Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1893, Page 15

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. CONDITION OF OMAHA’S TRADE Business Situation Shows Some Improvement During the Week. COLLECTIONS ARE STILL FAIRLY GOOD Jobbers Report & Fairly Active Week 1n All Linos, Hollday Goods Eproially o Demand-Bank Clearings for Eleven Mont The experiences of the past weel havonot boen without their bright side as regards tho jobving trade of this city. Those who were looking forward toa little more activity in business as the holidays approach have not been disappointed. The month ovpened rather quiet, but the colder weather, to- gether with the snow, has given a sumulous 1o cortain linos, while other lines have been improved by the holiday demard. Upon the w ole the past week has shown more gratify- ing results than was even anticipated in sOme quariers. The sloppy woather has given the boot and #lioe business o great boom. The grocers have had an active trade, and tho dry goods houses a good trado, especially n winter oods that arc in immediato request and oliday lincs. The hardware business is not much offccted by tho hoiiday asason, and has only about held its own, though the volume of trade is as good as was antic pated. and fully up to what might be reason- ably expected under the circumstances, Collections are gencrally reported as good fn all 1ines and money would appear to be reasonably easy in tho country. Thecountry merchants do w0t report a very active busi- noss, but they areselling goois, though at times ina smull way, and the ageregate amounts to quite a good deal in the course of the week, Bank Cloarings. As the year draws toward a_close every one is ficuring and speculating upon the showing that will be made. During the first six months there was great activity in trade circles and the amount of business done was much larger than for the corresponding six mionths of the provious year. During the last six months of the year thece has heen a heavy falling off in the volume of business, and the question is whether the decreass has been sufiicient to wipe out the gains made the first half of the year. About the only means of judgiug of the wvolume of business for the year, which is available at the present time, is the report of the clearing house. From this source it is Tearned that during the eleven months of the year past there has been 4 gain in the clearings s compared with the previous year amounting to $5,500.711. While this gain is not large, it is large enouzh to make it reasonably safe to assert that~ business in this city is as great in volume for 1503 as it was for 1502 1t may be of interest to know how other cities in this part of the country compare with Omaha in the matter of clearings for the eleven months of the year already passed. The following shows the increase or decrease 1n the clearings for the eleven months of 1503, as compared with the eleven months of 1802, in the largest cities in this section of the country: Increase. Decrense. Chicago .8 ST ,047.00 Cmaha 8,606,711.00 S, Milvaukeo AT Minneapoliy Duluth 8t. Paul.. Lincoln " ioux City 8t. Louls. 8t Jesoph Kansus Cit 3 Gy 10.00 Denver...... 2N 65.00 The sixty-seven clearing house cities show a decrease for the ven months as compared with the eleven months of last year amounting to $6,005,516,065. Out of the ‘whole number of cities only seventeen show any increase in the cleavings for the cloven months past. Of the cities reporting an in- crease six are counted as southern, namely: New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Waco, Savan- nahand Galveston. It will be uoteda thav four out of the six ave located in Texas, and much of their gains must be credited to real estate transactions. = In New lingland seven cities report an in- crease in the clearings for the eloven months, though the amount of gain is very small, and unless there should be a sudden revival of Dusiness will be all wiped out vefore the end of the year. In the muddle states Syracuse, N. Y., alone shows an increase, but, like those in New England, it is very small and is quite likely to disappear entirely by the close of tho current year. The so-callod western states cannot show a siugle city that has made any gmw. All the large commercial centers located in that part of the county. like Cincinnati, Cleve- fand, Detroit and Indianapolis, show beavy decreases, Of the northwestern cities Owmaha and Duluth ave the only ones that can point to an increasc. None of the southwestern cites have any- thing In the way of a gain to show, and of tho far western cities Los Angeles alone re- Ports a gain. Omaha has made the largest gain ot all, excepting only Galveston and Houston, and promises to hold her position to Lhe close of ‘the year. .As a matter of fact the present month re- mains to be counted in before the figures will represent the results for the whole year. However, the rate of decrease in the clearings at Omaha is being lessencd and tho month is far enough along to venture tho prediction that Omaha will, at the close of the year, compare even better with other cities than at the present time. During the past week, while the decrease in the cleai fngs amountod to only 14 per cent at Omahi Denver decreased 47 per cent; Minneapoli 8L per ceut; 19 per cent: Mil- waukee, 47 per cen t; St. Joseph, 20 per cent, and Kansas City, 18 per cent. 1t is frequently asserted by business men sven at the prosent time com- pares very favorably with any previous year excepting only 152, It-may be of in- Terest to kiow what tho clearings show in rogard to this proposition. The . following will show the clearings of the Omaha b ach month during the