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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1909)
BUYERS HOLD OFF Europe Not Asking for Pacific Coast Wheat. EXPORT TRADE VERY DULL Shippers and Other tiocal Merchants Hare Plenty of Grain Offered Them, but Practically No Outlet for It. Tha wheat market vai wak ajraln yes terday and some of the larger buyers quot ed price a cent lower than Thursday. It Is difficult to quote the market accurately at the prevent time, in view of conditions In Europe. Buyers on the other side are holding back, thinking the market will de tline still further. The London cable of the Merchants Exchange reported cargoes dull and depressed, wftn no demand for shipment. The outlet of the exporters is thus rractiraiiy closed and there U no In ducement for them to buy freely at current prices. The other dealers are In the same fix; they can boy freely, but they find it difficult to sell. One .Arm reports Its sales reduced to carload lota Offerings In the country are heavy and if the merchants w to take all the wheat offered them. they say they would b wmr1 with buslnew Since th season opened. t!e ajrregate of purchases has been fairly large Umatilla County, being- early with Its crop, whs first to shojr activity, over SfK noo bushels having changed hands there. The heaviest selling; now Is In the Pa louse country. Foreign wheat shipments for the week were reported by the Merchants Exchange yesterday as follows: Argentine shipments. .rtO bushels; lat week. liVKOOO bushels: last year. 12000 bushels. Australia ship ments. 17 ooo bushel; last week. bushels: last y.ar. Si'S.ono bushels. India shipments. l.l.VtO bushels; !sat wek. 2, 77OO0 buhel: last year. 4O.'O0 bushels. There was o change locally yesterday In other grains. There ts a fair movement In old flour. Prices of new crop patents have Dot yet been named. New crop export flour has been lower to $4.10 at North Pa cific Coast ports The feed market drag The supply of old bran Is practically ex hausted. lral receipt, in cars, were' reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows: Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay Monday 22 1 2 4 32 Tui-sdav 10 S .. 1 13 Vdnday 1 1 1 3 1 Thurday 4 112 9 Friday 10 2 3 2 11 Year in 1 1... 12 Total last week. 33 2S 24 4 61 OREttOX HOPS HIGHER IN LONDON. Advance 10 to 12 ShUHns Per Hundred weight In Pant Week. Oregon hops have advanced IO to 12 shil lings per hundred-weight on the London market In the past week. The associated Press cable quotation yesterday was 70f?P2 shilling. This Is for the lo crop and la equivalent to 1519.71 cents per pound In London. It show that the parity between the primary and the selling marketa has j a (twin been restored. I The development In the Oregon crop sit- ; nation yester-lav were of a favorable rhnr acter. Careful spraying and the higher temr-erature seem to be slowly but surely oxerccmlng the lle ne If n'r f tn crop Is damaged, it Is almost certain now that It will be bul a very small proportion. A California letter received estimated the rrop of that strtte at To.ooo to TS.non bales It predicted good quality and said nothing of red spider. The following CO-cent con tract were reported made by California dealers: By C. C. nwmnvan S. Purrlngton. loo bales: Peterson Bros., ISO hales TTripht Shnmatu. IOO bales. By Philip Wolf Co. O. Miller. ISO bales. By B. F. Hall J F. Burgess, 7S bales. Alt were In the pnnoma district. A letter from a New Tork dealer said 23 rents was freely onVred for contracts In tha East, and there were no sellers. Adolf Heller write from Prague. Bo hemia, under date of July 10: We bare had short Interval of more gen ial weather, but nevertheles there is no ma terial Improvement In the Bohemian hop dlMrlcts to be recorded. In the Saax 'lis trlct. where the average state of the gardena Is comparatively the best one. one-third of them could, with favorable weather, pos sibly yet produce something approaching a medium emo. but a they are also badly Infested with vermin nobody can tell what may become of them yet. Of the other two-thirds, one will most likely rroduce a short yield only and the remainder is so poorly grown and blackbllchted that there Is not much hope of any yleli worth men tioning. In the other Bohemian districts the plant did not make any material prog ress. The reports from the other hop growing countries In Austria are more sat isfactory and fair crop might be exrected. But their ara under hop cultivation being altogether scarcely one-fourth of that In Bol emla- their crop is not f o great Im portance. In Bavaria, in the market hop district and the Aischrrund. most of the gardens are said to be very short of bine and being vrv badly hit by vermin, there Is very little hope of a material Improvement. The general state of the plant In the Hol ledan is