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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1900)
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE General Situation Not Much Different frem List Week. VALUES ON MOST AIL LINES VERY FIRM SlcrchnmllNe U tAn.-rnll-. (iultiK Into t'oiiHituiuiliiit nl ,ci HiuHoniilily Il tlil ltnt IliiNliii Men .Arc WcM Pleased. Tho condition of trade In this locality is still very' satisfactory to both Jobbers and retailer. Th1 general sltuntlon Is not much different from what It was a week ugf, but ftt the name tlrm; then' Is iindoiibtedlv n growing confidence In future busfnes. ThW 1 Ih especially true of rctiilUrs who have not ! been nny too well satisfied with their trade In winter Roods, but now that the demand for spring mid summer stock Is close at hand thoy seem to be taking a rrw start with even more than their usual amount of conlldcrico. This condition, of course, has a KOod lulluenee on the Jobbers as well, ho that from all (juarters come favoruble re ports regarding the condition of trade. In reference to market fluctuations thero Is not much to be said, as very few Im portant changes took place during last week. The general tendency, however. In practically all llui's, was upward, and those who nro In a position to know say that there Is not the slightest chance for prices to weaken for some time to come, conse quently there Is no hesitancy about buying for future wants. Jobbers are still having considerable trouble iti getting prompt de livery of their goods, many manufacturers being a year or more behind. As a gentral thing, however, local Jobbers are well Mocked and d not contemplate any marked shortage In supplies. tiniuiT) Market Steady. Wholesale grocers report trade as being unusually heavy for this time of the year, tho volume of business being considerably heavier thnn It was a year ago. The mar ket as a whole Is In Just about the same position It was In a week ago. The coffee market' as yel remains unchanged, but higher prices are being freely predicted, anil lit fact It Is said that they ore bound to come. Tho sugar market Is also the same ns It was a week ago. The market on canned goods Is firm, but no advances have been reported. Sturrh, because of the high prlco of corn, has been advanced U cent per pound The advance in cotton lias canned it corresponding advance In products of that article, consciicntly clotheslines, twines, seamless sacks and such classes of goods are being quoted a little higher than they were a week ago. The tobacco mar ket Is also advancing. Word was received from tlie Continental tobacco pco-dc, last week, to the effect that prices on alt staple lines have advanced 1 cent per pound. Clothespins were marked un again last week, tho advance amounting to 23 cents. per live-gross box. it will tie remembered that only a short time ago they were ad vanced S5 cents per box. The present high prlco is, of course, made possible by the combination of manufacturers, but It Is claimed that previous to the llrst advance clothespins were selling below the eon or croditot ton. lliird.wiri- YlnrUcI Less Active, Hardware Jubbers report trade as being hardly up to the standard established dur ing tho past several months. In fact, they iay they did less business last week than during any week In over n year, but at the same time It Is causing no alarm, as the present lull is thought to be only a tem porary condition resulting from rather un favorable weather. It Is probably true that the volume of business lhli month will be as large as It was during the corresponding month of last year, but In order to keep tip with the pace set during previous months n gain of not less than 2.1 per cent must be made. As soon na settled weather comes and building operations for spring nro started Jobbers llguro that they will have nn enormous demand, which will more than make up for any falling on that tuny bc experienced nt the present time, There were no Important cljanges last week In market values, though several minor lines were marked tip a trltlo to conform with tho prices of staples. The advance In wire find nails predicted li week ago has not materialized as yel, but lubbers are count ing on Its going Into effect not far from the first of the month. The market on pig tin Is some higher than It was a week ngo, and tho same is true of spelter. This rise affects such lines as tlnplate. Bolder and galvanized Iron. Dry Cooils Jobbers Satisfied. Dry goods Jobbers nro still pushing out their vprlng goods, but owing to the un usually largo number of orders they llnd 1liey have about all they can do. Travel ing men are having good success on the road ami are sending In fresh orders by every mull. So far this season's trade Is much better than a ycur ago and prospects for future business nro also thought to be moro favorable For that reason lobbera are well pleased and have no complaint to make. There Is nothing particularly new to be said about the condition of the market. "Practically nil lines, however, are In a very strong position and goods are hard to pet. Thero seems to be no weakness In any de partment and none Is contemplated. Weather Favorable for Rubber.. Hoot and shoe men are still engaged till ing their spring orders. The cold, wet weather of the last few weens has created a demand for heavy shoes which Is helping nut tho retailer to some extent and putting him In a better frame of mind, and In that way Is making It easier to take his order for spring anil summer goods. It Is the rubber men. however, who have been bene tlted the most by recent weather conditions. It is doubtless true that more rubbers have beun sold In the last two weeks than !n all the rest of the winter put together. In somo onsen retailers aro running low on their stocks, ns Is shown by the fact that Jobbers nro receiving a few sizing up ordets. They nro not, of coun-o. of much consequence, but at the same time they are a good indication that the retailers will not bo obliged to carry over as much stock us contemplated. The hide market slumped oft consldoruhly last week and prices are now about '.'jC lower than nt last report. It Is sa'.d that nearly all the tanners are out of the mar ket and trade consequently very dull "Ixical dealers do not exactly look for still lower prices, but at the same time do not predict nny Immediate Improvement. Fruit unit Produce. There was a fair demand last week for fruits and vegetables, considerable Improve ment being noted over the preceding week. In the lino of fruits oranges seemed to be tho most popular, though nere was quite a demand for apples, especially when the high prlco of tho latter Is taken Into considera tion. Thero was about tho usual run of fresh vegetables on tho market last week, but prices aro practically where they were a week ago. Potatoes moved quite freely ml brought from MV to 40c per bushel. The egg market Is hardly as high as It was a. week ago, owing to moro liberal re relpts. The opinion Is that any further In reaso would cause the market to go still lower, as prices hero are too high In com parison to Chicago to permit shipping sur plus stock to that market. Poultry, on tho other hand, Is quoted higher than It was a week ago. Dressed stock Is coming In frcelv. but tho demand In uniiHiiiitlv inml for this season und as a result prices aro being well maintained. Turkeys, especlallv, are In good receipt, but the demand Is cor esponillngly henvy. I.lve nirKeys, however, re slow sale. Butter Is quoted tho same (is It was a week ago. Oysters are also un changed. The end of the dredging seuson Is close at hand, but the demand Is rather light so It Is thought tho supply will be ample to till all orders. The coming on of Lent will doubtless have considerable effect tin tho tlsh market and dealers are looking for Hn cnurniuus demand and higher prices. ICnimrtM City (irnln urn! Provisions. KANSAS CITY. Feb. SI.