past three y 01.00 Aunst Septr October ¥ Novml 1t will be noted from the above that July was tho first mounth in 1503 to show a de- crease as compared with the previous year and that the heaviest decrease was in Au- gust. (L will also be observed that eve amonth i 1593 showed a gain over the corre sponding hs in 1801, with the exception ouly of August, which fell short almosta willion dollars Tho total clearings for the eleven months of 1503 ave 2,007 414 in exvess of the clear- fngs of the wholc twelve months of 150l This would seem to boar out the observa- tionsfof busingss men who assert that busi Dness Lhis year edmpares vory favorably with any previous year except 1502 Trade Generully Quiet, but to Bo Unusunlly Qu ‘W. H. Roberson, R. G. Dun & Co's local manager, tlkiog of trade, says . "The cold weather of tho wegk has braced up business quite a good deal. Holida, shopping began in good earnest and although buyers sre not s0 numerous asshoppers, sales of the leading retail houses show up satisfaotorily. “Jobbers are generally good natured over the situation. They are not expecting trade %0 boom any this winter, but are satisfled that sales wiil aggregato good figures and that collections will be reasonavly good. Country merchants are buying only for im- wediate wants and are generally careful not to lnvolve thomselves for more than they are able to pay. This is one good result of ploching times. ‘Amoug the backs thore is s better foel- Maoney Seems ing than for months. The prediction fs freely made that within thirty days there will more money in Omaha than Omaha bankers will know what to do with. Already eastern money is here begging for borrowers. One of our jobbers was offered 26,000 this week at 4 per cent. Omaha local borrowers are glad to get monoy at § and 10 per cent, but in spito of the waeks of panic the prospect for lower rates of mter- est is marked “Eastern banks are unusually aggressive this winter. Nearly every well-rated house in this city has received one or more circular lotters from New York and New England banks, offering inducements to open accounts with them. Already soveral good houses are carrying large balances with castern bauks ““Phe first monthly meeting and dirner of the Commercial club was o gratifying suc- coss in point of numbers attending and the interest_aroused by discussions of timely topics, The club is on the right track and deserves the cordial support of every citi- zen. 1f the first nine months of its exist- enco cloges with all its debts paid, as its officers promise, the organization will have fully demonstrated that it is here to stay and to stay with a definite and important purpose “Tho proposed beot suzar factory is worthy of consideration. Tha beet sugar industry has passed the experimental stago in Nebraska. Itis an assured success, and if Omaha people are not far-seeing enovigh 10 tako steps to focalize this most promising of American industries here they will make a great mistake. The fact that tho Com- mercial club has entered into negotiations with the projector 18 taken of coursc as conclusive evidence that the project is pro- posed in good faith. Every citizen of Omaha ought now to lend a haund and make the sugar factory a go. I would like to repeat my suggestion of a week ago, namely that the glut of money :h 15 sure to follow these times will pro- duce a reaction in favor of investments which promise something better than usual rates of in t. Americans go from one extreme to the other, and a little well directed effort this winter will attract a great many capitalists toward this y. Once they turn their attentiou hitherwurd, it will be casy toshow them where industries can be developed which are almost certain to be profitable. Tn spite of hard times people i this city should keop awake and busy layiug plans for the future, and 1 know of no betterseason for this than the present winter. (Good sens unity of action and activity will work som very remarkable results for Omahu unles Iam greatly mistaken. Produce Pointers. Christmas greens are commencing 10 put inan appearance, About the finest apples to be seen in the market at the present time are from Oregon and Tdaho. Mr. Bemis of the firm of Bemis & Clark, and Mr. MeClain of the firm of Ryder & Co., are confined to their homes with the grip. Fred Hazzard, who is well kuown in com- mission circles in this city, and who has been located during the two y past in Minneapolis, has accepted a vosition with a Chicago grain firm. Every one who saw the fruit display at tho World's fair was struck with the fiue appearance of the apples on exhibit, 1t will be of interest to fruit shippers to know how these apples were handled. he fruit dealers do not see much good in Florida oranges. Prices are low, though not as low here asat a good many points, but the fruit does not sell. - The people do not appear to have got an orange appetite, or perhaps the poor fruit put out early in the season by the Florida growers discouraged further purchases. It 100ks now as 1f those who advanced $1 per box on oranges would get the worst of the deal. Omaha commission men experiment under the ma Krug that may be of interost to the trade in other cities, The plan is to have all the commission and oyster houses enter into an agreement to furnish information 1s to the amount of money that any one of their customers may be owing them. Any firm signing the agrecment can request a report ouany retail house. Mr. Krug calls upon all the firms and compiles the information, which is priuted on a ship of paper and given to all the firms s well as to the one request- ing the information. The slip shows the number of commission firms reporting, the