not being; praised. Wurt embers; and Baden reports ar verv similar to those from the market hops district and tha AlechgruBid. In Alsace many garden went Into black blight, but as a good proportion la fair'.y grown and the plant being of tha most reststent kind, there Is. with fine weather, still hope for a recovery to soma extent. From Pasen the report are aatls fa. torv. Continental breweries being well stocked with lftOS hops, have not yet real th sltTiAtlon. and most of 19oSs which ft th market at advancing prices were bought for speculation- But the brewers are aot at a:i so Independent of the market as they generally make believe and prices might easily turn against them. ASHLAND PEACHES OT FINE QPAL1TY. Stmt her) Oregon Craw fords Command the Brt Prioe. The arrivals of Southern Oregon peachea now are showing better quality than the first shipment The best that hare been teen yet were received yesterday from the orchard of Max Praeht Sons, at Ashland. They brought $1 10 per box. Other Ashland Crawford s moved at $1 and Hale at AO 0 75 rent a California E'.berta were In light supply and firm at IV Prices of these hare advanced S3 cent a box In California. California Bart let t pears have also ad- : vanced at all joints nd are quoted here at I1.7SC2. Southern Oregon Bartletts are cominr green yet and di not bring-over l SO. Plum were plentiful and were quot ed at 4075 rent per box packed and 359 4 cents loose. Grape were steady. Cantaioupe cleaned up well and were firmer at 1.732 50 Casaba were quoted lower at $1502. Blackberries were scarce and very firm at 31. 73. Half a car of tomatoe were received and they were firm at SI for two-tier and $1.33 for three-tter boxes. Some hothouse let tuce Is being received and sell for $1 per box. Poultry Market Is Firm. Not enough poultry la being received to up ply the local and shipping trade, and prices rule very firm. Receipt of fresh ranch eggs ar also mmt , 11 kua aknur of stock at itiur k uid Is offering and the market consequently show no improvement. Butter and eggs are firm at unchanged price. Bank Clearing. Clearing of the Northwestern citle yes terday were a follow: Clearings. Balances. Portland Sl.5iu.2rf Tacoma Spokane 601.074 PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain, Flour, Feed. Etc WHEAT Track prices: New crop, blue irem Pi 1? 8c: club. PTSSc: red Russian. Taller. POO-Jc; Turkey red. S7 SSc: 40-fnid. 68U-S9c. FLOUR Patents. $6-23 per barrel; straight $5.30: exports, new, $4.10; Valley, .?. graham. $3 6": whole wheat, quarter. $S.SO. BARLEY Feed, $26; brewing. $27 per ton ' OATS New crop. $28 29 per ton. CORN Whole $:i6: cracked. "7 per ton. 5IILLSTUFFS Bran. per ton; mid dlings. $33; shorts. 929 32; chop, $22029; rolled barley. $32.3033.5O. HAY New crop: Timothy. Willamette V'a 1 ley. $ 1 2 ft 1 6 per ton ; Eastern Oregon, $17$ IS; mixed. $15.50 16 50; alfalfa, $13 50: clover. $1113; cheat, $13$ 14 50. GRAIN BAGS 5c each. IHUry and Country Produce. BUTTER City creamery, extras, 81 c; fancy outside creamery. 27Htj3lVic per pound; store. 212iic. (Butter fat prices average lc per pound under regular but ter prices - EGGS Oregon ranch, candled. 26 & 27 per dozen. POULTRY Hen. 15c; Springs, 16c: roosters. Sioc: ducks. young. IZ" 13c; geese, young. 10 11c: turkey, 20c; squabs. $1.75: 2 per doxen. CHEESE Full cream twins. 1717Hc per pound ; young Americas, 18? 18 He PORK Fancy. HiffllHc per pound. VEAL. Extra. 10c per pound. Vegetable and Fruit. FRESH FRUITS Apple, new, $1(93-23 nr box: rear. H.fiOfc'2 per box: peachy. 5V$1.10 per crate; oantaloupew. $1.752 50 per crate: plum. 35"fr7Pc per b---x: water melon. UlHo per pound: ifrap, $1 1.75; bluckberrlea. $1.76 per crate; casaba, $l..Wr2 per -loien. POTATOES Oreron. 75c iff $1 per ack; sweet potatoes. 3 4 t? 4c per pound. PACK VEGETABLES Turnips. $191.33 per a-k; carrots. $1.254M.50; beets. $1.M. TROPICAL FRUITS Valencia. $3tf.50; lemons, fany. $S.S07; choice. $5 6; arapefrult. $3 per box: bananas. 31T-" Vic per pound: pineapples, $24 per doxen. ONIONS New. $1 26 per sack. VEGETABLES Bean, 4'ffSc: cabbage. 1 (14C pr pound; cauliflower. 4k-ffl per dozen; celery. 5oc$Sl per doien; corn. ISSTSOc per dozen; cucumbers. 1520e per dozen: e'plant. 8510c per pound : onions. II Vi 4 15c per doxen: parsley. SSc per dozen; peas. 7o pr pour.d ; peppers. 5;j 1 (V per pound; radishes. 15c per dozen; spinach, 5c per pound; squash, 5c; tomatoe. $11.&. Grooeiiea, Dried Fruits, Etc DRIED FRUIT Apples, 9c per pound; pa-hes. 7WSc; prunes. Italians. 549 Ac; prunes. French, 4ftc; currant, un wasned, cases, Kc; currant. washed, case. lOc; flss. white fancy, 50 -lb. boxes, ac: dates, 7C7Hc. SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talis, $2 per dozen; 2-pound tails, $2.0i; 1-pound flat, $3.10fe; Alaska pink. 1-pound tails, 'Jc; red, 1 -pound talis. $1.45; sockeyes, 1-pound talis. $2. COFFEE Mocha, Wtf2Sc; Java, ordinary. 