 9c; extra choice, 910c; fancy, llffl 13c Peaches, steady. . with choice quoted at 67c; extra choice, 7 8cr fancy, 8 6 Raisins In fair demand and easy, with loose muscatels. 4(S5c; choice to fancy seeded. 5 c: seedless. 38 5c: London layers, $1.5001.60. Gold Engaged for Export. NEW TORK, Feb. 2. Goldman. Fachs ft Co. engaged today $830,000 In gold coin for shipments to the Argentine Republic. BUTTER DOWN, EGGS UP OXIOXS AXD POTATOES WEAK IX SEATTLE MARKET. Heavy Receipts of Bananas Due and Treaent Supplies Are Too Liarg. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 2. (Special.) Lower prlcea on butter became general to day. Every one Is now selling local firsts at 35 cents. Eggs were stlffer, California stock selling as high as 48 cents. Fresh locals went aa high as 30 cents. Poultry was active with an upward tendency. Onions were lower with the best fancy stock selling as low as 2 cents. Potatoes held at yesterday's prices, but were very weak. Heavy banana shipments are due the last of the week. The supply, now is quite heavy. ' recent receipts not having been cleaned up. Veal receipts are heavier and dealers have difficulty In securing more than 11 to 12 cents. QUOTATIONS AT SAN FRANCISCO. Prices Paid for Produce In the Bay City Markets. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2. The follow ing prices were quoted In the produce mar kef f ol fl y Mlllstuff's Bran. $28.5030; middlings. $33.50 35.50. t Vegetables Garlic, 9c: green peas. 68c; string beans, StrlSc; asparagus. 1220c; tomatoes, tl1.25. Butter Fancy creamery, 83c: creamery seconds. 32 c; fancy dairy, 2Sc: pickled, nominal. , CneeM New. 12H.13c; Toung America, 151-16c; Eastern. 17c Eggs store, 3Dc; fancy ranch, 40c"; East ern, nominal. , Poultry Roosters, old. $44.50; young, $C8; broilers, small. $3.50:ai4.5O; broilers, large. $4S4.50; fryers. $6jj)8; hens, $0'tfl; ducks, old. 4S: young, $88 8- Wool Spring. Humboldt and Mendocino. ISSlOc; Mountain. 49o; Nevada, 014o Hay Wheat. $19l&23; wheat and oats. $18W22; alfalfa. $1518.50; stock. $139 10: straw, per bale, 50(g) 85c. Potatoes Early Rose, nominal: Oregon Burbanks, tl.852; sweets. f.504)'1.75. Fruits Apples, choice. $1.25; common, 60c; bananas. 73c4j$2.30; limes, $45: lemon, choice. $3; common, $1; oranges, 1.50l.1: pineapples, $1.50ii2.B0. Receipts Flour,' 3864 sacks: wheat bOo centals; barley, 880 centals; oats. 875 cen tals: beans. 624 sacks; corn. 1225 centals; potatoes. 2960 sacks; bran. 195 sack mid dlings, 160 sacks; hay, 230 tons; wodl, 80 bales; hides. 320. IS AVOOI; SPECTUIATORS cease op ER ATIO-VS IX THE AYEST. Xearly 30,000,000 Pound9 Have Been Bought to Date on the Sheep's Back. BOSTON, Feb. 2- The local wool market Is awaiting the arrival of the new clip. What little remains of the old Is being offered at top prices. Montana half-bred combings have sold at 25c. while other wools are correspondingly strong. It is reported that speculators have withdrawn from the West, after contract ing for nearly 30,000,000 pounds on the sheep. It is claimed that Montana grow ers obtained 20 cents for their unsheared wool. Shearing Is actively progressing in Arizona and IS to 19 cents is bid with growers holding out for 20 cents. Pulled wools are strong and fairly active, but the foreign mnrket Is dull. Leading domestic scoured quotations range as follows; Texas Fine 12 months, 6265c; fine 6 to 8 months, 5.",855c; fine Fall, 4350c. California Northern. 6254c; middle conntv, 4990c; Fall free, 4244c. Oregon Eastern No. 1 staple. 62'363c; Eastern clothing. 534?87c; Valley No. 1, 48S30C Territory Fine staple, 62JPB3C; fine me dium staple, 60C2c; fine clothing. 