The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1904, Page 15

cal Stocks and Bonds quieter. Quotations for -new k Stock imarket weakens off again. er Yac lower. Erchasxge about the same. a¢ still active, but prices weakening. iy quict and. unchanged. Oats firm and Corn steady. lonr and Millstuffs in fair demand qnd unchanged. oy market still thoked. - Bran rather easier. (rnp Begns commt7 . of Rutter, Cheese and Eggs still hea: F es and Raising still draggm g. Other dried Frmls active; firm. elz prices for Almends maintained without difficulty. Honey kept qm"i‘ by émports from Cuba and Homolulx. ions still @ sluggish proposition everywhere. fall Wool established. Market quiet. Hides active and firm. Hops steady and unchanged Supplies of Beef, Mutton and Pork still liberal. Canned Fruit Zssociation zwithdrazw:s s additional quotations. Potatoes steady, with-a good demand. Onions firm. Pouliry markch (Iranmg wp well. Fresh Fruits in swmaller receipt and active. 3 Game steady. ¢ Weather and Crops. The weekly report 0' A G McAdie, section afe and crop e Weather Burpau, i ss follows: ENERAL SUMMARY. continued warm and clear in and cloudy with fre- £ the coast £rain harvest .is about completed and was lght excépt in portions of the coast dis- where the yield was fair. A large crop o hay df excellent gquality was harvested, . n the south Hop picking and baling ece progressir a large crop of good ested Bean harvest Is rop is large, y and in por- he south some damage has been weather Sugar beet harvest sorghum d vegetables are be harvested. A large | excelient color and flavor Raisin grape picking has places and will be general | . 6 Wine grapes are making excellent growth. The crop of raisin, wine be excelient. Decidu- ¥y gathered and can- are progressing | crop is below aver and drying are pro- p in most sections is is progressing. Olives | Valley are improving and baling are J NE —The weath- | past week has been ¢ ehowing he crop is large ogress and promise good commence in Eo- of this week. Prunes and drying have section; apes are large and excellont crop VALLEY.—The -umn week has been clear and Top is making good pro- operation, Prune picking rop is good. ried peaches 16th. Nee- Large shipments Stock are healthy tion CALIFORNIA —Warm and weather prevatled during the 2w week, with occasional fogs in the coast strict. Grapes are ripening rapidly and pick- ng. The deciduous fruit crop 1. but the quality is exeellent. « suffering irrigation, but the mext six weeks will place orenge and lemon groves in good con- on. Wainuts continue to make good Wi Corn is maturing and the crop is 4 where rrigated. On the northern coast e griin crap is better than was expected. can harvest has commenced: In some toctios « warm weather has damaged the crop om iTigated land. Sugar beets sre making Potatoes are being planted for pe_olive crop be ‘light. , SUMMARY.—Continued cool, oggy. Harvesting of wheat and full progress. reports indi of each. Py mising. e a 5. tomatoes and pota- he supply of apples is 108 ANGELES SUMMARY.— y - mand for irrigation watcr " Bome Beiies 25 iduous frult crop the poorest for citrus orchards are looking well, but orange crop promises to be lignt W rallu'! Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time ) SAN FRANCISCD, Aug. 23—5 p. m. The foliowing maximum and minimum tem- peraturés are renorted for the previous day: -82-60 Philadelphia 92-76) “umn‘r:‘m 74-60 New York. ANCISCO. £4-68 4 o B HHE T $#35F §° Fe -2 Baer #6646 NW Ciear .00 B4 70 B8 B Cloudy 08 € 52 NW Pt Clay 86 94 60 NW Pt Clay 00 55 5i N Pt Cidy 92 72 52 BW Clear 27 32 BE Clouty @ e 67 Nw Bt gy 3014 U8 44 NW Clear 2084 % 7 NB PtOay 297 5 4 NW Pt Cidy 30.04 70 50 NW Clear e RRf R P Ehe o 45 2098 16 54 § Rain Sait Lake .. 3002 66 4 ... Rain San Francisco30.02 66 52 W Cloudy Rt Rae 1w W Closdy = E 3012 o 48 N ER3E7 A SSEg R a - == 29.82 96 70 EW Clear . 5 §§ I i 1 | r ki i § [ ¥ i : i thunder storms Farallon and temperature has evada and Northern Uts miles per hour rnn-m-x made at San Francisco, for thirty r storms in the mountains; y thunder storms in light southwest winds howers Wednesday. fresh southerly winds. co and vicinity—Cloudy Wednes- fresh southwest probably’ thun- light showers; Los Angeles and light southwest winds. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. —_—————— Fruit and VWheat Bulletin. For the twenty-four hours ending 5 p. 120th meridian time, San Francisco, vicinity—Cloudy Wednes- | pee are making rapid progress and an [?3 wnupx N duiag, nuwu N puiM Jo (TR *raayave, 10 AmE ey “ormjuindurag, { + large and the gquality | XD CROP CONDITION | pears estimated one-third lighter than last year. Santa Maria of an inch yesterday; will do some damage to | Napa—Warm, dry weather needed for grapes, y Hanford—Prune crop excellent; Hops and sugar beets | peaches nearly all dried and o Colusa—Crop conditions unchanged. Willows—Crop condi Cloverdale—Pear some sections. but of Livermore— Rn!" will damage much unbaled n—ml'fl": will interfere with grape Corn and vegetables are | mpm-nu to Eastern markets. . almonds and walnuts ere | Riverside—Black scale now hatehing out. Hollister—Rain. Newman—Rain; no damage unless rain con- nenced in some places weastle—Light showers. night and | ornt reed—Rain this morning, damaging n-um hay to large extent, A. G. McADIE. York Money Market. Aug. 23.—Close: Money on 7% @1 per cent, %. of-{ Hock V Time loans, easy and dull. ninety days, 2@2%; six months, 3% | Prime mercantile paper, 3%@4% per cent. Sterling exchange, firm, with actual business in bankers" hlll! at ll 8810@4 8815 for demand, 55 for sixty day bills. Posted rates, §3 56@4 © nmm"n.'ll Mllr ‘l &-‘qfi‘ 85%. Mexican otlars, “firm; railrond bonds, New York Stock Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Further weakness in | wheat contributed largely to the strong tone of the stock market at to-day's opening, though the strength of certain issues seemed 10 me jargely from buying by some of the essional element whose igterests lie on the fore the end of morning and the volume of businees, which at the outset promised to be very considerable, dwindled to moderate proportions. of the better known houses falled io disclose y increase in commission business, h the Middle West was to an extent a factor in the day’s operations. London, whose 82464 New Orteans 1278 vmv-ukuare-uno(nuh developments - ecting British intevests in the Far East, L e2-68 e ot i1 stbeke, chiefly standard railroad .84-65 | shares, and bought very little. Prices receded A sharp ad- vance in coiton, based largeiy on the rise in The extreme lpnt.by g.tbe market | 2 n the final hour extended to bond division, Chicago T & T. { L“hld.l‘o r & T v!d. 100 G C C & St Louis 200 1| Lolorldn Boll!htrn. 100 Colo South 1st prd. €00 ey ptd. 500 Kan City Souther: 100 Manbattan L Met Securities Met St Ry M. @ LStSteM pid Misouri Pacific . Ontario & Western Pennsyivania | Southern Ry pra.. Are reported at the Southeast | TeXas & Facific.... 6,600 Reyes Light sean Tol, St L & W.... Tol. SL & W ptd Union. Pacific © 43,600 Union Pacific pfd 700 Wabash 400 Wabash 1,900 Whee] & Lake WiséPfsin « en'rn' 1,700 Wisconsin_Cen pfd. 100 Mexican Central 2,300 Express Companies-— 100 Adams . Wells-Fargo . Miscellaneous— Amai Coj | Amer C & F pfa’ Amer Cotton Ofl Amer Cot Oil pfd.. American lce American Ice pfd | Amer Linseed Of1. Amer Lin Oil pfd Amer Locomotive . Amer Loco pfd.. Amer Smelt & R.. { Amer § & Ref pfd Amer Sugar Ref Anaconda Min Co . Brooklyn Rap T.. Colo Fuel & Iron Consolidated Gas General Electric Inter Paper Inter Paper pfd... Inter Pump o2 American .. Paci 1 People's | Pressed Pressed Puliman F Steel pfd inghouse Elec ern Unlon Total sales NITED RAILE ¢ YORK, Au to-day. AMERICAN CAN COMPANY. Common, bid 44, asked 433 | 43%, asked | - NEW YORK BONDS, N unified 4s.101% | Man con gold 48105 | Mex Central | U B ret 2s reg Do coupon . | L | Do 3s rex 165 1 Do mew ds reg.] Do coupon Do old 4s reg. mua | Atlantic C | Bait & Ohio 45 101% Rio G # 1"1 Erie prior len ds. 98%! 1 4%s...108 | | Adams Con . | Alice Breece . Bruns Con Com Tunnel Con Cal & V: Hoarn Silver . Iron Sily . . Leadvillé Con . | Time loans Atchison 4s . | Atchizon Do pfd . Boston Elev . ‘Miscellaneous— Amer Arge Chem. 14 U8 Cons for money.. STRIN Y Centnl Do for acct.87 lfi‘lfll Nor & [y a'g;.n 14@2 R L N, Ho et A gl e (e | 6%c: tancy Kok e i -+ i ;) # i %hflu are held at 912@10c; extra choice, 10% E2EHBRE Ty tim 1 Ft SRS F =24 | for both epot and futures. Locally copper i { unchanged. Lake and electrolytic are quoted | remained unchanged at $4 2004 25. 