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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1904)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAJS, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 11, 1904.. 1ET HO PANIC IN HOPS Bears Striving Desperately Break the Market. GROWERS STILL HOLD FIRM Sales Made Below Prevailing Prices Fail to" Change the Views of Holders Shortage Can Not Be Hidden. " The bop market ie inactive, bat there is no panic Ir fact, there la mere Inquiry from brewers than there has been' fer seme time past, but prices are an obstacle to business. A number of buyers are In the- market offering 28 and 29 cents,' but thoy are unable to pur chase from grower at theeo prices. A few small lets changed band- between dealers at these figures, but the transactions do not argue arj- slump in real values. In name cases the rales were made because the dealer was un able to carry the hops, in other cases tho Seals were manifestly for the purposo of breaking the markot. This scheme, la probably doomed to failure as the bulk of the hops heid in this stato are in the strong hands of hard -headed speculators and growers, and they axe not llkoly to be influenced by such tactics. Tti snort sellers are making a desperate at tempt to undermine the position of the market, but as It will be necessary for them soon to cover lor thoir January deliveries, it is very probable this will cause a reaction Ir the market. The statistical compilation made by Herman Klaber &. Co.. of Tacema, printed in The Oregonlan Friday morning, showing the actual shortage In the United States, has added considerable tone to the market. Taken in connection with the European situation, it makes tho world's shortage something for midable, therefore it is difficult to see. under the circumstances, why there should be any alarm over the future of the market. As has been repeatedly stated, the situation is in tho hands of the present holders and prices in tho next 90 days will depend altogether on how they act. Eastern and foreign advices show no change in prices. Trade In all quartors is dull and the market is In a waiting attitude. The latest report of the movement in hops at the port of New York fellows: Receipts. Exports. Imports. "Week ending Doc. 2... C.bS2 G.G35 402 Eince September 1.... 78. GST 49.016 2,963 An Interesting statomont of the condition of the hop industry in England is made by United States Consul J. C. Stephens at Plymouth. The Consul writes: At a special meeting of the Hopgrowers' As sociation at Hon ford resolutions wero passed asserting that the decline of the English hop" Industry was largely due to the free Importa tion of hops from abroad; that imported hops should bo marked under tho roerchandiso marks act, and urging the government to levy an import duty that will save the industry from destruction. The outlook in England is far from encourag ing, and to those who know tho itradc best it. appears that hops -will be Imported in larger quantities and that their growth in England roust continue to decline. It is suggested that American growers follow the changing condi tions of this industry. The cultivation of hops in Great Britain is restricted to some six counties of England, tha total area in hops outside these counties being only 188 acres, as compared with 47,011 acres within them. The total production of hops this year, esti mated at 2S2".33(T cwt. (31.620.960 pounds). Is 13S.738 cwt. (15,58S,C06 pounds) lees than the crop of 1003, although this year's acreage of hops was only 130 acres less than that of last ytar. The production for 1904 escapes being the lowest on record by the timall quantity of 410 cwt. Every one of the hop counties reg isters a. diminished output. Hod Contracts at Chclialis. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Dec 10. Two three year hop contracts were closed hero this week at 15 cents for the term. Edward Xowery, a large hopgrower of the Chcballs Valley. .- eon- tracted 30,000 pounds each year for 1905, 1906 and 1007 at the above jrice. Walter Twiss, a well-known Newaukum Valley grow er, contracted 10,000 pounds a year for the above three years of the hops from the Haz ard farm, which he recently purchased. Tho contracts ran to Hugh .Herren a prosperous grower and dealer of Puyallup. Tacoma Market Strong. -TACOMA. Dec 10. In reply to a cablegram from London, a local firm of hop dealers sent the following mtssage: "Market quiet but Arm. We look for an ad vance next week." Prices in Tacoma are now 30 and 31 cents lor the best. . New York Hop Market. NEW YORK, Dec 10. Heps Quiet. State common to choice. 1904 crop, 29637c; 1903 crop. 3035c; olds, 14c; Pacific Coast, 1904, 29630c ; 1901, 2934c; olds, 1417c ' AITLES FREEZE ON TREES. JTohn Day Crop Lost for Want of Shipping Facilities. JOHN' DAY. Or., Dec 10. (Special.) Thou sands of bushels of apples hanging frozen on the trees, -emphasize the need of a cannery or shipping facilities, or both. In the John Day Valley. The varieties thus -wasted- in- greatest quantities are Newtown Pippins and Spltzen bergs. A prominent orchardlst who lives not more than four miles from town says that there are more than 1000 bushels of the former variety now frozen solid, still clinging to the trees .between bis place and town. Besides this. tHere are great heaps lying on the ground where they fell during the last storm, as well as apples of many different varieties, some on the