-WUKAT-May. fZt. CH"l- J! 3 ,lar'1' e,-"vBie: No. 3. J-r&y ' 3 N'- 3- le. i9?,N JU SZ?'- Sa- - mlxcl. juW.I.'e. No 2 white. "WilL'V; No. 3. SiU iWl.C. p"i'Hi'.i;h(2.v,,,ot,,j'- ,"5-,9':3; ,iioico Liverpool drain ami Provision., L1VHRPOOU Feb .M.-WII RAT-FniiiroM tdo.nl nulet; February, nominal; MaVeh lj SHd; .May j, Mrfj July. 6s 8VM. Closhig: Wheat, spot. Nn. 1 northern spring, dul y C? ,V i,No; - red western winter ana No. l California, no stock CORN Steady, unchanged to Uii lower' March. 3s 7VI. May, 3s 7'-d; July, 3s 74d Closing: Spot, quiet; American mixed, new. n id. American mixed, old. 3s Sted; future.i Meady. February, nominal; March, 3t 7M: Mnv. 3 7ld. FlJl'U-St. IrfiuU fancy winter, dull at "a "d. MOPS- At iAirulon, Parlilc coast, dull nt 3 Mlli-M ISs. PICAS Canadian, Si CI rUOVISlONB-nevf, su-udy, extra India mess, fis. prlmo mfan, 72s fid. I'ork, nrm, prlnm mess, western. Sfis Id. 1 Initio - oit r-lll 11 t 1.-. hnlin.l .lull .. I"- CA On...... , Mb. . .j iv .,.mii.,i-. 'mil ill tin nil- uuitfii, Cumberland cut, 3i to So pounds. easy, short ribs. H to 22 pounds, steady nt Sis f-d. Ixing clear middles, light. 30 to X pound, dull at 3G Od long clear middles, heavy, 3S to 10 pounds, dull at 3s: Miort clear backs. 10 to is pound, dull at 3ts M: clear bellies, u, ft) .lotinds, easy at 37k M, Shoulders, stpjare. 12 to II nounds. stead v at JJ fld. I-ard, prime reMcrn In t'erces, Ilrm at VH 9d; American lellned in nulls, dull nt 32S O.M.MI CliMIItAI, MA It K IJT, Condition of Trade nnil tliiotitllotis on .Staple nud I'nnc; Produce. ECKIS Herelpts, liberal; fresh atooK wnk at lie. DUKSSnn POtriyrilY - Choice to futicy turkeys, lWllc; ducks, 10c; geese, 10c; spring chickens, tfj9',4c; hens, 9fl0',4c, roosters, tflfie. l.i i: Poi'l.TItY Hens, Sc; spring chick ens, Sc: young. Maggy and old roosters, 4f( 6c; ducks, dlli',4e; geeo, MVc; turkeys, 7'. 6 8c. UL'TTHIt-Common to fair, lie; choice, KlJISe; separator. Tic; gathered creamery, PIOKONH-Uve. per doz Weft 1.00. VKAl.S Choice, till 10c. OAMH-Ducks, mallards. $3.003.23: blui wlrg tenl, J1.75; green wing uul, i:.r,0LM; mixed ducks, JI.5W32.W. OY8Ti:il8-Medlum. per can, tSf ; stand ard per can, 2; bulk standard, per gnl , $1.2j extra selects, per can. 30c; extra so lcc;s, per gnl., JI.fiotfl.75: Now York counts, per can, 37c; New York counts, tier 100, Jl.S HAY Per carload lots: Vplnnd, choice, N, midland, choice, $5.60; lowland, choice, $.1; rye straw, choice, $4.60; No. 3 corn, 27'iic: No. 3 whltu o.tts, 22'ic; cracked corn, per ton, I2; corn and onts, chopped, per ton, $12 60; bran, per ton, $12.50; snorts, per ton, ns.w. VKaiJTAni.F.S. Ni:V TUrtNIPS-I'cr doz. bunches. 60c, SPINACH-Per box. $1. NHW IIKKTS-Per doz. buneiies, 40350c. M2TTFC13 Per doz. bunches, 10c; fancy hend lettuce, per bbl.. $J. KAIMSIIKS-Por doz. bunches. 35c. SWHI5T POTATOKS-Per bbl., Illinois, $3; Jerseys, $5; lnrgo bbls., Kansas, $2.76. POTATOKS-Pcr bit., cholcr, oOUlOc. CAHHAt IC--1 Inllatul -eei, CAUUFLOW lin-Callfornla. per crate, J2.25. CRI.KItY-Per doz., 2530c; California, per bunch, I0tt75c. TCHNIPS-nutnbaKas. per lh., Hie. TO MATOKS -Florida, per C-basket crate, $1. MrSHUOOMS-Per lb. box. 50c. lUICHAKII-Pcr dor... 66S75C. ONIONS Retail, yellow, 75o, red, SSSOOc; Chios, per bbl . $7.25. FHUITS. APPl,ns Cholco western shipping stock. $3.0Or3.5O; New York stock, $4; fancy, $1.60 01.73. ailAPKS-Malnga, per bbl., $7.00570.00. CUANIlUIimus-UclI and Ilugle, per bbl.. $S. TnOPICAI, FltCITS. OP.ANOKS California, fancy navels, per box, $3,2513.50; choice navels. $2,751(3.00; Cal ifornia seedlings, ncr box, $2.u0Q2.75. MCMONS California, choice, pe box, $3.00; fancy, $3.50; Alcssluas, choice, per box, $3.00: fancv, $4.00. 11 ANANAS Per bunch, medium, $1,759 2.00, fancy, $2.001?2 23. MISCELLANEOUS. HONEY Per 2l-4cctlou case. $3.23. im th mcKory, inrce, per bu., $1.25; shellbarks. $1 35. FIC.S California, layers, per 10-lb. box, 00c; California carton, per 10-lb. box, $1.00; Imported tigs, per 'b.. 13c. HIDES. HIDES No. 1 green hides. 7'jc; No. 2 green hides, tl(.e; No. 1 salted hides. SHc; No 2 salted hides. 7'4c; Xo. 1 veal calf, S to 12 lbs., 9c; No 2 veal calf, 12 to 1.1 lbs., 8c. XIJW VOItlv (ilCMIIt.M, M AIIKHT. tliiotiitlons for the l)ii) on Various Commodities. NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-FI)UR-Recclpts, 2,. 177 bbls.; exports. 20.009 bbls.; dull and weaker; winter pjtents, $3.G0fi3.S5; winter straights. U4r4i3.r.1; Minnesota patent:, $1.Snft4.Pp; winter extras. $2.GOfi2.&0; Jllnne t" ,'-Va,hur? ' 2.!yr'3.5; winter low grades. $.W n,l.20; choice to fancy, $.L20fi3.GO. Uuck- wheat Hour, tlrrn; tl.ftiTi 1.73 xl'WH EAT-Steady; GSfiGflc c. I. f. cORNMEAIy-Stoady: yellow western, !,uV..t:1,l''.!c,; Ilramlywlne, $2.2Ofi2.30. HMv-Knsy: No. 2 western, fit lie f. o. b. cn"'lnts 10 ry' 575i5Sc Cl ' f- Now Yorl HAULEY-Dull; feeding, IJWjc New ork; malting, MSflo npw York. ii'J -V'v'i'1" '': western, mac. cnV"1 1 -Hecelpls. St.000 Int.; exports, 5.1. SCI bu.; spot steady; No. 2 reil, 7liHc f o. b aiioat In store; No. 1 northern. Duluth. iSi.o f. o. b. alloat; No. 2 red, 74vic ele vator. Options opened rnther ilrm on Imlell hl.Mf.P I ll'.,rnn.,l ....I.I.... ....... ,'"'! ... ,,,.i itiuirs nun ex pected, but Immediately encountered active Hhort selling and foreign offerings. This promoted n quick reaction and general heaviness, again which lasted all tho mom Inir until near the close, when the. market rallied with corn and left off steady at unchanged prlcee. March closed "ic; May. i2'fi2 13-p!c: closed 72c: July. 723,fi72ic; cIcmpiI tjiac; September closed 72Uc t ORN Receipts. 101.775 bu.: exports. 131, Oil bu. Spot, ilrm; No. 2, 42140, f. o. b., alloat. and l.'c, elevlitor. Options opened Ilrm with wheat and on the small contract showing In Chicago's receipts. After a re action under short sales tho market rallied and closed Ilrm nt 't,Tiie net advance; May, IftfIOc: closed, lOUc; July, 40V45J40Sc; closed. 40HC. OATS Receipts. 01,900 bu.: exports, 7.715 bu. Spot, dull: No. 2. 23c; No. 3. 2Slsc; No. 2 white. 31'io; No. 3 white, 30ic: track mixed western, 2Hf(30i',e: trnck white, 31U 35c. Options, dull nnd easy. HAY Quiet; shipping, C5S70c; good to choice, C0jS7'.ic. HOPS-Qulet; state, common to choice. l.Wi crop, tic; 1S9S crop, 75inc; 1S99 crop, l2fi 13e: Paclllc coast. 