The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1901, Page 10

10 4 / t ‘THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1901. SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. Domestic Exchange higher and Sterling lower. Silver unchanged. Wheat futures rather firmer again. Barley quiet and steady. Oats strong, Corn_dull and Rye firmly held. No further change in Hay and Beans continue dull. Potatoes firm, in spite of keavy receipts. Onions weak. Fre t damages Vegetables down Butter and Eggs firmer, owing to the cold snap. New prices issued for Ra:sins. Provisions lower at Chicago. Slight advance in live Hogs Bacon in better demand here. Other Meats unchanged. Feedstuffs. south. Prustes active and very firm. Importers offering steam Coals at a loss. Cold weather checks demand for Fresh Fruil Local stocks and bonds meglected. Poultry and Game in good supply. Weather Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 1901—5 p. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalls to Sate, as compgred with those of the same date last season, and rainfalls in the last twenty- lour hours Last24 This Last Stations— Hours. Season Eureka 0.00 16.01 Red Buff . 000 966 Bacramento .. 0.00 1 Ban Francisco 0.00 Fresno 0.00 inflependence ... 0.00 San Luis Obispo. 0.00 Los Angeles 0.00 8an Diego 00 ol San Francisco data: Maximum temperature, 53; minimum, 42; mean, 48. The following maximum and minimum tem- peratures were d from Eastern stations Boston Omaha ..........26-10 Cincinnati Duiuth . 24-06 Washington Salt Lake Cit 6-12 Jacksonville Chicago 1i8-46 Ka s City St. Louis .62-52 New York Philadelphia . .54-38 THE COAST RECORD. ] ] H z£ 2 sz £ STATIONS. £, € 5 £ TR Flagstaft 30.; Pocatello, Tda.30. Independence. Los Ange Phoe: 36 32 5% @ m., 43 degrees. 822338333233222233335288 34 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. The pressure has risen slowly over California and Arizona. There has been but little change in temperature and the weather continued cold for the entire Pacific Slope. Cold weather also prevails over the country west of the Rocky Mo In California killing frosts were is morning at nearly every station. re near the freezing point occurred ¥ in the orange belt. Ample warnings Wwere given fruit growers to fire their coal baskets and otherwise protect their fruit. Veg- probably lemon trees in exposed njured. places were Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty bours ending midnight, December 14, 1901: hern California—Fair Saturday; contin- cold weather; light northeast winds; heavy frosts Saturday morning; fruit growers should continue to smudge. Southern California—Fair Saturday; not quite £0 cold; he: frosts Saturday morning; fruit growers should not discontinue their efforts to protect their fruit; light northerly wind. Nevada—Fair Saturday; warmer; light west- erly wind San Francisco and vicinity—Fair Saturday; not quite so cold: heavy frost in the morni light easterly changing to westerly wind. ALEXANDER G. McADIE, Forecast Official. EASTERN MARKETS. New York Stock Market. NEW YORK, Dee. 13.—Stocks scored quite | & notable recovery in to-dsy's market, The market was yery irregular during the early part of the day and distinctly weak in spots. This was due to the residue of uneasiness com- ing over from yesterday’s events and the fear that money stringency would develop during the day incident to the carrying over of loans until Monday Borrowers on call paid as high @s 83 per cent early in the day, but they had mo difficulty in obtaining accommwodations at the prevailing rates. There was no further calling of loans by the banks or forcing of | liquidation in comsequence, as was the case yes- terday. The call loan rate yielded as the jasser demands were satisficd and fell below G per cent at the ciose Perceiving the course things Were taking the bears began to buy to cover their short contracts, which had been consid- erably extended in yesterday’s decline. There was some buying also by inside inierests in the various stocks, especially during the morn- ing, for the purpose of support. Under these influences prices began to recover and touched the high level of the day during the afternoon. This level was not fully maintained, but the closing was steady and dull, only @ traction below the top level Yesterday's anxiety over the rumors circulated of the embarrassment of 8 lerge international mercantile house was re- lieved by assurances that the trouble was tided over. This was a factor in the recovery except for the rubber goods stocks and United States Rubber, which lost from 1 to 4 points. prelimihary figures of the week's movements of cash promired a loss of upward of $6,000,- 000 for the banks, but money market helped to a more hopeful senti- ment over the future. In the late streng*h of the market, gains of 1 to 2 noints werc estal, lished among the local tractions, trunk lines. coelers both hard and soft, Southwesterns ang a number of specialties. General Electric rose 7 points. Amalgamated Copper fluctuated feverishly on the announcement of the open cut in the price of raw copper. The stock rose o 653 at one time and was near that point sev. eral times. The low price was 061 and s Closed only % higher at a met decline of T Bonds were irregular and -nly moderately active, Total sales, par value, $2,935, 90, United States bonds were all anchanged on the last call & W YORK STOCK LIST. Stocks— High. Low. Ciose. Atchison ....... e 74 Atchison prefd ; 98 Beltimore & Ohio, 109 1014y Balt & O prefd 94 943 Canadgian Pac Mm% 11240 Canada So 845 sse Ches & Ohio. 5 &5 Chi & Alton. N 3 Chi & Alton prefd. 400 Chi Ind & Louis.. 300 Chi 1 & L prefd. Chi & East 111 Chi & Gt West. ... Chi& G W A prefd Chi & G Colo So 2nd pretd. . Delaware & Hud wgeks FORRE FREE 2a¥x The | the easier tone of the | Il Central Iows Central Towa Cent pref Lake Erie & W. L E & W _prefd. Louis & Nash. Manhattan L . Met St Ry Mex Cent Mex National Minn & St L. Interna Power Laclede Gas . National Biscuit | National Lead , National Sait . 