The Sunday Oregonian., July 22, 1906, PART THREE, Page 35, Image 35

-THE SUNDAY-OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 22, 1906.
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GOD FOR GROWERS
H
Prices Forced Up, Though
Aance Has Now Stopped.
CECKED BY FOREIGN NEWS
Kuy, iu lie viewing the Situa
n, Says There Can Be No
Tonounced Decline From the -
Prices Now Established.
HOPS Situation aa reviewed by A.
Ray.
WOOL Slump in Valley prices.
FRUITS Three cars of melons ar-
ve. I
WHEAT Local trade slow.
POTATOES Season for old pot a toe
GROCERIES California canned
uit prices named.
BUTTER Smaller receipt on Front
reel.
EGGS Slow and weak.
POULTRY Strong local demand.
J. Ray, a prominent Portland hop-
Ki-rr and dealer. In discussing present mar
kelondltiona yesterday said:
tie advance made in our hop market
000 futures during the paM two weeks
re to have halted, owing to the some-
more favorable crop outlook in Eng
However, pricee were forced up enough
of Immense help to our grower who
i4
to
hape-en facing a market barely above cost.
v
iher there will be a further advance ae-
entirely upon the future newa from
ngllsh crop, which Is now estimated at
tl:
a
0 cwts., or not one-haW that of last
Considering the fact that conditions
Kit,
lwaya exaggerated upon both extremes
aho that- the English brewers stocked
r
heavily with low-priced hop last year, I
t look for much, If any, further adt
On the other hand, there certainly
va
ct
II:
Hi
t be a pronounced decline, for the Eng-
bonditlon will call for at least our aver-
export and the Increase in American
sales has nearly kept pace with our ln-
d crop. Our brewers are not heavily
IfHl, and at the moderate prices will be
frd buyers.
Is estimated that there are fully 60,-
rxKlales of Oregon hops under contract and
prdbly 10.000 bales of an excess grown on
th
contracted yard 3, which are, by the
of the contract tied up until after the
corkct Is selected. Add to these 20,000
grown by dealers and we have a total
Ine 8(1000 bales removed from the mar-
om present appearances our crep will
be
(tout 125,000 bales and the quality will
btedly be fine. This leaves such a
unsold quantity to market that the sea-
sririitl bs a short active one, and, if any-
unforeseen happens, It will pay the
ts of these unsold hops to keep them-
well Informed. '
'he fact that our farmers have contracted
hai
our crop, at prices . barely above the
of production, to procure fund to grow
thJhops, -proves conclusively that any plan
Ing to curtailment of output or regula
tion of prices, to have any chance of success,
be accompanied by sufficient capital to
r dt he hops from plowing until sold.
p rowers are beginning to register their
ss of pickers and we hear the customary
rts that they are going to be scarce, ; and
use we have 10,000 bales more hops to
than last year, some appear to think. It
be difficult, but when it la considered
the same force which picked last year's
will pick this In one additional day and
we have had a considerable increase In
Illation, It is plain that we shall have
ample force.
Dealers In this etate are having to answer
tlous Inquiries from brewers In the East
to why our prohibition counties grow so
hops. Should this prohibition eenti-
t spread to take In the entire state these
ii tries will cease, and so will many of our
otrm for hops.
lour pickers will receive $1,000,000 for their
Jk. and fully an equal amount Is annually
dr touted for growing the crop. We grow
finest hops, which make the finest beer,
it won't hurt anybody, and if, after con-
ring these facts, the voters are still de
clined to take a fall out of liquor, dls-
dninate and take it out of whisky we
Aor liked it anyway."
SLUMP IN VALLEY WOOL,
Jfal Dealers Reduce Their Bids on Coarse
to SO Cents.
the valley wool market has taken a sudden
p this week. Dealers are now quoting 20
Its fur ordinary grades and for fine wool
I cents is the limit. The lower prices are
id to be In accordance with a decline in
s grade In the East. As most of the valley
is out of first hands, the drop in the
: rket will not work a hardship on many
wers.
'here remains yet In the Heppner ware
ises about 250.000 pounds of wool unsold,
st all of which Is heavy wool. This wool
s offered at the last sale held there, but
growers turned down the bids offered be
i ise the price was lower than they thought
y ought to get. It was presumed at that
ie there would be another sales day, but
Frank Lee has purchased about all the
rtter wool as It came into the warehouses,
5ther day t has not been fixed and probably
II not be. There ts some talk that the re
lining wool will be shipped Bast In In
vidual consignments.
Among the purchases by Mr. Lee In the
oppner market are the following clips:
J. H. Caseday, 10,103 pounds at 19 cents
;r pound: A. V. Templeton, 13.346 .pounds
19c; Templeton Bros., 24,876 pounds at
c. S. and W. Grant, 13.631 pounds at ISHc;
scar Shafer, 10.699 pounds at 19c; Johnson
tate, 8312 pounds at IfcHc; John Jonas,
1,578 pounds at 19c; G. V. MeHaley, 9000
tounds at 19c; Davidson Bros., 23,499 pounds
kt 15c;' T. J. Merrill, 14.112 pound at 16c
Joe H ayes, 1 5. 3 14 pounds at 1 8c ; A nson
RVrlght, 21.953 pounds at 19c; L. Sweek, 13,800
pounds at ISc; Newt. Robinson, 29,747 pounds
(at 17c; W. B. Potter, 99S pounds at 17Hc.
CALIFORNIA CANNED FRUITS HIGHER.
Association Prices as Announced to tbe
Trade.
The California Canned Fruit Association
has Issued its opening price for this season.
A good deal of speculation among jobbers
had been Indulged In on the probable basis to
be fixed by the several packers on the prin
cipal varieties of fruits packed, the impres
sion gaining that the long delay In naming
prices presaged a high basin on apricots,
peaches and pears. This Impression was fully
borne out in the lists Issued, as apricots show
an advance of fully We to 25c per dozen on
extra standards, standards and seconds over
h list of lat year. There is also a sub
stantial advance on peaches.
The opening basis last year by the assocla-
tlon was fixed on June 12, more than one
month earlier than Is the case this year. It
Is pointed out that the delay this year Is due
entirely to the- effort of packers to gain a
knowledge of the actual cost to pack the lead
ing varieties. Peaches in some instance are
said to have cost packers '. ip to 0 "per
ton on raw stock, and, figured on this basis
of cost, the prices named for the canned prod
uct do not cover the actual cost.
Taking 2 V-pound standards as a basis for
comparison, the 1906 prices show the follow
ing changes over those of last year. Apri
cots, 45 cents higher; peaches, yellow, 10
cents higher; lemon cling, 20 cents higher; w.
h., 23 cents higher; Bartlett pears, 25 cents
lower; plums, 10 cents higher; cherries. Royal
Anne, 40 cents lower; white, 40 cents lower;
black. 10 cents higher.
RECEIPTS OF BCTTEB DECREASING.
Front Street. However. Is Still Top Heavy
and Cleaning Vp Is Difficult.