trees, still more on the ground, for many miles along the river. This condition is not due to accident or in clement weather, but is a result of deliberate chclce. made for want of market. Most of the fruit sold here has been at the ridiculously low figure of 20 cents per box. Last season a great deal of fruit was picked and stored in cellars, in expectation of a Spring market, bat most of it rotted. This Fall the same growers let the large crop take care of itself. The hardier varieties kept In good condition throughout the Autumn months, but the cold snap of the first week In De cember froze large apples solid. Help toward finding a market is being extended. President Wilson, of the Hood River Association, has made inquiries of local fruit rnen and busi ness men, and has stated his Intention of com ing into this section next Spring for the pur pose of devising some plan of reaching a mar ket with this fruit. Other outside shippers are also at work on the same problem, and It Is hoped that another year may not witness such a waste of apples that would keep well -Into the following Summer. PORTLAND MARKETS. Grain. Flour, Feed, tc WHEAT Export values. Walla Walla. 80c; bluestem. SSc; milling. Walla Walla. SSc; blue stem. SSc; Valley, 87c: Eastern basis. Walla Walla, 85c; bluestem, 90c BARLEY Feed. S22 per ton: rolled. $23.30 24.B0. OATS No. 1 white. $1.30L32H; gray, $1-55 1-40 per cental. FLOUR Patents. S4.05O4.S5 ner harrl: straights. $4.304.45; clears. $3.S54: Val ley. J4.1O04.25; Dakota bard wheat. $0.50 G? 7.50; Graham, 3.50 4: whole wheat, $40 .2r; rye flour, local. $4.50? Eastern, $50 CIO. MILLSTUFFS Bran. $19 per ton; mid dlings. $25: shorts. $21; chops. U. S. Mills, $19; linseed dairy food. $18: linseed ollmeal 1V4? per pound. CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream. 90 pound sacks. $0.75: lower grades. $5,750 6.25; oatmeal, steel cut. 50-pound sacks, $S per barrel; 10-pound sacks. $4;25 per bale: oatmeal (ground), 50-pound sacks, $7.50 per barren 10-pouncf sacks, $4.25 per bale;- split peas. 94.50 per 100-pound sack; 25-pound boxes, $1.25: pearl barley. $ per 100 pounds; 25-pound boxes, $1.25 per box; pastry flour, 10-pound sacks. $2.50 per bale. HAY Timothy. $14 1C per ton; clover, $1213; grain. $12013; cheat. $12013. I ' Vegetables. Fruit. Etc Front-street dealers and commission men complain loudly of the quantity Jot apples that is lfintr oent In from the Wrnntrv TlivAlnin ' are 500 or 00 boxes a .day and not. a third of . this amount can be disposed of locally. As the fruit does not keep well, tho excessive re ceipts are having a bad effect on the market Four cars of oranges arrived yesterday, roost of them green. A line shipment of California tangerines was reeclvod. VEGETABLES Turnips, $1 per sack; car rots. $1; beets. $1.25; parsnips, $1.23; cab bage. IViC; iettuce. head, 15c per dozen; parsley, 20c dozen; tomatoes, $1.25 per crate; cauliflower, $1 .per dozen; egg plan 10615c per pouha;-celery. 5070c per doz.; cu cumbers. 105? loc per dozen; peas, C4JSc per pound; beans, green. 7c ; wax. 7c; pumpkins, 1H1 Uc per puund; peppers, 6c per pound. ONIONS New. $2ff2.10. buyers prices. HONEY x-Jp3.2if per case. POTATOES New Oregon, fancy, 75000c; common. 60&C&C. buyers' price; Merced sweets, lVeiVic RAISINS Loose Muscatels, 4 -crown, 734c: S-laycr Muscatel raisins. 7c; unbleached seedless Sultanas. 0o; London layers.' 3-crown, -whole boxes of 20 pounds. $1.S5; 2-crown. $1.75. . DRIED FRUIT Apples, evaporated. 00 EJsc per pound; sundried. sacks or boxes, none; apricots, 10llc; peaches. 00 10 Vic; pears, none; prunes. Italians, 45c; French. iSVi&Sftc; figs. California blacks. Bile; do white, none; Smyrna. 20c; Fard dates, Cs; plums, pitted, Cc DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, fancy. $1 1.50; clean, 75c$l; wormy. 25650c per box; figs, &5e&$2.50 per box; grapes, Cali fornia, $1.2531.05; pears. Winter Nellu. $1. 250-1. 50; cranberries. 59.&0&11 per barrel: persimmons, $1.25 per box. TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons, fancy, $38 3.75; choice, $2.75 per box; oranges, new na vels. $2.50; mandarins. OOffTOc -per box; tan grine.. $1.75tf$2 per box; grapefruit. $30.50 Iter box; bananas, 385'4e per pound; pome granates, $2.25 per box. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc Most of the poultry received was disposed of at fair prices. Butter and eggs wore un changed. EGGS Oregon ranch, 32c; Eastern. 24320c CHEESE hull cream twins. 13l&e; oung Americas, 1315&c BUTilK city creameries: Extra cream ery, 30c per pound; fanoy creamery, 22& 27 c. Stat creameries: Fancy creonwry, 25S2"Vic; store butter. 12614c POULTRY Fancy hens, ll&llfec; old hens, lOfflOV. mixed chickens. 9$9,4c; old roost er. 78c; do young. OtflOc; Springs, lfe to 2-pound. lUVsffllc; broiler. 1 to 14-pound, 12fil3c; dressed chickens. 11012c: turkeys, live. Spring. 15lRr; do dressed, 1718c; do choice. 19ff20c; geese, live. gfOe; do drfrwd. OHeiOVic; ducks, eld. $00.50; do young, as to size, $706; pigeons. $101-25. GAME Wild geese. S3ff3.50; Mallard ducks, $2.503; Widgeon. $2ff2.50; Teal. 11.60S2. Hops, .Wool. Hides. Etc HOPS Fancy shippers, 3ie61c; choice. 30 31c; prime, 2930c per pound. WOOL Valley, 10620c per pound; Eastern Oregon. 10017c; mohair, 25&20C per pound tor choice. HIDES Dry hides, No. 1, 10 pounds and up. 1515Vc por pound; dry kip. No. 1. 