The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 06, 1918, Section One, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Text21 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND.. JANUARY 6, 1918. SEED STOCK WANTED Big Demand for Garnet and American Wonder Potatoes. BURBANK TRADE IS SLOW Slntrmrnt Throughout Country Con tinue Lijht. Doe Chiefly to Sc. irre Wnltfr Conditions. llolnrs btopi la Sections. Stockton. each: Oi:mir, Portland. Gerber and Saa Francisco, 1 each. fhlppsd from California El Paao, S. Shipped. JkB jarf 3. from Or con New Or Icans. S; dklud. Sacramento aad Dennl on. 1 each. Shipped. January from Washing! San Francisco. 1. wtate anav.meot rentlnoes light da tarrv'y to the uuullj sever weather reaction la om of th prise I pa I produc ing Mtwu car imtuin la. ether ad KKHtlM market conditions generally throughout the country. WOOL MTCATIO.V 19 NOT CHANGED Boataa A art lea Leevse Fries at Sam Baaia aa Heretofore. Th. fssture of tb week la lha wool trad. vm lbs auction sxl of Australian wool at Boston. According to tba wire received by local wootmea. Iba bidding waa strong and ft-. best combine sold at $10LO5 In tba grease, with 11.90 about tb cleaa average. Wool traders hers do nat think tha gea era! situation haa been changed la any war br the prices established cm the Australians, ftrurMir ih.tr spinning values. Tbcsa ara U u &o p.r cnl shrinking woo. a A moderate amount af businree la belag dona at lb !era! warehouse and It la un derstood tba prices arc on about tha same i.v.l aa previous sale DEMAND FOB ECGH EQCAU RECEIPTS lUdartloai af terse Mark Aid la ITold ta Market Steady. Tha egg market cloaed steady with 43 ceata, caaa eoent. the fain price. Ita-, ralpt have Increased somewhat la the paat wee, but ara not too heavy for tha demand. The shrinkage la storage stock, aa showa APPLE STOCKS LESS Storage Holdings in Northwest Slightly Under 'Ye'ar Ago. SUPPLY IN SOUTH LARGER I'jrg Surplus lias Bern Sharply Re d need Only About 20,000 Cases Available at Last Ke port FIh Stock Smaller. Loral:? choir Rorbeaka arc betas besght I in aaother column, u suffleleat ta bold th lha present rata of pro wl th country tnark.t area at ductton. Hotter eraa unchanged. Cr.Am.rr offerings limited. , The recent advance la dressed pork Co aid eat be main'-atned. Th beat price obtain able yesterday waa 1 ceata. aad aome Veal eooUaaed 'a wagoa load, track etda at around ft. whrie fancy stock la brio (In from tlJOS) 1 IX. sacked per hundredweight, with a fe irr ale-t stock a little hlfher. There haa boon na Increased demand for aead etock from venous localities, sa that Caret are Iriartl 1 1 .30 and Amertcaa Wondare $1.23 I bora had ta be carried er. . tlU anaenrr $123. aarkrd per hundred-I In rood demand. weight ta waroo leads, track etda. Th local I Poultry cleaned at unchanged prteaa. wholoeal market cemlnuea aulec with practically a chant la price from laat COXSCMPTIOX OF APPLES INCREASES week. Tber la eery tittle demand or move ment aad 'nest of the sales hat be. a la I Blah Ormags aad Banana Fries Tnra 83111 iota. j i Bayer to Local Fruit. Tba weekty review af tBa bareaa of I Tt high price preTalllna In erantea aad markets, leeeied la Portland yeeterday I taaanaa bare Increaeed the conauroptioa of thrcufk C. ft. Runyan. aaaiatant ta market I appJea, aad a food local movement I z- aarvey aaya: I pectad from no- aa ant II th beflonlnf of Th cold ereather haa prmctlcany put a I the rhubarb aeaaon. atop to boeneea la aoma mi th rrodacln I The orana market continue stronf In aectlona darlnf the paat week. At Preaqua I th South. Local, consumers ara taking 'el. Me, th temperature haa raaced from I hoid mora freely of larf alzea Japan 11 derreee ta 4 desreoo below aero for the paat week. Aa a reeutt of tbla kind pf aroatber. ao eaiva wero recorded at tbla point. At Craad Rapids. Mich, a shortage cf cars .has hampered tha movement of rotate, althosrh th demand baa Irn- proved aad tha market stranstheeed. The top price anoted ta thl eoctlea th past week wa tZ 0? for United State No. 1. crade ronnd white, saclred per hundred welcRt. la Wieconala aad apper New Tork mcea remain th huml while n sale have ba reported from Moorebead for the . pa.t week. Aside from locally. Greeley, I'olo, and Idaho Falls. Idaho, are tha only eectioaa where th weather conditions have beea at all favorable for loading-. In these sections the demand continues I!(ht with trlce fenerally nochanved. SI belna the r!:n price at Idaho Falls, while Ilea 1.10 Is bemc paid at Greeley. Carlot potato ablp- saenls compare: PMrM This sea- Laet eea- Inc. -Frvwua sn to eon to Jan. :t. w k. rafomla. 1 lii Iniirtdo . -J..2 Ml 1 Isio I l.M ; :t .v.i I.". 144 oraafea aad tasfortnes are scarce and hard to obtain. A car of Florida frapetrult la due Tuesday. Sweet potato pticea hava bean advanced to cen ta. - Receipts from now on are folnf to be vary Ubu Owiaf to extremely dry weather In California the site en celery are runnlnf smaller than usual. PORTLAND MARKET OCOTATTONS Grain. Feed. Flour. Ftc Merchants' Rxchaag. aoon session: January delivery: Ota P'.d. Tr. aro. No 3 white feed. .Sv.OO fct.ri.r Standard feed M.Atf 89.00 tandarj A brewlnf ......... ol.uv au dra Bid. Oats. No. 3 .'i.oo baripy. feed ......................... 61. 50 artey. brewing ei.UO r.atrm oats and corn In bulk Omia. .No. 2 white 1 Michiran , - M nnrcta :rarara , Nehraaaa . 1 Ild .N T. ?1 th.r N. T.. New J.rsry. 1 rreon ... 4 nnyria. 2 I'Bh .... 3 Vah-tnk. 11 Wi.onain-. 17 there It li ! 71 e, 4i 1 ?i dAte i.'.'IS a T I l.