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Newspaper Page Text0 PRICES ARE RIGHT Wheat Exports Possible if Tonnage Were Available. MARKET HOLDING STEADY uruc Wants Oraiii, but 'o Way of Moving It immediately From Pacific Coat American Surplus Is Small. The wheat market la holding very steady In the face of the small business passing, and there is little doubt that if tho shlp-p:.-.s situation were Improved the price level would be higher. May bluestem sold on the cirhm:a yesterday at 1.40Ti. which Is a half cent better than wm bid for It on Friday. Other white wheat offers were lower, but acllcra would not make conces sions. Red wheat prices were generally un changed and coarac grains were firmer than the day before Exchange sales were aa fol lows: ll.oon buahela May blueatem J.)0 tons May osls 4iK tone April barley Total aalcs for the week were 100,000 a-usheia of wheat. 300 Hons of oata and 400 tone of barley of an aggreagte value of 15;,415- It was the lightest week's busi ness of the year. There is a steady European demand for wheat and at current prices sales could be made at a profit, but there is practically no tonnare to move the grain. A few sailing- .hips are offering around 15a, hut It is steamers that are wanted, and they axe not available. It is thought, however, that a way will be found before the season Is over to move tho small surplus of grain In the Northwest, The Government figures Issued during the watt week on mill and elevator reserves in the United States, or what Is known as the invisible supply, taken in connection with the department's estimate of farmers reserves, given out In the preceding week, can only be construed as bullish In view of the export demand. The following table shows the farm re serves, country elevator stocks, visible (ln rlu.ltn? Bradstreefs Pacific Coast figures) and the total supply for the years 1S1, 1911 and IMS: Country Kami elrvator U.S. ,,,, reserve. stocks. visible. Total. J5?SwV.H SS.f'0..0O 5S.49S.O0O 59l.391.0O0 l .a' imo 94.OO0 0O0 60,018.000 305,62 .000 JicViYc'.Cjl'-O 1U.40O.OOO 67.o20.0t'0 S42.4U3.0O0 Tho requirements of the last four months of i ho crop year arc estimated at 174,000. c. bushels for domestic consumption and ;,; .ooo.O'iO bushels for Spring seeding, the total beln-r '-'01.000,000 bushels, leaving availahle for export and to carry over only 17 "Piuino bushels. In recent years the smallest carrvover has been 4S.O00.OOO bush els, v. hi.'h .l-ilurtcd 'rom N7.0UO.OIHI leaves only h.cm'O.ocio bushels for export. Sales already made may exceed this amount. The amount usually available at this time cf '-.ar for export and carry-over Is about 3 Jo.ouo.ooo liurhcls. If the Government's figures of S7.ono.0o0 bushels are correct, an unusual amount of wheat has disappeared, l'nrt of it may have been used for feeding earlv In the season when prices were low. or there may be a considerable quantity Blared as flour. l-Xpoits from Cortland during tho past ere llu.sno bushels of wheat. i:t,07 bushels of barley and' 47,930 barrels of flour. In the preceding week exports w.-ro r,7.511 husnels or wheat, 3r1.4.2 l.ushels of barley anil 27..1CIO barrels of flour. The movement of wheat to tidewater is decreasing as the season draws to an end. J,ocal receipts In the past week were 78.000 bushels as eompaied with ir.O.HOO bushels in tho preceding week uiui 171,000 bushels In this week last year. Receipts, in cars, were reported by the Merchants" lixcsmge as follows: Wheat liarley Flour Oats Hay Forllanu . i Year :,go. . 23 T'tl this week no Year aso . . 11:2 fce'su to date. IT.. 21 7 Viar aso.. 14. 047 T: uma Friday " Year ago . . ee'f'li to date. S.4SS Year ago. . 7.047 1 10 7 34 20 7ti 1S30 1670 1141 22MJ 21 ciii 1717 2237 12 IMC. 22d4 4 r.7i 403 tw S-af.Ie Thursday ... 14 Year ago.. 7 a tcVn io uaie. 6.9b! Jo.ll" Year ago., ci.llt ."' I) 1M14 11145 10 47.". 4i;i MK- 1002 KMORT HOI" TKAIUNfi HAS tASHI thipini-nlM f rom New York to Undn lui IMlhle and Huhiie: StupH Here. A p it is alr.u?t impossible to get hop io ETigiand from New York, where several ihousarvi bals liave accumulated, all buy ing t'JT r:;iort account has ceased on this cat. Thro have bern no UealiiiKi in Orf-on vr 'a5hin(rton tar 10 days and no trwr? art ions in f.iUfni nia for nearly three -.'. kf. H. liart, who r 'tarnetl from California 3Mrda. found 17 0.'O bales in growers' hands in that state, and no one making any rffort to buy. only a limited quantity is lft her Jn the aence of business it Is Impossible to a what present -alue are. 4jrejf on growers flill ask tlio old prices. The contract market is tnactive in this ;H;e. Ai-cordins; to California wires. Wolf oatra-.led with .Vl'an roterson, of Sonoma, l'.ir one year ut cents, and Ben Hall closed a oontract with Kd Hall for Son o in as at 12 centF. In conimentin.; on the receipt of Conti nental hops In Kngland. the Kentish Ob- ItTVfT SJiS: "Continental hops are now finding; their way to Knsland, "d whoever buys German hops, or Austrian hops, is providing the enemy with funds. It does not matter one jot from what port the hops are shipped the only thing that does really matter is where the hops arc actually grown. It is aid that 'Busstan hops are now coming to Knpland. How can this be? If we cannot pet Russian wheat, how can we get veritable Russian hops? The tonnage on board ship tj. a measurement tonnage not weight. Hops are bulky; wheat is not bulky by com-parii-on with weight. Continental hops com inp to England are under no restrictions in regard to either style of packing or of marking, and where there Is a will there Is a way. The government should take the strictest measures and exercise the most severe scrutiny in regard to all foreign hops which are Imported, whatever they may bo nlirj and from whatever port they may be shipped. C.OOl TRADK IN PRODUCE DISTRICT. Vegetable and Fruit MoUrk Better Be cause of Improved Weather. Front street enjoyed an active week, busi ness continuing good up to the close. The favorable eather had much to do with bt'mulating the demand, and there was, be sides, a more cheerful feeling in the