The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 06, 1900, PART TWO, Image 23

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OBEGQNIAS, PORTLAND, MAY 6, 1900. 23 COMMERCIAL AND y The month of 3Xay opened with a fair ly good trade In nearly all lines of busi ness, and -with orders from the country more numerous and of better proportions than they have been In any previous -week this season. The whtt markets continue very disappointing, end the movement is much smaller than usual, considering there Is such a large amount still to come for ward. The slight bulge in the market for potatoes at the close of last week had the usual effect ofbrlnglng out big offerings, end the price weakened again. The San Francisco trade demand a choice article, and it Is probable that fancy upland Bur banks would still bring CO and 5 cents In this market, but for the average run of offerings, the price is around 35 and 50 cents. Oats and barley are dull in sym pathy with wheat, and there Is rib move ment In, wool as yet, .although the busi ness will probably start up very soon, buy ers expecting to get a line on prices from the London -sales which wero scheduled to commence yesterday. A few Oregon strawberries were re ceived during the week, and sold from 25 cents' per box down to 20 cents, as the sup ply increased. The supply of California berries is large, and sales were made yes terday as low as 10 and 12& cents. With warm weather during the coming week, there will be a sudden drop In prices, as receipts will be quite heavy. Early in the week the butter market declined to S3 cents for the fancy selects, which have heretofore commanded 40 cents per roll, and the mar ket Is far from strong at the reduction. Store butter seems to be stronger than creamery in more ways than one, and there is a good shipping demand for all that comes to hand at 23 cents per roll, while some creameries drag at 20 cents per roll. Eggs are very firm, and during the week advanced to 16 cents. This fig ure resulted In some of the outside mar kets, which have been pretty good cus tomers of Portland, sending East for stocks, and prices halted. Sixteen cents is sufficiently high to draw some of the stocks out of cold storage, and it is hardly probable that- any further advances will take place. The flour markets are weak in sympathy with wheat, and some cutting is being indulged in by the Valley mills. In the grocery markets, the most Inter esting feature of the week was. a small alzed war among the local dealers In su gar. Prices were cut right and left, but the quantities sold In the aggregate were not large. The price settled at the close of the week pretty close toJ5 10, that being the rate generally quoted. "WHEAT The wheat market continues to bo a very tame affair, with the aggre gate sales for the week, exclusive of the milling demand, being hardly enough to make up a cargo. Nearly a fortnight has elapsed since there has been a charter for spot or near-by wheat business on the Pa cific coast, and under such conditions It is but natural that there should be nothing doing in wheat. Exporters show no dispo sition to take on any new business, so long as shipowners hold out for such extrava gant rates as are now asking, as it Is impossible to pay the shipowner his price, and also to satisfy the grower. The lat ter, undismayed by the continued enor. mous shipments from th Argentine and the near approach of another t harvest In this country. Is holding his wheat with a tenacity equal to that displayed at any time this season. "With spot and near-by tonnage well covered, there is no Incentive for buyers to bid up much above the ex port value, which Is in the neighborhood of 62S3 cents for Walla Walla wheat. This price la "sprung" a little occasionally for a choice lot, and for milling purposes 54 cents, and perhaps a shade better, was paid during the week. In the Northwest the condition of the growing crop, with the exception of the Valley, continues per fect, and the season is much earlier than usual. Even In the Palouse there are re ports of wheat already over 20 inches high. Reports from California this week are much more favorable than those of a week ago. There has been considerable rain throughout the state, and It has done a vast amount of good. In some sections of California, the crop is so much better than usual that it will offset the damaged portions of the state surdciently to bring the entire crop up to the average. In the Willamette Valley there Is some com plaint of the wheat turning yellow on the bottom lands, where there has been too much rain, but the warm days last week materially aided In Improving this condi tion of affairs. PORTLAND MARKETS. . Grain, Flour, Etc. Wheat Walla Walla, KSc; Valley, C203c; bluestem. 5Cc per bushel. Flour Best grades. $2 55SJ3; graham, $2 30; superfine. $2 10 per barrel. Oats White. 353Gc; gray, 3233c; stained, 930c per bushel. Barleyr-ejed, $H44 00; brewing. $1G10 30 per ton. 1 r MlllstuKs-Bran. $J2ffl3 per ton: middlings, SISGIO; shorts. $13glG; chop. $14. Hay Timothy. ?910: clover, $707 CO; Or gen wild hay. $GS7 per ton. Batter, Ebbh, Poultry, Etc. Butter Fancy creamery. 30983c; store, 2215 25c per roll. Eggs 15010c p"- dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed. $J4 W per dozen; hens. $4 5065. ducks. SG$7; geese. $S&10 pot dozen; turkejs. live. 15c; dressed. 17 0 18c per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12JaS13e; Toucf America, 14c per pound. Vegetable, Fruit, Etc Vegetables Parsnips. C07Bc; carrots, 60c; turnips. GO 75c; onions, 3c per pound for new, 07c for old; cabbage, 90c$l per cen tail: potatoes, -lOg-GOc per sack; peas, 4c; beaiu 10gl2c; asparagus, 4S?5c; new potatoes, 2g2Ue per pound. Fruit Lemons, $2 50J?3; oranges. $363 25 pet box for navels. $2 per box for seedlings; pineapples. $4 6056 per dozen; banana?.