189fi crop, 4f(6c; tS9S crop, 7ti9c: crop, 12ul3c. HIDES-I'"lrm; Oalveston, 20 to 23 lbs, lOVje; Texas dry, 21 to 30 lbs., 15c; California., 21 to 2.1 lbs.. 21".e. 1 .l.V'PI ll.-n t.'lpm t.nm1nnl. t, .....v ...... . . tl-.ll.V nuiu. 1UCIIUM Ayres, light to heavyweights, 25H25'ic; acid, PROVISIONS-Heef. steady; family. $11. COH 13. 00; mess, $10.COTi 10.50: beef hums. 20.50f21.00; packet. $11.00ft 12.00; city, extra India mess. $20.O22.00; cut meats, steady; pickled bellies, GVafiTtfcc; pickled shoulders, tic; plcklcil hums, umilOWe. Lard, stendy; wt'.Uern steamed. $j.1G(i!.17lj; refined, quiet; continent. $0.30; South American, $0.60: com pound, tiflO'fcc. Pork, ilrm: mess. iloSIf 11.50; short clenr, $11.7613.00; family, $13.ro il 13.60. TALLOW Firmer; city, Dc; country, RICE Finn; domestic, fair to extra, 4t W'ic: Japan. 4i&5c. MOLASSES Steody; New Orleans open kettle, good to choice, 4l33c. , IMCANCTS-Steady; fancy hnnd picked, 411 4 toe. MlvTAI.S-The brokern' prlco for lead Is $1.13 and for copper $10.23. Mutter, Cuk 11 ml Cliccnc Market, KANSAS CITY. Feb. 2l.-EC.OS-Flrm; fresh Missouri and Kansas stock, 11c doz., eases returned; now white wood cases In cluded. 11'jC. ST. I.OC1S. Feb. 2I.-KCIG8-Hlgher. 12Uc HI TTER Steady; creamery, 20?j2lc; dairy. lCfil'Jc. v"';nV , y.iml- , Vb- 2-1. MUTTER Re celptn, 3,S kas.; market steady; June crenmrrv. i!i2:e: western creamery, 20 21c: factory, lfifiliic. CHEKSE-Recclpts. I.T70 pUt-g.; nmrket Ilrm; fall made, fancy, largo nnd small, 13c; choice grades, 121712-e. F.CKJS-RecelptB. lOfiSr, pkgs.; market mark TJr "'" "'' "0Ulher"' at LIVERI'OOL Feb. 2I.-HCTTER-Flnest and good Cnlted States, nominal. CHEESE Firm: American llnost white. CO; American llnest colored. C2s. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 2l.-EC,fJSFirm good demand; fresh nearby, 13c; freh west ern, 13c; fresh southern, 12c; fresh south western. I3c. CHEESE-Cnchanged. IICTTER-Dull und HQlc lower: funcy western creamery, 15e; fancy western prints. 26c. MliuicniiolU Wheat unit Flour. MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 2t.-WHEAT-In store. No. 1 northern, February R34e; Mny 03V-jc: July. tilTic On trnck. No. 1 hard, Olc; No. 1 northern, 631,4c; No. 2 northern, tilUc. iF LOUH-L'nchanued. Iluliitli (i nil 11 Market. Dl'Ll'TH. Feb. 21,-WHEAT-No. 1 hard, cash, iWic; No. 1 northern, cash, BUJc; May, t?Hc; July. 6K7e bid; No. 2 northern. Cl-c; No. 3 spring, 5SVe. OATS-234$r2tC CORN-32V1C. Peoria Mnrkrt, PEOUIA, Fob. 24. CORN Firm: No. 2, 33Ue. OATS-Stcady; No. 3 whltev 239if?He. WHISKY-Firm, on the basis of tl.ist, 1 fot llnishdi roods. 1 ... ItlluauKee lirnlu Market. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Feb. 21 WHEAT lxiwer, No, 1 northern, CoVtlOHjc, No. 2 northfrn. 6ltj64'"C. RYE-lrfiwer. No 1. 67i MAR LEY- Lower; No. 2, 15c, bample, 37tj lie. THE OMATIA DAILY COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Wheat Opcna Firm, but 8uccumbs to Lack of Outside Demand, SCALPERS HANDLE MCSf WHEAT TRADE Corn Weak Hnrly tilth Whent, but IIciicIn (lilts .Market ns Is tin I u Small A il J li tit' I to Corn PriM I sliius Close nl the llottom. CHICAOO, Feb. 2I.-Wheat opened Ilrm today, but succumbed to the lack of out side demnnd and liquidation, closing heavy, May Mo tinder yesterday. May corn cloed c and May onts a shade higher. Pro visions at the close were (ftlOc lower. Tho wheat market was small and dull, with most of the business In tho hands of scalpers. May opened 'felt Me oter yester day becauso Liverpool was only slightly lower in the face of the slump on this side yesterday. From Initial llgures of CffStt CTeV May ndvanoed to W'.'itfWse nnd then slumped to CSKc depressed by prollt-taklng and the lack of demand. Foreigners wcro sellers and the demand was mostly from shorts. After a brief period of steadiness nt the decline some long wheal came out. possibly becntlse Liverpool explained that the steadiness there was due to a better demand from the country nnd because bearish suttistlcs wcro expected Monday and the market turned heavy. May touched fi.1Tdo und closed He under yesterday at Wc New York reported 12 loads tnken for ex port. Primary receipts were Ms.ooo bushels, compared with 49l.(xi bushels last your. .Minneapolis and Duluth reported 037 curs, against 602 last week nnd 4H2 a yenr nco. Local receipts were 61 cars, none of which were graded contract. Atlantic port clear ances In wheat nnd Hour were equal to 151. uuo bushels. Corn was very weak early with whent, but reacted, closing Ilrm on small country offerings nnd the liberal clearances. Mav opened Me up at 3l35c nnd declined to 3lNiC early, but gradually reacted 011 cover lug by shorts, 11 fair outside demand nnd buying by local bulls. May touched 3M,c nnd closed firm, 'ie over yesterday at 33ft 35Ve. Trade was rather quiet. - Receipts hero were 1,037 carM, 23 ears under tho esti mate. Clearances were 1,151.000 bushels. Tho onts market was ns usual n small adjunct to corn nnd was helped a llttlo by the cessntlon of selling by longs, who had recently unloaded 11 considerable amount. The tone was also helped somewhat by rumored talk among railroad peoplo of a lower freight rate east next week. Local receipts were 365 cars. May ranged from 23c to 23Uc anil closed a shade up at 23Uff 23 V Provisions were dull and generally heavy, closing nt the bottom. There was consider able liquidation, shorts und puckers buying moderately. May pork sold from $10.77''j to $10.0.1 nnd closed 7's'iilOc under yesterday at $10.05; May lard from $5.9n to $.1,152"., closlng 7ije down at 3.S24, und May ribs from $5.s7Mii.!i to $5.S0'n3.S2'4, with the close 6c depressed nt $..&flfy !.!& , ,, Estimated receipts for Monday: wheat, 47 cars; corn. 050 cars; oats. 211 cars. The leading futures ranged ns follows: Articles. I Open. High. Low. I CluBc.l Yes'y Wheat Feb. May IGfiyft'.i.MM.'ftai.l July 674tMi67,jMi Ki'4 CG'.i t 604I oil1; Corn Feb. Mny July Oats -May July Pork May J uly Lard May July Ribs May July 33!i' 33 ftliU3s4 3l'iii3.il 3.1UI 35UI 3l!k I I 23?l 2.THI laauaHMU'Til 234 laMfl 23M 22U 10 7,1 10 77',-j f 90 0 00 G S7'4 6 90 1 1 1 10 I.. 10 l?ll.. 1U Kl 10 6.1 W70 10 tiO 1 10 to 10 70 I 5 90 I 5 90 6 S214 6 90 5 S24 5 ?2!4i 5 97'jl 5 97141 r. 67i 5 S7',4 5 90 5 IK) r, SO f. S214 5 S21-4I 5 S2M No 2. Cash quotations were as follows: FLOCR Quiet; patents. $.1.503.70; win ter straights, $,!.0tf.t.00; clears. $2.SOfl3.10; spring specials, $3.90; patents. $3.S0fi3.63; straights. $2.COri3.00; bakers. $2.00fi2.IO. WHEAT No. 3 spring, C2if)6lUc; No. 2 red, sMtifi9Mc. CORN-No. 2, 339ic. OATS-No. 2, 22i!fi22Tic; No. 2 white, 234 5i2ilV4c: No. :t white, 2l',45i25',4c. R'E-No. 2. 61',-c. MARLEY No. 2. 3Sl2c. SEEDS No. 1 llaxteed and northwest, $1.60. Prime timothy, $2.60. Clover, contract grade, $8.40. PROVISIONS .Mces porK, per bbl., J9.SW 111.70. Lard, per 100 lbs., $3.C355.72'4. Short ribs sides (loose). $O.70fi6.0O. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), $6.25Q0.fi0. Hhort clear Hides tboxed), $3.9.1'fi6.n,1. WHISKY Distillers' llnlshed goods, on basis high wines, per gal., $1.23'-i. HUUAits 1 ut mar, tMf, granuiateu, o. 19. Following arc the receipts und shipments for today: Receipts. Shlpm'ts. Flour, bbls 52.0m) 4 1,000 Whent. hu 3S,0n0 Ill.fs'O Com, bu IIS.000 213,000 Oats, bu 265,000 192,000 tiye, mi n.ooo .,uoi) Hurley, bu 91,000 n.000 On the Produce exchange today the but ter market was Ilrm; creameries, 19f(23c; dairies, 15'4fi21c. Cheese, Ilrm ut 12&13c. Eggs, firm; fresh, 13tfl3ic. MOVBJIU.M'S ttF .STOCliS AMI IIO.VDS. Dciiioriillziit inn In Third Avenue t)b cures Sncciilat l e Sentiment. NEW VOHK, Feb. 21,-Tho general specu lutlvo sentiment as rellected in the stock market was a good deal obscured today by tho demoralization In Third Avenue. Ac tive trading in a stock with a resulting drop In tho price of over 10 points Is bounil to have considerable effect In a narrow mar ket, however peculiar and individual may bo the cause which Induces tho selling. A rather violent break In Tennessee Coal had the same tendency. Ah a matter of fact traders wcro disposed to sell stocks on the general outlook, especially tho reports from trade authorities that prices of materials, especially the metals, wcro yielding. Thero was also tho fear that tho cutting of grain rates on the trunk lines would spread to other classifications and somo rather strik ing declines In the volume of bank clearings compared with tho corresponding period of last vear. Reports by telegraph to the Fnnnclul Chronicle for live dnys show 11 lnrgo shrink age, not only ut New York, lloston and Philadelphia, but at Baltimore, nmountlng to over 63 per cunt, ami at St. Louis of nearly 4 per rent. Now Orlenns, however, expanded Its clearings over 47 per cent. Chi cago 10 per cent und other cities outsldo the seven lending cities 6.2 per cent. Haltroad earnings cnntlnuo to show largo Increuscs, sixty-one roads, which have already re ported for tho second week In February, showing an average Increase of 30.45 per cent over the corresponding- period of last year. Strong returns wore mndo durltnr tno duy for tho third week In February ty tno St. Paul, Hocking Valley nnd lllo (irniule Western. Thero was good buying of some of tho coal cnrrylng railroad stocks and a rallying tendency In tho market, which wan checked somewhat by tho renewed weak ness In Third Avenuo and tho New York utilities In the tlnal dealings. Tho decrenso In ensh shown by the bank statement was very near to the estimates. Hut tho supposition that tho largo rate of loan oxpanslon had been checked proved er roneous. Chiefly by reason of the additional loans of Jll.035,900 tho surplus reserves nre further depicted to the extent of $4,337,12.1. Thero can be no doubt thnt bankers nre In fluenced In their liberality In extending credits by the possibility of currency In flation nuthorlred liy tho pending financial bill. Sufficient attention has been called to the fact that the bill authorizes an exten sion of banknote circulation to the amount of the par value of bonds nt present depos ited to secure circulation, which would be a 10 per cent Increase. Hut not so much at tention has been given to the fact that bonds at present deposited to secure circula tion amount to only S235,S30,170, whllo tho na tional banks' capital umounts to 600,000,000, which tlxes tho limits of tho banknoto cir culation permitted. The refunding plnn provides for the issue of new bonds to tho amount of the present premium on outstanding bonds, which will be available for deposit to secure additional circulation. Tim additional profit afforded on circula tion by the new provisions, It Is believed, will invite banknote expansion to the limit authorized, unless tho piemlum on the new bonds becomes excessive The breaking of the Slock exchange week by u holiday has had somo Intluence In cur tailing activity In tho securities market. Professional speculators nro always disin clined lo enter upon commitments when a norloil of suspension of trading is approach ing, with possibilities of evonta occurring which will materially affect values. Hut this motive U by no means surtlclent to ac count for the persistent dullness of the stock market, In face of the favoruble bus! ness conditions which nro reflected In all the news if tho day Increased business ni tlvlty. expanding Indiiitrles, a high level of earnings for railroads and Industrial corpo. rations all nuke fur hither values of tie- BEE: SUNDAY, ITERH curltles. Either the dividend returns lite assured of an !nii,uo, ns In the case of sleeks, or the pay mint of a fixed return Is given additional security, as In tin cask nt tn'TtiniRe bonds Hut from other polnls of view the activity and prosperity of general trade operate against an ndnn-e In the price of the securities. The demand for money for mercantile Uses or for Inaugura tion of new enterprises encroaches on the surplus reserves of financial Institutions ntul leave- nu accumulations of Idle funns, which are eagerly ottered for employment In speculation In securities. Pursued to It? logical conclusion, active trade nnd Indus trial development tend to discourage even Investment buying of securities, as well as purely speculative buying, because of an active mercantile demand fur credits, by raising the Interest rates, may attract the transfer of funds from fixed investment In securities to use In the mnnev murUnt Thai was what ImtinAiimi to .mi ii.iiIa. I.. 1 foreign markets last spring, when our de- mil ml upon foreign money markets for set- 1 tiement or our favorable trade balance ran up the Interest rates there. Meantime the plethora of Idle capital here, reeking safe Investment, had run un the nrlces of nor high-grade securities to unpreeedented tig- ures and foreigners sent them home to mnr- 1 ket bv tbe mlttloua ninl imri....... v... it,.,. hundreds of millions. ' . liven thU reducing treatment failed to wholly relievo tho congestion of capital and the saturnalia of company promotion. Industrial combination and speculation in new securities followed, until the country's " .Micun is.es ncgaii 10 employ increasing Volumes of mnnnv unit nrnin. 'i'i, ,i, Inflated securities' came to market In New Hoik, constantly Increasing In volume, nn- 1 in me panic on tne hiock excnatige win prccPntated In December. It will be re membered that much was said In tlnanclnl iiunrtcrs during the latter part of last year, when New York bank deposits were dlmln- Isllltlir. of til. encrn.'ichtiientM iititm f l. a Ii.i nl? .. i.. . . , . . .. . . the New York state sii'iertntendent of banking has shown that the deposits of tho New York trust rnmpnnlc". Instead of gaining at tne expense or the banks, were depleted somo $71.P0",00o for the last rix monins in lsici. During the same period the deposits of tho New York clearing house banks fell ofT Jltil.ocO.ono. The deposit ac count of Interior banks showed that a larce part of this total sum of $22ii,000.