air. Vegetable receipts were light yesterday, but there was an adequate supply of all lines on hand. At the lower prices, aspar agus Is moving more freely. Iocal rhubarb is comintr forward and selis at 36c Cali fornia rhubarb is held at $2 per 40-pound box. A '.arc ouanity of oranges were moved by jobbers during the week on account of the special retail a.e yesieraay. infro was a fair trade In apples. Choice potatoes are held firmer and good Orecons are now bringing $1.25, and fancy stock commands a premium even over this figure. Yakima Burbanks were ottered yes terday at ONIONS ARE ADVANCING IN EAST. Better Opening for Oregon Product In uutbwcfttern Markets, Onions are now advancing in price in the Eastern markets, and this will give the Oregon growers a batter chance at the Tex as miUt. As there will bo no Australian cniona io comjieLe with U local product this Spring, the Oregon onion men are therefore feeling encouraged. The price Is holding steady and there Is no doubt now that all the onions grown In this state will be disposed of to good ad vantage. Twelve cans were shipped out In the past week by members of the association. Egg- Market Holds linn. The week closed with a very firm egg market, all sales reported being at 19 cents, case count. Dealers during the week tried to raise the market to 20 cents, but without success. Poultry was firm, with the demand par ticularly good for chickens. Dressed meats were steady. Butter cleaned tip very well and the mar ket is quoted firm by city creamerymen. Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern cities yesterday were as follows: 5 Clearings Balances Portland 1.23g.K! Seattle l,S14.0.-i ' Tacoma 24i.4.'. Spokane 6X1.001 Clearings of Portland. Seattle and Tacoma for the past week and corresponding wee in former years were: Portland Seattle Tacoma l!1!i $ll.UT.i:2 11S.013.-.27 fXW..M u.14 is.:a'j.ioo i3.72-".i'H ::-s,'"2?5 1l:i l.-..S4l.7.".S 11.414.C.10 3.70O.014 IMS 12.4S0.2.17 Jo.7H.Si92 "V.'i'.l ion lo71'!r.77 lo.l...-.7n 4.h2.ci!.l I. o .... 1-.3:I0,S40 J2.241023 5. 1?"";'-4. lli"9 6.ll.r.-a 0.2C-0.4..4 O.IJ6J.11- iihih .. -1 1 7 .".no ..-H3.71' H.c-4 19..7 . ':.-,r.'-.l 8.Stt2.M2 4.r...940 limn 3:.-.l.s91 8.10S.004 -7i'0:; inoj 3..-..G7 4.1S.-..794 2.,M.... KM,, l,.74'...'il" 3.6M.1B.'! l.xclo.lS.. lOIIS .. 3 9S4 01IJ 3.134. 1,S.,M,.V,H 19-.2 .". 14I.IWS 1".97S.BI'4 l,ns;.22 1901 . S.t'.'7.19 ;.l"S7.Bi)4 97S.1SS PORTLAND MARKliT QUOTATIONS UnUs. f loor, l'eed, Kte. v Merchants' Exchange, noon session. Prompt delivery. Wheat "Id. Ask. Bluestem 1?; "0 Fortyfold flub l;",'j 1'5 tied Russian J -! Red flte !- 1 -t4 NoWhite feed .-. - - S2.J0 33.00 h?"JS Fran 22.00 i; Shorts 22..i0 -o.u Futures April bluestem J May bluestem -40 l.4t April fortyfold J.J May fortyfold '-"i April club I ' May club I--; !J April r.d Russian l May red Russian ...... l.l' J-r April red flfa l -s ' 'J May red fife .!" , , !'' April oa M OO - M.j.0 May oats S.t. . .. .14.00 April feed barley 2.....0 -B 00 Mi feed barley 20.00 April bran 22...0 l.i.t IO straishts. J6.30; whole wheat. $7.20; graham. MILLK2ED Spot prices: Bnan, $27,506? is.r.o per ton; shorts, 29.50; rolled barley, ?":ORS Whole, $35 per ton; cracked, $38 '"'jTAY-Kastern Oregon timothy, f141!?: valley timothy. $12-91:150; grain hay. $10 1.; aitaita, Fruits and Vegetable. Local jobbing quotations: TROPICAL FRUITS Oranges, naveis, 2i2.50 per box; lemons. $33.75 per dox: bananas. 4 tic per pound; grapefruit, f.i'ii 4. pineapples, oc per pound; tan gerines, J1.2o(a-1.75 per box; blood oranges, Sl.no per box. V EGETABLES Cucumbers, hothouse, Sl.no per dozen; peppers. ;l0Gr:l."o per pound: artichokes. 75c per dozer; tomatoes, S4.j0 per crate; tabbase, 1 Ys ft 2 S.-e per pound, celery, 44.50 per crate; cauliflower, 2 per crate; sprouts, S&l'c per pound; head let tuce, S2.25 per crate; hothouse lettuce, ioc ft SI per box; spinach, 60?l 75c per box; hothouse rhubarb. Oregon, 5&6c per pound; asparagus, xl22C per pound; eggplant. oOc per pound ; peas, l."ic per pound. GREtiN FRUITS Apples, 50cl.o0 per box: cranberries. lti12 per barrel. POTATOES Oregon, SHil.2o per sack; Yakima. SMil.25; new potatoes. 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, lP93fec per pound. ONIONS Oregon, selling price, SI per sack, country points. SACK VEGETABLES Carrots, $1.2o per sack; beets. S1.50 per sack; parsnips, ri.JS per sack; turnips, SI. 75 per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. Ical Jobbing quotations: EGCS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 13c- candled, 20c per dozen. POULTRY Ileus, large. lSic; hens or dinary 15c; broilers, 18 (ft 20c; turkeys, dressed. 20c; live. 15c; ducks. 12615c; geese, D'lillic.' ,, BUTTER Creamery, prints, extras. 2c per pounil in case lots; tic: more In less Itian case lots; cubes, 26(ji 2SC. CHEESiS Oregon triplets, jobbers' buying price- 15c per pound, f. o. b. dock, Port land; Young Americas, 10c per pound. VKAI, Fancy, 12c per pound. I'ORK Block, 10c per pound. Staple Groceries., Local jobbing quotations: SALMON Columbia River one-pound tails, S2.30 per dozen; half-pound flats, Sl.OO; one-pound flats. S2.50; Alaska pink, one-pound tails, Sl.no. HONEY Choice, J3.25 per case. NUTS Walnuts. 15(24c per pound; Bra zil nuts, 15c: filberts, 15g24c: almonds, 2 4j 24c; peanuts, b)ic; cocoanuts, SI per dozen; pecans, 1941 20c; chestnuts, inc. BEANS Small white, Vc; large white. OVjc: Lima, Otjc; pink. OJftic; Mexican, 6fcc; bayou, titc COFFEE Roasted, In drums, 18t433tic SL'GAR Fruit and berry, Stt.43; beet, $0.25; extra C, S5.05; powdered, in barrels, Sd.70; cuiies, barrels, $6.85. SALT Granulated, $15-50 per ton; half ground, loos, $10.75 per ton; 50s, $11.50 per ton; dairy, 14 per ton. RKE Southern head. OWSjtHiC; broken. 4c per pound: Japan style. 5&'5tC. DK1EU FRUITS Apples. 8c per pound; apricots, lS jloc; peaches, Sc; prunes, Ital ians, biiSc: raisins, loose Muscatels; Sc; un bleached Sultanas, 7 tic; seeded, 8c; dates, Persian. 10c per pound; fard. $1.65 per box; currants, b & 12o. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS 1014 crop, law 15c; 1818 crop, 13 14c per pound HIDES Salted hides, 14tic; sslted kip, 14tc; salted calf, 18c; green hides, 13c; green kip, 14 tic; green calf, 18c; dry hides, 25c; dry calf, 27c WOOL Eastern Oregon, coarse, 22 25c; Eastern Oregon, fine, 1842uc; Valley, 25c nominal. MOHAIR New clip. -Jiouc per pouna. CASCARA LARK Old and new, 41ic per pound. PELTS Dry loug-wooied pelts, 15c; dry short-wooled pelts, 12c; dry shearings, each. Ilk;: suited shearings, eacn. i;na-.:oc; ar gusts, long hair, each, 13c; dry goat shear ings, eacn, 1UU -oc, siieu sueep paiba, March. $142 each. Provisions. HAMS All sizes, 17ti18tic; skinned, 17 felSc; picnic, 12c; cottage roll, 18Vc; broiled, li2Sc. BACON Fancy. I7'gl!Sc; standard. 23 24c; choice, 17ti22c; strips. 171jc LRY SALT Short clear backs, 13W157SC; exports. 15wl7c; plates, lltiwl3c bAHD Tierce basis: Kettle rendered, 12lje; standard, 12c; compound, 8ic. BARREL GOOUS Mess beef, $23 : plate beef $24.50; brisket pork, S2S.50; pickled piss'feut. $12.50; tripe, $.50f 11.00; tongues, $2530. KEROSENE Water white, drums, barrels or tana as"t " " re Is. 13tic; cases, iiaw-o-c. UASOLlNt. Jauiik. i-l. jcw, w .i-. ju'S 1t4c! nnntha. aistliiuve. hi jn.-., ,- - . - , - ' ' ' j i ..a lSi-. LINSEED OIL Raw, barrels, 75c; raw. cases, 80c; boiled, barrels. -77c; boiled, cases, S2c. TURPENTINE In tsnks. 60c; la cases, 67c; 10-case lots, lc less. Naval Stores. SAVANNAH. Ga.. March 20. Turpentine Firm. 42c. Sales, none: receipts. 13 bar rels: shlpmente, 34 barrels; stocks, 29.715 barrels. iin,in Firm. Sales. 201 barrels; receipts. 116 barrels: shipments. 169 barrels; stocks. 111 777 barrels. Quote: A, B. $2,9083.05; C D. E F, G. H. $3.05: I. 3.10; K. $3.30; M $4; N, $5; W. C, S5.50; WW. $3.55. London Wool Sales. LONDON. March 20. The offerings at the wool auction sales today amounted to 10,000 bales, mostly Merinos. Tne maraet was iirm, with animated buying for tho home trade. the lower crades there was some Ir regularity. Fine scourd Sidneys realized 31 and greasy 17ti. i , i i T,,it me vw Vork NEW YORK. March 20. Evaporated ap ples, inactive, out tinner, ibuv). CT-mw7j.-. choice. 80 84c: prime. 7t8c Prunes, dull and easy. . peacnes. nun. Hops at New York. new YORK, ilarci 20, Hops, easy, THE SUNDAY OREGONIAU", PORTLAND. MARCH 21. 1915. TEN-PDINT ADVANCE Bethlehem Steel Is Feature of ! Stock Market MOTOR SHARES ALSO GAIN Canadian Pacific and New Haven Only Kailway Issues to Gain Point or More Bdhds Generally Steady. NEW YORK, March 20. Specialties again were to the fore during today's two-hour market sesston. the activity in strength of Bethlehem Steel being the most noteworthy feature. Trading In that stocK aggregated about 2S.0OO shares. Its top figure and new record price being S. which represented a maximum advance ot almost 10 points from the previous days low price. Profit-taking caused some ahaalng from its high level, with a net gain of three points. Motor shares also participated to a consid erable degree in the general rise, their gains extending from one to six points. Depart ment store issues. National Lead and Amer ican Can trailed along with the moat specu lative specialties, while the seasoned divi dend stocks and erstwhile market leaders rose fractionally. In the railway division. Canadian Pacific and New Haven were the only shares to gain a point or more. . . . th. Undon's market aeemed to fI"' J news from the Dardanelles, the various home issues showing but little loss on moderate selling. Contrary to Its usual course, Cana riian Pacific was more inclined to heaviness than any other stock In the international """he local bank statement met general ex pectations, showing an actual cash gal n of about gll.00O.000. excess reserves increasing by almost $10,000,000. Bonds were steady, except Ne J tral s. which were extensively sold " con cessions. Total sales, par value. Sl,-lJ.oou UnTted States bonds were unchanged on call during the week. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS.. Sales. High. Low. Bltl Alaska Gold .- tf-Ji? Amal Copper.. .rflo "Si Am Beet Sugar. 2.400 fJH :;3i 42 '4 r.t;, 42 ti 28 Ti f'.SliO 2iit 28 1 rtiiieiic.iii v.,,,.,- Am Smel ft Ref 2,400 ! Ot 7B 102 do preterreu. . . Am Sugar Ref. . Am Tel At Tel. Am Tobacco. . . . Anaconda Mill. Atchison B & O Brook R Trail . . . :al Petroleum. Canadian Pac. Central Leather Ches & Ohio.. . Chi Gl West. . . . "r.00 ml ml-i 600 120 120ti i',300 27 ti 27 "260 7'4 wii "tjtio "ie'vi io'i l,40O 15074 159 500 34 V4 31 i.200 -36ti 3614 "766 '22 22fe ,'niO 32 4 32 ti 800 51 50 :4 "oiio rn "nti 3.300 22 22 ti V.ioo i:6!4 iso iiiioo " "ii 3,900 24 . 3ti "300 120 120 5,100 5BBi 54 400 12t 12, fMMI 84 83 6.708 54 ti . 53 300 103 io3 '";'io6 ioT4 ii'4 300 l.-rOti 150 ti 7,600 l.Sti lt4 3.S0O 144 14 143 til '2.060 " 84(4' 8Sti Li'iio '26" i'.ioo 120?4' iioti 2,660 45 4414 i'.ioo '54 'hi'hi "466 68ii 68ti 224 27 ti OSTi ' 871, lV 159 S3 T4 41 3 04 80 12314 not, 24 's r.4, Ti; 22 4 13 Mr 115t4 32 H 50 1(14 .", ti 22 4 02 tj 21 '4 135 112 60 14 23 1 1 Vi 10t 110'i Sit 12H 83 r.n t, loos 102 19 25 ti Col Fuel & 1. . Col & Sou D & R Grande. . do preferred. . Erie General Elec . . . Gt North, pfd. . Gt. North Ore Guggenheim Ex Inter'oor Met pf'l Louis & NaBh.. Mo Kan & Tex . . Mo Pacific Nat Biscuit. . . . National I-ad.. Vi'i' runner. . . . N Y Central . . . N Y. N H & xi Northern Pac. . Pacific Mail... Pull Pal Car. . Ray Con Coppt Reading Repub 1 S. . Rock Island C 20 ti 1 83 tj 15 29 132 120 ti 80 ti 4514 104 54 '4 64 14 St L & S F 2 pid.. Southern k:ic. Southern Ry... Term I'OOOer. . . Tex Company.. Union Pac U S Steel do prererrea.. in h rinDner. . . Western Union. . vl'W vilRV BONDS. U S ref 2s reg.. V4!N Y C gen 3V.:S. 79 do coupon ... 981-Nor pacific oS. . 64 U S 3s reg 101 tal do 4s 9114 do coupon . . .101 teirnlon Pacific 4s. On U S new 4s reg.10'4!S P Co 5s S do coupon . . 