- $2 Zt 3 per bunch; Persian dates, 7$4SSc per pound, strawberries. $1 50Jr2 per crate for California, 2025c per pound for Oregon. Dried fruit Applne. evaporated. 7GSc pet pound: pun-dried, sacks or boxes. 45c; pearn eun and evaporated. 3?Cc: plums, pltless. 43 6ijc; prunes. Italian. 3ug-3c: silver, extra choice, C 3 6c; figs; Smyrna, 22c; California black, 5GCc; do white, 10c per pound. Groceries, Xuta, Etc Coffee Mocha. 232Sc; Java, fancy, 2&32c, Java, good, 2024c: Java, ordinary. lS620c: Costa Rica, fancy, lSSr20c; do good. 1631Sc; do ordinary, I0'12c per pound; Columbia, roast, $12 25; Arbuckle's, $13 75; Lion. $12 75 per esse. Sugar Cube. $3 00; crashed. $3 CO; pcrdered $5 00; dry granulated. $3 10; extra C, $4 GO. golden C. $4 47H net: half barrels. c more than barrels- maple sugar. 15lGc per pound. Beans-Small white. 3Sjc; bayou. 4c; Lima, Ce per pound. . Salmon Columbia rlrer. 1-pocnd tails. $10 1 CO; 2 - pound tails. $2ff2 50; fancy, l-poun4 flats. $1 0501 75. Vpcund fancy flats. S3ff95c: Alaska, 1-pound tails, $1 20ff 1 30; 2-pouad tails, $1 D02 25. Grain bags Calcutta, $C 50S1 73 per 100 for Fpot. $C 12U0 25 for July-August. Nute-Peanuts. CQIe per pound for raw. lOe for roasted; cocoanuts. SOc per dozen; walnuts, 10311c per pound: pine nuts. 15c; hickory nuts. 7c; chestnuts. 15c; Brazil, lie; Alberts. 15c fancy pecans, 1214c; almonds. 13 Q IT&c pet pound. Coal oil Cases, 21Uc per gallon; barrels, ITc; U&ks, l&Hc - FINANCIAL NEWS Rice Island. CUc; Japan. Cc: New Orleans, 46Sc; fancy bead. $77 50 per eack. "Hop, "Wool, Hides, Etc. Hops 28c per pound. Wool Valley, 12 13c for coars lCSlc f 01 best; Eastern Oregon. 1015c; mohair, 2&ii-Tc per pound. Sheepskins Shearlings. 1320c; ehort-wool. 21 35c; medium-wool. S050c; long-wool. G0cf?$l each. Pelts Bear skins, each, as to size, $3315; cubs, each, $16&: badger, each, 30c; wildcat. 25373c; housecat. 325c; fox, common gray, 40c&$l; do red. $17&3S0: do cross. $2 5O0C; lynx. $2ff4 50; mink, 40cl 73. marten, dark Northern. $310; do pale, pine, $24; musk rat. 812c; ekunk. 5O80e: otter (land). $4 OS; panther, with head and claws perfect, $ies. raccoon. 25S0c; wolf, mountain, with head perfect. $3 50 5; wolverine. $2 50JC; beaver, per skin, large. $03"; do medium, per skin, $4S; do small, per pkln, $1Q2; do kits; per skin. $133. Tallow-&gi5c; No. 2 and grease. 33-4c per pound. Hides Dry hides. No. 1. 10 pounds and up ward. 15315&C; dry kip. No. 1, 3 to 10 pounds, 15c per pound; dry calf, No. 1, under 5 pounds 15310c; dry salted, one-third less than dry flint; salted hides, sound steers, CO pounds and over, S0c; do 30 to 00 pounds. S8Sc; da under 50 pounds and cows. 73Sc; kip. IS to St pounds. 738c; do veal. 10 to 14 pounds. 7c; do calf, under 10 pounds, 7Hc; green (unsalted). lc per pound lea; culls (bulls, stags, moth eaten, badly cut. scored hair slipped, weather beaten or grubby), one-third leas. Meat sail Provisions. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, sheared. $3 5033 75; dressed. 77c per pound: spring lambs, 5Q5hc per pound gross. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, 45; light,' $4 50; dressed. 00i5c per pound. Veal-Large. 037140 per pound; small, 8TJ Beef Gross, top steers. $4 Q 4 30; cows, $3 5034; dressed beef. G37?ic per pound. Provisions Portland pack (Shield brand): Hams, smoked, are quoted at 13s per pound; picnic hams, iic per pound; breakfast bacon. lS&c; bacon. Uc; backs. OHc; dry salt sides, Sjc; dried beef, 17c per pound; lard. 5-pound palls, 10c; 10 -pound palls. Ojjc; 50s, 0ic; tierces, 9J&c per pound. Eastern pack (Ham mond's): Hams, large. 13c; medium, 1314c, small. 13Jic; picnic bams, DJJc; shoulders, lc: breakfast bacon, 12Xc; dry salt sides, syj 60c: bacon sides. 010Jc; backs', 10c; butts. 8c: lard, pure leaf, kettle rendered, 3s, lOJic: 10s. 10Hc SEW YOnK STOCK. MARKET. BOND& U. S. 2s. ref.....l031Gen. Electric 5s.. .120 U. S. s. reg aufc N. Y. Central Ists.llO'A do 3s, reg lOOValNorth. Pacific 3s.. 07U do 3b. coupon. ..loOfaj do 4s 103;8 do new 4s, reg.. 134 do new 4s, coup.134 Oregon Nav. lsts..lOS do 4s 10J?i do old 4s, reg.. .115 do old 4s, coup. .125 Oregon S. iL. GS....123 do con. 03 114 do 08, reg. .UShlRlo Gr. West, lsts JO'.i do 5s. coupon....H2J;St. Paul consols... 171& Dlst. Col. 3-C5S...121 (St. P. C. &J?. lstsl0 Atchison adj. 4s.. 83 do 5s 122i .v. con. tsmj-j union Pacinc 42. ..103 do S. F. deb. 3s.ll0 (Wis. Central lsts.. Jl D. & U. G. I5ts...l01 Southern Pacific 4s S3H " .......... VJ4I When issued. STOCKS. The total sales of stocks today were 107,700 mares, une closing quotations were Atchison 20IUnion Pac pref.... 74i do pref ..... Bait. & Ohio.. Can. Pacific .. 09H Wabash bi4 e-i$l ao prer 22t4 D5H Wheel. & L. E.... 10 tain, southern Chfs. & Ohio 2US Wisconsin Central. lOtf X2.,QV 125Thlrd Avenue 107 Chi.. Ind. & L.. 257i EXPRESS CO.'S. do pref 05 Adams 1..120 Chi. & East. 111. ..103 (American im Ljucago & x. W..102 I United States 4G C., R. I. & Pac. "loSUlWells-Farco """lin a C..C. & St. L. 60U MISCELLANEOUS. Colo. Southern do 1st nref 41U1 an mf .i4.Amer. innn 1111 A'C ,d,0 2d P"if lOJtlAmcr. Malting.".. Del. & Hudson....ll4ui do Pref DeL, Lack. & W..178 lAmer. Smelt. & R Denver & Rio Gr. 13 do pref do pref CDVlAmer. Snlrita 06 4 37 80 Erie 12,i do nref it ?4 do 1st pref 3SAmer. Steel Hoop. 23 Great North.ref171 I ao prer 3 Amer. Steel & W.. 30 Hocking Coal .... 