Two Leavenworth
Pri soners Given
Christmas Pardon
Aged Frcnch-Canadian and
Texas Man, Convicted of
Murder and Manslaughter,
to Get Freedom.
Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 53.—Two
Christmas pardons for prisoners in
the federal penitentiary here have
heen granted, according to a telegram
received liy Warden Biddle. One
of the pardons Is ft>r John (Krenchy)
Ctrl, an aged French-Canadinn, serv
ing a SO-year sentence for murder in
Alaska.
Carl, who is 74, was born in St.
Flavey. Canada. He went to Alaska
during the Klondike gold rush and
accumulated some wealth, but "fell
out" with his partner when they dis
agreed over the division of their
property. The partner came to
Carl's cabin one day and assaulting
Carl, left him for dead.
The "Canufk." who had feigned
death, got up and obtaining % rifle,
shot his partner and beat him over
the head to make aura of his death.
lie was received at the McNeil
Island penitentiary In Washington,
October 3. 1902, then was transferred
to Leavenworth, November 29, 1915.
He has been an outside trusty for
four years.
The other prisoner receiving
clemency is Tom Parker, Waco, Tex.,
serving a five-year sentence on a
conviction of manslaughter. Parker
killed his brother-in-law when they
met on the poetofflce grounds tn
Waco, after they had quarreled over
the alleged mistreatment of Parker's
sister. Both men were armed, but
Parker was the quickest on the draw.
Two military prisoners, William It.
Griffin and James W. Woodward,
received pardons through the War
department, Warden Biddle an
nounced.
Pupils of Miss Abbott
to Give Follies Show
Pupils of Miss Grace Abbott will
appear in recital in the "Kldnight Fol
lies of 19:3" at the Brandeis theater
for a matinee performance December
28 and an evening performance Jan
uary 19.
Scene One will represent "Max Sen
nett's Peaches at the Beach.” Maxine
Leebovitz will be the card girl; Eileen
Walsh, ocean vamp; Margaret Reed,
beach hutterfly; Eloise Segi, Miss Liber
ty; Mary Elinore Binkley, sea peach;
Betty Garleb, beach blossom; Elinore
Segi, sea witch; Dorothy Wahl, sea ser
pent. Musical numbers will include
"Splash Me." "Who'll Be the Next to
Cry Over You,” "Pretty Molly Shan
non,” by Rudolpli and Betsy, with
Marvel Linvllle, Marjorie Bloomberg
Ruth Hamilton, Mary Jane Davies,
Jane Mathews. Elinore Palmer and
Charlotte Myers.
In Scene Two, the radio scene, will
be the two musical numbers, "Mon
key in the Zoo,” by Elinore Segi and
“My Boy Friends" by Eileen Walsh.
Scene Three, courtroom scene, has
the musical number, "You Are My
Rainbow," while Scene Four will
have the musical number "Didn’t You
Believe."
Scene Five will represent "Stars of
the Future." The boys will be Blaine
Wahl, Lee Parmalee. Warren Larson,
William Handler, Max Barber, Rich
ard Reed. The girls will be Doris
Kerrigan, Gladas McGreer, Eleanor
Palmer ns Norma Talmadge, Marvel
Linvllle as Irene Castle, Mary Jane
Davies as Mary Pickford, Richard
Resd as Douglas Fairbanks, Fay Wil
liams and Alice Hadley as Marmeln
Sisters, Marjorie Bloomberg as Jackie
Ooogan, Eloise Segi, Eileen Walsh,
Dorothy Wahl. William Handler as
Leslie Barry.
The show will close with an ensem
ble, "Molly Shannon."
Peon Pants War Is
Raging in Shenandoah
Shenandoah, la., Dec. 23.—(Special.)
• —The peon pants “war" among high
school atudents continue*.
With the police judge and the facul
ty assuring protection to the wearers
of the spectacular garb, the owners of
tha toreador trousers seem to be hav
ing their inning.
Ivan Curran, football tackle, whs
summoned to court on an assault
charge brought by Compton Cum
mings, who was accosted when he
wore a pair of the peon pants. The
Judge let the student offender off with
a lecture. The faculty has announced
there will be no more “depanting" on
the campus or In the school buildings.
Bo. Cummings and Eugene Cozad
added another row of pearl buttons to
their pants and wore them to school.
Both left the hutlding before the close
of school.
Harding to Sign Bill Raising
Vets’ Pensions Tuesday
Washington, Dec. 23.—President
Harding will delay until Tuesday
signing of the Bursum bill, which In
crease® from $50 a month to $~2 n
month pensions of Mexican and civil
war veterans and from $30 a month to
$50 a month the pensions to their
widow®. Nurses who served during
either conflict would receive $50
monthly instead of the present $30
pension. A ceremony has been
arranged to accompany the signing.
See* End of 12-Hour Day.
Chicago, Dec. 23.—Eventual abolish
ment of the 12-hour day in the’steel
Industry is hoped for by Judge Elbert
H. Gary, chairman of the board of
the United States Steel corporation,
but Germany and France are going
back to the two shifts a day system
and there is agitation to the same end
in England in order to compete with
American steel, he said today in an
interview authorized by him. The
steel corporation did reduce Its 12
bour workers to 14 per cent, hut
to adopt generally the eight hour day
would entail staggering tosses or an
lncreaao In steel prices, which would
be a bad thing for the steel industry
and the country.
New York Dried Fruit*.
New York. Dec. 23.—Evaporated Apples
— Quiet.
Prunes-«Easy.
Apricots—Firm
Peaches—Steady. #
Raisin*—Easy.
Unique Cards Announce
Departure for Japan
Unique Christmas cards are being !
sent by Mr. and Mrs. Shajt Osato to 1
their friends this year. The verses
tell of their coming departure for Ja
pan and in the lefjhand corner, in
green letters against a real seal, Is
their new address, "The Paris Inn,
No. 16 First Chiome, Shibaguchi Shin
bashl, Tokio," where they will stay
temporarily until they find a house,
so Mrs. Osuto says.
She explained that Chiome means
street, and the rest of the address j
refers to the district. Mrs. Osato, for- j
met^y Miss Frances Fitzpatrick, never I
has been in the orient. The couple
will sail about March 20 on the Tayo
Maru, so as to reach Mr. Osato's land
In cherry blossom time.
"We can have any kind of a house
we want," Mrs. Osato went on, "even
a California bungalow, but I should
like to try being truly oriental for
a while. I know I shouldn't mind
sitting on the floor to eat my meals,
although I would like my bed to be
two feet above floor level.”
Will Open Studio.
Osato plans to open a studio there.
Photography hae become popular in
Japan and people are overcoming the
oldtime prejudice against posing be
fore a camera.
"We are told the work doesn’t com
pare with American photography,"
Mrs. Osato said. “The photographs
sent us by Osato’s friends in Tokio
show them posed stiffly on Amei^can
chairs.”