1 IMPORTANT WAR KYKKTS EXPECTEI Traders In Wall Utreet Market Operate With cautioo. on A.lrl. from fur- NEW lurtis.. -v. ra ther unexplained gains of large dimensions in certain specialties, such as Bethlehem -. . . . ... ....nmni,iia iuhk a solrit ot toteel anu tho . - caution ruled the dealings In stocks through out tne weeit. ur"" ...j 7Z. important events In the war played a large part In this feeling. ., . , ..i.iuinn. In new security 1S- eceni i'sr . - , - sues and the accompanying expansion 01 bank loans impose umiu ... . raanu- .. , i. 17ie call upon side world meantime becomes fairly clamor ous Cash payment Is thus sought to be deferred for the flood of war material, which Diled un an export balance for tho second, r . . , tji oiui nun far week 01 aiarcn eamiw" t-,"", exceeding any previous record. Humors are .ki.i, t hnrrnvinn hv European and South American nations in New York. London's reduction oc iuiiumiuml American stocks to the level of the New , . V... u aa vtt Inrltlr-rl TI Ci fresh selling for future account. The interdiction of the allies on vjeniian v,,.. . expected to change present conditions ma terially. , New steel buying Is lighter, but the price of refined copper went higher, with in creased domestic and foreign demand. There was a lull in the Western tonnage move ment and general comnlalnt of poverty from tha railroad world. Maintenance of Reading and Lehigh dividends did not prevent de clines especially In the first named. Good Winter wneat pruimi ih .b - first sieys ." Trade Commission were studied with at tention In the financial and business worlds. Money, Exchange, Etc. vw-nr tadi; vtnr-er, PO Mercantile tia- per. 3ti. Sterling exchange, easy; 60 days, S4 7725T for cables, $4.795; for demand, $4.7935. Bar silver, .rUHC. Mexican dollars, SS'ic. Government and railroad bonds, steady. A . P KA..ww, ' ' " " . " " dollars, 3Sc. Sterling, 60 days, $4.7754; de- mana. 1 J' . . . ...... , . V. no Ttar .llvB, OQ X. rl 1. W 1 J' . ... . 1. ... ' , per ounce; money, 1 per cent; discount rates, Snort OlllS, Z?l per ccul, lulto,uiuuiu -tsi? ii nr cent- WARRANTS ARE BOUGHT INVESTMENTS BY FEDERAL BANKS INCREASE OVER MILLION. Board Reports Gain of Five Mill! on a la Discounts and Loans Darin 5 Fast Week. loans by Federal Reserve banks increased about z.vv",wv uuiiiis i: 7 cording to the atatement or tneir condition March 19, Issued today by the Federal Re serve uuaru- "uuwa. Gold coin and certificates J245.018.000 , ,,. and subsldlory coin 21,630,000 Total f266.4W8.000 Bills discounted and loans UntnrittM within 30 days $ 9.54.".0O0 Maturities within 60 dayj..... ll.XIfi.OOO Other 0.U13.0O0 Total .2i.WI4.0i0 Investments $J1.7-',000 Due from Federal Reserve banks Item In. traaait i a. $ 6,551.000 All other resources....... - 496.000 Total resources... 3S.181.oO0 Liabilities Capita! paid in 2?'H?'R0? Reserve depoails 2&S,oio,ooo Federal Reserve notes In circtt- latlon. (net liability) 8,487.000 Total liabilities $333.1S1.000 Gold reserve against net liabilities fe4. Cash" reserve against net liabilities 91.8 per cent. ' Cash reserve against liabilities after set ting aside 40 per cent gold reserve against net amount of Federal Reserve notes in cir culation, 3.4 Pr cent. The Board's weekly analysis says: "The cash resources of the banks show a decrease of about if.fMKl,000, the loss af fecting the roid holding oniy. ",5" York bank reports gams of about $S00,0OO in its gold reserve and of $1. 700, 000 in its total cash reserve. The Atlanta bank re ports a sain of over $ft00.0w in its cash reserve and a still larger gain in its gold resarvR. havinir released $SS.000 of gold pledged with the agent for notes previous ly issued. Investments increased during the week about $1. 100.000. the new purchases being largely municipal warrants. The total amount of United States bonds In the hands of the banks is 6,6,H.0iO. practically all held by five Western banks. Lposits show a gain of about $500.000." LARGELY INCREASK EXCESS RESERVE New York Banks Oain Nearly Ten Millions In rant Week. NEW YORK. March 20. The statement of th ai-timl emiiiiti.in. of tlearinir-house banks and trust companies shows that they hold $ l3.:;f)I,520 reserve in excess of legal re quirements. This is an increase of 9,&si. W0 over last week. The statement follows: Increase. Loans, eta $2,38.1,420,000 14,115.000 Reserve in own vaults 8,727,000 2,342.000 It), 000 6,931,000 Reserve in Federal Reierve Bank . . - 115.S12.000 34,130,000 t.239.165.O0O Reserve In other depositaries Net demand de- DOSKS time aisnns- it j'm..:,i"v 1,223,00 Clruulution 39,r.0.000 . . 2.UUU Of Which jWS.iWHf.tHMr 1 spcir. Atrereg.i'e resrrve, ?r29,S73.OO0. (xcess ro. serve f 139,59i,E20; increase $,8.9,w. Summary of state banks and trust compa nies in Greater New York not included in clearing-house statement: Loans, otc y5r.3,-.':tH.i - Kr"! fc.pecie avtKin Tii -ion Total deposits .".."..' ftSroIiTifiOO 7,21;900 Banks' casn reserve in vauit xw.o-t-.'". trust companies' cash reserve In vault, 43,- 109.200. Decrease. ALL CATTLE ARE STEADY FAT LIGHTWEIGHTS ARE PICKED VP EAGERLY. Rub of Him and Sheen la fader Ke- quirementa and Strong rrlces Are tluotetl. Tho,.. a.-a no tradlns- at the stockyards yesterday. Receipts were 5 cattle, 1 all and 11 hoss. The shippers were: C. K. I.ucke, Canby, 1 car calves and hogs; E. R. Redlngs, Wallowa, I. car cattle. Tho official weekly market report of the Portland Union Stockyards Company fol lows: "The receipts for the week have been. Cattle, 1089; calves, 10; hogs, 2071; sheep. 1"l'a the cattle division at the beginning of imb wk ihe offerings were mostly of the fat light weight class and consequently were eagerly picked up by the various buyers. The market Is consiaerea sicauy in an imc. Best steers are bringing $7.73, cows $.2(1. "Thar in a scarcity Of hogS COmlllg tO miri and as a result the price took a sudden Jump of 3J cents Monday and has re mained at mat price suico, weights commanding $7.60. "JUike the swine market, sheep also ad vanced with a sensational Jump. Yearlings rlvanced from J7.S0 to $7.75, ewes $8.00 to $4.75. lambs $S.50 to $8.S5." The following sales are icprGauuiiitor. v the week's trading: Wt. Pricel Wt. Price iicir. ST 7r.i 1 cow .1011 $0.J." 1,11 steers 1.1118 7.80 4 cows 078 8.10 . .. t in IA'11 r. no 148 steers ..mmj. i..i ivUn ....-... 