17 Hocking Valley .. ssv Illinois Central ...11311 Iowa Central .... 17'n do pref ........ 50 ' Kan. C.. P. & G.. 17 4 Lake Erie & W... 40 do pref ........ 02 Lake Shore ...... .200 Louis. & Nash.... SVA Manhattan El ... 04 Met. St. Hy 154. uu pre ......... 77 Amer. Tin Plate... 26 do nref rL I Amer. Tobacco ....103' ao prer 130 Anaconda Mln. Co. 44 Brooklyn R. T 734a Colo. Fuel & Iron.. 40 Cont. Tobacco .... 20 I do pref siu Federal RfAol aia. Mexican Central.. 13 do pref CSH iuinn. a: su 1X)U1S Co ucnerai Jtiiectrlc ..137 Glucose Sugar .... 60U Mifinurl Ta-in. -.vu i Mobile & Ohio 43 tint. laper .'.'.'.. 03 M.. K. & T 11U 23 do nref do pref b New Jersey Cent..li:S Now York Cent...l3S7 Norfolk & West.. 37V4 do pref ....... 70A C47i 03 La Clede Gas... National Biscuit 31tt do nrvf ci' National Leai .... 21? Northern Pacific.. 57V do pref 73 National Steel .'.,'. SlS fl Pref to N. Y. Air RmW( 1"-. unuu-ia dz west... 22 O. R. & N 42 do pref 70 Pennsylvania .... 133 Reading is do 1st nref 57V North American ..11 facinc coast 48i do 1st pref S3 do 2d pref C0V4 Pacific Mall 33 do 2d pref...... :,ji- People's Gas 104 Rio Gr. Western.. 53"Pressed Steel Car." 4S& mv. jj.ti ........ oi-i uo prui ......... HI St. Louis & S. Ft. lOVPullman pai. Car.181 do 1st pref...... CO iStand. Rope & T... nu do 2d pref ::4r.!Sufrar mi. St. Louis & S. W. 11'. do pref ...I..." 29Tenn. Cod'&iniC Sl do pref H2 St. Paul IIS U. S. Leather 12V- do pref 70VS V. S. Rubber 20 do pref 172',- St. Paul & 0 117 bouthern Pacific.. 3GK Southern Ry 13W Western Union ... 8VA o pref 5CiiRepubllc"lron & S. 1SJ, uo prer ......... jkj Union Pacific --- - ......,.. . . ww u.v .... UIU C5 THE GRAIN MARKETS. Prices tor Cereals in European and American Ports. SAX FRANCISCO, May 5. Wheat Dull. Barley Dull. Oats QuIeL Spot quotations trere: Wheat No. 1 shipping, 93c; choice, 93c; milling, 97Uctt. Barley Feed, 71ri4ric; brewing, S0 S2c. Oata-Gray Oregon. $1 071 12; mill ing. $1 lSJi-l 17; red, 93c$l 20. Call board sales: WTheat Steady: December, $1 02; cash, 93c. Barley No sales. Corn Large yellow, $1 15gl 30. Cliicnpro Grain and Protlncc. CHICAGO, May 5. Wheat opened firm under support from higher Liverpool and Paris cables. Trade was quiet through out the session. Until the prospect for CULLFSON&CO. Stock, rain and BROKERS Direct Wires to New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of .Trade 214-215 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon next season's campaign becomes some what more clearly defined in the marker. It Is thought not likely to become gen eral. Following the opening, there was a, brief period of easiness, because of the'reports of favorable weather, and no further additions to the stories af damage by 'chinch bugs. This was recovered, however, on the improved cash demand, and the close was steady. Predictions were made that the Government report expect ed Thursday will raise the April condi tion above the present figure, SL1 per cent. July wheat closed a shade down, at 67Hc Corn was firm at about yesterday's closing quotations most of the session. and business being principally of a local character. Business was firm, and coun try offerings reported lighter. July closed a shade reduced. Oats very quiet, but firm.. July closed He up. Provisions wero dull and heavy. The hog market was weak, and this had a depressing effect. July pork closed 203 22c under yesterday; lard. 12c lower and ribs 10fl2Hc lower. The leading futureo ranged as follows: WHEAT. Opened. Richest. Lowest. Closlnc Kay $0CG $0 00 $0C5 $0 65i July C79J C7X C7ii C75s CORTC. May SO SOW 3S31 33Ji July ........... 40 -J0H X& 40J September ... 40 40 Jj 40fc OATS. May 22 23K 22 23JJ June 23H 23V4 23 23V July 23 23 231i' 23h MESS PORK. May ; n SO July 1212W 1217 1185 11 J2U LARD. May GSO July 0 02 6 97H 6S2JS 0 65 Sfptembcr ... 0 90 COO 0S0 C82J5 SHORT RIBS. May GC0 July 0 724 C72H 0 C5 0 65 September ... 0 72H 0 72 0 05 0 C5 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Dull; Winter patents, $3 C0ff3 70; straights. $2 95Q3 -40; clears, $2 70g3 20; Spring epeclals, $3 70i?3 90; patents, $3,109 3 45; straights. $2 C0g3; bakers, $22 45. W'heat-No. 3, gC5Uc; No. 2 red, 703 71c. Corn No. 2, 39Uc; No. 2 yellow, 35Sc Oats No. 2, 23Ti?2!c; No. 2 white, 26H 2Sc; No. 3 white, 2526&c. Rye No. 2, 54c. Barley Good feeding, 3Sc; fair to choice malting, HQ-Uc Flax seed No. 1, $1 80; No. 1 Northwest ern, $180. Timothy eeed Prime, $2 40. Pork Mess, per barrel, $10 SOiTll S3. Lard Per 100 pounds, $8 70S6 82. Short ribs Sides, loose. $6 5056 80: dry salted shoulders, boxed. C?i07c; short clear eldes, boxed, $71037 20. Whisky Basis of high wines, $1 2 Sugars Cut loaf, $6; granulated, $3 44. Clover Contract grade, 7c Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 10,000 8.000 Wheat, bushels 25.000 242.000 Corn, bushels ISO. 000 140.000 Oats, bushels 231.000 170.000 Rye. bushels 2.000 2.000 Barley, bushels 14,000 0.000 On the produce exchange today the but ter market was firm; creamery, 143 19c; dairy. 13163. Cheese Slow, 9Uc. Eggs Steady; fresh. 10?ia Xcw Yorlc Grain and Prodncc. NEW YORK, May 5. Flour Receipts. 15.51C -barrels; exports, 30,231 barrels; mar ket, steady; Minnesota patent, $3 653 90; Winter' straights. $3 453 50. Wheat Receipts, 23,675 bushels; ex ports, lG3,rl5 bushels; epot, firm; No. 2 red, S0?8. f. o. b. Options opened steady, closing steady, at unchanged prices. May, 73&c; July, 73Jic; September, TJjSc Wool Dull. Hops Steady. European Grain Mnrlccta. LONDON, May 5. Wheat English coun try markets quiet. Hops Pacific Coast steady, 3 5s3 15s. DIVERPOOIi, May 5. Wheat Firm; No. 1 California. 