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Newspaper Page Text; i f .. ...', '., V THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAl PORTLAND, SUNDAY ., MORNING, - JANUARY 8, 1003. LIVESTOCK MARKET IS "TSTARTINO : NEW YEAR WITH IMPROVED TONE I 1 '' tales! Market Reviews" mMcimmRL FAKERS CAN NO LONGER DO BUSINESS IN Till! FRONT STREET DISTRICT : ' " Wift the Trade t LAur 'J'Y aeslaeaw' - TRADE FAKERS ASIDE Legitimate Front Stree . Commission Houses Will Go It Alone Hereafter. ' t ! By Ilyman IL Cohen. ' , ; it's human for people to make at - i ' much money m possible and yet the ' " men who wauta too much sometimes re ' telHr none at alL . This la shown par- tloularly In the mart of trade, r ln the r produce markets there are men who in- , h. a. h nhteat of pretext They , ur they do this for the good of the nipper, dui xew nti who mm ' i of one eet of men will not. take T . ' - attoH A A MUa a t Of Ute tt hae been noticeable that a Vlletlnct line hae to be drawn in making rating upon ma returning uavmir w lV'yront street houses. Front atreet le V. mostly good. - Ite merchanta aa a rule ' tire among the beat to be round in any city. - The treat majority of them make the growers and shippers full re- turns but there are a few who make i""sv practice of holding up the price on . the reUller and reporta Indicate that ; they do not make idih aame returns to ,. ui snipper. ; . A I ' f Even thou ah ahlppera were to recelye ti trna rturna tha anlaa at hlffh nricee . enUUea them to. it la queationable If they are aa well off financially aa If uejr anippea to a nouaa mi mu practice of aelllnc goode at the real : market value and making returne) ac cordingly. Tne nouee tnei nun ' practice of holding op Ha cuatomera la .invariably the one that the trade doea not purchaae good! from when eupnliee re good. Buca a houae ia ahunned by " the legitimate trade aa aoon aa the regular dealera have euppllea. In a glutted market the ahlpper to auch a home auffera because It la then that ' the buyere who were "neia up- oy un uaual prlcea, go elaewhere for their , koppllea. . Thla claaa of men oo not make the hfgheat returns to the ahlppera becauee tney allege mat toe real roarnni. ia el way a aeveral cent a under the figure tbey receive. Thua do the ahlppera not miW loaa tha hlah nrlce obtained In the tlmea of scarcity but when the market Is overloaded tney loeo again oecaaee the trade will not buy from auch a firm xoept at figures lower than the reet of , the trade charges. Thla haa been noted on various occasions. The legitimate heuse does not send out fake'quotatlons In order to get shipments ana men arier getting them, write the ehlpper that unforseen events have caused a rapid decline In prlcea. In this connection it ahould be etated that fully it per cent of the Front atreet houaea ao- not aena out auch Quotations. - It Is the rule of auch bouaea to ret the newspapera to quote aa low a fl vre on the products sold by It aa can be obtained. This does not mean that they eeU at the price In selling they ' caet newspaper quotations to the wind ' they merely get the low prices printed o that the returns they make to tho shipper4 can 1e cut: - Buch houses always watch the news papers -and aee that their return do not go above those printed, except per ha pa when the house desires to make a verv good Impression upon a new shlp - per.' Then It will send the shipper a larger return than It received for Its foods. .Strange but true, nevertheless, .egitimate houses pay no attention to . what the newspapers quota except, per. hapa, to note them. The latter make , returns on the basla of actual aalea. C A favorite wav of some commission V houses to drag shippers Into their net , is to copy tne name or emppers irora the packagea eetrt to rival firms. Then h Mnvinr firm will rlffhtawav send that ahlpper a letter etatlng that the aemana ror mat certain proauc amppaa Is unueually great and the price is very Mgh. It usually quotea a figure far above the actual price received by the ; firm' receiving the shipment The . ahlpper la dieeatlsfled and the nest shipment he makea to the houae quoting We nign price. lugmawaj- m bumped, for hla returne from theiijew i found friend are generally lower than the onea he received from hla old. firm. Thla haa been practiced time and time again In thla aa well aa other markets so aniDDors snouia am qui when receiving such letters. guotfttlong are club. .83 Ito; bluestem, StHi&in. : . The local flour market la Improving In tone with business, on a better basis. KDort trade remains slow with millers holding prices stiff. The recent ad vance In the price of wheat and tha pronpects for further riees have caused millers to go alow In cutting down val ues and no change le thua far reported, either for local or export graoas. " FRONT STREET- REVIEWS,' Brief MenUon of. Manx . linog of ! Trade fn tlie Produce Dutrlct. Potatoea are again dull after a tempo- rarr snurt In buying of beat araaea. ' Onlona ahow a -firmer tone; price un changed. ,""'.