81 steers ..1311 7.2r.!8,-:7 hogs 211 7 b0 J bulls ...luilS 5.75pill hogs .... li 7.5.. 1 stags ...1195 tteoiaili hogs 221 7..10 1 heifer .. 7S5 6.751228 hogs 187 7.40 1 calf .... 161 8.005S7 lambs' ... 87 8.85 cow 1051 8.50 35 mixed ... 81 7.00 Prices current at tne local BLocnyaius on lh. vnrlr.UK classes Of StOCkl Prime steers $7.507.75 Choice steers i.to'q i.,io virrllnm steers aiau i.jo Choice cow 6.00 6.20 Medium cows n.00!7 6.2.i Heifers B.00&7.00 Bulls 3.60i6;6.00 stags .ooo.ou T,tnt 6.507.60 Heavy 5.80416.00 Sheen Wethers 6.007.75 Fwes 5.0046.75 Lambs 7.008.8.83 . Omaha Livestock Market. SOUTH OMAHA. March 20. Hogs Re ceipts. 7400. Market steady. Heavy. $6.65 6.75; light. $6.60''i 6.SO; pigs, $5.50fe6-50; bulk of sales, $6.05(&6.75. Cattle Receipts. 100. Market steady. Na tive steers. $8.40fc'8.10; cows and heifers, $5 6 0.55; Western steers. $67.50; Texas steers. $5. 75lt 7.25; cows and heifers, $4.751t- 6.50; calves, $7 to 10.25. Sheep rcecelpts, -loo. iuaraet steaay. yearlings. $8.50(Ei; wethers, $7.508; lambs, $S.!109.90. Chicago Livestock 3Iarket. CHICAGO, March 20. Hogs Receipts, 8000. Market slow. Bulk. $B.75M6.85; light, $6,611$ 6.87 & ; mixed, $6.60'n 6.H5: heavy, $6.;i5lh6.83; rough, $6.3306.50; pigs, $5.50 6.70. Cattle Itecelpts, 100. Market steady. Na tive steers. $5.80.-8.65: Western, $5.:S57.40; cows and heifers, $3.234j7.73; calves, $7& 10.50. sheep Receipts, 4000. Market steady. Sheep. $7.10(58.15; yearlings. $7.83!)15; lambs, $7.60l.90. ' SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Prices Current in Bay City on Fruit, Vege tables, Etc. cim rm-risr.n. March 20. Butter Fresh extras, 22iic; prime firsts, 21c; fresh Eggs Fresh extras, 21c: pullets, 18Hc. Cheese New, Sialic; Young America, 12Vi felloe- Oregon. 14 be. Vegetables Bell peppers. 315c; hot house cucumbers. 90c$1.10; peas, 408c; asparagus. 4 8c. Onlo-is renoiv, owici. Krult Lemons. $1.50 m 2.50: bananas, Ha waiian, OOcti$1.75; pineapples, do, $1.50 2 7.." Catliornia. aviiira, rii'imi ..',,' Mt X.Cif nth-, VQSaMHfl .111 ftl- 75c do Oregon," pippin's, $1J 1.25: Spitzenbergs, Potatoes--Burbanks, Oregon, $1.75; rivers, $1251.40; Northern, $1.50&il.65; Lompocs, 1.70fel.S5; Idaho, $1.2581.49; sweets, $2.25 6 2.50; new, 6q per pound. -, c-imir '.R-n: niiartprs: harlev. 29.- 835 centals; potatoes, WS0 sacks; hay, 570 tons. Coffee Futures. NEW YORK. March 20. Coffee futures opened steady at a partial advance of three points due to private cables to the effect that Europe had recently purchased about 3Kl 000 bags out of the Santos stocks and that the latter would decline below 1.000,000 bags by the end of the month, with possibly i hiit- nf the Quantity suitable for ex port May liquidation developed later in ii,n rtav however, and prices eased off, clos ing barelv steady, unchanged to four points lower. Sales, 28,000 bags. March. 8.02c ; April, 6.04c; May, 6.12c; Juns, 0.17c; July, 7 23c; August, 7.S0c; September, 7.37c: Oc tober, 7.42c; November. 7.47c;. December, 7 52c January, 7.58c; February, 7.60c. Spot Steady. Rio No. 7, Sc; Santos No. 4, 108104C. ,, Rio exchange was Hd lower and a decline of 75 reis was snown in the Rio market, while Santos was unchanged, Americans Steady at Londoa. LONDON, March 20. A fair business was done in the American section of the stock market today. The markings were well dis tributed throughout the list and prices helu around parity. The closing was steady. Metal Market. NEW YORK, March 20. The metal mar ket was quiet and nominal Copper, elec trolytic. 15&1554; easting, 14WH4Sc iron, unchanged. Chicago Dairy. Produce. CHIC 4. GO, March 2t. Butter, unchanged; eggs unsettled. Receipts. 9176 cases, at market bases included, lSlSc; ordinary firsts. 17 i 17 Si c ; firsts. 18 i c. New York Sugar Market. NEW YORK, March 20. Raw sugar, firm; centrifugal. $4.S3c; molasses sugar. 4.06c; re fined, steady. Duluth I. In seed Market. DULL'TH, March 20. Linseed, cash, $1.94; May, tl.ift-i July, fLBSj, ' BOND BUYING LARGE Investment Demand Sign of Financial Improvement. FOREIGN SELLING LIGHT European Governments Preparing to Establish Liberal Credits on This Side United States Xow Financially Independent. Reviewing the financial and Industrial situation. Henry Clews, tha New York banke.-, saj's: Tho activity In Investment circles is sat isfactory evidence ot financial improve . i .....i Thi has bean a much larger absorption of securities by American Investors than is generally ai'i""--clated: proving that the home buying power is still very considerable, notwithstanding business reaction and declining dividends. Of both stocks and bonds there has been gooi buying, especially ot ocnaa i n- ouvfj has come from foreign selling, as well as from new local oiieriiiHu. n w " taken with surprising readiness. Foreign liquioation naa reany notp i - than at amy time since the reopening of the Stock Exchange, and much of the sell ing was on trerman iwouui, -. expected from this quarter for some time to -r.1 n- .i. i .-..i, im nf sell- come, i nri o v, u ,iw . .. lng on British account, although the move m,m from this source has not yet assumed importance. The most striking evidence oi iim.. Improvement. however, was the prompt taking of new loans in this msrket. The New York state loan of $27,000,000 4Vi per cents brought 103.459; a decidedly bettor . - , j ..tAiia. AH .nut price man exvci n j, - -cent. The Swiss loan of $15,000,000 6 per i- nMmn,lv 3l(n on S basis yielding .1", to 6 per cent; a showing which mav attract otner lureigii uuoimtft - alsj known that the German, Italian and l,a,-A Krn nTOCur- uruguajau K cm.,.-,.. v .v, I iht. lng lunus in one lurm oi ." ... - market, and the report still persists that Great Britain will secure large credits in mis maraei.. , . . , i . .. (ml in h-..i ad as nas airr-nij-' r,..u . .. ... - vices. Ne.w York Is now the only free money mantel ot iiuiwitaiivo - - these new movements are bound to have an important future effect. When the war is over other nations will again go to tne larte European reservoirs of capital for tneir neeas, out tne euw. - - tures upon Americans will be educational. since it win wio- t.c . " . i v ln..u ... a n and hasten ers, invesiora uu uun..0 ....... - , . . the day" when the United States will take a more prominent pari m ihlui financial and commercial affairs. The money market continues easy, mala ly because , ot slackened commercial re quirements, the rates for time money and commercial paper being lower even than p. year ago at this time. The surplus bank r..erves are large, amounting to $120,000. iiik). Thore have been no further gold Ira- - i. 11,.