Receipts of butter are growing lighter on
"Front street, but the supply Is still In excess
of requirements and can only be cleaned up
by making concessions. The drying up of
pastures has curtailed the flow of milk
somewhat, but its richness is unimpaired and
a sufficeltnt supply Is looked for for some
time to come. The city creameries report a
steady and unchanged market.
The egg market Is slow and weak with much
complaint of quality.
All kinds of chickens are in strong demand)
and the street cleaned up early yesterday.
The Inquiry for other kinds of poultry was not
so good. -
THREE CARS OF WATERMELONS.
Fruit Is of Superior Quality and Cleans
Up Well.
Three cars of watermelons arrived yester
day. At the reduced price the demand was
strong and a good part of the receipts cleaned
up. The quality was very good. Nearly a
car of plums was received, but very few
peaches came In, much ts the disappointment
of the trade. A mixed car of oranges and
lemons arrived during the day, ani two cars
of cantaloupes came In last Jiigh'u Bartlett
pears are more plentiful.
A feature of the vegetable market was the
receipt of a box of Oregon egg plant, the
first of the season. It was grown by N. A.
Erickeon, of The Dalles, and sold for S14.
HOP MARKET QUIETER.
High Frices Offered Have Tendency to
Check Business.
From all that could be learned around the
local offices yesterday, there was not much
doing in the hop contract market. The top
price actually paid seems to have been 12H
cents, though there were rumors that two 1Q
cent contracts were written.. This latter fig
ure and even more has been offered In a
number of instances, but it Is known that
some of the offers made were merely to block
the business of other dealers. Another Inter
esting piece of news that came from up the
Valley was that a leading buyer was taking
options at 15 cents. All these had the effect
of adding- to the confusion. Growers have
naturally become very firm In .their views,
and buyers who are trying to do business
within the limits set for them are having a
hard time of It.
A crowd of local hopmen left for Indepen
dence last evening to attend the "celebration"
at the Krebs warehouse. Nobody, therefore,
expects much business) to be transacted to
day. OID POTATO SEASON CLOSED.
Only Demand Now Is for New Potatoes.
Prospects Uncertain. "
The season for the old potatoes Is now at an
end. New .stock; Is coming -forward freely
and is In growing demand. Occasionally there
Is a call for old potatoes, but . the bulk of the
surplus that is left in the' state must be fed
to hogs;- It Is to be hoped that the coming
season will be more satisfactory to growers
than the last, but everything depends on con
ditions In other parts of the country. If
California and the Southwest should turn out
light crops prices will be good, but It Is too
early yet to state what the outcome will be.
The farmers who held back In the past
lason made a mistake. It ieems, but as In
some previous seasons this course was profit
able, they cannot, perhaps be blamed for
doing as they did. The market last year
opened around 65 cents, and at one time was
as high as 90 or 95 cents, but soon began
to sag off until it finally dropped to 40 cents.
where prices of old potatoea for the , season
have closed.
Wheat Market Slow.
Very little business is passing In either
old or new wheat, and prices, as quoted, are
largely nominal. There Is a little inquiry for
flour, but the export demand Is still back
ward. Millers, both here and on the Sound,
are well cleaned up.
Bank Clearings.
Bank clearances of the leading cities of
the Northwest yesterday were:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland S 042.910 S 89.873
t-eaitie i,at i,u4j 344,s.f7
Tacoma 549. D72 77.084
Spokane tKJ4.722 30,829
Clearings of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma
for the week were:
Portland.
Seattle.
$1, 580,489
1, 347.08
1.502.al
1.695.423
1.424,279
1.371.543
Tacoma.
Monday . . .$l,171,l'.3
S 747.2:
077.5
Tuexdav
,o:t4
cuneaay ..
Thursday . .
5S2.253
82s,ysr
807,147
642,910
57.V0tl2
006,527
549.572
r riaay
Saturday . ..
Totals.
..$5,290,588 $9,181,163 $3,738,181
Clearings for the corresponding week in
former years were:
Portland.
..$1,917,503
. . 2,561.634
.. 3,398,066
.. 3,610,532
.. 4.266.434
Seattle.
$2,814,913
3,425,118
4.897,238
4.756.416
7.074,849
Tacoma.
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
$ 932.685
1.313,377
1.816,458
1,846,420
3,442,223
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS.
Grain, Flour. Feed, Etc.
FLOUR Patents, $4.10 per barrel!
Straights, $3.45: clears. 13.25 ft 3.40- Vnv.
$3.503.65; Dakota hard wheat, patents.
to.vwi-ou; vicars, 4.2o; graaam, $3.50;
whole wheat. $3.73; rye flour, local, $5;
Eastern, $5.40; corameal, per bale, $1,800
2.29.
MILLSTUFFS Bran, city, $17; country,
$18 per ton: middlings, $25.5026; shorts,
city. $1S: country. $19 per ton: choo. U- s.
Mills, $17.50; linseed dairy food, $18; AcaUa
meat, sis per ion.
WHEAT Club. 70c; bluestem, 72c; red, 68c;
Valley, 71c; new club, 68c; new bluest em,
70c.
OATS No. 1 white feed, $32; gray, $3
per i oh
BARLEY Feed. S23.50 per ton;; brewing,
$23. 50: rolled. $24624.50.
RYE SI. 50 Der cwt.
CEREAL FOODS Rolled oats, cream, 90-
cound sacks. $7: lowef grades. o.50Q6.75:
oatmeal, steel cut, 50-pound sacks, $3 per
barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4.25 per bale; oat
meal (ground), 50-pound sacks. $7.50 per
barrel; 10-pound sacks, $4 per bale; split
teas. $5 Per 100-pound sacks ; 25-pound
boxes, $1.40; pearl barley, $4.25 per 100
pounds; Zo-pouna ooxes, si.o per dox.
oastrv flour. 10-DOund sacks. $2.50 per bale.
HAT Valley timothy. No. 1. .$11012.50
per ton; clover, jsaua; cneat, so.ouoyj
grain hay. $7 8 alfalfa, $11.
1
Vegetables. Fruits, Etc
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples. 1.50fi2 25 per
box; apricots. $1.251.33; cherries, ft'tflOc per
uound: currants. 9fll0c: fiffs. Diack, $2 ; grapes,
St Tr2 ner box f 20 Dounds: peaches, 75e4i
11. lo: pears. $2.2ft: plums. $1.25; Lo-
ran Yrrrti ti A.Vnl.40 ser crate: rasiroetTie,
$i.4Ki 1.50: blackberries, Sc; gooseberries. So
ner rvnunrl
MELONS Cantaloupes. $33.25 per crate
Wa t prrrwl.-iTui- H. ner round.
TROPICAL FRUITS Lemons. $6.fi-7.50 per
box; oranges. Mediterranean sweets, s-t.du,
Valencia. 14.5065: navels. $4,506)4.75;
sranefruit S4fi:4.50. nlneaDDies. $3&4 per
dozen: bananas. 5&5c per pound; lime.
75e cer lOO.