-!"' 'v; "-'-,' v -''. t . Poultry remains acaroe; all grades be ing quoted very hiKh. fcl , . breaaed meata of all kind ara high er with eroair euppllea. ... Creamery butter market J"mB with a temporary Increase i In npplto One or two outside creameries made a alight conceaalon in price, Kgga are holding fteady with moat aalea around tZHC fcecelpte quite lib eral. Eastern egga dull locauy.- Run of ColumBla araelt ao great that yeeterday prlcea were cut to Jo pound to the wholeaale markets. - ' . Ancle market la beginning to ahow a slightly Improve tone puj prwes r raVeflrmowto tone in tne sou in, irv v mi arrivad here yesterday. Orangee .f rin. Auaiitv and were packed la blue colored boxes with blue wrapper. PAnt mtvMM Vltl! . ' 1 drain. Flower and Toed. oraIN' BAGS Calcutta, lc large tflV rarloea-auN 12 O IScj red Russian. 0Klc. .bluestem, 4 BARUCT-New-keed, jil O i 7.60 sar ton: roiiea. RTBJ ll.M per ewt. . oiiBV-.New Producer Price No. 1 rrR.Utrnn.i gV". . vaiiev. whole wheats 4.7;.rye. eua, to.ew. JACK AND JILL UPTONOW.' ' iV Wit. balee. II. M1IU STUFFS Bran, 121 per tons middling". : ehorts, country. - an; WUUmetU vaUey. tancyl; ordln- lvolio.ew; cjover, ,ivwi, S'u". I 10ll; cheat. Iieffll. Batter. Xgg and Tonltrr. BUTTEB FAT F. O. b. Portland Sweet cream.. Ic: sour, 140. BUTT KB Extra fancy creamery ITHci fancy. JJ7He; jtora w tie: etore Oregon, 1 20c. H.UUS JUCira raney, canoiao, uav lie: eastern atprage, zc. llOUHo per lb; Young Americana. 17 POui'fRY Mixed ehlckena, 14c fier pound; xancy nens, mtwioo per b: rooetera, old; -lie; fryers, 12VsO lb; broUers. UUo: lb; ducks. 150: aweee, old, llo per lb; turkeys, alive, ixo id; A;'A';-,A.-AC) AA-::A?:-, Jack and Jill went np a bill, , To get somo high-priced water. Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after him. RAINS AND MILD WEATHER IN WORLD'S WHEAT DISTRICTS Vary mild weather during tho past week in ntfaT sectlona of tha Faciflo dressed, "210210 lb; equabs, $2.60 doa; J northwest waa a boon to the growing - An effort la being made by legitimate Front street houses to weed out the fakers. There is talk rf organising and exposing tneir metnoas oy me ooay ta1lKlA txtnui An not like to be as :. aoclated with such grafting Institu tions. ' nOP FAKERS SCREAM. - Shorts Cry targe Sapplles but Are Willing to Buy, i Aevertneieas. ; ' Nature fakers are not in W with the httiatinni tuVnrm m the hhn market Hop ahorta have a way, of gathering and sroduclna atatiatlca that entitle , them to the. grand priae in oriental fakery. - Soma of them now make the assertion that there still remain unsold : of this year's crop of Oregon some 60, "' 00 bales when it has been proven be yond a doubt that there are less than half that amount of balea unsold in the hands of producera or the 1909 ana iot crops-combined.- purine; the past week the transactions were quite liberal, but the 'volume of business cannot be compared with that .of a week ago. Lack of ordera or trade is no reason for It the secret Is grow ers are holding better. Tbey seem tired ef allowing short sellers to take their pops at Twnaiever pries iney- enuuus vt give, no matter how low, and art deter mined to wait f while and aee what Is about to happen. v fs-: ' SomO v of the locl4pebple consigned their hops and while the prices they re ceived were not high, nevertheless they : were better than those . obtainable at home; contrary to all the talk and argu- menta ox inewiiun iu. .nm mu far returns Tiave not been made on many lot because of the holidays, some are ? BOW beginning to arrive. c. j. omiin r.nnrt. trf 'rha Journal that he haa Just made returns to O. P. Gilbertson, of Barlow, and Frod Anderson or Aurora, on the sale of their hops in the east at 10H a pound. These figures net the grower Bc here. These two lots were tof medium to prime quality, making a ull carload and going direct to, brew ers. Mr. Smith also, reports the sale of 100 balea of 1006 hopa at Ho, netting the grower 4c here, v v , t The amount or cnoioa or n prima .hniM hnn avntinbia here 'is-small com h nared to what the trade realy believes I Jhere Is; - Even the common grades are, fVPiarder to secure than formerly. .With hopgrowers' association the kvallable supplies at present low prices Will U come .anialer.vi v i f,?:;-;-'';:;:r'5f'''l!