Toyo Mukai. who accompanied Osa
to to Omaha when he first came and
who was with him here for three
years, will Join the party at Denver,
and will return to Japan to be asso
ciated with Osato in his new studio.
M rs. Osato is leaving today for I
Mr. and Mrs. Sliaji Osato.
Chicago to spend a month with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Fitzpat
rick, before she leaves for this new
venture. Mr. Fitzpatrick is a former
Omaha man and a prominent archi
tect.
Christmas Greeting.
The Christmas card greeting reads
as follows:
When this plain little card reaches you,
"A tramp of a greeting,” you’ll likely
say,
And likely think we’re stingy, too.
So listen to us, we pray.
We're moving east, the far east, you know,
(We’re now a family of four)
It costs lots such a long way to go—
Hence this cheap little card at your
door.
Does It have to be written In gold
That we wish yoU happy and well?
Aren’t we friends enough, both good and
old.
This wish for you simply to tell?
Next year perhaps we’ll send you a vase,
ur a real oriental fan.
Best we can do is a card tleoso days—
It costs lots to move to Japan.
\rrv
Shipboard Rules
for Care of Sets
Dnily Routine Followed to
Keep Radio Sets in Good
Condition.
—
In a recent issue of "Radio World,”
some sound advice is given for care
of radio sets. It is as follows:
"Many who own radio sets believe
that once the sets are in working
order and bring In signals, the only
thing left to do is to watch the bat
teries. A radio set isn't like an egg—
it improves with age. A radio set
needs looking over once in a» while.
Dust is.an enemy of radio, because it
generally forms a short circuit.
Aboard ship there are certain things
that are part of the daily routine that
must be done. They serve to illus
trate the care that should be taken
with a radio set. Here is a set of
rules to follow:
Daily.
1. Wipe off all instruments care
fully with chamois skin or a very soft
cloth.
i. Examine contacts of all receiv
ing circuits 'and remove dirt and cor
rosion.
3. If using crystal detector, clean
by Immersing in bisulphide of carbon.
4. %lean spark gap and transmit
ting apparatus. Inspect all transmis
sion leadB both on the back and front
of board.
Weekly.
1. Rub nil moving parts lightly
with vaseline. Blow out variable con
densers to remove' particles of dust
that may collect between plates.
2. '* Clean transmitting condensers
and inspect the connections.
3. Clean key contacts and dress
down with a light filing, if found to
be pitted.
4. Rub the antennea switch blades
lightly and see that the clamps are
making good contact.
Monthly.
1. Test and charge storage batter
ies. See that the solution is clean by
use of hydrometer.
I 2. Make note of any deviation in
•
the operation of any of the instru
ments and file same with the head of
the department,
3. Inspect antenna connection* and
wipe off all insulators with stiff brush
dipped in carbon bisulphide.
Hints on Aerials.
I.ead-in wires to the receiver may
be connected to the end of the aerial
or to the center. If connected at
the end. it then becomes what is
known as an inverted aerial. If con
nected at the center of the aerial It
becomes a “T” aerial. This type
aerial has a tendency to reduce the
wave length approximately one-half
that of the inverted "L” arelal. In
case the aerial is constructed on the
roof or outside the house, it is advla
able to carefully Insulate the lead-in
wire by running a porcelain tube
through the window casing or some
other part of the house. This is not
absolutely necessary in dry weather;
but when the wood gets wet, it be
comes a good conductor and may
cause trouble as a result of electrical
leakage through moisture.
Match Prices Soar.
Berlin, Dec. 23.—Matches, formerly
as cheap in Germany as elsewhere,
have kept pace with the overwhelm
lng advance of all other commodities
The value of a match is bow reckon
ed at about 20 pfennigs.
Waiter* or tram conductors who
supply matches to forgetful smok
ers are forced to exact payment for
the service.
License to Wed Returned.
Steubenville, O., Dec. 23.—“We‘had
fight." This terse explanation wa*
made by Tony Gizzi when he re
turned, unused, the marriage license
issued in the Jefferson county pro
bate court here to Tony Gizzi and
Nellie Montperry of Dillonvale.
Foreign Exchange Kates.
New York, Dec. 23 —Foreign Exchanges
—Steady; quotations (In cents):
Great Britain—Demand. 464 44; cables,
465. 60-day bills on banks, 46244.
France—Demand, 7.42; cables, 7.42 44.
Italy—Demand. 5.1144; cables, 5.12.
Belgium—Demand, 6.8 0 44: cables, 6.81.
Germany—Demand, .0145;/cables, .0148.
Holland—Demand. 39.84; cables, 89.88.
Norway—Demand, 19.01.
Swden—Demand, 26192.
Denmark—Demand. 20.77.
Switzerland—Demand, 18.99.
Spain—Demand. 15.77.
Greece—Demand, 1.23.
Poland—Demand, .0056.
rzecho-SIovakia—Demand. 8.09.
Argentine—Demand, .38.10.
Brazil—Demand. 11.90.
Montreal— 99 8-16
. i
Market, Financial and Industrial News of the Day
_7 - - _ _ .. -- — - ■ - - --——■
Omaha "Gain
, Omaha, Dee amber 23.
Total receipts or grain at Omaha
were 133 cars, as compared with 143
cars last year. Total shipments were
224 cars, against 83 cars a year ago.
Omaha eaah markets were alow and
sold lower, with only a fair demand
in evidence. Wheat sold at genarally
. a cent lower prlcea Corn showed
' the meet weakness, selling lc to IHc
lower. Oats were He to lc lower, the
market being generally %c lower. Rye
was quoted He lower and barley un
changed.
Early prices started around last
night's level, bift immediately sold off
on profit taking sales and an absence
of support. On the break commie
slon houses absorbed the offerings
and prices reactad. As a whole, the
market was a dull affair and traders
were more of the nature of evening
up before the Christmas holidays.
Receipts end disposition of livestock St
the Union stockyards, Omaha, Neb., for
It hours ending at 3 p. m. December 33,
1122.
RECEIPTS—CARS.
HorsesA
Cattle H’ga Sh'p Mules
C.. M. A St. P. Ry. ... 6 ... .....
Wabash R. R.. ..
Mo. Pac. Ry.
Union Pacific R.R.
C. A N. W, east. 1 t .
C. A N. W . west. 6 40 .
C. St. P„ M. A O. ... 7 .
C., B. A CJ , east. 4 .
<\. B. A Q, west. 1 8 .
C., R. I. A P, eaet. 1 3 .
C.. R. I. A P, west ... 2 .
Illinois Csntral Ry. 1 8 2
Total rscelpts IT 108 t 1
DISPOSITION—HEA D.
Hoga Sheep
Armour A Co.1.422 til
Cudahy Packing Co.2,401 217
Dold Packing Co.1,061 ....
Morris Packing Co.1.148 ....
Swift A Co.1,886 ....
J. W. Murphy. 414 ....
Swartz A Co. 118 ....
Armour of 8. D. 407 ....
Totals .. 428
WHEAT.