5 to 16 pounds, 12c; dry calf. No. 1, under & pounds, 10c; dry, salted bulls and stags, one-third less than dry. flint; salted hides, steers, sound, 79 pounds and over, SjfSJsc; 50 to 00 pounds, 'a SC. under 50 pounds and cows, 6Jjfi7c; stags and bulls, eound, 4j4bc; kip. sound, 15 to 28 pounds. 7c; under 10 pounds. Sc; green (un salted). 3c per pound less; culls, lc per pound; horse hides, salted, $1.&0&2 each; dry, $10 1.50 each; colts' hides. 25g50c each; goatskins, common, 1015c each; Angora, with wool on, 25c$l. TALLOW Prime, per pound. 435o; No. 1 and grease. 2J43c Groceries, Nuts, Etc. COFFEE Mocha. 2028c; Java, ordinary, 10020c; Costa Rica, fancy, 16&20c; good, lCfiflSc; ordinary. 10 12c per pound; Co lumbla roast, cases, 100s. $13; 60s. $13.25; Arbucklc, $14.88; Lion, $14.83. RICE Imperial Japan. No. 1, $5.37 Vs; South ern Japan, $3.50; Carolina. 4c;. broken head. 2ic SALMON Columbia River, 1-pound talis, $1.75 per dozen; 2-pound talis, $2.40: 1-pound flat. $L85; fancy 1-pound flats. $liS0; Vi pound flats, $1.10; Alaska pink. 1-pound talis, 85c; red. 1-pound talis, $1-45; sockeyes, 1 pound tails. $1-75; 1-pound flats. $1.85. SUGAR St.ck basis. 100 pounds: Cube, $0.50; powdered, $0.25; dry granulated. $0.15; extra C $5.05; golden C, $5.55; fruit sugar, $0.15; advance over sack basis as fol lows: Barrels, 10c; half barrels, 25c; boxes, 30c per 100 pounds. (Terms: On remittance within IS days, deduct He per pound; if later than IS days and within 30 days, de duct He per pound; no discount after 30 cays.) Beet sugar granuiatea. $v.V per 100 pounds; maple sugar, id (jp-ioc per pound. KALT California. $0.50 Per ton: $L30 ner bale: Liverpool. 503, $15.5o: 100s. $15; 200s, $14.50: half-ground, 100s. $5.25; 50a, $5.75. NUTS Walnuts, 13fcc per pound by sack, lc extra for less than sack; Brazil nuts. 15c; Alberts. 14c; pecan.?, Jumbos. 14c; extra large, 15c; almonds, L -v. I6c; chestnuts, Italians, 15c; Ohio, $4.50 per 25-pound drum; peanuts, raw, 7 Vic per pound; roasted. 9c; plnenuts. 1012o; hickory nuts, 7e; cocoa- nuts. ft04foc per aozen. BEANS Small white, 9c; large white, 3&c; pink, 3c; bayou. 3c; Lima, 5Uc Meats end Provisions. BEEF Dressed 40o per pound. MUTTON Dressed, 4jp5c per pound; lambs, &Vi4lCc per pound. VEAL Dressed, 100 to 125, Sc per pound; 125 to 200. 50c; 200 and up, 3V40c PORK Dressed. 100 to 150. OQUhc per pound; 150 and up. 5c HAMS Ten to 14 pounds, 12ic per pound: 14 to 10 pounds. 12c; 18 to 20 pounds, 12ic; California (picnic), 9c cottage hams, 9 Vic; shoulders, 9c; boiled ham, 21c; boiled picnic ham, boneless. 14c BACON Fancy breakfast 18c per pound: standard breakfast. 17c; choice, 13c; Eng lish breakfast, 11 to 14 pounds. 14c; peach ba con. 13c SAUSAGE Portland ham. 12 Vic por pound; minced ham. 10c; Summer, choice dry, 17 Vic; bologna, long, 5Vic; welnerwurst, 8c; liver, 5c; pork. 9c blood 5c; headcheese 12 Vic; bo logna sausage, link. 4V4c. DRY-SALTED MEATS Regular short clears. 10c salt. 11c smoked; clear backs, fic salt, lnsjc smoked: Oregon export. 20 to 25 Tounds. average. 10&c salt, llc smoked; Union butts, 10 to 18 pounds, average. Sc salt. Oc-smoked. PICKLED GOODS Pickled pigs' feet, -bar-relc, $5; -barrels. $2.75; 15-pound kit, $1.25; pickled trlpc -barrels, $5; -barrels, $2.75; 15-pound kit. $L25; pickled pigs tongues. Vi barrel;!. $0; -barrels, $3; 15-pound kit. $1.50; pickled lambs' tongues, Vfc-barrels, $0; V4-bar-rele. $5.50: 15-pound kits. $2.75. LARD Kettle-rendered; Tierces, 9V4c; tubs, 10c; 50a, 10c; 20s. 10c; 10s. lOVic; 5s. lOHc Standard pure: Tierces, 9c; tubs, DVic; 60s, 9Vic; 20s, yc; 10s. 9c; 5s, 0c. Compound: Tierces, GVic; tubs. C?ic; 60s. 6?ic; 10s. 7&c; 5e, Trie. Oils. GASOLINE Stove gasoline, cases. 24c; iron barrels. 18c; SS degrees gasoline, cases, 82c; iron barrels or drums, "Cc. COAL OIL Cases, 21 Vic; Iron barrels. 16c; wood barrels, none; C3 degrees, cases, 22c; barrels. lS&c Washington State test burning oils, except headlight. s. per gallon higher. LINSEED OIL Raw. barreis. 54c; cases, 59c Boiled: Barrels, 50c; cases. 01c One cent legj 'in 250-gallon lots. TURPENTINE Cases, S5c; barrels. Sic WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 74c: 600-pound, 7 Sic; less than 5 00 -pound lets. Sc Mining Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 10. Official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as fellows: Andos $ .UllJustlce $ .03 1.25 .7S 3.R5 .10 .17 .28 .05 .50 .SI .01 .15 Belcher . Mexican Best & Belcher. LlOhOcoldental Com. Bullion .201Ophlr Caledonia ... Callenge Con. Chollar ... . Confidence . .43 Overman ... . .13 Potosi .lSiSdvaga ... SSISeg. Belcher . Con. Cat &. "Vo.. LS0 Con. Imperial .. .01 Sierra Nevada Silver Hill. . Crown Point 151 Union Con. .. Gould & Curry.. .23' Yellow Jacket Hale & Norcross 1.15 NEW YORK, Dec 10. Closing quotations: Adams Gon $ .23Llttle Chief ....$ .03 Alice C5Ontar!o 3.50 Breece 141 Ophlr 31 Brunswick Con.. .Ofljphbenlx .17 Comstock Tun. . .OSlPotost ... .l. ,.'. ..14 Con. Cal. & Va. . .17jSavage .. .22 Horn Silver .... 1.53iSierra Nevada .. .40 Iron Silver 2.00Smaimopes . . .". .20 Leadville Con... .021 Standard ... 2.00 . BOSTON, Dec 10. Closlngquotatlons: Adventure . . -$ 6.25Mohawk ..'....$ 53.00 Alloues . . jk.vui wont U. & C. 3.13 Amalgamated . Am. Zinc .... Atlantic Bingham Cal. & Hecla.. ' Centennial . . . Copper Range. Daly West Dominion Coal Franklin Graney Ifle Royale . . Mass. Mining.. Michigan C7.00Old Dominion. 27 Tr. 12.50 Oseeola 04.50 17.75 Parrot 2S,00 35.75 Qulncy 1100O 675.00 Shannon 93S.00 27.50 Tamarack .... 