30% 100 | National Salt pfd.. ... .... .... North American 900 91 93 | Pacific "Coast | Pacific Mail . 500 43% 431 | People’s Gas . 99 98 Pressed Steel Car. 400 38% 38% Pressed § Car ptd. 500 821, 8215 Sullenn Pel (ORF.. . o5 ass Jetir Republic Steel . 400 15% 1% Republic Steel pfd. 1.200 681; 67T Sugar ...... -, 8200 121 119 Tenn Coal & Iron.. 3,000 60% 59% U Bag & Paper Co. 200 14% 14% RS ORI et U & Leather ... 1,800 1iig *iii U S Leather pfd 200 813 S1% U 8 Rubber ... 400 14 U S Rubber pfd. 5 g U S Steel . 39% U S Steel pfd. /600 895, Western Union 800 91 American Loco : 30 American Loco pfd. 8% 81y Total sales ...625300 CLOSING BONDS. U 8 refunding 2, Hock Valley 416s.108% 081;| L & Nash uni 4s.102% Mex Cent 4s ..... 82 do 1st inc 20% |Minn & st L'ds 1031 MK&T 4s. 96is do 2ds N ¥ Cent 1sts. % do gen 3%s.... |N J Cent gen 5s..131% North Pac 4s 0514 TR RN Norf & W con 4s.1027 Balt & Ohio Reading gen 4s 991y | do3%s .. StL &1 M c bs.116, | doconvis.. 104 |StL&SF4s.... 98 | can South 2ds.. St L SW 1sts.. . 961 | Cent of Ga 5s do 2ds .. - 70 - 75 IS A & A Pass 4s. 891 11063; |South Pac 4s..... 9214 Chi & Alton 314s. 86 | South Ry s .....121 C B & Q new 45.. 977 |Tex & Pac 1sts.. 1181 CM&StPg4s1ll (Tol St L & W 45, 51 C & NW con 7s..138% | Union Pac 4s 053 CRI&P 4s....100%| do conv 4s.. /108 € CC StLg 4s.103% ) Wabash 1sts . Chi Term 4 .... 803, Col 's| West Shore 4s....114 W & Lake E 45.. 61 1% | Wis Cent 4s . . 90 1 Con Tobacco 45... €2% NEW YORK MINING STOCKS. Adams Con . 20|Little Chief ...... 12 | 15/ Ontarlo 8 50 [ 15Ophir 60 | 75| Phoent: 05 06| Potosi . oz 50 Savage 01 . 50 |Sierra Nev; 06 Horn Silver ..... 1 90|Small Hopes .... 40 Iron Silver . 60 Standard L340 Leadville Con ... 05 BOSTON STOCKS AND BONDS. Money— do prefd . Call loans 4@5| Westingh Com. | Time loans Mining— | * Bonds— Adventure . 21 | Atchison 4s d Allouez .. 41, | Gas Tms . Amalgamated ... 66% Mex Cent 4s . 80 |Baitic .. . 38 N E G & Coke... 57 |Bingham 21y | rauroads— Calumet & Hecia.630 | Atchison . . 763 (Centennial .. do prefd ....... 984 |Copper Range ... 57 Boston & Albany. Dom Coal . | Boston & Maine..191 | Franklin 1415 | Boston Elevated..168 |Isle Rovale .. 201y |NYNH&H.. 212 |Mohawk . 3445 | Fitchburg prefd..144 |Old Dominion . 231y | Union Pac ....... 98%Os: Mex Cent L 214 Miscellaneous— | Am Sugar | Am Tel & Tel { | G Santa Fe Copper.. Tamarack <+ e .. Dom Iron & Steel. 25 | Irimountain k2 Gen Electric ....278 |Trinity .... A lia Mass Eleetric . Onited States ... 137 do prefd . . Utah ... . 10% {NEG & Coke... 5 |Victoria . . by United Pruit .... 90% |Winona . oR T S Steel . 401z | Wolverine . S New York Money Market. | NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Money on call was firm at 3@8 per cent: closing bid and asked, | 3@+ per cent; prime mercantile paper, 4%4@5 per cent. Sterling exchange was steadier, with actual business in bankers' bills at $1 86%4@ 4 861, for demand and at $4 S2% @4 %2% for sixty daye rates, $i 8315@4 84 and | $4 XG4 N7'%; commercial bills 52G4 32'3. 43%c. Bonds Bar silver, 55c. Mexican dolla: —Governments, steady; States, inactive; rail- roads, irrezular. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—To-day's state- ment of the treasury balances in the generai fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Avail- ;:ge cash balance, $168,624,516; gold, $114,471,- London Market. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—The Commercial Ad- vertiser's London financial cablegram: says: There was a thin attendance at the Stock Bychacge to-day and business was interrupted i Minneapolis . e T Cleveland . 14,518,007 New Orleans 17,280,416 Detroit .. Louisville | Indianapolis . | Providence : 2 Omaha .. . Nor Pac prefd.. 5 Ontario & West S S AL Pennsylvania St. Paul. Reading ?sawannah . | Reading 1st prefd. | Denver . | Reading 24 prefd.. 16,300 55% 56% | St Joseph |StL&SF..... 1,100 Richmond . St L & F pfd . Memphis St L &S F 2d pta Seattle . St L SW . Washington . St Hartford . 2,961,059 St Los Angeles . 4,020,195 St Paul prefd. Salt Lake City... 4,161,049 So Pacific . Toledo . . So Railway . Portland, Or..... So Ry prefd. Rochester . Texas & Pacific. | Peoria._. THLEW.. Fort Worth T St L & W pret Atlanta Union Pacific . Norfolk 1. Union Pacific pfd Des Moines. 1 Wabash .. | New Haven S Wabash ptd | Springfleld, Mass. 1 Wheeling & L E i | Augusta . 2 Whi & L E 2d pfd. | Nashville 1.8 isconsin Central. Worcester . 1,611, Wisconsin Cen pfd. Grand Rapids. 1,378, Express Companies— Sioux City 1,634, | Adams ...... 190 | Dayton, O 1,346, American .. 105 Syracuse . 1,286, United States 88 Scranton 1, Wells Fargo . 180 | Portlard, Me 1,526, 0 Miscellaneous— . | Spokane’. 1,681,048 0 | Amalgam Copper.. 95,000 681 661 66 | Tacoma 1,231,580 .. | Amer Car & Foun. 2,400 293 | Evansville . L 1017849 2 | Amer Car & F pfa. €00 85% | Wilmington, Del. 969,698 | Amer Linseed Oil.. 16" | Davenport . 94 5 T | Amer Lin O1l pfa.. 46 | Fan River. t 81 9 | Amer Smeit & Ret. 4414 | Birmingham . 867 -2 Am Smel & R pfd. 9613 | Topeka 5 i Anaconda Min Co. 9%, | Macon . | Brook Rap Tran. x Little R | Colo Fuel & Iron 79% | Helena . | Consolidated Gas 3 21415 | Knoxvill | General Electric T4 Lowell . | Glucose Sugar 39 Wichita | Hocking Coal 15 Akron . : | Internation Paper. 19 New Be 17. | In Paper pfd ex-dtv 75 Lexington . s % | *Columbus, ‘0. | Youngstown | Springfield, O by the zale which isslated London from the provinces, . New York cables were also de- layed. The tone of the market was cheerful on Boer surrenders. American issues hung back early, with a slight rally on the New York opening. The favorites were Southern P: §ifie. Union Pacific and Erie. The close wa: Copper touched £51% the ton and Rio Tin- tos, after declining to 40%, closed at 413. London is puzzled by the absence in New York cable dispatches of an announcement of dividend on Amalgamated Copper. Three- quarters of I per cent was intimated here at 4 o'clock vesterday. Gold to the amount of £20,000 has gone out to Roumania. g CLOSING. LONDON, Dec. 13.