6S 60c: fine medium clothing, B5iSi57c; three eighths blood, 6563dc; quarter-bloods, 50 052c. Pulled Extra, B0S62C; Una, 6760c; A supers, 605'o5c. London Wool Bales. LONDON. Feb. 2. Offerings at the wool auction sales today amounted to 13.473 bags in. good condition. Bidding was animated and prices were steady except for heavy qualities, which were easy. Americans se cured well-grown merino greasy and light crossbreds at full rates, after strong com petition with home buyers. Easteni Mining Stocks. BOSTON, Feb. 2. Closing quotations: Adventure ..$ 8.00 (Mohawk 61.63 Alloues 40.00 iMont C ft C. . .20 Amalgamated 75.23 INevada 17.02 Aria Com.... 34.ou -juia ijominion oi.- Atlantic 14.73 lOsceola ... .l2y.uo Butte Coal... 23,a0 iparrot r.oo Cal & Arix. . .103.00 Cal ft Hecla. 635.00 Centennial . . 31.50 Copper Range 74.00 Daly West... 9.50 Franklin 14.00 Granby 100.00 Greene Can. .JH2.00 Qulncy . . . Shannon . . Trinity ... SS.00 13.00 . . 14.00 United Copper 13.00 u. s. aiming. 4i.uo U. S. Oil 0.00 Utah 41.00 Victoria 4.30 Isle Royale.. 20.0O Iwinona . 6.23 Mass Mining. 3.00 Michigan ... 10.50 Wolverine ...14:1.00 I North Butte.. 74.87 NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Closing quotations: Alice 223 Brunswick Con. 8 Com Tun stock. 25 do bonds...... 18 C C ft Va 65 Horn Silver. ... 70 Leadvllle Con... 3 ittle Chief 108 Mexican 82 Ontario 400 Ophlr 130 Standard 150 Yellow Jacket... 73 Metal Markets. . NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Copper advanced to 58 Bs for spot and at 58 5s for futures In the London market. The local market was weak but nominally unchanged, with lake quoted 13.75 14c; electrolytic at 13.35 13.50c, and casting at ia.l21Val 13.3714 c. Lead unchanged t 13 Is 2d in London and at 4.12 &4.1ic in the local market. Spelter was lower at 21 10s In London. The local market remained dull at 6.03 6.07 c. Iron unchanged In the London market and locally. Coffee and Sugar. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. The coffee market closed Inactive at a net gain of 5'310 points. Sales were reported of 520S bags, including March, at 6c; May, 6 03c; December. S.eoup 8.63c. Spot, steady; Rio No. 7. 7 9-lac; Santos No. 4, 8c. Mild, steady. Cordova, 912c. Sugar Raw. steady; fair refining, 3.14c; centrifugal. 96 test, 3.64c; molasses sugar, 2.80c. Refined, steady; crushed, 5.35c; pow dered. 4.75c: granulated, 4.tSc. New York The Red Star liner Finland will be placed In the Mediterranean serv ice as a substitute for the White Star liner Republic BULLS ARE SELLERS Wheat Prices Sag in the Chi cago Market. TONE BEARISH ' ALL DAY Large Increase In World's Visible Supply Is Chief Weakening Fac tor Traders Shift From May to July. CHICAGO. Feb. t. There was a reversal of local trade condition In the wheat pit today from the bull market of the prev ious session, sentiment In the pit being bearish throughout the entire day. The course of the market was largely shaped by the leading bulls who sold quite freely from start to finish. The fact that the short interest was eliminated to a great extent by yesterday's bulge helped to weaken the market. A noticeable feature of today's proceedings waa the shifting over from the May delivery to the July option, owing to tbo congested condition of the former delivery. The chief weakening fac tor waa Bradstreet's statement of the world's visible supply which showed an In crease of 4,800.000 bushels for the week. There was a mild show of firmness at the opening, due to the strength of foreign wheat markets, but this was soon dissipated. The market closed weak and only a trifle above the lowest point of the day, with May at 1.0S and July 798c. The corn market developed considerable weakness on the expectation of Increased re ceipts of corn from the interior. The slump In wheat also had a deprtfjsmg effect. The market closed weak with prices down & c compared with the prevloua close. Final quotations on May were at 63 63 c and on July at 63 c. Oats exhibited a weak tone during the entire session. The market closed weak with prices down o to c with May at 61c and July at 46c. Provisions. were weak on general liquida tion, the local packers being among the chief sellers. At the closo prices were 7c to 15c lover. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. May $1.09 1.09 $1.08 $1.08 July 9S .8S .97 .98 Sept 94 .94 .94 .94 CORN. May 63 .63 .63 .63 July 63 .63 .63 .63 Sept 63 .63 .63 .63 OATS. May 62 .52 .51- .B July 46 .46 .46 .46 Sept 39 '.i .39 .39 ,39 MESS PORK. May ......17.10 17.10 16.95 19.95 July 17.12 17.12 17.00 17.00 LARD. May 9.65 9.67 9.62 9.62 July 9.77 9.77 9.75 9.75 SHORT RIBS. May . 8 92 8.95 8.87 8 90 July 9.10 9.10 9.05 9.05 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Steady and prices advanced about 15 o?nts. Wheat No. 2 Spring, $1.081.11: No. 3, SI. 041.10; No.. 2 red. $1.08 1.09. Corn No. 2, 61.c; No. 2 yellow, 61 61 c. Oats No. 3 white, 50 8 52c. Barley Oood feeding, 6162o; fair to choice malting, 62 64c. Flax seed No. 1 Northwestern. $1.62. Timothy seed Prime. $3.80 3.85. Clover Contract grades, $9.30. Short ribs Sides (loose), $8.37 8.76. Pork Mess, per barrel, $16.67 ffi 17.00. Lard Per 100 pounds, $9.45. Sides Short, clear (boxed), $8.759. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 20.900 18,200 Wheat, bushels......... 8,200 115,600 Corn, bushels 123.700 S98.300 Oats, bushels 156,000 206,900 Rye, bushels 4,000 Barley, bushels 52,500 43,900 Grain and Prolaoo at New York. NffW YORK, Feb. 2. Flour Receipts, 23.203 barrels; exports, 12,077 barrels. Mar ket hold firmly but slow. Wheat Receipts, 05.000 bushels. Spot, easy; No. 2 red, $1.10 1.11 elevator; No. 2 red, $l.lt f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 North ern Duluth, $1.10 f. o. b. afloat: No. 2 hard Winter, $1.1(1 f. o. b. afloat. Although foreign buying gave wheat a firmer opening today, pressure soon developed, followed by liquidation at noon on the big increase In world's stocks and last prices showed to c net loss. May opened $1.10 1.12, closefl $1.11; July closed $1.05.. Hops Firm. Common to choice 1908, 10 14c: Pacltic Coast, 1908, 7Uc. Hides Quiet. Wool Steady. 1 Grain at Ban Frsuaclsco. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. . Wheat Firm. Barley Firm. Spot quotations Whoat Shipping. $1.72 1. 75; milling, $1.731.77. Barley Feed, $1.871.40; brewing, $1.421.47. Oats Red. $1.703'2.10; white, $1.8001.90; black, '$2. 252.60. Call board sales Wheat No trading. Barley May, $1.86 1.37 . Corn Large yellow, $1.65 4? 1.70. European Grain Markets. LONDON, Feb. 2. Cargoes firmer, more Inquiry. Walla Walla, prompt shipment, at 37a 9d; California, prompt shipment, at 38s Sd. English country markets, firm; French country markets, firm. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 2. Wheat, March, 7s 9d; May. 7s 8d; July, 7s 8d. Weather, overcast. Wheat at Taooma. TACOMA. Feb. 3- Wheat Milling, blue stem, $1.06 1.07; export, bluestem, 96c; club, 91c; red, 89c. Changes In Available Supplies. NEW TORK, Feb. 2. Special cable and telegraphic communications received by Bradstreeta this week show the following changes In available supplies as compared with the previous account: Bushels. Decrease. Wheat, U. S.. east of the Rockies. .2.,')0S.000 Canada -tlOUO Total U. 8. and Canada 1,S1,IK)0 Afloat for and In Europe 2.MD.0OO Total supply '4,800,01)0 Corn, V. 3. and Canada ('.18, 000 Oats, U. S. and Canada adl. 000 Increase. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Cotton Spot closed quiet, five points higher. Middling uplands, g.uoc; do ?ulf, 10.15c. Sales, none. Wool at St. Ixila. ST. LOl'ES, Feb. 2. Wool, unchanged. Territory and Western mediums. 17'21c; One medium. 