122.00 70.50 Trinity 1813 -12.75 U. S. Mining . 20.0.t 04.25 U. S. Oil 11.30 lLSOlUtah .. 5.13VIctorIa 44.75 4.7.1 12.00 9. 3S Wolverine .... losiso 9.-751 Steel Kail Prices Maintained. NEW YORK". Dec 10. It was announced Bemi-offioially, today that the 'steel rail pool had dcelded to maintain the, price of $28 a ton on steel rails. - REPAIRING THE BREAK LARGEST DECLINES IN STOCKS . ARE-MUCH REDUCED. New York Market Becomes Strong In Spite of Renewed Liquidation Amalgamated in Demand. NE!jr YORK. Dec 10. Further progress was made in today's two hours session to ward restoring the impairment of valuos In the stock market caused by the week's heavy liquidation. The largest declines have, been very much reduced. There was' somo evidence of ronewed liquidation In soma spots at timcF, but (ho whole market be came very strong In the late trading, and closed Arm near the best. Recovwlng of shorta helped by a leading bear pi.rty ap parently played a considerable part in tho result and the demand was rather ut'gent at some points, notably In Amalgamated Cop per. Rumors were revived of property con solidations and coming dividend surprises, capital readjustment and other symptoms characterized the market up to the time of the crash, and the speculation took on much the same appearance' as befcro that event. Northern Securities touched a new high record on the curb, and the settle ment rumors regarding" that corporation re newed their potont effect on speculative sentiment. The bank statement conformed tn tabu lations in the cash Item, and tho stojk mar ket liquidation was reflected in the loan con traction of $8.51S,300. resulting in an addi tion to tho surplus reserve of JS20.123. For eign exchange turned firm and Berlin's re newed demand on London for gold attracted attention. Total sale of bdndj, .par value, wero $2,635,000. . Heavy liquidation has occurred this week in the stock market, and the Increasing mo mentum of the downward movement resulted In a crash on Thursday which took on the proportions of a panic during an hour. No failures resulted and the market quickly showed the relief caused by the closing out of woak accounts, and recovered violently. It was not free from feverish symptoms subsequently, as was entirely natural after tho spasmodic unsettlement of values and the readjustments which were mad'o neces sary. DIousslon of the causes of the break point ed to one and another fact, and the com bination of all of them may have helped to topple over the market- But opinion Is agreed that the market had become, ex tremely vulnerable and it needed only a slight impulse to top lt"over. The drop in prices from- Hie extreme high to the extreme low level of the week ran botween 10 and 25 points for a .consid erable number of Important properties, and proved sufficient to bring into .the market an important demand of a substantial Invest ment check which began to absorb the stream of liquidation and take it out of the market. Tho slump In stocks had somo immediate effect on markets for other staple commodities, especially grain, cot ton, and copper, and ome of the reflex ef fect is looked for in other departments. But confidence lb the general soundness of' the Ananelal and business condition seems un impaired in the financial district, and the stock market Itself gives abundant evidence of its improved health by reason of the sweeping out of weak points and its settle ment to a more substantial basis of prices. Bonds were aifepted in sympathy' "with stocks, but In less degree. 'United States 2s -.and 'the old 4 e .have advanced U, and the new 4s registered per cent on call during the week. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. Closing Sales. High. Low. bid. Atchison 72,800 80 80 HSVi do preferred 1.100 dOSVi 102i 103? Baltimore & Ohio 17.300 lOOTi lOOJi 100U do preferred ..... 05vC Canadlan'Pacific .... 2,500 132 131i 131T4 Central of N. J 1.000 102 102 102 Chesapeake & Ohio.. 200 48:4 47i 48 Chicago & Alton 100 42Vs 42 Vi 42 do preferred 80 Chi. Great Western.. 10,000 25 VS 22H 23 Chi. & Northwestern. 400 207Ji 200 Vi 200 v-iji., jiii. c au i-aur iu,iw i2Va 1714 1 ao preicrrea .. 182 23J E5 34 187 327 32 - 80 38 70 56 CM. Term. & Trans., do preferred 1,100 13 13H C. C.. C. & St. L.... 100 sot sou Colorado Southern .. 500 do 1st preferred 22 213i do 2d preferred 100 34 Delaware & Hudson.' 1,100 188 Del.. Lack. & W 34 1873 Denver & Rio Grande 100 do preferred ....... . 100 Erie ..' 17.700 do 1st prof erred.... 8,500 32U 86 28ft 70 57 91 04 V4 32 Vi 86 38Vi 75$, 5Vs 00 ao so. preferred 1.G00 Hocking Valley .. 500 200 do preferred Illinois Central'. I6wa Central do preferred Kan. City Southern. 93 400 1551 155 155 31 50 1.100 31 30 500 57 56 Vi 1,400 295i 28 20 53i do preferred 3,500 54 Vs 51 Louisville & Nashv.. 13.400 143 142 142!fc Manhattan L. 500 165 164 3 lo 79 121 00 145 10S 32 63 90 44 137V4 P 90 82 35 85 60 2 5S 64 118 35 95 35 3711 Metrop. Securities... Metropolitan St. Ry.. Mexican Central .... Minn. & St. Louis... M.. St. P. & S. S. M. do preferred 1.000 3,200 4.000 COO 500 79 122 21 21 03 00 ios 32 03 41 138 77 44 136 78 78 "81 34 S4 00 20 57 64 116 35 06 35 3 55 110 05 o 44 10 45 04 90V Missouri Pacific 10,800 Mo., Kan. & Texas... 