6s 4d; wheat and flour In Paris firm; French country markets quiet. Wheat Spot firm; No. 1 California, 6s 4d; futures steady; July, Es Sd; Sep tember, 5s 9Vd. Corn Spot firm; American mixed, 4s 2d; futures steady; May, 4s 2d; July, 4s d; September, 4s 7d. Flour St. Louis fancy Winter steady, 7s 3d. SAX FRANCISCO MARKETS. SAN FRANCISCO, May 5. Spring wool Nevada. 14fflCc; Eastern Oregon. 12glBc; Valley Oregon, 20g22c; fall. Northern mountain, 10Q12c; mountain, S10c; plains, S10c; Humboldt and Mendocino, 1415c. Hops '99 crop, ll13c Millstuffs Middlings, $1720; bran, $12 $13 per ton. Hay Wheat, $G 50010; wheat and oat, $C 9; best barley. $37; alfalfa, $3SC 50: stock, $5g5 50; compressed wheat, $710 per ton: straw, 2Q40c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, COgCSc; River Bur banks. 40Jiioc: Oresron Burhanks. 75pi?Sl per cental; sweet potatoes, $2 252 40 per cental. Vegetables Onions, $12302 per cental; garlic, 2&3c; green peas, $11 23 per sack; strlnir beans, 56c; dried okra, S2$c per pound; asparagus, $12 per box; egg plant, S10c per pound. Apples Choice, $1 23; common. EOc Citrus fruits Oranges, navels, $1 25Q3; Mexican limes, $45; common California lemons, $1 25?1 30; do choice, $1 25gl 50 per box. Bananas, $1 50J3 per bunch. Butter Fancy creamery, lliQWic; do seconds. l&16c; fancy dairy, lSSlCc; do second, H15c per pound. Cheese California, new. 7CSc per pound; Young America, 99c; Eastern, 16gl7c. EggsStore, 1415c; fancy ranch 17c; Eastern, 15SI5ic per dozen. Poultrj- Turkeys, gobblers, US'Wc; do hens, 1314c per pound; old roosters, $t 23 4 50 per dozen; young roosters, $Gr7; small broilers, $2 3083 50; large broilers. $4-4 50; fryers, $36; hens, $55 50 per doz en: geese. $22 25 per pair. Receipts Flour. 15.044 mrti cnrv- do. Oregon, 21,675 quarter sacks; wheat. nw centals; parley, S55 centals; oats, 670 centals; beans, 16 sacks; corn. 13G0 centals; potatoes, 1435 sacks; do Oregon, 754 sacks; bran. 30 sacks: ln Orotrnn sum raiv- mi,i. dllngs, 11 sacks; do Oregon, 514 sacks; nay. Mi ions; wool, lTo bales; hides, 4C3. EASTERN LU'ESTOCK. CHICAGO, May 5. Cattle Receipts, 500. Good to prime steers. $4 7566 70; poor to medium, $4 104 CO; selected feeders. $4 75 65; mixed stockers, $3 40f4; cows, $3$?4 50; heifers, $3 2504; canners. $2 4008; bulls, $3 704 20; calves. $4 506 25; Texas,fed steers, $45 25; bulls. $3 25fi3 75. Hogs Receipts. 14.000. Strong; top, $5 4V&: mixed butchers, $5 1565 42; good to choice heavy. $3 3565 47; rough'heavy, $5 1566 25; light. $5 0565 35: bulk. $5 25.1D 5 3714. Sheep Receipts, 2500. Sheep and Iambi strong; good to choice wethers. $5 2566 65; fair to choice, $5 25; Western sheep. $5 256) 5 65: yearlings. $5 5066; native lambs, $5 50 HI 15; Western Iambs, $667 15. OMAHA, May 5.-Cattle Receipts. 200. Market steady; native beef steers. $466 23; cows and heifers, $3 6064 63; canners. $2 25 SJ3 oo; stockers and feeders, $3 7566 10; caives. $3.7; bulls and stags. $2 906-1 10. Hogs Receipts, SS0O. Market 5c lower, heavy. $5 256 23; mixed. $5 2066 25; light. $5 155 25; bulk of sales. $3 205 25. Sheep Receipts. 800. Market 10c hlcher: fair to choice natives, $5 40g6 65; fair to choice Westerns. $565 40; common and choice sheep, $3 5065 25; Iambs, $5 756. KANSAS CITY, May 5. Cattle Re ceipts, 100. Market unchanged; Texas steers, $3 G064 60; native steers. $4 4066 15; native cows and heifers, $3 3064 80; stock ers and feeders, 546 2a. Hogs Receipts. 5000. Market steady; Ibulk of sales. $3 10665; heavy. $5 12& 5 35; packers, $51065 35; -mixed, $5 07 $3 22; lights, $46-315; porkers, $3 056515; pigs, $464 90. Sheep Receipts, 500. Market steady; lambs, $5&g6 50; muttons, $4Q5 20. Coffee and Stk.xar. NEW XORK, May 5. Coffee Options closed dull and unchanged to 5 points de cline; sales, 1750 bags. Including: May, $6 55; July, $6 70; November, $S 90; Decem ber, $7 10. Spot Rio steady;' NO.' 7 Invoice, 75icr mild quiet: Cordova, 7&61"c. , Sugar Raw steady; fair refining, 3 15-16c, centrifugal, 96 test, 4 7-16c; refined steady; granulated, $5 15; cut loaf, $5 55. The 3Ietal Markets. NEW YORK, May 5. Bar sllverv COc. SAN FRANCISCO, May a. Bar silver. LONDON, May 5. Bar silver. 27 9-J6d. LABOR IN GERMANY. Cost of Living: Higher Than In the United States, and Wages Lovrer. John E. Kehl, United States Consul at Stetrin, reports to the State Department that 15 years ago, the number of working people In the German Empire, according to the bureau of statistics, was placed at 7,340.789; today It is estimated at 10.900. 000, of whom 2,100,000 are females. With the Increased cost of living, cos -cprnpared with seven years ago, and the dispropor tionate advance In wages, the outlook for the tollers Is anything but favorable. In this district (Pomerania) the dally expenses of food for a man, wtfe,and two children can be estimated as follows: One large loaf rye bread. 