Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1902, Page 35

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1902. CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE Last Week's Oold Wave Brought Heavy Goods Into Big Demand, SHORTAGE IN NEW CROP OF RAW SUGAR With Anything Like a Normal W ter Jobbers Expect to D Record Business This Time On, a Lively trom There was a very marked improvement last week in the demand for all Kinds of seasonable gdbds. Jobbers have been say- ing all along that what they needed was & real touch of winter weather, and the way the rush orders came In last week from all dircctions by telephone, telegraph and mail would {ndicate that their predic- tions were about correct. The jobbers of clothing and footwear felt the improvement perhaps more than wholesalcrs in other ilnes, but still grocerics, hardware and everything coming under the head of seasonable goods wns In better than has been the case for some time past According to reports recelved from the country, retallers had about all the trade they could take care of. Up to last week farmers were so0 busy with their fall work that they scarcely took time to g0 to town and as a result retailers’ shelves remained full. The demand last week, however, went &dong way toward breaking stocks and it thought that trade from this time on will be very brisk Some complaints have been heard about the condition of collections. The suation han not been at all serfous, but it has been | noticed that a good many merchants have been much slower about meeting their bilis than expected. A great improvement is looked for in the near future, as merchants | are reducing thelr stocks at a rapid rate. | Present indications are that Jobbers' losses this season from, poor accounts will be unusually small, for while merchants may | have been & litle slow so far, wholesalers | have no fear but what they wiil come to | the front in good shape from this time on The markets still remain very firm, with the tendency of prices upward on a good many lines of goods. Values seem to be on & good, firm basis, with no prospect of there being any important reductions for | some time to come. Sugar May Go Higher. The sugar market showed considerable activity last week and an advance amount- ing to e, affecting the entire line, 18 re- rted. “Raws are also higher in both New ork and London, so that further ad-| vances are looked for. Another strong bull | featura is the report to the effect that the visible supply of sugar throughout the world s belng reduced at a rapid rate and | that the 1902 crop of raws is 1,231,000 tons | less than the 191 crop. Taking these con- ditions into consideration, local jobbers pre- dict that considerable higher prices will prevalil in the near future. The cheese market was also strong and active last week and an advance of %@%c took place. October made goods are now very scarce In first hands und at the same time the export trade is increasing rapidly, 80 that still higher prices at any time would canned goods there have cause no surprise. In the line o been no very radical changes since last report. Corn continu in a very strong position, but tomatoes are possibly a little easler, 50 far as the Baltimore goods are concefned. High grade standards, how- ever, are not in abundant supply and are being bought up as fast as offerod at prices a shade under the market. Peas are getting stronger every day and it is now estimated that the pool has obtalned control of 86 or 9 per cent cf the peas out- side of jobbers' hands, and consequently the market is In a very strong position. Further reports from Callfornia . indicate that many lines of canned goods, and espe- clally apricots and cherrles, are in very light supply, with gallon apricots almost unobtainabi It {s still very difficult to secure drled fruits from the coast and o long as that is the case jobbers that outside prices will be demanded. No further advances, however, have been reported on ralsins of ather California frults. The market on currants is slightly easter than it was a week Evaporated ap- ples_are aleo a little lower, as contracts are pretty well cleaned up and the surplus stock is now coming on the market, so that prices eaged off about %c per Ib. on all grades The market on ‘evaporated rasp- rles though is o little stronger and an advance of ¢ was reported last week. Rice continues to advance and every- thing in the way of strictly first-class goods is selling quickly at tull prices. The recent rains in the south have done so much dam- age that early estimates of the crop will agaln have to be greatly reduced and the damaged goods will probably be sold to the export trade. he bean market held steady last week and with the advent of cold weather an increased consumption is looked for and an advancing market. . Dry Goods in Better Demand. The cold weather of last week created a much heavier demand for winter welght fiods than ‘has been experienced in some ttle time. Duplicate and Ailling-in orders agrived trom all quarters and jobbers had | about all they could do to get the goods out on time, Owing to the big rush of last week, wholesalers naturally ook for a con- tinued brisk demand throughout the winter, proVided there is the usual amount of cold weather. Traveling men are still meetin success on the road in landin orders and there Is now no doubt but what more advance orders will be taken this year than ever, before. There is very little to be said regarding the conditlon of the market, as prices are in_just about the same position they wen; & week ago. As the season advances whole- salers find it ‘more and more difficult to get d:sncn: orders on popular lines of goods and as a result retallers who come back for more supplles quite frequently meet with disappointment. Big Movement of Hollday Goods, Hardware jobbers reported an enormous demand last week for slelghs and skates. Part of that was, of course, due to the snow and