-i2 . lit 3l I'M l.e.vi 3. :.i. 1 1.3' ;! l.77 rtIA l.l.vl T.0-1 .l.6-4- 10.3j Iee. 34 .".O.K0 ot.;.') O4.U0 SS. BO S 0 4.,") Totals ...I.413 1.451 tProhably lncmplet. Xut avaltabl. In New Orleans the demand la reported aa moderate and the market steady. W la- con t: a aad Ore Burbanka Jobbed at 10 while Idaho and Minnesota Round nhite sold at 12.30 03.40 sacked per hundredweight. In Denver, on the other aaad. the demacd waa alow and tha market weak due to the heavy receipts. Greeley district. White Jobbing at from Sl.UVt.7o. but mostly at 41.tQ9t.30: while Western slope. McClnr, sold at S1.S0S1.M sacked rer hundredweight. In the earlot marketa Chicago and MlRneapolta were eteady. white Kansas City was anaettled. In Chicago car ef Round Whites V. it. No. 1 grade anld for t2 3i. which waa the top price for thl variety daring the week. In the same city Idaho Rural and Ruaaetta sold b'th as f 1 IS; while Washington Netted Cams broach t as high as 13.10. sacked par hundrvdw.tgbt. Som of th shipments from the Norths. at were reported as baving been frosted a rout. la Mlnne- a pells S3J3 waa rwcelved for a car af Oars. ,1'1b. clipped ni. No. 3 riloSA. Corn. No. a mixed. i:l dayej t lVtlOats. No. X ...................... S " uata. clipped 3.S I t orn, yeuow la rtrt! I Corn, tratxrd MHaAi nun aaais raniaoa tor no, a grade: Hard white rllueat.tn. Early Bart. l.n. Ua.gulua. Martin Amber, fJ-US. Soil hltePa;ouse bluestem. forcyfold. white Valley, Go.d Colo. V bite Russian. $J.oX White club Little club. Jenklne club, white fcybr.ds. bonora. liOL Red VYalia Red Hu.ataa. red hybrids. Jonas fire. Coppel. tl.KS. No. 3 grade. 3o loss. No. i grade Do tees. Other gradre handled by sample. FLOl R Rattata. lo; v alley, te.oo: whole wheel. J'ino. kraham. I9.4U. MILLFKbD Net mill prices, car lots: Bran.. per ton. shorts. S33 per ton: midd.ina. fu: mixed cars aud lese than carloaUa. SOc more; rolled barley. fd0B&4, rolled oaia 11 CORN Whole. S73: cracked. 7 per ton. HAT Buying prices, f, o. b. Portland: Castorn Oregon timothy. 337 per too; Val ley timothy. l:iO:: alfalfa. SJ3.00: Vai.ey (rain hay. -'4. clover, atraw, fS, Cold storage apple holdings m the Pacific North west on December 15 war 1.5 per cent smaller than a year before, according to tha report Just tasued by the Bureau of Marksta, Th comparative figures follow: December 13. 1917 950.712 boxes December IS. lt ..1.000.311 boxes la tha Southwestern section holdlnga are Stasis boxes, or 44.4 per cent mora than a year ago. For th. entire country, report from 541 storag-es show that their rooma contain 3. U.7 barrels and S.0J9. 10& ooxea of apples. The 4J0 atoragea that reported for Decem ber 15 of thta year and last show a present stock of 1401.410 barrels and S.77S.BS9 boxes, as compared with 3.317.830 barrels and .- 193.2ft boxes last year, a decrease of 4.6 per cent In the aareled apples and an 'in crease of ls.2 per cent In the boxed applet which la the equivalent of a total Increase of 77.81 barrels or 2.3 per cent. For the purpose cf . this comparison. It Is consid ered that three boxes are equivalent to one barrel. The SO storagea that reported for both December J and December 13 showed a decrease of ll.S per cent In the barreled applea and an Increase of 4.3 per cent In the boxed apples, or a total decrease of 0.4 per cent In the December 1 appl holdings, while th 8 atoragea reporting tbelr holdlnrs for b") December 1 and December 15 laet year iTwed a decree of 9.2 per cent In the barreled appla holdings and a decrease of L2 per cent In tha boxed appla hoidincs, or a total decrease of 7 per cent In the December 1 holdings. Aa a few storages have not responded, thla report doea not Include all holdings. Cold atorage holdlnrs of egga In the Northwest on December ia were 25.4 per cent lighter than oa the same date In 1916. Th stock on December 15, 1917, was 24.- cases and op December 15, 1916, 27.451 Total egg holdings In the United Htatea on th data of th laat report were l.S per cent greater than a year before. Blocks of frosea aad cored flan In stor age In the Western states are reported In pounds as. follows: Dee. 13, istt doc. in. 110 TTatlbut i.... Fall salmon Mild cured salmon. Silver salmon ..... Othr salmon .... Smelt, etc . 4.274. 8B6 . 959.4U5 .2.452.9KS . 7-J.Mt . 873.7112 . 856,697 4.879.174 2. 03. 1 .'.9 3.l"').77l 907. 79 1,240. 742 79.676 3.0v I 1.5 V. Dairy aad Coon try Produce. BUTTER Cubes, extras. 49c: prims firsts, 49c Jobbing prices: Prints, extras. 33e&3c; cartons, lo sxtra; butterfac. No. 1. 060 37c delivered. Ltios oregon reach, current receipts. 45c: readied. 46947c; eelect. 50c per doxea. Cli Joooers' buying prices, f. e. a. dock. Portland: Tillamook trip, eta. 23c: Touag Amertcaa, 34o per pouad: longhorna, 24c. Coos and Curry, f. o. b. Myrtle Point: Triplets. !)C; foung America. 3Jto per pound. ' POULTRY liens. 33 S 34c: Fprtngs. 33 esc: ducks. 2" z 2oc; geee. 15(rl7c: tur Mil. live. 2..027Sc: drsaed. choice. 35c YFAL Fnncy. IiSolsc per pound. PORK Fancy. 19019tte per pound. SMALL TRADE AT CLOSE ALL 1XXES ARE STEADY AT NORTH PORTLAND. Frella mad rgetablrs. Xcal Jobbing quotations THlirr,-il Fk I I Ti Or. n ... tVaahlngton Netted Gems, this being the I J3.3 u 6.JO; lemons, S7S per box: bananas. top price during the week, la Kaasaa City I 0c pr pound; graperrult. S3tj6..5. tne demand and movement waa slow with I V UL.ABLha Tomato. a 2t2.5 per vM. . , .....I..... . I crass, caou.as- jew-ic 4vr pouna: lei - -" ' ,.yw ii .j . r dozen: Perpera lc Der Bound rvacnea i..'J. sacs .a per nunared weight. I cauliflower. 23irxo per crate; sprouts. -Shipmsnt thla week are practically the I loulle per pound: artichokes. S5cyl.lo iKmm t. w k. , I T pouoo : iiriic, i w o o per pound : K. r, ,K. V r-l..l 1 . 1 1. 41 ' - , i per crate. la atupmenta tha past week, with a total of I ACn. VEOETARLFS Carrota. 11.29 per cars, aa Increase over last week ef 94 sack; beets. I l.M) a !'; turnip. 