total amount due the commission men from the retail house in question, how much of the indebtedness 1s past duo and whether the firm is slow or prompt pay or a kicker. After a three weeks trial, if the scheme proves to be of any benefit, it is proposed to make it & permanent thing. When the fruit was picked from the trees in the fall each was immediately wrapped in a piece of thin paper and then packed in tight ba with loose cooperage, such as flour barrels, und thus shipped by rail to Chicago, wherer they were stored in cold rooms and held until their removal in_Ma, and June, at a temperaturo of 332 K There was no attempt to vent tho fruit. All the applesi so picked and stored, whether ° they came from New 1linois, Minnesota, Michizan or Wis- 1, cam> ‘out in prime coudivion, bright n color, sound, and fully as rich in flavor they were in the fall. This was conspi uously true of Pound Sweets, Fall Pippin and other varieties of fall apples whi are clussed as poor keepers, and are usually gone before Christmas. Ina few insuances the skin showed in May and June a slight scaid, but the pulp below was perfectly sound under the scaid, and when the breal- inz down came, two or threo, and even four weeks later, the signs of rotting were as likely to appear under the bright skin as under the scald. The different railroad compantes centering in Omaha have arranged their reivigerator car service for the wccommodation of fruit stupoers as follows: On the B. & M. r frigervators will leave on Mondays for points beyond Alliance, and on Mondays and Fri- days for boints between -Lincon and Hastings. On the Cnicago, Burlineton & Quincy refrigerntors will lcave Omaha for Chicago on each Thursday. On the Eikhorn vefrigerators will leave ~for Chadron and points beyond on Mondnys and for points between Chadron and Omiaha, on the main Jwe, on Tuesdays. The Missouri Pacific will Lave ref out on Tuesdnys and “Thursdays for all poiuts south. The Union aerfic refrigerators will leave on Tuesdays nd Island and points west, on_Thurs- ys for Wyoming points and on Wednes- anys for points east of Grand Island. On Mondays and® Thursdays the Rock Island will have erators for pdints west of Des Moines, but the goods have to be loaded the day in advance. Parties ordering fruits and other goods liablo Lo injury from freez mg should filo their orders with reference to the refrigerator service, A group of five small keys lying off the extreme southern point of Plorida is the principal pineapple producing district of the world. Less than 700 acres altogether are here devoted to the cultivation of this fruit, but from this area 4,500,000 pipeapples have been shipped to New York in a single year, ‘The plant is propagated from suckers or slips, and 10,000 may be planted to the acre, two-thirds of which will bear fruit, so that'if §1a dozen could bo realized, the crop would bo a lucrative one. The 'most common variety is the scarlet or Spanish, the one ordinarily seen in the north, account of its good shipping qualil Next in abundauce i3 the sug loaf, o sweeter fruit, but m delicate, and therefore more dificult to hundie. A field of pineapples raised from slips will bear for five years, though after tho second year the yield steadily decreuses. A fiela planted with suckers only yields for two years. After this the land” seems ex- hausted and its strength must be remewed with fertilizers and by growing other crops, while plantations of pineapples are made in another field, ondon Stock (Juotation Loxpoy, De are trying an nagement of J. A. ondinary 18 | il e n.. 06 | Now York Central. 105 Penusylvania Reading 0 i () Canndlan Paclfic.. TR Erle Erio 280l Tlinois Coniral BAR SILYER--32d por 0. MONEY- 24 per cent. Rate of 1discount in the open oth short and three mont 290-16 per cent. New ¥ork Mining (uotations. New Youk, Dec. 9.~The followlag are the mining quotations: Ghglor 0 Plymoui. Crown Point.’.) 10i8lores Nevada. . narke bills, Con. Cal. & Va Deadwood. . Gould & Ourry. . Male & Noreross. Hom 110/ Yollow Jackel. 85| Iron Silver 876 |Quick Silver 110 COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Steadiness Provailed in Wheat Under Light Northwestern Receipts, CORN AND OATS GAINED A FRACTION Wheat Receipts at Chicago Were Largor than the Estimates aund This Cnused a Temporary Reaction to the Oponing Figure Cieaco, Dec. 0.—Steadiness provailed in the wheat market today under light north- westera receipts and moderate trading and the market improved from ¢ to i{c at the the close. Cora and oats gained 'g¢ and ¢ each, but provisions lost some of their advance. The dumping of long wheat, which was the feature of yesterday's trading, appeared to have run its course and May opened with a gaie of ¢ and held firm at the opening figure for u vime, with the offerings meeting with fair buying. The roceipts at Chicago were larger than the estimates and this caused a temporary reaction to the opening figures. Minneapolis and Duluth, however, reached but 473 cars, compared with 538 a woek ago and 1,020 on the cor- responding day last year. Tho carloads re- ceived at two cities for the week were but 8,150, against 6,838 on the same week last jear,and this showing materially helped the bull side of the market.. Then, too, it was reported that the farmers' stocks of wheat in the Red river valley of the north- west were about exhausted. Some of the tradors who helped prices upon the toboggan slide yesterday with their heavy sales were good buyers today. Milmine- Bodman and Georgo Seiverus were promi- nentas buyers, and their purchases, with others, helped make the market a firm one at the close, which was but !Jc below the day’s top figures. May opened at 683;¢, de- clined codt “1{c, then Iy, lost ie, g(r'x,v/mu d1jc and reacted e to the close, at 9740, ho corn marker was flrm, but without much activity, and fluctuations are confined to a range of fe. May opened unchanged at 40%5c, and on light receipts and iiberal buy- ing by Ramsoy, Chandler, Brosseau and others advanced ‘e and reacted g to the close, at 4014c. Oats fluctuations wore early in sympathy with corn and trading was light. May opened ge higher, advanced !