—Anaconda, 63 Atchison, 758 Atchison preferred, 1003 Canadian Pa- cific, 115%; Denver and Rio Grande, 43%; Des ver and Rio Grande preferred, 95; Northern Pa- cific preferred, 102; Southern Pacific, 59; Union Pacific, 101; Unlon Pacific preferred, 70%. Bar silver. quiet, 25 7-16d per ounce. Money, 3%2@ 4 per cent. e Bank Clearings. —_— NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear- ings at the principal cities for the week ended December 12, with the percentage of increase and decrease, as compared with the corre- sponding week last vear: Citles— Clearance: New York 900, Chicago Boeton . Philadelpi St. Louis. Pittsburg Baltimore . n Francis Cincinnati Kansas Ci Dec. Springfield, Binghamton . Chattancoga Kalamazoo Fargo Rockford Canton .. Jacksonville Sioux Falls. Fremont . oomington, Jacksonville, .. ] *Galveston *Houston tColorado Springs {Wheeling, W. Va iWilkesbarre ... Albany .... Totals, U. §....$2,402,831,802 Outside New York 839,930,629 CANADA. Montreal $19,313,602 Toronto 15,572,573 ‘Winnipeg Halifax Vancouver, Hamilton $45,300,222 Totals, Canada. 37.8 in “totals because containing *Not included other items than clearings. 7Not included in totals because of no comparison for last vear. — I Dun’s Review of Trade. | 1 1 L —_— & NEW ‘YORK, Dec. 13.—R. G. Dun & Co.' Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will sa It is most fortunate that the vagaries of specu- lation are not always deleterious to legitimate business. Railway stocks fell sharply, yet full returns for November show that earnings were 11.5 per cent greater than in the same month last year and 11.8 per cent over those of 1899. Industrial and traction shares were even more violently disturbed, yet the manufacturing plants of the nation were never more fully occupled. Numerous labor controversies have been settled and the rate of wages is at the highest point ever attained. Retail distribu- tion is of massive proportions, with dealings in holiday goods the conspicuous feature. Tins class of business so far surpasses all previous records that it alone gives an unmistakable indication of the nation's prosperity, even if other more definite measures were rot avail- able. Conditions in the leading industry are stif most strikingly promising. Despite the full engagements of most of the steel mills well into next year the week has brought a large amount of new business, particularly in railway equipment. Stability of prices con- tinues the best feature. Reports from the great iron centers during the closing week of November dwelt upon the scarcity of cars and motive powers, implying that furnaces could not secure coke and were going out of blast while pig iron could not be moved from the yards to the mill. Hence it was generally ex- pected that the output would show a material decrease while furnace stocks of iron were thought to be somewhat augmented. Instead the Iron Age has issued a most encouraging report of 260 furnaces in blast on December 1, Wwith a capacity of 324,761 tons weekly. Western grain producers and dealers have expressed great faith in the future of prices, many announcing their intention to hold their supplies until spring, when the scarcity would be marked and quotations reach a more profit- able point. —_— — Bradstreet's on Trade. o NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Bradstreet’s to-mor- row will say: Holiday trade is in full swing at all markets, while jobbing distribution naturally shows a quieting down preparatory to stock taking. Nearly all advices touching these latter branches of business are encourag- ing and the vear's results, so far as ascer- tained, are on the whole very {avorable. Among the industries iron and steel are easily first In strength of demand and prices and the word buoyant about accurately describes the situa- tlon as regards the feeling in the trade ge: erally. Though strong this trade is still co servative as a whole, as evidenced by the pegging of iron ore (old range) quotations for the coming year at old prices in the face of a temptation to advance that and finished pro- ducts. Probably never before was so much business booked in advance af there Is at present in pig iron, rails and finished products, The former {s in better demand and $16 can be had at valley furnaces, though $15 25 is the nominal rate. Production is at an unheard «of rate, despite car shortage stopping coke de. liveries and stocks of pig iron ‘are still de- creasing. The crest of the recent rise in cereals was for the present reached on Saturday last for coarse grains and on Monday) December 9, for wheat and provisions. The proportions of the recent rise induced enormous realizing, which for a time was offset by heavy new buying. but ultimately the size of movement and increases in visible added to the breaking of the drouth in the South and the tightness of monpey, left the bears masters Of the fleld. The steady rise in wheat and corn prices shown in the early part of November had resulted in a gain of about 13¢ each in wheat and corn, from which the fall this week is only about 3 cents. Provisions sympathized with the movement and the high price of low-grade toodstuffs is still a feature of note. Woolen goods are in good demand, particu- larly for dress wear, and many mills are busy on heavy-welght orders. Wool is strong, though unchanged, on good demand, slightly higher on Merinos and unchanged on crossbreds, Boot and shoe manufacturers are still busily employed and shipments still heavily exceed last year. Leather is firm and while hides are easier tanners are not anxious to buy largely. Higher prices of cereals check our export trade in that direction and shipments of bread- stuffs, live animals, cotton and oils all de- creased from Octobér totals. Compared with November a year ago provisions, cottons and oil exports are all heavier. Wheat shipments in November Wwere 50 per cent larger. For the calendar year 1901 ship- ments of breadstuffs, animals, cotton oils and provisions aggregate a sum 5 per cent larger than in any previous vear. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ageregate 3,879,800 bushels, against 4,604,046 bushels last week and 4,785,577 bushels in this week last vear. Wheat exports, July 1 to date (twenty-four weeks), aggregate 136,303,715 bushels, against 84,960,720 bushels last season. Business failures_in the United States for the week number 233, against 237 last weck and 247 in this week a year ago. Canadian failures for the week number 23, or the same number as last week and com- pared with 18 in this week a year ago. * New York Grain and Produce * P NEW YORK, Dec, 13.—FLOUR—Receipts, 5400 barrels; exports, 14,600 barrels; fairly steady, but dull, closing a little better in tone with wheat. Winter straights, $345@3 65; Minnesota patents, $3 85@4 10. ‘WHEAT—Receipts, 64,000 bushels; exports, 23,900 bushels; spot firm. No. 2 red, 86%c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 red, 83%c elevator; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 83%c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 hard Duluth, 93¢ f. o. b. afloat. Options had a steady opening on short demand. After a slight reaction they again advanced and ruled firm all day with shorts the principal buyers. Corn led the strength, but outsiders took little part. Closed strong at %@Ilc net advance. March closed at 86%4c: May, 85 5-16@85lsc, closed 8515c; July, 81@85l4c, closed 85%c; December, 82@83%c, closed 83izc. HOPS—Steady. HIDES—Steady. WOOL—Dull. “OFFEE—Spot Rlo, firm. No. 7 invoice, 6%c; mild, steady; Cordova, T@i1%c. Futures closed firm in tone at a net advance of 10@15 points. Total sales, 21,750 bags, including: January, 6.70c; March, 6.90c; May, 7.05@7.10c; June, 7.10c;_July, 7.25@7.30c; September, 7.45¢; November, T7.65¢. SUGAR—Raw, steady. Fair refining, 3 9-32¢; centrifugal, 96 test, 3%c; molasses sugar, 81-32c. Refined, steady. BUTTER—Receipts, 3600 packages; unset- tled. State dairy, 15@23c; creamery, 16@24c; June creamery, 15@22c; factory, 13@ib%e. EGGS—Receipts, 3500 packages; firm. West- ern at mark, 26e. DRIED FRUIT. Trading in.the market for evaporated apples was moderately active and the undertone was generally steady. State, common to good, 6@ 8lic; ‘prime, 9@9%ec; choice, 9% @9%c; fancy, 10@10%e. Lesalitornia dried fruits were dull and feature- ess. PRUNES—3% @Te. @&PR!CDTS—RO}'BI. 10@10%c; Moorpark, 91 . PEACHES—Peeled, 12@19c; unpeeled, 7@ 10%ec. | g #* Chicago Grain Market. *: % CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Wheat crept back slowly into the eighties to-day. The absence | of Liverpool cables and the heavy fall of snow and rain throughout the country kept the talent guessing. London was rather weak in tone, and though the winter wheat belt got a g00d soaking, the approach of blizzards was much feared. Other conditions early were bearish. The cash demand was slow, receipts were I'beral and clearances small. St. Louis reported a continental inquiry, but in general the early trade was of the seiling kind. May opened unchanged to %c up at 19%c to T9%e, but soon sold down to 79c. At this price shorts covered freely and some professionals began to acquire ~lines of long wheat again. The weather report frightened holders and trade toward the close became brisk. Prices re- acted well and May advanced to 80%c, closing strong, %e higher, at S0%c. Corn was fairly active, making gains and jolding them well, The close was strons, May %c to Ic un, at 6TH@6TYc. Oats followed wheat and corn. May closed strong, 3c up, at 453 @45%c. Provisions were fairly active, but only steady. Fluctuations were narrow. May pork closed 2%4c lower, lard a shade lower and ribs a shade higher. The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles— Open. High Low. Close. ‘Wheat, No. 2— 63% 64% 63 6414 Pt B 1 A L 66% 67 86% 6% 44 45 44 45 S 45:2 ‘52‘ 45‘6 457 July . 397 40! 30% 40 Mess pork, per barrel— January . 16 3715 16 371 16 321 16 32 fl % i) I‘l? 80 16 8 16 67% 16 77 Januvary -...-. 085 987% 08 982 May 9821 985 975 98213 Short ribs, per_100 bs.— January 8 40 8 40 83714 8 40 May - 835 835714 830 88573 Cash quotations were as _follows: Flour, steady; No. 3 spring wheat, 72@76c; No. 3 red, 80@83c; No. 2 oats, 46l4c; No. 2 White, 4814@ 48%c; No. 3 white, 47%@48%c; No. 2 rve, 63c; fair fo cholce malting, 59@62c; No. 1 flaxseed, $1 46; No. 1 Northwestern, $1 47; prime tim: othy seed, $6 55; mess pork, per bbl, $15 30@ 15 40; lard, per 100 Ibs, $0 823,@9 85; short ribs sides (loose), $9 30@9 50; dry salted shoulders (boxed), T%@T%c; short clear sides (boxed), $8 80@S 90; whisky, basis of high wines, §1 32; clover, contract grade, $9 30. Articles— Receipts. Shipments. Flour, bbls. 51,000 37,000 ‘Wheat, bu. 115,000 52,000 Corn, bu. +.161,000 53,000 Oats, bu. 215,000 157,000 Rye, bu 11,000 5,000 Farley, b 31,000 3.000 On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter fll.fl‘lln 3 market was steady; creameries, 15@2ilac: dairies, 13%@20%c. Cheese, steady, 94@ 10%c. Eggs, firm; fresh, 24G25c. E % Foreign Futures. *- 23 LIVERPOOL. ‘Wheat— . March. May. Opening .. .. Wires deranged. Wheat— ‘Dec. Mar.-June, 0O 0 23 00 c&';:fn".‘. 25 00 our— Opening 20 05 Closing . 29 05 New York Metal Market. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—The local copper market is demoralized. The Metals Selling Company reduced prices 1@1%c to-day. The street looks for a further reduction. It is said that the company has been making contracts for a great deal of copper at prices even lower than covered by to-day’s reduction. Everybody seems to be at sea regarding the future of the market. Reports current that the reduc- tion was made as a move in the copper stock war were denied by parties who are on the inside. The decline was evidently made to try to get prices down to a free selling level, or in other words to a commercial basis. The local prices are now as follows: Lake, $15 37 @15 6213; electrolytic, $15@15 25; casting, $15. The London copper market fell off 10s to-day, thus making a new low record for recent years. Spot and futures were quoted at £52. The London market for pig tin was unchanged, but the local market was about Yc higher, closing at $24 85@25 123). London tin closed with spot at £109 10s and futures at £103 15s. Lead was steady, but unchanged here. The London market was as last quoted at £10 10s. At New York the price was $1 45. Spelter wag unchanged here at $4 37%. London was Bs better, closing at £16 10s. Iron was a little lower abroad. Glasgow closed at 56s and Mid- dlesboro at 43s 13d. Pig iron warrants, $10 50 @11 50; No. 1 northern foundry, $15 50@16; No. 2 foundry, southern, $14 50@15 50; No. 1 foundry, southérn, $15 §0@16 50; No. 1 foundry, southern, soft. $15@17. New York Cotton Marke:. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Cotton closed steady, 1 point higher to 2 points lower, Eastern Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Dec. 13— CATTLE—Receipts, 3500; very dull, steady. Good to prime, $6@ 7.50; voor to medium, $5 T5@5 90; stockers and feeders, $2@4 25; cows, $1@4 15; heifers, $1 “5@5: canners', $1@2; bulls, $1 7 50 ves, 25; teers, :, 2 BT B wiers, 3 5063 50 to-day, 35,000; to-morrow, (Ot Aandite 28,000; left over, 10,000. Heavy steady; light lower. Mixed and butchers’, $5 80@6 35; good to choice heavy, $6 60; rough hea: $5,7586; light, $1 755 70; bulk of sales, $5 SHEEP—Receipts, 12,000. Sheep dull and lower; lambs strong to 10c higher. Good to choice wethers, $3 50@4; fair to choice mixed, $2 75@R 40; Western sheep, $3@4; nativ: lambs, §2 50@5 40; Western lambs, $2 50@+4. ST. JOSEPH. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 13.—CATTLE—Re- ceipts, 900; steady. 'Natives, $3 23@7 25; cows $1@5 40; veals, $250@5 25; bulls and stags, $20025; stockers and feeders, §20 HOGS—Receipts, 1500: market steady. Light and light mixed, $550@6 55; mixed and heavy, $6 1026 pigs, $3 26@5. Receipts, 7. Market steady. London Wool Sales. LONDON, Dec. 13.—The offerings at the wool auction sales to-day amounted to S761 bales. » There was strong competition for some superior new scoureds, Northern Wheat Market. OREGON. PORTLAND, Dec. 13.—WHEAT—Walia Walla, 60c; blue stem, 6lc; valley, 60c. ‘WASHINGTON. TACOMA, Dec. 13 —WHEAT—Half higher. Blue stem, 60c; club, cent Portland’s Business. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 13.—Clearings, $370,- 095; balances, $32,495. < ! Foreign Markets. LONDON, Dec. 13.—Consols, 92 11-16@92%; silver, 257-16d; French rentes, 101f 32%c; cargoes on passage, quiet and steady; cargoes No. 1 standard California, 30s 3d; cirgoes Walla Walla, 29s 3d; English country markets, steady at an advance of 6d. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 13.—Wheat, quiet; No. 1 standard California, £6 3s %d; wheat in Parls, quiet: flour in Paris, quiet; French country markets, quiet but steady; weatner fu Eng- land, stormy: — LOCAL MARKETS. ey * Exchange and Bullion. New York Exchange is higher. Sixty-day bills on London are lower. Sterling Exchapge, 60 days e $4 S'_i% Sterling Exchange, sight — 4 87 Sterling Cables . - 4 88 New York Exchai 3 -_ 021 New York Exchange, telegr: -_— 05 Silver, per ounce . — 55 Mexican Dollars, no: . Y% @ HY Wheat end Other Grains. WHEAT—The foreign markets continued weak and there was less steam at Chicago, though prices advanced lc. At the opening New York and St. Louis sold freely, consider- able long Wheat was thrown on the market and in addition there were a good many stop orders at T9c, below which commission houses had unlimited orders to buy. Later on the feel- ing ‘changed and St. Louis and New York bought freely, and the market advanced under local speculative buying, the Southwest pur- chasing heavily and the shorts covering. St. Louis reported good foreign buying and the Chicago crowd appeared to be oversold. The weather was wet with an extereme cold wave coming. The Argentine crop showed decided improvement. This market was higher on call, but un- changed as to shiping descriptions. Spot Wheat—Shipping, $1 02%; milling, $1 03%@1 06% per ctl. CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—9:15 o'clock—May—14,000 ctls, $1 06%. Shconq. Session—May—2000 ctls, $1 06%. Regular Morning Session—May—4000 ctls, $107%; 6000. December—2000, $1 03. Afternoon Session—May—20,000 ctls, $1 07%. BARLEY—Conditions remain as before, the market being quiet. Feed, 78%@S0c for choice bright, 77%c for No. 1 and 721@Tbe for off grades; brewing and shipping grades, 8214@85c; Chevalier, 80c@$1 per cental. CALL BOARD SALES. :15 o'clock—No sales. Second Session—No_sale Regular Morning Session—May—4000 ctls, 80%5¢. Kiternoon Session—May—4000 ctls, 80%c. OATS—The market continues very firm, un- der the conditions reported yesterday. Chicago reported _country offerings ~small, ~with good buying over night. Grays, $1121%4@120 for feed and $1 20@125 for seed; whites, $1 15@ 130; Surprise, $130@135; black, 95c@$l 07% for feed and $1 15@1 22 for seed; red, $1 121 @120 per ctl for feed and $1 201 30 for seed. CORN—Chicago advanced ic. The Tlinols State report gives the vield of that State at 183,702,000 bushels, or 60 per cent of last year. This market continues dull and unchanged. Large yellow, $1371%@1 42%; small round do, $§13714@1 421;; white, $135@1 4214 per ctl, RYE—175@80c per ctl. BUCKWHEAT—Quoted at $1 65 per ctl. Flour and Millstuffs. FLOUR—California Family Extras, $3 250 3 50, usual terms; Bakers' Extras, $3 15@3 25; Oregon, §2 50@2 75 per barrel for family and 2 7503 for Dakers'; Washington Bakers, 2 75@3. . MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- lows, usual discount to the trade; Graham Flour, $3 per 100 lbs; Rye Flour, $2 75; Rye Meal,’ $2 50; Rice Flour, $7; Corn Meal, $3 25; extra cream do, $i; Oat Groats, $5; Hominy, $4@4 25; Buckwheat Flour, $4@4 25; Cracked Wheat, '$3 50; Farina, $450; Whole Wheat Flour, 835;' i sacks, $6 50GS; Pearl Barley, Split Peas, $5; Green Peas, $6 50 per 1'& Hay and Fecdstuffs. Feedstuffs rule firm and Hay is quoted steady ‘with moderate receints. BRAN—$16@16 50 per ton. MIDDLINGS—S$17 50@19 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Barley, $16G17 per ton; Oilcake Meal at the mill, $27@28; job- bing, $28 50620; Cocounut Cake, $20521; Corn Meal, $31@31 Cracked Corn, $31 50@32; Mixed Feed, $16@17. HAY—Wheat, $0@11; v, $11 50@12; Wheat and Oat, $8@11; Oat, $7@10; Barley and Oat, $7@9; Alfalfa, $8@9 50: Clover, $6@1; Volunteer, §! 