81.50; pars- cars or 67 per cent. Alain, while second nipa. H WD1.A with 231 cars, ahowa a decrease of 121 car or 14 per cent aa compared with last fcMALL DT-M-iND FOR COARSE GRAINS Oat Bids Ajw racasuaged aad Barley Is 5 teels Lower. Th coaree graia market waa da!1 yester day locally aad at country potota. At the Exchange. .Northwestern oat bids were aachaaged at 159. but Eastern oat averaged asoul 50 ceata higher. Offers for feed aad brtwing barley were reduced 50 cents. Yellow corn, was unchanged to 73 cents low er oa b:J thtfh Friday. Terminal receipts. In can. wer reported ay the Merchants Exchange as follows: Portland. Saturday. ...... 7 1 i Tar ago 2o 3 3 21 Total this week.... 14 1 3 23 1 6 51 liar ago 110 10 24 f'J 1J1 t-lWD to date 3.-l 175 55 773 1171 lear mt- Jul 1.U 1J 1413 154 Ta'oma. Frtdsy.... s 1 ... Var ago 4' . Season to date. ... .IT'I 6 ... 175 1130 War aco 4i- 107 ... 1a teat' e. Friday... 3 V'tr ap 1 4 1 11 t-...n to date J;72 16 97 2114 learago 3.VV5 347 9i 934 244 ItOCR AND rtEJJ MARGIN'S WATCHED leoel AdmlnJstralloei Will Inerstlgat Prices Above Car-Lot scbedalei. The following bulletin haa been lamed by T. B- Wilcox, chairman of the North Pacific, milling division ef the United State Food Administration: -We are requested to compile Information g.vtag the customary margin above earlot prcea for Tour aad feed sold at th mill Boor la case the mills have retailed or JobtWd la 'his way. That la. we are desirous mt kxewtag ta amount that the in 11 Is usual, tr cHarr for small lota ef floor sold at thslr er.l'.l Kindly advtae this offlc by th earlieet null, giving us yur past experience It 'a respect. Please make your reply the -itSct of a special letter, giving as th carload price at your mill, the customary aarice for leas tfiaa carloads and the price ef "we ar two. sacks retailed at th mill. ia t Aurtng your price pleas give us the fig. aies aa tne beats of flour bulk at the BUU. Destine-least, ef Potato Shipment. Lateet -petars shipments from th Coast are reported, by the Bureau of Market as lilloea: - Sblppsd from Washington eksttle. S: Portland. Denver. Reading aad Caigary, 1 acb. Shipped froea California Rail: Lo Aa esss. 4: F irt. WortX . Red Bluff, t: Ban J sa Sa Fraactsco, Dayton. Tucson. 1 each Beat: 31 various. Snipped - (rem Oregon Lo A age law aad rulAInts ortim. 11.2561-50 per hun dred, lakima. SLiUtaL5, sweet potato.. 5c per pouod. ON ION t -Oregon. Buying pile, IL73 per hunureo. l.ktX FRUlTit Apples. SI 0335: p. ara. ll: grapea 8Sc per pound; cranberries. Eastern, fl per barreL Staple GrBcerlea. Local Jobbing quotatloaa: sl'iiAR Mack bast: Fruit aad berrr. fi.10: beet. - 10; extra C, 7 70; powdered, in barreis. Sia.e'l. cubes, la barrels. 59.a5. 6Ai.MON COiUmbla River, 1-pouod talla 13.2s per dosen; one-half f.ats, i; 1-pouad Lata. 3.50. N IT a walnuts. 71c: Braxn nuts. Isa2ie: fllbsrts. 22tti.c; almonds. 19voc: peanuts. loo lie: cocoanuta 41.10 per dosen; pecan. 17S19c: chestnut, 2oc. UtANs California Jobbing price: Smalt. MSc. bayou. 11c; p.na. lOStC; Oregon, bean, buyinf prices: White. 8i9c; cotored, ia Cor'FKr Roasted. In drums, 1725c SALT tjranulated. $10.75 per tua: half, ground, lovs. Hi per loo; 50s. $16 per loo. dairy. $la.75 per ion. RICE Southern head. 9C9SC per pound; blue roae. sc. Japaneae style. 7se7c DRIED FKLlTs App.ea. 13c. peaches. llil-'c: prunes. Italian. llei13e; raiarna. $5c0$J per box: dates, fard. t.50a p.r box. curraats, 19c; figs. $.'0.30 per box. Provisions. HAMS All t ie, choice. 33e; standard. 32c: sklBOea. g.tvc; picnics, uc; cot tags roi.s. 2c UARD Tierce basts, standard, pur. 28c compound. 24Sc DiCuN Fancy. 46tJ4lc; Standard. 41 0 43c: choice, we'ic DRY SALT abort clear back. 50 O 34o; export. alfc4c; plates. 262c , Hide and Felta. T7TOES Salted hide. 23 lb and up. l.v- salted stags, 30 lb, axid up, 12c; aaltcd and green kip. 15 to 24 lb.. 15c; Bailed and green ceif. 10 to 13 Iba. 21c; green hides. 3 iba and up. i-c green aiaga. 00 I Da. and ua. 10c: dry flint hides, 26c; dry flint ca.f. up to 7 lbs., -.-r; dry salt bides. 31c: dry horse hides. $"-ii0150. sailed horse hides. PELTS Dry long wool pelts. 3Sc; dry short wool pelts, 20c; elted pelts. January taaeoff. iJooASO Six Load of Eastern Sbeep Pass Through El Itoute to Sound. Cattle Receipt Llsht. The livestock market waa very quiet at the.Jclose of the week, with no Indications of price changes In any department. Among the receipt were six cars of Nebraska ebep, which are going through to th bound. The tone of at he bog market was reported as steady to firm at the slightly better prices that were established in the latter part of th week, flood cattlo wer firm. The only sales during the day were two. 175 pound hogs at 14 cent and three 990-pound cows at cents. Receipts were 73 cattle, 1 calf, 953 hogs and 1877 sheep. Shippers were: with --hogs M. Smeed. Rwan laland. 109 head by boat: M. M. Hoctor, Goldendale. 1 toad: E. Hubbard. Dollner. Idaho. 1 load; Roilan A Hon. gunnystfle. Wash.. 1 load. With sheep Union Meat Company, Lyle. 3 loads; Coffla Brothers, Crawford, Neb.. 6 losds. With mixed loads M. M. Hoctor, Golden- dale. 1 load cattle, calve and hogs; Robert McCrow, 3 load cattl and bogs; Fry A Co.. Urangevllle, Idaho, 1 load cattle and hogs: C. K. Lucke. Canby, 1 load cati.a. bogs and sheep, wuotatlons at the yards follow: Cattle Price. Medium to choice steers. ...... .$ 9.7.W 10.50 Good to medium steers 8.7-'. 9.65 Common to good steer 7. 2.',i S 40 Choice cows and heifer 7.or 7" Com. to good cows and heifers.. 