-'".' WHEAT BtARKET IS HIGHER. Another -'Advance of lc' Shoi In . f Portland City Leads North.- ' . i The wheat market is In quite good shape locally. : t Another advance' Of a cent Ia ahown ' for the week,-- higher prlcea . in eastern markets and abroad Inf luencing the prices , on 1 the t north coast and especially In) Portland. This ! market continues to lead alt other north .coast porta in the price of wheat, and not only, are prices hero -higher,- "but more-business Is being done both by export agents and by. miners, .. .Latest wheat eron. In some few nlaoea In eastern Oregon, Washington and Idaho there waa quite a heavy snowfall during tne early part or tno ween ana in grain la now vrv well nrotected. Broomhafl thus reports the . World's crops in the latest issue of the Liver pool Corn Trade News: . United. Kingdom. The soil in the United Kingdom Is still In a very wet condition, tne Agri cultural Oasette describes it aa thor oughly water-logged, and there can be no question oz any more wneai sowing until the turn of the year. If the weather la favorable during tha latter part of January and in February, grow ers may then sow more wheat, but gen erally such Sowings are unimportant and It is a rainy saie conclusion mat tha reduced wheat acreage of 101-7 will show no recovery in II07-I.. The weath er this week started with a moderate frost and It has since Been rainy ary, hnt tha tftmnerature Is again very mild. H.7S; aariie! The supply of native wheat is still gen ' - ' ' I 11 J ... Al.hA.ih tit,- nimona. SI. IS do.: dressed poultry, 1 HO per id mgner; win geeoo, iw ov Slopo, Wool ana auaea. HOPS Contracts 1908 crop. 1010c 107 crop, choice, ftp 8c; prime, to choice, 7c; ordinary 10 So; 1I0S, eastern Oregon, 12 ip. MOHA1H ID1IC HIDES Ory hides, 12 126 lb: green, ffiScr calves, green. 6 4J7e: kips, to IK- hull. rrMn aalt. S(ffi4o lb. SHEEPSKINS Shearing. JBcOIOo each; -short wool, 26c04Oo: medium. wood, eoc0i eacn; long wooi, ibcv I1.2B aanh. - TALLOW Prime, per lb. Ie04c; No. I and grease, ioio. CHIT XI M BARK ic. Fmits and Vegetables. POTATOES Fancy. 600780 sell Ins: buying, white. 4060o- per ewt: sweets, io per id. oniunb jouoing price uragon. A PPT WiMmlT 11 TKfffllZ nO? TflllCT I TKriskllUU aVvTWia Mv. vm but tha temperature la ffln very mil 94 9K hit vlfi ar .nftt II 7K aflfli( Tlld UDOiy OI MTf WDWl. II iUU ijijWlLOli.il oTdlKary. t.?' FRESH FRUITS Oranges, new S20 12.78: banana, in lb: lemons. 8304.60: box; llmea. Mexican i 1 ter 100: plneapplas,. tttplS. dozen; grapes, $1.60 Vi.tt; pears, rancy, i.zoni.o; orai nary, 76c$l a box; tangerfnes, $1.60 a dox; jap oranges, eucyi&o a oox; per Simmons, $1,767 , VEQKTABLES turnlDS. new. 80o sack: carrots, 0c$l per sack; beets, 80086c per sack; carsntps. $1; cab bage, 8Sc$li tomatoes, California, $2.26; beans. l7o; cauliflower, $1.10 $1.28 dos; peas, 10c; horseradish, 8o lb; artichokes, t I'm 1.10 dos: creen onions. ido aoen; peppers, l(c: notnouse let- markets have been mostly quiet, and lower prices have been mentioned la several instances. ' " Argentine. There have been reports of rains dur- inr the naat week, but today our agent at Buenos Ayres cables that harvest re ports are satisfactory and that the general estimate of the exportable wheat surplus Is 128,000,000 bushels, which compares with some 104,000,000 bushels from the laat crop. We need hardlv say that a total of 128,000,000 bushels eclipses all previous records, but it Is 16.000,000 bushels smaller than tuce.TuW75 box;' cmbersT hot- earlier 'oreewta; on theother hand. houV $lJoV box; .radishes.. 15c dor W?!! TMS bunchea: aaa-nlant. lSe lb: eelerv. 7Bc(S 85o; cranberries, eastern, $10911.60; sprouu, Va o par ID. , , Orooerlaa, Huts, Etc SUGAR California and Hawaiian- Cube, $6.96; powdered. $6.80: berry, $5.60; drygranulated. $6.80: XXX gran ulated, 86.40; conr. A., iB.eo; extra a., 86.10: lolden O.. - iS.OO: D. yellow. $4.80; beet granulated. $5.46; bar rels. 10c: half barrels. 15c: boxes. (Oo advance on sack basis. (Above prices are $0 days net cash Quotations,; 1 ' wi-wm-ar al at at A J a uinc I s.u par craia. COFFEJC Packaze brands. $15,880 16.88. HALT Coarse Half ground, loos. $18.60 per ton: 60s, $14.00; table, dairy 60s. $19,00; 100s, $18.78; bales, $2.60; bushels are now inclined to talk of 128, 000,000 to 188,000,000 Dusneis, Australia, watna ranorted from various narts. and where the fall is light it will prob ably do more good than harm, but Syd ney reports heavy rains, and these will certainly not be welcome In the harvest fields, ' xnaia. Thur ti nir MM of any lmorovement In the altuation, and any export business in wheat is at present quite Impossible. Sussla. " Tha officials have lasued revised es timates of this year's spring crops and we print tne xigures. wun "OBO wm, ..