FRESH VEGETABLES Beans. 57c
cabbage, l2c per pound: corn. 2Mi35e per
dozen: cucumbers, hothouse. 30 50c per
dos.; field. 7oV41 box: egg plant. 3n$4Ac
per pouna : lettuce, neaa. oc per aoien
onions, 10. 12 He per dosen; peas, 4$e
bell peppers, 12H-&15c; radishes. 103 15c per
dozen: rhubarb. 22Ho- per pound; spinach. Z
g3c per pound; tomatoes, $ 1.25ft 3 per box;
hothouse, 2.503.50; parsley, 26c; squash
1161.25 per crate.
KOOT VEGETABLES TurnlDs. 90cl
Per sack: carrots. sua. 2ft ner ak: beets.
SI. 25 & 1.50 per sack; earlic 1001246a Der
pound; .-".'---'-...-
OMON8 New. red. lvalue ter pound:
new yellow, lS2c per pound.
fuiATUKS uid Burbanks, nominal; new
potatoes. 75c$l.!W.
DRIED FRUITS AdpIss. 14c per oouna;
apricots, 1315c; peaches, 12V 13c; pears,
HH14c; Italian prunes, 54 Sc. California
figs, white, in sacks. 5$0V4c per pound;
black. 45c; bricks. 12$14-ounce packages,
75S3c per box; Smyrna, 20c per pound,
dates, Persian, 66Hc per pound.
RAISINS Seeded. 12-ounce packages, 89
8c; ld-ounce. 910c; loose muscatels.
2-crown, 64 7c; 3-crown, 67c; 4-.
crown, T7c; unbleached, seedless Sul
tanas, eoMc; Thompson s fancy nieacnea, i
llc: London 1 avers. 3-crown. whole boxes
of 20 pounds, 2; 2-crown, $1.75.
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Etc
BUTTER City creameries: Extra cream
ery, 21 44c per pound. State creameries:
Fancy creamery, 174 20c; store butter
13'S14Hc
EGGS Oregon ranch. 21tS2Hac Pr doxen;
Eastern. 20f21c.
CHEESE Oreron full cream twins, 13
13M-C: Toung America, 14?tl4c.
r'uuLTKi Average oia nens. lmc;
mixed chickene, WalZUjc; Springs, 16fil7c;
roosters, 93&10c : dressed chickens, 14 15c ;
turkeys .live. lGj?17e; turkeys, dressed, choice.
iiHiac; geese, live, per pouna. wg ;c: nucius,
lla3c; pigeons, fl1.50; squabs, S22.75.
Hops, Wool. Hides, Etc.
HOPS Oreron. 1905. nominal.' 11012c; olds
8c; 1906 contracts, 1213o per pound.
"WOOLi Eastern Oregon average best, 17
20c per pound, according to shrinkage; Val
ley, 2fM21c, according to fineness.
muhaik Choice. 2S30c per pouno.
HIDES Dry; No. I. 16 pounds and up.
per pound. 1820c; dry kip. No. 1, 5 to 15
pounds, 18 21c per pound; dry salted bull
and stags, one-third less than dry flint;
culls, moth-eaten, badly cut. scored, mur
rain, hair-slipped, weatherbeaten or grubby.
Zc to 3c per pound lens. Salted hides :
Steers, sound. GO pounds and over, per
pound. 10 1 lc ; steers, sound, DO to 60
pounds, 10 3 11c per pound ; steers, sound,
under 50 pounds, and cows, 9 10c per
pound; stags and bulls, sound, 7c per pound.
kip. sound. 13 to SO pounds, luo per pound;
veal, sound, 10 to 14 pounds. 11c per pound;
calf, sound, under 10 pounds, 110 12c per
pound; green (unsaltedi, lc per pound less;
veals, lc per pound less. Sheepskins: Shear
lings, No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 25 30c;
short wool. No. 1 butchers' stock, each, 50
60c; medium wool. No. 1 butchers' stock.
each, $1.252; murrain pelts, from 10 to 20
per cent less, or 15 16c per pound. Horse
hides: Salted, each, according to size, $1.50
2.50; dry, each, according to size. $ligl.50;
colts' hides, each, 25050c. Goatskins: Com
mon, each, 15 25c, Angora, with wool on,
each. 30c$1.50.
FURS No. 1 eklns: Bearskins, as to size,
each. $520; cubs, each, $13; badger,
prime, each, 25 50c; cat, wild, with head
perfect, 30 60c; house cat, 520c; fox,
common gray, large prime, each. 50 g 70c ;
red, each, $35, cross, each $5(9 15; silver
and bla;k, each. $100(81300; fishers each.
$38; lynx, each. $4. 50 6; mink, strictly
in u. i, ea.cn, according to size, s l gi 3 ; mar
ten, dark Northern, according to .size and
color, each, $10 15; pale pine, according to
size and color, each, $&504; musk rat,
large, each. 12 15c; skunk, each, 40 60c;
civet or pole cat, each,- 515c; otter, large,
prime skin, each. $6 10; panther with head
and claws perfect, each, $25; raccoon,
prime large, each, 5075o; mountain wolf,
with head perfect, each. $3.503; prairie
(coyote). 60c$l; wolverine, each. $68;
beaver, per skin, large, $56; medium, $3
III HII. klll.OV; KIIB. OUIQi I oc.
BEESWAX Good, clean and sure. 22 (ft
23c per pound.
TALLOW Prime, per pound, 4ttc; No.
2 and grease, 2 3c,
CASCARA SAGRADA fchlttam bark)
New. 22ttc per pound; 1004 and 1905, Be in
small lots, 8 44 4c tn carlo ts.
GRAIN BAGS lOo apiece.
Groceries, Nats, Etc
RICE Imperial Japan No. 1. 5 He; South
ern Japan, 5.40c; head, 6 75c
COFFEE Mocha, 2628c: Java, ordinary.
1822c; Costa Rica, fancy, IS 20c; good,
16 & 18c : ordinary. 19 22c per pound : Co
lumbia roast, cases, 100s, $14.73; DOs, $14.75;
Arbuckle. $16.25; Lion, $14.75.
SALMON (joiumoia Kiver. l-nound talis.
$1.75 per dozen; 2-pound tails. $2.40. 1-pound
ziats, si.iu; Aia:Kti, piQK, i -pouna tails, uuc;
red. 1-pound tails, $1.25; sock eye, 1-pound
tails. $1.70.
suuAit tsacit oasis, zoo pounds: Cube.
$5.40; powdered. $5-15;' dry granulated,
$5.05; extra C, $4.60; golden C. $4.45; fruit
sugar, $5.03. Advances over sack basis as
follows: Barrels. 10c: 'barrels. 25c bniM
50c per 100 pounds. Terms: On remittances
within 15 days deduct hie per pound; If later
than 15 days ana witnin iio aays, ueduct c.
sugar, granuiaxea. .eo per iuu pounds;
maple sugar, 15lSc per pound.
KLiB 'watnuts, ioo per pound by sack;
i c extra for less than sack : Brazil nuts.