40 pfennigs (9.42 cents); coffee, 15 pfennigs (3.57 cents); sausage, meat or cheese, 50 pfennigs (11.9 cents); potatoes, 15 pfennigs (3.57 cents); sundries, 30 pfennigs (7.14 cents); total per day. 1.50 marks (35.7 cents). Two rooms usually constitute their liv ing apartments and average about 10 marks ($2 3S) per month. Ready-made clothing Is cheap. Shoes are expensive, and as a substitute "pantoffels" ore used, which, consist of a sort of half-shoe, with either heavy felt or wood soles, and a covering from toe to instep only. Chil dren's sizes, with wood soles, .sell for 10 cents a pair; adults. sizes, 15 to 20 cents a pair. The average price of coal In Stet tin te 95 pfennigs per 100 pounds, German, or 19 marks ($4 52) per 2204 pounds, Ameri can weight. Petroleum costs 50 per cent more than at home. Household furnish ings are very expensive. The wages paid- per month, with board, to household servants for the year ISM wero as follows: Housekeepers, $5 95; cooks, first-class, $5 95; kitchen servants, $2 14; nursemaids; $2 3S; footmen, $9 52; housemaids. $2 85 The wages quoted below are those paid per week of 65 "hours In shipbuilding yards; considerable work la also done by the piece, enabling tho laborers to earn from 20 to 30 per cent more: Carpenters. $3 2S--Joiners. $5; molders, $6; fitters and finish ers, $5 70; painters, $4 52; strikers $3 90; riveters, $4 2S; boy rivet heaters, $2 83; blacksmiths, $3; laborers. $3 14. The average retail prices In Stettin for meats, groceries, etc., per pound, are": Beef, 23 cents; mutton, 20 cents; pork, 2? cents; veal, 30 cents; ham, raw or cooked, 25 cents; butter, 2S cents; fresh-wivcr fish, IS cents; tea, $1 65 (same quality bs 60-cent tea In the United States); coffeo, 23 cents,; sugar, 7 cents; flour, 5 cents. Chickens, large, each 75 cents; eggs, per dozen; winter price,-40 cents; milk, per liter, 5 cents. American labor is paid treble the wages paid German labor In the same calling, and the cost of food Is from 10 to' DO per cent cheaper in the United States than In Germany. It WTouIdn't Salt Ills Congregation. Chicago Tribune. His friends say that he missed his voca tion when he went into the real estate business. He looks like a large and ami able minister, and -far reason' kmrtf'n only to himself he carries out the delusion by dressing entiroly In black. Hi3 business rivals say that the benevolent' and minis terial smile which he assiduously culti vates ha3 been tho chief means of clos ing a number of big deals, and the Con muters Cinch Club acknowledges him the best player in its membership. The other day he came down town and went into a big State-Street hat store to buy a new silk hat. A wise clerk, one of those who Is able to read human nature at a glance, came to wait on- him. "A silk hat?" Certainly." said tht clerk, taking in the ministerial appear ance of his customer. Now. here Is the stylo which most of the ministers are buying this Spring. It seems, to be popu lar with all our leading clergymen." Tho man from tlie Western suburg smiled his slow, ministerial smile. He p.ut on the hat and stood before the glass for a moment. Then ho turned again to the clerk. "I like the hat, personally," he said, "but I'm .afraid my congregation would think it was the devil of a -note to see mo flash a dicer like that. They'd ted me I looked like a four flush in a jack pot and hurt my feelings In all sorts of ways. When we preachers buy glad rags you know we always have to think how the congregation will like them. Can't you show me something else?" But the clerk told the manager ha felt suddenly faint, and asked' to be excused for a few minutes. Since that time he has been slow to jump at conclusions. Status of the Independent. Astorian. . Tho Independent candidates will count for but little. Nearly all of them, so far. are men who have been kicked out of every recognized party, and are beggars on the political' highway for any crumbs that may fall from either or any of the party tables. The average voter has no confidence In the independent candidate. He knows that In nine cases, out of ten he has made every endeavor to get on a party ticket, and very justly argues that If his party considered him unworthy of a nomination, the Independent candidate is not worthy of his vote. How much more is this true in the case of an Inde pendent candidate who has been kicked out by all the parties, having been every thing and nothing for the sake of a po litical Job? So. in planning their work, the Republicans need not greatly fear the independents. They will get the votes of a few personal friends, but will not count for much for or against any of tho regular candidates for the .office they seek. It Is a Hard Year. Spokane Chronicle. This Is eolntr to "ho jiti nttrfnT iioni -.- for the fellow who's a Democrat in Spo kane, He can't hurrah for the soldiers on uecoration day thafsmllitarism; he can't help hoist the flag on the Fourth of July that's Imperialism; hecan'ttell hisfriends to come West and take up land on the Colville Reservation thntv Amnndnn. via. can't welcome the Nation's-' President to irus city mat's McKinleyism; he can't cheer for the Queen of the Industrial Ex- POsIOn that's the nnmn nf mnnii,,.. he can't even get in with the rest of us ana Drag aoout the wonderful way Spo kane la ca!nlnr In ooniilntlnn nn rvooi.v. and beauty, and Industry that's prosper ity. And when the eicctlon'TPMimi prima In well, he can go away out behind the barn and cry. Something Democrat Forget. Dallas (Tex.) News. Some Democrats fum tn Imv fnrirfT! that In the two Democratic nlatfnrms made at Charleston and Bltlmnr 'in isv was this nkink: "Resolved, thnt rti Tom- ocratic party Is In favor of the acquisi tion of the I&ond of Cuba on such terms &B will be honorable to ourselves and Just to Spain, at the earliest practicable moment. . OUR MILLING INTERESTS MIXXEArOLIS EDITQR WRITES IX TERESTIXG LETTER OX OREGOX. Thinks the Pacific Coast " Little World Set OIC by Itself" The Oriental Flour Trade. The Northwestern Miller, under date of April 25, has a very Interesting sketch of "Portland's Milling Interests," from the. pen of Mr. F. J; Clark, who recently visited thla city In the interest of his big trade paper. Mr. Clark sums up his ob servations In the following language: v The Pacific Coast Is a little world set off by Itself. In no line of business