{c, lost %c and reacted ;e to the close ab the opening figure—Ble—Ige under the top prices of the A'fair amount of trading was had in pro- visions and the market, althourh lower, was rather firm in tone. The dealings in lard were tho most_important and the other arti- cles followed its fluctuations. Helmolz sold lard moderately, supposedly for the Cudahy Packing company, and this seut prices down somewhat. As compared with last night, January pork is 15¢c lower; January lard, ¢ off and January ribs 7igc lower. Estimated receipts for Mond 162 cars; corn, 4 35,000 headl. “'ne leading futures ranged as follows: ‘ Clowe. y: Wheat, ars; oats, 255 cars; hogs, “TAriicies. | Ope High 02 03 68)| 08%@09 023/ 0215@03 68%| UNFe@od 85! 5% 51| s0@iin May:. 5 MESS PORK - May...\oo0 LARD = dy. . 2 spring, 62%@03c; No. 3 spring, 4@B3c; No. 2red, 625@ Cory—No. 2, 357 3 yellow, 35¢. OArs—No. 2, 28%,@2814¢; "No. 2 white, 81c; No. 8 white, 89240%c. RyEe—No. 2, 46¢. BArLey—No. 2, nominal; No. 8, 40@50¢; No. 4, 38@42 FrLAX SEED—No. 1, $1.22%;. TiMOTHY SEED—Prinie, $3.90. Pori-Mess, per bbI.; 815.1 or 100 1bs.,'$8.40@8.424; short ribs sides 0ose), #6.756@7.00; dry’ saltod shouldors boxed), $6.25@6.50: shor clear sides (boxed), 7.26@7.50. o HISKY—Distillors' finishied goods, por gal, Suaars—Unchanged; cut loaf, 53c; granu- Iated, $4.70; standard A, §4 The following were the receipts and ship- or today. ARTICLES, 30 1@18.25; Iard, RECETPTS, I SHIPMENTS. 11000 1 oo 4000 0000 ou 165000 81808 9 000 21000 Barley, b/ 54.000 21,000 On the Produce cxchange today tho butter market was: Creamery, D1@07i; dairy, 180 Lie. Eges, steady and unchanged; strictly tresh, 23w Flour, bbls...... 1000 Whent, bu. Corn, bu. . b bou 9.—-F10UR ~Rocelpts, 40,500 sules, 6,600 pkgs.; ey il pat 3.40@3.60; . OXD mariet very K 1ts, $4.21 patents, §3 city mills, cloar, 88.60@3.05; winter straizhts, $2,50@3.20; Minnesota pafonts, $3.70@4.10; winter oxtras, $2.202.70; Mingesota bukors, $2.30@3.70; winter low grades, $1.70@2.25; spring low grades, $1.60@1.90; spring extrus, $1.95¢2.45. Southern flour dull; common to 20@2.70; good to choico extra, ye flour’ firm; supertine b @2.95. Buckweat flour strong at EAR—Firn; Quic MaLT—Market adian, 9079505 sixrow. ots, 24,800 bu 200 bu.; salos, 430,000 bu ket du dy: No. olevator, 681e; afloat, 691 No. 1 northoern, 727% 68l for Canadian In bond. Cony MEAL, yellow western, $2.60@ 7t western, 65@ od, BO@HDC. éxports, 90, futiires. Spotiaar d, in storo 0 s, st night, on the visible ~u|)|\l‘y polnted to a modorate 5 red, ") mrf’, closing 6815c <lng at 7 May, 73 9-16@78 18-16¢, closing at 7. Decomber closed at 67 %¢ Cors—Recelpt ports, 107,600 bu.i sales, 60,000 bu. futires. Spov dull; No. 2, 45%c in elevator, 46%c ufloat, Op: tlons dull and steady, closed aulet at ¢ net adyanco; Janu 4413w ddice, closed av 443c; May, 46 5-10@46%¢, closed at 46 December, 404@A40%¢, closed ut 454¢ OATsS—Receipts, 72,500 bu ports, 1,600 e, 5,000 bu. Tutures, 84,000 b, spot. s duli and unchanged: No. No. No. 2 white, i No. 8 white, ics od wostorn, 3415085 5c; track white western, 84@40c: truck, whito stut §6@40¢c. Option ot was 'dull and n Klocted nll day, closing steady; January close Halge; Februury, 85 L closing at 85 Decombor closed 393, HAY-Low grades weak; shippin e, $6.00@9.00. . Pi-Dull; state. common to choice, 1@ ‘acificiconst, 18062215 wet sulted Noew Orleans, se- cted, 40@65 1%, 414 T i 2024 , good to A @50 1bs.., 4@5¢: Buenos A ibs., 105@1 1c; Texas, dry, 24630 1bs., 6@7¢. LEATHER—Quiet; “herl sole,’ Buenos Ayres, light to heavy weights, 14@19¢. PROVISIONS -icof, stoady; 'family, $14.000 extra moss, #.50; boef hunis, §15.600 16.00% city, extra India moss, $19.00223.00. Cut meats, dull; pickled bellies, 8ie; plekled shouldors,' 04@0sc: pickled huins, S4GDe. Lard, quiet: westorn steam closed at option sales, December, #5580 no Junuary #5560 nouina ess, B14.78; extra prime, {nmll’y‘ #16.60@17.75; short ' clear, 9.00. BurTEr—Firmer on higher grades; westorn dairy, 18@220; croamery, 20028%0; western factory 16%@21c; Elgins, 28%¢ dairy, 19@20c. UHEESE—SLeus state, swall full skims, 2@8c. EGGs—Stend, southern, 2140241 TALLOW—Sioady large, } bart skims, 43040 241@260; ity 82 per pkg.), 61-16@ PerroLEuNM-Quist; Uuited closed at77ie, RosiN-Steady; strained, common to good, 81975501825, TUKPENTINE-S10ady at 2002040, fom-Quict; domestic fylr extru, 8%0i4c. OLASSES—Ste ew Orlews, open kettle, 4000 10 choice, SHGA0S e P10 Inox--Dull; American, $12.00@1500. CorpeR—Quiet; lnke, $10.25 bid. LkAD—-Weak; domiestic, 83,20 $ prime orude, 28e. COTTONSEED Oii—Firn Svuail—Raw, steady; fulr refluing, 25¢; con- teifugals, 96 tost, 8csales none;refinod ateady; off “A"§K@4d-16c; mould “A" 4%@4'11-16¢; stern fresh, standard A "414@4 5-1657 confoctioners’ “A* 434@4 5-16¢; cut loat, 6@ 3-16¢; crushed, 5@ 6 8-16¢; powdered, 4 9-14@4%c " granulated, 45-16@4%5¢; ciibes,'4 9-16@4%c. % Coprrr_—Quiet; lake, $40:25 bid, LA Wenk; domestic, .20, Tin—Kasy; siraits, 20/ SeELTRR - irm; domestit Omaha Produce Market, Bozrer—Tho local demand is light and tho surplus stock has to bo shipped [n order to koep the market cleaned up. At the samo timo dealers complaln that the shipping de- mand is not very active, 39 ho market s