500 shares. { for the pe ADS OF SAN FRANCISCO. | No bond transactions | slight loss y. Minn i, K & Texas 4 ‘Do 2ds . Do coupon ....106%| NR of Mex 103% N ¥ € 944N J C gen .100% | Nor Pacific 110% OSL 48 & P v S L & S F fg 4s. 85% M & SP gn 45109 |St Louis SW 1lsts. & NW con 7a.128% Seaboard A R 1 & Pac 4s. 75%ISo Pacific ds ..... 84% 8o Railway | and ribs were down 23c. | Dogends ..... 86 |W & L Er | FW & D C lsts mn,‘wu Central 4s EW YORK MINING STOCKS. 20{ Little Chief 30| Ontario . 10/ Ophir . 16| Phoenix . 0o BERREREE] g Boston Stocks and Bonds. Money— | United Fruit . Call loans . 2@312] U S Steel.. B ¥ pra_. ‘Bonds— | Westing Common. 101351 Mining— 94_ | Adventure 60% | Allouez ... | Railroads— { Amal Copper . 80% | Amer Zinc . 9814 | Atlantic Boston & Albany.218% Bingham Boston & Maine.160 | Calumet & Heci 150 | Centennial 137 Copper Range 11%| Daly West [51 09@1 007 ; No. 2 corn, 55%c; No. 2 yellow, mV.’Qmm! 107 Shannon 262 | Tamarack 1633, Teinity 1o s Mlnln: ol London Closing Stocks. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 23—Cotton—Fatures o med strong. August, 10.90c; kgnmba .500; October, 10.16c; Nove ", 10.20¢; b P e T e ety 1] * March, 10.18c: 'May, 10.18c. Futures closed barely steady, August, 10.84c; September, 10.40c; October, 1017!5' No- vember, 10.12c. December, 10.12c; January, 10.14c; ‘February, 10.14c; March, 10.17c; April, 10,19¢c: May, 10.21c. Spot closed quiet, 20 points higher. Mid- ling Uplands, 11.20c; Middling Gulf, 11.45c. Eales, none. New York Grain and Produce. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—FLOUR—Receipt 31,400 barrels; exports, 16,700 barrels. Mar- ket firm with buyers and sellers apart. Min- nesota patents, $6 10G6 50; Minnesota bakers’, $4 40G4 85, ; WHEAT—Receipts, 103,200 bushels. Spot easy No. 2 red, nominal elevator, and §1 12 f. 0. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, $1 28 f. 0. b. afloat. Options had a' weak day on the whole, influenced by less bullish crop news from the Northwest, easy cables, forelgn lelllnx liquidation and a favorable estimate y the Northwestern Miller. Near the close prlou rallied elightly with corn, although they 1 1 closed $L18%: September)y §1 12%,@1 18%, cxo-d $1 13; December, §1 12% @1 18%, closed $112%. Ste. PET ROLET'M_ Steady. FEE—Futures cloted steady, unchanged ! gust, 6.65c; scplember. 6.70@6.75¢; tober, §.88:; December, 7.00g7.06c; January, 7.150; | & OMAHA, =~ Aug. 23.—CATTLE—Receipts, | 2500; market stronger. 1 in the Boston Muttons, $3 25@3 45; lambs, $4@5 65: 2 Quoted vers firm at previous quo- wethers, §8 2500 10; ewes, $2 T6GD 50. Omaha. ; . Native steers, $3 508 g 5 75 cows and heiters, $2 50@3 50; Westeri 3 ! m” ¥ e cows .::ia Inlte:‘ is‘é 45 pcr ctl; mnq:e"ée!‘m, 5@ B and feeders, § SEEDB—Bmwn Musiard. - nominal; "Yonew calves, $2 50Q% Mustard. $3 25: nomu Canary. 6% . . @ic; Atfaita, 15G15%c. 152@2% HOGS—] 1100; Iu.rklz" steady. | o “.:!iam L a%o_!,e 5' ib; umn‘ :ss !'g‘flg ‘pirs, uw‘&?"m.. of sales, fi'o e e P'-'AB—NHe_t $242 2; Tew “Green per ct Recelpts, 500; market active and 3 1 R T 3& t{mm;‘flm Potatofl.. Onions and Vegetables. stockers, 60; lambs, $4 e 2 2563 Ly 4« The Potato market ruled steady at ! vious prices under continued light receipts and I Miscellaneous Markets. | viiaie immiies ciesscs w5 veadhis. Asiie ; R ) e from a !mited demand for export to northerm - ! ports, tl was very little doing in the ship- Nll' line. Sweet Potatoes were plentiful and i In Eood request at the prices established on ! the preceding day. Onions were steady and Foreign Futures. ot - 1R lbebefilo(xbl’vll'h(lmll advance. Flour— = fom G0 per sack to 905 per otl; Balines B L3045 31 65 | banks, $1 15@1 25 per ctl: Early Rose. BOSTON, Aug. fl—‘l‘he pv.hlnl of 'ool String Wax market though . 50@7.55¢; Pl f‘:;%hf };fin&.fi‘f 'R.