8; Stock, $5@7 per ton. STRAW—30@47%c per bale. Beans and Secds. 4 2 Beans remain aboul as before quoted, with a quiet market. BEANS—Bayos, $2 30@2 40; Small White, $2 75@3 15; Large White, $2 80@3; Pea, $3 50 @4; Pink, '$1 80@2 10; Red. $2 50@3; Black- $3 60; Limas, $425@450; Red Kid- $3 50@4 per ctl. SEEDS—Trieste Mustard. $3@3 15; Yellow Mustard, $3 25@3 50; Flax, $2 50@2 75; Ca- nary, 33%@38}c for ‘Eastern; Alfalfa, from Utah, Bgc: pe, 1% @1%c; Hemp, 333c per ib. DRIED PEAS—Niles, $1'90G2; Green, $1 7 @2 25 per ctl. * Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. Notwithstanding heavy receipts of 14,461 sacks of Potatoes, including 7826 from Oregon, the market was quoted firm, partly on account of the concentration of supplies along the river and partly because no more are expected “from Oregon for ten days. Prices for some' descriptions are a shade higher. Oregon Gar- net Chiles sold at §135@145. There are a few shipping orders on the market, but they are generally for cheap and inferior stock for the Southwestern States. Onions continue easy, with receipts of 1192 sacks from Oregon. There is still some unsold carried-over stock offering. The cold snap has damaged Vegetables' down around Los Angeles, and even now some String Beans from that reglon are coming in frost- tten. POTATOES_80c@$1 05 for Burbanks from the river; Salinas Burbanks, $130@1 60; Over gon Burbanks, $115@1 55; River Reds, $1 50 1 60; Sweets, 35@40c for Rivers and 90c@$1 for Merced. ONIONS—$1 75@2 per ctl; Oregons, $1 75@2. VG ETABLES Cateen Piag. from’ Los oo geles, c; String Beans from Los Angeles, T@10c; as, 2@4c; Cabbage, 40@50c per ctl; Tomatoes, 25@85¢; Los Angeles Tomatoes, —: Dried Peppers, 10@15c per Ib; Carrots, Dried Okra, 1214 1 per sack; Cucum- m 65¢ 214@3c per 1b for small and 1@1%c for large; Garlic, 1%@2%c; Green Peppers. 40@50c per box for Chili and for Bell; Egg Plant from Los Angeles, 8@l0c per 1b; Summer Squash from Los Angeles, $1 25 @1 50; Marrowfat Squash, $8@10 per ton; Hub- bard Squash, $8@10; Mushrooms, 5@12%ic per pound. Poultry and Game. A car of Eastern Poultry came in, six thus far this week. Arrivals of dressed Turkeys were heavy, belng 200 cases, and the market for this description was weak in con- sequence. Other Poultry was quiet and not materially changed. ' Game also stood about the same. Arrivals were 100 sacks. POULTRY—Dressed Turkeys, 1214@16c; Li Turkeys, 123%@13%c for Gob! and. for Hens; Geese, Gost ve o AL -.na“{!m‘“' ig"flll« z: GAME—Doves, Ter Rabbits, $1 50 for Cottontails and $1 for Brush: Mallard, $3; Canvasback, $2@3; Sprig, $2@ 2 50; Teal, $125; Widgeon, $1 50; Small Ducks, $1 25; Black_Jack, '$1 50; 'Englisa Snipe, $2; Jack Snipe, $1 50; Gray Geese, $3 50; ‘White Geese, $150; Brant, 1 50@2 50 per dozen; Honkers, $3@4 50. Butter, Cheese and Eggs. The cold wave has already affected both Butter and Eggs, which are firmer at a slight advance, though the best grades of both have been less depressed for several days. Stocks of both are lighter, though there is plenty of packed Butter still on hand. Receipts were 23,200 pounds of Butter, — pounds of Eastern Butter, 490 cases of Egss, ——cases of Eastern Eggs, 14,100 pounds of -Galifornia Cheese and 7920 pounds-of Oregon cese. BUTTER—Creamery, 23@25c per 1b for fancy and 20@22c for seconds; dairy, 17%@2lc; store Butter, 14@l7c_per Ib; Creamery Tub, 20c; Pickled Koll, 18@19¢; Keg, 16@18c per Ib. CHEESE—New, 12¢; old, 105@11i4¢; Young America, 13c per 1b: Fastern, 13@15c. EGGS—Ranch, 321.@33c for selected large, 30@32c for good to choice and 27%@29c for fair; store, 24@27%c per dozen; cold storage, 20@25¢c; Eastern, 20@2¢c, Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. There is very little new in fruits. The cold Weather operates against the demand. Oranges tare in large supply and moving slowly. Good sound Apples and Pears are selling well enough, but poor and wormy stock continues duil. DECIDUOUS FRUITS. APPLES—S$1 50@2 per box for extra, 75¢@ $1 25 for gocd to choice and 25@60c for ordi- nary; Lady Apples, $1 50@2. POMEGRANATES—$1 25 per box. PEARS—Winter kinds, 50c@$2 50 per box. QUINCE 50 per box. PERSIMMONS—25¢T5c per box. STRAWBERRIES—$11 per chest Longworths and $1@3_for large berries. BLACKBERRIES—$8 per chest, RASPBERRIE: 6 per chest. CRANBERRIES—Eastern, 310@11 per bar- rel; Coos Bay, $2 75 per box. CITRUS FRUITS—Navel Oranges, 75c for standards, $1@1 25 for choice and $1 for fancy; Seedlings, 75c@$l 25: Tangerines, $1@1 25; Japanese Mandarins, $1@1 25; Lem. ons, 50c@$1 for common and $1 50@2 for good to choice, and $2 50@3 for fancy; Grape Fruit, $1@2 50; Mexican Limes, $3 50@4; Bananas, 1 75G2 50 per bunch for New Orleans and dlm 50 for Hawailan; Pineapples, $3@% per ozen. 3 Dried Fruits, Nuts and Raisins. New prices for Raisins appear below. The market is in good shape, the demand being brisk, jobbers are carrying very light stocks, and as there are practically no outside goods on the coast, all stock being held by the asso- ciation and packers, with less than 500 cars of all grades on the coast to-day as agalnst more than 1000 cars on the same date last year, the situation certainly looks strong. Prunes continue strong and in active de- mand, with prospects of still higher quotations ater on, FRUITS—Apricots, 7@8%c for Royals and § @13c for standard to fancy Moorparks; Evap- orated Apples, 7@8%c; sun-dried, 3%@4%c: Peaches, 5@7%c; Pears, 4@Sc; Plums, pitted. 434@6c; unpitted. 