No. 2 dark hard: 1 car. SI.21. smutty.
No. 3 dark hard: 1 car, $1.21, smutty;
1 car, $1 23. smutty.
No. 1 hard winter: 1 car, $1.17.
No. 2 hard winter: 1 car. 11.18; 14
cars, $1.17; 1 car. $1.16 H: 1 ear. $1.16.
No. 3 hard winter: 3 oars, $1.17; 4
cars, $1.14; 1 oar. $1.17 (smutty).
No. 4 hard winter: 1 car, $1.13, 10 per
cent heat damaged; 1 car, $1.13 (smutty).
Sample hard winter; 1 car, 92c, 14 per
cent heat damaged.
No. 3 yellow hard; 1 car, $1.18.
No. 1 spring: 1 car, $1.S1, dark, north
ern.
No. 9 spring: 1 car, $1.90, dark north
ern, special billing.
No. 2 mixed; 1 car, $1.16; 2 cars,
$1.03, durum.
No. I durum: 1 car, $1.03, red; 1 car,
ll.OJH, r.d.
CORN.
No. 2 white: 2 cars, $9He, special bill
ing.
No. 2 yellow: 3 cars, 66He, shippers
weights; 6 cars, 69Hc.
No. 3 yellow: 3 cars. 66He.
No. 4 yellow: 1 car. «4He, musty.
No. 2 mired: bulk head car, 66c.
No. 3 mixed: 1 car. 67-68c.
OATi.
No. 2 white: 1 car, 44c.
No. 3 white: 1 car, 43He, special billing;
3 cars. 42 Hc
No. 4 white: 1 car, 42He, 3 per cent
heat damaged.
No. 2 mixed: 1 car, 43c, special billing.
RY0.
No. 2: 2 cars, 85c.
No. 3: bulk head car, 83c.
BARLEY.
No. 4: 1 car, 62c.
OMAHA RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENT®.
(Carlots.)
Week Year
Receipts— Today. Ago. Ago.
Whoat . 92 60 13
Corn . 32 61 TO
Oats . 7 12 1$
Rye .. 1 8 6
Barley . 1 .. ft
Shipments—
Wheat .127 34 3$
Corn . 37 55 II
Oats . 37 31 7
Rye . 7 8 I
Barley . 5
PRIMARY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENT®.
(Bushels.)
Receipts— Today. Wk. Ago. Tr. Ago.
Wheat .1,864,000 1,536,000 645,000
Corn .1,782,000 1,225,000 1,266,000
Oats . 865,000 471,000 659.000
Shipments—
Wheat . 645,000 773,000 349.000
Com . 504,000 396.000 702,000
Oats . 602,000 424.000 426,000
CHICAGO RECEIPTS.
Week Year
Carlots— Today. Ago. Ago.
Wheat . 65 48 24
Corn .564 392 248
Oats .100 136 82
KANSAS CITY RECEIPTS.
Wheat .394 270 135
Corn . 68 33 <1
Oat.27 1ft 2
ST. LOUIS. •
Wheat .122 61 48
Com . 98 33 39
Oats . 63 30 14
NORTHWESTERN WHEAT RECEIPTS.
Minneapolis .510 393 131
Duluth . 113 37 14
Winnipeg .689 770 495
CHICAGO CLOSING PRICES.
By Updike drain Co. DO. 2627. Dec. 2J.
Art. | Open. | High. | Low. | Cloae. | Tee.
Wht. '
Deo. 1.2*% 1.26% 1.26% 1.25% 1.36%
May 1.24% 1.24% 1.23% 1.24% 1.24%
- 124%. 1.24% 1.24%
July 1.13% 1.12% 1.12% 1.13% M»%
I 1*13 % I.I.|. 1 13% 1.11%
Rye
May .91% .91% .90% .91% .91%
Corn
Deo. .72% .72% .72% .72% .71%
May .72% 72% .71% .71% .71
.72%.72 .72%
July .71% .71% .71% .71% .71%
•••'.71% .72
Oato
Dec. .43% .43T4 .43% .43% .43%
May .45% .46 .45% .46 .41%
.45% .46 .45% .4* .4*
July .42% .42% .42% .42% .43%
Lard H
Jan. 10.62 10.65 10.60 10.(0 10.(7
May 10.82 10.85 10.80 10.85 10.80
Riba
Jan.10.(0
May |..|.1.|.10.45
Chicago, Dec. 23.—Wheat—No. 2 red.
91.35: No. 1 hard. 91.27%.
Corn—No. 2 mixed, 73%c; N*. 2 yel
low. 73%@'74%c.
Oata—No. 2 white, 45%©46%c: Ho. I
white. 43%@44%c.
Rye—No. 2 ,90%c.
Barley—61@74c.
Clover Seed—Nominal. y
Timothy 8eed—Nominal.
Pork—Nominal.
I, ard—910.67.
Ribs—910.00@11.25.
St. Louis Livestock.
East St. Louis, HI., Dec. 23—Cattle—
Receipts. 500 head; compared with week
ago: Beef steers strong; light yearlings,
bologna bulls and stoeker steers, 26c
lower; cows, 26c higher, canners steady;
light veaiers, 76c to $1 higher; top steers,
110.00; bulks for week : Top, 16.75(#9.00;
light yearlings, 35.5007.75; cowl 94.00©
6.26; canners, $2 3502.50; bologna bulls,
$4.0004.75; stoeker steers, $4 260)6.25.
Hogs—Receipts, 7,000 head; active
mostly 10c higher on light and light
mixed hobs, 180 pounds and down; top.
$9.60; bulk 130 to 180-pound averages,
98.500)8.60, 190 to 220-pound averages.
98.4008.60; 230 pounds and up, 88.350
8.40; very little doing on pigs; packer
sows, strong to 10c higher; bulk, 87.16
07.21.
Sheep — Receipts, none; compared
with wesk ago: Lambs, steady; fat yearl
ings, 60c lower; fat ewes. 26c to 60c
higher; top lambs, $16.96; late top, 916.00;
bulks for week: $14.00015.00; culls, $10.00
011.00; fat western ewes, $7.0007.26;
handy weight natives, 96.5006.75; heavies,
$4.0005.00.
Grain Steamers Caught
in Lake's Ice Released
Cleveland, Dec. 23 —The grain car
rying steamers C. B. Neinaber, City
of Bangor, and Benmaple, which have
been caught'In the loe at ths head of
Lake Erie for eeveral days were clear
ed yeeterday, It was announced here
laaj night upon the arrival of the tugs
Harding and Oregon, which were
working with the boats.
Flaxseed.
Duluth. Minn., Dec. 23.—Flaxseed—
[Closing prices: December, $2,624 bid;
January. $2.66; May, $2,414; July, $2.40
asketf
Chicago Gram
Chicago, Deo. 23 —Trading in grain
waa almost entirely of a holiday char
acter and while there was a strong
rally in wheat after r break of
around lc early, there was a rather
heavy undertone due mainly to a lack
of aggressive buying. Closing trades
were ?»®lHc lower on wheat, De
cember leading. Corn was '»#Hc
lower, oats unchanged to >»c higher
and rye He lower. Durd finished un
changed to 6c higher and ribs un
changed.