-v.. 90.,v, w , I winter crops, in iuuhji i .. Imported Liverpool, 60s. ' $20.00; 100s, wneat crop is shown about equal to last 'J I year's and aitnOUgn Iiua lurgcr , man at any time estimated, still it really in dicatea auppllea on quite a light scale. $18.00: 4s.M8.0ft 6s and ivs, 4 K K A 1 luarnnnl Itimit rock, $20.60 per to; 60-lb rock, $12.60; (Above prices apply to sales 'of less tnan cart iota. war ioi at special yriwi subject to fluctuations.) ' RICE Imperial Japan, No. 1, o; No. 2, 5H6c; New Orleans, bead, 7c; Ala. Ec: Creole. IVe. - uuiA.ua Bmau wnite, si.zo; iars oa you, Tha light crop of 1901 followed a big crop and yet It ran very short In the closing months of the season and, more over severe xamine conditions practical ly prevailed throughout. In tha eastern region. Tha crop ef 1807 has followed the small crop of 1808, ao there have been no liberal reserves of old grain to help to make good tha deficiencies of the new crop; thus the pinch of scarcity has been felt earlier, although happily very iittie nas oeen neara or xamine. The unfavorable outlook for the new winter sowings must also have had an Influence In Inducing holders to keep back their grain. Latest reports' from our own agents describe the outlook as rather more hopeful owing to a spell of mild, rainy weather, but a aeml-of-ficlal bulletin dated December 8, de scribee the condition of winter wheat bad In general and winter rye poor. And not only is the condition of the new wheat crop bad, but the acreage is much smaller. Some of the loss may be made good by spring aowlng, but it ia extremely unlikely that there will be a full area under wheat for the 1808 har vest, because spring wheat in the south west does not do well and generally growers prefer to put the land under parley, corn or aome otner crop, 2oumanla. Favored by a period of mild weather, the backward crops have made good progress, and are npw In condition to withstand a moderate winter. Our Bralle correspondents consider that the acreage la bound to be much less than usual, but some people think there Is no decrease, supplies or wneat snow a small Increase, but holders are Inclined to keep back their grain. Supplies by barge continue to come dowy very slow ly, for tne water is low. . Turkey. Lataat' renorts from European and Aslatlo provinces report favorable seed ing. rranoe. Tha aanact of tha new winter seed- ings continues to gv" uKivi a-rowera would now like to see a period of drier and colder weather. The mar- keta have latelv exhibited more stead iness, and this is ascribed to the unseas onably mua weatner. Italy and Spain. Cren and weather reports continue favorable. Native wheat In Italy is still freely offered, but semi-official Indica tions of harvest results do not show the out-turn much bigger than last year's. Germany. Tha weather ia unseasonably mild and wet, which greatly facllitatea interior navigation, mere m about tha cropa. irortlt Africa, Renorts of the new crops are favor- able, and an increased acreage is men tioned. .... IIP Oil PAY MK FIRST WEEK'S TONE BETTER Unofficial ; News i of Extra Livestock Market Improved , Dividend Forces Trice Up ; Three More Points. - (Hearst Kews Berrlce.y i . e) e ' Kew Tort Jan. ((.--Today's. . 4 foreign stock markets were en- ) eraUy heavy, tha mala inf luenoa 4 .belpg the newa that Germany -e) wUl iesue $55,000,000 in about ' two weeks. The bank statement 4) 4 was even more favorable than e 4 expected and with another sub- sUntlal eut in the deficit Tho 4 ehsngea In the various items were , 4 4 regarded as very favorable. Tho 4 4 reduction In the deficit amount- 4 4 ed to "$$,650,800. Thla is the 4 4 seoond largest weekly reduction 4 e since tha deficit waa first re- a) 4 , ported, on October 26. The to- 4 4 Ul deficit now amounts to $11,- e) e $0(.66O. ..; :.' in All Lines Should ; Eaise More Ilogs. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. .- -. ,i- . Mors. Psst week ,.,,, tii Year ago ....... 852 1908. ........ ....1038 10$ .... .1218 Cattle. Sheen. 