17 2oc ; Costa Rica, Taney, IS & 20c; good, lfifllir; ordinary, 1216c per pound. NUTS Walnuts, 12 13c per pound by sack; Brazil nut. 16c; filberts. irc; pea nuts, 7c; almonds, IS 14c; chestnut. Ital ian, lie; peanut, raw. tc; pinenuts, 109 12c; hickory nuts, 10c; cocoanuta, 90c per dozen. SUGAR Granulated. $5.73; extra C, $5.35; golden C. $.V23; fruit and berry sugar. $5.S5; Honolulu plantation, fine grain, $ti.2."(; cubes . (barrel), $t.40; powdered (barrel), $4.10. Terms, on remittances within 15 days, deduct Mc per pound; if later than 13 days and within 30 days, deduct He per pound. Maple sugar. 13 3 ISc Per pound. SALT Granulated, $13 per ton. $1.90 per bale; half around. lOos, $7.50 per ton; 50s $S per ton. BEANS Small white, 7Hc; lara-e. white. 6c; Lima, Sc; bayou, 6c; red kidney, 4Cr pink, 4c- Hops, Wool. lUdea, Etc. HOPS 109 contracts. 21c per pound; 1008 crop. 14 lie; li07 crop, 11c; IW116 crop. Sc. W OOL Kastern Oregon, 16 23c per 0011 nd, Valley. 2325c. MOHAIR Choice. S4ff25e per pound. CASCARA BARK New. 4fc5c; old, 5(9 6 c per pound. HIDES Dry hides. 17g lc per pound; dry kip, 16 l"c pound ; dry calfskin. 19 tf20c pound; salted hides. lOllc; salted calfskin. 15 16c pound; greon. lc ies. FUKS No. I skins: Angora goat. $1 to S..2,"; badger. 2," rn ,"ic; bear, $4ig20; beaver. $4 .SO fi$-30; cat, wild. 7oc$1.50; cougar, perfect head and daws, $310; flsher, dark. 7-o0till: pale, $4Ot7; fox. crosa. $3(5; fox. gra y. o S( tc : fox. red. $-'t 3 ; fox, silver. S'l&tfflnO; lyn. $'''915; marten, dark, $S 12; mink. $3.30 95-50; muskrat. 15 2"c: otter. $2304: raccoon, 6075c; sea otter, $100 230, as to size and color; skunks. 35fcSOc; civet cat, 10jjjl5c; wolf, $24? 3; coyote, 75c$1.23; wolverine, dark. 3; wolverine, pale, $232 50. Provision. BACON Fancy, 2."c per pound; standard. 21c; choice. 20c; English. lS19c. DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears, dry salt, 14c; smoked. 15c; short clear backs, heavy dry salted. 14c; smoked. 13c; Oregon export dry salted. 15c; Bmoked. 16c. HAMS 8 to 10 pounds, -17c; 14 to 16 pounds. 17c; 1 to 20 pounds. 17c; ham, skinned. 17c; picnics. 12c; cottage roll, 13c; boiled hams, ZZ hi 244c; boiled picnlca, 20c. LARD Kettle rendered 10s. ItiHc; 5s. lSc; standard pure: 10s. 15Vc; 5s, 16 He; choice. 10s. 14!ic; 5 14c. Compound, 10s. &c; 3s. 9 Tic. SMOKED BEEF Beef tongues, each, 60c; dried beef sets. 10c; dried beef out s.des. 17c; dried beef lnsides, 21c; dried beef knurkles, 20c. PICKLED GOODS Barrels: Pigs' feet, $13; regular tripe, $10; honeycomb tripe, $12; piga' tongue. $19.50. PORTLAND UVE6TOCK MARKET. Price Quoted Locally oa Cattle, Sheep and Hog. Livestock recel pi were very 1 ight yester day, while the demand, ail around, was good and strong. There ware no mareriej changes in prices. Arrival for the day were 18 cAUe and 582 sheep. Late aalea at t-he yard Included 39 sheep averaging 134 pound, at $3.50; ISO lamb averaging 60 pound, at $5.50; 8 atag averag ing 1183 pounds at $2.25; 16 cows averagit g W pouna. at $2 75; 11 steer averaging KX'A pounds, mi. $3.76; 2 oaive averaging 167 pounde, at $7.2A. Local prices quoted yesterday were a follows: CATTLE Steer. top, $4 50; fair to good. $46425; common. $3.75Q4; cow a. top, $3.60; fair to good. $3 $3.25; common to me dium. $2. Sit IMS; calves. top. 5,3"5.50; heavy. $3-5034; hulls and stags. t(2.3y Spring lambs. "5.256 5.50. SHEEP Top wether. $4 4.26; fair to good. $3.503.75; ewes, c lea on all grades: yearlings, best. 14; fair to good, $3 75; Spring lambs. $S 25f5.50. HOGS Bet. $'73; fair to good. SB9 $.0; siock era. $6ij7; China fits, $6.?57. Eaatem Livestock Markets. CHICAGO. Aug. 13. Cattle Receipt. estimated at 2vO, market, strong. Beevcts, $4 a 7-50: Texas steers, $41? 5..0; "W estern steers. $4; stocker and feeders. $.1.10 315: cows and heifer. $2.256.30; calves, $5.30 $ 23. Hog Receipta estimated at 11.000; mar ket. 5c higher. Light. 7 4o:&$; mixed. $7.33 fl.0J; heavy. $7 2 3.05; rough, $7,259 3-43: good to choice heavy. $7.46 33 S-: plga. $6.9097.80; bulk of sales. $7350 7 90. aePRceiptii, estimated at ROOO; mar ket( 310o higher. Native, $3.3005.30: W'esterna $3.30 3.23: yearlings. $4.50 v 3. 70; lamb, native. $4.73 S-10; "Western, $5 975. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 13. Cattle Receipt. 2rtf0; market, strong. Native leer. $4 Mff7.50; cow and heifers. $25 4; calves. $d-itw7: Western steer. $4.506.35; Western cou. $2,75 54.50. Hogs Receipt. 44.00; market. 6c higher. Bulk of sale. $7,556" 0; heavy. $7,709 70; packers and butcher. $7 6O7-&0; light. $7.4'fiT.70; ptgs, 7 ?. Sheep Receipts. looO; market. lOc high er Muttona $4 23 9.V2A: lambs, 697 75; rang aethers, $i75525; range ewes. $39 3.O0- ' SOCTH OMAHA, Aug. IS Cattle Re ceipts. 