5.7.11 Tanner ........a.. nuiis J Calve Storkers aad feeder .......... Hogs Prime light 1'rtm heavy Pica tiheep Western lamb Valley lambs Yesrlings Wethers Ewes froxen solid snd the xero weather we have had her in New York resulted in th freex- itig of all locally slaughtered meat while It ia oeing aeiiverea auuuL wn. riu " ter pipes and gas meters have made It hard to serve rneata in many parts of the city. Thin, of course, hurts all retatl trade and result In an accumulation of storage In wholesale coolers. Philadelphia Extremely cold weather has eauned considerable trouble this seen, i-ars have been delayed longer, one car being on the road for 22 days, had to be retn apected befoi selling. All houses r short of labor and this, together with the cold westher. has resulted In their being unable lo make deliveries. The consequence la that all storage rails are loaded. m Tl'aahlnston The cold and snowy weather, a holiday and fairly liberal receipts of meat sauced another very slow and drsggy week with th exception of pork, which is in 1 Utile betaer demand. Market Closing. Boston On account of the frozen eondl Hon of beef arriving very little effort Is being mad to cleaa up. Several lots 01 mdlum grade steers and some cow hav gone to th freezer. A few delayed carp 01 lamb will be carried over. All vUible up plles of pork ar cleaned up with aeveral late cars not reported In. Veal I moving "very slowly with a neavy carry-over. New Tork Aslds from the extremely cold weather and the difficulty In gett'ng the cars placed the situation today ia little dif ferent from that of a week ago. On ac count of the unsettled, cetiditlon no one la making any great effort to clean up and 11 looks aa if moat house wo Id hav som carry-over of all kinds of meat. Ther seems to be no danicer of either a shortage or an over supply that would affect thla market to any appreciable extent. Philadelphia Tb market i ejoslnf tn an unsettled condition. Supply of beef will not be cleaned op. some house not trylrfg because of Impossibility to make deliveries. Forequarter have been draggy. It I, gen. erally believed that du to shortage of coal th public Is not buying roast and stew so readily. Between 1000 and 1500 lamb are being froxen and beside a large num h.r m rm hulni carried over In coolers. About 500 mutton are being froxen and there Is also a carry-over In some cooler Veal and pork are practically all cleaned up. About 20 to 23 cars due on thla week's market have not arrived. Washington Several car on tha track will be held over for next week'a business. Storage rails are full. Beef. Iamb and west ern dressed veal will not clean up. Pork, mutton and local dressed veal are practi cally all Bold. Omaha Livestock Market, OMAHA; Jan. 3. Hogs Receipts. T700; market, 5c to 10c lower. Heavy, $16-10W 18.45; mixed, $16 206' 16.35; light. $16.00ij, 16.40: pigs, $10. 00 (,16.00; bulk of sales, Iia.20ai6.i5. Cattle Receipts. 800; market iteady. Na tive steers. .9.00413.00; cows snd heifers, $7,00111.50; Western steers, $8.00611.75; Tune steers. 37.00 10.00: cow and heifers. 6.5019.25: csnners. 5 506.50: stockers and feeder, $6.50i11.00; calves. $9.00 13.00: bulls, stags, etc $6.50S10.50. gherp Receipts. 300; msrket steady, rearllngs. $11. 50r 13.75; wethers. $U.00 12.75; ewes, $10.00 011.65; lambs, $15,750 16.75. STOCKS SELL LOIR Reaction Wipes Out Mid-WeeK Gains in Wall Street. LOSSES OF 2 TO 7 POINJS Peace Rumors Help Along Down ward Movement, Which. Spreads to Every Part of List Rail way Bonds Under Pressure, NEW YORK. Jan. 3. Reactions of 2 to 4 points ia favorite stock and S to points In special Issues during today's brief but verv active aeaslon wined out much. If not all. of th mid-week's, gain and left tn general list otu dot iiuai quota tions of last year. Tha senilis resulted m targe pin imm peace rumors. These gained tore trom Turkey' reported overture to Russia and the highly significant speech of the Brit ish Premier, of which Wall street had only sn Inkling before the market closed. Losses in steels ranged from 2 to 6 points. In -coppers 1ft to 2W. equipments 2 to 3, with 7 for Pullman, in ahipping an average of 2 points, and aa much for motors and accessories and 2 to S in oils and tobaccos. Pacifies, grangers, coaler and Eastern rails flrured more or lass equally In the heaviness of transportations. .Leaders made little recovers, the market closing near low est levela. Sale amounted to 440.000 shares. Aside from an actual decrease of $ox.- 000.000 In reserves, the weekly bank s la la ment disclosed no marked changes In local monetary 'condition.- . Bonds were under pressure, especially minor rail. Liberty 4s changed hands at ;.tj.l2 to 96.80 and the 3tts at'tyS.SO to $Uo.78. Total sales, bonds, par value, ag gregated $2,175,000. United State bonds (old issues) were unchanged on, call during the week. CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. , ' Closing Sales. High. Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Jan. 5. Receipts. 20,000; mtr- ket unsettled. Bo under yesteraav-s average. bulk of sales, $16.1 1B...0. i.lgnt, sia.oo'gi l.3.-;, mixed, $15..Va 16 50: heavy, $13.85 'ol 16. -.r,: rouKh, $15.80 16.05; pigs, $12.00'u 15 2fi. Cattle Receipts. 4000; markei weak. Na ,iv. .t.r 17 AO A 13.50: stockers and feed era. $6.6010.40: cows and heifers, $5.d03Ji 11.40: calves. $S.50W m.ou. Kh..n RrcelDt. SOOO: - market steady. Wethers, $9.30 13.20: lambs. $13.2517.10. Balances. $ 426.5.11 1,431. .VM 65.S05 562.564 8.001 5.50 4.50 7.0 7.00 1 10 00 6.00 S.00 15.5011 60 15.60 15.il 13.50 if 14.5 13.00'1S.S0 12 Mt 1 t.lKi 12.00 f 12.50 11.75ft 12 2 8.00 V 10.00 Bank Clearings. Bank clearings of the Northwestern eltle yesterday were as follows: Clearings. Portland $2,624,716 Seattle ,n3.l7 Tacoma 3o4.if52 Snokane 1.3.1.317 R,nk i .ar nr. Af r'ortiana. c-eaitie anu Tacoma for the past week and corresponding week in former years were: Portland. Seattle. Tacoma. 1ie S16.MS1.459 S23.7S8.S47 $3.513,4 11.17 11.812.794 15.745.2.15 Z.H.5..15 11.S75.012 13.5-Si.676 2.0. 1. 66 1IH5 11.075.SSS 12.2.".7.377 2.4S6.023 11114 11.3U"J2a I2.::0.4.'.9 2,275,456 1!IU 13.215.204 12.201. 1!2 3.521.318 1M12 10.5'.'3.72O 10.M-1.21O 4.210.2O0 1HU 11,56.5:U 11.2i:i.33 4,31'J.322 11110 10,463.879 12.3K3.940 4.8j2.80l It.OII 7.001,017 9.250.6HS 4.556,850 1S...S 5,418,9110 7.38.647 S.7S2.5..7 1H07 6.513.74 8.