280 481 668 4U8 1827 164 661 4641 wheat up, oon;: IIP i Erratic Trading in Chicago During the DaySharp Advance at the Close. ; By Hyman IL Cohen. Portland Union Stockyards. Jan. 4. xne xirst weex in tne new year ends with a better tone displayed by the en tire livestock market. Chief causes for the improvement are tho very small ar rlvals for some time and the fact that prlcea are low and consumption has been greatly increased, especially la hogs and its products. During the first week of the year tne totaj receipts -ox nogs were out as head a nominal amount compared with the demands of a greatly Increased pop ulation. This compares with 862 head year ago, 1.088 two years ago, and 1.218 head thla week In 1906. With the establishment- of tho Swift plant at Portland. Willamette valley and eastern Oregon and Washington producers have but little time to get Into tha hog rais ing business. During the week tho hog market held firm with values about the aame as a week ago.- - - - cattle run for tne week was nardiy By Thomas BhotwelL . (Hearst Na br Loosest Leased Wire.) T . . A TT..a ,t.A InIll. encV of a bank sutement "that show, fjff ' .LA0. 2P the New Tork institutions are rapiaiy "'Zi a.J.T i. tl.. Tn4 vl.i making up tha deficit, the etock market P!,," itfli'i66Lh?52 was bild firm throughout the seeslon thef 'J'- ISSL 5d 'pm! today. The money situation Is cleered week tjr 9"'' and from now on other conelderaltons prices held steadier during the week. a bein, taken into account by- Wall out fao The one which had most Influence to- ru b4" or. A". reler . .ae"na pdu-cti-by thVsueTt.tT'Tfiir;ii5 vj? jrtiMM. fnfluer.oed London. The Inspiring fact fTff" JJtVT irV'J !.r5? waa that Investors stood ready to Uke market, remained stationary as regacds ot.A.. I nrlca. Biivii. r-, jl year ago .or me Hma ynuuu ui arkets were firm although a some what duller tone ruled In sheep. urnciaj yara prices: Hogs Best eastern Oregon. $5.25: China rats, 54.TbOt.ue. Cattle Best eastern Oregon steers, $2.7604.00: beet cows and heifers, $2.78 fjl.OO; DUUS.ll.7BOil.0Q. Sheen Best wethers. $4.6004.78: a a4vi w J wi - . a . dividend. The experience of New Tork mixed ana nest swea, ft.oe; lamos, s.eo proves that no dividend increases are not popular Just now. Wall street re called today that the Baltimore A I WOOL FIBER 13 FIXE. vuia west inio vum unnua ui receivers bootkUplg su7piuswof $44.000.000 1 and Prospect for Fine Qnmlltr Next Sea- every share of atock offered. but when they dlaoovered the profit- mar!'e',wr t,aitb2u5!L takin in Heading. Union Faclllo ana Steel, they recovered from their fright Northern Pacific waa the strong fea ture with an advance of almost 9 points. The unofficial Information on this stock is that it will receive an extra dividend within a few days. It has a very large aurplus and can afford- to pay an extra not enough cash to operate its trains. Not that there is the slightest suspicion aa to tho Northern Pacific's surplus, but that surpluses are not regarded with veneration by practical atock market men. Purchase by M. C. D. Borden of a large quantity of cotton waa hailed as a sign- of business recovery. The fact tnat ne is willing to take cnances on such a large order indicates that stocks are low throughout the country. It la possible that more spindles may be set at work as a result and a revival in New England would be ax Dec ted to spread rapidlz westward. Favorable tetums were made by the Illinois Central and the Delaware A Hudson. The net lncrese of the former was $44,212, out of a gross Increase son Are Very Good. fflpednl DhTltch tt The Journal. Pendleton. Or.. Jan. 4. The sheep men of all eaatern Oregon are delighted with the wool and sheep prospects lor the coming season. The winter has been mild and open and the wool fiber Is exoeuent; while tbe prospects ror a heavy lamo crop are aiao nigniy satis factory. Little hay has ' been fed as ret and aneep are in excellent condition, t la now predicted that wool will sell in the nubile sales to be held In eastern Oregon next spring for from 22 to 25 cents. The quality will be excellent owing to the uniformly good weather, which has given an excellent growth and texture to the wool. The grade of sheep In eastern Oregon nas been lm CHICAGO V7HBAT MARKET. ' Open. . Clone. ," Jan. I. Oaln. May ..,107' . 148 4 " WA 1", July ... 