very weak and the amount of butter that brings 20¢ 1s_very small; choico cougtry, 18@20¢; fresh packing stock, 15 DDRESSED POvLTRY~Taking into considera- tion the fact that [t is oilly the weok after Thanksglving the demand for poultry is very fair and the market 18 képt well cleaned up. Tricos aro Tow und that may tond to stimilate the demand. Chickens, choice, 7@Sc; geoso and d 7@8e; turkeys, L1ve Povtrny--Denlers gonerolly are advis- ing against the shipment of live poultry as the demand §s very light, the trade generally pre- forring drgssed pouliry 3 he atrivals during the past day or w0 have boen light, and the market firn at provious guotations. Choice small and fat venls, 7@744¢; thin ot heavy, 3@oc. GAME--Tho recelpts are nmiade up largely of prairie chickens and quall and tho latter are comdng In so freely that a drop n prices would not occasion any surprise. Rabbits are also becoming very plenty and - will not stand such high as i the Prairie chick 00@4.25; grouse, @3.50; quail, 81.26; Jack snive, 31 Dloverd1: Canado goose, 85000 gecse, $4.0034.50; orant, 19,003 ducks, #2 rodhead duc ks, 81.76@2.00; gro #1.50; mixed ducks, $1.2 vashack ducks, $5.0026.00; jack rabbits, 11 small rabbits, 750@#1.00: squirrels, 7@ deer suddles, per 1b, 18@1bc; deer carcasses, 10c; antelope saddles, 12@13c; antelops carcasses, S@9c 1aGs—Tho recelpts of frosh lall oggs aro very light and the market steady at 23¢. The bullc of tlie cold storage stock 13 golng it 200 HoxEy--TToney §s commoncing to a littlo more freely, but Tight forni golden move the demand 1s still for it; choicd white clover, 16c; Cali- 16c. Medium, 15¢: horsoshoes, 19c; ards, 200; selocts, 1 extra se company selocts, 20 punts, S0c. testnuts, 1301 1h.; italian 13c; almonds, 18¢; English walnuts, Brazil nuts, 12¢13¢; , lnrge, 12@14¢; pocans, medium, 10c. ho market on black walnuts is low and no one wants 1o buy. VEGETABLES, BeAxs—California hand-picked navy. $1.00a 2,003 westorn nuyy, $1.85@1.90; comnion whitu benns, $1.5001.77 ¢ ONIONS -Onlons are quoted at 50T on orders ut GH@70c; Spanish crate, $1.50. WATER CRESS case of 16 qts., §1 POTATOES and Minnesota n potatoes, in small lots from store, 650 r lots, 60 Colorado, from 1 lots, 6570 for cabibage from the coun- t 20 per Ih. ~According 1o size, , and onions, per try “are filled OELERY ROC per doz. CELERY—Good stock, 85¢; extra fancy Cali- fornta, G0@75e. SWEET POTATORS 462600 The supply s 3.50. pinach, perhbl., 30d5e per doz: ' radishes, pe endive, per doz, 75e; _onions, iower, per ao lot- ,75¢; cucumbers, ma- falr; wost- Catawbas, per b-Ihbaskot, 17018c 50-1b. 50@6.00; Mala CALIFORNIA FrUTTs —TH on the market; pens, 31.10%1 o 15 ot much left §2.75: Muscat black grapes, ht.on this market ce, por DbL., $4.75@5.00; 00 per box. anboriies are arriving vor, gooddemand; .50: " bell and bug 5; bell and cherry, $5. TROPICAT, FRUITS. Prices remain about steady o, $2,00062,50; per bunch, si medfum, 31,75 2.00. LEeMons—Good lemons, $5.00@5.560, ORANGES—Moxlcans or Floridas, per box, $2.75; large sizes, #2.50. TANGERT hox, GRALE or hok, § HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. MpEs—No, 1 green bides, 2ic; No, 2 hides, 2c; No. 1 greon salted hides, 8¢: No. 2 froen salted hides, 2ey No. 1 grotn saltod hides, 25 Ibs. 040 Ibs., 803 No. 2 groen salted hides, 25 IDs. to 40 1bs. No. 1 voal culf, 8 1bs. to 15 1bs. 6e: No. 2 veal calf, 8 1bs. 1015 No, 1 dry filnt hides, 5 2 dry fling ; doi 1dry ‘saited hidos, dc. Part cured hidos 3 per Ib. less than fully cured. SuEEP PECTS-Green salted, ea groen salted snearlings (short wo skins), cach 10@15c; dry shoarlings wooled early skins), No. "1, puch 5@10¢ shearlings (short woolod carly skins), No. each Ge; dry fllnt, Kunsas and Nobraska butener wool palts, per 1., actual weight, 103 Iry flint, Kun: Nebraskn murrain wool belts, per b, a 17@20c; dry flint_Colorado butcher wool pelts, por Ib., actual woight, 9210¢; dry filnt Colorado mus ain_ wool polts, por b, actual weight, 739 dry pleces and bucks, actual weibigt, 6B7c. CRANDERRIES: n freely nnd are_in per_DbL, $6.256 @6.75; Jersey, per bunch, Ul to reen St. Louts Murkots. sr. Dours, Dec. 9.—Frove—Dull and un- chunged. WHEAT-Was very dull and prices within a closiniz i ahove yostorday; cash, y, 60%¢; May, G6Yc. Conx—Stronge: ry slow, closing tic up; Dec sei January, 88%c; May, ash and December, 27%c; No sales BRAN—Lowor ut 6335@64c, east track. fIAY-Unchanged: timotlly ranged @18.00; prairie, 87,0005.50 LEAD -Dull and iower ut $3.05, SPELTER—Lowor ) nsked. FLAX SEED -Quiot u $1,10. BurTEr—Unchanged; croaumiery, dairy, 16224c. Eaas—sold at 212 Quiot; $1.7 cady ut 81,16, uchanged at 4%4@6c. N Tres—Unchanged at 956@$1.00. PROVISIONS—Very quict; only o small bing trade at previous quotatlons; pork d, 8510008151 dry salt meats, butter ulders, $0.3714; lougs and ribs, $6.870; Shorts, §7; boxed lots, 16c_wmore: bacon, shouldors, $7.20; longs, $8]vibs, $3.1215; shorts, 45,8745, IteckTPTS ~Flour, 8,000 bhls.: wheat, bu.; corn, 1,141,000 bu.: outs, 14,000 b, Sitiea 000 Dbls.; wheat, 1,000 bu.jeorn, Dists, 6,000 bu. $10.00 22@20¢; 2,000 115 Wilkat Market. Dec. 9.