All grains sold at new high figures
for the season the past week, but the
outside buying fell off and with
rather general profit taking the bulge
was lost. Wh«u showed more
strength than coarse grains, and at
the last prices were higher
to lHc lower, the latter on July. Corn
was 2c lower, oats % «f’ 1T*c lower and
rye Ho lower. Hard gamed 25@S0c,
while ribs were 6®15c lower.
Aside from tha purchase of 1,500,000
to 1,750,000 bushels No. 2 Manitoba
wheat by Greece and some business
with the United Kingdom, there was
little In the news that attracted at*
tentlon. Foreign markets were closed.
Private cables from abroad said the
situation there was strong.
, Evening I'p Under Way.
A greet ile«| of evening up wee under
way (award the laat Is wheat on account
ef tha double holiday, Commission house
comment cyntinuca to lean strongly to
the bull side of the market on the breaks,
although with tha light outside trade In
cident to the holidays, some recession
would not surprise many.
Long corn wee on tap early and prices
eased off readily, but on the break there
was god class of buying credited to the
leading bulls and a rally came toward
tha laat. Trade waa largaly of a local
character with the prospect for largo re
ceipts next Tuesday having considerable
Influence on the attttlude of pit traders.
Shipping demand was only fair, but there
wee a fairly large export business put
through at the seaboard, rather surpris
ing In vlaw of the holidays abroad. Oats
ware dominated almost entirely by tha
action of corn, and held within narrow
limits.
Export demand for ryo was In evi
dence at the seaboard, with Norway and
Qermany credited with buying. Trading
In futures waa rather alow, with some
selling here egalnat purchases at Duluth.
The two northwestern markets received
lit carl.
Pit Kates.
Corn tradara have sold futures In antic
ipation of a break tor two days Most
of tha pressure has been based on ex
pectations of a big run of cash gram
Tuesday and Wednaaday. Possibly they
hava discounted the effect of the big run
as a liberal percentage la to be applied
on sale* to arrive and will not be on the
market. There la alao expected to bo
soma buying by country shippers to cover
December shipment sales.
Receipts of corn at Chicago on Thursday
will be around 1,400 cars unless the unex
pected happens. The Illinois Central, the
Rock Island, Northwaatern, St. Paul &
Great Western railroads hava ordered
grain inspectors to work Sunday whlla
tho Northwestern, Alton. Wabash, Eastern
Illinois. Illinois Central. Burlington and
possibly the Bt. Paul will- have Inspection
service Tuesday. Tha stats grain depart
ment expecla 760 to 1,000 ears of all grain
will ba on tho sample tablee Tuesday be
fore the opening.
Buying of 1,600,000 tushela wheat In
North America by Clraeca on over-night
offeringa cauaed considerable comment In
view of the government report ehowlng
purchases of 11,100,000 bushels In Argen
tina of lata. It waa recautly eetlmated
that Graace had bought 8,000,000 bushels
In North America, so that tha total tak
ings In all positions of late aggregated
18.600.000 bushels. BroomhsU's detailed
estimate on world’s Import requirements
credited Greece with needing 12,000,000
bushels for the season.
Private cables from the United Kingdom
and Antwerp expressed a bullish view of
the wheat situation. Undertone In for
eign markets la very firm, with United
Kingdom cables Indicating a good business
would be done In wheat for December
January shipment Further reports are
being received regarding tha small stocks
abroad.
Minneapolis Grain.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 25.— Wheat—
Cash: No. 1 northern, $1.22% @1.30% ; De
cember, $1.21%; May, $1.21%; July,
$M7%.
Corn—No. 3 yellow, 64@64%c.
Oats—No. 3 white, 40%@41%c.
Barley—51 @52c.
Rye—No. 2, 83%@83%c.
Flax—No. 1, $2.6202.63.
Nt. I<ouii Grain.
St. Louis. Mo., Dec. 23.—Close—Wheat:
December. $1.23; May. $1.22%.
Corn—December, 72%: May, 72c.
Oats—December, 46 %c; May, 47%c.
Kansu* City Grain.
Kansas City, Mo. Dec. 23.—Close—
Wheat: December, $1.14; May, $1.14%;
July, $1.05% split.
Minneapolis Hour.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 23.—Flour
Unchanged.
Chicago Potatoes.
Chicago, Dec. 23.—Potatoes—Steady; re
ceipts, 64 cars; total United States ^llp
ments. 487 cars; Wisconsin bulk round
whites. No. 1, 80c @ $1.00 cwt.; frozen. 660
70c; Minnesota sacked and bulk round
writes, 75085c cwt.; Idaho sacked Rurals,
No. 1, $1.00 cwt
Chicago Produce.
Chicago, Dec. 23.—Butter-Easy;
creamery extras. 61 %c; standards, 48%c;
extra firsts. 47%@50c; firsts. 44046c;
seconds, 42@43c.
Eggs—Lower; receipts, 373 cases; firsts,
40@42c; ordinary firsts. 35@J7c; miscel
laneous, 38@40c.
Kansan City Produce.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 23.—Butter
Unchanged.
Eggs—7c to 2c down; firsts, 16 037c;
fresh, 44 0 46c.
Poultry—lc down; hens, 17c; springs,
17c; ducks, 14c; geese, 14c; turkeys. 13a
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 21.—Wheat
Cash: No. 2 hard, $1.16 @1.21; No. I red,
$1.2601.28.
Corn—No. 3 white, 70%c; No. 2 yellow,
71c.
Hay—Market unchanged.
Chicago Poultry.
Chicago, Dec. 23.—Poultry—Alive, unset
tled; fowls, 13018c; springe. 17c; roosters,
13c; turkeys, 26c; geese, 16c.
Kansas City IJve Mock.
Kansas City, Dec. 23.—Cattle—Receipts.
500 head; for the week beef steers were
mostly strong to 25c higher, some up con
siderably more; fat heifers weak; stock
cows strong to 26c higher, hulk steady to
strong; canners mostly 26o higher; calves
steady to 60c higher; stock heifers strong
to 25c higher; stock calves steady to 26c
higher; top loads beef steers, •• 60; a few
yearlings at •11.00.
Hogs—Receipts. 4.000 head; mostly 6c
to 10c higher; quality fair; packer top
• 8.2 Ofor 210-pound weight; no butchers
on sale; few loads mixed quality. $7.76;
other sales, $7.9008.15; bulk of sales.
$8 0008.15; few' lots packing sows. $7 250
7.35: some stock pigs up to $8.50, looking
woa kto lower; bidding lower on a few
light lights. . -
Shesp—Receipts. 1,000 head; for the
week killing classes were steady to 25c
lower; top lambs. $14 66; bulk. $14 000
14.40; fat ewes, $7.26; bulk of better
grades, $6.6007.00.