‘;“Q'm No. T ,-,,v,‘,';{; Delieve that the goods market wili be favorable | Carrots. $1 per sack; Cucumbers, 25@35¢ 50 box; Ouc be: inal: Garlic, 82(’ mild, steady. and thl! the millowners will be obliged to Pickle umbers, nominal rlic, GAR—Raw quist; refined qulet. BUTTER, EGGS and CHEESE—Steady, un- | m"z'v'-"“p"fl"ées“o:" R o o0 his marar | ar wan: e Pegpers: MOWe por box; Mar- changed DRIED FRUITS. EVAPORATED APPLES—The market re- mains quiet, but firm, for while the demand is light, available supplies are small and there is no pressure against the price. Common are | quoted at 4@5%c; pnme 5% @6c; choice, 6% @ | @itsc "RUNES—Are quiet at the moment and Dave rather an cacy tone in conmsequence of a falr carry-over and generally full _estimates | of the new crop. Quotations range from 2c to Blzc. according to_srade. APRICOTS—Are firm, in sympathy with coast advices, but show mo quotable change. \o¢; fancy, 11@13c. PEACHES—Also rule firm. Extra choice are quoted at Sc; fanc: 2@10c. New York Metal Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The London tin market was a littie higher, closing, at £121 €s 8 for spot tin and £122'Ts 6d for futures. | Locally spot closed at $26 8215G26 95, | Copper was firmer in London at £57 7s 6d at $12 50@12 75 and casting at $12 25@12 50. Lead was a little lower abroad, closing at £11 13s 9d in the London market. Here it Speiter was steady and unchanged at $4 859 | 49 in the local market. London was un-| changed et £22 12s 6d. Tron clossd at 5ls 9d In Glasgow and at | 43s in_Middlesboro. Locally iron was un- | 18@18%¢6, . Wyoming, hm, 18@17c; nu. me: dlum, 17%@18c. Utah and Nevada, fi ‘Walla Wal | balances, $27,000. based on actual sales as follows: rowfat Squash, $15@20 per ton. 4c. o ars - Lishe: 10 50c ne. medtum, Poultry and Game. Miscellaneous vegetables arrived freely from . ! all producing sections and the market was Opening . 2 , weak. with large lines of carrled-over stock Clost ofltrl‘-l.td-” prices. Tomatoes were barely 30 55 3170 | nal; amm cm-. Togsse: Sweet. Potatses, Boston Wool Market. 3}‘3";‘-‘} & 2o Comn. socast sack or ente. Green Peas, l D!r Beans, Tima: Beans, 215G8%0 ponth; Tomatoes, 30GA0: Simand Tn Aot heauye The mills are well sup. | Der box for iver and w&scm bay: Summer ied with stock for the present. but dealers Sai ., 25@35c per box: Cabbage. 75¢ per ctl: r 3 No more Western Poultry came in and ths h%che medium, 11 @18c. Colorado, fine, | three carloads that were received on Monday AT AUCTION. Creditors Sale '-M— of Parlor r—s— $15,000 BANEKRUPT SALE All new. clean goods; over 1000 lots: parioe | suites, sofa beds, d-mpuru easy chairs, odd | parlor pleces, st ete. moved for com~ venience of sale m AUCTION ROOMS | 818-820 Mission St., Near Fourth Sale commences 11 o'clock & m. THIS DAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1904 and will continue until all sold—without re< l;\ve or lmit. o i lers should attend this sale. WILSON BROS. Auctioneers. 2 b ) AUCTION SALE of HORSES and MARBS, WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24 at 11 a. m. AR~ CADE HflRfl! MARKET, 327 Sixth st. JOHN J. LE, A\lc(lmr. AUCTION SALE—OFFICE GENERAL SU- perintendent Army Transport Servige, Sam Franciseo, Cal, August 23, 1904.—There waill be soid at pubiic auction at 11 o'clock a. m. - September 2,-1904. at Folsom-street lot of silver plated ware, a list of which Can be seen at Folsom-street wharf. C. A. DE- VOL, Major and Quartermaster, U. 8. A. COTTON. NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 1904—On the | 2d of August I advised the world to 13@14c; fine, medium, 16¢c; coarse, 16@17c. | were pretty well cleaned up. Receipts of do- | buy cotton, irrespective of the showing e jestic stock on the early express were about made by the Government report. Since : | 70 coops, and, St. Louis Wool Market. | e Emotiea it "G, most.Setallers wers | that {ime the market has advanced & 251c; light fine, sm heavy fine, 15@l18e; | section was delayed by an accident. and the market cleaned up well at good price: ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23.—WOOL—Steady. | The receipts from Petaluma and vicinity wer Medium grades, combing and clothing, 23@ ' Very light, as the regular train from that cent a pound. I again urge those who are likely to need cotton during the next six months to secure their sup- plies, if practicable, on the basis of Game was in light receipt and steady. tub washed, 21@36c POULTRY—Live Turkeys, 15@17c per Ib; | Present prices. Geese, per pair. $1 75@2; Goslings, $2G2 25; | The fall of Port Arthur is imminent, Northern Wheat Market. OREGON. . PORTLAND, Aug. 22.