90O; market, steady. W eat era steers. $:130.V50: ranre cows and heifers, $2 73 414.25: canner. $22 86; stocker and feed er. $2 73 u V'.'V. calves, $3.236.75; bulls and stafcs. $2.75 04 75. Hog Receipts. 2900; market. 10c higher. Heavy. 7.30 6 7.0v; mixed. $7.407.50; light. r7 4:. (J7 70; piga $257; bulk Of &. $7 40 7.55. Sherp Receipts. 5300; market, steady. Yearlings. $4.7503 30; wethArs. $404.75; vea, $.73d4-50; Iambi. $6-7587.75. STOCKS FORCED UP Union Pacific Common Is Ad vanced to 215. PREFERRED ALSO CLIMBS Interest in the Market Centers in Thee issues General Ijist Turns Weak and Closes Unsettled. NEW . YORK, Aug. 13. Operators in the stock market today concerned themselves almost wholly with Union Paciilc affairs. Rumors of coming financial development in this stock continued to circulate. On Union Pacific stock themselves the mrent rumors did not laick vigorous support as shown by the day's advance to 213 for the common stock to 1 18 for the preferred stock. The special prominence of the pre ferred stock was due to the stories of new claims discqvereAkfor that stock to partici pate in any plaAJror sharing the benefit of the company's Investments, such as 1 pointed to by the reports that have been prevalent for the last few days. The appointment of a committee to con sider a plan for segregating the investment holdings of tha stock of other companies was made two years ago with an intima tion that it would be taken up when con dition became settled after the panic suf ficiently to make It feasible. A revival of the discussion, of the plan began when the rise In the price of Union Pacific had ex panded it to a figure unwieldy for purposes of ordinary stock market activity. The preliminary estimates of the cur rency movement gave ground for some hesi tation In speculative extensions. The move ment of funds from the interior show a marked falling off, the balance of receipts falling to below $2:o0,000 compared with upwards of $4.OOO,0iH last week. This week's receipta are pronounced the lightest for any week In five months, during which the bal ance of receipts over htprrent from the interior aggregated $13.0o0,000. The genera! atock market became much unsettled in the course of the day and ran off weak with no definite dealings. Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par value, g5.4S4.OO0. United States bonds were unchanged on call. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Cloelng Sale. HI ch. Low. Bid. AIM Chalmers pf f5 A4 4 5414 Amal Copper 32.5O0 M 8 S6 Am Agricultural .. &u0 49 4SV; 484 Am Beet feugar .. 2.2o 4fH 45 45 A m Can pf 1 . 1 W f4 f3 i Am Car tie Foun. fi.soo 6.sa 67 7V Am Cotton Oil . . 2,am 75 74 Mi 74 Am Hd & Lt pf. 7M 5.4 4ft 40 Am ice secun. .. .w-v at m aa Am Linseed Oil 10 Am Locomotive... n.&'O 674 64 6 Am Smelt & Ref. 27.4' 104, 1024 lo24 ao preferred ... 4"0 110 lit Am fugur Ref... 4v0 123 i 133 122 Am Tel A Tel 4.HW 1424 141Vi 141 Am Tabocco pf.. ' 300 l"l- HH lol fei Am Woolen 1.20 3tt 38 3SW, Anaconda Mm Co.. 3,t0 504 41 4l Atchison 2.i Ut liy UtH do pre f erred ... 7i o 1 04 lH 1 04 Atl Coat Line... MO 14.1 4 141 140 Bait A Ohio 7 11" US' HMi do preferred ... IOO fr 4 ft3"4 Bethlehem Steel .. 1.20 S'i 22 324 Brook Rap Tran. S 79 80 Cana-IIan Pacific... 9 ! 1SS 18 16rt Central Leathv .. 13. TOO 37 do preferred ... 2K lo9 106 10tf Central cf N J 3H Ches & Oh io 2,200 83 82 Mj 2 4 Chicago A Alton oli Ohloago Gt Wwt . 7O0 3 3 2 Chicago & N V... 1,(m 17 I9514 105 C, 11 & St Paul.. 2,3"0 1004 IW 1H4 C, C, C A St L... 2'K) 71 77 7 Colo Fuel A Iron.. 3,4o0 , 46 45 46 Colo A Southern 54 Hi do 1st preferred 81 Mi do 2d preferred, 8014 Conolldited Gaa. . 7.900 14R 14Vi H6Mi Corn Products ... 2,11-0 24 24 24 Del A Hudson .... 7X lt;u, 15 195 U A R Grande.. 1.k mi, .r0 o do preferred ... l0 RSMj JS7 87 Distillers' Securl. . fMM) 8SVi Erie 15,o-4 37- do 1st preferred. 2.0 00 M , fifi do 2d preferred. 4.0iro 4i 45 44 Genera! Electric .. 7 00 171 1"1 170 Gt Northern pf... 10.400 1R7M, lf 15fl Gt Northern Ore.. 13.2O0 87 80 S Illinois Central ... 4.7X IHIMj 160 Interborou&rh Met... 2.000 1H 14V 14 do preferred ... 2.10t 47V4 4S 4 Inter Harvester .. 800 fc9Vs Si4 fr9'4 Inter-Marine pf 21 Mi Int Paper C00 174 36 lfti Int Pump &i 40 M, 40 39 ; Iowa- Central .... & 31- 31V4 31 Mi K C Southern ... l.ioo 47M, 47H 47' do preferred . . . 4 73V. 72 4 73 Louisville A Naeh 8"0 l"Mi 139 Mi lt4 Minn A St Lou i. 200 55 fa 60 Mi 54 M. St P & S S M ' I4414 Missouri Pacific. . . 1.9"0 7fl 74 74 Mo. Kan & Texas l,7oO 42 42 424 do preferred 74 National Biscuit lOfiVi National Lead ... 12,7' 0 94 92-S 92 Mex Kat Ry 1st pf 5X 53 Mi 52 Vi 52 Mj N Y Central 42 7" 144Vi 142Mj 142Mj N" T. Ont A West. l.OOO 51 30 Norfolk A West. 2.400 95 95 95 Nort h American. . . 2 0 V 85 14 S5 U Northern Pacific. M..nn 15 Ki7 137 Pacific Mail .... At 31 4 32 o2 Penns-lvanla 51.20 I4:iMj 141 14.1 People's Oa 27.1W 119 110.M llMi P. C C i fit L...' 91 Mj Prvs.oe.i Steel Car. 3,10 524 51 hi 51 Pullman Pal Car. 2no 119 197 19fi Rv Steel Spring. . 