(W had gone Into use In the Interior. Thin transfer of deposits wan without doubt largely due to obligations liuurred by New York syndicates and bankers, through promoters for taking up securities nnd properties of the constituent companies in tho great Industrial combinations of last year. Slnco the llrst of this year, as 11 result largely of tho season's pause In business, probably for annual settlements taking of Hccounts. etc.. the deposits of the. New York clearing house banks hnvo recovered to tno extent 01 Mj.M9.iW. nut new loan hnvo been made In the enme time to the extent of $7l,7tr,700 nud obvi ously not for uto In the stock market. Tho llow at cash has also turned away from New York again and towards ti'e Interior. The possibilities shown by last year's experience of the voracious nbsorp tlon of cnpltnl bv the Industrial nnd com mercial expansion and development of the country Is the underlying motive of the Inactivity of speculation. Here and thero stocks show strength on buying prompted bv good assurance of an Increase Ml the dividend return, but nsldc from this pseudo- Investment demand the marKet is dun and narrow. At other points there .weakns and liquidation on hrea cned . hitegrlts of dividends 011 account of tlnanclnl compiled tlons. The few stocks wide li show anpre clable movement absorb nil the attention of the professional operators, who depend on dally trading for their profits. While money lenders can get 4'j per cent or bet ter on mercantile: paper or time loans, they .....1 ,a ..I.,,., .nil Innna lit In 2'4 Per cent". On the other hand speculators nre not dlmoseil to avail themselves of a .1 -)t.r , (.tlt rate for call loans with the -s ivsu. uoiu premiums nre quoted as im possibility that diminishing surplus re- 1 lows: Muenos Ayres. 127.60; Madrid, ;:0.50: nerve will preclnltate calling of loans and 1 Lisbon, 41, Rome, 7.17'i. marklri- up of rates. MERLIN, Feb. 21. Exchange on London, Huslness In bond has been on a some- , 20m 51 pfgs. for checks. Discount rates for what diminishing scale In an Irregular short bills, 4 per cent: for three months' market. The market for government bonds 1 bills, 4 per cent. On the bourse todav In- lian been iinusuuiiy acuve in nsniK iniitT., on account of the pendency of tho refund In.? meafure. Cnlted State 2s advanced the 3s '(. the I? 'tt and the old Is nnd 5s 1K per cent in tho bid ;.rlcc. The following are the quotations for the loading stocks on the Xew York exehunee today: Atchison ... do nfd.. 20-V) Texas A Paclllc 16 6 Union Pacific ... 49; Haltlmoro A O.. OF, do pfd 76 W'abasCi 6i do pfd 20'j Wheel. A 1.. 12. . U"a do pfd 27',2 Wis. Central .... IS Adam 13x 115 American Ux ....116 U. S. i:xpre.3.... til Canadian rat..., 9.4 Canada So l-l.i.a X flhtn IS'i Chicago (1. W... 1314 C. II. A Q 123 Chi.. I ml. A IB1! do Pfd 52 Chi. A K. Ill W Chicago A N. AV.15S Well. Fargo F.x.123 C, It. I. A P 106-4 Amer. Col. OH... 33'i 1 (V f. C. Ht. 1.. 6S?i do nfd 91 Colorado So S'-Umer. Mulling do 1st prd... 4'J'5 do Pin do 2d pfd.... lSij'Amer. S. A n.. 2l'i ml Del. A Hudson. .116 do pfd Del. I.. A W ISO!', Amor, spirits . iii.m-i.r It. (I.. 19"il do nfd 2ii 17 do pfd. 71 Amcr. H. itoop.. i.i 12 do pfd St SiTit'Amer. S. A W.. 57's 157 I do pfd 92 16',4'Atner. Tin Plate. 3Pi SI I do pfd 81 1123'. Amor. Tobacco... 10"' Kilo . do pfd (7t. Nor. pfd 1 locking Coal .. Hocking Vnl . Illinois Centr.il . Ia. Central do pfd K. C. P. A ... Lake lirle A W do pfd Kako Shore I.. A X Manhattan I,. ... Met. St. Uy do pfd 135H 19'd Anne. Mln. Co... 431 12'i llrooklyn H. T... 69 21'iColo. Fuel A I... 43 S4 Con. Tobacco ... 31 191 I do pfd S4'y fW Federal Steel ... 52' 9.111 do nfd 73 173V, en. Flcctrle ....126 Mex. Central 11s, Glucose Sugur W2 9S'i Minn. A St. I.... 02 do nfd I do nfd 91 Inter. Paner Mo. Piicltle 15 do pfd in; Mnhlln K- Ohio.... II l.acledo Gas 70 Mis., K. A T in',? National HUcult. 26r:B do pfd 32.i do pfd 90 N. J. Central ...UGtf Nntlonnl Lead .. 24,i X. Y. Central ..132 do pfd 101 Norfolk A W.... 32V, Xnti0n.1l Steel .. IGli do pfd 74 do pfd 9.1 No. Pacific 52; X. Y. Air Hrake.120 do pfd 71 Xo. American .. ll'l Ontario A W 1W Paclllc Coast .... 49M. Ore. Ily. A Xav. 13 1 do 1st pfd.... S2 do pfd 76 do 2d nfd.... 62 Pennsylvania ....13'l'-i. Paclllc Mall 364 Reading IS, Pconlo'H Oas .... 9S'!, do 1st ptd... Ki' Pressed S. Car.. 53'i do .11 prd.... -i;i do pfd Sb Rio . W.. 49Vi I'u'lman P. Car..lS7 do nfd 90 Standard R. A T. 7'i St. li. A S. F.... 10; Sugar Ill do 1st pfd... OS I do pfd 112 do 2d pfd.... 3 Hi Ten n. Coal A I.. 32 St. I.. Boutiriw.... l'-' U. H. t.entner .. vu do pfd ffl1! do pfd. Hi St. Paul 12HS! do nfd 171 V. S. Rubber ... do pfd Western Cn'on. 32i 93 S3' 22', 67'. St. P. A Omaha. 110 So. Pacific 3S Repub'Jc I. A B. So. Railway 13 ' do pro .. do pfd 67V, P. C. C. A St. I,. 70 Ximv York Money Mnrket. NRW YORK, Fob. 2l.-MON'i;Y-On call, Meady; actual transactions, 2H, closed offered, 24; prlmo mercantile paper, 4',iff Mi tier cent. . . STKRIiIXn KXCIlANQli-IVenk, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4,875? 4.87-4. for demand, and $I.R3S"r4.84 for sixty days; posted rates, H.SK.f4.S5, and $4.SSij 4.SSV; commercial bills, $I.S3fl4.S3U. SIIA'KR Har. E95c; Mexican dollars, 47.o O O VK RN M H NT HONDS-Stendy ; 2s, reg., 103; 3f, reg. and coupon. 109 ; new 4s. reg. and coupon, ill; old, is, teg.. 110; coupon, 118: 5s, reg. and coupon, HI. The following nro tho eloping quotations on bonds: IT'S." 2s, reg 103-1 NT Y.Cls 1101 ; do 3s. roc 109'i N. J. C. con. ts.ILM do coupon UWi.No. Carolina 6s. 127 do new 4s. reg. 115 'do coupon 135 do old 4s, reg.. 116 do Is 105 do 3s 66' It do 4s ...1014 N.Y.C. A S.I..4S.108 X. A W. con. 4i. J3',4 do gen. 6s 130 Oro. Nav. Is un do 4s 101 lo coupon iP do 5s. reg- 114 do coupon 111 I), of C. 3 C3s 113 Atch. gen. 4s I0014 do ndJ. 4s S2',t Oro. S. L. 6s 127't, , Canada So. 2s..,103i' do consol 5s....ll34 Oho. & O. 4'S.. 98'i Rending gen. 4s. 85 do 5s U9V? Rio G. W. Is P7V, C. A X. W. c. 7s.lltH8t.Ij. A I..M. e.lUlHi do S. F. deb. 5.120 St.I.. A S.F. g.6s,121 Chicago Ter. 4s. 92' St. P. consols.... 107'i I). A R. O. la.... 10314 Ht. P.. C. A P.ls.120 do 4r 0S5 do 5s 120U 15. T.. V. A O. !s.l0HiHo. Railway 5s..l07i F.rlo gen. 4s .... 701 S. R. A T. 6s... 79 F. W. A D. C. Is. 7H4Tcnn. I- s. 3s.... 9.1 Oen. Klee. r.s. ..116 .Texas A Pjc. ls.114 O. II. A S. A. 6-1.107 I do 2s G2'4 do 2s 407 'I'nlon Pacific 4i.104'h II. A T. C. 5s.... 110 Wilba'h In 116, do consol lis ...112 do 2s 99 la. Central Is., ,113'i West Shore 4s...H34 K. C. P. A C..ls. 72 iWls. Central Is.. 90", i,u. new con. -is. .ni. 11. v cniuries ... sf li. .. uni. 4s. . 9i,i do deterred M.. K. A T. 2s... 654cColo. So. Is... do la iWilSo. Pacific 4s " Offered. S3',.. S3 Weekly Hunk Mntciiicut, NHW YORK, Feb. 21 -The weoklv bank statement ttlve days), shows the following chnngest: Surplus reserve decrease, J4, :i'l7.026: loans, liu rense. JU.O3u.900: sp'cle, dei reuse, $1,018,600; legal tenders, decrefiw, ll.SJii.KM: (Uvjoalls, liurcano, $5,S18,Si; circulation, increase, VI74 700 The banks now hold J19.67S.K50 in rxcess of legal re tiulremcnu of the 21 per ccn' rule. Ilnuk CleiirlnuN, CHICAGO, Feb 21 - Clearings, J.'J,239.072. balances, $J,569,w;. Pouted exchange, $1,53 UAR V 'J5, 15)00. J4SS', New York ex. hange. tSe dls.ount Philadelphia, Feb. 21 -Clearings. $l9.2lo,3m. balutn es, J2.7S7.077. For the week ClearltiES. J70.9IV1U, balanres. 