&MS.2SS 4.611.2M 1906 4.9K1.32A 7.914.077 3.743.524 Itfoi 4.079.3O1 4.907.bl 3,043.333 DESTINATIONS Of STOCK LOADKD Shipment Ra Root to Leading IJvestock star acta of Country. Destination of livestock loaded ' January 4. (Carloads reported west of Allegheny Moun tains; double aecKs counted as two cars. Reported by Lha .bureau of atarketa. North Portland. Bap. Wool,. Etc BOPS 1217 crop. lbO-iTe per pound; 191s crop, aotxuaei. WOOL, s-astam vnioa, ovtyouc Per pound: Valley. 30 55c per pouad; Valley Umo.JSeSoc MOHAIR Long atspt. fall year, S0e: f months. 403Oe; curry. S5y40c CASCARA BARIC New and old. St 09 per pounl. ' TalXOV No. L lc per peandi No. j. 13 per pound. Oils. GASOLINE Bu.a. S0e: eases. 29c. aspthv drama, 19c; cases. 2Sc: aaains dostliiat. druma 1 0 c : ess. 10c L1N6EED OIL, Raw. barrels. $LS4: cases. $144. bol.d. barrs:. $1.36. caaa. $1.46. Illu'i.iiK aa laaas. c, ia casta. Ties Aostln. Minn. ftaltlmore. aid. ... Boston. Mans. .... Buffalo. N. Y Cedar Rapids. Ia Chicago. Ill Cincinnati. 0.... Cleveland, o...... Cudahy, Wis. Ienver, Colo Detroit. Mich Kaet St. Iouls. 11L Fort Worth. Tex.. Indianapolis, lad.. Jersey City. N. J. Ksnsss city. ato.. ncaster. IX . .. Los Angeles. CaX. Loulaviile. Ky. .... Mason City, Ia.... Milwaukee. Wis... Nebraska City . . . New Haven. Conn. New York. N. Y... Ogden, Utah ..... Oklahoma City.... Omaha. Neb Ottumwa, XtL Hltteburg. Pa. Portland. Or Richmond. Vi.,.H St. Joseph. Ma... .t PauL Minn.... San Francisco, Cai. Seattle. Wash Sioux City. Ia. ... Sioux Falls, S. D.. Spokane Wash.... Tacoma, W'ash..... Wienlla. Kan Worcester, Mass... arlous . Totals 1134 7n week sgo 943 Four weeks ago...l&ln Cattle. Horses. Mvd Calves Horn Sh'p Mule t'k ... 36 ... ... ... ""i 6 '." 73 16 4 2 14 19 ... 1 ... 185 203 26 11 15 7 17 1 17 1 ... 7 S 53 ... ... ... 17 2 ... 1 ... 6 g... 24 10 12 23 6 26 10 2 4 3 10 53 ... 1 12 41 8 137 87 7 14 1 .... S 1 "i ;n "s 'si io "is . is !" "i 88 116 27 1 17 7 26 1 27 25 ... ..." 19 S 5 5 5 6 ... 1 1 17 45 2 ... 10 87 91 1 61 26 $ ... ... ... 3 1 87 109 ... 3 3 2 6 "i '"i "'. "i 9 4 .. . 3 2 241 137 67 9$ 10 Stste origins of livestock loaded Janu ary : Cattle. Horse.Mxd Calvea Hogs Sh'p Mules St k For Portland- Idaho Oregon W. 1 3 ... Washington 4 2 ... Totals Portland.. 5 , , 6 ... One week ago.... ... - 5 ... Four weeks ago... 13 3 ... For Seattle Oregon ........... S 1 ... Totals Seattle... S 1 ... One week ago 14 S 12 Four weeks ago. . . 2 F astern Meat Trad Conditions. Weekly report of meat trade conditions for week ending January 4, general market conditions: Boston Th extreme cold weather during the past 10 days ha had a depresalng ef fect on tba market. All cars of dressed meat ara coming in a froxen condition and vea after being unloaded it ia hard to get the care a aa as sufficiently thawed out to cut up. New xorx me extreme eoia weather aad freight delay have caused much talk and Inconvenience Practically all the meat re ceived her (or a wee a r u aaj a has bsea 8 agar Will Advance tn Refineries. Th food) administration has authorized all sugar refiners to advance their pricea 10 cents a hundred on January 7. The new basis at all seafioard refinery centers will be $7.45. The advance will not take effect in the Portland market for some time, as the local Jobbers are Just catching up with the previous 10-cent advance. The sugar they have' on hand musL be sold on Lho basis of its cost price SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE MARKET Price Current on Eggs, Vegetables, Fresh Fruit, Etc. at Bay City. . SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. Butter Extras, solid packed cubes, 51 o 53c; prime firsts, &0r51c; one-pound square, a-rapped, 53Hc; one-pound square cartons. 5556c; two-pound square, wrapped, 54c; two-pound ' square cartons, 54i55Hc; prime firsts, two-pound squares, wrapped. 51c; one-pound aquare, wrapped, 51c Kggn Fresh extra. 62c; fresh extra pul lets, 55c Cheese New firsts not quoted. Young Americas, California. 27 hie Poultry Hens, 25926c; roosters, 16917c; fryers. 27r29c: broilers, 30&35c; squab. $2.503.50; pigeons. $1.50 1.75; geese, 18 la 20c; turkeys, hens, 32y34c Vegetable Squash, cream, $191.15; rhu bard, SI;- eggplant, 7fjc; peppers, bell. Stj'lOc; chile, 4 6 5c; peas, 6 47 8c; tomatoes, 1.25L50; lettuce. $1.25 to 1.50; celery. S2.25Q2-75: potatoes, Salinas, $2.50&2.75; sweet, $3.75, onions, Australian brown, $2.25; garlic, 8S'4c; cucumbers, $2 ft 2.25; beans, string, 12 s & 15c; . lima, lOUlc; tumpklna, $1; carrots, $1; beets, $150; tur nips. 73cti$1.25: rhunarb, $L50tj2. Fruit Grapes, Cornlcbon, $1.2591.50; pears. Winter Nellls, $191.50; casaoaa, T5e aj 1.50; strawberries, 6e'9c; lemons, $6ty j 6 50; persimmons. 75cty$1.75; grapefruit. (2.7503: oranges, navels. $4.50id.2O: tan serines, $1.50r3.25; bananas, Hawaiian St loc: pineapples Hawaiian 0417c: ap pies. Bellefleur, $1&1.25; Newtown Pippins, 5ocf$1.10; olives, 9J12c; pomegranates. 41. 50 U 2. Hay Wheat and wheat and oat. $26028 tame oat. (26iT2i.oO; barley, $2426; taifa, $24027; barley straw, 60090c bale. Millfeed Cracked corn ana feed corn meal. $86i87; alfalfa meal, carload. $32 cocoanul meal. $44.50. Flour $10.SO per. barreu Receipts Flour, 7263 quarters; barley. 