Cheaper Butter in Demand.
Chlrago. Des. IS.—Demand for rheaper
grades of butter tended to support an
otherwise unsettled market, accrding to
the United States bureau of markets re
port of the butter market for the week
ending today. 41 _ .
The Chicago market continued weak,
showing the effect of surplus supplies and
a light demand prevalent during the pre
vious week’s trading. Storage butter was
in active demand here and likewise In the
east. Few changes were recorded In quo
tations during the week. Imports were
light, but prospective ships were reported
larger. .
Principal markets closed this week aa
follows:
On 92 score butter, Chicago, 61 ^c, 1H
points loss; New York, 66c, V* point gain;
Boston. 54c, V4 point gain and Philadel
phia, 55Vfcc, unchanged.
New York Dry Goods.
New York. Dec. 23.—Cotton goods closed
very firm today. Gray goods have been
selling well to printers snd bag manufac
turers. Ysrns were firm. Idnens were ir
regular on some of the sheer goods, but
household articles were steady.
Knit goods were soiling steadily In mod
erate quantities for fall and spring.
Financial,
New York, Dec. 23.—Trading on
the principal financial and commer
cial exchanges was suspended for the
triple Christmas holiday. The banks
and the money market were open for
business, however; so wap the foreign
exchange market, and the Chicago
Board’of Trade.
Foregin exchange rates went, in
most cases, on the narrow and purely
local market fractionally above the
previous day's figures, sterling went
at one time nearly lc above Friday’s
final rate, reaching the highest level
since the downward reaction culmin
ated on Wednesday. From that day’s
low price it bad recovered by the
quarter cents, and at $4.66 Vi stood less
than 4c under the month's maximum.
Exchange on Koine also got to the
highest rate reached since the market
turned upward again. Considering
the extent to which speculation for
the rise must have been driven out in
the 9c fall between December 13 and
December JO the attitude of the ster
ling market in particular Is interest
ing.
Halt Not Strange.
No one can ever be absolutely sure
how far a movement of foreign exchange
ratts la governed by rurely financial or
economic influence and how far by
political At the moment, however, the
adjourned conference of European premiers
reconvening hardly -more than a week
from now, and with an atmosphere of
hopefulness regarding It unmiatagably re
flected In the European dispatches and
the European markets, it Is not strange
that the foreign exchange should have
halted in its decline.
Perhaps the most Interesting question,
from the market’s viewpoint, is whether
the actual reaching of a practical plan of
compromise at Paris would result In a
further spectacular advance In sterling
and continental exchange rates or whether,
after the habit of other speculative mat.
kets, rates would decline under "realising
sales on the good news." The economic
background of the recent rise in rates
on Europe will possibly determine the
question.
( hfcnge* Irregular.
With the stock market keeping holiday
today, more attention was paid to the
week’s movement as a Whole. The net
changes of prices from the previous
week's closing are as Irregular and con
tradictory ss might have been expected
from the character of the daily trading.
Advances and declines fairly balance
numerically; each run to » or 6 per
cent In many Instances.
Perhaps the most convincing part of
the week’s movement, taken as a whole,
Is the advance In nearly all the fkliway
shares. This had at least the excuse
that the railways had not advanced In
the earlier part of autumn to any such
extent as the industrials; that the dis
appointing comparison of the October net
earnings statement with those of 1921
is not only now fully understood, but
that present Indications are that the
statements for November and December
will make very different comparison with
last year.
Exactly what will be the course of rail
way traffic after the turn of the year is
still a matter of conjecture. But we
already know that no such decrease from
the October maximum has occurred as
that of 1921 and 1920. In these^two
years, and in 1919 also, the November
and December weekly loadings were less
by 200,000 to 300,000 cars that the
October record. This season the decrease
has been less than 100,000 with the
latest returns showing all records for the
current period broken.
Wall Street Topic*.
This is the time of the year when Wall
street, as a whole, like* to sit down and
speculate a little about what is going to
happen to it next year, whether the new
12-month period will bring good or evil,
and what sort of result* may be possible
when the total for 1923 is totaled up.
It must he «aid that, ta*en as a whole
those in Wall Mreet which make a close
study ofs conditions in the country are
inclined to optimism.
A railroad president with an inquiring
, turn of mind recently checked up on the
amount of rending investigation directed
at the railroads as a whole. He was
aghast to find that there are pending no
less than 134 bill* in congress which af
fect the carriers, ranging from important
rate changes to proposals that sch(#>l
children who want to take a look at
the president bo carried to Washington
free of charge.
It will surprise no one when oil price*
generally are advanced during the early
part of 1923. Certainly the fact that such
is the intention of the industry has been
well enough advertised. Not only that,
but the first of the advance* already have,
been made, through a horizontal increase
in prices of Wyoming grade* of oil. That
ihis move will snread to the big producers
in the east appear* certain.
The prophecy, made very early in the
year, that 1922 would be a period of
mergers and consolidations has been
fully borne out. There have been cor
porations put together under one head
in most of the basic and important in
dustries. The next thing Is to see how
they get along and whether the merger*
have been a good thing for the stork
holders of Individual corporations. The
reason has been one of economic nsces
ilty, plus the possibility that centralized
Belling agencies and centralized
clalized manufacturing methods will bring
a real saving.
New High Price Records
' Are Set on Wheat Market
Chicago. Dac. S3— Deaplt* haavy profit
taking aalaa, naw high prlc* raeorda for
•ha aeaaon hava baan attalnad In • lb#
whaat markat th|a weak. Upturn! war#
baaed largely on oplnlone that Incraaaad
purchasing aoon by foreigner# could hard
ly be avoided. Compared with a weak ago.
wheat thla morning waa unchanged to 3t4
renta higher, eorn down 114 ,n
rents, oats, unchanged to l%c off and pro
visions up to 1T» and 22 cant*.
Announcement of a decrease of more
than 6,^00.000 bushels tn the amount or
wheat on ocean passage, together with as
sertions that stocks of breadstuff* In
Europe wsr# on nearly a band-to-moutn
basis, had much to do with assumption!
that export business would be likely to
enlarge before long Subxero temperature!
and lack of sufficient §now protection
for the domestic winter crop tended furth
er to lift prices ind were but little off-set
by government figure! implying that the
probable vleld would be 15.000,000 bushels
in excess of a corresponding estimate 12
months back.
Although corn §nd oats, like wheat,
went above the season’s previous top quo
tations. big receipts of corn here made
values recede later.
Provision! were higher in line with
hog!.
,
Brandeis Pony Prize
Winner Sends Photo
This Is a picture of Ellsworth L.
Morgan, 3200 Second avenue, Coun
cil Bluffs, with Hal Mahone, the
Shetland pony he won at the Brandels
theater when 10 such ponies were giv
en away by the Brandels Store.