—WHEAT-Shipping: 78c: biuestem, Soc; valley, S8e. AT s S SRS T S TACOMA, Ayg. 23.—WHEAT—Irregular; dozen, bluestem, 1c lower at 84c; club, 1l4c high at 7oe. Butter, C heese and E £gs. . Northern Business. = BC no_ scarcity SEATTLE, Aug. 23.—Clearings, $673,725; i 1 "'153-1.”“: 23.—Clearings, $315,725 balances, in anything. Stocks of Ducks, $4@4 50 per dozen for oid and $4 3404 $3 50g4 50; Brotlers, $2@3; Pigeons, $1 25 per | dozen for old and $1 50@1 75 for Squabs. WASHINGTON. | 81 50 per dozen; Cotiontall Rabbits, §2 per | the most All_conditions remain unchanged. There is Butter | acreage. the indicated crop at present and Cheese are too largs for the market to absorb and an accumulation in Butter is re- ported by almost every house on the street. Dealers still complain of the surprising dull- | of 1 | | 50 | pacific ¢ the powers wi | @5 50 for young; Hens. $4@5 50: youns Roos- | » Sterveution ke She 8 - | ters, $5 50@6; oid Roosters, 50; rn.mt | Tobably follow, and the impulse there- v given to the world's industry and | the American and British export trade | in_cotton foods particularly will prove mportant since the resump- tion of specie paymemt by the United States in 1879. Meantime the conditiom of the crop is rapidly deteriorating. In my inion, the condition is no better than it was at this time last year, and, allowing for the reported increase im is hardly over 11.000.000 les. It is generally admitted that a moderate crop | will Fass into consumption on the basis cents a pound. and that a shert FORTLAND, Aug. 2.—Clearings, §545,843; | 166 of trade. whioh is all the more marked | crop means a repetition of last years balances, $76,760. 1 { spell just s6 much more pronounced. e # | Chic ago Board of Tra(le. \ | * Fine ranch Eggs continue stead. plies light. but all other grades | enough. Receipts, however, see ing off again. e LOCAL MARKETS. g * Futi CHICAGO, Aug. There appeared to be e in the early wheat market news to| canse the weakness indicated by the opening | pric While crop reports were fewer in num- | ber, those which came were scarcely more re- assuring than t which so recently threw the trade into a state of frenzied excitement. Nevertheless, in spite of possible further dam. asze to crop local trade arrayed itself | largely on the selling side of the market. Sep- | tember, which started with a loss of %c to e at $1 09 to $1 09i;, slumped to §1 08%, while | December, from an initial lgss of % to lc at $1 10 to §1 1o, sold down to $1 u3%. Had | there been concerted short gelling, the market would undoubt-dly have suffered more than it did. The &k ho led in the unloading, | however, we fly emall holders, many of the larger ones having already sold out. At the in both deliveries better tones developed on buying_attributed to the North- | west. A report from Manitoba that some of the wheat in that province had been nipped by frost also helped the tone to some extent. The result of the ipprovement in sentiment was ¢ to §$1 081y for September, the closing and December to £1 10. The latter option closed at $1 093,@1 00%. The weather in the corn belt was too cool e of mind of trade, and values were not permitted to suffer with wheat. | Starting with a firm undertone, but at prices unchanzed to e lower, September advanced to 5413@56%c. December under an | ng pressure began ic lower to lic Sc to B3%ec and was lifted to 53%c demand was satisfied. Liquidation e Grein and Provisions. it | brought prices back from the high point, Sep- | tember reacting to 53%c and December to | S4Yc, the final quotations for the day, but the | tone in the end was strong. | Oats were active and withstood with but | the bearish influences of heavy re- and a tremendous increase in local | . An initial loss of l4c in the Septem- ber option at 33%c to 33%c was more than regained through excellent scattered buying. | The price wenet to 34c, rvurvd to 33%4¢, and | again rallied to the closing figure, 33%c, with | a very steady tone. ons were inclined to firmness, being ! the start by an advance of 5@10c in price of hogs and later by the strength in pro. Trading was chiefly in the way of | changing from September to later deliveries. September pork closed 5c up; lard gained 2 The leading futures ranged as follows Open. High. Low. September, ol 110% 1 September, ne 109t 1 December 110% 1 1137 111 11% September . B4l 56 B4 55% December 531 Bix 53 B4, 8% 62 83y 23 33y Ay December B4 .'ifi% 35 May .. 