is this more emphasized than in milling and the grain trade. They are conducted upon lines' and" by methods decidedly foreign to the ways of the East. The Coast mills have markets for their products In local territory and In the Orient. The export trade, until quite recent years, was In the hands of the California mills, and a few large milters of Washington and Oregon. In this letter I will treat more particu larly of the milling Interest in tho two last-named states. While there are perhaps 100 mills in Washington and Oregon, the number above 400 barrels' capacity Is perhaps a score, while the great majority are of 200 to 100 barrels, or under. The larger mills now quite generally export a portion of their output, either dlrwtlv n- thmmb brokers. The smaller mills, owing to the shortage of tonnage, find it quite difficult to obtain vessel room through ordinary channels, and -they are therefore in many -Instances compelled to do their exporting through brokers. Ever since the taking pf the Philippine Islands there has been an embarrassing lack of vessel tonnage on, tho Pacific Coast. Tho withdrawal of many vessels for transport service to Ma nila, supplemented by the requirements of the English for the South African war, has left the Oriental: tonnage "very defi cient. This has not only caused the eteamshlp lines to heavily advance their freight rates, but It has made It almost Impossible for small shippers to obtain ocean room for flour. While under "nor mal conditions there Is ordinarily no trou ble experienced about contracting for room when tho flour Is ready for ship ment. In the past two years it has been necessary for millers to charter steam ers several months ahead of the time of sailing, and only the big ones could do that. Thus the larger millers have been favored from their capacity to take ad vantage of existing conditions. Millers In all quarters now state that there is an active demand from the Orient for flour, but that the shortage In vessel carrying capacity compels them to reject offers that they would be glad to accept. With adequate tonnage, there Is no question but that exports would be augmented very materially. In this connection wo are Informed that plans are maturing for establishing a new lino of steamers from Portland, to be placed In service within a few months. This will relieve the situation to a very appreciable extent. In Washington and Oregon there are two milling concerns that"" overshadow all others. They are the Portland Flour ing Mills Company, with 5500 barrels dally capacity, and the Centennial Mill Company, with about 2500 barrels. Theo dore B. Wilco is the dominating spirit in the former, and Maurice Thompson in the latter. However, with the larger ca pacity, and unlimited money at his com mand, Mr. Wilcox Is decidedly the more powerful, and he Is not at all backward about using his power. In fact, he has for a number of years largely monopolized the Oriental trade, and prided Almself on doing so. In 18S2 the Ladd Bank, of Portland, I was told, found upon Its hands the mill at Portland, as well as others, and It was In a quandary what to do with them. Mr. Wilcox was then connected with the bank, and In desperation the mills were turned over to him to do the best ho could with them. At that time, Cali fornia was virtually monopolizing the flour trade In China and Japan. Mr. Wilcox Is a conspicuously able business man, and not a long time elapsed before he was do ing an export business and making the property pay. From this beginning he has steadily added to Tils capacity and in creased his exports until today he has no peer on the Coast. Mr. Wilcox has an Inherent belief In the theory that his competitors can be most easily ruled and dictated to through his possessing control of the wheat supply. Toward the attainment of this end, he Is rapidly extending his control pf the ware house and elevator systems of Washington and Oregon. Within the past month, com panies In which he Is a strong factor have acquired a large number of houses, and It Is. understood to "be his purpose to keep on In the work. To be the controlling factor in any field that he may enter is Mr. Wilcox's mo'st ardent ambition. This was what he set out to do In the Oriental flour trade, and that he in a large degree accomplished his purpose Is frankly con ceded by those who have had the moat experience. For a number of years there existed In Hong Kong what was known as Wilcox's syndicate. Ho had entered Into contract with six wealthy and representative China men that for certain considerations they should buy and handle only his flour. These men were powerful and In large measure dominated' the market. The re sult was that It nras a difficult matter for other millers to sell flour in large quantities In Hong Kong. This was the state of things when Morltz Thompson, of the Centennial Mill Company, decided to adopt heroic measures. Accordingly, he chartered sail ing vessels and, loading them with flour, dispatched them for Hong Kong. One ar rived early In June, but it could not bo disposed of. Since flour often spoils Jln hot weather. Mr. Thompson's agent kept close watch of the cargo, and It show ing symptoms of being affected, it was offered at a very low price. The tempta tion for one of the syndicate was too great to be resisted, and, the flour was .sold to him. Mr. Wilcox's agent got the members of the syndicate together and a lively row ensued. It ending In a personal encounter between the agent and a China man. This disrupted the whole combina tion, and the syndicate thereafter bought from other mills. Mr. Wilcox's agent