9i'0 51 50 50 Head i n g 13f 7-r0 164 113 1 63 Vi Republic Steel ... 2.9x 39 38 38Mj do preferred . . . 2, 109 lt'7 107 Rock Inland Co.. 22.700 41 40Mi 404 do preferred . . . 2.30 79 784 T84 St L A S F 2 pf. 8.1O0 57 Mi 6SMi 36 Mj St L Sourhwftatern 2X) 27S 27 27 do preferred . . . 2O0 67 67 67 S lo se-Sh en ie Id 4O0 M6 86 8T Southern Pacific .. 79.9) 136 135 135 Southern Railway. 21.7O0 33 32 32 do preferred ... 300 73 73 73 Tenn Copper 300 S9Mi 89 14 39 Mi Texas A Pacific. . 1.4O0 3ft 35 35 Tol, St L A Wst. 2.0O 53 52 53 do preferred ... 600 71 71 71 Union PacitV ....'ttft.noft- 215 . 2(&& Tl4 do preferred ... 67,fi"0 3T8 138 117 U S Realty 8X 83 83 82 IT f Rub her 23.5O0 53 49 624 U S FT eel H2.0O0 ,77 ' 76 76 do preferred ... 400 126 125 126 Utah Copper .... 1.4O0 53 62 52 Va-Caro Chemical. 3.mm ,r 48 48 Wabash l.&0 22 21 21 do preferred ... 6.700 57 56 57 Western Md 5O0 5 5 5 WtIng-bouse Kleo 1.9--0 87 87 6 Western Union 300 74 74 74 Wheel A L Erie 7 W" isconal n Central. 600 $7 67 67 Total sales for the day. 1.206,900 sharea BONDS. NETW TORK. Aug. 13. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2 reg 100 North pacific 3s. 74 do coupon 100 North Pacific 4s. 103 U. S. 3s reg lOl iT nfon pacific 48.103 do coupon. .. .101 (Wtscon Cent 4s.. 95 TJ S New 4s reg.116 Japanese 4s StJ do coupon. . . .118 Stocks 1 LONDON. Aug. 13. 84; do for account. U London. Consols ft4 3-14. for " money. Amal Copper 90 Anaconda 10 Mo. K. ft T 43 N. T. Central. ..149 ft Norfolk West. 98 A Atchison 124 do pref Bait A Ohio.. Can Pacific. . Che 4 Ohio. . Chi Grt West. C. M- A S. P.. pe 'Beers D R G do pref Erie do lat rf . . . do 2d pf... Grand Trunk. Ill Central .. . L A N . 107 ' do pref 91 .133 Ont West 53 . li'l Pennsylvania . 854 Rand Mine. . 3 Reading .164 Southern Ry. . 13tt do nrf r:t 10 . 84 34 76 . 53 ISouthern Padflp lift . 91 Union Pacific... 216 . 3P' do pref 112 . 57'U. 6. Steel 79 .47 do pref 120 . 24Wabah 22 .165 do pref 59 .164!Spantsh '4m 95 Money, Exchange. Etc. NEW YORK. Aug 13. Money on call, steady, 2 ?2 per cent; ruling rate. 2 per cent; closing bid, 2 per cent, and of fered at ? per cent Time loans, dull, but firm; 60 days. 2 3 per cent, and 6 months, 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4 4" per Cnt. Sterling exchange, steady, with actual business lu bankers bill ax 4a&5a4-&Oaa1 f for 0-day bill and at $4.8645 for demand; ! I Bar silver, 51 c. Mexican dollar. 44c Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, steady. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. Sterling on London. 60 days. $4.83; do sight. $4.86. Silver bar. 51c Mexican dollars. 45c. Draft, sight, 2c; telegraph, 5c. LONDON, Aug. 13. Bar silver, steady at 23 9-10d per ounce Money. per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills is 1(&1 per cent; do three month bills, 1 7-16l per cent. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The condition of the Treasury at the beginning of business to day wa as follows: Trust funds Gold coin - $351 ,2fi7.869 Silver dollars 4&5.i4,000 Silver dollars of 1890 . 4,lo4.000 Silver certificates outstanding .... 485.964,000 General fund Standard sliver dollars in general fund 3.052.539 Current liabilities $106,360,773 Working balance in Treasury office 32,853,954, In ban k to cred i t of Treasurer of the United State? 41.113.230 Subsidiary silver coin 26.213. 50i Minof coin 2.1 16. 100 Total balance In general fund ... 102,611,115' ' Eastern Mining Stock. BOSTON, Aug. 13. Closing-quotations Adventure 7 Mont C & C. . 33 . 24 Allouez 47 (Nevada .. Amalgamated .. Kt;oia Dominion. . . 57 Ariz Com 45 Atlantic 511 Butte Coal 26 Osceola 145 parrot 33 Quincy 93 Shannon lti Cal ft Ariz 108 Cal & Hecla. . Centennial . . . Copper Range. Franklin 694 Tamarack 3514 Trinity .. 8:; L S. Mining . 17 r. s. on .104 lUtah Granby Greene Cananea. 10 I Victoria ..... Isie Koyaie man . . v ii.s Mining wolverine 15o Michigan lOINorth Butte 59U Mohawk 4 IN ALL L IMPROVEMENT IS SHOWX IX TRADE, INDUSTRY, TRAFFIC. Idle Cars Are Disappearing on the Western Lines Decrease in Number of Failures. NEW TORK. Aug. 13. Bradstreefs to morrow will say: Improvement is more manifest In gen eral trad and Industry this week, but there Is still present the feeling of conservatism hitherto noted, which makes for small and frequent rather than heavy Individual sales. The railroad situation Is Improving and Idls cars are disappearing on 'the Western lines as the Winter wheat movement en larges. Industries are active, iron and steel leading, with railroads reported buying freely of rails, cars and locomotives. Collections show a little Improvement but as yet do not reflect the Influence of new crop marketing. Business failures in