cold weather, but besides that | there was the usual demand for the holl- d“ ra 30 that jobbers had a busy time filling their order: Other lines of holiday goods handled by hardware jobbers were also In better demand than usual. The trade in hardware though was not limited | t@ holiday goods, for he cold weather made all seasonable goods very popular. ‘There were no changes In quotations last woek that were worthy of mention. Prices continued on the same firm basis they have been for some time past. G e Rubber Weather. Last week Omaba rubber goods jobbers had the heaviest run of trade that the have experienced in several month seems that stocks In faerchants' hands were not nearly as heavy 3- was generally thought, so (hat the cold weather and snow of last' week practically exhausted the '"»l{..m the country of arctics, felt boots and that class of goods. Rush orders came in trom all directions and It kept jobbers working overtime to get the goods hipped promptly. There was also a good demand for leather go0ds, as people Who were not well sup- lled with heavy welght shoes could not o postpone buying. The orders that arrived were not very heavy, but they were numerous Frults and Produce. It was a little dangerous to make ship- ments of frults last Week, o that no_very | great quantity moved out of Omaha. There was, however, & big demand for v Prices have not changed mater the exception of potatoes, which advanced to _B0c per bu. he prices at which the different lines of both fruits d vegetables are selling will be found {n another column There wWas not & very heavy demand for poultry last week, but with the exception ot |I"‘l'yl prices held about steady. Tur- key! however, oW and the outside price for dressed stock was about e, with culls sellin jeneral prediction among commission men s that I\lrk\‘\l for Christmas will be fully a8 scarce as they were 4t Thanksgiving and that prices will Tule as high if not higher The egg market firmed up a little to lght recelpts and a farly liberal de- mand. The buller mark ! was also very firm, with the ‘tendency of pricey upward \ with good spring etables. | owing WEARE COMMISSION COMPANY, 110-111 Bos of Trade, Om Telephone 1316, CHICAGO, Dec. 6-WHEAT—After a firm opening on higher cables and limited offerings the wheat market eased off and | the small trade counted more than any- thing else ugainat prices, 'Frices at thelr best were Y4 over Friday's close, but there was & recession of % to e from the top. The advance of l4c In lake rates and the | © advance in insurance have been agalnst shippers. Primary . receipts, $49.000 bushels, agaiust 90,000 year; in the northwest against 1) a year ago. Clearances. 568,000 bushels. World's shipments expected to be around 900000 bushels. The visible is expected to increase perhaps 2.500,000 bushels. Not much change expected in the ‘'on_passage.” New York reports 18 loads taken for export. Local receipts, 57 cars, with 2 contract; estimates for Mounday, 5[ Neb— with | § cars. Armour and Peavy have been sellers of May and July CORN—Market has been qulet and in- Qined to easy, but with the price changes emall and’ the trade unimportant There has been some support of the De- gember, “presumably for 8t Louls. = The trade in May has been merely a scalping one. The cold, wintry weather everywhere has been agalnst the price and the crowd has been more inclined to the selling side. Local receipts, 172 cars, with § contract estimates for Mon 1% cars. There were [ cars contract out of private eleva- tors this morning and about 30,000 bushels contract _out of private houses for this week. Clearances, 3,000 bushels. Primary receipts, 2,00 bushels, against 549,000 bushels last year. New York exports o loads. ~ Cash ‘market a fraction easfer. Stocks will increase slightiy OATS—Market has been strong, especially for the Deceinber, and the difference be- tween December ‘and May narrowed to 14c. There 8 still cohsiderable Inquiry for as_the eastbound rail rates are ad- d Mondsy. Local receipts, 181 cars, with 12 cars standam; estimated for Mon day, cara, Clearances, 12,000 bushels. Stock_here promises to increa mewhat. New York reports 100,00 bushels for export PROVISIONS— Mar opened oft on larger receipts and lower prices for hogs Commission houses eold January pork and ribs. Market was w larger ipts of hogs next were 31,000 here; prices at yards S@ilc lower. Estimates for Monday, 46,000 head. Recelpts for the week, 210,000 head. Re- celpts this week, 204,00 head, against 280,- 000 corresponding week last year. Packing to date, %3000 head, against 1,120,000 last year. Hogs In the west, 12,000 head, against 5,000 lnst week and 51,000 Tast year. WEARE COMMISSION COMPANY. OMAHA WHO MARKETS, week. There ISALE" Condition of Trade and Quotations on aple and Fancy Produce. EGGS—Candled stock, 20Gie. LIVE POULTRY -Hens, its@8c; old roos- ters, 4c; turkeys, 10@llc; ducks, Sgic; geese, 8@9c; spring chickens, per lb., $iGdc DRESSED POULTRY—iiens, ivc, young chickens, 1le; turkeys, 12@lic; duckseand geese, lgic. BUTTER—Packing stock, 16@16ic; choice dairy, in tubs, f2ic; separator, 28G29c FRESH CAUGHT FISH—Trout, ve; her- ring, 6c; pickerel, Sc; pike, 9¢; perch, 8e; buffalo, dressed. ; sunfish, 3¢; ‘bluefins, dc; whitefikh, 10c; salmon, 16c; haddock, 1ic; codfish, 12c: redsnapper, 10c; iobsters botl or 1b., 30c; lobsters, green, per Ib., 28 ullheads, 10c; catfish, lic; black bass, 20c halibut. lic. CORN—New 40c OATS—g2c. BRAN HAY—Prices gioted by Omaha Whole- sale Hay Dealers® associatign: " Cholce No 1 upland, $8.60; No. 1 medifim, $7.50; No. 1 coarse, §1.00. Rye straw, $6.00. These prices are for hay of good color and quality. De- mand, fair; receipts. light. OYSTERS—Standards, per can, 28¢; extra seiccts, per can, 8c; Néw York counts, per can, 42¢; bulk, extra St)rl’ll.'ger gal., $1.76; bulk, standards, per gal., $1.30. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES—4 to 6 feet, per dozen, $1.75; 7 to 9 feet, $3.60; b to 7 feet, $2.60; 9 to 10 feet, $4.50; large,for school and church purposes, 12710 4, teet, each, SLOGLE, extra lazge, 15 to 20'feet, ‘each, 32.00@4.00. HOLLY HRANCHES—Per case of 2x2xi feet (aboyt 5 Ibs.), $4; per barrel, $1.50. LONG NEEDLE PINES—Per dowen, $2.50 3.0, MISTLETO RANCHES—Per 1b., 30c. EVERGREEN WREATHING—In colls of 20_yards, per coll, %c; five-coll lots, 8c. WREATHS-Magnolla and galax wreaths, per dozen, $1.50G2.00; evergreen wreaths, per dozen, $1.50G2.00; holly wreaths, per dozen, $1.50G2.00. o VEGETABLES. NEW CELERY—Kalamazoo, per doz., 2%¢; Utah, per doa., 46¢; California, per doz., for stalks weighing from 1 to 13 Ibs., each, 45 T POTATOES-New, per bu., bc. SWEET POTATOES—Kan per bbl, 2.5, TURNIPS—Per bu., 3c; Canada ruta- bagas, per Ib., le. ET8—Per basket. 4oc. CUCUMBERS—Hothouse, per doz., $LE. PARSNIPS-Per bu.,, fic. GARROTS Fer bu " fic. GREEN ONIONS--Southern, per doz. bunches, 45e. RADISHEB—Southern, per doz. bunches, oy WAX BEANS-Per bu. box, $; string beans, per bu. box, $1.50. 4 “CAfl AGE—Miec. Holland seed, per Ib., e ONIONS—New home srow; bu., 60c; Bpanish, per crate NAVY BEANS—Per bu., TOMATOES — New California, per 4- basket crate, $2.76. CALIFLOWER—California, $2.50. FRUITS. PEARS—Fall varietles, Colorado, APPLE! n, in sacks, per i‘;"" per crate, per box, $2.00; er_box, 32.2. & Cooking, per bbl., $2.25; eating, Jonathans, #.0; New York Stock, 3325 Lalifornia Bellflowers, bu. bux, $1.60. GHAPES—Catawbas, per . 180; Malagas, per Keg, $6.0067.00. CRANBERRIES — Wisconsin, per bbl., $0.50; Bell and Bugles, $10.50; per box, $3.25. TROPICAL FRUITS. (2 BANANAB—Per bunch, according to size, 5. ONS—California fancy, #.0004.50; cholce, §3.75. ORANGES—Florida Brights, $.75; Call- fornia Navels, $3.75@4.00. DATES—Persian, in 70-Ib. boxes, per Ib., 6c; per case of 30-1b. pkgs., $2.25. "IG8—California, per 10-1b. cartons, $1; ‘Turkish, per 3-Ib. 'box, L@ISC. GRAPE FRUIT—Florida, 36. MISCELLANEOUS. HONEY—New Utah, per 24-frame ca CIDER—New York, $450; per H-bbl, §27. [3 reen, 6¢; No. 1 saited, 8c; c; No. 1 veal calf, 8 to 12} 1bs., 8ic; No. 2 veal calf, 12 to 15 Ibs., 6¢c; dry hides. !an; sheep 2 5¢; horse hides, §i. .50, er 1b., td shell, per Ib., 12 razils, per Ib. 12c; fiberts, per Ib. 1 almonds, soft shell, per 1b., 1éc; hard ‘shell, per Ib., lbc; pecans, large, per Ib., 12 small, per 1b., 13c; cocoanu(s, per doz., chestiuts, per Ib., 10c; peanuts, per 1b.. bigc 1oasted peanuts, per 1b., 7c; biack walnuts, per ib., hickory nuts, per bu., $150 3 cocoanuits, per 100, ¥. OLD METALS, 1 A. B. Alpirn quotes the following prices: “Iron, country, mixed, per ton, §11; iron, stove plate, per tom, copper, per Ib., Sigc; brass, heavy, per I gisc; brass, light, per Ib, Slos lead, per ib 8c; zinc, pér Ib., Ye; Tubber, per Ib., 6c. St. Louls Grain and Provisions. 8T, LOUIS, Dec. 6~WHEAT—-Eas: .i“l:pd. mh. ;levng{, HO‘I’;“HI 1‘::lr T, N ember, hei ay, ¢ asked; No. 4 hard, §1@7lc, ¢ DCOR};:I%I::I: No. 2 cash, 46c; track, 46c; ecember, 45%ci May, $9%c. SATS trong, Mo, 3 1 December, 31%e; May, 3c; No. FLOUR-Firm: red winter @3.50. ancy and straight, $3. .56, EED—Timothy, steady, $2.90G3.40. CORNMEAL Siehdy. 530 ominal; sacked,jeast track, 69@ track, $ge; 2 white, 35 aten BRAN~! Tle. HAY_Strong: timothy, $10.0G1500; pra rie, $10.00@11 IRON COTTON TIES—$1.07%. BAGGING—65- X HEMP TWINE. PROVISIONS—Pork, lower; jobbing, $17.75. Lard, lower, §I070. Dry salt meats (boxed). .\nluet. extra shorts, .26, clear ribs, H short' clears, $9.50. Bacon (boxed), quiet; extra shorts, $10.50; clear ribs, $10.5; short clear, $U. POULTRY—Quiet; chickens, Sc; springs, 8@10c; turkeys, 10@ilc; ducks, 124c; geese, BUTTER — Steady; creamery, 232 dairy. 15G23c. EGGS—Lower at 1-1 lc, loss off. - Receipts. Shipments. bbls... 5,000 bu... Badeisss by.. Flour, Wheat, Corn, Oats, KANSAS CITY, Dec. cember, 633c ¥ &ci NG, 3, @igesic; No. CORN—December, 03c; N OATE— 32@3c. RYE—No. 2, 4i@Méc. HAY—Timothy, $10.60@11.00; prairie, $10.00. BUTTER—Creamery, 24ge6ec; dairy, fle. EGGS—Firm: fresh Missourl and Kansas stock, Zlc, loss off, cases returned; No. % white wood cases included, . Rece‘l!vu Shipments, Wheat, bu.... oo 43,200 58,400 Corn, bu...... 102,460 Oats, bu 10,000 6 —~WHEAT—De- 69sc; cash, No. 2 hard, 2 red, $6c; No. 000 7,000 Milwaukee Grain Mariei. MILWAUKEE. Dee. §-WHEAT-Mar nortEern. No. 1 northern, 7 ; No. 2 T4ge; May, 1ia‘1i&. R\'!—Ilem. 5. 1 Sligeie HBARLEY—Dull; No. %, $14@6c; sample, Peoria Market. PEORIA, Il Dee. 6—~CORN—Firm; new, | unchanged, while oa | mand, were ¢ higher k in anticipation of | COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL General Dullness Prevails on Board of Trade. IN ACTIVE Ghicago OATS ALONE DEMAND » Close Unchanged to SI Lowe with Provistons Dime to Fifteen Cents Down. htly - CHICAGO, Dec. 6. activity again toda vision ~markets, and firm most of the day on May being i Chere was no great in the grain and pro- wheat, after ruling weakened, the close lower. May corn closed with a stronger de- January provisions closed from lue to 15c lower. Higher cables imparted strength to wheat at tne opening and the advance was well maintainea the greater part ot the day, but on liquidation by a prominent long, weakness aeveloped late in the day and the close was a trifle under yesterday's final figure ‘The strength of the forelgn mar- Kets was a feature, the cause of the better tone being attributed to the closing of nav- igation on the Danube, which shut off the shipments from Roumania. Buying for northwest account was somewhat of a fea- ture and a good export demand was also @& strengthening influence. The volume of business was small. May opened WGue higher at T5l4@7%¢, and after selling oft to Towe early there was a rally, but toward the end of the session another break oc- curred, the price dropping to 754 The close was e lower at (o%c. Clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 663,000 bushels. Primary receipts were $49,00 bushels, against 9,800 bushels