or ganized another syndicate, but the mem bers were of less influence and nowe- hn were those bt the old one, and they couid not control conditions as had been previ ously done. Mr. Thompson was person ally on the ground- during the Summer and directed his efforts toward perma nently making Hong Kong an open mar ket. For this work be Is worthy of the thanks of all Pacific Coast millers. Mr. Wilcox operates seven mills with a combined daily capacity of about 5COT barrels. The more Important ones are located at Spokane. Tacoma and Portland. The mill of Portland Is of 2100 barrels capacity. As It was down the harbor some distance, I was not able to visit it. J. W. Smith Is the head mLler. The other Wilcox mills are. two at Oregon City, 1000 barrels capacity, A. W. Miller, head miller; Albany, Or.. 123 barrels ca pacity; Dayton. Wash.. CC0 barrels. Charles Cressman. head miller. The rate on flour from the Pacific Coast to China and Japan Is now 16 per ton in gold. The steamship lines are acting in concert, and not only make uniform rates, but are holding them up to the highest point they have ever been. In 1S32 the rate was down to $2 per ton, but that was abnormally low. Even at $G they have more flour tendered them than can be accepted, and of course there Is unity of action and no cutting of rates. Formerly rates were quoted In Mexican money,, the standard of the Chinese, but this led to confusion, and the gold basis. was adopted. The rate to Vladlvostock. Russia, is $3 per top in gold. When the' Initial ship- Downing, Hopkins & Co, Chicago" Board of TracJe New York Stock Exchange Brokers Continuous market quotations at principal centers of trade received over our own wires. Branch offices at Seattle. Tacoma, Spokane, Walla Walla, Colfax, Wash., Vancouver and Victoria, B. C. Room 4, Ground Floor, Chamber of Commcrcz. Both Teltphonej. CAPE NOME S. S. GEO. W. ELDER, S. S. NOME CITY -. - S. S. DESPATCH The above first-class steamers will sail every 10 days during the season for Capo Nome, York and St. Michael and Yukon River points. First Sallifig, May 24 FOR RATES AID IVFOIMIATIOrJ APPLT T& CALIFORNIA & OREGON COAST S. S. CO. F. P. BAUMQARTNER, 253 Washlnotoa 5. W. A. Mitchell & Co., General Acents, San FrnncUco. Pacific Coast sHal Cape Nome Gold Fields THE NEW PAIiATIAX. ST2EL STEAMSHIP j BfflS lhc Senater" will sail from San Francisco. May14. Seattle, May 13. .Subsequent trtpi will be from Seattle direct, namely: June 21, July 21 and August 20. Th "Senator" ha a capacity of 2300 tons. Her second cabin aad eteerago aecceimodatlwf ar superior to th flret-clam accooimodatkma of meet of the steamers advertised for v Th Pacific Coast Steamship Co. hao been running Its steamers to Alaska winter ana bm rner for 25 roars, and la tht plcneer Pacific Coast Una. Seattle frefcrnt and passenger ratss tM plr from Portland. For further Information Inquire of GOODAIX, PERKINS. & CO.. OtnerSJ AteiitsJlO MariV Ban Franclec, or 5f. POSTOJAffeat, SiaWastlPJrteS FB&&tJ9 tv I 1 LM mrr.Ts-. '.-JU.T ..!-. ..v- nipht fulness, aversion to TsocieTy .which deprxve you or your manhood. UNFITS YOU FMIDDL&AGEDRaNKwhoA'?rm Kes and strains have lost their MANLY POWER. moon and SKIV DISEASES. Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, painful, blocdy urine, QleetT Stricture fnlarced prostate. Sexual Debility. Varicocele, Hydrocele, Kidney and Live? troubles, cured YITHOUT MERCURY AND OTHER POISONOUS DRUGS. Catarrh and Rheumatism CURED. Dr Walker's methods aro regular and scientific He uses no patent nostrums or ready-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent Freo to all TOen who describe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered la plain envelope Consultation freo and sacredly confidential. Call on or address Doctor Walker, 132 First St., Corner Alder, Portland, Or. ments of flour tp that $ort were made, they Tiad to go to Hong Kopg and were then reshlpped. The trade with Vladlvo stock has been so large, however, that steamere of CCOO to 4000 tons now salt direct. The expert trade with the Orient is a very clean business. Drafts are drawD for full value of goods, not Including freight, a ndwhen bills of lading are at tached, the documents are accepted by banks as so much cash. The t me at which drafts are drawn varies, accord ing to the wishes of customers. Some are at sight and some for 120 days, but the prevailing custom is to make them at 50 days. In order to insure the payment of drafts beyond peradventure, the larger millers and exporters employ compradores or respons-Ke Chlner-e,agents, who, in con sideration of a commission, give a large bond as a surety of payment. Others nave their customers furnish a letter of credit against which drafts can be drawn. Some millers and flour men have an Ided. that considerable flour is consigned to the Orient. Apparently nothing could be farther from the truth. The miller who would thus d.spose of his products would find the policy a very disastrous one. Those who have had experience in this trade say that the mil'er who Is just starting to export should consign ore or two small Iot3, that hip flour may get distributed a"bout and become knoin to buyers. American JOipIosIve Shells. Captain AY. H. James, R. E., In the Journal of tho Military Service Institute. The physical effect of highly explosive shells Is clearly shown from the results obtaineu by Elmaly's battery at Omdur man; their effect on men can be deduced from the action of the" dynamite guns employed by the Americans In Cuba. Thee fired a projectile weighing 11 pounds, and 'which contained three and a half pounds of