Ellsworth sent a snapshot like this
picture to George Brandels, head of
the Brandels store, with this note:
"I am the lucky boy that drew Hal
Mahone last Saturday and you will
never know how pleased 1 am. I
want to thank you and enclose my
picture.” Mr .Brandels cherishes the
little kodak picture highly.
-.-A
Live Stock
Omaha, per. 29.
Receipts were: Catlle- Hors. “Sheep.
Official Monday.... 9,177 10.097 10,845
Official Tuesday ... M1* 10.194 12,771
Official Wednesday.. Mil 13,233 9.391
Official Thursday .. 4.016 14.116 7.405
Official Friday _ 1,4*1 13,411 4.176
Ketlmata Saturday ... 400 7,100 TOO
Him days this week..29,lit 70,446 46.44*
Sams day# laat wk..39,247 69.6*7 62.3.79
Maine .i s 1 w'e a o. 23.424 63,194 94.296
dams d a 3 w'e a'o..29.0*6 44.149 24.399
S^ms days «y'r aRn.13.469 41,794 34,479
faille—Receipts. 400 head. As a re
sult of somewhat lighter receipts this
week’s market on desirable cornfed cat
tle has been active at gains at 26060c
or more. Plain grades, howevgr, have
bean slow and show little or no advance,
fanners and best shipping cows are about
2So higher but others have not sold any
more thau steady with last week's slow
clo*". Feeders have held steady on fair
ly liberal supplies Today's market wai
nominally steady on all classes.
Quotations on rsttle: Choice to prime
beeves, $11.00013.00; good to choice
beeves, $9.0001100; fair to good beeves.
$7.7509.00; comon to fair beeves. $6.00
'1ST.76; choice to prime yearlings. $11,260
13 00; good to choice yearlings. $» 00#
1100; fair to good yearlings, $7 2:.#».O0;
common to fair yearlings. 4$.0007.25.
good tn choice heifers, $6 600 8.00; fair
to good heifers, $4 6006.60; good to
choice cows. $5.0006.40; fair to good
cows. 63 75 06.00; To mm on to fair cows.
f2.2503.40; good to choice feeders, $6,750
.60; fair to good feeder*. $6.6006 60;
common to fair feeders, $4.0006.60; good
to choice stockers, $*>7607.60; fair to
good stockers, $6.25 0 6.75; common to
fair stockers. $4.2605.25; trashy stock
ers. $3.0004.00; stock cows, $2.5003 60;
stock heifers. $3.6005.00; stock calves.
$3 0007.50, veal calves, $4.5009.60; bulls,
stags, etc. $£.5004.60.
Hogs—-Receipts. 7,600 head. There was
n brisk tone to Saturday's trade with de
mand good from both shippers and pack
er’s hogs moving readily at strong to
10c higher prices Light hogs and butch
ers sold largely at $7.8508 00 with a top
price of $8 05 Mixed loads sold at $7.50
07.80 and packing grades at $7.1007.40.
Hulk of sales was $7 7508.00. Present
prices are about 10016c higher than a
week ago.
gheep and Lamba—Receipt*. 700 head.
Trading during the week has been mostly
at steady prices on all classes, only one
lower session occurlng 0ith the decline
on this day partly regained and fat lambs
dosing the week about 10016c lower than
a week ago. Top price for week was
$1460 wltrj the bulk moving nt $14,260
14.80. Feeders were mostly strong sell*
!ng up to $14.60 with the bulk at $14.15#
14 35. Light ewes‘sold up to $7.60, year
ling s $12 25 and wethers $8 5ft.
Quotations on sheep and lambs. rat
lambs, good to choice, $1 4 00# 14.60; fat
lambs, fa!* to good, $13.00 # 14-00; fed
clipped lambs. $12.00 011.76; feeder
lamb*, $ 1 3.25 # 14 30; yearlings. $10.60#
12.25; wethers. $7.60 08 60; fat ewes,
light, $6.5007.60; fat ewes, heavy, $4.60
#6 50.
Chicago Livestock.
Chicago. Dec. 23.—Hogs— Receipts. 10.000
head; market active lflKto 15c higher; bulk
150.250-pound averages. $8.4508.55; bulk
packing sow*. $7.60 07 85; pig*, mostly
$8.0008.26; few up to $8 40; estimated
hold-over. 3.OQ0 head; heavy hogs, $8.40®
850; medium. $8.4008.65; light, $8.45®
8.60; light light. $8.50®8.60; packing sows,
smooth $7.75®8 00; packing sows, rough,
‘ $7.40® L75; killing pigs, $8 0008.40.
Cattle—Receipts 1,000 head; market
compared with week ago, beef stsers un
evenly 25 to $1 higher; good grades re
flecting most advance; extreme top ma
tured steers $13 00; beat long yearling#
in load lots. $11.00; few head prime year
lings, $13.00; stockers and feeders, 25 to
40c Tower; better grades beef cows and
heifers, 50 to 75c lowerj medium to
good grade heifers showing most decline;
lower grades butcher she stock, steady;
canners and cutters. 25 to 4ftc up; hulls,
strong to 15c higher; veal calves, steady
to strong; week's bulk prices, btef steers.
$7.75@9.26; stocker* and feeders. $5 76 ®
6.76; teef cow* and heifers. $4.0006.00;
fanner* and cutters. 25 to 40o up; bulls
strong to 15c higher; veal calves, steady
to strong; week’s bulk prices, beef steers,
$7.75®9.25 stockers and feeders, $5.75®
6.76; beef cows and heifers, $4 9006 Oft,
canners and cutters, $2.8508 50; veal
calves. $9 2509.75.
Sheep—Receipts, 3.000 head; market,
steady; compared with week ago, choice
fat wooled lambs. 10 to 15o lower; other
grade*, unevenly lower; heavy fat lambs,
off most ;fed yearling wethers, nominally
steady; aheep steady to strong; feeders,
steady; week’s extreme top fat lambs.
$16.40 to shippers; parker top, $15 3*0;
freshly clipped lambs. $12 76012 90; heavy
fat ewes. $5.5006.00; lightweight up to
$7.50; week's top feeding lambs, $14 65;
bulk, $14.00014.50.
St. Joseph Live Stock.
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 23—(U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.)—Cattle—Re
ceipts, 150 head; compared with week
ago, beef steers and yearlings, she stock,
including canners. string to 15c to 25c
higher; bulls and stgkers and feeders.
Steady; calves, 5c lower; weeks bull price,
beef steers and yearlings. $6.2508 60;
beef cows. $4.2506.76; canners and cut
ters, $2.5004 00; bulls. $8 2604.50; veal
calves, $8.600 9.00; stockers and feeders,
$5.100 5 75.
Hogs—-Receipts, 6.500 head; active, 8c
to 10c higher; mostly 10c higher; top,
$8 20; packing sows, 10c to 15c higher,
mostly $7 6007.66
Sheep and Lambs—Receipts, 600 head;
all classes sheep and lambs about steady
with a w*«k ago. weeks bulk priors, fat
lambs, $14.60014.75; natives. $13.75®
14.26; cull natives, $10.00; fed shorn
lambs, $12.50013.25; feeding lambs,
$14.25014.36; fat ewe*, $6.5007.00.