14.760 centals; beans, 1173 sacks; potatoes, 6'.)6o sacks; hay, 210 tons; hides, 1070; Wine, 17,450 gallon. Coffee Fa to res Continue to Advance NEW YORJC Jan. 0. There was fur ther advance In the market for coffee fu tures today. Prices opened unchanged to 3 points lower under scattered realizing, but comparatively small oiienng were readily absorbed by brokers with Wall street and foreign connection, and May soon sold up to 8.70c, while September touched 9.02c or about 12 to 14 points net .llgher. Con tinued discussion of peace prospects, th uncertainties of importation and the firm ton of the spot - market were factor in the advance. Reactions roilowed under real I ring, with the close showing a net gain of 2 to 6 points. January. S.25c; March, 8.45c; May. a bic: juiy, o. l ie; September, 8.H3c: October, 9.03c: December, 9.13c: Snot colfee. firm , Klo .a, btc: Santos 4s. 10iac. -No fresh orders were reported in the cost and freight market. The official cables snowed- no change In the Rio market. Santo spots were 50 ret nd futures 25 to 100- rels hlK.ier. Rio cleared 17,000 bags and Santos 29.000 bags for New York. ; .Brazilian port receipt, 53.000. Am Beet Sugar.. Am Can .. Am Car A Fdry. . Am Locomotive. Am Sm A Refg.. Am Sugar Refg.. Am Tel A Tel... Am Z L A S. .... Anaconda Cop . .. Atchison AG&WISSL. Bait A Ohio..... B ec S Copper. . .. Cai Petroleum. .. Canadian Pacif .. Central Leather. Clles at Ohio Chi Mil A St,P. .. Chi A N W C R I A P ctfs. .. Chino Copper. . . Colo Fu & Iron.. Corn Prod Refg.. Crucible Steel. .. Cuba Cane Sug.. Dist Securltiea. . Erie General Elect. . . General Motors.. Gt North pfd. . . . Gt Nor Ore ctfs.. Illinois Central., inspiration Cop.. int M M pfd Int Nickel Int Paper K C Southern... Kennecott Cop. Louis A Nash. . . Maxwell Motors. Mexican Petrol.. Miami Copper. . . Missouri Pacific. Montana Power. Nevada Copper.. New York Cent.. N Y N H A H Norfolk A West. Northern Pacif. Pacific Mail. ... Pennsylvania... . Pittsburg Coal. . Ray Consol Cop.. Reading Rep Ir & Steel. .. Shatt Ariz Cop. . Southern Pacific Southern Ry. ... Studebaker Cor.. Texas Company. Union Pacific a S Ind Alcohol. 500 . 5,000 3,800 2,300 3.4U0 "lsoo 300 10.500 1.00Q 1,000 2.800 700 800 74 39 it 71 661 . 78 ioivi lVi 62 t6tt W 64 lVs 13 70a- 136 8.200 ti'ii. 3.400 1,700 . ," V',000 ""eoo 3,900 10.800 3.7O0 1.2O0 3.5O0 1,700 5,300 1.000 1,000 V.900 18,800 1,600 UOO 44 "si 86 li 32, . 55 1 30 3414 161, 132 Vi 11514 90 26 47it 85 4 27 1,700 32 400 4,200 800 LS00 200 300 4,400 1.000 1.100 1,300 26 SI 30 23 71 1SH 71 31 10 86 Low. 70 V 37ft ' 69 - Bo. 76ft 100 14 ft 60 ft 85 ft 97 &3ft 18 13 . 135 63 . 52 45 ft "19 "S5 ft 30 52 ft 29 ft 83 16 131 112 89 ft 26ft 'is 83 27 .2: "si '."26" : 79 "29 ? 22 69 ft 18ft 70 ft SOft 103 ft 84 2.600 45 45 4,600 23 30,200 75 9,300 400 4,200 2,700 7,900 2.500 11.500 4.400 U S Steel. .'. elo pfd , Htah Copper. . . Wabash pfd B. Western Union. Westing Sleet. . .16S.000 1.S00 5,700 800 17 84 ft 23 50 142 115 116 ft 94 109 80 4,500 41ft 22 73ft 76 16 83 23 48ft 137 ft 113 114 92 108 79 ft 21 39 Total sales for the day, 540,000 shares. bid. 70 ft 37 69 55 ft 76ft 97 101 14 60 85 97 53ft . 18ft 12 ft 135 63 53 "45 94 19 42 35 81ft 62ft 29 S3 ft 16 130 113ft 89 26 94 45 ft 83 : 28 , ;26ft i 3k 112 . 28 79' 29 22ft 67 ft . 18ft 70 ft 30 103 84 22 ft 45 44 22 73 76 ft 16 83 23 4S 137 114 ft 114 ft 2ft lOSft 79 21ft 87 B9 . Ask for January List Municipal Bonds , To yield 5 to 6 " , Exempt from all Income Tax Lumbermens Trust Company Fifth Stark and the announcement of Governmental control of the country's transportation sys tems, noteworthy and unprecedeuted fea- turea. ' The record of 1917, In fact, is main ly on of adjustments to new and extra ordinary conditions, and the element of taxation and the vast monetary requiro- menta of the period were reflected In pronounced decline In quotationa of all classes of securities. Further substantial reduction in the country's business mortality ia indicated by preliminary statistics of commercial fall urea during 1917, tha number of defaulta In the past year, as reported to rl. l. Dun A Co., being estimated kt 13,847. against 16.993 In 1916. while liabilities of $180,750.. 038 compared with - $196,212,256 in tha earlier period. Without exception, each quarter of 191T disclosed fewer Insolvencies than tn mis, and only in tn mira quarter was tn indebtedness larger than in the previous year. The following statisucai recora is given: Bank clearing 1917 $S02.00,000.000 1916 ' 858,675,000,000 'Railroad earnings 1917 1916 Grain crop (value) 1917 1916 Merchandise. Exp., 11 mo. 1917 1916 Merchandise, Imp. 11 mo. 1917 1916 Excess Exp. 11 mo. 1917 1918 Net Gold Imp., mo. . 1917 1916 Commercial Default 1917 1919 Bond Sale (par value) 1917 1916 3.350,700,000 2,991,500,000 6,788.000,000 4.190.000,000 5.637,000.000 4.939,000,000 2.725,000,000 2.187,000,000 2.912,000,000 2.772,000,000 168,000,000 899.600,000 180.750,000 196,200.000 1.024,900,000 1,126.400,000 COR E Traders Believe Crop . Move ment About to Increase. TONE AT CLOSE UNSETTLED Substantial Betterment of Railroad Traffic Conditions Is Reported In Middle West Embargo Ru mors' Check Oats Advance. - Bid. Bonds. V S ref 2s res. '96ft M P 4s U S ref 2s cou. 98ft!v P 3s U 8 8s reg.... 9 PacT&T5s... U S Ss cou.... 99 Pen con 4s... U S 4s reg 104 U P ref 4s U S 4s oou....104 U S Steel 5s... Atch gen 4s... 83 IS P cv Ss D & R O ref 5s 49,Anglo Fnch 6s.. N Y Cen deb 6s 93ftiU S Lib 3s.. Bid. TOirerea. Boston Mining Stock. BOSTON. Jan. 6. Closing quotations: 84 60 81 99 88 99 88 88 ft 98.78 a.llouex Arlx Com Cai A Hec Centennial .... Cop Rue C. Co. K iu cop iino Franklin 3ranby Cons... Lake Cop ..w. uohawk 50 North Butte.... 14 11 pid Bom 43 445 Osceola 59 13 2ulncy 70 45t5hannon ...... .5 . yi puiicrivr ....... 4ft Sup A Boston.. 3 75 Ijtah Cons 11 6 Winona 1 62tVolverine 34 Stock Sale (shares) 1917 . 1916 Pig Iron Output (tons) 1917 1916 Unfilled Steel Tonnage 1917 1916 , Operating revenue 10 months, t Estimated, 186,800,000 238,300,000 t3S, 650.000 39,435,000 8,897.100 11,068,600 STJEFLCS IN FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS Six Institution Have Aggregate on Hand of $1,134,000. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Aggregate sur plus of $1,134,000 held by Federal reserve banks at Boston, New York. Chicago, Atlanta, Richmond and Minneapolis, was shown for the first time tonight in the Federal reserve board weekly summary. similar amount has been paid into the Treasury representing the other half excess profits. The bank's condition at the close of business last night was as fol lows: Resources Gold coin and certificate in vaults . .