nltro-gelatine, and had-a range of about L"0CO yards. Even with such small sheila the effect produced seems to nave been ex traordinarily great. One shell, according to the, English Consul, destroyed a house which it struck. Parker, to whose Gat. ling battery one was attached, says: ""We could drop one within twenty yards or so of the place aimed at. It Invariably created a commotion, as may well be Im agined, and the gunners of tho machine guns were keenly alert to restore order among the Spaniards on these occasions." On one occasion a dynamite sun put a Spanish battery, apparently of three five inch guns, completely out of action. A shell struck fairly under the center gun, mew n luiiy twenty feet into the air, dis abled the other two, and killed or wounded rno&t of the men in the battery. The mor al effect of the guns In the Puerto Rlcan expedition also seems to have been great. You must not imagine that this weapon Is of the Zalmskl type, it Is really an ordi nary gun, the charge being largely air spaced, so as to reduce the pressure, and the explosion taking place in a subsidiary chamber. The advantage of this method of construction over the ordinary howitz er Is that It gives a much lighter weapon, . as the powder pressures are so much less. Since the war it has been largely Im proved. A five-Inch gun constructed for the United States Government firea a 33-pound sneu containing 11 pounds of nitroglycerin and with a pressure below 2)0 pounds per square inch. Groups of three and four shots at from 23C0 10 4C00 yards were con tained In a circle of three yards' radius. The board charged with the experiments stated that, in his opinion, "no living being couia exist witnm iou yards or the bursting shell." The gun on Its carriage weighed 31 hundredweight and had hardly any re coil. It Committed Hnri ICnrl. ' Forest Grove Times, The Populist Dartv started out In this state with a "great flourish of trumpets a lew years ago, ami directed its batter ies against the Republican and Democrat ic parties as- the Instruments through which all the baneful influences that were Steamship Co. TWENTY YEARS OF SUCCESS In tho treatment of chronic diseases, such aa liver, kidney; and stomach disorders, constipation, diarrhoea, dropsical swellings. Brlght'a disease, etc KIDMEY AND URINARY Complaints, pulnful, dlfflcult, too frequent, milky r bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. DISEASES OF THE RECTUM Such as piles. fhtula, nature, ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, cured without the knife, pain at confinement. DISEASES OF MEN Blood poison, gleet, a-nciuro. unnatural losses, Im potency. ihorougniy cured. Mo failure. Cures uar- emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, bash sapping the Nation's llfeblood were work ing their destructive purposes. It smota and spared not. It was second in numer ical strength in the state as a political organization; then it flirted with Democ racy and lost Its placo. :Now there is a. union between the good Populists 4who started to do up the Republicans and Democrats because they were bad, and the self-same Democrats, for they ara no better then they were when they came In for denunciation in Populist platforms. Verily, politics makes strange bed-fellows! Definition of Democracy. Colfax Gazette. Democrats must support Bryan or be read out of the party In "Washington. Tno state committee has offered no alternative to the faithful but that of attending a rat ification meeting at Spokane and sending a solid Bryan delegation to the National convention. The comittee Is taking no chances on the development of a feeling" antagonistic to Bryan, and friends of other Presidential candidates are warned they have no right to participate In the Dem ocratic gathering. The official call of the Democrats clearly reads out of the party any d.ssentor from the Bryan programme It Indicates the state committee is deliver ing the party over to the Nebraskan with out even the formality of consulting any of the Democratic leaders of "Washington. The convention at Spokane is called sim ply as a matter of form and evidently without even the power to contest this rigid alignment. This is the definition or a Democrat given by Democratic Chair man Thomas Maloney in the call for a convention: "All citizens of the state who will be legal voters therein at tho general election to bo held In the state on November C, 1D0O, who will support Hon. "William Jennings Bryan for the Presiden cy during the ensuing campaign and will vote for him in the raid election, are urged to participate In the primaries and county conventions which will be held to select the delegates to the above named conven tion." This is initiative and referendum with a vengeance. TVilliam Dunphy. of "Walla "Walla, has a formidable boom for Governor, but he seems to be taking little interest In the movement In his favor. The last Sunday, Call, of Spokane, says: Cripple Creek Illustrated! A great -volume. JUST OCT. Nearly 100 pho to-ensravlngs of sold mining scenes; also cor rect map. GIveJ sketches of every mine and, mill, ore produced, dividends, etc Absolutely disinterested. The edition cost $1,000.00 to Is sue. To Introduce our big illustrated weekly family paper (founded 1800) we will send yoaj a copy ot "uuii'i'L.u un.izts& iLO.u-j TRATED" and our paper 13 -weeks on trial feJ mining news and Western stories. Refer to tfcl editor of this paper. Addros3 ILLUbTKATiU VBEKLY. Denver, Colo. MEN NO CURB, NO PAY THB MODERN APPLI ANCEA posMe way to perfect manhood... Everything else falls. 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