Bloux City Live Stock.
Sioux City. la.. Dec. 23—Cattle—Re
ceipts, 200 head; market, good steers and
jearllngs steady. Market compared to
week ago: Warmed up fed steers and
yearlings, common beef steers. 25c lower;
fat cows anil heifers weak, 25c lower;
canners steady; feeders 25c lower; calves
weak, 26c lower; bulk* steady; feeding
cows and heifer* steady; stocker* ateady,
26o lower.
Hog*—Receipt*. 9,000 head; butchers.
$8 0008.06; market steady. 6o higher;
top, 18.10; mixed. $7.7508 00; packers,
$7 2507.60; bulk of sales. $7 9008.05.
Sheep— Receipts, 200 head. Market com
pared to week ago: Lambs 10016c lower;
top. $14.60; ewea ateady: top, $7.60.
Clearing House Statement.
New York, Dec. 23.—The actual condi
tion of clearing house and trust com
panies for the week shows that they
hold 118,819,070 in excess of legal re
quirements. This Is a deerease of $21,430,
960 In reserves.
_ft ' "" _
Omaha Produce |
- (Wholesale.)
By State Department of Agrleulturt
Bureau of Markets and Marketing!
BUTTER.
Creamery—Jobbing prlca to retailers:
Extras. 65c; extras In 60-lb. tubs, 64o
standards. 62c; firsts, 60c.
Dairy—Buyers are paying around 87c
for selected lots of table butter and 27c
for best packing stock; cheesy and dirty
considerably less.
BUTTERFAT.
Omaha buyers are now quoting 46c at
their country stations, and 64c delivered
Omaha.
EGOS.
Forty cents per doeen Is about the
highest price being paid by local buy
ers for fresh eggs, the market being
much lower, following Increased receipts,
a good deal of which is held eggs. Only
the best lots, selected lots of extra qual
ity are bringing the top price. No. 2.
held eggs, and small eggs sre bringing
market price, around 25 cents; cracks, 20c.
POULTRY.
Receipts continue heavy and the market
is weak. This condition (■ said to pre
vail In practically all the large markets
of the country at this time. The receipt*
of turkeys, especially, have been very
heavy and buyers are heavily stocked.
Under this condition few buyers are quot
ing prices prices, and so, temporarily,
our quotations are omitted from this
column.
RABBITS
Buyers are quoting the following prleea:
Cotton tails, per dot.. $2.40; Jacks, par
del., $1.60.
BEEP CUTS.
Tha wholesale price* of besf cuts In ef
fect today are as follows.
Ribs—No. 1. 2fic; No. 2. 24c; No. 3. lie.
Loins—No. 1, 32c; No. 2. 2»c; No. 3. 18c.
Rounda—No. 1, 16c; No. 2, 14c; No. 3,
1 lc. $
Chucks—No. 1, 11 He; No. I. lie; No. I.
• He.
Plates—No. 1, 8c; No. I, 7He; No. t,
6 He.
CHEESE.
Local Jobbers are selling American
choeae. fancy grade, at about the follow
ing price*: Twins, 29 He; single daisies,
30c; doublo daisies, 29Hc; Young America®.
30Hc; longhorn, 30c; square prints, 31c,
brick, 2fc
HONEY .
Jobbers are aelling at prices Hated below:
New extracted. 24, Ift-pg. 3 dazen to |
case, per case, $6.00; new comb, 24 sec- I
tiona par can*. 44 40; now aalractad e(®T*
ar. l#-le. anna, t can* to an#* tar I* *™
Bananas— Baaad an salIIn# prtea at O'
par lb.. 14.0007.41. ^ _
Orange*—Extra (ana# CalUoftlJ. MTfl*
per box. according to MM. ltH#4.HI
choice, 60o lea#; Mississippi Batot»»a* 4*
bo*. ... ...
I.ennma—Extra California- _ |00- BO*
tlz.a, per box. 110.00; choir* MB ta 400
al'.sa, 49 00; l.lmea., 100. 14.0*
Grapefruit—Florida, fancy. nil •!■•*
box 16.00; choloa, 44-ala* 44.71; 44-ilMa
It tf; other sizes. 14 74. ..........
Crxnberrte#—Bbl.. 100 Iba.. I1S.4O01T.OO
box, 40 lbs . 44.10; Jaraay How#*. 11* 00.
Apple#—liellcloua, according to atxo BBU
quality, per box. 14.0004.141 Wnahlngtd*
Jonathan*, per box, 11.4101.10; lf*4
Jonatha.ta. per bhl.. 14.50; bu. bugbat,
41.44; fancy Grimes Golden, par bbl., lf.M;
choice, per bhl., 13 50: Ulaaourl Pippin*
fancy, par bbl., 14.14; Northern BflOO.
par box. |l 9003.24; choloa Hood Rlvor
Banana, par boa. 44.00; Spttaaabargar,
fancy, per box. 12.74; Gan* fanay. par
bbl.. 44.60.
Guinea*—California, fsney, par bag. It-**
Fear*—Lawranc# and winter Hall*
fancy, par box, 49.40; Hood Blear Da
Anjou, per box. 44.00.
Grapaa—Bad Emperor, par bag. |0.M;
Almeila (white), per keg. 44,00.
Flga—California. 44 •-» carton b«*
4J.76; 40-carton box. 4174.
Pxtrs — Hollowh 70-lb. butt* lla;
Promedtry. case. 44-ox., 44.T4.
Avocxdoa—Alligator para, par donoa.
17.40.
vegetables.
Potatoes—Minnesota Bad Blear Oblan
No. X. 41.44 par cwt.i Nebraska Korlg
Ohloa. No. 1. *1.10 per cwL; No. S 41.00
per cwt. '
Sweet Potatoes— Busbal bnabot. ILTI;
ubl 46.00.
Old Beet*. Carrot*. Turnip* Paiwatps,
Rut alia gas—Par lb., 444*; In sack*, par
lb . U*c.
Artichoke*—Doxan. $2.60. ....
Lettuce—Idaho bead. 4-doxan erut*
16 *0; per dozen. 41 60; California arata*
*6 60; hotbous* leaf, par doaan bunch**
46c.
Pepper*—Grata, market baskft. par ll.i
26c.
Egg Plant—selected, doacn. $2.7503.10.
Tomato**—California, per case, 94 00;
Florida. 6-bnakat crate. 99.00.
Bean*— Southern, wax. hamper, 13.000
7.09.
Unions—Rout hern, per doten boacbaa,
60c; Ohio White* 93 Oo per cwt; import##
Spanish. erate, $2.6v, Red Globes, per lb*
214c.
Parsley—Dozen bunches. 00a.
Dpinach—Per bushel, II.31.
Cauliflower—California, cratee, 13.00.