110.177. 107. IIAL'I I MURE. Feb. 2I.-Cleuring. J3.!W8. 420; balatii es, $V)7.970. ST LOCIS. Feb. 21. -Clcnrlncs. $l.lto.i72; balances. $tia3,00l. Money. Mi" per cent. New York exchange, par bid, 10c premium inked. NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -ClearlUBS, J1S1,. 923.6S8- balancer, $9,907,352. HUSTON. Feb. 2l.-ClearlnKS. JlJ.SSJ.Ml; balances, $l,l36.s!is. HostoH Mlnlui; StocU. MOSTON. Feb. 24.-Call loans. 3tfr4tt per cent: time loniif". 414f5 per cent. Closing prices for stocks, bonds and mining sharos: A.. T. A: S. F.777 20 West End ".'.".rTW do pfd (12 Westlngh. Elec... 414 Anier. sugar .. lite, vi. central ....is ,,,J I'M 1,2 !AMilon 4s OS'i Morton ,i Alb'y. 213 ,N.E. Oas & C. fi. ,1Mi "osion r.ievuieit.nu Aiiveniure Moston & Me., i - ': Domln.on Coal .2il Allouez Mill. Co. 2'i .122 Amal. Copper ... 91 . IJ'i Atlantic ffl'i .116 lloston Mont.. 270 . f.2' Mutte lloston.. 2 . 7.1,'Cn timet it Hiv..7f1 , ,l0 I'fd.... eederal Steel do nfd.... Fltchburg pfd.. .H2',a Centennl.il . . . 1-5 ... It' . . . ITS, ... I1 ...135 ... M ...19') ... 29', ... 3 ... loij ,ip"' Kicctrie fratiKiin Mc-V Central ... . U'4 Osceola Mich. Telcphone.loO Parrot N-.H- Otis. & C. I!) Qulncy Old Colony 20, Santa re Cop Rubber 19H Tamarack 32 ftah Mining 4Vi Winona 2 Wolverines .. !l"t' Pacific . union Land . . . London Stock tluotnlliiiis. LCN'DON. Feb. S4.-4 p. m.-Closlng: Consols, money. ..101M Pennlvntila CM i onsois, ncci jni'4 lteaillug o5; i.m..i.HnH 11... iniu k.. n....m. ..f.t r... u. 1 in UK Jllll.. I'l'H Atchl-otl 21i do 1st pfd . . :!' loiilsvllle &374 Illinois Central. ..110M Ornnd Trunk .... S' t'nlon Pne. pfd.. 77 Anaconda UU 1 common.. .151 1 ititnit .Mines N. Y. Central ...136'j MAR SILVER-Stcady. 27 7-lfid per ounce. MONEY 3'j per cent. The rnte of discount In tho open mnrket for short bills. 3 13-lCWj, r?r cent; for thteo months' bllts, 3?s per cent. civ York Ml 11 1 us tuotnt lorn, NEW YORK, Feb. 21. -The following nro tho otllclnl closing quotations for mln I11C shnrcf: Chollar . ... Ilnl... 15 Ontario ..500 .. 60 .. 13 ..173 ..750 .. 20 ..2S0 .. 20 .. 16 onhlr Plymouth I Con. Cal. & Vii!! 40 Deadwood . 60 Quicksilver .... rtmilii jc- fnrri,. 11 do ptd Sierra Nevada Standard I'nlon Con Yellow Jacket , I Hale & Norcross. 2.1 llomcstnko 5000 Iron Silver ill .Mexican 20 I'orclun l'lniiiii'lnl. PARIS, Feb. 21. Three per cent rentes, 101f25c for the account; exchange on Lon don, 25 f 18'ic for checks; Spanish 4s, CS.so. On the bourse today prices were tlrm throughout, a feature of the transnctlons being the buoyancy of Turks, which were largely bought on the rumor that the coupon was to be increased v4 per cent Jientes improved. Mrazlllans imaln nil- ,VonV The rate of cxel a ge Ka. Irs strong, but wcro less active In the ah. sence of moro dcllnlte wur news. In bank shares Credit Lyonalse was the princlmil feature and there was good buying. LONDON, Feb. 21. Amerlenn securities opened above parity level und remained steady all day. The market was Inactive. owing to the i-ettlcincnt. The amount of . bullion tnken Into the Mank of England on , balance today was J215.0O0. Linseed nil. icrnaiionai securities were quiet. Trail" vaals were higher. Hank shares were ' llrmcr on tho favorable balance sheets Is sued yesterday. Americans und Canadiuu Puclllcs were weaker. Condition of the Treasury, WASHINGTON. Feb. 2l.-Todny s state ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $293,252,530; gold reserve, $.'20,303,4 50. St. I.nuln (Jrnln unit I'rnvlslnns. ST. !,OriS. Teh. 24.-WHKAT-I.owcr; Xo. 2 red, cash, elevator. 6S'dc; track, 72c; February, 63ic: May, OSTic; July, 65'8c; Xo. 2 hard, HoliCCc. FI.OUR Cnchatigcd. CORN Higher: Xo. 2 ensh, 32c: track, 31c; February, :13c; May, 33Tc: July, 33T4A 3U-. OATS Firm; Xo. 2 cash, 2IUc: track, 2lic: February, 2l8c; May, 24U'24'Bc: No. 2 White. 26126'-.c. Ityn Firm; 03c. SinCDS-Tlmothy, $2.00fl2.30, with prime worth moie. COR NM BA I-Steady ; $I.8(W l.Sfi. KHAN 'Nominal: sucked, east track, 61c. IlAY-llmothv, steady ut $9.7Gf( 11.00; pral rle. tlrm at $6.5OflS.0O. WHISICY-Stendv at $1.23'4. IRON COTTONTI ICS $1.20. ItAOtil N'CI-S'W,c. HICMP TW1NIC-9C. Mi:TAI.S-I.cad, dull; $.B7',i1?.C0. Spelter, lower; $M3il.&0. PROVISIONS-I'ork. steady; jobbing. $10.50 for old; $11.3714 for new. l.ard. lower; prlmo steam. $5.05; choice. $3.70. Dry salt meats, boxed, lower; extra shorts, $6.00; clear ribs, J0.12'ir, clear nldes, $0.23. Hacon, boxed, lower; extra shorts, $6.30; clear ribs, J6.C2't; clear sides, $6.75. RKCKIPTS-FIour. 3,000 bbls.: wheat, 8.000 bu.; corn, 92 000 bu.: oats, 4S.0C0 bu. SHIPMKNTS-Floiir, 13,000 bbls.: whent, 40,000 bu.; com. 91.000 bu.: oats, 61,000 bu. Dry tioodi. Market, NUW YORK, Feb. 24. DRY GOODS -Ule.ichcd cottons wear 11 firmer appear.mco and some grades of cambric murllns ad vanced Uo per yard; demund fair. No change In coarse brown sheetings, hut fine browns nro stiffening. Drown drills are quiet. Wldo sheetings nnd cotton flannels and blankela nro strong. All coarse col ored cottons nre strong. Print clnt'-s aro quiet, but firm. Prints nre dull for TV-iey; staples In fair demand and firm. Ginghams aro strong In nil grades. Cotton yurns nro very strong and steadily advancing with out materially checking the demand. Woolen and worsted yarns nro also against buyers. Cnllfnrnln Dried Fruits. XF,W YORK. Feb. 2l.-F.vanorntcil apples ruled quiet and steady at unchanged prices. California dried fruits were fairly nctlvo and steadier, but no chnnges In quotations were reported. State evaporated apples, common. 6f6e; prime, OHffil'ie; choice, 7fff 7'ic; fancy, SftS'.ic. Calif irnla dried prunes, 3H&7c per nound, ns to slzo and quality. Apricots, royal, 13,715c; Moor park. 15ftlSc. Peaches, peeled. lS522c; impeded, 7',4'QVc. Suirnr Mnrket, NI'.W YORK. Fob. 21. SUO A It-Raw, quiet; refined, qulot; mould A, $3.45; stun dard A, $5; confectioners' A, $5; cut loaf. $5.60: crushed, $5.60; powdered, $5.30; granu lated. $3.20; cubes, $5.35. XKW ORI.F.ANS. Feb. 21.-SITGAR-Qlllet; open kettle. 31l 3-16c; open kettle, centrlfugnl, 4'if'l ii-10c; centrifugal yollow, 4li.'fTI 13-16c; seconds, 2?'fj Hie. Molnsses, quiet; centrifugal, Sfr3Sc. -iv York InipnrtH nnd Imports. NEW YORK, Feb. 2l.-Tho Imports of dry goods and mcrchandleo nt tho port of Xe" York for this week were valued at $11,681,003. Kxports of gold and silver from this port to all countries for this week iiggri'zuto $1,032,975 t'llver bars and coin nnd $274,715 'old. Imnorti of speclo this week wcro J,!2,1IS cold and $33,861 silver. Wool .Mnrket. LONDON. Feb. 2t.-WOOI.-Tho urrlvnls of wool for the next series of miction sales amount to 210, IS2 bales. Including 82,500 for- warded direct. The imports of wool during tho week wero: Xew South Wales. 19.951 bales: Victoria. 