700 do preferred 1.100 109 33 63 41 139 78 H 137 78 SO "S2 35 85 07 26 CS 64 '118 35 06 36 37 55 HIS 95 22 45 10 22 46 National of ilex. pfd. 100 Now York Central... Norfolk & Western.. do preferred Ontario & Western.. Pennsylvania 3,000 10.000 2,"606 i,-soa 500 50.700 "4.OOQ 25,500 1,300 300 300 2.000 29,000 7,000 11.700 soo P., C. C. & St. L.. Reading do 1st preferred... do J prererred Rock Island Co do preferred ...... ..' St. L. & S. F. 2d pfd. St. L. Southwestern. do preferred ....... Southern Pacific .... do preferred Southern Railway ... do preferred ." Texas & Pacific Toledo. St. L. & W. do preferred Union Pacific .' do preferred Wabash do preferred Wheeling & L. Erie. Wisconsin Central .. do preferred Express companies Adams American 3.900 .1.300 J 00 27.000 200 500 400 200 ' 500 200 111 05 22V4 IP 22 4U 240 210 United States 110 Wells-Fargo 240 Miscellaneous Amalgamated Copper 73,600 71 33 OS 37 "8 30 68 32 02 6 '"s 38 Amer. Car & Foundry SOO do preferred American Cotton Oil. do preferred American Ice do preferred ....... American Linseed Oil do preferred American Locomotive do preferred Amer. Sm. & Refining do preferred 700 1,400 400 2,000 02 8 30 16 1,800 34 33 33 113 0,000 81 80 112. 112 144 143 900 Amer. Sugar Refining 10,300 Anaconda Mining Co. Brooklyn R. Transit Colorado Fuel & Iron Consolidated Gas ... Corn Products do preferred Dlstllelrs' Securities. General Electric .... International Paper.. do preferred International Pump.. do prefered National Lead North American .... Pacific Mall People's Gas Pressed Steel Car do preferred Pullman Palace Car. Republic Steel do preferred Rubber Goods do preferred Tenn. Coal & Iron... 00 107 104 1UI 62; 49 0,400 03 62 8,200 40 4S 300 209 200 2083 1,400 100 1.000 1.000 2,200 2,500 500 100 400 200 300 2.800 300 .200 U. S. Leather do preferred U. S. Realty U.. S. Rubber. do preferred- U. S. Steel. A do preferred , .... Westlnghoupe Blec. Western Union ... Total sales for the day, 852,300 shares, "BONDS. NEW YORK.- Dec 10. Closing quotations: U. S. ref. 2s reg.l04C. & N W. C 7s.l2S do coupon ...104iD. & R. G. 4s. .101 U. S. 3s reg.. ..104jN. Y. Cent, lsts.100 do coupon ....104 U. S. new 4s reg.130 do coupon . ..'.131 U. S. old 4 s reg.105 do coupon ...106 Atchison AdJ 4s. 94 Nor Pacific 3s.. 75 do 4s 105 So. Pacific 4s.... 93 Union Pacific 4s. 106 Wis. Central 4s.. 92 oncy Exchange Etc - NEW YORK, Dec 10. Money n rail nom- 2 22 22 . 80 SO 79 SO 3S 38 189 1SS 1S3 25 21 24 79 70 70 40 40 40 86 86 S3 24 28 24 102 101 101 43 43 43 108 107 10S 3S 3S 38 00 90 00 237 1.600 10 16 10 700 CO 0S CO 2,000 2S 27 28 7.000 05 96 05 7,000 73 71 72 101,000- 20 18 18 0,500 103 .-102 102 100 80 SO S0 2,000 33 32 33 SOO 93 02 92 300 36 20 30 700 92 0Bi 91 3,000 1S1 180 181 1. 02 taal; no loans. Time leans, steady; 60 days. 35iv4 per cent; 80 days and six months, 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4A9X Pr cent, . Sterling exchange- firm, with Actual business In bankers' bills at $4:865524.8690 for demand and at $4.84 for CO-day bills. Posted rates. $4.8494.S7e4.S7H. Commercial bills! $4.S3Vi 4.S4. . I Bar silver. 00c Mexican dollars, 4SVc. Government' bonds, steady; railroad bonds,' steady. LONDON. Dec 10. Bar Hlver, quiet. 27 ll-lGd per ounce. Money, 1016 per cent. The rate of discount In the open market for short bills Is 2 per cent; the; rate of discount in the open market for three-months' bills is 2J4 per cent - . SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10. Silver bars. 60c Mexican dollars, 474g4SVic. Sight drafts, par; telegraph drafts. 2 Vic. Sterling on London, 60 days, $4.84; sight. $4.86!i. , . Stocks at London. ' -. , LONDON. Dec .10. Consols for moneV. 87 13-16; consols for account. SS. Anaconda ...... 5 Nor. &. Western. 79 do preferred .. 94 Atchison 80 do preferred .103 Ont. Jfe Western. 45 Pennsylvania' 70 Bale Qhto .103 Can. Pacific ....135 Rand Mines .... 11 Reading ........ 40 do 1st pref ... 46 do 2d pref ... 41 Ches. & Ohio .. 49 C. Gt. Western.. 23 C M. & SL P.. 176 DeBcers 18 So. Railway .... 36 D. & R. G 32 do preferred .. 90 do prcferred .. 88 SO. Pacific- .... 66 Erie ..-v 39 Lnlon Pacific ..114 .do 1st pref ... 77 do 2d pref ... SS do prefered 97 30 93 26 40 U. B. Steel v.. do preferred L. & N :.146 M., K. & T. 33 1 Wabash N. Y. Central ..142 do preferred NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. Stock Market' Liquidation Reflected in De crease In Loans. NEW YORK, Dec. io. The Financier says this week: Loans of the New York Clearing-House banks decreased $8,513,500 last week, reflecting lq part the extensive liquidation in the stock market. The loan contraction, however, which has been almost continuous since the opening of November, has not yet ran its course, the total reduction since the date named now amounting to a little over $00,000,000. The current statement shows a loss in cash of $1,633,400, which is about $750,000 lesft than estimates based on the known movements of money. The loan contraction was responsible In greater part for the decrease of $9,838,100 in deposits, but the statement docs not bal ance closely. The reduction In deposits brought the required reserve down nearly $2,500,000, so that despite the actual loes In cafh, the tptal reserve of the banks stands $826,125 higher than a week ago, aggregating $9,365,200, or, excluding public deposits, at $15,191,700. It Is worthy of remark that while cash In the banks has fallen about $15,000,000 in a month, the surplus reserve has decreased only $500,000, revealing the fact that shifting of loans has been constant and In largo volume. A noticeable feature of the statement was the expansion of $407,400 in circulation, due to the action of one or more banks in using for circulation purposes United States bonds re leased through the Treasury withdrawal of publla deposits. The banks lost heavily to the Subtreasury because of transfers of cur rency to New Orleans and San Francisco, but the ordinary tide of money is now in this direction, and whllo no doubt exists that the reserves "will grow after the opening of the year, no very large surplus of idle money is expected. " The statement of averages of the clearing house banks of this city for the past week shows: Decrease. Loans $1,082,089,400 $8,513,500 Deposits 1.118.040.000 0.838.100 Circulation 42.534.100 Udi.