9t : lOOS w' -Iti ' (United Press Leased Wire.) '". A Chicago, Jan. Tha wheat market opened at from H to Ho higher than the previous day's close, but the de mand waa only for email lots and the offerings at the alight Improvement larger, so that the tendency was re-: active almost at once. Local receipts were 18 cars, compared with 86 cars th same day last year. Minneapolis and Dulutn had 189 cars, compared with. 362 a year ago. It waa reported from Duluth that Minneapolis was paying from 1 to to more for wheat In the country than Duluth. . Liverpool was ltd higher. The easier feeling follow ing the initial advance waa again suc ceeded y greater strength and a rte of greater proportion than at first The market became very strong near the end. getting as high as $1.08 and the final quotation was $1.0801.08. Trading In corn lost some of the spir it that characterised It for a few. days, but at the opening on tho smallness of the receipts compared with a year ago, thrre was more for sale et the Imnrove ment that the buying orders could ab sorb. 1 Receipts were 141 cars, while the like day in 1907 reported 688 received. Liverpool reported futures Kd lower and American corn on the spot np d and Argentina Ud higher. With the final rise in wheat the market for corn, was benefited to the extent of recover ing Ite previous slight decline and leav ing off for May delivery HOVkO higher than it did the day before. . , , -Nothing of the kind haa tn be re ported of the trade in oats. The buy ing waa encouraged by the strength in wheat Firmness of wheat and torn toward the eloee of the market caused a little buying that lifted , prices fco higher than Friday's close.-... Trading In the hog products was fair- ' ly good the first half hour, with liberal offerings and also commensurate pur chases at the decline. , , Cash sales: Wheat Winter. No. I red. $t.0u. 1.08; No. S red, 99ev$1.02H No. I, hard. $l.O201.Oi; No. 8 hard. 990 O$1.06: No. Fapring, 81.08fl.12. Corn No. yellow, l7Hl8a; No. 620640. Oats No. I white. 4S61c: No. I white, 4861c; standard, 11. r , ?; , Official range: WHEAT. Op Open. May 107 Vk July . l8H of $227865. Delaware & Hudson showS tll It is estimated the , clip white. 84.10; pink. 84.10: bayou. $3.90: Llmas. $6.60; Mexican reds, 4 Ho. NUTS-iPeanuts, Jumbo. 6tto per lb; Virginia, 60 per lb; roasted, 80 per it; Japanese, 6 06c roasted, 79o per lb; walnuts, California, 16o per lb; nine nuts. I60 per id: nicKory nuis, per - lb: almonds, 16c. Vsats, Tlsh and novislons. FRESH MEATS Front streetHogs, fancy, 7c - per lb; large, 7c .per id; veai, extra, swiuo in; oramary, V,&ia per lb; heavy. 07 tto P lb; mutton, fancy, 89cper lb. . , i HAMS. BACON, ETC. Portland pfeck (local) hams, 10 to 12 lbs; 13tto per lb; 11 1 Ik. 14. -L- Ik. 11 l A Ik. 13c: breakfast bacon, I6k Si22tto per lb; picnics, 9 He per lb; cottage roll, llo per . id; regular snort clears, aiuupru, 12o Per ibt unsmoked. 12 Ho per lb: clear, backs,- unsinoked, -11 He; - smoked 12HC;,ynlon butts, 10 to IS lbs, un smoked, Uc per lb; smpked, ISo per lb; clear -bellies, unsmoked, - 13c per lb; smoked, 14c per lb; shoulders, 12Ho per 10; pickied tongues,, 7e eacn. LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. PRODUCE DISTRICT TRADING , IS GOOD ENOUGH TO COMPARE ' . . a. a Trefle along tha "produce street is I60 per lb; braxir nuts, 15c per lb; t- oegmniog .yw T,;.m berts! 16c per lb; fancy pecans, 16 200 ness is Assuming the normal condition and Bales at tnis time couipaw r -vorably; with those, of a. year ago' or In fact any other season. ; The present stage of dullness, is au- Sllcatea every year ,r anuary and the Slow trade generally continues uuring nm --"" Produce Row there has hardly been any diminishing of business. Retail grocers report trade fully, up to the average and none of them have any complaint to make on this score. Most of them transacted more- business around New Tear's than they did In any previous year. All of them are buying their accustomed supplies and prices are being quite well maintained in nil lines wnere mere are no giuueu stocks to take -care or. dosen; eastern in Shan, $1.79 per nun- drcLAMS Hardshell, per box, $2.4; rasor warns,. .vw per Palntsr Coal oil. ROPE Pure manila, 14c; standard, 12 He; slsaKlOKo. COAL los. 11a per lb: 6s. IS He per lb: 60-lb Una. 12 Ho per lb; steam, rendered, 10s, 12o jer as, a in9 yer iu, , vuuiyuuuu, fvi, 9Hc per lb. s . - FISH Jlock cod, 12 He lb; flounders, 60 per lb: halibut 80. per lb: striped bass, 16c per Ibt oat fish, llo per lb; sal mon, ' fresh, IOC frosen, c; herrings, 6 lb; soles, -Ve lb; shrimps, lOo per" lb: perch, 60 per lb; tomcod, llo per lb; lobsters, 26o per lb.: fresh mackerel. 80 per lb: crawfish. 25o per dosen; stur- Reon, 12Ho per lb: - black bass, 20o per i sliver - smelt, 7c per, lb; Columbia smelt, 80 lb; black -cod, f Hc lb; crabs, $1.001.60 dosen. ' -'! '. ..'-. . . OYSTERS Shoalwater buy,, per gal lon. 82.50: per 100-lb sack, $5.00; Olym- 157004,6.60; liagle, caimed." $0o can; $71 union. OIL water white, tanks, 12Hei case,. 18Hc; . neaaiignt, cases, sucj Elane. cases. 28c: Eocene, oases, II Mo gallon. - f GASOLINE 81 degi caees, 24H per gal; Iron bbls, Me -per gaL 1 ' tUtilVXiliNlV B UBS., vuva, .WW Ifwm a Iron bbls. 230 per gal.: " , , titrpentinb In cases. 