tha United States for the week ending August 12 were 219 against 184 last week; 249 In the like week of 19iW; 146 in 1907; 147 In 1906 and 14S in 1905. Business failures in Canada for the wik number 24 against 17 last week and Si last year. Wheat, including flour, exports of the United States and Canada for the week ending August 12 aggregate 1,785.755 bush els against 1.534.558 last week and 3.760,272 this week last year. For the six weeks end ing August 12. exports are 6.714.044 bushels against 16.856.704 in the corresponding period last year. Corn exports for the week are 139.400 bushels against 68,577 last week and 38,917 In 1908. For the six weeks ending August I? corn exports are 527,654 bushels against 361.157 last year. BanJc Clearings. NEW TORK, Aug. 13. Bradstreet'a bank clearings report for the week ending August 12. shows an aggregate o $2.9tiS. USi.OOO as agalnft $3,1.11.2:,000 last week, and S2.M8.77u.000 In the corresponding week last year. Pet. Inc. New York .$l.R74.173.OO0 10. Chicago a.".4,0,0lK 10.9 Boston 152,97 1,000 10.7 Philadelphia 117.659.000 20.8 St. Louis 60.460.000 '5.9 Pittsburg 4,'f. 291,000 9.2 Kansas City 4rt.99n.O00 22. B 6an Francisco 35,411.000 2.4 Baltimore 2.327,ooo 18.7 Cincinnati 26.170.000 21.3 Minneapolis 16,017,000 8.6 New Orleans 14,905.000 36.0 Cleveland 17.073.000 26.9 Detroit 20.737.000 21.4 Omaha 13.01(6.000 13.7 Louisville 10..-,04.00 '7.9 Milwaukee 12.S.-.1.000 24.6 Fort Worth S.065.000 I.os Angeles 1S.9S4.0O0 34.6 St Paul 8.627.000 '9.7 Seattle 12.353.000 14. a Denver 8.038.000 5.1 t.,.i . fl.310.OO0 23.8 Indianapolis 8.761.000 19.4 I Spokane. Wash. 4.6O9.000 50.9 Providence . 6.287.000 10 1 Portland. Or (.iii.uuw Richmond 6.3S7.000 31.2 Albany B.099.OO0 9.8 Washington. D. C 5.776.0O0 15.5 St. Joseph 5.075.0O0 8.3 bait Lake City 6'-4" ?2'5 Columbus .1.567.000 16.2 Memphis 4.104.000 -0.2 Atlanta Tacoma Oakland, Cal Helena Houston Galveston 6.041.000 85.7 5. 353.O00 36.6 1.S91.000 14.1 848.000 9.5 22.771.000 23.1 10.026.000 14.S New Tork Metal Markets. NEW TORK. Aug. 13. The London cop per market was unchanged at 60 for spot but a shade higher at 60 18s 9d for futures, according to today's cables, with the close steady and with sales of S00 tons for spot delivery and of 1500 tons for futures. Clos ing quotations follow: September. 12.70 9 18.00c; October. 12.8513.10e: November, 12. 90(913. 15c; December. 13. 00(3)13. 20c. Lo cal dealers quoted lake copper at 13.25 13.60c; electrolytic at 13.12 13.25c and casting at 12.87 KS13.00C. The tin market was steady, with sales reported on the exchange of flw tons spot at 29.75c. Spot closed at 29.7029.75c; Au gust. 29.70(S,29.80c: October and December, 29.80(S30.-O0c The London tin market was steady but a shade lower, with spot quoted at 134 17s 6d and futures 136 7s 6d. Lead was firm locally with spot quiet at 4.356'4.45c New York, and 4.30g4.35c East St. Louis delivery. The London market was unchanged at 12 12s 3d. Spelter was quiet, with spot quoted at 5.65(0-5 SOc New York and 5 5095.65 East St. Louts. The London market was 'un changed at 62. The English Iron market was higher with Cleveland warrants quoted at 60s 6d. No further change was reported In the local market. No. 1 foundry Northern, $17,25 9 17.75; No. 2. $16.7617.26; No. 1 Southern and No. 1 Southern soft. $17.76 18.25. Dried Fruit at New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Evaporated apples continued steady; prime fruit. 8c; fancy. Sc: choice, S3Sc; prime, 77c; common to fair, 5?6c. Prunes, firm. California. 2llc; Ore gon. 6 9c. Apricots, unchanged. Choice. 10l0c; extra choice. lO$?10c; fancy. 11S13C Peaches easier. Choice. 5fi6c; extra choice, 6?6c; fancy. 7C8c. Raisins, dull loose Muscatels. 84c; choice to fancy seeded. 4c; seedlings. Sff5c; London layers, (1.1501.20. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Spot cotton closed steady. Middling uplands. 1280c; middling Gulf. 1305c. Sales. 612 bales. Futures closed steady. August. 12.23c; Sep tember, 12.17c: October. 12.14c; November, 12.12c: December. 12.13c: January, 12.12c; February. 12.13c; March, 12.1Sc; April, 12.12c; May. 12.16c. Hope at London. LIVERPOOL. Aug. 13. Hops at London, SaniOa C"'" firm. It lAl&ti 1 FEAR . WET HARVEST Weather Reports Cause an Upturn in Wheat. CHICAGO MARKET STRONG Leading Commission Houses Are Heavy Buyers, One Firm Taking On.. 8,000,000 Bushels. Corn and Oats Firm. CHJCAGO. Aug. IS. Fear of wet har vest In the Northwest caused a radical up turn In wheat prices today. The market M atrong all day. with the exception of a' short period at the tart. The feature of the day's trading was the eupport given the market by leading commission houses, one being credited with purchases of 3.000000 bushels. Much of the demand was on reports of wet weather. ; One dispatch told of a cloudburst in the i southern part of 