17.479; South Australia, 10, 460; Now Zealand. 1.1,061: Cape of Good Hope nnd-Nntnl, 1,597; sundries, 2,278. Toledo Market. TOI.l-.DO. Feb. 24.-WH KAT-Dull anil lower for May; No. 2 cash. 70ic: May, 72'.c. CORN-Qulet; No. 2 mixed. 33'Ac. OATS Dull: No. 2 mixed, 2te. RYU Dull and unchanged; No. 2 cash. 5SWc. CLOVBRSISFD-Actlve nnd higher; prlmo cash, old, $1.90 bid; Februnrv. new, $3.65; March, $5.65 hid- No. 2 seed. $1.90. Vrw York l.lvi- Stock. NF.W YORK. Feb. 2l.-HKKVi:S-25 head, nil for export. Nothing doing; feeling steady. CALVES Receipts, none; market nom Inr.l. HHi:i:P AND I.AMHS-neeelpts, 1.J19; sheep, steady; lambs, steady to Ilrm. Sheep. $3&i.00; lambs. $7.62'y&7.85. Can uda lambs, $7.63. HOGS Receipts, 2 313; nono for sale; nomlnull:' weak. Stock In Sluhl. Following nro tho receipts ut the f.nir principal western markets for February 21 Cattle Ho-'i Slieen Houin omana t;t:i Chicago 200 Kansas City ion St Louis 6' 7. S7 9.i:i I 20 000 .1.600 2 000 3.0 0 'IIO Totals i aju aj.osi 4,253 OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET j 1 Receipts Light as Usual on tbe Last Daj ' of tho Week. NOT ENOUGH CATTLE TO MK: A MARKET For the Week Cuttle Show 11 Orop ling s-l 1 Curly Steinl.v, lint Close Weak Mieep Mlotv 11111I Dull, SOL'TIl nu.itit t.v. ni RccclpU were; Cattle ilous. Sheep. OtMelnl Mitiwltii 1.11 2.007 8,13.1 Qfllolal Tuesikiy 4.39 Otllclnl Wednesday 3.C9'J OrilfiMl Thursday 2.215 Otiiclal Friday 1 :ir, OIIUUI Saturday tu S.619 9,303 S.153 7.157 4, 69 J 11,211 2.75J 4,319 9.V1 lotal thl neck 13,276 Week endlntr Feb. 17 . 1:1.3) cek ending Feb. 10 ...12.SIS Week ending Feb. 3. .12.75.1 Average prlic paid for hogs tevcral days with comparison' 42,770 31.991 3.1.629 37.S31 2J.317 lS.;tOel 31.349 21,919 for the last 1!00.U99.HJ8.S97.H 4 67, Indicates Sundnv I..1!1.!0. ""I''1'1' .number of cars of stock btought in today by each road was: C. -M. .St. P. HyC.a!!!- J,0.S"'I'. H'r's. O. St. I.. Hv ... ' Mo. raclfle Hy Fnlon I'nellle system... C. A X. W. Hy V.. K. A SI. V. It. U,.,. C, St. I. A O. Hy.. A .11. It, It. U...... C, H. A (J. It- K. C. A St. .1. It I .. t. 1. A P. Uy., ,.a.t 1 20 1 19 :t v., 11. j. a: i'. hj uest .. 1 .; ;. Total rcclpts 1 101 , Tho disposition of the dny's receipts was as follows, each buyer purchaslurr the num ocr of head Indicated: .ii, .il r. Oin.'iliii I'.'iplfl,.,- f. iiuyors. rm ha tin, at. Jin.l'(l, 7i) ( It. H'.immnnd Co Swift and Companv udahy I'nckiiig t'o Armour A Company Omahii l'acklng Co., K. o Ctulaliy, trom K. t! Armour, from Sioux City. Hill A nuutzlnser Other buyers Total l.U",6 l."9 2.INJ 1,770 HH) 41 22S 20 66 T:un i" - .. ''!'' ,'.,u' l'-lckers had eleven cars of caltlo in direct from Kansas city, which did not leave many on sale. There were not enough of nnv one kind to make any thing of a test of the mnrket. J hellers did not llnd It easy work In all cases to sell tho few cattle here at rwtls raitory prices, nnd one salesman remarked that 11 man who would ship In cattle on Saturday oiyght to bo examined for In sanity. It Is very rarely that rattle sell to advautuso 011 Saturday. This has been a hard week on tho sellers or cutt e, who have suffered heaw losses, nut only at this market, but at all th. selling iiolnls In th,. country. Shippers began tho llrst of the week rindilng the. cattle to market and there wns an over Hiipply everywhere. Huyers were not clow to tuko advantage, of tho situation and values dropped rapidly, so that on un uver neo tho market Is about 25c lower. Kven the best grades of cornfeil cuttle have suf fered 11H much as any other kind, nnd It Is safe to Niy that the decline on beeves ranges anywhere from 20.- to 35e. Light cattle, which come Into competition with lexnns, have suffered seveiclv. It was a rocky market for the seller from start to Mulsh nnd almost all the cnttle innrltMed lost money. For tho coming cck tho prospect Is none too good. If shippers would hold their cattle back tr-o market might recover rapidly, but a good ninny operators on the market are of the opinion that they will not do that, becauso tho cattle aro largely In the hnnds of small feeders and farmers who nre out of feed and out of money, nnd who want to get rid of their cattlo becuusc they are not In a porltlon to hold thorn nny longer. From all market points tho advices arc most dis couraging1 and nil the cattle that have been forwarded from here to Chicago have lost their shippers money. Cows nnd helferfi have suffered a decline In about the sumo proportion ns fat steers, the market being nnywnerc from 15c to 25u lowee lor the week. Fnt bulls have de clined Just nbout the same, but stock or breeder bulb' hnve sold pretty well. Good vial calves have sold at $7.00177.25 all the week. War"ied-up cattle have sold as feeders, but the country demand has been smull all tho week and the nutrient has drored down of Its own widght anywhere from 25c to 33e, according to the quality. In somo cases cattle which neither feeders nor pack ers wero very anxious for may have sold 40c lower. Tho break In prlcfi brought In quite a buying demund the latter part of tho week, so that speculators disposed of 11 good many nnd the accumulation of tho middle of tho week was pretty well cleaned Hi). Shippers must bear in mind one thing nnd that Is that tho market cannot re cover while receipts continue heavy, nnd that they had better keep their cattlo back unless they aro prepared to take their medicine and look pleasant. Representative sales: HKF.F RTKHUS. No. Av. Pr. Xo. Av. Pr. 2 710 $2 75 1 920 $3 CO 1 950 3 00 COW n. '50 2 25 20... 1.... 1.... 6.... 8.... . . . 8C9 3 30 ...1297 3 10 ...1380 3 CO ...1279 3 85 ...1370 3 90 . 930 2 50 . 908 2 75 .1012 3 10 .1000 3 2.1 12 1.. 12.. 1. 1.. 3 1063 3 23 1IHIFKRB. 6 795 3 70 HULLS. 1 1390 3 1.1 1 12S0 3 50 1 940 3 40 STOCK COWS AND 1 1 HI FURS. 4 517 2 75 1 600 3 50 1 770 3 30 7 637 3 80 STOCK CALVISH. 1 370 4 00 STOCK KR8 AND FHICDKHS. 1 780 4 20 HOGS '1 he murket opened a llttlo weak, but soon braced up and the curly arrivals sold at Just about steady prices. Tho gen eral run of the good, mixed loads cold at $1,67194.70. which bought the bulk of the hogs yesterday. A few of tho less desira ble and more trashy light loadn brought only $1.65, Whllo 11 few of the belter nnd heavier loads sold up to $1 7JV'i 1.75, with a toj) at $I.77H. Yesterday the best prices paid for anything was $1.73. Near mlddav another big train of hogs arrived and was put on the market under most unfavorable circumstance, as tho moro urgent orders were' then tilled nnd Chicago was coming Gc lower. Naturally buyers wanted to shade tho morning prices on the Into arrivals nnd the market closed weak and lower. They wanted good mixed loads at $1.65, und tho best loads at $1 CT'j. The hog mat ket htnrtcd out all right at tho beginning of the week, but it dropped off rapidly on Tuesday, Wednesduy and Thursday, and at tho closo of the week wus 15c lower than It was on the llrst day of tho week, and Just about that much lower thnn tin h point of tho month. Tho decline carried the market back about where It was the llrst of the month. The demand was good nil the week and buyers had uso for everything received, so that on most days the market wns fairly active. A glunco at tho table of average prices will show tho Iluctuatlons of the market from day to dav slnco tho beg nnlng of tho month, iti-rireseniaiive saie-s: No. Av. Sh. Pr. Xo. Av. Bh. Pr. 42. . . S3.. 