3715 6%, 3y Mess Dork, per bbi— September 1 2 October . January Lard, September T Ottober - 695 G97Y | January T12% 705 TOTY | Short ribs, per 100 lbl-— September - a7t 73214 715 October . 74214 745 January 650 680 Cash Grain and Provisions. C’H‘I‘FAOO mAul' 28. -;Cn‘\h !‘.\m?.lr:lou were as follow: our, steady: No, 2 sp; whea | §1 10a1 13: ~ No. 3. $1.00@1 05: Nor B red", No. 2 oats, 32@324c: No. 2 white, 350 36c; No. 3 white, 34@88c; No. 2 e 1¢¢~ Tair to choice malting barley,” 45@33c; 1’ flax- seed, $1 18%; No. 1 Nomnu.urn. $1 25%; rime timothy seed, $2 80: mess pork, per bbl, 11 5611 800 1ard, per 100 Tbe: 30 8506 8714 short ribs sides (loose), 81 81%01;0 short clear sides (boxed), $8@S 25; whisky, basis of Mlh wines, $1 25; clover, contract grade, Recelnts. Shipments. 15,700 9, Barley, bu . Butter, Cheese and Eggs. CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—On the Produce Bx- change to-day the butter market was firm: creamer} 13@18¢; dairies, 12311 . ;n’zr:‘ n-‘m l’g:ludnd 13@16%4c¢. C‘h‘:-a‘n‘:‘d;f 34¢. — | CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS. | — Chicago. CAGO, Aug. Receipts were 55,700 Ibs Butter, 647 Eggs and 5000 1bs Cheese. Exchange and Bullion. Silver was ljc lower. There were slight changes in International Exchange. LOCAL. | | i 20c; Eastern Sterling Exchange, sixty day: — s Oregon, 8@l0c; Eastern, 10@15c per Ib. Sterling Exchange, sight — 48% | E(,Gs-naqm 81c for large white selected, Sterling Exchange, cables — 4 8% | 20@30¢ for choice and 25@2Sc for fair to good New York Exchange, sight . — 0% ! store, 20@28c: Eastern. 22%@24c for firsts, | New York Exchange, !eltgruphlc = 10 | 21@22¢ for seconds and 10@20c for bakers'. Stlver, per ounce . — i Mexican Dollars . 45 @ 45y INTERNATIC New York on Mexico . Berlin on London Paris on London Recelp! Pears, P was in good condition for sellers, and clearances of the best stock wers ..216% ‘ =2 Wheat and Otler Grains. I WHEAT FREIGHTS time ago by the International Sailing Shipown- ers’ Union. The chartered Wheat fleet in pos has a registered tonnage of 19.170, against 55,450 tons on the same date last vear; di engaged, 94,060 tons against 90,850; on the way to this port, 225,500 tons, against 320.700. ‘WHEAT—Foreign futures were lower. The canners raised their bid: California Club, $1 40G1 47%; California | fuled firm under decreased receipts, White Australian_ $1 56@1 60; Northern Club, | $1 4215@1 46%; Northern Bluestem, $1 5@ | | 157% per ctl. FUTURES. 2 p. m. Session. crates of Pineapple: o STRAWBERRIES—$4@5 per chest for Al- Trbonabinf1 1S viso Berries and $2@4 for the larger varleties; BARLEY—Both cash grain and futures were quiet and not materially changed. Re- amounting to 30815 cus. | RLACKBERRIESCS) 8003 50 per There is not any very large buying at the moment, either here or in the country, though | HUCKLEBERRIES—S@oc per Ib. Longworths. nominal, here. large. 12%@1 17 Chevalier, $1 17%@1 30 | jnciuding wrapped stock; No, 2, December—No sales; $1 08% bld, $1 09| PLUMS AND PRUNES—40G65c per crate ankad and 25@35¢ per small box: open boxes, 40@Tc. 2 p. m. Session. NECTARINES—Red, 90cG$1 per box December—$1 08% bid, $1 09 asked. crate: white, —— per box or crate. OATS—The demand for choice lots for seed | JUINCESTR0GTIC per box. continues, and black are again higher. Offer- | AP @08 B T s ney 05 Lor crate: ings consist chiefly of red, as there are hardly enough white and gray on the market for a | J.utmeg Melons, 35@60c per box; Watermelons, fm o i 15 per_hundred. White, nominal; Surprise, §1 45@1 for other variet] box for Valencias; Lemons, $2 est keep the market supplied, e ¥ very little State Corn coming in. 4 “Western sacked, $1 473@1 50 for Yellow and | Standard; Mexican Limes. Bananas, §1 T bu h'f‘ “é.“ IrAmg . $1 5082 inch for Central x ‘White and $1 45@1 47% for Mixed; C-“fm"‘ T5c@$1 25" for Hawalian; Pineapples, e-uy the market was firm but quiet. Offer ican_and Yellow, $1 50@1 57%: emall round 5 lenll. White, nominal; Egyptian, §1 3;. $1 25@2 per dozen. m 35 for White and $1 25@1 30 for Brown. erings arerfew and the market is | Dricd Fruits,Nuts,Raisins,Honey. dll‘t‘l”fll”wcu 5 'Kw!