16c; filberts, 16c; pecans, jumbos. 16c; extra
large, n c; aimonas, igj i,oc; chestnuts.
xiuuan, i7 w iw; vmu, vc; peanuts, raw,
720 per pound; roasted. 9c; pine nuts, lOijp
12c: hictorv nuts. 7 38c: cocoanuts nnta
90c per dozen.
SALT California dairv. $11 ner ton- itnt.
tatlon Liverpool, $12 per ton; half-ground.
iuub, y; bus, 9.ou, tump Liverpool, si7 50.
BEANS Small white. 4U.cz lare whit
7c; piflK, uojuu, 'ftCj Lima, o0,
Mexican red. 4 c.
Oils.
TURPENTINE Cases, 81c per gallon.
COAL Cases, lOo per gallon: tanks. 12Ue
per gallon.
white: lead Ton lots. 7c; BOO -pound
lots. 8c: less than 500-pound lots. 8Uc tin
23-pound tin palls, lc above keg price; 1 to
0-pound tin pans, lc above keg price; l to
5-pound tin cans, 100 pounds per case, 2o
per pound above keg price.)
GASOLINE Stove, cases, 24c; 72 test.
iSi7C; 03 teat, ouc, I'un toua, AVC.
LINSEED Raw, In barrels, 47c; in cases,
63c; boiled. In barrels, 60c; in cases, 55c;
zo-gaiion uit c less.
Provisions and Canned Meats.
BACON Fancy breakfast. 20c per pound:
standard breakfast, 18c; choice, 17c; English,
11 to 14 pounus, iuc; peacn. ioc
HAMS 10 to 14 rounds. 10c Per Pound
14 to 16 pounds, 15c; 18 to 20 pounds,
16Uc: California (picaio. 12c; cot tare.
none; shoulders; 11 c; boiled, 23c; boiled
picnic, boneless, ihc.
PICKLED GOODS Pork barrels. 121
'4 -barrels. $11; beef, barrels, $11; -barrels.
$6.00.
bausauiu Mam, me per pouna; mincea
ham, 10c; Summer, choice dry. 17 He; bo
logna, long. 7c; weinerwurst, ioc; liver. He
pork. 9 'g 10c; headcheese, 6c; blood, 6c
bolosna sausace. link. 4 He.
DRY SALT CURED Regular short clears,
dry salt, 11 c; smoked, 12c; clear backs,
dry salt, HMc; smoked. 12c; clear bellies,
14 to 17 pounds average, dry salt. 13V,c:
smoked. 14Hc; Oregon exports. 20 to 25
pounds average, dry salt 12c. smoked 13c;
Union bellies. 10 to 18 pounds average, none.
LARD Leaf lard, kettle rendered: Tierces
llc. tubs, lltto; 50a. llc; 20s, llc;
10s 12c; os, stanaara pure: Tierces,
lOc: tubs. 104c: 50s, 10c: 20a, lOVc:
10s. 11c; 5s. 11 He. Compound: Tierces,
7Hc; tubs, 7c; 60s, 7c; 10s, 8 Vic; 6s. 8 Vic.
Dressed Meats.
VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds, 7H8c;
123 to Ml nounas. ic: iou to zuu pounas. sc;
ZOO pounds and up, oqpoc
BEEF Dressed Duns, ac per pouna; cows,
4H5Vic; country steers, 56c
MUTTON Dressed fancy, 78o per
pound; ordinary, Doc; tamos, xancy, sq
Shi c.
PORK Dressed. 10O to 180 pounds. 8tf
8Hc; 150 to 200 pounds, 74 8c; 200 pounds
and up. 7 tf ic
Mining Stocks.
SAN" FRANCISCO. July 21. The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
were as follows:
Alpha Con )
.09
.08
.22
.67
.19
.23
.12
.11
.50
.91
.08
.89
Julia $ .06
Andes
Justice 04
Belcher
Best & Belcher
Bullion
Caledonia ....
Challenge Con.
Chollar ...
Confidence
Con. Cal 4 V
Crown Point...
Exchequer
Gould & Curry
Hale & Nor...
Mexican f7
fDcel dental Con, .74
Oohir g.35
Overman 12
Potosl 12
Scorpion 08
Seg. Belcher... .04
Sierra Nevada. .19
Silver Hill. .... .82
Union Con 22
'Utah Con ...... .4
Yellow Jacket. .09
NEW YORK. July 21. Closing quotations
Adams Con....$ .22
Little Chief.... $ .05
Alice
Breece . .
5.00
(Ontario
2.50
3.25
.02
.11
.66
.17
.23
.30
.14
lOphir
IPhoenix
iPotosi
ISavage
j Sierra Nevada.
Small Hopes...
Standard ,
Brunswick C. .
Comstock Tun.
Con. Cal. A V
Horn Silver..
Iron Silver. . .
Leadville Con
.S5
2.05
5.23
.03
BOSTON, July 21.
. Closing quotations :
Adventure ..$ 3.50
Mont. C. & C.S 2.374
Aiiouei
Amalgamatd
Am. Zinc
Atlantic
32 00
Old Dominion 37-50
Osceola 101.50
97.73
8.00
14.00
Parrot 25.00
Quincy 83.00
27.50
Shannon . 9.37 H
Cah & Hecla 6S5.00
i amaracK . . 93. UU
Centennial 21.00
'Trinity 8.00
Cop. Range.
Daly West..
Franklin. . -.
Granby
Greene Con.
Isle Royale.
Mass. Mining
Michigan. ...
Mohawk ...
70,75
16.30
13.75
11.50
21.00
10.00
.7."i
12. SO
61.00
(United Cop. . 62.O0
l. . Mtnmg 54.2.1
U. S. Oil .25
Itah 64.50
'Victoria . 6.25
IWinona ..... 4.5o
'Wolverine . , 134.00
IN. Butte.... 85.25
CHANGE FOB BETTER
Wall
Street Safely Passes
Through the Crisis.
STOCK PRICES ON MEND
Forced Liquidation Clears Way for
an Upward Movement No Ap
prehension Over the Future
Money Situation.
NEW YORK. July 21. Special.) A i-
tinct change for the better ha. corns over
"Wall street afTalr& Last week price, on the
Stock Exchange went down continuously.
This week, barrlnc occasional moment, of
decline, the stocks have been doing better than
(or a fortnight. A large reason for this turn
is. no doubt, to be found in a clearer money
outlook. But it is doubtful if this or any
other outside development can be held en
tirely accountable for the Improvement than
has taken place. The truth is that a liquidat
ing market, eucb as prevailed from the mid
dle of June to the end of this week, la a
market that pays little heed to outside condi
tions. Securities values are - entitled to no
higher rates now than they were when prices
were several points lower a short while ago.
But certain apeculative interests having be
come too heavily involved in securities that
could not readily be gotten rid of, were forced
into stocks that were more easily sold, and
this unloading went on regardless of the
merits or values of what were being pressed
for sale.
Along with this went a big and daring
peculation for short account, and the com
bined result was that Stock Exchange quota
tions were depressed out of all proportion to
any cause, that might plausibly be suggested
In explanation for the decline. Matters fol
lowed the usual course that they always have
done under similar circumstances in the past.