-iOQ Legal tenders 76.910,100 1,037.'400 Specie , 211,965,100 596.000 Reserve 288.875.200 1.033.400 Reserve required... 275,910,000 2.459.525 Surplus 9.365,200 828,123 Ex U. S. deposits.. 13.141,700 S19,325 Increase. Bonk Clearings. Bank clearings of the leading cities of the Northwest yesterday were ea follow: Clearings. Balances. Portland $523,267 $ 80.888 Seattle 805.017 164.532 TaCOma 502.925 51.057 Spokane 374,668 72,279 Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma for the week were: Portland. Seattle. $ 885.672 783.578 718.168 620.644 670,689 805,017 Tacoma. $ CIS. 301 Monday ...t.$ 791.756 Tuesday 726,200 Wednesday .. 718,450 561,290 485.037 Thursaay 652,052 Friday 595.138 581.000 404.363 502.925 Saturday .... 523,267 Totals $4.007.463 $4,381.768 $3,213,102 Clearings for the corresponding week In for mer years were: , Portland. Seattle. Tacoma. 1893 $2,232,812 $2,124,815 $1,065,303 1900 2.673.815 2.C56.290 842.201 1001 3.214,206 3,074,100 867.820 1002 4.084,176 4.873.856 2.236,703 1903 3,953.687 4,626,068 2.026,836 Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Today's Treas urystatcment shows: Available cash balance $144.8S4.744 Gold 6,839,340 LIVESTOCK MARKET'. Prices at Portland Union Stockyards Yes. terday. Receipts at the Portland Union Stockyards yesterday were 19 cattle The following prices were quoiea ai me yaraa; CATTLE Best steers, $3.253.50; medium, $2.753; cows, $22.60. HOGS Best large fat hogs, $5.25; light hogs, $4.254.75. SHEEP Beat Eastern Oregon and Valley, $3.2533.50; lambs, $3.25. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Prices Current at Chicago, Omaha and Kanran City. SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. 10. Cattle Receipts. 600. Market nominally steady. Native steers. $3.5030.25; cows and heifers, $2.504.10; West ern steers, $3g4.75; Texas steers. $2.73g3.75; cows and heifers. $2.5023.50; canners, $1.75 2.40; Blockers and feeders, $2.504; calves, $3 63.50; bulls, stags, etc., $284. Hogs Receipts, 6200. Market shade higher. Heavy, $4.32S4.37; nflxed. $4.32S4.33; light. $4.3534.45; PIS?, $44.40; bulk of sales, $4.324.40. Sheep Receipts, 2300. -Market etrong. West erns, $1.50S5; wethers. $4.25g4.75; ewes, $4 4.50; common and stockers, $2.5034.60; lambs, $586.25. CHICAGO. Dec. 10. Cattle Receipts. 400. Market steady. Good to prime steers, $63 7.20; poor -to medium, $3.60$5.30; stockera and feeders. $2.20S4.10; cows, $1.4024; heifers. $25; canners, $1.352.40; bulls, $2g4.10; calves, $3.50S7; Western steers, $3.304.S5. Hogs Receipts today, 1700; Monday, 22,000. Market 5c higher. Mixed and butchers, $4.35 04.50; good to choice heavy, $l.42?4.55; rough heavy. $4.3034.40; light, $4.254.40; bulk of sales. $4.4034.47, Sheep Receipts, 3000. Market for cheep strong: lambs, steady. Good to choice wethers. $4.50g5.25; fair to choice mixed. $3.0034.40: Western sheep, $3.5035; native lambs, $4.75 6.G0; Western Iambs, $530.35. KANSAS CITY; Dec. 10. Cattle Receipts. 100. Market nominal. Native steers, $3.50 6.25; native cows and heifers, $1.7535; stock era and feeders. $2034.10; bulls. $234;. calves. $36.25; Western steers, $335; Western cows. $1.7533.50. Hogs Receipts, 4000. Market 5c higher. Bulk. $4.3034.55; heavy, $4.5034.C2; packers, $4.3034.55; pigs and light. $3.7531-40. No sheep, market nominally steady. Imports and Exports. NEW YORK. Dec 10. The imports of dry goods and general merchandise at the port of New York for the week ending today were valued at $11,940,254. Exports of specie from New York report ed for the week were $4,005,000 gold and $310,900 silver; $4,000,000 of the above was United States gold coin, shipped to Havana in November and previously reported. Imports of specie at New York, during the week were $18,762 in silver and $210,781 gold. ;-- Dairy Produce at Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec 10. On the Produce Ex change today thebutter market was steady; creamery, lutj-'oc; datry. yjotf c CcvQheese, 'flrnv ioi2c Eggs, steady. 20 31 25c. CURED FRUITS QUIET LACK OF NEW BUSINESS AT SAN FRANCISCO. . Oregon Onions Shipped by Columbia Strike a Strong Market Apples May Improve. x SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Dee. 10. (Special.) Cured fruits are quiet for lack of new busi ness, most ot the movement being on old or ders. Contrary to the rule at this time, apples are inactive and weak. Apricots are a frac tion higher. Owing to the scarcity of higher grades, the low grades are in brisk demand with stocks rapidly diminishing. Tho 40,000 pound minimum carload charge goe Into ef fect January 1 on cured fruits for Eastern shipment. The prune situation still shows firm ness and light exports continue, chiefly to Ger many.