6S... 73. . . 76... S3... .12.1 $4 40 91... 71... 65. . . 62... 65... 61... 71... .209 SO 4 70 .240 120 4 70 ..171 ..226 ..241 ..191 . . . 1 m so 1 rtiVi SO I 61 40 1 65 ..214 4 70 . .210 . .220 . 266 ..230 ... 4 70 .. 4 70 SO 70 ... 4 70 196 4 65 213 120 I 6.1 SPECULATE? 9.lll93.lS?i ' ?'i I'Cb. 3 14 S2 3 fct 3 " :t Ml 1 id B IS fi'V- 4; I 3 69' 3 72 3 25. 3 08 3 61 .- 6 4 61; S 72 3 21 3 93 3 76 6 Oi I ', t 4 70' 3 56 3 13' 4 001 3 S2 6 01' ' ' 6S, 3 CO 3 75 4 01 3 95 4 S4 , F.?- 5 76 3 66 3 71 3 23 3 931 4 07 4 94 V,1 ' ?; 1 SI 3 70, 3 71 3 27, I 3 90 6 02 lc'- 1? 4 i0 3 71 3 70 3 27 3 S3 4 S3 J' ' 1 3.051 3 77 3 25 3 S4I 3 69 Lfil. J 73 I 3 SI 3 2S 3 S9 3 75 5 06 0- 13 4 Ml 3 6 3 30 3 93 3 S6 5 0 J',l!- 1J t 75, 3 OS' J S3 3 93 3 S2 4 91 , ',' J1' 1 75' 3 .VS 3 S9I 3 36 3 95 3 76 4 S7 . I!'- 'J -I Ml 3 fidi 3 S9 3 31 I 3 79) 4 90 ' ,., ' 17 .... 4 70' 3 65 3 SI! 3 2.1 ?. St' 4 S3 I V"' 3 621 3 S7' 3 31 3 W 3 S3 !',,, - 1 S3 3 91 3 3S 5 Sl 3 SJ 6 Ol '' ' i' I 7S 3 SO1 3 33. 3 S4, 3 76 4 S-S !', ' 21 4 74, 3 47 3 911 ; 3 S7i 3 71 4 92 ) IV ! 4 69 3 651 3 S4 3 3, 3 87 3 7R, 4 I9 J ,'1'- 21 1 I 69 3 0.1 3 S3 3 41 3 S31 14 S3 21 21 im. IfO , 71 .. 71. . 73. (VI 62 . 7S . 79.. 7S... OS!. . . M. . . M. . . S3. . . S3... BS.. , ft!.. . 78.... as.,., 71.... S9. . . . si. .. S6. .. f,S.... 4 Of. 4 or. 4 or, .. 4 OR 40 4 66 4 74 SO 4 67 . . . 4 C7tl SO I 674 SO 4 67 U, 19 4 C7',4 ... 4 67K. .. J31 .247 ::.S8 ...2tS .. 213 . .3.W . .274 ...209 . 2 ...311 ...2S7 ...24 ...261 ... 4 70 4 70 . . 4 70 40 4 70 40 4 70 ... 4 70 ... 4 70 40 4 70 . . . 4 70 SO 4 70 40 4 70 ... 4 70 SO 4 70 SO 4 70 10 4 70 Ifi9 172 .20) .247 360 264 .2A7 341 223 .100 . 220 ..175 01 . M... 7.1. . . 91. 6.1 . 50... W.. 61... 70. . . S4... 6S... 207 10 I 6714 61! 307 120 4 67it 92. ,3IS .232 210 I 67 92 OS SS. 4 70 :) 4 6TU . .310 160 4 70 ...34 120 4 70 IK 130 4 67H ..!!. 40 4 67V. ..X 210 4 67V4 .217 ... t 67W ..241 SO I 674 40. . . 62... SI .. 63... S2.. 67.., II... 16... 95... 87... 68 .. 0).., 101.. 152... 73!'.: 71... M... f6... 60.. 67. . 71 . 66... .W . !w2i 160 ..26 ... ...351 ... ..SV. ... ...243 ... . .237 ... ...140 ... ..231 ... ...336 ... ...271 ... 4 70 4 70 4 70 .. 4 70 .. 4 70 .. 4 70 .. 4 70 .. 4 70 . . 4 70 .. 4 70 .. 4 70 SO t 70 ..19. 1.11 4 t77' 4 67'4 4 67'4 ..197 SO . .236 . .aos 40 4 6"W K9. . . . M.... ss.... 67.... 79. . . . S3.... 76. . . . 67.... ! 75. . . . 6.S.... 63.... .. 4 tilVi ..216 . . I 67W ..223 120 4 67 . ..oi ..191 ..337 . .2.14 . .2S1 ..29.1 22 1 !!27 . .236 2.15 ..261 .217 40 4 67'i 4 67Vi .269 ,13i 120 4 70 . , I 67, 40 I 70 SO 4 70 .. 4 70 . . 4 70 .. 4 70 .. 4 70 40 4 70 . . 4 70 SO I 70 4 72'i ..257 . .2.11 ..231 . .260 4 72'f. 4 72'4 4 '.'A Si) 4 72H ..218 1M 4 72'f, . .258 4 72'i, I 7.1 4 75 75 .277 .26f .231 10 .301 -1ST t 70 S7 .266 4 77'4 81 1 HHP Thero wen. nnlv a few here to day and. as U apt to be the case on the Inst day of the week, tho market was a little slow and buyers seemed to want something orT lo mnke It an object for carrying them over to next week. The mnrket on sheep has been In good shape nil the week and. while there were little tips nnd downs, prices for the most part showed Utile change from day to dav and for the week would have to be quoted as steady. Huvers have seemed to wan' ever.Mhlng mining nnd as a rule the mnrket bus been active, so that arrivals hnvo met with ready snle nt current prices. Quotations: Cholco handy weight year lings. J3.73fI6.00; good to choice fed year lines. r..COff,1.76; fair to good yearling. $5.40 (175.60: good to choice wethers. J130)i5 50. fair to good wethers. $5.10ff5.2.1: good to choice fed ewes, $l.60$J4.75: fair to good owes. $4.00li l.r.O; good to choice native lambs, JOOOflfisr.: jjood to choice western lambs, 10.50Tf6 75; fair to good western lambs, J6.25170.I5; feeder wethers. Jl.251f4.75. feeder yearlings. J5.0if!t5.60; good t cholco feeder iambs, JI.75Jf5.75. Itcpresentntlve r 11 lea: CIIICACO I.IVI STOCK MAItKFr. Cuttle Nominally Stenilj (luiillly of Week's Receipts Poor (icnernll) . CHICAGO. Feb. 2l.-CATTI.K-Nomlnallv steady; quality of the week'n receipts very poor generally; no fancy cuttle on sale, good to choice. $5.00ii6.90; poor It, medium. $4.KHTI.75; mixed stockers, $3.4tW.1.7fi; se lected feeders, $1,2.'. 11 75, good to choice cows, $.1. 10ffl25; heifers, $:l.2Mr t 50; canners, $2,203(2.90; bulls, J2.50iil.15; cnlves. $5.00JiS.OO. Texas fed beeves, $.1.;Hnt I.W. HOGS Opened steady, clossd weak nnd lower; top, $1.95; fulr cleurance; mixed und butchers, $l.055f 1.95; good heavy. $l.s0tf 4.0.1. rough heavy. $l.iW4.75; light. $t.55'(fl.S5. bulk of sales, $l.70ff I.ST&. SliKKP AND l.AM US-Steady: native wothers. $5.005(6.sn; western wethers, $5.0iv;f 5.75; native lambs. $3.0J17.25; western lambs. $6.00fi7.05. HKCKIPTS-For the day: Cattle. 20 head; hogs. 20,000 head; sheep. 3.000 head. For the week: Cattle, 52,000 head; hog., 1S5.900 head; sheep, 55.000 head. Knusns City kite Stock, KANSAS CITY. Feb. 2I.-CATTI.F.-Re-celptH, 100 head; nominal prices; recclptH fo the week. :.0,000 head; largely inferior quality. The best grades shade ensler. wlille common kinds declined nbout 15c Heavy native steers bring $l.75fi5 35, llghi wclghts, $1.33111.90; stockers und feeders. $3.r,0'(i5.S5: butcher cows und heifers. 3.2.Vu 4.65; canners, $2.501f3.2O; fed westerns, J.!.S0'if 5.15; western feeders, $3.501.50; Texiins. $3 BOH 1.55. HOGS Receipts, M.6O0 head; unchanged prices; llhcrnl supplies nnd ensler provision markets mused a slight decline this week, nmountlng to nbout "lie; heavies selling to day at $l.70ftl.82ii.; mixed, $l.65Ifl,75; light. $l.60f(l.75: pigs, $1.1594.55. SllKKP AND l.AMHS-RecelplH for tho week, 16,000 head. There was a slight briak in prices early in the week, but It was quickly recovered and business closes for the week with Inst week's vnluei fully maintained. liimlH bringing $5,751(6.70; year lings, $5.50f(5.90; muttons, $l.50&5.3.1; stack ers und feeders, $3.50J6.00; culls, $2.50,3.00. St. 1 In I.lve Stock. ST. l.OFIS, Feb. 2l.-CATTI.i;-Recelpts. 600 h ad; market steady und dull; natlvo shipping and export Hteern worth $1.75fi6.C0, dressed beef and butcher steers, $l.2.1frR.00; steers under 1.000 lbs. $3.05.il.5O; stockers und feeders, $3.0091.70; cows nnd heifers, $1.759130; canners, $1.5092.85; bulls $2.S0ft 4.00; Texns and Indian steers, $1. 1091.50; cows nnd heifers. $2.tOj(:l.50. HOGS-Recelpts. 2.000 head; market opened strong, closed lower; pigs and lights, $1.7094.80; puckers, $1.7094.85; butchers, $1.8594.95. K1IK1CP AND IiAMHS-Recelpts, 300 head; market stcudy; natlvo muttons, $5.0095.85; lnmbs, $.1.5096.50; culls and bucks, $3.0091.50. Chester B. 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