-uwr— Nominal at $1 T5@2 per ctl. Flour and Millstuffs. As already mentioned, with the falr demand. especially for Pe The local millers- continue to quote a fair | arc, NIERer And Ul tending upw: steady price; ¥ P&x'i;_fimmu Family, Bxtras, 34 500 .39 sog | fion higher. New Nectarines are now usual terms: 4 e T Waihtaghon, JANING ';‘.‘h Almonds continue in demand and the marked advances meet With no oppositio output is but as lnquntlv kept down by liberal Honolulu at n;'yfx%nm for Moorparks: because business in all lines of dairy produc SO aaE. 23.—Clearings, $322.988; | has been remarkably active for the past v SPOKANE, Aag. or six vears. and this makes the present dull (,hm' TIEREE & MEr arel B bttt with eu } re plentiful to be fali- | 120 cases ? In the past fourteen years the increase B t d: exmran R rsamery al st hands. 22" | of 1890-1 was 8,600,000 bales. The crop store Butter, 1 lnc Eastern ‘creamery, 191:@ | 0f 1903-4 is 10.000.000 ladle-packed, 14@153%¢c per b CHEESE—8@10c for cholce mild new and | EQS’Q: for lower grades: Young Americas, |l‘8 possible prospect that the coming crop Deciduous and Citrus Fruits.. mall tree fruits, particulariy hes and Plums in bulk, showed a marked falling off. and, with trade active both locally and for shipping account, the market readily | = effected at good prices. Grapes were the —Spot rates are quoted | jeading feature of the market and good ship- at about 21s 3dG22s 64. usual European ob- | ning stock of all varieties cleaned up well at tions, with no business reported from this port, | impyroved values. The first Isabellas of the | though chartering is being done up north at| season appeared from Santa Cruz. - Sixty-two | 26s 3d from Tacoma and 27s 6d from Port- | crates came in and met with a good demand jand. These are about the rates fixed some | gy g1 25 per crate Supplies of Peaches small packages-were well up to trade quirements, but offerings in large open boxes | were light and cleaned up well, the top rate being easily obtained for the best Clingstones. for Bartlett | Pears and procured the bulk of the available supplies of green stock. Wrapped Bartlett Chicago declined 1%c. News from the latter | Pears sold at a wide range as to size and point was scanty, as the wires were de- | condition, as a considerable portion of the re- | ranged. ceipts were overripe and hgd to be disposed In this market futures were lower in S¥Ym- | of quickly. The Apple market was in good pathy with Chicago, and trading was large. | ghape, with the best Gravensteins firmly held The market was devoid of, feature, however. | g¢ an advance. The other tres fruits wers The cash grain was steady and unchanged. plentiful and generally steady at about pre- CASH WHEAT. vious prices. Cantaloupes and Nutmeg Melons Watermelons were very dull. Raspberries | were firmer, but everything else in the berry line was inclined to easiness. Mexican Limes were in limited supply and held at firmer s rates, while other Citrus fruits were plentiful Session 9 to 11:50 a. m. and weak. Wipe Bananas were abundant and Open High. Low.. _Closs. | easy. The steamer Alameda from Homolulu December ...$1 51% $1 52}3 $1 51 §1 51% | brought 3000 bunches of Bananas and 37 BLACKBERRIES—$1 50@3 50 per chest. APPLES—$1@1 50 per box for fancy, S5c there 13 more going on in the interior than | o AFPUESTRIGL B0 per box for fancy. CASH BARLEY. Apples, 50@60c for small boxes and $1 25 for Feed, $1, 0501 03% ; now Browing and Ship. | “FEuns Bartletts. 50081 per box for No. 1, 20885 box: in_bulk, $25@30. FUTURES. PEACHES —Small boxes. 3 1 Session 9 to 11:30 a. m, 50@70c: open boxes, 1&“13;50‘5‘ T 50; Red, R Pm—sm-n boxeg l!ld ml’& Seed.