- Aside from new prices on seeded raisin made Wednesday evening, and ranging from 4 to 6 cents, the raisin market remains un changed. A large shipment of Oregon onions brought by tho steamer Columbia camo upon an active and higher market. The bulk of sales were at $2.60 and the remainder went at $2.30. Fancy potatoes were in good demand and firm. Ore gon Burbanks except ColumblA. while not of high quality, sold at $I.C5. Low-grade river potatoes were slow and weak. Sweets were In ample supply and easy. Garden vegetables were In moderate receipt. Choice peas, beans. Summer equash and tomatoes were firmer. Oranges and other citrus fruits are moving slowly at easy prices. Receipts of apples are lighter and unless next week's arrivals are heavy, the market will probably Improve Butter had a sharp advance on large buying orders from the North. Cheese waa easy. Eggs were firm. Receipts, 35,000 pounds ot butter, 8000 pounds of cheese and 14,000 dozen eggs. The grain market was firmer. VEGETABLES Garlic. 435c; green peas. 336c; string beans, 437c; tomatoes, 50c3$l; egg plant, ,537c POULTRY Turkey gobblers. 18g20c; rooat- ers. old. $4$4.30; do young. $535.50; broilers. small. $333.50; do large; $3.50g4; fryers. $43 4.50; hens-, $535.50; ducks, old. $53-6: do young. $633. CHEESE Young America. ll12c; East ern. 13315c. BUTTER Fancy creamery, 23c: cnmery second. 19c; fancy dairy, 19c; dairy seconds, 17c EGGS Store. 27330c; fancy ranch. 30c WOOL-Lambs'. 16318c. MILLFEET-Brnn. $lS319r middlings, $253 23. HOPS 1004, 23330c. HAY Wheat. $10314; wheat and oats, $10 12.60; barley, $0310; alfalfa. Ogll. clover. $738; stock. $57; straw. 403K5c FRUIT Apples, choice. $1.23; do common. 25c; bananas. $133; Mexican limes, $4; Cali fornia lemons, choice. $4; do -common. $1; oranges, navels. $132; pineapples. $1.5033.50. POTATOES River Burbanks. 40g70c; River reds. 60365a; Salinas Burbanks, 00c3$1.40; sweets. 60375c; Oregon Burbanks, 75c3$1.05. RECEIPTS Flour. 15,636 quarter sacks; bar ley. 1672 centals; wheat, 4974 .centals; oats, IS centals; Oregon oats. 018 centals; beans, 1044 sacks; potato??. 26C0 sacks; bran, 3757 sacks; middlings. 128 racks; hay, 100 tons; wool, 147 bales; hides, 553. SELLING ORDERS PREDOMINATE. Chicago Market Is Mninly Weak, but Close Is Steady. CHICAGO, Dec 10. Much news of a de pressing nature came from Minneapolis, where largely Increased arrivals of wheat were said to be looked for. May started with a loss of c to c. at $1.10 to $1.10. Except for a brief rally due .to the filling of moderate buying orders, the popular tem per seemed to be to sell. The sentiment later, however, became quiet and steady. May, after sinking to $1.10, showed some renewal of strength and toward the last had largely recovered the early loss. The close was steadv at $1.10. Cash houses sold May corn. May started unchanged at 44c to 43c, fell to 44c and closed at 44 c. Oats were steady at a fractional decline. Changing from December to May at 2c to 2c, difference was a feature of the trading. May closed steady at 30 c Provisions were Influenced by the heavy run of hogs. At the close May pork was off 15c; lard down 5c, and ribs showed, a loss of 2 5c The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. High Low. Close. $1.07 $1.07 1.10 1.10 .03 .08t .46 .47 .44 .44 .45 .44 .28 .28 .30 .30 .30 .30 12.50 12.50 12.80 12.80 0.S5 6.85 7.07 7.07 6.50 6.50 6.70 6.72 July December .... May July December .... May July 08 .00 CORN. .47 .47 ,44 .45 45 .45 OATS. .28 .28 ,30t4 -30 30 .30 MESS PORK. January 12.67 12.57 May 12.00 12.00 LARD. January May 6.90 6.90 7.12 -7.12 SHORT RIBS. January 6.32 6.B2 May 6.77 0.77 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Active. Wheat No. 2 Spring. $1.0S31.15; No. 3. $1.02 31.12; No. 2 red, $1.1201.14. Corn No. 2. 40347e: No. 2 yellow, 460 47c Oats No. 2. 30331c; No. 2, white. 31c; No. 3 white. 29gC0c Rye No. 2. 75c Barley Good feeding, 41340c Flaxseed No. 1, $1.16; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.24. Mesa pork Per barrel. $11.2031.50. Lard Per 100 pounds, $7.5337.62. Short ribs sides Loose. $6.3730.50. Clover Contract grade, $12.50. Receipts. Shipments Flour, barrels .... Wheat, bushels .. Corn, bushels .... Oats, bushels . . . . Rye. bushels Barley, bushels ... 22.900 22.300 49.000 687.000 100.400 7.000 08,200 46.800 249,000 107.800 1.S0O 12,800 Grain and Produco at New York. NEW YORK. Dec. 10. Flour Receipts 42.000 barrels; exports. 3400 barrels. Dull and fea tureless. Minnesota patents. J5.S530.10; Min nesota bakers, $4.4034.75; Winter patents, $5.5035.83; Winter straights. $5.2533.40; Win ter extras. $3.6534.30; Winter low grades, $3.4584.10. Wheat Receipts. 64,000 bushels. Spot, easy: No. 2 red. nominal elevator, and $1.17 f. o. b.' afloat. Options opened steady on foreign buy ing, but at onco broke severely under big Northwestern receipts, poorer cables, light pre cipitation in the Southwest and weak outside markets, closing 81c net lower. May closed, $1.12; July closed, $1.03; December closed, $1.14. Hides Firm. California, 21325 pounds. 19c Wool Firm. Domestic fleece 32803c Petroleum Steady.. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 10. Wheat and bar ley, firmer. Spot quotations Wheat: Shipping, $1,433 1.50; milling. $1.523LC5. Barley: Feed. $1.10 31.12; brewing. $1.1531.17. Oats: Red. $1.22S1.50; white. $l.4231.57;- black. $1.27S1.62. Call-board sales Wheat. May. $1.44; bar ley. December $1.11. May $1.09; corn, large yellow, $1.4031.45. European Grain Markets. LONDON, Dec. 10. Wheat cargoes on pas sage buyers Indifferent. English country mar kets.' quiet. Imports wheat Into United King dom. 401,000 quarters: flour, 181.000 barrels. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 10. Wheat. steady. March,7s 3d; May. 7s 4d. Wheat and flour In Paris, weak. French country markets, quiet and steady. Weather In England, foggy. Wheat at Tacoma. TACOMA. Dec 10. Wheat unchanged. Blue stem, 89c; club, 6c Condition of Wheat.-' WASHINGTON. Dec 10. Condition of. Winter wheat. 82.0; acreage, 31,115,000; de crease of 1.0 ner cent. . Coffee and Sugar.- ,. ' NEW YORK, Dee. 10. The market for coffee Downing, Hopkins & Co, Established 1893 WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor futures opened, steady and closed barely steady at net unchanged prices, to an advance of 5 points. . Total sales were 13.750 bap. Including: December, 7.05e; January, 7.1537.20e; May. 7.5537.60c; July, 7.733T.S0c; September, 7.95c. Rio, Bteady; No. 7 invoice, 8c; mlM, steady; Cordova. 10318c Sugar Raw, Arm: fair refining." 4c; centri fugal 98 test. 4c; molasses sugar, c Re fined. Arm; No. 6 and 7. 5c; No. 8. 4.00c; No. 9. 4.85c; No. 10. 4.S0c; No. 11. 4.70c; 'No. 12. 4.65c; No.' 13. 4.60c; No. 14, 4.COc. Confec tioner's A 5.300; mould A. 6c; cut loar. 6.35c; crushed. 0.35c; powdered, 3.75c; granulated. 5.65c; cubes, 5.00c Dried Fruit- at New York. NEW YORK. Dec 10. The market for evaporated apples appears to be rather flrroer In tone, owing. It ia said, to recent purchases for speculative aecount for delivery on con tract. Common. 334c; prime and choice, 535c: fancy. 036c Coast advances Indicate an increasing inter est in prunes with prices still ranging from 2g6c for California fruit. Apricots arc in moderate demand and scarce. Choice are quoted at 10c; extra choice. lCllc. and fancy. llttlSc Poaches are Arm. Choice. 9S9c; extra choice, 9310c; fancy. 103llc Wool Markets. ST. LOUIS. Dec 10. Wool Steady to Arm; medium grades combing and clothing 23329c; light Ane. 18922c; heavy fine, 1418c: tub washed. 27334c LONDON. Dec. 10. The arrivals of wool for the '-first series of the 1003 auction sales amount to 34.954 bales. Including 10.000 forwarded direct to spinners. . New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK. Dee. 10. Cotton futures opened weak at a decline of 5311 points, and closed Irregular but well up to the initial figures. SPEAXS TO CARPENTERS. First General Vice-President of the Union Makes Address. T. M. Guerin, first general vice-president, and Frank Duffy, secretary, of the United Brotherhood of Carpenter & Joiners of America, were the guests o the local branches of that union yester day,. Ah open meeting was held last night at tho Carpenters' Hall, C6 North Sixth street, with Messrs. Guerln and Duffy as the principal speakers. After an Introduction, which brought the speaker and his hearers Into thorough accord, Vice-President Guerln talked at length on the present-day principles of his order. Coming from the East, he Is thoroughly fnmlllar with labor conditions as they exist In the larger labor centers, and gave some interesting Information of the latter-day union methods. In his address Mr. Guerln paid consid erable attention to the apprenticeship system. "Some people," he said, "say the unions prohibit the engaging of many appren tices and that, in fact, the number of such Is limited by tho unions, thereby destroying the opportunity of many to learn a trade. This is partly true under the present system of apprenticeship, but there is no union to my knowledge that will limit the number of apprentices to any employer, provided that employer complies with the indenture laws of his state. The trouble is that many employ ers use the apprenticeship system for foisting upon the public unskilled work men. What we want is really a system by which the apprentice will become a skilled mechanic. In this connection the recent Employers' convention In New York City resolved to take drastic meas ures to establish trade, schools In con junction with the public schools so that boys would receive training fitting them for mechanical pursuits and be able to enter that life with some degree of pre paredness. GK0WTH OF MARTIAL SPIRIT. Large Number of Japanese Boys Seek Admission to Colleges. TOKIO, Nov. 8. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) An Interesting Illus tration of the growth of the martial spirit In Japan occasioned by the war Is found In the large number of boys who sought admission this year to the Naval College, the Naval Engineering College and tho Military College. The comparative figures follow: Naval Engineering College No. students Appll Year. required. cants. 1500 60 6S4 1501 65 784 1902 40 816 1!KK 40 924 1S04 40 - 1.902 Naval College 1S00 200 1.422 1D01 200 1,704 1502 : 180 . 1,920 1903 .ISO 1,915 1904 ISO 2,230 Military College 1901 -160 1,903 1902 220 1.321 1903 90 969 1904 400 2,376 AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. E H Cox. Madera, Calf.r W Sleight. Chicago T -K Burt, Manila W E Lyon, Chicago W II Talbot. San Fr B Cook and wife.Vanc H B Tuttle. N Y G P Dubach. St Paul G B Hegarth. Ft Stv S Babcock and wife. New York j H I Hagan, San Fran M H Klein. Clevelnd F S Stlmson and son. Seattle Miss E J Cook, Vane Miss S Cook, Vancvi H D White. N Y E Young and wife. Omaha J II Wright. Merrill C H Clarke, Seattle M W Schloss. N Y J Lendair, San Francs E B Lyon, Mnnapollsi e B Burrell, Seattle J A Clark, N Y E N Brlggs. 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