6outh Dakota and the north i ern portion of Nebraska. The Weather Bu I reau also predicted showers . for Minnesota. Theee reports, with a firm market at Liver pool, offset all bearish factors. During thr day the September delivery sold between 9T 6-97HO and 9To. The market closed with September at 9898c. Kains In the corn belt caused temporary weakness In the corn market early In th day. but tihe market closed strong, with prices off '54: compared with yesterday's final figures. The oats market was strong, closing prices being H9'o "P. Provisions were strong. closing 54510c higher. The leading' futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High, t .97 I .98:4 ,94Vs -96 .98 .98H OORN. -.es?i .65 H .53 .64 'i .64 .55 OATS. .37 .37 .37 ,379s .39 "39 Low. Close, t .97 .984 .94 .95 .98 . .99 ,.63i .65 .53 .64 .54 .55 .87 .87 .37 .37 .39 .39 20 45 20.50 16.70 16.90 Sept Dec May Sept Dec May Sept. . Dec. May.. MESS PORK. Sept. Jan. . 20.50 16.75 20.50 16.90 LARD. Sept 11.32 11.42 11.82 11 43 11.35 11.00 9.97 Oct Nov Jan 11.27 11.35 11 25 10.95 11.00 10.50 9.90 8.97 9.90 SHORT RIBS. 9 90 9.97 8.87 10.95 11.10 10.95 10.77 11.85 .10.70 Jan. Sept 8.97 11.10 10.82 Oct. . . Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Firm. Rve No. 2. 67c. Barley Fe,.'d or mixing. 46c: fair to choice malting, 5K351C. Flax seed No. 1 Southwestern. $1.37; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.47. Timothy seed $3.80. Clover 11.60. Pork Mess, per barrel, $20.50 20.55. Lard Per 100 pounds, $11.45(5 11.47. Short ribs Sides (loose). $11.45811.55. Sides Short, clear (boxed), $11.50 11.62. Grain statistics: Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 5900 bushels. Primary receipts were 7.390.000 bushels, compared with 824, 000 the corresponding day a year ago. The amount of breadstuff on ocean passage. 121 bushels. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. 177 cars: corn. 331 cars; oats. 311 cars; hogs.- 11,000 head. Receipts. Flour, barrels 24,400 Wheat, bushels 22S.O0O Corn, bushels..... 200.000 Oats, bushels 623. 7"0 Rye. bushels 3.O00 Barley, bushels 6.000 Shipments. 15.100 875.000 116.000 238,000 " 'l.50b Grain and Produce at Nets' York. NEW TORK. Aug. 13. Flour Receipts. 15,439 barrels; exports, 1072 barrels. Mar ket steady, with a fair jobbing trade. Wheat Receipts. 72,000 bushels. Spot firm. No. 3 Red. new, $1.08; sales, ele vator. No. 2 red, new. $1.10 prompt f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth. old. $1.35 nominal f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter, nominal. $1.11 f. o. b. afloat. From the low point, wheat prices Jumped lc per bushel and closed c to lc above last night. September closed $1.07; De cember closed $1.04; May closed $1.06. Hops Dull. Hides Firm. Bogota 2021c; Central America, 21cJ Wool Steady. Petroleum Steady. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 13. Wheat, weak; barles'. steady. Spot quotations: Wheat Shipping. $1.770 1.82 per cental; milling, tl-82m.S5 per cental. Barley Feed, $1.401.42 per cental; brew ing. 1.42Uffl.45 per cental. Oats Red, $1.80(U.90 per cental: whKe. S1.65S1.67 per cental; black. 2.502.7S per cental. Call board sales: Barley December. $1.43 per cental bid. $1.44 per cental asked. Corn Large yellow, $1.75(S"1.85 per cental. Kurcmean Grain ' Markets. LONDON. Aug. 13. Cargoes; dull and de prefsed, with no demand srr shipment. English country markets, quiet; French country markets, clow. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 18. Wheat September, 8s d; December, 7S 7d; March, Ts 6L Weather hot. Wheat at Seattle. SEATTLE. Aug. IS. No milling quotations. Export wbeat: Blueetem. September. O80; club, 94c; red. 94c. . Receipta: Wheat, .2 cars; corn. 1 oar ; oats. 2 cars. Wheat at Tacoma. TAOOMA. Aug. 18. Wheat Weak. Btue stem, September? 94c; club, September. 90c; red, September, 88c, Dairy produce In the East. CHICAGO. Aug. 13. Butter Steady. Creameries. 2226c: dairies. 2it23c. Bggs Receipts. 10,399 cases. Steady at mark, oases Included, 18c; firsts, 20c ; prims firsts. 2flc. Cheese Strong. Deletes. 16(ffl5ic: twins. 14n4ic: Younsr Americas, lf154c; long horns. 16lS9ic. NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Butter Firm. Creamery extras, 26?i26c. Cheese Stead7, unchanged. Eggs Eesy. Western firsts, 21 23c Coffee and Sosrar. NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Coffee futures closed steady, but at a net decline of fi10 points. Sales were reported of 17,500 bags. Including August. 5.60e; September, 5.55c; December and January, 5.30c; March. 5.35c; May and July. 5.30c. Spot, quiet; Rio No. 7, 77c; Santos No. 4, 89c. Mild, quiet; Cordova, 91 2c. Sugar Raw. firm; fair refining. 3.5SU S.61c; centrifugal. 96 test, 4.0S4.11c;. mo lasses sugar. 3.33g?3.36c. Refined, steady. Crushed. 