-1, n TtiBri-riiirialBe port ims wr., uniH'MRii txports continue io show a. heavy excels ovur imports. ror-iFn wumn.v tied, with rates showing a downward ten dency owing io peiBiaiuit eign Bovernment intend to establish large cr-ealta on inia siu. UI.U-n.ais r--M HMTT. . t j : . J inrtpaam In Hie There nas D?n a. 1 imu ..1. supply of financial d us resun.uis uv.u - actions or me . - governmentB. The supply of f01"1"" bills is somewnat --- vio ent cliangen in me -- l ' w. 1 r. rwt n v a .-.f fnin ttrodUCU port irauc ouipmo. - - - - continue on m. very liberal scale, being qui .... flallnsaji In nOtLOlL. surticieni. io ouKt - - -oils, lumber, etc There has also been a very large mci iu . steel manufactures and munitions of war. The continuea exc ui c."1 . . being acceierateu uy ---- ports, is rapidly turning the Lnited btates into e creditor nanou. The debt wn.cn on uwnc . ferred to last Autumn has already been naid. and Instead Europe is getting more and more inio ww wcui. buying less anu '""b - C. Y of the war. Our interest payments, which . . -i "JLI1 i"tiil liilft annnallv will used to oe auout oi-v.vuv.vw be reduced by the return of securities. The remittances by aliens to their friends in Europe, wmcn are mis m eBae.s.-, have been cut down materially. American tourists usually spend over $200,000,000 a year in Kurope, and this outflow will be stopped this season. Our ocean freight bill, usually about $50,000,000 annually, will be smaller, because we oniy pay the freight on imports. If these tendencies continue our foreign Indebtedness will steadily dlminHh; as Eu ropean capital is thus withdrawn from the United States, and will probably not return in haste, because of the high rates It will command there when war ends and recon struction begin. The war is revolutionizing our financial relations with Europe, and will laova lis finnnniallv independent in a higher degree than ever before. Our present loans are oniy war iu-ui, they are of the greatest significance; and ere long the American banker and the Amer ican manufacturer will be doing effective team wrk together in the world's market. . ! rtolJ. (Via Amarl. Tnis means iu :v imuo t. L can investor, who is becoming weary of the obstructive taciics ut un. - Oloomy Progress of War. The war makes slow and gloomy progress. Before very long Constantinople is expected to fall into the hands of the allies. This will be one of the most decisive events of the war and is bound to have important consequences. It will give Russia the much coveted access all the year into Southern seas, and will promptly relieve the present congestion of wheat and oil supplies in the Blak Sea, This means the strengthening of Russia financially ; also cheaper wheal the world over. As for the end of the war, that does not appear to be in sight. A military deadlock exists on the Continent, which cannot be broken without terrific loss of life on both sides. It would seem as if nothing short of military, flnencial and economic exhaus tion on ono side or the other would really end the war. At the moment these con tingencies do not appear to be close at hand, and maybe some months will ensue before they can be actually reached, unless return ing. reason and outside pressure should bring the struggle to a pause earlier than now seems likely. The business situation continues unsatis factory. The volume of trade Is still run ning below normal. Economy is the rule in every direction and consumption is ch-icked. Money Is being saved, while en terprise and initiative are restrained by fear. Our railroads are doing less business than a year ago, as demonstrated by the increase in idle cars. The steel industry i some what more active, but production Is not gaining as rapidly as desired, although the xport outlet shows gratifying rlna- In the textile field there is a better feel ing. The distribution is gradually widening and mill-owners are less perplexed Dy raw material and labor problems than a year ago. In spite of these drawbacks, there is rea son to maintain moderately hopeful views. Spring is at hand, and with It comes start ing of construction work and general sec tional activity. Collectively, our business sit uation Is exceptionally sound. Spring is usually a season of hopefulness, and were it not for the war a decided recovery would probably set In. In view, however, of the present unceiamiy n iy euuing wi straggle, the disposition Is to maintain a conservative policy in all business transac tions. SEATTLE WOOL IS SOLD EASTERX MILL BUYS 150,000 POUNDS AT 26 TO 27 CEXT9. Shearlns Has Started la Couatry la Small Way Eaatera Markets Are tinlet. The weekly market letter of the Port land Wool Warehouse Company follows: The market of the past week has been an other quiet one, and prices of domestic wools are a trifle easier, but where conces sion in T prices is made, it Is simply tor the jsnke of doing a little business. The stocks in the East held by dealers are very small and the same can be said of the mills. Our correspondents In the Ea report a firm tone to the market, and while very quiet.' dealers are waiting for the mills to come In the market for wools "nerehl.-en a great deal of Booth Amertcaa Montavidao 3s. aad .H-blood, tI- fered. clean basis. Xrom GOc to 66c. and some South American lambs at 3hc in the grease. Fine Australian, ioureii. from .Ot to 75c, and Cape of Good Hope flu, around BSc. One-fourth and , blood do mestic wools arc holding firm with small offerings. . . ,. Country shearing bus stsrted In a small way and In fc.asiern w been a lew cups iu. " - . sold In Seattle about lJo.noO pounds at -vc to 27c to an Eastern mill. Tone of foreign market is very strong. Cross-bred tops and wools have advancer! 