Eventually the forced liquidation wore itself
out and strong hands took over the stocks
and an over-confident short interest of con-
iderable dimensions was left without the
means for readily fulfilling their contracts.
The upturn -in prices this week Is the
natural outcome of a "sold out" market, as
described. It might easily have come about
without any help from outside. The fall in
sterling exchange continued until It reached
the point where gold could be imported at a
profit. Several millions all the availaDie
supply was picked up by banks in London.
and between .2.000.000 and 3. 000,000 more
engaged for shipment from Australia.
The prospects for these imports continuing as
fast as the very limited "visible supply" oi
the metal will permit are acknowledged, more
over, to be good. Conditions therefore . are
most favorable for a good market for some
time to come.
Money Market Easier.
Money on call ruled decidedly easy and
there was some ultimate effect also on the
rates for time loans for the shorter periods,
but the firm maintenance of the rate for
time loans for six months carrying over the
end of the year, was a measure of the solici
tude over the facilities at comm)and for get
ting through the crop movement of the sea
son. TKe strain upon the demand for stocks,
even with the depressing influence of Imme
diate money necessities removed, was thus
accounted for.
Government operations played an Impor
tant part In the week's money market and
their course gave rise to confidence that was
a help rather than a.detrlment to the money
sltvatlon. Large disbursements were made
by the Treasury Department on account of
mall transportation and other contracts and
also for pension's, ar.d these helped to off
set the preparations for the return of $10,
000,000 of Government deposits called for on
the 20t"u Inst. Offers were made of the re
deposit of the Government funds with banks
subscribing to the Panama Canal bonds to
tho extent of one-third of the subscriptions
and this also helped to ease the strain of
the withdrawal of deposits secured by state
and municipal Donas, it was assumed
that there would be an important increase
of bank note issue t'nrough the wider supply
of Government bonds available for that pur-
nose.
Gold was secured for New lorn in wnaon
early In the week and engagements were
also made in Australia for shipment to San
Francisco without carrying the foreign ex
chance rate away from the level of profit
on cold imoorts. This kept alive a belief
that next week's large arrivals of gold in
London, estimated at $5,000,000, would yield
further supplies for the New York market.
The growing strain of the situation in
Russia, as told on the Paris and .Berlin
markets, has forced sterling exchange in
Paris down to a level that makes that cen
ter a competitor with New York for .gold In
London. Anxiety is manifested over the
speculative position In London and there has
been liquidation of accounts that had to be
held through the last stock exchange settle
ment there.
Exhibits of Prosperity.
Th,ls week's exhibits of prosperity include
the nscai years recora snowing iwr nam im
ports and exports, with the total foreign trade
nractically established at $3,000,000,000: the
dissipation of the slight hesitation reported in
the iron market; railroad earnings well sus
tained above preceding records am) gathering
confidence In the prosperous out-turn ot the
crops. In spite of the week's report of black
rust damage to Spring wheat.
-The week's bond market continued lethar
gic. The par value for the sales for the week
amounts to $7,028,500, compared with $11,.
143.000 In the corresponding week last year.
Itself a week of dullness. United States 2s
have declined M: and) the 3s, the old 4s and
the new 4 have advanced K per cent on call
during the week.
Favorable Bank Showing.
Th. bank statement showed that there
had been substantial ground for the hopes of
a strong bank return wihlch lay at tbe bot
tom of yesterday's upward movement of
stocks and - the Improved feeling over the
money outlook. But th. sources of the added
strength of th. banking position were ob
scure. An estimate of a $6,000,000 cash gain,
based on the known movements of money, was
realised by almost double that amount. Com-
mematora were rather perplexed to find an
explanation and were driven back upon the
old assumption of operations with trust com
panies allied with the banks to account for
this great Increase in cash. Tbe $9,435,800
loan Increase was taken as an Intimation of
stock market needs and gave point to some.
of the week's rumors of large borrowing for
account of Interests closely related to soma
of the great railroads whose stocks have fig
ured in the week's revived strength.
Quotations of short-time loans, although
nominal on a Saturday, were substantially
reduced today, tb. bid rat. for 00 days fall
ing to 3 per cent, " with offerings at 4 per
cent, A good effect- Is looked for on the
money market from th. deposits of Panama
Canal bond subscriptions, which are offered
by the Secretary of tne '.treasury, foreign ex-
chance rates were aavanoea snarpiy wun pos
sible effect upon New York's command of ths
London gold supply.
It appeared that most of the speculative
buying, based on the favorable bank state
ment, had been anticipated and prices ad
vanced for only half an hour. After that they
lost ground, and the demand was Insufficient
after ths bank statement to ansom the profit-
taking. The closing was Irregular, with only
part of the early gains retained.
Total sales of bonds, par value, were $637,
000.
CLOSING STOCJC QUOTATIONS. -
Closing
sales, mm. .law.
Bid.
Adams Express ...
Amalg. Copper ....
Am. Car & Fdy...
do. preferred . . . .
Am. Cotton Oil....
do. preferred ....
Am. Express
Am. Hd. & Lr.....
American Ice
Am. Linseed Oil...
do. preferred
Am. Locomotive ..
do. preferred . .
24o
19,700
500
98
35
97
35
97
35
99
29
200 29 29
90
28
2.000
lOO
64
18
64
18
f4
18
41
B9
811O
100
70
114
9,
114
11.
5,900 HGVi 145
2,iw 13Z" 131
M5
116
131
094
245.
88
99 S4
136
11714
82
- 74
15914
220
06
17
197
178
13
27
. 92
. 494
34
68
' 48 .
130
19
76
212
485 .
40
84
57
41
77
u
163
120
178
18
83
42
81
26
51
23
51
141
29
65
161
169
91
32
60
74
39
133
46
Am. Tobacco .
Anaconda Mng. Co. 19,900
Atchison 4,100
do. preferred .... 100
248
8t
100
245 14
bo
loo
iifvi
92
74tfc
159 is
lT'-s
1'
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore Ac Ohio. 0.7OO 117
do. preferred loo 82
Brook. Rapid Tran. 19,300 75
Canadian Pacific . . . 500
Central of N. J....
Chespk. & Ohio
Chicago Gt. West.
Chicago & N. W...
Chi.. Mil & St. P.
700
3M
7lHI
otSVa
17U
16,700
Chi. Term. & Tran.
do. preferred .
C C. C. & St. L.
Colo. Fuel & Iron..
Colo. & Southern..
do. 1st preferred.
do. 2d preferred. .
Consolidated Gas . ,
Corn Products .
do. preferred . . . .
Del. & Hudson....
Del.. Lack. & W..
Denver & Rio G. .
do. preferred ....
Dlst. Securities
Erie
do. 1st preferred.
do. 2d preferred..
General Electric . .
Hocking Valley ...
Illinois Central
4.8O0
1O0
50
34 i
495,
. 34;
200 SH 4S
Am. Smelt. & Ret
do. preferred ...
Am. Sugar Ref...