- $ 480,072,000 Gold settlement fund F. R. Board '. Gold with foreign agencies . . . . 338,687,000 52,500.000 Total gofd held In banks $ 871,259,000 Gold with F. R. agents 71'7,1'.u,oipu Gold redemption fund 19,270,000 Total gold reserves $1,687,720,000 Legal tender notes, silver, etc.. 45,310,000 Total reserves $1,733,030,000 Bills discounted for members and i R. banks bjo.bi.i.owo Bills bought in open market... 271,338,000 Total bills on hand ...$ 897,151.000 TTnitoH RtntAfi livprnmdllt lonar- term securlt es oi.ltw,uuu United States Government short- term securities w-,v.3,uvu All other earning assets 0,101.000 Total earning assets $1,045,543,000 Due from other F. R. banks net 45,244.000 Uncollected items 302,007, OoO T" ..1. 1 HttHnctlon fmm frrORS H.noslts 347.251,000 Five per cent redemption fund against r. rl. baax notes.... uoA'' All other resources ooi.uoo Total resources.. ..... Liabilities Capital paid In.. ....... Surplus Government deposits... Due. to. members... account Collection items... ..$3,126,898,000 . .S 70.825.000 1.134,000 . . 131,000,000 1.449,230.000 192,649,000 Other deposits including foreign government Creoles 20,594.000 Total gross deposits $1,793,479,000 Federal Reserve notes In ct,.l circulation 1.251,205.000 Federal Reserve Bank notes In -.Ir-colstlon net liability 8,000.000 ill orhor liabilities 2,205.000 Change In Trading Bole Considered. CHICAGO. Jan. S.-Presldent Griffin. holding that the roles- governing trading In corn are anomalous, today called a spe clal meeting of the directors of the Chicago Board of Trade. Tner is a maximum price of $1.23 fixed by tha Board for corn fu tures. As ordinary graaes ot spot corn are selling about 40 cents higher than that, trading in futures ,htts been almost elimi nated. President Griffin announced that he would suggest a plan better fitted to present condition Farmers, he said, are rbltterl opposed to present practices. , '" ',N"avJ Store. SAVANNAH. G Jkn. 5. Turpentine firm. 43c: sales, 182 barrels; receipts, 10 barrels; shipments, 109 barrels; stock. 26.- 900 bsrrela . Roain firm: sales, 1086 barrels: receipts. 793 barrels: snipments, hjo osrrelsft stock. S7 282 barrels- Quote: B. D. E. r . O. H. I. $610: K. $8.80; at. $7; N. $7.2037X5; WG, $7.40 7.45; WW, $7.50S)7.65. Dnluth Unseed Market. DCX.UTH. Jan. 3. Linseed. $3-52t4 0 8 64ft: January. $3 32ft; May. $3 45 ft bid; July, $3.37 hid; October, $3.30, nominal. Money, Exchange, Etc NEW YORK, Jan. 5. Mercantile paper, .Hi 4i5 ner cent. Sterling 60-day bllla, $4.71; commercial 60-day bill on banks. $4.71; commercial 60-day bills. $4. 70ft; demand, $4.75; ca bles. $4.76 416. Franca, demand 5.73ft. ca bles 5.71ft; guilders, demand 43, cables 43ft lirce, demand 8.43, cable 8.41; rubles, de mand 12. cables 13. Bar silver. 90ftc Mexican dollars. 73c Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, heavy. IsONDON'. Jan. B. Bar silver, 45d per ounce. Diecount rate. Short- bills, 3 31-32 per cent cent. . ' three months' bills, 4 1-32 per BUSINESS ON WAR BASIS PAST YEAR OJTE OF ADJXTSXJTENT TO NEW CONDITION'S. Notable Economic Achievements of 1016 In Slauy Way Excelled! Rec ord Foreign Trade. Th- annual trade summary of Dun's Re view says: With this Nation's participation in tne war, highly Interesting and significant' de velopments featured the business situation during the- year Just ended, and even the notable economic achievements of 1916 wer in many ways excelled. Not only was the combined value of overseas commerce greater than In any other year, and the excess of merchandise exports over imports unexampled, nut mis country s position ot international financial supremacy waa further strengthened, and Federal and for eign borrowings here surpassed anything ever before witnessed, witn tne enormous expenditure's for war materials and the ex tensive aemanaa m regular ' ccanneis, together with the extreme prices of com modities, bank clearings reached unparal leled figures, and the magnitude of railroad traffic was illustrated by the heaviest gross revenues ever reported. Another year of great activity and HQ equaled earnings has been experienced by the leading manufacturing industries, and not only have long-established branches sull further" Improved and extended their facilities, but many new concerns have- also started. Yet, even with tha increased ca pacity available, tne producing forces of the country, being hampered in various ways. were not aiwaya in a position to cope With the pressure of orders, and many profitable contract were of . necessity held in abey Wherever tn occasion required It, all other business waa subordinated to th needs of this Government and the Allies, and . during th second half of tb year th war exerted a steadily widening Influence with to refuiatsoa of commodity pries. Total liabilities $3,120,898,000 t . ; Af svih Murwit to net deposit for u" vJl - -;- -,-$,1.1 .:mKir.H Federal .Keserve novo jjauiiiw w",u"' 12.5 per cent. Tni. tAtai maertp to net deposit and A la tits wl ,wa, - - Federal Reserve not liabilities combined 64.2 per cent. PEACE TALK STILL PARAMOUNT ISSTTE Money Is Easier in WaU Street Than at Any Time for six weeks. NEW YORK, Jan. 5. The week in the Stock Market was attended by developments of unusual interest and importance 10 in vestors as well as the speculative com munity. . Declaration by President Wilson of the ,-ih of oanltal to reasonable compensation aud the indicated readiness of Congress to- act on the recommendations 01 me execu tive contributed measureably to the further manifestations of confidence. That peace talk still remains the para mount isniie was evidenced, however, by the sharp reversal In prices on Turkey's over tures and tne laiesi uiiwaiitw, British Premier. Money on time and call money was easier than at any other period in tne past si weeks, but new-financing is likely to hold back until the further requirements of the Government assume more concrete form. Apart from slight heaviness in rates on nomo tha forelirn exchange markets were almost featureless on nominal offerings. Bale by the American leiepiiono v..i- pany of $40,000,000. 