1@2c; Nectarines, 5@5%c for fid :nd 5%@6%c for white; Figs, 3@3%c for ack. PRUNES—New crop are quoted as follows: 80-40°'s, 5% @5%c; 40-50's, 1% @5%c; 50-60's, 1 @sc; 60-70's, 3% @4Yc; T0-80's, 3@3%: 80-90's, 2% @3Y%ei 90-100's, 214@2%C per Ib. RAISINS—(Price per 20-1b box): Clusters— Imperial, $3; Dehesa, $2 50; fancy, $1 75; 4- crown, $1 60; London Layers—Three-crown, $1 35 two-crown, $1 25. Price per Ib; Stand- ard loose Muscatels—Four-crown, 5%c; three- crown, 5%c; two-crown, 4%c; Seedless Musca- tels, bc; Seedless Sultanas, 5l4c; Thompson Seedless, 814c; Bleached Sultanas—Fancy, 8%c; choice, 7%c; standard, 6lc; prime, 5le; un- bleached Sultanas, 5c.” Bleached Thompson's— Extra fancy, 1lc; fancy, 10c; choice, 9¢; stand- ard, 7%c; prime, 6%c. Fancy seeded, 7c: choice seeded, 6%c; do in bulk, fancy, 6%c: choice, 6%c per 1b. NUTS—Chestnuts, 10@12%c; Walnuts, No. 1 softshell, 9%c: No. 2, Tlc; No. 1 hardshell, 9c; ['No. 2, 7c; Almonds, 11@i2c for papersheil, § @10c for softshell and 6@7c for hardshell; Pea- nuts, 5@7c for Eastern; Brazil Nuts, 12@12%5c; Filberts, 12@12%c; Pecans, 11@13c; Cocoanuts, $3_50@b., HONEY—Comb, 12@1214¢ for bright and 10g 1134c for light amber; water white extracted, 5@6c; light amber extracted, 4@06c; dark, 4c. BEESWAX—25@28c per I / Provisions. Chicago was lower again. Outside specula- tors own the major part of the stock there. The only thing new in the local market fs an increasing demand for Bacon. The feeling in Hams and Lard is firm, < CURED MEATS—Bacon. 12c per 1b for heavy, 12%c for light medium, 13%c for light, 14%c for extra light and 15c for sugar-cured Eastern _sugar-c Hams, 13c; Californi: Hams, 121c; Mess Beef, $10@10 50 per barrel extra Mess, $11@11 50; Family, $12@12 50: prime Mess Pork, $15; extra clear, $22 50@23: Mess, $18 50g19; Smoked Beef, 13%Qldc per und. mLARD—Tierce!. quoted at 8%c per Ib for compound and 11%c for pure; half barrels, pure, 11%2:2‘;0-» tins, 12%c; 5-Ib tins, 12%c; g-Ib tins, c. COTTOLENE—One halt-barrel, 10%c; three half-barrels, 10c: one tierce, 9%c; two tierces, 9%c; five tierces, 9%c per Ib. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands_seil about 13c under quotations. Heavy salted Steers, 1lc; medium, 10c; light, 9%ec; Cow Hides, 9%c for heavy and 9@9%c_for light; Stags, Tc; Salted Kip, 0l4c; Salted Veal, 9ijc: Salted Calf, 10c; Dry Hides, 18%c; Culls, ldc: Dry Kip, 18c; Dry Calf. 18c; Culls and Brands, 15c; Sheepskins, shearlings, 15@30c each; short Wool, 40@60c each; medium, 60@85c; long ‘Wool, 80c@$1 10 each; Horse Hides, salt, for $3 25; Rolled Oats (barrels), $6 85@ |$2 50@2 75 for large and $2@2 25 for medium, $1 75 for small and 50c for ~Colts: Horse Hides, dry, $1 75 for large. $1 25@1 50 for me- dium, $1 25 for small and 50c for Colts. Deer- skins—Summer or red skins, 35c: fall or me- dium _skins, 30c; winter or thin skins, 20c, Goatskins—Prime Angoras, 75¢; large and smooth, 50c; medium, 35c. TALLOW—No. 1 rendered, 6c per Ib; No. 2, 43%@bc; grease, 3c. ‘WOOL—Spring, 1900 to 1901—Southern, de- fective, 7 months, 7@Sc: Oregon Valley, fine, 13@15¢; do, medium and coarse, 11@13c; Ore- gon, Eastern. choice, 11@13c; do, fair to good, 9@lle; Nevada, 10@12c. Fall—San _ Joaquin, 6%@S%c; San Joaquin Lambs’, 7%@9c: Middle County, S@10c; North- ern lnb(ounusn. free, 9@10c; do, defective, 8@9c r 1b, PeHOPS—0@10c for falr and 11@12c per 1b for good to choice. San Francisco Meat Market. Although the packers are using fewer Hogs than for some time, several houses have raised Y| their bids for stock, thus forcing the other houses to follow suit, and quotations are a fraction higher In consequence. Other meats are unchanged. Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers are as follows: BEEF—7@7%c for Steers and 6@6%c per 1b tor Cows. PORK—Live Hogs, from 150 to 250 Ibs, 5%@ B%c; under 150 Ibs, 51,@5%c; sows, 20 per cent off; boars, 30 per cent off and 40 per cent 9 from the above, quotations; dressed IHogs, c. General Merchandise. GRAIN BAGS—Calcutta Grain Bags, 7c; lo- cal make, 3%c less than Calcuttas; Wool Bags, 32@35c; Fleece Twine, T3%@Sc. COAL—Wellington. §0 per ton; Southfleld Wellington, $0; Seattle, $7; Bryant, $6 50; Coos Bay, $5 50; Wallsend, $8 50; Co-operative Walls- end, $8 50; Cumberland, $12 in bulk and $13 25 in sacks: Pennsylvania Anthracite Egs. $15: Cannel, $11 per ton; Coke, $15 per ton in bulk and $17 in sacks; Rocky Mountain descriptions, “Abépermlbllnduwwrmm lmgtrdm‘ to_brand. Harrison's circular says: “During the week there have been the following deliveries of coal: Ten from Washington, 24,754 tons; three from British Columbia, 6195 tons; two from 1150 tons; total, 32,079 tons. Not: the few arrivals from British Columbia, the quantity received is ample for our immediate needs A few cargoes of good domestic fuel would find ready sale at a profit, but steam coal ig offered by importers at leis than cost without finding buyers. This is attributable to the inroads of fuel oil into the market as a steam lucer, as it proves to be more easily handled, delivered as needed and costs much less than coal. The annual imports of coal ihi= year will compare favorably with last. jea consumption will not fall oft more than about 10 per cent, notwithstanding there will be i ‘,’.,"f“’ fully one million tons of coal by el ving proved itself an exceptionally profitabi: the manufacturing lines, and the unn:rok:'-'r: very evident that all our industrials for 1902 ™ on fhe Duat few days there : o e past few - mors of. labor disturbances t the wo e 65e: raw, ; cases, more; Lucol, boiled and 5ic for faw in barrels; extra winter strained, barrels, 85c; cases, 90c: B5@T2e ; pure Neatsfoot, China Nut, | Fiss, A ; deodorized stove Gasoline, in bulk, 18c: in :2:(9. 21?&4.‘; Be!nmo, in bulk, 1l4c: in cases, 20%c: S6-degree Gasoline, in bulk, 20c; O RPEATINE 58t per gallon 1n cases and 52 in drums and fron barre o *SUGAR ~The Western Sugar Refining Com- pany quotes, per Ib, i 100-Ib bags: Cubes, Crushed and Fine Crushed, 5.30c Powdered, 5.15c; Candy _Granulated, 5.15c Dry Granulated, 5.00c: Confectioners' A. 5.08c Fruit Granulated. 5.05c: Beet Granulated, (100- ib bags only), 4.95¢; Magnolia A, 4.65c; Extra C, 4.55¢; Golden C. 4.43c; D, 4.35¢; barrels, 100 more;_half-barrels, 25¢ more; boxes, 50c more: 50-1b bags, 10c more. No orders taken for less than 75 barrels or its equivalent. Dominos, half-barrels, 5.55¢; boxes. 