—~Wheat was dull in speculation today. Trading wis mufuly locals May opencd at 63%c and closed at 63ic, with fluctuntions inside of e all day. Leceipts, 815 caes; shipmonts, 41 cars. o demund whoat, which closed % for No, 1 hern, u northern, Sales wer on the Minnea MINNEAPOLI higher { but wero weaker at tho close. M complain much of the flour trade and b heart to buy wheat, but they are piy strong competitive prices, for the wh fi¥eoro £ tied tp. untit My, " Koports from the country showed small han the previous woek at tho san © wo differont opinfons as to the inerease or de- erease of elovator supplios in the intorlor. hut it is generally thouglit thero was but little chango. Flour was dull, with an output equal to halt only of the capucity of this elty, and mills uro shutting down all through the futerior, lacking demand for their flour. Kauns K 9caWipAT—tic lower; No.2 hard, b3 % rolt) 6% Cony—Firm and bse lower; No. 2 mixed, 80%¢; white, 81 5 vs—Slow: No. 2 mixed, 27::@26c; No. 2 white, 25%:@25¢ Eaas—Quiet and stend RECEIRTS - Wheat, ki 0nts, HODE, SHipMENTS—Whent, 000 bu.; oits, non RyE-—-Yery firm; No, 2,600, Frax Seed—Firm at # 166111, BRAN—-Active and fien i 65@60c, Hav—GQuiet; tmothy, ¥3.0069 86006700, Burrei-Weak; croungry, 019 e EGas—Quiet and steadyz 204%c. ReCEWPTS—Wheat, 81,000 bu; 8,000 none. Nt8—Wheat, 21,000 bu.; corn, 12,000 bu.; oats, none. Colleo Marker, New Youk, Dec. 9.—Corpik—Options open ints up, closed quiot and generally o to 25 tdecling; siles, 6,000 bigs, icluding abor, $16 Junuary, $10.40216.45; . May #5507 August, 314500 14.90. ' 8pot coffoe Ko, fivm; No. 7, ¥18; mild, steady; Cordova, $20.0020.20; sules, noues HasBURG, Dec. 9.~Unchinged o' % pfg nigher. m| Dec. 0.—Steady; near mouths, %@ up. Ri0' bE JANEmo. Dec. 9.-Steady; No. 7, #15.50; oxchinge, 10i5c. LONDON, Dec. 9.~ December, 6d lower; Janus ary and Fobruary, 6d higher. at 2014 81,000 bu.; corn, 8,000 127,000 bu.; corn, 12,- prairle, 20@260; dalry, corn, Corton Market. New ORLEANS, Doc. 9.-CorToN-Futures, steady; sales. 55,300 bules, 5 nominal; January. 87.2807.24; Fobruary, 4794 7.85; March, $7.44@7.45; April, $7.6107.62; iy, $T.05047.00; J utie, ST.66@T.67; July. #7.18 @7.74; widdung, 7xe;i low middiing, 7 9-16¢; good ordinary, 6%c; net rocoipts, 18,744 balos; grom rocelpta; 16,333 bales; cxports to Grent Eritaln, 5459 Dba France, 14,768 bules; 830 bales; coastwise, 3,533 bales. CorroNn-Quie sales, ood ordinary, 7 9-16c: middling, FAUKER, Doc, 0. FLovr—Steady T-Quict; May, 64%c; No. 2 spring, No. 1 northern, 65c. CORN—Quile 540, OArs—Lower: N 2 white, white, 203@30% Bantey-Steady; No. 2, 48¢; track, 33@40¢ RYE-Lower; No. 1, 48c. Provisioss—Lower; pork, $13; lard, #8156, RECEIPTS —Flour, 10.000 bhls.; wheat, 34,000 bu; barley, 37,000 bu, HPMEN pur, 2,000 bbls | wheat, 12,000 bu.; barley, 8,000 b 80'i0; No. 8 sample, on Liverpool Markets. Liverroor, Dec. 9.-W AT mand poor; holders off crately; ( fornia, No. 1, 68 6 @35s 61ad; No. 2, wos! spring, bs H@5s 6d. 3, western red, b b3 40 Cony 4s 240 PEAS -Canadian Provisioss - Pork, Lard, 405 6d. oo Tone and shott i 1bs, s 6d. TALLow Dull; No. Quiot; moderate demand; mixed, s 10 prite wess, fine, A6s. sxtra fudia, 110, Bacon, A, 60 1bs., 47s; long clear, 45 American Liverpool, 284 i Graln Market. Proria, Doc, 9.—Cony—Market 2, 893@35%c; No. 8, 344@85c. OATs_Market quiet and easy No. 8 white, 281420 Wiisky—Markot firm; wines, $1.15; spirits, Toorin active; N No. 2 white, <-Wheat, none: corn, ,500 b ryt, 2,400 bu.; corn, 81,600 bu.; { bariey, 8,400 bu. 1, none 5 o Weekly Bank Stacement, NEW Yok, Dec, 9.« The weekly bank state- ntshows the following changes: Reserve, icroase, $468,525; incroase, §2,503, 00; specie, inc legal tonde ase, Incronse, #5,407,100; eirculation 100 The banks now hold 2 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cont rule, New York Dry Goods Market. New Yok, Dec. 9.—Dospieo {ho favorable weather conditions the past week the volume of trade has not increased much, and the windup of the week shows v little in tho way of encouragoment in the outlook for MOTO Prosperous business next week: This market was very dull 1 hard, cash, rn, cash, 604e 3 v, 65140 2 northe s NO. 8 northers rejected, 4640 “Woul Mark St. Lowis, Dec. 9.—Woor, voted. " What fow sales vate terms at supposed) No eliange can bo 3 made are on pri- casior prices. STOCKS AND BONDS. With Three Exceptions Al Shures Traded 1n Were Depressod Yesterduy. New Youk, Doc. 9. —As a vesult of specula- tion on the Stock exchange today every share traded in, with three important excep- tions, shows depreciation in value from ¢ to 23{ per cent. But, as a rule, the are merely fractional. Distilling was the only really active stock and was sold frecly on the denial of yesterday report of an in- crease in the tax on spivits. As a result of the selling movement the shaves declined 21 per cent from last night's closing. Linsecd Oil, aftoran advanceof ' per cent at the opening, broke 3 per cent, closing at the lowest point touched on sales of only 1,200 shares. Consolidated Gas lost 1'¢ por centon A report that an effort would bo made to get the coming legislature to adopt ameasure lowering the waxinum price of in Ne city. All the grangers cd decrensing earnings ul preferred, which sold down 11 rvecorded the only matervial de- cline. A slight pressure to sell was felt in Western Union, induced by repors of a falling off in business necessitating a cur- taiiment of the operating forces. The bank statement had no appreciable effect on the market, although it was not up to expectation, showing less than $500,000 increase in tho reserve. The banks have a surplus of over $76,000.000, which is the highest fizure ever reached. The amount of increase is a small matter except as serv- ing to ndicate that the- great flow of cnr- rency to this center is being checked, which is not vegarded as an unhcalthy symptom. The low rates for money current here and the difticulty of placing i, oven at these small figures, have probably induced the banks to check the influx of cash, which accounts for the slight advanco in the reserve, There was some covering in the stock market in the final dealings and the tone of speculation at the close was fairly firm. The general list, compaving the final'sales today With those of a week ago, shows a decliné in most of the active stocks, ranging from 13 per cent to 31, per cent in the grangers and j{ to 1l¢ per centin the coalers. ‘Ihe following the losses per cont, o the closing quotations of leading stocks on the New York ex- e today: T e Expross.. 