a year ago. Minneapoils and Duluth reported receipts of 825 cars, which with local receipts of 67 cars—2 of contract grade—made the re- ceipts for the three points 355 cars, against 1,107 cars last week and 74 a year ago. Corn ruled dull, the fear of.manipulation in the December option detalning traders from doing much in the May delivery. De- cember was strong at the openin realizing sales carried values down sympathy with the late weakness in wheat the close was easfer, while May was un changed at 433 @43%c, after selling between 43%c and 43%ga3%e Local receipts were 172 cars, with 5 of contract grade. There was a more actiy demand for oats, commission houses and cash houses being the principal buyers. Offerings were limited, however, and the market had a firm tone, the close being strong and Y%c higher on May, at 82%c. The range on that option for the day was between 32%@32%c and 32%c. Local receipts were 181 cars. Provisions were weaker, general liquida- tion all along the line being responsible for the weaker feeling. Trading was only moderate and without any speclal feature: January pork closed 15¢ lower at $16.30; lard was also down lbc at $9.75, and ribs 10@12¢ lower at $8.25@8.27%. Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat, 8 cars; corn, 125 cars; oats, 205 cars; hogs, 46,000 head, ‘The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles.| Open. | High.| Low. | Close.| Yes'y. | | ke T-‘\«’(gfi T2H@% B4 85 ba%y Mn 47% 47 A8l 3 O% KON 81% 31 313 30 2% ‘ 24 @% | 32% xzfi 16 32‘4: 1625 1530 | 1520 10 52%| 10 46 982l 975 8 97%%) % % May 10 8 32! 8 177: *No. 2. fNew. Cash quotations were as follows: FLOUR—Market steady; winter patents, $3.50@3.60; straights, $3.10@3.20; clears, §2.70 .10; ?rm: pecials, $4.40G4.20 3.40G3.70; @3- $2.20002.75. *Wheat | | 72%) May [(Towain| mh} July ( | Dec. &’ Jan. AR Dec. [124G%] l ) *Corn— ATHy | May (43%@%| 3%@% *Oats— | | | 31 324@%) tDec. May Pork— Jan, May Lard— Dec. Jan. May Ribs— Jan. Y| 8 8 8 straights, ' $2.% EAT—No. 2 sprin, 72; No. 2 red, Tc. ORN—No. 2, 66c; No. 2 yellow, 8%e. OATS—No. 2, 30%@slc; No. 3 white, 52@ e, RYE—No. 2, 4 3 BARLEY—Good feeding, 36@3c; fair to cholce malting, 46@s8c. SEED—No. 1 flax, §1.14; No. 1 northwest- ern, $1.20; prime timothy, $3.65; clover, con- tract grade, $10.8% PROVISIONS—Mess pork, per bbl., $16.75. Lard, per 100 Ibs., $10.7. BShort ribs sides (loose), $8.50g9.00.° Dry _ salted shoulders (boxed), ~$8.87%@9.00. ~ Short clear sides (boxed), $8.75@9.00. Following were the receipts and shipments of the principal grains yesterday: Receipts. Shipments Flour, bbls 5 13,200 | Wheat, bu... Lorn, bu..... Oats, bu.. Rye, bu.. Barley, bu On_the Produce ter market was qulet; creamerles, dairles, 17g24c. Eggs, steady, loss off, cases returnéd, 2c. Cheese, qulet, 114@12%e. NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET. 18@2sc; of the Day om Various Commodities, NEW YORK, Dee. 6.—FLOUR—Recelpts, 21,600 bbls; exports, 1015 bbis.; dull but steady; winter patents, 33.6003.90; winter straights, $3.46@3.55; Minnesota 'patents, $3.9004.15; winter exiras, $2.80@3.10; Minne: sota bakers, $3.20@3.35; winter low grades, kKe flour, steady; fair to good, cholce to fancy, _$3.6063.55. t flour, quiet, $2.30G2.35, spot and to_arrt CORNMEAL—Qulet: yellow western, $1.24; city, $1.2; Brandywine, $3.40@8.5. YE—Steady; No. 2 western, 68c f. o. b. afloat; No. Z«Fv.c. track; state, 54@54%e, ul ¢, 1 . New York. BARLEY—] feeding, 39@40c, c. 1. f. uffalo: exports, Buffalo; malting, 48@ec, ¢. 1. f. B WHEAT—Receipts, 51,67 bu. 065 bu. Spot, steady; No. 2 red, Tc, ele- ator; No. 3 red, Ti%c, f. 0. b. afioat; No. 1 northern, Duluth, 8%, 1. afloat; No. 1 hard, Manitoba, Sil4c, f. 0. b. afloat.” Op- tions were quiet, but generally firm most of the session, reflecting higher cables, re- ported freezing of the Danube, some 'talk of winter wheat damage in the Southwy by cold weather and covering. The close was steady and unchanged to e net Quotations closed at shipping, higher; May, 79%@7 9-16c; closed at 199 July, 17%@78c; closed at ‘Ti%c; December, S0t g ipCloked at solsc. RN—Recelpts, 62600 bu.; exports, 540 bu Spot, steady; No. 2, 6c, elevator: 8dc, £ o. b. afioat; No. 2 yellow, 86c; No. 2 whit ¢ Options were steadier, but very quiet, the bull impulse being wheat firmness, light contract arrivals and moderate covering closed firm. with December up o and Ma unchanged; January closed at odc; March c; ' closed “at May, us&g ! b3y cember, 61! Mz}c. closed at 6l%e. ATS—Recelpts, 116,500 bu.; exports, 100 bu. Spot, steady; No. 2, 3%c; standard white, $1isatiic; No. & e, No. 2 white, T@dne: No. 3 white, Widsiae track Xed western, nominaly track, white, $i@ 42¢. Options dull and falrly l(!ldf‘, May, E4o; closed at We; December closed at o, AY—Quiet; 56@70c; good to choice, 9581 HOPS—Firm; state, common to choice, 1908, 29@3Sc; 1901, 2@HSc; olds, 1@12c; Pa- cifi¢ coast, 1 i 191, 23@27c; olds, @\ic. IDES—Steady: Galveston, 20 to 2% Ibs., 19¢; Texas dry, 2 to 30 Ibs., ldc. LEATHER_Bteady; acld,’ 21@25%c. PROVIBIONS—Beef, dull; family, 18.00; $10.50G11.00; beef hams. 16.00: Cuy meats. easy 11.00; pickled shoulde: pickled hams, $11.75G12.00. Lard, da me . 00€923.00. bellles, $10.00G ern_steamed, §11.90; refined, easy; continent, | $11.80; South America, 3$/17; compound, #1.5067.75. Pork, quiet: family, §1850@19.00; short clear, $21.00G23.00; mes: ’I‘I!!}?lbifl. BUTTER-Firm; extra creamery, %c; ex- tra_fancy, 16@iSc: creamery, common to cholce, 261%c; imitation creamery, 17G21c; state dalry, 2G2Tc; renovated, 17GSlc. CHEESL-Firm; ' state full cream. fancy small and colored, Beptember, 13%,@13%c; 12%@13c; small white, September, 19 @18%c; late make, 13%@lc; large col: ored, Beptember. 