6 per cent, one-year, notes waa noteworthy, because this issue . nrica Yielding about 7 per cent replaces an lssuo originally marketed at 4 per cent. - Heavy Reduction tn Surplus Reserve. vttot YORK. Jan. 5. The actual condi tion of clearing-house banks and trust com panies for the week (five days) shows that they hold $61,270,520 reserve in excess of legal requirements. Thi is a decrease of $51,106,310 from last week. New Tork Corn Market. NEW YORK. Jan. 5. Com Spot, easy; klln-drled No. 3 yellow, $l.S7. ana ino. 4. $1 82 c L f- New York. 15-day shipment; Argentine, $2.05, cost and freight New York, to arrive. . Hops, Etc at New Tork. TkTC-Trr tork. Jan. 5. Hops easy; state medium to choice 1917. 4755c: 1916 nomi nal; Pacific Coast 1917, 2225c; 1916. 1518c. Wool ana niaes pnciiminru. Chicago Dairy Produce. cariinn .Tan. It Butter. tmchanrecL Ees. hieher: receipts. 4702 cases; firsts. 5556e; ordinary first, 6254c; at mark, eases included, 30955c; refrigerator firsts, 41c Dried Fruit at New Tork. NEW YORK, Jan. 5. Evaporated apples dull, but firm. Prunes quiet. Peaches dull. New "York Sngsr Market. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Raw sugar, steady. Molasses, nominal. Centrifgual, 6.005e; re fined, steady; fine granulated. 8.15 4fS. 33c Cotton Market. NEW TORK. Jan. 5. Cotton Spot, eulet: middling- uplanda. 82.40c. CHICAGO. Jan. A CeneraY belief that the long-expected xarerer croo movement about to begin tended more or less today to ease the corn market. Closing prices were unsettled at. $1.27 for Janu ary and $l.2o for May, with the finish as a whole c off to o up, compared with 24 hours before. Oats closed at o uecnna to ftc advance. Provisions gained 5 to 15o net. Consignment notices from rural holders of corn allowed a material Increase and there were reports current indicating substantial betterment of railroad traffic conditions, notably in Iowa aud Illinois. For the first time this season an Illinois point announced a surplus of cars. Besides, weather favored shippers. Rumors that a virtual embargo would be plp.ced on all shipments of grain east nulli fied advances In the 'oats market. Tempo rarily commission-house buying had lifted prices to a new high price record for the season. Packers' buying hoisted provision Weak ness in the hog market had only a tran sient depression effect. Leading futures ranged as follows:. CORN.' Open. Hish. 1.27ft $1.27 1.25 1.26 OATS. .79 0ft Jan May Lew. $1.27 1.2oft Close. I1.27 l.-'S Jan May .77 ft .79 .73 ft Jan " . '. . 43.45 FORK. May 44.65 44.97 44.65 , 44.87 LARD. Jari' 23.65 23.87 23.65 23 SO May 24.02 24.30 24.02 , 24.2V RIBS. Jan 23.35 23.52 23.35 23 47 Hay 23.90 24.12 23.90 24.02 Cash price were as follows: Corn Nos. 2, 3 and 4 yellow, nominal. ' Oats No. 3 white. 81 VI ensii Ur: ,i,nH,l 82 (& 83c. Rye Nominal. Barley $1.40i'.5S. - ' Timothy $56. 7.50. Clover-$20 1 2 1. Minneapolis Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 5. Rarl.v 1 tm 1.57; flax, $3. 60 ft 3. 64 ft. Grain at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. .V Roof no.- tions Feed barley. $2.8082SS: white os; $2.S52.90; millfeed, nominal. Call board Barlev. Urv. 77UL Klrl $2.87 asked. Eastern Oats and Corn Markets. , WINNIPEG. Jan. 5. Oats cloaed: Hav. 84ftc; July. 83ftc asked. ST. T,Orns, Jan. 5. ---Corn closed: Jan uary, $1.27 ft bid; May, $1.25 bid; oats. May, 77 asked. CHICAGO. Jan. 5. Cash hart., it Ana, 1.58; corn,. No. 4 mixed. $1.67: No. 5 mixed. 1.5291.67; No. 5 yellow. $1.63: No. .1 white 1.80; No. 4 white. $1.67; oats. No. 2 white. 28.'!c; No. 3 white. iK tiUt.r- .t.n- dard, 82&83c. OMAHA, Jan. 5. Cash corn: No. 4 yet- ow, $1.55: oats. No. 2 white. 80"4c: No. white, 80c. ST. LOOTS. Jan. 5. No. 2 corn. gl.Tfl: No. 4 white. $1.08: oats. No. 3 white, S3c: No. 4 white, 82 ftc MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 5. Corn. No. 8 vel- low. $1.70(81.75: oats. Montana No. 2 white. 8384e: No. 3 white, 80tu81c; No. 4 white, 77eS0',ic; barley, choice. $L49fci OVERBECK & COOKE GO. Broker. Storks. Bond, Colts. Orala. Ete. 816-117 BOIKU Of XatADE BLDO. UEMBLK3 CHICAGO BOARD QM TRADE Correspondents ef Logan .ntcago ana slew xora MEMBERS New Tork Stork Exchange hieago block Exebaags Boston bteck Exchangs Chicago Board of Trade New xork Cotton Exchange New Orleans Cotton KarbengB New York Coffee Exchange New lork Produce kxcuauge Liverpool Cot to u Ass's, TRAVELERS' CTIDK. AUSTRALIA f Honolulu, Suva, Nam Zealartt, Regular sailings from Vancouver. B. C, by the Palatial Passenger feteamere of tha Canadian-Australiun Royal Mail Line. For full Information apply Can. Pan. Rail way, SS Third St.. Portland, or General Agent, 410 heymour SL. Vancouver. B. C Phone your want ads to The Oreiro- rdan. Ma'ri 7070, A 6095. 124 Third St. Main 26. ALASKA Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Douglas. h Skagway. Cordova. Valdex. , Seward and Anchorage, CALIFORNIA via Seattle or San Francisco to Los . Angeles and San Diego direct. Largest ships, unequaled service, low rates. In cluding berth and meal. Make reservations. STEAMSHIP sail direct for SAN FRANCISCO, LOA) ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO Tuesday. 2:30 P. M., Jan. 8. Pan Francisco, Portland ft Los Angeles, Steamship Co. Frank Bollam, Agent. 124 THIRD STREET. Main 26. New Houston Hotel Sixth and Everett Streets. . Four blocks from Union Depot Near business center. r Fireproof and Mudem. -, Bates 75o to $3.00. Chaa G. Hopkins, Manager. 4