213 213
'41"
85 85
50 59 H
4W 40-
77 r. 77
; 9',4
163 163
178"' 178"
18 18
'ii" "42"
82 82
2tH4 2li
Sits 51
'ii"' 'ii"
141 H 141
"60' ' 65
151 151
171 170A
91 91
32 T, 32
7 801i
75 , 74
isiii 13314
4e4 46
100
200
N 600
5,000
5oO
000
loo
100
Int. Paper l.OOO
do. preferred
Int. Pump 100
do. preferred .... 200
Iowa Central 100
do. preferred .... luO
u. bouinem ....
do. preferred ....
Louis. A Nash....
Mexican Central . .
Minn. & St. L
M., St. P. c S.S.M
ao, preferred ....
Missouri Pacific . .
Mo., Kan. A Texas,
do. preferred ....
National Lead ....
Nat. . R. of Mex.
N. Y. Central
N. Y., Ont. & W est.
200
200
700
20O
8.100
1,200
40O
1,300
"OOO
4.400
rvorioik & west.
87
do. preferred . "O
North American
93
Pacific Mall
Pennsylvania
People's Gas
P., C. C. & St. L.
Pressed Steel Car..
do. preferred ....
Pull. Palace Car..
Reading
do. 1st preferred.
4O0 3(1 .15 35
7,600 127 127 127
3O0 90 90 80
2,400 47 46
47
97
221
124
123
t'u
..... 93
7O0 2 25 20
600 24 23 24
200 62 61 61
41
t 21
do. 2d preferred..
Republic Steel ....
Rock Island Co. . . .
do. preferred ....
St. L. & S. F
St. Louis S. W
do. preferred 50
Southern Pacific .. 59,100 71 70 71
do. preferred 4 11
Southern Ry 2,500 35
34
150
'27
46
146
'
'35
102
34
97
150
31
27
46
17
93
75
42
106
3.-,
102
34
107
19
45
280
151
91
17
23
44
199
do. preferred
Tenn. Coal & Iron. 800 151
Texas & Pacific. . . 1
Tol.. St. L. & West. 20O
27
' 46
147
do. preferred
3O0
38.500
Union Pacific
do. preferred ....
U. S. Realty
U. S. Rubber
do. preferred .
U. S. Steel
26 2O0
7.100
do. preferred ....
102
Va. Car. Chemical.
do. preferred
"Wabash
do. preferred ....
45
Wells Fargo Ex...
Westimthouse Elec.
Western Union ....
Wheeling & L. E...
Wis. Central
do. preferred ....
300 45 44
2,000 201 200
1.70O 37 36
Northern Pacific . .
Central Leather
36
do. preferred 101
Schloss Bhef field . . 200 72 72 71
Gt. Northern, pfd. fioo 292 201 wvi
Int. Met 3.000 38 3 37
do. preferred 900 77 6 i
Total sales tor the day, 323.500 shares. -BONDS.
NEW YORK. July 21. Closing quotations:
U, S. ref. 2s reg.104 D. ft R. G. 4s... 100
ao coupon iu.i n. x. . l. ohh.
U. S. 3s reg 102 Nor. Pacific 3s.. 76
do rouDOn 103 Nor. Pac fic 4S..104"
U. S. new 4s reg. 128 So. Pacific 4s... 91
do coupon 129M. union facmc 43.10..
U. 8. old 4s reg. 103 iwls. Central 4s.. 90
do coupon 103 Jap. Bs, 20. ser..
Atchison Adj. 4S 94Jap. 4s, cer. . . 04
Money, Exchange, Etc. -
NEW YORK,. July 21. Money on call.
nominal; no loans. Time loans, irregular; 60
days. 3 4 per cent: 90 days, 4 per cent;
6 months, 5 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 55 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm at $4.84704.84SO
for demand, and at $4.81904.82 for 60-day
bills. Posted rates, $4.82 4.85. Com
mercial bills, $4.814.81. .
Bar silver, 65c.
Mexican dollars, 50c
Government bonds steady, railroad bonds
irregular.
8AN FRANCISCO, July 21. Silver bars.
65 Ho. Mexican dollars, 153c Sight drafts.
2c; telegraph drafts. 5c.
STATEMENT A SURPRISE
GAIN IX CASH TWICE AS IiARGE
AS EXPECTED.
Surplus Reserve of New York Banks
Is Increased Over Six
Million Dollars.
NEW YORK, July 21. The Financier this
week says:
The official statement of the New York As
sociated1 -Banks was a more surprising exhibit
than had been either of those of the two
weeks Immediately preceding. An imptant
gain in cash was foreshadowed by the esti
mates as a result of lnter-bank movements and
of ordinary sub-Treasury operations, but ft
was expected that these extraordinary opera
tions would, to some extent, cauee a decrease
in cash through the return of $7,000,000 by
the banks to the sub-Treasury representing
surrenders of public funds. Though a little
more than half of this sum of $7,000,000 was
turned Into the Treasury during the first five
days of the week, $4,000,000 was surrendered
on Friday, thus making an average loss of
nearly $2,000,000. Th. ottclal statement
showed a gain of $11,765,000 in cash, while the
more liberal estimates, based on the trace
able movements of money, indicated a gain
of but little mors than half this amount. De
posits were augmented $20,397,200, which very
closely sgreed with the sum of gain In cash
and the Increase in deposits; bene the state
ment mad. a good proof.
The required reserve against general depos
its. Increased $52Ol,800, deducting which from
the gain in cash left $,5t)3,200 as tbe increase
surplus reserve to $19,391,000. Compared
upon ths basis of deposits, less those of $11,
874,300 public funds, the surplus is $22,384,673.
Loans were expanded -$9,435,300, probably
as the result of more active speculation In the
stock market; one notable feature was the ex
cess of only $929,500 In loans, compared with
deposits, against $12,301,400 In the previous
week.
Tbe daily average of clearings was $270,000,
000, against $290,000,000 In the week of July
14. Clearings on Saturday reflecting Friday's
business were $271,041,693. Comparisons of
loans by Individual banks show that 10 insti
tutions gained $12,000,000 net; nine banks In
creased their cash by $10,213,000 net.
The statement of the Clearing-House Banks
for the week shows:
Increase.
$9,435,300
20,397,200
653.100
1.637.000
10,125.000
11,702.000
5,201,800
6.560.200
6,127.575
Loans
Deposits . . . .
Circulation
Legal tenders
Specie
Reserve -. .
Reserve required ..
Surplus
Ex-U. S. deposits
Decrease.
.$1,045,608,700
.$1,044.7.19,200
. 47.9(13, 400
87,609.500
IBS. 006.300
280,575,800
. 261.184.8oO
19.391,000
22,384.575
Coffee and Sugar.
NEW YORK. July 21.r Th market for
coffes futures closed firm at a net advance
of 5 9 15 points. Sales for ths day were re
ported of 62,250 bags, Including: September,
6.50 9 6.65c; October, 6.656.75c; December.
. SO 6. 90c; March, 7.057.15c; May, 7.209
7.30c; June, 7.25c. Spot Rlo, firm; No. 7 In
voice. 8c: mild, steady: Cordova, 9912c,
Sugar Raw. -firm, fair refining, 3c; cen
trifugal, 96-test. 3c; molasses sugar, Sc
Refined, firm; No. 6. 4.20c; Noi 7, 4.15c; No.