184 @184,c; late make 194 @13c; large, white, September, 13%@13%e; late make, i2%@ic EGGS—Firm’ state and Pennsylvan erage best, Gc: refrigerated, western fan él::dedl 27c; poor to prime, G %e. TAUfiMfiulel; c'ty,” 6c; country, S%@ c: YicE_Firm: domestte, fair to extrs, #% a@4c; Japan, NGEic, Hominal PEANUTS—8teady (Il’l(‘z" hand picked, " | ments of money during the week. #%@6c: other domestic, I@64c ABBAGE-Steady; ' domestic, per 100, white, $1.5062.50; red,’ $1.506G3.0. POULTRY—Alive. ' nominal: dressed, steady; western chickens, 12@\3ic; western | fowls, 11G1%; western turkeys, 13@16c. METALS—Qulet markets were experienced | in all metals today, prices showing no | quotable change. Tin maintained a steady | undertone, spot closing at 324.87%@24.9. | Copper_was more or less nominal and very dull. Standard was quoted at $10.75; lake, $11.65; electrolytic and casting, $11.45. The feeling in the lead market was steady and spot prices remaine 's. Spelter sh d a declining tendency, ¢l ng easy and nom. inal at $5.10 for spot. Irom, nominal, but unchenged. NEW YORK STOCKS AND BONDS. peculators on Wall Street Still Hesle Market Is Depreane: NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—The dealings In stocks today reflected no change from the recently prevailing doubt and hesitation of the speculative community. Professional traders were early indisposed to leave con- tracts open, even over Sunday. Selling during the first hour was followed by the rebuying after the bank statement ap- peared, the weakness of the showing hav- ing been so well discounted that its pub- lication induced no outside selling. It s learned that some large sums of cash are | golng to nearby cities to be used as change in holiday business. Cuctoms collections by the government will continue for an- other week on account of the Importations for the holiday trade. Small loan in- creases by the banks were not unexpected, and it was even feared that a considerably reater expansion had occurred in that tem, as several large transactions are known to have been made in the loans. The foreign houses are now the important fac- tor In the loan market and it is belleved that the resources for these loans have been secured by drawing foreign exchange which {8 in effect a short sale of exchang The higher rate for time loans serves an_ attraction to foreign lenders. There | have been very large repayments of for- | elgn buyings for some time, which are beileved to have been secured on very antageous terms for employment in the stock market. Their expiration was an important influence in the heavy liquida- tion. Some of these funds secm to have been reloaded during the last week at the better terms now prevalling 2 The undertone of the bond market has been depressed, in sympathy with stocks. United States 3s, coupon, declined ¥ per cent, us compared with the closing call of last week. The New York Financier this week sayvs: The official statement of the New York Assoclated Banks last week showed the large loss of $6,831,100 cash, this amount very closely corresponding with the esti- mate of a decrease of $6,928,200, which: es mate was based upon the (raceab.: move loss was largely in specie, this item show- ing a decrease of $6,219,400; the reduction in_legal tenders was $611,700, The loans were increased only $1611,000, indicating that there must have been con- siderable contraction as the result of dis- bursement of funds fer the December set- tlements. The loaning of money largely contributed to the expansion of this item, as shown in the statement of the previous week. Deposits ~decreased $4,074,200, or $1,145900 below the amount called” for by the decrease in cash, less the increase in loans; therefore, the statement was tech- nically out of proof. The required reserve was reduced by 018,560 through the de- crease in_depos Deducting _ this sum from the loss in cash leaves $5,502,550 as the decrease in_surpius reserve. inis item now is $9.073,750, against 36607670 at the corresponding date last year. Computing the surplus on the basis of deposits, less $40,196,200 of those of the government,’ it is 320,010,300, a decrease, compared with the previus week, of $5,818,47. The circulation was increased $73,800, following a gain In the previous week of $95,100. The average dally clearings for the week were $243,000,- 000, or $28,000,000 less than those in the pre- vious week. The changes in the item of specie show that six of the larger banks lost §7,600,000 net. One of these institutions indicated a decrease of $,800,000, and an- other of $2,000,000. The changes in loans chow tnat eight banks increased this item by $400,000 net; the largest gain was $4,300, 0 by one bank. The following are the closing prices on the New York Stock exchange: Atchison . .« 81% Bo. Pacific do pla 913 So. Rallway Bal. & Obio w15 o pid. %o ptd 9" Texas & Pacifc Canadian ..127% Toledo, 8t. L. © 7 I | do pid. Ches. & Ohio. 4% Union_ Pacific Chicago & Aiton. 31| do ptd o DA .:euzirsir. 10 Wabash | Chicago, Tnd. & L. | | . 6% 3ty Pacio 4| do pta.l. 91 (Wheeling & L. E 210 | do 2d ptd.. 247 Wis. Central .. ¥ do pfd..... 38% Adams Bx.... ‘220 American Ex.. 16 United States ks 31% Wells-Fargo Chicago &'G. W. do ist ptd D42 Amer. Lin, 'Oii. D184 o ptd...... 15414 American 8. & 2% | do ptd 3% Anac. Mining Co. I’ S9s Brooklyn R. : 34 Colo. Fuel & Iron L 64" Cons. Gas ... 14 Cont. Tobacco pide Great Nor. pfd.......1s Gen. Electric . Hocking Valleys ...\ 5, Hocking Coal 4 Inter. Pape 115 No. Americs {1263 Pacific Coast . 147 Pacific Mail .. Tigty People's Gas ' st. Ry Mex. Central Mex. National Mion. & Bt L.... Mo. Pacific . M. K &T (% Aita N. J. Central..... N. Y. Central Norfolk & W... do_ptd, Ontario & Pennsylvan; Reading do 1st do 24 ptd.... L. & 8. F. do 1t st Met 7213 Pressed S. Car. 2515 do ptd 10714 Pullman P. Car..... 164 Repubile Steel V24t 0 e b6 Sugar .. 