150 Alton. T 11 5 o pref'd. S Anjcrican EXpross 113 Baltimore & Ohto 2t Acitic. uthor Central Pacific. ... Ches. & Ohio. Chieago & Altow ! CiiiB, Q. asery Clile. Gas, 5 Consolldated Gas Plttsbirg. .. C.C C &St L Sty Pullinan Palac Col. Conl & Tron... 8 | Reading. Cotton Ofl Cert Dol. & Hudson, .. Del. Lack. & Wost D. & B G. prefd... Dis. &0, Fdra. Co.". st Teun, . . Erle. do profd fort Wayne eat North'n i Piclfic O & East. 1L prd ey Hocking Valley 1. Conl 4 Tlinots Contral . ¢ Texits Pacilic St Paul & Dalutiy ol & 0. Con oxis I 13 Union Pacific I 16| 0.8, Express do pref .. 07 (WSt L& Lake Shore. 7 Trist Louisvill North ¢ 0. P D. & Gulf rtliwestern, do prof'd ow York (e 10 & Wesiern i I, . 183 | Oregon Nay 188 L. & U, | Pacitic Maii 4l Peorla, 1 1P Ao profid St. Paul & Oniihi \phis & .o oo 10| ML 8 Michigan Central 16D, & R G 5| Genoral Bitcr 20 ' | Natlonal Linsoc 70 |G F& I S 20 |C, F.& L. pror'd L 42 |H &G DTG A A KN 2147 80L& K. o pref'd The ranzo of ane & Co., B “Sioeks. cos as reported by J. W, dof Trade hall, isas follows . . & N i Ui 0N 60Ty Northwiator J 1044105 Mo, Pacitie, A 3 2iy | 2anl 25 Paeifie) 10| 2 Sou! 20w oy N Pacifie, 22 N. Pacific OB & Q Rocic Inl Paul Westor Am. Su, Now E: Atehison...... Chicago Gk Reading. ... Del, & Hudwop.- E G B DR Copdage Total sales shures, including: A Burlington, 4.000; com. toda. 82,600 erican 7,200; Chicago ;"D tillers, 2,600; New York & New England 2 New England, 2,500; Rock Is Paul, 10,600; Wostern Union, 5 San Franciseo Maing Quotutions, SAN PraNcIsco, Dec. 9.~The official closing quotations for miulug stocks today wero as oliows: Altaoo . Ao & NOTCIons. Helle Tl - oxlean Belcher Novida Qo Best & Tuich |Ophir Bodie Con. . © 785 |Potosi Bulwer. pro Savage Cuollar. .. Sierra Nevidi Con. Cal. & Vi Unlon Con Crown Polat 1 Gould & Curry low Jiekol New York Money Market, New Yorsk, Doc. 9.~Moxey ON CaLL at 14 por cent. Piise MERC NTILE PAPER-BX @0 pe STERLING EXCHANGE - Dull, with act Kkers' bills at #4.87% for demund t 84.8433@4.84% for sixty-duy bills Posted ratos, $4.55)304.56. Comuercial bills, #4.5504.83) BILYER CERTIPICATES 0970 bid GOVERNMENT BONDs - Firm. State bonds, louctive. OMAMA LIVE STOCK MARKET Week Oloses with a Liberal Supply of All Sorts of Offerings. BETTER TONE TO THE GENERAL TRADE Mighest )rered tor Price Ever " Buneh Cattie and 1A on this Market of Christmas ased —Hog. Trade Lively, SATURDAY, Receipts of cattlo continue | excess of previous experience, the fi tho week showing a gain of 5,000 over last week, and December last great gain over hind last year. figures are 2,000 over year, weok in made a second have the Hogs ast weok, but aro 10,000 be Recelpts this woek Recoipts Iast we Same week last y Prices wero stronger for cattle the week clc Sheep are within 400 of last week and 1,000 greater than last year. The Cattle. Mo 20,290 20,0 15,150 20,845 15,014 39,905 today ¢ 0s with a good part of t of the carly part regained Some choice .50 and $5.60 but Christmas and was not accopted beoves sold av £6.40 was bid for some, his last is the highest price ever offered for beef steers on this market, the highest figure paid hereto- being &6, & ), while some 5 on June runof short fod stuff sold ar ry good bee v from §4.40 to #1.50, Cow stuff was in strong demand from start to finish and changed hands. at from &.50 to from $2.10 to aown. Stocker: figures for all i, 14 the 15, 1888, meager offerings The ordinary ind &340 to 's went at soon Good to choice cows sold £3.20, common to and nd feeders sold readily suitable choice feeders are quoted at 7 10 good 1 0 at from §2, good at thin stuff from $2 t strong steers. Good to from $3.25 to ) to §3.25 and common from 275 down, Kepresentative Sale 111056 1221180 ... 1402 832 1010 716 970 . 910 720 870 1000 tii._ 950 1.21010 L. 880 995 L 980 1116 1316 770 1300 1480 L1440 111800 ..1940 1132 DRRESSED BELF. N Av. Pr. TAAS TE 17 1302 1000 1080 1502 920 1083 1108 953 940 HELPERS, 85 00 00 00 00 00 10 210 210 1800 1900 1460 1080 L1580 11510 1400 1510 1620 1620 OXEN 3 00 STAGS. 200 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS, L4152 Western Cattle, Av. ows... 930 % 7 bulls.. . 1344 fdrs...| 765 13 fdrs.. 1 bull. 10 aurs, gl 1 sitrtlg 12 fars. 75 fdrs. Teall) 130 4 1 bull’ 1300 1 10 strs, g 723 4 1 bull 1 cow 12 cows. O fars 1 cow 12 co 1 1d) 910, 930 073 1 1000 . 977 956 1050 703 . 840 1 bull 4 cows. 5 bulls, 20 fdrs.. 1020 Ir o 15 70 75 No. 3 bulls. 101 cows, Cows. Jtoers, ulls. alinawel 13 fars B4 fdrs. 21 steors, WS, 94 Cows, Lste 1 bull 26 cows 1 fdy 4 bulls Hogs Sell Briskly. “I'a0 receipts of hogs were any day the past woel incre: wading but 1o wed hands, tho great ay's 15 ab the high point of the avoraging up a shade better thin yes- “Tlie range Was narrow, .05 ay £.15, against #.10(@5, est wecl shows an week, The local houses, liberal orders 8001 ol t 8,15, closo sal terday and bulk bull, §.1065.15 and bulls, $.15@ yester the large und tho total for the se of 4,000 over lust was confined to as they had fill, the ‘receipis bulle selling nopular pric The the 20, and #2103, 20 on last Saturday, Repres Av. Bh. 31 2 208 — 6 40 O 1208 Pr 00 0 0b 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 ptati » Sales, Av. ..810 - 80 160 o1 218 120 61 5 90,284 120 515 Sheep Tende Stendy. Tho shoep market was woll supplied, al- though there were desirable muttons in the run. Tho mariet continues fairly stoady. Fair to good natives, § 50; fair to good wosterns, @3.2); common and stock 5; good to chofce 40 to 100-1b. Represontative sales: No. Av PR 299 Wyoming wothers 100 82 80 703 Wyoming wethers 100 2 80 341 native mived 250 (L] 4 244 800 80 520 80 6 203 Recoipts and Disposition of Stoek OMelal rocoipts and disposition of stock &y shown by the books of thy Unlon Stock Y company for the twonty-four hours endiog as o o'clock p. m., Decenbor 9, 1 WECKINTS, CATTLE. OGS, SHERD. [HONSES & WIS Cars, Hoad | Cars. | Head Cars. [ Head | Cars. | Head. 80/1,067] 108l6,200 111007 IMSPOSITION UV ERS, CATTLE, | 110G, |SHERP, The Omahia Packing Co The G. 1. Hammond Co Swiftk Co Tho Cudahy Pac o Morris or & Degon t& Carey Shippers aud feedors. ik 0o, Total Chieago Live Stoek Mark Crieaco, Dee. 9.