15 per cent with spirited bidding, and a. I in all. It looks aa if a waiting game Is be ing played bv tho dealers in the fcast to bear the market In wool. The woolen .goods, market Is active and good prices are being received by the mllls although no heavy buing Is reported, but the prominent mills of the country arc open to -buy wools and have about made up their minds that the high price ot wool is here '"There Is relatively no change in the em bargo, although rumors are coming trom time to time that the embargo is to be put on again on tops and wools of all kinds Mohair market is very dull although there seems to be an awakening tendency on the part of mills to look Into mohair more c.use iy than they have done before and what small stocks are offered are held steady. RUSSIMlfiRTERy 'control ok dardaf-i.lks means MI CH TO El ROPE. Entire Exportable Unrplua la Held Back by Blocklas; of This Paaaase, i.nnri.n mhiect before wheat- iua iiwaL I........ . growers and wheat-dealers today is the prog ress being made by the allied fleets in forc ing the Dardanelles, in iriicii. in the matter nere, n.o "7 " . ' written by C. F. G. Kalke . ot London. Ij reprlntea irom uto - Minneapolis: When Tote realises that tho Ituss.an wheat crop Is often larger than that ot the United States, It can easily be Imagined what a great difference It makes to turo pea" wheat supplies a hen h'ng h.P- pens to prevent " ' ,.u emanating front that rc.f ing tne vanouo o nental markets. Practically all the wheat that is ex norted from Russian and Uanubiun porta has to pass through the DirdancUes before it can reach the European markets - The object of this article is to show the imP,or tanoe Ol tniS paVirabD t - mils--- vi .hi. it In necessary ships ana m orum w -- -- to give some information concern lng the itussien wheat crop, ","' ",., fovr vears nas n;t;Jti a-u.s , market flctor. It is well known that .t Is most difficult to ent-' ---' - lion concerning .-r-. --. - of affairs is stead.lly Im proving and the K i s stan government a .... .-.... ""-',-- .rM iu this article, can be depended on as more or less reliable. ( . Roughly speaamg, .u.. "-'."-,, ' to he responsible for 0ouon-t',lrno1frt f supplies of wheat taken In by Importing European countries, but these contribution, have varied so widely In different year,, .ml have been so much at variance w til esti mated crop yields for those years that the Itussian Jigures have proved the weakest ooinl hi a!l statistical forecast, of wheal supplies. round Klngoom "w hin "the la" decade- have, for matinee, been as small a. S.V (In I001-2I and aa large as o.l,uoo.)i tin 10O4-5). and again as small as 10,000 .000 husnels as late as in the cereal year endrng st Au"st. with wide tarlollon. between these totals. 1 .. In tho three crop years lHt.S-10, I910-1I and 1911-12. the Imports of Kuss an wneal into the United Kingdom reached lik.v--. V bushels out of an aggregate Import of S16.000. r'or the three years, 11.01-.. H'0-o and 11)03-4, the contribution was onlj ' ;'. 400,000 bushels out of an aggregate of .. .104,000. These figures will serve as an i In dication of the increased Importance of Kus sia as a souice of supply. Baltic Exports Small. Russia export, wheat from the Baltic, across Its European frontiers, and from Its Hlack Se.l and Alov ports, but In co'npa-l-son with the total the Haltlc und the fr..n er are unfmpor.ant. and pr.clicajiy y the southern ports figure as real factors In tha export situation. There are. in fact, the natural outlets for the Russian export able surplus from the great "h"' KeZ districts or governments in the Ulack fcts """This wheat belt Is about 1500 miles In lensth and about SKK .miles across at Its greatest width, covering In all some iC.o -000,000 acres. Its cultivation has undoub -edlv improved of lite years, but still leaves very mucn room ""f1"'1"' " actual producing capacity has not yet been nearly realise. ,.. In to a lew yi-MTai rSi m. f crop" represented a ylehi of bus. but ma-, n-t.t" " . " ment return, has been considerably exceed fd of late, except In li.10-11 when nnfavor able conditions curtailed the yle d The yields for four years were as follows, in bushels (000s omitted): 1B12 1H 1010 I909 Winter wheat :43.0O 1K4.400 267.64 200.400 Zvl whett 31S.1'00 025.200 574,800 Total, 721.6SO 612.600 7U2.S04 7S1.200 Tho above are tho returns from 73 gov ernment districts. Productlou outside ot these is trifling ana not otiicia.u ed for. Danube Also Affected. So murh of the Russian exports being from southern porn .u...i.-. .,,. ' r ttlon from the Black Sea is a "; first importance, anu tnus mnunn . ..... n,ritnpl,l I. hOUnd tO the passage oi mo bo a tremendous market Influence. And not only are t-outn ....-...."- - .... r ..L.I n nnrla .tan tlB but those rrora juw.. " following table gives the total of such ex ports for four years, wim 1 000s omitted): 1911-12 1910-11 1009-10 100 3 . i. ... K.i. hits &rr.:: ir tm 3 M iS." n, 'i;i OtrerecountVle; l0 231488 1,48 jj-otala 146.20S 2S4.08g" 211. 2S0 21M76 In the foregoing tne sue ot m. mu for Holland and Belgium is accounted for bv the fact that- Antwerp and Hotterdam have been largely used as trans-shipping points for Germany. . Russian wheats, of the black-soil belt particularly, are unrivaled for strength, end with soil and climate more uniform In char acter than In other Important exporting countries, tlie quanues run - lowing for the distinction between Spring ana wmter ,.',. ''-,' 7rT Spring sna mn ...- - , ... ent years, but on sn average it may be said that the former rai.r.. ... m . -- ---- In volume, and somewhat more than that in the exports. The question of suitable substitutes Is con siderably narrower or v... of the great bulk of the Russian exports. .l... wh.qta .rnwn uhfl-h In -rnere are no uni c - . the opinion ot me . - quite reproduce these. Those which come nearest are tne aniencan Spring wheats, and the Rosafe (Rosarlo Sante Fe) wheats, grown In Argentina, orig inally from Russian seed. Cotton Market. x-itto -vnitlf March 20. Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands, l.05c ; no sales. F.lgin Butter Market. ELGIN. 111., March 20. Butter. 28c. APPLE DEMAND PREDICTED Europe to Be Heavy Buyer This Sea son, Is Report. WENATCHEE. Wash. March 20. (Special.) That European countries will be tn the market during the com ing season for hundreds of carloads of apples was the report brought to Wenatchee yesterday by a Puget Sound visitor who was so informed by a pur chasing agent of the allied armies. He reports that shipments to Europe during the coming Fall will amount to thousands of cars, and Wenatchee will be called upon for a large quota, of this shipment. ... . It is asserted also that in January a representative of a large syndicate made a trip to the United States and visited the Pacific Coast, where several hun dreds of carloads of apples were pur chased and arrangements made for much larger shipments for the Fall months. ..., ..... Ther-Uerav did all his writ ing with one pen. which also served him for writing two novels. Oliver Wendell Holme, used a gold pointeo pen mi . --- during which serjod ho wrgts over la.ooo.oon 17 T Wheat Holders Fear Dcvelop merits Over Sunday. SELLING WEAKENS PRICES Dctliiic Jn Kiorl Truiiaflions AImi Aids Brars His lccrrs In Vis ible Supply Totol 1 Expected Monday Coarse Grain- lose. (HlfAliO. March 20. titvins tint European developments before Monds would be against the hulls hsd a depressjn effect today on the wheat market lurr. 1'rlces. however, cloned steady at a ocl!n. of to c net. Other grains, loo. rho. ed a loss for the day com Ulrc and oal He to Sc. In provisions, the oulcom varied frfm the tanis as last nli'llt to 1l QlOc below. Fading away t. export demand ss separate elemeut that counted on the bear side of the wheat market. No fresh sat" here or elsewhere during the last 24 houis could be confirmed. On the other hand. l.lg decrease expected to he shown In the domestic visible supply totsl on .Mnnfliiv helped to cnute a latr rally as the session neared an end. Cor.i was firm early wtlh wheat, but Ion strength when wheat turned weak. The bulk of the business appeared to oonsl"! "f transactions between floor tradeis. Casli call waned. Covering by shorts lifted oats at the out set, railing off In seaboard demand, how ever, tended later to give the advantage lo friends of lower prices. Selling by psi-kers eased off provisions There wore predictions of enlarged receipt, of hogs next weK as compared with lh corresponding time a year ago. Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open. ..l.7 .. 1.24 High. I.na. t.7S 11-H 1.J44, l.::' COR V. 1 r n. i :..., May July May July .74 5, ,7.1 .71 t .76', :j; .7". OATl. . .Oil, .i;.', MEMS PORK. .ITir. 1745 ll.Ml .ls.U.-. IS. OS 17. H-' U1IU. May July May Juiy May July .111.43 .iu.7: I o. .". io.;: III (.2 10.1,1 SHOUT RlUti. Mav m.or. mo: io.oj July Hi. iii io..u in.::.. in. -i ('nit prices were: Wheal -No 2 red. H.S7 s ; -No. 2 hard. nominal. Cunt No. 2 yellow, nominal: No. 1 yel low. 71V.C tlvf Nominal. Itarlev 75n XI'-. Timothy sl.uOCj . t'lover ft it Kl.i'l. I'limary receipts Wheat. H'll'Oo , ;.;4.- (1110 bushels; com, 4 ti.i.i vs. , l'J. unci lini.i els: oals. tii&.Poo ic .n.cl,l huch.-lic. hlpnients Wheat. c..:..ccin ii, - ' bushclf. corn, Cjlt.ccon . ctan.icoo busheln; its. 71.7.0OCI vs HU'.t'O buphels. . m... Ahi.il r.S Intel hiieli.-1s: i-iiril. :7.00O bushels: oals, 4b.oo0 bnelicls: Hour, 811(10 barrels. Foreign (.rain Market. LONDON. March 2C Ci ' '"' ckae, 1 vvd lower. 1'1I.-C U.rrl! "iV I'lirtt Stld oals unchanged. Wheut op.ned uncliauied. PARIS, March 20. Wheat and flour un changed. Minneapolis .rle Markets. r--. c .o Wheat Mil. 1.47Ti148 asked; J ulv. ' 41 ; No. 1. ham. si."4-: ' l.a:ttt: No. 2. Northern, tl.4. I, ca 1.61N. Harlay. (WW 75c. Flax, 1.1 is B l-W'-t. O'.ber F.atem t.ntia .Markets. KANSAS CITV, M.irch -0. Wheal closed: May, 1.4U;: July. Slum. WINNIPEG, March 2". Wheat clowl: May, SI. Tilt, Mr!; July, l..".:; cts, Ms. 05V4C ask.id; July. 0'. - e. Dri.l'TII. March 20. Wheat closed: Ms. fl.505; July, I1.45VT bid. ST. IlI'lS, March 2d. Wheat closed : May.'fl.on, accketl; July. tl.lhS- Puget Mound ;raui Markets. SF.ATTLE. March 20. Wheat Hlucsctern. S137CA- Jortv-fold. 1.3l: club, 11.31k; Hf'. fl.31; red Russian. II. 2b; bsrtry. -o p" ton. Yesterday s car receiptee n it. barley 2. corn 1, hay 1. flour 8. TACOMA, March-20. Wheat Pluestam. !.41t1.42; forty-fold. $1.40: club. !.: red Fife. tl.M Oar receipts Wheat S, barley 2. corn 1. rye 1, hay 11. (irwin at Kan Francisco. PAN FRANCISCO. March ". Wheat Steadv. Barley, weak. Feed. $ I .US 1.40 Call Roerd Wheat Steady; barley. weaB. December. 1.33 bid, 1.34',, asked; May. J 1 . t 1 "i, asked. OVERBECK & COOKE CO. Brokers, (Stork. Bnd, CottM. bruin, et.ua. tlft-117 BOARD OF TRADE BLDO. UMUbKH CHICAGO BOABI) Otf CrrepAndiU of Brrsa., ChlcAfto mnd hem Vork. MKMBKRS New Voph Stork Kxch..no HoMtoo htock Kichunvfl htcaco liiMtrd ot 1 ritdo w Vork Cotton jLirhMffft rw Orlnuis Cotton Kwluiiit sw Vork l olw tirhMf INew Vork Prwlac kscbjns -11 ctck-sn cat arcwrl i ( A kKV'S reiruLatr and nrrtrfn thefcenrtivcoriililmki -'l .L:k. iLr4 mJ cinit. a I'-cUi or ' l ,, A. .rr. an.l If-r-tl it iitl Us Uttt. V Is a wooderful ifi in ft1'"-. tha chick tturtcd. Kd it to every brood y lOlXTRY WATKI. Will pay bc pr pound for ordinary hn and nnd 1 Pr pound for tra nwvy !" tot ChJk. mild dally. No com- m"i0n THK SAVINAR CO. 207-9 Stark Si. MJirhaU PoHlnnd. Or. TRAVELER ilIIK. COOS BAY LINE Steamer Breakwater Salla from Ala.north Pock, Fartlaaci. 8 A. M. Friday. Krelkt aad "I Ichel Office, Aln.wortli Do-cV. I'hoaee Mala 3UOU. A-XtHVU fltr Itcket OUtre. NO cslh C rfcoaes .Marakall 4.V.O, -l3V.w POHTLAall 4t COOS Al .IK NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA Vim HONOLILU d HI'? FolivtaOi 1jummp fcl'imin VIAiiAKA," aO,0(W tone o jpUcfrnw 1 v.ki KV1, IS CKjO ton dipic-mat B.ll"ng .very'll U Vr!2.X;.'.0,iL,r- 11 L Aeoly Canadian Pacific Ksllwsy bu TortUn.1. Or.. ..r to Cansdlaa As- Mnli2aa Key. I Mail Lias, 4 bejmoat at. taacUTSs, , Ci . . . -- CHANGES Ell