188 Teu st 4| Westers Upion ¥ " [Amer. Locomotive. L o%| de pid....... © 3% |K. C. Southérn. %0 pla......... L 8 W, do_“ptd. st. Puul do_ ptd. *Offered. New York Money Market., NEW YORK, Dec. 6—MONEY—On call, firm; only one loan today at 6 per cen time money, firm; sixty and ninety days, 6 per cent plus 34 ‘per cent commission; six months, 6 per cent; prime mercantile paper, ¢ ger cént, ITERLING EXCHANGE—Steady, actual business in bankers' bills at 487325 for demand and at 34 sixty days; posted rates, $4.84lg and $4.85; commercial bllls, $4.823@45314. SILVER — Bar, 4i%c; Mexlcan dollars, e, HBONDS—Rallroad, irregular; governmen irregular; refunding 2s, registered, 107 coupon, 108%; 3s, registered and coupon, 107%; new s, registered and coupon, 1t old 4s, registered, 108 coupon, 108%; be, registéred and coupon. 108%. The closing quolations on bonds are as tollows’ 7% L. & N. unl. s, 1 [Mox. Central 4a s & 5t L G &T da. with $4.587. SR04, 83635 for do coupon . do new ds, Feg do coupon ... do old 4s, res. i s e, gen. b5 inc da... 00| 4o gen. 1008 N. J. C. 103% | No. 103 " | " do 3 L M0BIN. & W. con. 4 100% Reading gen. 4 SLL&IMe 0 8L L& 8 ¥ 107% 8t. LS. W. 1 108%) do ta ITU(8 A & AP 106 |80 Pacific da. 9 |Bo. ay b %% Texas & Pactfic 1., |, 8t L & w. 134 |Usion Pacifie da 108%| do conv. da.. 0. 990 Wabash s, B do 8013 _do deb. B’ Denver & R. G. ia /101 = West Shore i Erle prior lien 4.... 38 Wheel do_gen. 48 8 |Wis. Central 4s F.W. & D 1108 Con. Tobacco 4s Hocking Val 1% ! Lo tock Markes, LONDON, Dec. 6.—Closing quotation: 9% Norfolk & Western. 101 | Pennsylvania _ Colorado 8o. Anaconda Atchison do ptd Baltinore & Canadian Pacific Chesspeake & Ohio Chicago G. W C. M. &8t P DeBeers (def.) Denver & R. G do ptd Erle . |8outhera “ Ry do ptd do_ptd 5. Steai pi Wabash do pra i pd 130% x| BAR SILVER—Steady at 2211.16d ounce. MONEY—3G3% per cent. The rate of dis- count in the open market for short bills is 3%@3 15-16 per cent and for three- bills is :sIM&pa‘" per cent N New York Mining Quotatio NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—The following are the closing prices on mining scocks: 15 |Little Chiet 2 |Ontarie W [ophir 3 |Phoenty 45 Pot Alice Breece Brunswick | OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET . All Desirable Grades f Oattle Higher Than | a Week Ago. HOGS HAVE ALSO BEEN MOVING UPWARD Fat Wethers and Yearlings Fifteen to & Quarter Higher for the Week, Lambs About eady & Little Lower. and Feede, SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. 6. Hogs. Sheep. Gt N8l 10613 4227 8,122 7,06 | ey Recelpts were: Official Monday Officlal Tuesday Officlal Wednesda Ofticlal Thursday Official Friday Official Saturday ..... » Total this week Week ending Nov. Week enaing Nov. Week ending Nov Week ending Nov. § Same week last year RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE. The foliowing table shows the receipts ot agtle, hogs and sheep at South Omaha for the yéar, tu date, and comparisons with last year: inc. Dec Cattie . Hogs Sheep .11 “The followlng table price of hogs so0ld on the South Umaha market the last several days, with comi- parisons with former years: i 16,588 ‘shows the average 1902, |190L. |1900. (1899, | 1535, [1897. [1896. e L ewee o wese tg SEEE perpea EEsses EEN [PySep——. 5 & 18 8 o L3 e EHEBTY po— g ‘g=ssEs 5 w * Indicates Sunday. The officlal number of cars of brought in woday by cach road was: Road. Cattle. Hogs. Sh'p.H'ses. M. & St. P. Ry 9 Missourl Pacific K Union_ Pacific C. & N E., E C) 8t stock Illinols Central .. Total receipts ...... 8 17 X The digposition of the day's recelpts was as follows. each buyer purchasing the num- ber of head indicaie Buyers. Omaha Packing Co Bwift and Company . Armour & Co.... Cudahy Packing Co. Armour & Co., 8. City. Other buyers ... . Hogs. Sheep. Totals CATTLE—There were not enough cattle in the yards to make a market, but for the week recelpts show an increase over last week of nearly 3,000 head, and as compared with the same week of last year thers is a Bain of over 6,000 head. More cornfed steers arrived this week than at any time for several months, and in fact packers had to depend almost en- tirely upon the cornfeds for their supplies, as there were very few western grassers that were good enough for killers. The market took a drop on Monday and Tues- day owing to the big slump in Chicago, but since that time the tendency of prices has Dbeen upward, and the loss has all been re- gained and about a dime besides. The top rice of the week was $.60, but a finished oad of cattle of good quality ought to bring $6.50 or better. The cow market has been in good shape all the week and prices have moved stead- ily upward on all kinds. As compared with,| the close of last week the market may be quoted 15@2%c higher, and the week closed with the market strong and active. Each day's offerings changed hands freely and nothing was carried from one day to the next. Buils, veal calves and stags are also fully as high as they were a week ago, with the better grades in good demand. The receipts of stockers and feeders were lght all the week, so that although the demand from the country was rather lim- ited, prices advanced all the way from 10c to 2ic. The greatest advance was on the better grades, as the demand was con- fined mostly to that class of cattle. Com- mon stuff was slow sale, but stiil the prices paid were fully as good as those in force a week ago. The recelpts of western rangers showed a big falling off this week, and very few of the steers that arrived were good enough for killers. The market could be quoted about steady with the close of last week. Range cows have advanced 15@25e and so also have desirable grades of stock- ers and feeders. Representative sales: . BEEF STEERS. Av. Pr. o R COWS. .90 300 LB R A HEIFERS. L4800 240 2 BULLS. L1280 300 §TOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 2isonriaiic PR R HOGSToday's general market was 5@10c lower then yesterday. At the start the market was only about a nickel lower, with most of the sales going around $.