860 per gal; wnn., hhl. Hilrt rt.r rfll WHITE LEAD Ton lots, Tfca 1 per IbH 800-Ib lots, so Per id; Jess wa, o. WIRE NAILS Present basis at $.l. ' SUverton Hop Dejegato, . ' Woodburb, :Or. Jan.. 4, Hopgrowers rrom ; Woodburn, SUverton, ; Monitor, Gervals and ML' ArtgeJ districts met In this city ' today. FrancHt Feller mi a elected director to represent Oregon in ; the iHclXlo 1 Coast ,. ttopfrowers' COPPER SHAKES AEE , ACTIVE AND HIGHER (Heant Xewe by Loegeit Leased Wire.) Boston, Jan. 4. Copper shares were active and higher for the most part in the local market today and other local specialties participated in the improve ment Allous was up H at 80 ; Bps ton Consolidated was, H at 12 Hi Butte Coalition at 16 ?4 ; Calumet A Arizona one point at 108; Copper Range H at 60H'J Greene H at- 7Ht Isalle H at 14 Hi Michigan. H at 8; Mohawk at 49; North Butte 1 at ; 44: Old Dominion 1 at 81 Hi Shannon at 11; Utah H at $1. , A SUytr Market Higher. V At Beartt News bf Leaf est teased Wire.) - new ivra, b i,-.umujeivw . silver this morning was- quoted at 66 c. an advance or no irons yester day's price, and Mexican dollars at 44& an advance of He . v"7 Bar silver in London. 5 Sid. an ad- initMaaa, a 11 KA at O tt ..- a ca uo, iiiui ooasj va w a wv.vd 0 vu w VA, gross Increase of $248,691. This sur prising difference is due to the new management that has charge of Dela ware tt Hudson. Prussia haa announced a new loan of $50,000,000 to be offered on January 14. Foreign exchange advanced sharp ly, xne return now or currency rrom the west has begun In heavy volume. much earlier than usual. Speculative wan street is mucn interested in tne announcement that John W. Gates will be back from Texas in a few daya and pernaps get ouay witn tno markets. Expeot Business Adjustment. New Tork, Jan. 4. The year opened with our leading business men In a so- oer xrame or mini and generally antic! will yield about 8 H or 9 pounds per head this year. 1 1 1 1 in 11 i: HOGS DROP 5 CENTS. Eastern Price Is Lower Sheep and Cattle Remain Steady. (United Press teased Wire.) Chicago. Jan. 4. Receipt hogs, 28.- 000: cattle, 4,000; sheep, 89,000. Hoes are 60 lower. Left over from yesterday, 2,000. Mixed. $4.804.62U; heavy. $4.2504. 62H; rough. $4.160UO; light. $4,100 4.50.... catue Bieaay. Sheep Steady. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 4. Receipts rating some trade reaction. This Is Hogs, 10,000; cattle, 1,009; aheep, none. u ue to recognition of the fact that tha liquidation and readjustment which has taken place In the stock market must to some degree be expected in mercantile and Industrial affairs and, while nobody expects such a severe re action in the latter circles as has taken Place in Wall street, still It is now ad. rented that the mercantile credit situa tion Is badly strained and that a lower level ror commodities must be attained before general business can show any BUDH-wnuai lenaency toward recovery. That the process of readjustment in mercantile and industrial affairs has Omaha, Neb., Jan. 4. Receipts- Hogs, 11.000; cattle, 300; aheep, nona Livestock for Portland. (Special Dlptch to Tbe Journal.) F.le-ln. Or.. Jan. 4. A shipment four carloads of cattle thought, to be the heaviest in average weight ever made from Wallowa county has Just bean aant from this place to Portland. The shipment consisted of 110 dry cows 1,Z74 pounas. xney May .., July.. o5 106. 108H, ' 98 ' . 100 1H-60?s' 9&V High. '108H , loo'.;- CORN-. 61 H 60 OATS. E3H , ISH - 44H 4VS ' ' k ' . HESS PORK. f '' May ....1825 1827- MIT . M8T July ....1265 1272 1263 1271 May...; 68 July ..... 46 fS' 61 '4 46 Tacoma TVheat Market. '-3 J Tacoma, Jan. 4. Wheat (export)- Club, 82c; bluestem, 84o. . ; ' Liverpool Wheat Market, 'A s Liverpool, Jan. 4. Wheat closed un changed at 8a d. ry ?,...; - SPOKANE MIXISQ EXCHANOE. Paohandle, Certie and ' Snowstorm: ' Are the Good 8tUer$.iUf :.:; ; (Furnished by Downing-Hopklna Co., Members Spokane Mining , Exchange. ) Spokane, Wash, . Jan. , 1 4. Official prices..'- .;.. . '"r.-r..,i.