Cabbage—Cratea. per lb., 914c; peeked,
2c. red. per lb.. Ic: celery cabbage, fat
lb, 15c; Brussell sprouts, per lb., 20c.
Celery—Michigan, per dosen. 60076*
Idaho, per dozen. 91.3101.9001.Il( Call*
fornta (pot trimmed), per crate. $7.30.
Cucumbers—Hot house, per dosan, 13.30.
Garlic—Per ib., I»r.
FEED.
Omaha mills and jobber# ara salting
their products In round lots is tha (allow*
ing prices, f. o. b. Omahs:
Bran, 925.00; brown aborts. 933.00; frag
shorts. 926.50; middlings, 929 00; red deg.
132.00; alfalfa meal, choice. 991 00; No. 1.
$27.00; No. 2. $24 00; linseed meal. 910.00;
cottonseed meal. 41 per cent, 981.10# hom
iny feed, white. $29 60; yellow, $90.00; but
termilk. condensed, 6 to 9 barrsl#, 0.1a
per lb.; flaks buttermilk. 600 to 1.600 Iba.,
7t4c per lb.; egg shells, dried #Bd ground,
100-lb. bags., 925.00 p*r ton.
HAT
Prices at which omihi daalar# #ra
selling In carload lots follow:
Upland Prairie—No. 1, $16.$0013.09; Ns.
2. $12.50014 60.
Midland Prairie—No. 1, 114.00016.10;
No. 2, 912.00013 00; No. *, $9.00010.00.
Lowland Prairie—No. I. 110 0601109;
No. 2. 99.0009.00.
Alfalfa—Choice. 122.00 023.00; No. 1,
! 119.50021.00. standard. 917 50019.00; Not
2. 914 50 016.50: No 3. $12.00014 00.
Straw—Oat, $8.4)0010 00; wheat, $7,000
9 00.
ri-oum.
First patent. I7.3U: fancy, clsar.^s,
96.15. Quotations are f. o. b. Omaha.
SEED.
Omaha buyers art paying the following
prices for field seed, thresher run. de
livered Omaha Quntaions art on tbs
basis of hundredweight measure;
Reed—Alfalfa. 912 00 to 919 00; rad
Clover. $10.00 to $17.60; slsyke. 16.00 to
$15 00; timothy, 64.00 to $8 25; Budgx
grass, 98.no to 110.60; whits blosssm
sweet clover. 94 on to $11.00; millet, high
grade German, $2.36 to $2 7$; commot,
millet. 91 50 to 92 00; amber eorgbum
cane, $2 25 to 93.00
HIDES. FURS. WOOL.
There is little new or encouraging to
report sines our J>eerish comment a week
ago All markets are very quiet with
scarcely any trading in either country o»
packer hides, and it Is very doubtful whst
turn the market will take after tht fi*a*
of tho year. Some feel that the markmmi
will have to go a great deal lower to
put the industry on a safe basis, whit#
others are more sptimlstic about the fu*
tdre of the market. In looking at ths mat
ter from al langles we are forced to ad
mit that leather stocks are large, and
that tho total supply of hides. Including
stocks on hand and In process of tan
ning, is increasing. We cannot expect
any great expansion In the domestic de
mand for leather, and our export trida
is limited on account of ths unfavorable
economic and financial conditions In Eu
rope Higher leather prices In the facs
of a weakening hide market are very un.
likely, also.
Regardless of the uncertain futurs trend
of the market local buyers have made
few reductions In i|lde prices this week.
Calf skins and klAare week and lower.
Horse hides are w#k, but no change la
made In the price locally. On the other
hand, ponies and glues are advanced In
price. The wool and sheep skin markets
keep firm, and the price of wpol pelts,
locally, has been advanced this week.
The fur market ts reported easier, but
local buyers are willing to taka on soma
furs at present price*.
1 he tallow and grease market la prac. i
tlcally unchanged Kastern dealers hav# |
had a good call for Immediate delivery to f
fill out orders for various grades and
many of them have atout cleaned up their
stocks. After this trade la supplied It Is
expected buyers will retire from active
participation In the market for awhile:
but dealers look for a steady market to
prevail on account of stocks being sold
up so clossly. The trade has been mors
acttva for tallow than for greass this
waak. No change la made In local prices
and buyers consldsr the market strong.
Prices printed helow are on the basis of
buyars' weights and selections, for goods
delivered at Omaha:
Current receipt hides, llo and 10c; grssn
hldsa. to and Ic: hulls, la and 7c; brand
ed, Ic; glus hides, lei kip, laffio^c;
calf, IlffllUe; deacons, 10c each;
glue rail and kip, ic; horss hides, 14.60
and 63.60 asch; ponlssrll.7| each; colts,
26u sach; hog aklna. llo each; dry hides.
No. l, 16c par lb.; dry Mltsd, Uo lb.; dry
glus, Ic lb.
wool pelt., II.|i t0 11.09 for full wooled
fklno; aprlng lamka. flo to »0e for lata
taka off; cllpe. no value; wool, tile to He.
Tallow. No. J, Tel B tallow, «c; No ***..<
I He; A araaaa. Toi B greaae, *c: y\'Jm
greaae. fe; brown graaaa. 6 Ho; pffrlc
crackling*. MO par Ion; beef crackllnge,
ISO per (on; beeawaa. 120 par ton.
Fure—Skunk, central etetee. narrow
•‘ripe. No I large. 11.01; No. 1 medium.
12.not No. 1 email. |1 60; No. I good un
prlme. 61.no Mtiakrat. weatern. fall large.
»1 76; medium, II 00; amall. 75c. Raccoon,
central, ordinary, largo, 15 00; medium.
13 60; amall. 12.26: No. 2. 12.26. Mink!
central, ordinary large, 16 60; medium!
13 76: amall, 12 26; No 7, 11.60. Wolf,
northweatern. eoft, large. BIS oo: medium.
19 00; email, |6 50; No. 2. M.60 FoFcJSl
tral, grey, large. 12.00; medium. II I0|
email. 76c: No 2 76c. Civet, prime. 00
026c. Lynx cat. ft oo@t 00 Baavar la.
Rally caught *30 0006 00 rtBher 071 00
@10.00 Houae cat, 60@I0e. Lynx’. Ill 00
@6 00 otter, 130 0006 00 Weaaal white
»1.00@26C. Wild cat. 11.60025c. Badger!
11.60 @ 10c. Marten. 140.0001.00. Bear!
I2S00O1.00.
New York General.
New York, Deo. S3.—Wheat—(toot.
easy; No 1 northern eprtng, I1.80U; No.
2 red and No. 2 hard winter. 11.113; No.
1 Manitoba, 11.37, and No. 1 mined
durum, 11.2414, c. I. t track. New York.
spot.
Corn—Spot, eaay; No. 1 yellow and Ns
2 white, lotto, and No. I mixed, Ha, s
I. t. New York, all rail. —.
Dale—Spot, eteady; No. S whits ITS
Other artlolee. unchanged.
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