19170; fine. 129UC. SUNDAY LAW AGITATION AVriter Denounces It as Intolerant and Unconstltutlontl. MOUNT TABOR. Or., Feb. 2. (To the Editor.) The friends of Sunday legislation, from their point of view, doubtless see something very desirable -In such laws; but evidently only a minority of the citixens want such legislation. Such laws are gen erally obtained through the Influence of a minority. From the days of Constantlne, such enactments have been the vogue. They are among the things which- have come down to ua from the dark ages: and the human mind is o accustomed to running in that channel that, to some, lt seems al most sacrilegious to question the wisdom of that kind of legislation, with the dawn of the Reformation, legislation enforcing re ligious duties began to be questioned. As the true I'rotestant idea of the Jurisdiction THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND, OREGON UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $1,000,000.00 OFFICERS J. C. AINS WORTH, President. R. W. SCHMEER, Cashier. R. LEA BARNES, Vice-President. A. M. WRIGHT, Assistant Cashier. W. A. HOLT, Assistant Cashier. DRAFTS ISSUED ON ALL FOREIGN COUNTRIES PAYMENTS MADE BY POST TO PARTIES ABROAD WITHOUT COST TO RECIPIENTS Lumbermens Na.tionai Bank Capital Corner Second and Stark HIGH-GRADE AND IMPROVEMENT BONDi We have several good issues on hand. Buy direct from contractor and save broker's commission. WARREN CONSTRUCTION CO. S17 BECK BUILDING, PORTLAND, OR. of civil government developed In the minds of men. opposition to religious legislation strengthened. It became more and more evident that such laws savored of intoler ance and even persecution. Severe and prolonged persecution has never been known to prevail except where such laws were enforced. History shows that religious leg islation and persecution go hand in hand. The Blair Sunday bill, now before Con gress, should lt become a law, will be a violation of our Constitutional principles, and tho way once opened for religious leg islation. Influences from the same jurce will continue for further legislation of the same nature, until we shall have such col lusion between church and state that the church will dominate the exercise of au thority by the civil power, and in that manner become the arbiter tn religious matters, as was the case in past times and our religious liberties will become restricted. The liberty to worship God according to the dictates of one's own conscience will be greatly abridged,- or at an end. Most of the statea in the Vl..e"; acted Sunday laws. They have done this in violation of our Constitutional rights as given to this Nation by the adoption of Its Constitution. , The church Is at least strong enough to bold a balance of power politically. When we consider tha religious influences now at work among all the leading sects of j Christ endom, turning their power in this direction, together with the growing disposition of legislators to yield to such Influences to rain nolltlcal preferment, we can easily see which waV things religious and civil are drifting Our religious liberties are endan gered. There Is but one way to avert . such In :ssue: and that Is for our legislators to Strictly adhere to the benign PiP'e. of religious liberty secured to- ua by the wls Som of our forefathers, and refuse all eg islatlon calculated to compromise our Con titutional liberties. , The writer Is a Arm believer In the Blme and th. Christian religion. The Bible is the Christian's statute book. Its a.w. are necessarily of such nature that civil power f n add nothing to their force. Christianity ""founded uvon the word of C-od and he laws of a spiritual realm. Let It remain there Our religion stands In the power of God. not in the poweyf RTJSSCCJ.. T WILL FORM ASSOCIATION AXD MEET IN" PORTLAND. About 7 00 Members Will Be Enlist ed In Movement In Behair of Better Roads. The organization of threshermen, of Ore gon has been started and lt Is expeoted to form a strong association of owners of threshing machinery and others direct ly Interested. It is expected to get about 700 members in all parts of the state, and a convention is planned to be held In Portland in May. -when steps -will be taken to promote the