5.60c; powdered, 8.05c; granulated, 4.95C Wool at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 13. Wool Unchanged. Territory and Western mediums, 2328c; fins medium. 22S54c; fine. 1319c. Flaxseed at" Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 13. Flax closed at 11.39. Forest Grove Has Revival. FOREST GROVE, Or., Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) One of the greatest revivals ever held in Forest Grove is now In progress here under the direction ' of Evangelist David Eugene Olson and his singer. Professor Walter R. Burton. In 17 days there have been 61 conversions. THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK PORTLAND. OREGON UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $1,000,000 OFFICERS J. C. AINSW0ETH. President K. W. SCHMEER, Cashier. E. LEA BARNES. Vice-President. A. M. WEIGHT. Assistant Cashier. W. A. HOLT, Assistant Cashier. LETTERS OF CREDIT AND TRAVELERS' CHECKS ISSUED NEGOTIABLE EVERYWHERE DRAFTS Drawn ON ALL FOREIGN COUNTRIES LUMBERMENS National Bank CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STREETS THE BEST STREET INSURANCE IS THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT It insures against dust, mud and street noises. It insures against slipperiness and falling horses. It insures against cracks, disintegration and costly repairs. It assures a sanitary and durable street. It assures conscientious workmanship and best materials. It assures perfect satisfaction. BITULITHIC INSUEANCE IS SAFEST AND SUREST.- WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 317 BECK BUILDING, PORTLAND, OR. MELONS SELL- QUICKLY IN StROXG DEMAND AT SEATTLE AT HIGH PRICE. Eggs Are Firmer and .Higher De cline in Poultry Market. Wheat Is Lower. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 13. (Special.) The two cars of watermelons that reached the street this morning did not last Ions, even though some or the best were held at 2 cents. Peaches are all cleaned up again. Owing to. the high prices prevail ing this week, shippers have taken ad vantage of the situation to rush in green stock. As a result, little ripe stock Is offering. Oregon stock that arrived yes terday sold at 1.25 today. Eastern Wash ington cants were more plentiful and sold at as high as. 3.60. California sold as low as 2. Fancy tomatoes are very scarce, native outdoor stock-sold up to 2-50 for 20-pound boxes this afternoon. The demand for apples Is very light, although stocks are quite heavy. Celery Is in oversupply and lower at 50 to 60 cents. Broilers are. coming in more freely ana will be quoted lower next week. The cut will probablv amount to 2 cents a pound Eggs were firmer all around today, with nearly every dealer asking 36 cents. That price promises to be general in a day or two. Receipts of Eastern storage eggl are more liberal. Butter was Arm. Cheese was active. Tillamook was offered on the ex change at 17 with 16 cents offered. Wheat wf nominally lower at 95 cents for bluestem and 80 cents for club, red and fife Reports circulated by the Farmers Union that the crop will not aggregate more than 30,000,000 bushels Is looked upon by the dealers here as a move to check the present slump. QUOTATIONS AT SA3f TRA If CISCO. Prices Tmld tor Produce la the Bar City Market, BAN TmAfTCiaCO. Aug. 13. The follow ing prices were quoted In the produce mar- keMmsttff:s Bran. I28.5O30; middlings. 36.5037.50. Vegetables Hothouse cucumbers, 065c. string beans. l8c: tomatoes. 7oc 11.15. garlic, 3!43c; green peas, 76cffll.S0, egg plant. 60S 75c. Butter Fancy creamery, 29c; creamery seconds. 27c; fancy dairy. 261c. Poultry Roosters, old, $4.50 5; young. B5O10; broilers. small. J.2.503.50. large. I3.25S.50: fryers. 5.506.60; hens. 4 509; ducks, old, ?66; young. $6 8. EggM Store, 31c; fancy ranch, 34c. cheese Hew, 15 16c; young Americas. lSV-iSlflc. Hsv Wheat. JlSfrlK.SO; whest and oats, 1317; alfalfa, 1013; stock. tS10; bar ley. 10( 13.50; straw, per bale. 5075c. Fruits Apples, cnoiue, -"""'TV: 30c; bananas, $1.252.o0; limes S56. lemons, choice. $4; commons, $1.50; pine apples. 1.502.50. Hops Contracts. 1808. 1821o. Receipts Flour, 1220 quarter sacks; wheat, 80 centals; barley. 2290 centals: oats. 680 cen tals: beans. 500 sacks', corn. 30 centals: pota toes. 3320 sacks:' -middlings. 360 sacks; hay, 715 tons; wool. 3 hale!.; tikies. 7fii. LIQUOR CASE HARD FOUGHT Five Hours Required to Secure Jury in Albany. ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) It took five houra to get a jury of six men in Justice Porter's court today to try Joshua Ballard on a charge of violating the local option law. The case was hard fought all afternoon and is being con cluded in a nlgtit session. Fred Robin, a detective in the employ of the Oregon Anti-Saloon League, swore he bought a pint of whisky from Ballard on the street and O. E. 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