8. 4.10c; No. 8. 4.05c: No. 10, 4c; No. 11,
3.95c; No. 12, 3.90c; No. 13, 3.85c; No. 14,
3.83c. Confectioners' A, 4.65c, mould A,
5.15c: cut loaf. 5.50c: crushed, 5.50c; pow
dered, 4.90c; granulated, 4.80c; cubes. 6.05c.
DOWNING-HOPKINS CO.
Established 1893
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN
Bought and sold tot cash, and on margin.
Private Wires ROOM 4, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phone Main 37
WHEftTLOSES A CENT
Chicago Market Breaks
Bearish Estimate.
on
WEAKNESS COMES EARLY
Pit Traders, Longs and Commission
Houses Are Free Sellers Lib
eral Receipts Also Add ,
to the Depression.
CHICAGO, July 21. The weakness In the
wheat market developed during, the first hour,
and during tbe remainder of ths session tb.
bulls were in full retreat. A fair demand by
commission houses, based upon a steady
market at Liverpool, . caused some firmness
Immediately after the opening, but the market
situation was Ignored when the estimate of
Vie Minneapolis orop expert became generally
known. Pit traders and local longs sold freely
and there was much selling of wheat by com
mission houses on stop loss orders. The
market was also affected by liberal receipts
here and at other primary points. Local re
ceipts for Monday wera estimated at 802 cars,
which was considered a very liberal supply,
and this 'caused additional weakness lata In
the day. Shorts were the ' chief buyers. Th.
market closed weak with prices almost at the
lowest point. September opened to C
higher at 77 to 78c, sold up to 7878c
and then declined to 76c. Final quotations
were off Jc at T6c
The corn market was steady early in th.
day, but subsequently the sharp break in
wheat, excellent weather and Increased coun
try offerings caused a considerable decline.
The market closed weak with prices near the
lowest point. September opened o lower
to c higher at 49 to 60 c, sold oft
to 49 c and closed oft to at 49 c
Oats were weak In sympathy with other
grain. September opened unchanged to c
higher at 82c to 32c, sold up to 3333c
and declined to 32c. Ths close was c down
at 32 .
Provisions were Inclined to be weak. Trad
ing was rather quiet. At the close September
pork was off . 10c at $17.30; lard was down
6c at $8.85, and ribs were 2c lower at $9.15.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open.
.$ .77
. .78
. .80
High.
$ -77
.78
' -80
CORN.
Low.
$ .76
.76
.78
Close.
$ .76
.76
.78
July
Sept.
Dec.
July
Sept.
May
.50
.511
.48
.50
.50
.48
.48
.48
.47
.49
.49
.47
OATS.
.34 .34
.32 .33
.84 .33
.35 .36
July
Sept.
Dec.
May
.33
.32
.33
.32
.33
35
.35
MESS PORK.
17.27 17.30 17.20
LARD.
Sept. . .'.
17.30
Sept. 8.92 8.92
8.85
8.90
8.85
8.83
8.90
8.85
Oct.
9.00 9.00
8.92 8.92
Nov.
SHORT RIBS.
July 8.15 9.15 9.15
Sept. . 9.30 9.30 9.05
Oct 9.07 8.07 8.87
9.15
8.15
8.82
Cash Quotations were as follows:
Flour Steady. Winter patents, $3.503.80;
Winter straights, $3.803.6O; Spring patents,
$3.704; Spring straights, $3.45 3.75; bak
ers, $2. 30 2.90.
Wheat No. 2 Spring, 7778c; No. S,
7477c; No. 2 red, 7778c.
Corn No. 2. 4949c; No. 2 yellow,
50 50c.
Oats No. 2, 83c: No. 2 whit., 37
37c; No. 3 white, 3235c.
Rye No. 2. 59c.
Barley Good feeding, 40c; fair to choice
malting. 43 50c.
Flax seed No. 1, $1.08; No. 1 North
western, $1.10.
Clover Contract grades, $11.25.
Bhort ribs, sides Loose, I9.06fe8.15.
Mess pork Per barrel, $18.
Lard Per 100 pounds, $8.75.
Short clear sides Boxed, $9.629.75.
Whisky Basis of high wines, $1.28.
Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels 20,900
Wheat, bushels 425.000
Corn, bushels 260.400
Oats, bushels 202,500
21,000
84. 2O0
318,500
168,200
nye. Dusneis. ........... . z.uuu
Barley, bushels 18,800
8,700
Grain and Produce at New York.
NEW YORK. July 21. Flour Receipts.
11.978 barrels; exports, 8787 barrels. Mar
ket dull and barely steady. Winter patents,
$494.25: Winter straights. $3.75 9 3.95; Win
ter extras. $2. 9093.40; Winter low grades,
$2.8093.35: Minnesota patents, $4.8094.00
Minnesota bakers, $3.45 9 3.85.
Wheat Receipts, 21,000 bushels. Spot,
easy; No. 2 red, 82 c elevator; No. 3 red,
83c, f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth,
87 c. f- o. b. afloat; No. 2 hard Winter,
82c, f. o. b. afloat. The wheat market
opened rather firm on further rust talk, but
subsequent heavy selling, based on a bearish
private crop estimate and big receipts, weak
ened It sharply and the close showed p
c net loss. May closed at 87c; July,
83 c; September, 83 e; December, 85 c
Hops Steady. State, common to choice,
1905. 10 17c; 1804, nominal; olds, nominal.
Pacific Coast, 1903. 10 17c, 1904, 12c; olds.
nominal.
Hides Steady. Galveston. 20925 pounds,
20c; California, 21925 pounds, 21c; Texas
dry. 24980 pounds. 19c.
Wool Quiet.
Petroleum Steady. Refined New York,
$7. SO; Philadelphia and Baltimore, $7.75
Philadelphia and Baltimore m bulk, $4.65.
Grain at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. Wheat, quiet
barley, firm.
Spot quotations Wheat: Shipping, $1,309
1.32: milling. $1.32 1.45.
Barley Feed, 97c9$1.02: brewing,
11.02 9 1.05. Oats: Red. $1.1591.40.
Call-board sales Wheat, December,
$1.30. Barley. December, 89c Corn, larg.
yellow. $1.45 91-50.
European Grain Markets.
LIVERPOOL. July 21. Wheat. July,
7d; September, 6s 7d; December, 8s 7d.
Weather, cloudy.
LONDON. July 21. Cargoes, steady. Walla
Walla and California, prompt shipment, 81s
6d. -English country markets, quiet but
steaoT: French, slow.
Australian shipments, 88,000 bushels; last
week, 80,000 bushels.
Minneapolis Wheat Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. July 21. July. 75c
September. 75 c; December, 76. c; May,
80c, No. 1 hard. 78c; No. 1 Northern,
77c: No. 2 Northern. 76c; No. 8 North
ern. 74 9.70C
SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS.