%. with choice hogs selling as high as $6.25. Be- fore many loads had changed hands, though, the market took a drnu and the later sales were 5@l0c lower, with the bulk of the sales at $6.15 and $6.17%. Trading was fairly active after buyers and sellers firally got together on prices and the bulk of the offerings was disposed of in good on. The snowstorm, of course, delayed some trains, but still the most of them ar- rived by thé middle of the iorenoon, The supply of hogs for the week' shows a good increase over last week, but there is still a big falling off as compared with the same week of last year. With the ex- ception of today prices moved steadily up- ward under the influence of a good demand and_the advance for the week amounts to T%@l0c. On Friday the advance for the week amounted to 10@lsc. Representative Av. 8b. Pr. Av. Sh. Pr. . 860 390 40 150 17 211 201 55 No. 10. Av. Pr. No. 8. [ . 22 I o o 62 I 7 81 . 5l 2 o1 [ @ . [ P s 62 “ o FFTTE TR EIREE SRR BEEnsooINInIsININnENNngy FEE S EEE TEESEEERE Bl 5 @ 15 “ [ £ 5 7 [y 0 0 0 0 160 120 35 223 - 30 8. 4 SHEEP- this mornir sBETEE: 46 130 There was only one car on sale | and that was fed ewes, which sold at $3.45 which was pronounced a good, | steady price. For the week receipts show a slight increase over last week and are about double the supply for the sume week of last y The bulk B T, Jf the fat stuff now coming for- ward s fed, the most of the grassers being Hora % iron 81 3 Leadrille Cou. Y feeders. ‘Ihe demand for fat sheep has been In gcod shape all the week and prices on wethers and searlings have advanced 15 celpts, 1,200 hoad; market unchange $0.62% 26c but the fithe. Fat ewes are also a little higher, have not improved quite as much as yearlings. Lambs have been rather sc and particularly was that true of the be grades and In fact there have searcely been enough good lambs on sale to test the market. As a general thing, however, b ers and sellers are calling the market aboat steady foi the week The feeder trade has been a little dull all the week, with prices a shade lower. The few courtry buyers that did arrive suc- ceeded In picking up some stuff at low prices. Strictly choice stuff, of course, did not sell 80 very much lower than a week A0, but common kinds were hard to move at_any price. | Quojations for fed stock: Cholce lambs. $.95G6.00; falr to good lambs, $4.00GM cholce yearlings, $4.10G4.5; fair to g yearlings, $3.7544.10; cholce wethers, 8.6 | 3.90; fair' to good, $3.40G8.65; cholce ewes, | 8. BGIE: falr 4, $3.00G8.35; fee off; fresh southwestern, fresh southern loss off CHEESE—Quiet but firm mall, 19c; New York fair, New York prime, large. rk fair to good, large, 12%@13c W. Farnam Smlth & Co. S$TOCKS, BONDS, INVESTMENT SECURITIE OF ALL KINDS FOR SALE. 4 1oss of York small 134 New 4 feeder cwes, $1.500 | @i%e lower than Representative sales We offer Union Stock Yards Stock, Seuth Omaha, at 105, 1320 Farnam St. Tel. 1064 MARKET LETTER | " FOR DECEMBER NOW READY MAILED FREE ON APPLICATION. Contair Complete Bargain List and Reports on Compnnies. WE BUY AND SELL ALL STOCKS and save you from 10 to 50 Per Cent on every transnction. EMERSON & COMPANY, Bankers and Brokers York Life Bldg., Chicago. York Office, 3% Nassau Street Av. o 100 Pr. native ewes 345 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. | Hogs a Dime Lower, wi Good Re- celptueCatile Nomina CHICAGO,” Dee. 6 —~CATTLE—Recelpts, | 300 head; market nominal, good to orime | steers, $5.80G7 poor o medium, $.006 6.70; stockers and fe 0@4.75; COWS, ivl«u"qlbn‘“ hn'H;— «n E \nmu-{n. $1.400 2.40; ulls, 2.0044.75 ; 3.50G6.75; Texas fed 8, §3.000 s | HOC 30,00 head; estimated tomorrow, 45,000 head; left over, 7,000 head; | market 10c lower; mixed and butch $5.90 | @635, good to olce heavy, $6.85¢ 'vfi."q,‘ rough “heavy 6.2, light, %.1506.10; bulk of sales, § SHEEP AND LAMBS—Recelpts, 1,600 head; sheep, eteady: lambs, steady; good to choice wethers, $3.75@4.5; fair to_choice mixed, $2.5003.75; ‘western sheep, ¢ lambs, $3.00g5.0; western @5.00. Official yesterday: of Stocks Receipts. Shipments, . 6442 . 80169 6,153 v ity Live Stock Market. CITY, Dec. 6.—-CATTLE—Re- chole and dressed beef steers, . good, $3.25@5,30; stockers and feed- | Bl Bt 5.40; Texas and Indian steers, $2.5064. ‘I as cows, $210@3.00; native cows, §1.75@ j” “n..:\\y\lmh.-lsr-»r:. ‘s.' 0 :I‘,_"Lnnnx;_--r‘~;":|.‘:u 2 d > for' week? 49,700 head cattie, 3,600 when Gem stock 18 up in the ves. g dollars per share, you will 8- Rr(*v‘lpll. 5,000 he wonder why you did not buy a good sized bloek of it when it could have been bought for 60 cents—today’s price. Where is there another stock that equals it in promisc and act- ual results? Just send for the prospectus and learn what @ well equip- ped producing mine looks like. KANSAS export fair to ead; market steady bulk of sales, $.10 46,274 ; mixed packers, Tly(i6,20 ight, $6.00476.121; yorkers, $5.1006.124; blgs, 40; receipta for week, 41,00 ea SHEEP AND LAMBS—Recelpts, 600 hea nbs, $4.0065.25; western lambs, §. @5.15; fed ewes, $3.00G3.75; native wethers, $3.10G4.10; western wethers, $3.00@3.90; stock- ers and’ feeders, $2.00g3.25; recelpts for week, 26,300 head. St. Louts Live Stock Market. ST. LOUIS, Pec. 6.—CATTLE—Recelpts, 1,800 head, Including 1500 head Texans: market stéady: native shipping and export steers, $4.75@7.00,_the top being for strictly fancy 1,300 to 1,700-1b. 6tock; dressed beet and butcher steers, $4.00@5.50; steers under 1,000 1bs., $3.75@6.25; stockers and_feeders, $2.50@4.50; cows and heifers, $2.25@5.25; can- ners, $1.50G2.50; bulls, $.26@4.55; calves, $4.00 @1.00; Texas and Indian steers, $2.70G4.80; cows’and heifers, §2.20§3.30. HOGS—Receipts, 8,000 head: market Be lower; pigs and ilghts, $.9@8.10; packers, $6.10016.25; butchers, $6.1566.55. SHEEP AND LAMBS-Recelpts, none; market dull, nominal; native muttons, $3.25 @4.00; culls’ and bucks, $2.00@4.00; lambs, #.00@6.90; stockere, $1.50G3.00. Between 8,000 and 9,000 feet of under= ground work, with thousands of tons of ore blocked out and in sight) JOHN E. MCMANUS & SON §' BROKERS, NT'S, WASHINGTON, 1s in the reach of any speculator who will FOLLOW our advice on grain and stock: We have no “INSIDE INFORMATION for sale—NO ONE HAS—but we gather all the Information available and keep ac- curate records, and we nearly always fore- cast the market correctly. Our subscribers stay with us, which proves that they make money. v Dally forecasts on stocks and grain $50.00 a year (trial week $1.00) We are also forming a syndicate to trade in stocks and grain. A subscription of $100 or more will ve you the benefit of our experlence. end for booklets, mailed free. The Dec; number of “DRIFT OF THE MARKET, also free, 1s out today. THE MARKET CHART CO. 405 Mallers 8ldg. Chicago, NI, SEATTL! t. Joseph Live Stock Market. 