5.80c per Ib. Receipts of Produce. FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 Flour, qr sks... 25,264 Mustard. sks . et Wheat, ctls . Buckwheat, sks. 41 Barley, ctls .... Brandy, gals 6,250 Corn, etls Wine, gals . X Beans, sks . 1,055 Lime, bbls . Potatoes, sks .. 5,625{Shorts, sks .. Onions, sks . 104| Leather, rolls . Bran. ‘sks 2,955/ Pelts. bals ..... Middiings, sks.. 1,201|Hides, No ..... Hay, tons ..... 215|Quicksilver, flsk Straw, tons . 5| Chicory, bbls car 1| Tallow, ctls 57! Sugar, ctls . OREGON. Flour, qr sks. 5.702| Bran, sks ...... Onions, sks . 1,192 Shorts, sks. . Potatoes, sks .. 7.826| Wool, bales ... Oats, ctls . 3,050, FAMILY RETAIL MARKET. * Butter, Cheese and Egss are unchanged. but the cold weather is advancing the wholesale prices. Poultry, Meats and Game stand abodt the same as last week, though Turkeys and some Wild Ducks are cheaper. ‘There are now very few summer fruits on the market and they do not meet with much call owing to the cold weather. Reports from the southern part of the State Indicate serious damage to summer yegetables by frost. » Coal, per ton— Cannel ....$——@13 00 Southfleld Wellington ——@11 00 _ Wellington $—-11 00 * Seattle.... ——@ 9 00 Coos Bay... —@ 1T 00 Dairy Produce, etc.— Butter, choice, sq—@30) Ranch Eggs, per Do, good -40@45| dozen . Packed, per Ib. .. —| Eastern Eggs —@30 Cheese," Cal......15@17| Honey Comb, per Cheese, Bastern..17@20| pound ........15@20 Cheese, Swiss....20@35| Do, extracted.. 810 Common Eggs...—@30| Meats, per pound— Bacon ... .14@18| Round Steak. ...100 Beef, cholice.....12@15|Sirloin Steak. .. Do, good. -10@—| Tenderloin do. Corned Beef.....10G— Porterhouse do.17 -15@17| Smoked Beef. Lard . —@15| Pork, salt. Mutton $@10' Pork' Chops. . Lamb, . 0@12| Pork Sausage: Pork, fresh......15@—| Veal Poultry and Game— Hens, each......50@75, English Snipe, Yonn: Roosters, | _ per dozen...$3 00@— each .. 65c@$1! Jack Sni $1 75@— 0l Roosters. ea 5008 Maliard. pr.. 7800100 Fryers, each.....50@65 Canvasback, per Broilers, each...50@65/ pair ......75c@$1 25 Turkeys, per 1b.15@20 Sprig, per pair...50@75 Ducks, each....75c@$1|Teal, per pair...40@50 Geese,” each.§1 50@1 75| Widgeon, pair...50@— Pigeons, pair....40@50| Small Duck, pr..35@40 Squabs, per_pair.—@50| Wild Geese, per Doves, per dz.—@$1 25| pair .. Sc@s$1 00 Rabbits, each...15@20 Brant, each.....25@35 Hare, each.. @20 Fruits and Nuts— Alligator Pears, |Limes, dozen....—@10 25@50, Lemor .15@20| Orange: « 3@ 5 Pears, Ib. -—@20| Pineapples, 15@25 ea. Pomegranates, pr 30@30 Bananas, doz. Blackberries, dr.—@75| Persimmons, doz—@20 dozen ........ £0@50 Cranberries, ' qt..—@15| Quinces, per 1b.. 3@ 5 Cocoanuts, each.—@10| Raisins, per I1b.. 5@15 Chestnuts, per 1b.15@20 Raspberries, Awr40@T7S per 1b. .—@253 Strawberries, per Grapes, per 1b..8@12'% _ drawer 10673 Grape Fruit, per | Walnuts, per 1b.—@13 dozen .....T5c@$1 00! Vegetables— Artichokes. doz.75¢@$1|Okra, dried, 1b..—@: Beets, dozen .10@—!!’0(“0&. pr Ib-.m"g Beans, white, ib. 6@—| Parsnips, per dz.10@— Colored, per Ib. 5@—/ Radishes, dozen Dried Lima, Ib. 6@ 8| bunches ......15@20 Green Lima, Ib 8@10|Sweet _Potatoes, Cabbage, each W—‘ per Ib.... 2@ 3 Celery, head. 5@-—|Sage, doz bnchs.25@30 Cress, 'dz bnchs. 20@30! String Beans, per Cucumbers, doz.15@20| pound ......10@12% Esg Plant, 1b..121@15| Summer Squash, Garlic . . 4@ 6| per pound......—@13 Green Peas, ib.—@12% ' Sprouts, per Ib... 6@ 8 Green Peppers,Ib 6@10| Spinach, per 1b. . 5@-- Lettuce, per d0z.15@20| Thyme, dz behs. 2530 Leeks, dz behs..15@20| Turnips, per doz.100— Mushrooms, 1b...13@40 Tomatoes, per Ib. 69 § Onions, per 1b.2i4@315 Fish— Carp . —@ 3 Sea Bass Catfisn . 100 |Smeits %@13 Codfish 12@15|Soles @10 Flounders .......—@10 Skates, 5@10 Halibut 12%@15| Squid . —G— Herring . - 8@— Tomcod L@15 Mackerel )—| Turbot 15@23 1 Trout —a— 8@10/ Brook —a— -40@50| Whitefish 08— 2% @15 Clams, gallon....50g— 10@12%| Do, hardsheil, 12%@15| per pound..... S@10 15@25| Crawfish . S@10 0@—| Crabs, - each. ..i21@15 Is, quart...—@ 6 .10@—| Oysters, Cal, 100.40@50 23,@15! Do, Eastern,dz.25@40 - STOCK MARKET. — s Business continued dull on the morning ses- sion of the Bond Exchange, with an advance in Alaska Packers to $165. In the afternoon the stock sold at $166@165 75. The oil stocks were dull and featureless. The assessment of 5c on Bay City Ofl falls delinquent on the board on the 22d. STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. FRIDAY. Dec. 13—2 p. m. UNITED STATES BONDS, Bid. Ask. 4s quar cp..112%113% /4s qr ¢ (new)1 140 4s quar reg.111%112% 3s quar coup.108% — MISCELLANEOUS BONDS. ' Bid. Ask, Bay CPC 5s.108351001 Oc: 1! —_ Cal-st bs....118% —Kit)r;fi\':-cc,'umo = €C Wat 8s.111 — (PacG Imds. — 96 EdL&Pés. — — |Pk&C H 6s. — 113 Fer&C H 6s.1: Pk&O R 6s.121 Powl-st R 6s.118%120 Sac EGR 5s. 95 SF & SPVSs.123 124 20 58118 119% (Sierra Cal 88 — — : 01% — |8 ‘:B% Ar 6s e a0 | Gaey o1 % = Sei10 108 |° Gty acioess100 "65.121%128% | (1905)Sr B. 10855 Bs. — 123 | (1906) ....110%110% 6s 16 | (1912 .20 — J 12214 5a s ‘al Bs. us » Gak Tran G 1343128 |° Do n Gs. d4s. Do st c5s.110% — | Do 45 34 m — 101 Oak W g 55.104 105 !Stkn Gas 6s.102 — WATER STOCKS. Contz Costa 75 76 Por e o ETCe R B o mes GAS AND ELECTRIC. 2% |Pac Light... 4214 46 4 |Sacramento . — 40 3% glz'gr& E.. 43% 43% Pac Gas Im. 30% 41 IStktn G & INSURANCE. Firem's Fnd.242 - | BANKS. LP&A.. 160 Mer ix (ila). 18% S F Nationl.130 .Cal Safe Dp.110 First Natnl.330 350 ...1925 2000 Sav & Loan. — = Security Sav.ats S F Sav U..525 T s STREET RAILROADS. California ..140 — Market . Geary . — B50% Presidio . POWDER. 84 88 |Vigorit . 4% a7 SUGAR. 3% 5 |Kilauea .... 9% 11 34 40 |Makaweli Ma 25 ... 10% 1075 Onomea ... 2214 — Hutchinson . 14 15 | Paauhau . 1675 MISCELLANEOUS. Alaska Pack.164%41677% Oceanic S C.. 45 50 ine As. c 165 168 Exchge.10 — |Par Paint 13 Morning Session. 10 Alauka Packers' Assoctation. .. 163 00 $5000 Bay Counties Power Co s, . 108 50 10 California Safe Deposit. . 110 00 10 California Wine Association. 88 00 30 Hawailan Commercial and -~ imercial and Sugar 34 00 [ %1