Prices Paid for Products in ths Bay City
Markets,
BAN FRANCISCO, July 21. Ths following
prices were quoted in the produce market
today :
FRUITS Apples, choice. $1.25; common
65c; bananas, 75c 9 $1.75; Mexican limes, $7
ICS: California lemons, choice, $494.75, com
mon. $2.60: oranges, navels, $2.5004; pine
apples, $1.50Q4. '
VEGETABLES Cucumbers. 40970c; gar
lic, 46c; green peas, $11.25: string beans, '
1 2c; asparagus, $1.2591.75; tomatoes, $19
2; egg plant. $1.25 91.35.
EGGS Store. 1820c; fancy ranch. 21c
POULTRY Roosters, old, $697.50; Jo
young, $596: broilers, small, nominal; broil
ers, large, $2 9 2.50; fryers, $3 3.30; hens,
$3.6094.
' BUTTER Fancy creamery, 21c; creamery
seconds, 19c; fancy dairy. 20c; dairy sec
onds, 18c; pickled, 10 17.
CHEESE Young America. 19c; Eastern, '
16c; Western, 15c
WOOL Fall Humboldt and Mendocino, 16
918c, mountain, 8911c; South Plains and .
San Joaquin. 9911c
MILLSTUFFS Bran, $19.60021; mid
dlings. $26929.
HAY Wheat, $13 917.50: wheat and oats,
$1216; barley, $7 10; alfalfa. $10012; j
stock, $798; straw. 30 955c per bale.
RECEIPTS Flour, 8830 quarter sacks;
wheat, 30 centals; barley, 1817 centals; bats,
663 centals; beans, 500 sacks, corn. 150 cen
tals; potatoes, 2905 sacks; bran, 291 sacks;
hay, 607 tons; hides, 926.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Prices Current Locally on Cattle, Sheep and
liogs.
The following livestock prices were quoted
In the local markets yesterday:
CATTLE Best steers, $3.50if3.65; medium,
$393.25; cows. $2.25i2.50: second-grade cows,
$1.5((i!; bulls. 1.502; calves, $4B4.5.
SHEEP Best sheared, $4; lambs. $4.50tg5.
HOGS Best, $77.25: light. $6.5096.75.
EASTERN LIVESTOCK.
Prices Current at Kansas City. Chicago and
Omaha.
CHICAGO, July 21. Cattle Receipts, 600. .
Market, steady. Beeves, $4.00.4O: atockers :
asd feeders. $2.6094.30; cows and heifers, $1.25
95.40: calves, u.ooiu.T3.
Hogs Receipts, 10.00O: estimated Monday, .
34,000, Market, strong, 6c. lower. Mixed and .
butchers. $6.35(g"6.8v: good to choice heavy.
$6.406.50; rough heavy.
$U.106f.35; light.
$0.4596.86; bulk .of sales,
$6.4596.60.
$6.5096.75; pigs,
'Market, steady.
Sheei) Receipts, 3000.
Sheep, $3.003.75: lambs,
$4.7595.75; year-
lings, $5.6096.30.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 21. Cattle Re- -
celpts, 700. Market, steady. Native steers,
$4.0096.25; native cows and heifers, $2,009
50; stockers and feeders, $2.5094.60; West
ern cows, $2.5094.60; Western steers, $3,759
00; bulls, $2.4094.60; calves, $2.5096.25.
Hogs Receipts, 4500. Market, 6o lower.
Bulk of sales, $6.5096.62; heavy, $6,604
6.62; packers, $6.5596.62; pigs and light.
$5.8096.65.
Sheep Receipts, none.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., July 21. Cattle .
Receipts, 100. . Market, unchanged. Native
steers, $4.6096.30; cows and heifers. $3.0tH3
40; Western steers, $3.7595.35; cows and
heifers, $2.0O4.00; canners, $1.5092-85; stock
ers and feeders, $2.7594.25; calves, $2.6095.75;
bulls and stags, $2.2594.40.
Hogs Receipts, 8000. Market, opened slow.
closed strong. Heavy, $6.3096.60; mixed, $6.40
96.60; light, $6.4696.60; pigs, $6.45&6.57;
bulk of sales, $6.4096-50; pigs, $5.5094.25.
Sheep Receipts, none.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK, July 21. Evaporated apples
for -future shipment are a little easier, but
the spot market Is unchanged, with prime
quoted at 11911c; choice. ll911c; fancy,
12c.
Prunes are unchanged on spot, with only
the intermediate sizes available n California
grades. Quotations range from 7c to 8c.
Apricots are unchanged with fancy quoted
at 15c.
Peaches are firm In tone, with oholce quoted
at 10llc; extra choice, ll9Hc; fancy,
ll12c; extra fancy, at 12912c.
Raisins are firm at the recent advance.
Loose muscatels are quoted at 097te; seeded
raisins at 898c; London layers, at $1,059 -
1.70, nominal.
. Imports fend Exports.
NEW YORK, July 21. Total Imports of
merchandise and dry goods at ths Port of
New York for the week ending today were
valued at $11,082,727.
Total Imports of specie were $71,221 In sil
ver and $134,311 In gold.
Total exports of specie were $996,947 In
silver and no gold.
Dairy Produce In the East.
CHICAGO, July 21. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was steady.
Creameries, 15919c; dairies, 15917c
Eggs Firm at mark, cases Included, 12 9
15c, firsts, 15c; prime firsts, 16c; extras,
18 c.
Cheese Steady, lllle.
Metal Markets.
NEW YORK, July 21. The metal markets
were quiet and nominally unchanged In the
absence of cables. Spot tin was quoted at '
36.65936.80c. Lake copper, 18.37918.75c; '
electrolytic 18918.50c; casting. 17.7618c.
Lead was dull at 6.75c and spelter, 6.8566c.
New York Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. July 21. Cotton futures closed
steady. July, 10.09c; August. 10.14c; Septem- :
ber, 10.24c; October, 10.32c; November, 10,34c;
December, 10.40c; January, 10.44c; February,
10.45c; March, 10.65c
Wool at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.', July 21. Wool, steady;
territory and Western mediums, 24928c; fin.
medium, 189 -22c; fine, 16920c. - -
Wheat at Tacoma.
TACOMA. July. 21. Wheat Unchanged.
Export: Bluestem, 73c; club, 71c; red, 68c.
NOW FACES A NEW DANGER
C. E. Jones Escapes Death Only to
Be Placed Under Arrest.
C. E. Jones, the young man who drank
an ounce of chloroform in hte wife's pres
ence because she would not return to
him and withdraw divorce proceedings. '
will recover only to face criminal
charges filed by his wife. Jones was
barely out of danger at the hospital be
more his young wife went before Judge
Cameron yesterday morning and secured
an arrest warrant, charging Jones with
threatening to kill her.
6he claims that before he drank the
poison Friday morning, her husband de
clared that he would kill her unless she
returned to him. The young woman now
claims to fear that Jones will carry out
his threat upon being released from the
hospital. An arrest warrant Is now in
the hands Qf the police and as soon as
tbe unfortunate young man Is able to
stand he will be placed under arrest.
LOUIS J. WILDE
DIVIDEND
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