- $1 273501 40 for feed and $i 0@1 45 for seed; | Jor=: 3 awasc s-emum E5000c. Jarge opes Black, $1 20@1 35 for feed and $1 45@1 60 for | il OGRS FRETIALe siat I8 o Tokay CORN—Local dealers quote the market "gnmramu—m AR of Prunes and Raisins the market is In very '“"'« Bo0d shape for growers and sellers, with a Hlfln- Sc for heavy and EL -e ¢ | wild speculation. The depredations of the boll weevil, | ever before. account m part for the apid_deterioration. but equally impor- nt is the insufficiency of labor in the uth for the cultivation of the crop. cotton acreage as reported by the anmmem is 63 per cent. The crop | o The increase in production therefors is only about 18 per cent. There is no | will show an Increase over that of 1!90 | commensurate with the increase in | acreage. The reason for this is not | hard to find. { _ While the increase in acreage in the | South for the past fourteen years has been 63 per cent, the increase in the negro population of the South during the same period has only been 24 per cent; and in Texas, Oklahoma and In- dian Territory the Increase in acreage | Since 1890 is 124 per cent. while the | increase in the negro population is only 45 per cent. Experience has proved that under the hot Southern suns the negro | alone can be used for the cuiltivation of | cotton. and the rapid industrial devel- opment of the South has drawn heavily upon the negro population for labor in its mines, lumber cunr‘s and railways. | It is probably true that against an | increase in cotton acreage in the South of 63 per cent in fourteen rs, the increase in negro labor available for its 'cuxmulon nas not been over 12 per cen Thes« facts, which are taken from the United States census, point indubitably to only one conclusion. The South has for the past five years been planting more cotton acreage than can be cultivated by the labor avail- | able, and the rapid deterioration in its condition now being reported, and which | for the past four years has generally commenced to develop about this time, evidences this la of cultivation. Dur- | ing the early mdnths of its growth it { needs but little care. Without care { during its critical period it is bound to deteriorate. We may as well accept in my opinfon that the maximum cotton productive capacity of the South was reached five years ago and cannot be again attained until the disproportion between its negro K:pu!nuon and jts acreage shall have en adjusted. No such readjustment seems possible with- in_the present generation. Spinners of cotton and consumers of cotton goods will do well to pondes and | to heed the significance of these facts. THEODORE H. PRICE. half barrels, 8i(c: one tierce, §34c; two tierces, Sc; five tierces. T%ic per Ib. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. SQuotations for fal Wool are at last estab- lished, be seen below. The market is not as nnve as the trade expected it to he at the opening, and the clip Is coming in slowly, as it is held so high in the couniry that the prices asked restrict the buyin. There is no visible weakness, however. Hops continue quiet, but the feeling is steady. Mall reports from New ¥ork sav: “No changes In the crop news werp reported from Europe. the outlook being for a poor yleld from the English cvep, and the Con- tinental crops were understood to be wommg 75 for | backward owing to lack of rain. The coast fancy. $1 25@1 75 for choice and 1 25 for advices reported firm and unchanged markets, with prospects for fair crops The crop Dews from up the State continued favorable. Lo- ings continued small owing to light stocks. Hides are active and firm, with stocks lig and dry Hides are higher, the inside price of 16c_lately quoted being dropped. mm:s AND SKINS—Culls and brands sell ’}qu under quotations. Heavy saited 0c: medium, 9c: light, Sc. Cow lec for Mght: 6e: Saited Kip, Disc: Salted Veal. 10: which - Satted Cair. He: ary Hides 18%c: dry Kin, are higher and still tending upward under an dry Caif. ‘ s e average demand for Flour and )nllnufl.- at | jles are also wanted. and Pl ""‘."‘“". "" -~ 40c’ each: short W ""' lings 5@ 40m65c each: medium, T3@90c; long Wool lIQI 30; Forse Hides, sait g 75 for large and $2G2 50 for edium, $1 23 w 73 for small and 50c for Colts; Horse H'des dry. $1 75 for large and $1 50 for medium. $1% buyers. herybody realizes that this y—r‘n 1 25 for small and 50c for Colts. Buck Skins— t. Dry Mexican, 30c; dry saited Mexican, 28c; dry grease 21:@5c. crop—Apricots, T%@9%c for waminn clip—San Jo-q-ln and ern, 9@1lc; Southe: ™, tain, 1o: Middle e g e for | €0, defective, 10@12¢c; Northern ~ 3:&: do, defective, 0'1‘?. Humboldt and HOPS—1004 crop. 208240 per Ib.