-; Ala Alk ax ameda ................. Alhambra ............. . Alberta. Coal 4b Coke..... Bell ..................... Bullion ...... r i , ....... Charles Dickens i.i....... Canadian Cons, Smelters . Dominion Copper 180 ' t26 KvoluUon llli'liaf . Bid. v Ask. : 1 ' IW- 6H Hj- 2 - .a 8 a '1'1;;' g C 'y 9 10 5 95 - averaging 1.273 pounds. They were nnrehaaed hv E. L. Wiley from N. U. bearun. Is evident, and hnw Inn a- l will I fnafellow. E. T. ROUP and" son and continue depends upon how far cor- Alex Gillespie. They were consigned to rectlve influences are allowed to have! free play. . Wall street waa oblla-ad tn endure nine months of acute reaction, and It is possible that the period of readjust ment in mercantile affairs may occupy the Portland pany. Union Stockyards corn- months to fully straighten things change 40 P permanent basis. It does not neo-1 . a few on a permanent oasis, it does not neo essarlly follow that the stock market Hcouia uecime in svmnatny with de presslon elsewhere. Wall street haa orten been notable for anticipating the future and running counter to condi tions prevailing elsewhere The panic Dftgan ana t-naea oerore general business felt its effect: the security markets. therefore, are entitled to recovery while the storm-- is expending its force else- n.av.V. .... . .. .1,0 .l., 1. UIH(. I I ket has performed its worst blows and I i0. is now on-tne road to recovery. New York Exchange. New Tork. Jan. 4. New Tork I Calbraltb. Coal 34 ox, Gertie , ................. v ; Z Happy Day .....tt...... 1 Holden O. a . i . .. . , . , i '. S Humming Bird ........ v 4 Hypotheek -- , .-.-. crj -Idaho Giant .. ............ . 6 IntL Coal & Coke........ 79 Kendall ....i K Lucky Calumet . ., ,. , , . . i 13 i( ):; Jg. raiaouu.a. VAippvi-. .,.. ; ' S S .... Mineral Farm ........... -It . .X'Qj Moonlight .i.,.. ....,.;'. 1 - iu Nabob .m-.. .. .--- r l: B-1.!-Nlne Mile ... ,"r 1 M. COnS. ,......,,,,,.. i 9 er cent discount. ex- Worth Seeing. TTrAtn T.lnnlnrott'i CninrmA nennla are proverbially fond of funerals, and Mrs. walker's cook was trying to make her mistress realise what ahe had missed by not attending the funeral 01 a prominent ciusen 01 their village. .... "Mis' Fanny," sne said, -tou Bnoiy orto hev beerr thsr. I ain't nevvah seen a Pig runru in ais neaa town. Dontcher know dey hed all de kerrldges moa ail tne New York range: DESCRIPTION. o Amal. Copper. ... Am.s Sugar c... Am. Smelter . . . do ' preferred . . Anaconda M. Co. Atchison c B. at O Brook. Rap. Tr. Canadian pae. c Great Northern.. C M. & St. P.. Ches. Ohio '.. Uoi. Fuel e .... Erie c ......... L. aV N Missouri Pac. . . N. y. Central... North Pac, c. . . Pennsr Ry, v. . . . People's Gas.... Reading Ry., c. Rock Island, c Rock Island, p.. 800, c.......... Boo, pv So. Pac..- c So. Railway, c. Union Pac. e... V. S. Steel, e....j ao p. 3 or. Til" 108U 78 80 873 41H 158 107 30H 27 "47 ies 72 e 29H 49H 82 40 167 , 106 29 93 & 44 ex 111 80 97 73 12H 119 . 89 fnm hnfe liberty stables. nrlvate conveniences, an dat new fambly from de Nawth was dare In, a two-seatea syringe: - Headwork. Wnm the Chicago Tribune. "What are you here for?" asked tha philanthropic visitor. t "Pur dn winter. I hope." chuckled Tuff old Knutt. who had seised the op portunity one coia morning, wniie.a policeman was watching mm. to sny a dornick through a large plate-glass window and naa peen nurriea oix to a warm and comrortaoie iock-up. 28 Mrt . .. J-r. s . 1' IB. . 95 Oom Paul '.4, ,,.... - 6 ,! Panhandle Smelt ;,.,., V $ v 2 Park Copper . .-..,. ; 1 ; Rambler Cariboo 20 S2H ...... . 7. . , . A, Rex (18 to ,.... ,ii.M147 l. 17 Sonora .'.. ;-:ii. ,. 1 ;, Snowsho i. ... .... .... .i"V 10 Snowstorm . , ; , ..- 114 116 Sullivan i..i.Vi.ii....t Ifl'' Sullivan Bonds 60.,,:75v Stewart 84 100 i- a Wonder . t Bales 7,000 Gertie at c; 13,000 PanJ handle at 8Hc; 11,000 Panhandle at 2 He; 100 Snowstorm at til 1,000 Sulli van at -Be. & . "t-'r-'-kf;"!- One of the most intereatlnr noTlttrnl contests the south will have to ottr next year will be that for the seat of Governor Glenn of North Carolina, A number of aspirants are already in the field nd the f tght promisee to be a . llvelv nn. nnvatm.. m.nn wVa t. prohibited ; by - the constitution of Me state from . succeeding himself,' will probably try for the seat of Senator Overman, -whose term in - the '.Unite I States senate , will -expire a .year fron next March. , .' Total salesL 283,800 shares... ' New York Bank .Statement. New Tork, Jan. 4. Bank statement: '..':-? s':; i. i;. '-Increase. Reserve! ...................I 8,660,809 Less U, a 8,016.225 Ppecle. . ..4 r . iTT 4,245.600 Legal . . . ... ii. ..... i . 1.799400 Circulation , .. . . . . .......... ' ' 579.700 Deposits ...... "8,469.00 Loans ....., ..M 4,822,600 6-INVESTTiIErJT .D0IJD3 We are offering an attractive and one of the very best investments which can now be purchased si the lowest prices.. These bonds are ia denominations of $100. With every sale of bonds , 100 PER CENT. STOCK BONUS IS GIVEN YOU GET $200 FOR EVERY $100 INVESTED V; i. "farther inform tiori. upon "request. . , ST. JOHNS OAS LIGHT AND HEAT COMrAIIY 206-7-3 Cooch Eld Tortland Ore jon. '