-The fow hundred cattlo on salo toduy wero hought up steadily and at SUM prices, The woek's receipts hiuye been very Tight for the time of the year and s the opiiion seens o be that tie total for next woek WHLNOL show any large Incroase there was much confidence” among sellers, Tt is not expucted that tho demand will develop activity after the holidays, but o 1ight supplies must result 1n in adyanc Sl receipts woro estimatod 1,000 hend, King nbout 61,000 head_for the” week, as Inst 46,732 1aSU week, 78,121 & year nga 3 1W0 yOars ago. e hog market onenod rather tame and for a whilo it Tooked as though Fridny’s quotas Tions might' bo. sustainod. hut Tater 1n the morning_under sharp b pricos wora Frner, The closo was quict 1o surong. principall from $5.15 to & srnges of front 276 10 400 1hs., and to $5.40 for lightor woislit LS wero estinatoo it 15,000 1 for the week, ngainst 141,061 siois woek, 108,697 w yeur ago und TWO YOAES 00, Shoep and lamb roceipts for today wore 00 hoad, making 71,628 head for thy woek. This Iy increaso ‘on tho provious week's total of about 21,500 head and an inereaso in the arrivals for the same time last year of 86,500 head, Thero was considerablo demand and very dittle was accomplished toward learing the pens of the largo acenmulations f stock, some of which has vainly boen seok- ing buyers since the heghnming of the wook. Targely below #3, and fro we of quotations for primo v he lanb market was inactive oni $3.75 10 8,50, Recoipts: Cattlo, 1; shoep, 1,000 he e Evening Jour CArTLE-Recelpts, 500 hend; shipments heau; market stoddy; weelds supply cle 3 Christmas beoves, nominally st @6.75; export, $1. bod 1o choico shipping and drosscd_Deer, $4 M 1o medium, 83,1044 1¢ heifors, $1.00@3.40} stockers and fecders Tho ro- g 177,- o the 10,040 wero Ad; hogs, 15,000 1 renorts: i oipts, 5,000 he 4 Ticht, weaks rough packing and shipping, vy and butcners, shipmes vy, strongi #1.90@5.05; .80; prima lighit, #0.20 1,000 head; I’ to make a : westerns, $2.20Q nbs, $2.60@4.60, L Quotitions. Bostox, Dec. 9.-Call loans, 2524 por cont; timo loans, 3:5@5 por cent. Closing quotas tlons on stocks, bonds and mining share 10 Wik, Co 50,457 ; native sh ders, $2.2 Stigar rrod Albany Mane: Kearsarge 1 5 Oscroli, Westingh. Eiee. Quiney _do prefd... 8,100 head; native stoc , $2.30@3.11 1§ hus—Recetpts, 1,900 head; shipm head; market 5e higher: top prices, bulk of sales, 84.9025.70. SmEEp—Roceipts, 100 head; shipments, 800 hoad; not enough supply to muttons would bring s, $2.60@4,25¢ cows, $1.50 Live stook Dec. 9. CATILE-Rocolpts, shipments, 3,700 head; general : steers strong und cCows a s, $3.1004.30; cows 1 Texas and 1 rs and feedors, $1.80623.2 1oas—Receipts, 7,000 head: shipmionts, 500 head; warket active and strong: vulk, $5.068 5.15: all grades, $1.8065,2215 SHEEP—Recenp 800 head; shipments, ‘.m;u ud; marketcasiarand duli; lambs, $2,00 Market. arket und triflo weake Sioux Cit Stoux Crry, Dee Receints head; officla] yesterday, 1,637 head: Ship- ments, none; market be Lighe'r, active; $5.10@ 5.1 hulk 545,15, Gipts, 100 head; oficial yestors head: shipn.ent I ull and unchanged Market. 200 Stock in s Recelpts of live stock western markets Satu Shoeop. 1,697 1,000 800 100 8,091 South Omaha. Chicago. ... . Kunsis Oity. 8t. Louls, 500 4,100 Total 50,160 St Louts Mufiing Quotntions, Sr. Louis, Doc. 9.-Mining quotations un chungea: B0 Ak Adams 5 At Mot Elizthoth, Tt Finanelul Note KaNsAs Ciny, Doc. 9.-Clourings, 120 N 814 PARIS, Doc, 9.~ Three por 40¢ for tho account. Mipitis, Doc fg At pur #01,401 BALTINORE wnces, § PHLADELIIIA, Doc. 9 4213 alunces, 31,824,674 132,707; bulances, NEw Yok, D .--Clenrings, $81,007,80; 44,451, For the wook, clearings, Uillinées, #35,541,570. Cloarings, For the 6. Mono: 81,788, OnLEANS, Dec. 9.—Cloarings, 81,650, cont rentes, 991 New Y vl exehange, Clearings, 204,300; soll- Litaneos. Dee. 0.—Clearings, 8 N, For the week, $14 Clonrings, 45,749 'or the weelk, §62,- BOSTON, balances, NEW YOoRk, Dee. 0. Th for the wook endiog to and #04 67 in sliver port of New York for the Rpecio, 852,168 i gold; genural ner $5,502,215] dry goods, #1,149,400 Onieaco, bee. 0.--Cl Clearings for tho week gponding week I Vork exchange, wnd quis ) el 1ight call und 6@T7 por cent Louis, Dec, 9 3,730,061} #937,595, Money, quict at 7@8 pes cliango on Now Vork, 900 premium. Plngs this weok, $24,216 bislunces, §2,520,410; cloarings for the corresponding week last yo 2099525 balunces, $2,578, ol wat wock, 820,161,044; baluncea xports of specle 551,821 In’ gold Phé 1uports from the eck ending today, #13,420,000, Corres Stunl, #4 8004885, 57 per cent’ on Dk pent " MOTHERS' FRrIEND’? WMAKES CHILD BIRTH EASY, Colvin, La, Dec, 2, 1686.—~My wife used MOTHER'S FRIEND bafors her third confinement, and says sho would not be without it for hundreds of dollars. DOCK MILLS, it by n ) Mg 1A iy e el BRADFIELD REGULATOR ©O., “on waLE BY AL BRUGRIE TSN ATLANTA, @0