interests of mem bers. Phillip S. Bates, editor of the Pacific Northwest, has taken up the matter of organizing the threshermen. He held a meeting last Saturday at Albany, organ izing Linn County. Next Saturday a meet ing will be held at Oregon City to form an association In Clackamas County, and some county seat of the state will be visited on each succeeding Saturday until all parts of the state shall be organized. "There is capital aggregating about 43 000 000 invested in threshing machinery in this state," said Mr. Bates. "Every other industry of equal importance on tha farm is organized. Dairymen, fruitmen, cattlemen and poultry-growers have asso ciations, and threshermen should also unite to look after their Interests. I be lieve this movement will accomplish much good for those engaged in the industry. At the convention to be held here in May, we expect to have three men of National fame to address the gathering. "The machinery end of the industry is big. Despite the falling off in wheat growing in the Willamette Valley, the business of threshing clover for its seed has Increased, and this industry is con stantly gaowing. One great trouble the threshermen have to contend with Is the difficulty in getting good roads and bridges throughout the state. In moving threshing machinery, long detours are frequently made in order to And bridges strong enough to carry the machines. "This difficulty would be largely done away with if we could arrange it so that threshermen were placed In office as road supervisors, so they could overcome these difficulties and secure the building of bet ter roads. If men held these Jobs who are directly interested, wo would have $250,000.00 MUNICIPAL better roads throughout the state and stronger wagon bridges." Month's Rain 11.12 Inches. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Ac cording to the records in the local "Weather Bureau, the rainfall in Astoria during the month of January was 11.12 inches. The maximum temperature was B7 degrees and the minimum was 15. There were 20 cloudy days, 6lx partly cloudy and five clear. Marriage Licenses. BCHOLD-?HEI.BLnXE William J. Fchold, Mllwaukle, Or., 28; Bertha Shel burne, 21. MILI.BR-GARITZ Herbert A. Miller, city. 21: Mary A. Carlt, IS. HARTSHORN'-FITZGKRAI.D n D Hnrtaliorn. city. 2S: I. O. Fitzgerald. IT. ROBINSON-PETKRSON R. At. Robinson, city, 25; Anna C. Peterson. 21. Wedding and visiting cards. W. O. Smith Co.. Washington bldg.. 4th and Wash. Max M. Smith, florist. 150 Fifth St. opp. Meier ft Frank. M 721S Bonds Stocks Securities For Sale by T. S. McGrath Lumber Exchange PORTLAND, OR. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. SAV FRANCISCO & PORTLAND 61 S. CO. Only direct steamer, and daylight sailing. From Alnsworth dock. Portiund. 4 V. M. : SS. Senator, Feb. 5, li, etc. SS. Ke City, l-'eb. 12, 211, etc. From Lombard-Bt., Sun Francisco, 11 A. SI. : 8S. Kone City. Feb. 8, 20, etc. BS. Seuulor, Feb. 13, 27, etc. J. W. Ransom. Bock Agent. Main 268 Alnsworth Dock. M J. ROCHE, City Ticket Agent. 142 Sd St. ' ' Phone Main 40L', A HD!. NorthPacIflj S.S. Cd'j. Steamilil; Koanoka and Geo-W.Elder Sail lor Eureka, San Francisco and Los Angeles direct every Thursday at 8 F. M. Ticket office 132 Third St., near Alder. Both phones, M. 314. H. Young, Agent. COOS BAY LINE The steamer BREAKWATER leaves Port land Monday, 8 P. M., February 1, from Atnswortn dock, for North Bend, Mursb Ueld and Coos Bay points. Freight recelvei till 4 P. M. on day of sailing. Passenger fare, arst-class. flO; second-class, 7. In cluding berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and Washington streets, or Alnsworth dock. Phone Main 208. CANADIAN PACIFIC Weekly sailing Montreal-Quebec to Uverpool. Two days on the majestic St. Lawren and only jour days at ea. Writs f r Summer sailing lifts and booklets. F. R. JOHNSON, P. A., 143 Third Street, Portland, Or.