8T. JOSEPH, Dec. 6.—CATT! Recelpts, 426 head; steady; natives, $3.5046.25; stocks ers and feeders, $2.50014.40. HOGS—Recelpts, 7,10 head: medium and heavy, $6.1006.90; pigs, $.00@6.00; bulk, $6.15 6.5 SHEEP AND LAMBS—Recelpts, 9 native lambs, $.50; yearlings, $4. ers, $4. head; weth: Stoux City Live Stock Market. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Dec. 6.—(Speclal Tele- gram.) — CATTLE — Recelpts, 100 head; steady; beeves. $4.00@5.60; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.2004.00; stockers and feeders, $2.50 @4.25; 'yearlings and calves, $2.5004.00. HOGS—Recelpts, 7,00 head; 10c lower, sell- Ing at $5.90@8.%; bulk, $6.00@6.10. Stock in Sight. The following were the receipts of live stock at the six principal cities yesterday: Cattle. Hogs. sheep. 11,176 A5 30,000 1,500 5,000 600 00 3 Omaha .. Chicago ....... Kansas City . 8t. Louls . 8t. 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Bacon, Cumberland cut, 26 to 30'Ibs., quiet, 468 6d; short ribs, 16 to 24 Ibs., quiet, Bs; long clear middies, light, 225 30 1bs., quiet, b4s 6d; long clear middles, heavy, 3 to 40 Ibs., dull, 54s; short clear backs, 16 to 20 1bs., quiet, 56s; clear bellies, 14 to 16 1bs., quief, 6s. Shoulders, square, 11 to 13 Ibs., dull, 46s. Lard, prime western, in tlerces, ‘firm,’ §9s; American refined, in patls, firm, 68 6d. BUTTER4 Nominal CHEESE- 8trong; American, finest white and colored, 59s. TALLOW-Prime city, stea Australlan in London, firm, 348 Wool Market. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—WOOL~Firm; do- mestic fleece, 25@3oc. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6.~WOOL dium grades and combing, 1620 fine, 13@18kc: heavy fine, 11@lac; washed, 17G28%c. | LONDON, Dec. 6.—WOOL—The market | is firm. Some offerings, withdrawn on th, last sales on account of low bids, have been sold at better prices. The arrivals for the first series of 1908 auction sales amount to 33,762 bales, including 12,000 for- | warded direct to spinrers. mixed, 48 49 4%0; GRAIN - - STOCKS. We have private wires to New York, Ohi- cago and Kansas City. Al orders recelve careful and prompt attention. BOYD & MERRILL ROOM 4 N. Y. LIFE BLDG, OMAHA, NEB, :‘B 28s 6d; me- | Hght | tub | { : Mining lnformatlon.. Send 2-cent uqu far rug{tol WESTERN MINER AND FINANCIER, giving more mining news than any other western pub- .~ lication, or 2c for 8 months' subscription, or $1 for ‘)aprr every week until Jan ist, 194, Including cabinét box of gold, silver, lead ana copper ores and bottle of gold concentrates WESTERN MINER AND FINANCIER, Denver Colorado. Toledo Graln and Seed, TOLEDO, 0., Dec. 6 ~WHEAT--Dull and unchanged; cash, 76%c; December, 76%c; May, 79e. CORN—Dull and steady; December, #4%¢; May, 48%c; July, 42%c. OATS—Dull_and unchanged; 82%c: May, e RYE--No. 2, 81t SBEDS—Clover, dull and higher; January, March, $.75. Prime timothy, $1.76. Prime alsike, 35.5. Philadelphia Produce Market. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6-—-BUTTER— Firmer; extra western creamery, 20l4c; ex- tra nearby prints Slc. EGGS-—-Dull and unsettled; fresh nearby, at the mark; fresh western, 26c, loss P. B. Weare, Pres. C. A. Weare, V-Pres. Established 1862. WEARE COMMISSION CO., CHICAGD Members of the Principal Kxchanges. Private Wires to Points, GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS, BONDS Rought and sold for cash or tuture delivery. OMAHA BRANCH, 110-111 Board of Trads Telephone 1316, W. E. Ward, Local M~nager. December, BUY COLUMBUS Consolidated Gold Mining Company’s Stock at 75 Cents Per Share. Property located in the Black Hills, near Lead, South Dakota. pany controls 645 acres of ground and has the extension of the deposits of the Homestake and the Hidden Fortune companies. company’s stock has advanced froma.00 to 3115 per share, and has never mi a dividend In the past 22 years. The Hidden Fortune company’s stock started a year ago at about 5 cents and Is now selling for $1.25 per share, and will un-, doubtedly advance to much higher ligures immediately, There is no reason y Columbus should not do as well, If pot better, than the above companies, as _thelr property covers part of the same ore deposits and they have the ex- perence of the above companies to gulde them. Heavy development work is being carried on in the Columbus property and & 6-ton mill is now in opera- tion, the profits from which are paying the expenses of the development work. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ore has been shipped from this prop- erty and the extension of the Homestake veins has been opened up for a mile in length, which gives you an idea of the magnitude of this property. A limited amount of stock {s now offered at 7 cents per share. The price will be ad- d to $1 as soon as the above block is disposed of. The stock s fully paid and non-assessable. $100 Invested In Homestake shows profit of over $10,000. There 8 no reason why an investment in Columbus should not do as well Write for full particulars. Hidden Fortune at $1.%5 per share is also an excel- lent purchase. = You are undoubtedly famillar with the conditions of this most wonderful property HERBERT S. SHAW, 14-15 Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorade, ~Western Bank and First National Bank of Denver, Colo. This com- wonderful ore The Homestake ed. omee, Referenc