KJERICAN ENERGY IN RUSSIA
Diiconraging Conditioni and Exac'.ioDi De
igDed to Check Eiterpr is.
OPPORTUNITIES THAT TEMPT CAPITAL
i
Amrrlrmi Too Kneraetle noil Pro
gressive tn Knit the tsar's Minion
-Sample Inataare of 1'abllo
Kraft.
Gllson VI1I"H, special correspondent
i,esllo's Wpfekly, who recently completed a
tour of Russia, presents In the Weekly of
the 3d InHt. an Informing ro lew of I'.us
elan business methods with pHrtleulur ref
erence to American trnde In the czur's em
pire. The article In headed "Americans
ls'ot Wanted In Russia." and rends In part:
The land of the cznr In the rmsst Interest
ing of all countries to Americans today.
iot becauso of the excitement over the war
Mth Japan, but because recently a high
Russian official has oponly Bald, "Amer
icana are not wanted In nusrla." The offi
cial Is M. (in riehve, the reactionary minis
ter of the Interior, who tuwieeded M. de
Wltte as the active head of governmental
power. Do Tlehvo's remark, mil ill Just as
the American business world In planning to
take advantage of the discovery that'Ilus
tla Js the greatest promised lnn.1 of trnde
and Industry. Is pnrtlcularly rlgnlflonnt.
The remark gives to Russia the hue of for
bidden fruit, and therefor we want It oil
the more.
My own experience, In twice entering the
empire, was probably that of every traveler
from the United Btates.
At the frontier, when I displayed my
passport as the special correspondent of
LeslltVs Weekly, a very grnnd official sim
ply bowed and passed my luggsge without
even opening It. Imnglno such courtesy
from a New York customs officer! A friend
Jn Berlin had given m a basket of wine,
which occasioned me no trouble until I ar
rived at St. Petersburg, where nil luggage
la supposed to be re-examined. There my
trunks and bags were pnsi;ed. aa at the
frontier, unopened; but the basket was
pelted by a man who pointed to a fruit
fitnjid In the station and said It was hla.
Ignoring my Inquiries concerning the bas
ket. From the stand he took a pineapple
ant handed It to me, "Fourteen roubles,"
he said. At last I understood that If T
nun
bought the pineapple at the price $7 I
Vuiild be permitted to take mv nnjilret t
bought the pineapple and. atrhngest of all,
j icarnea arterwsrd that 17 was not an exr
tortlonate charge for a pineapple in this
northern city In winter, but Bimply the
regular price.
The very first thing I learned In St.
Petersburg Is that In Russia the cxar Is
everything literally everything; hla will Is
law. conceded aa such by his subjects by
heavenly Inspired right; all the land and
11 his subject are absolutely his to dis
pose of wholly as he chooses. To under
stand anything about Russia It Is first
necessary to understand that this la the
fundamental principle of czarlsm and that
even In trade, Industry and commerce the
cxar Is supreme. Every good or bad thing
In commerce, aa In every other field, there
fore, la dona m the name of the cxar.
Why American Are Not Wanted.
The candid advice of thq Ruaslar. minis
ter of th6 interior to American business
men Is to keep out of Russia. To an Amer
ican who had capital to Invest M. de
Flehve said: "Tour Amerloan workmen are
too progressive to mingle with ours. Rus
es la not ready for auoh Jtrogreaslveness
In industrial affairs. We are content, for
the present, to remain aa we are. T.'e have
4,000.000 aeml-educated workmen on our
hands now.. .Their exact position- Is a new
problem for ua; so until we are able to de
fine their position we wish no American
enterprises exploited in Russia that will
tend to spread new. Ideas. Wo discourage,
therefore, for the time being, further in
vestments of American capital . unless
placed wholly in Russian hands."
By which M. de Fkhve meuut that while
Russia seeks American capital for the de
velopment of her railroads, mines and In
dustries under Russian control, ah doea
rot want American methods or Amorl an
labor. Russia would like American mil
lionaires to Invest In government guaran
teed 4 nee r- f tl...w T- . . . . . .
........ ..,,.HJ uitirus enter: wnicn i
there is not a safer Investment In Kurope j
uui sue ooes not want Americans them
selves to come and Invest their brains
long with their dollara. The 4,00),000 work
men referred to are learning the value of
organising and are In open revolt against
existing conditions, having received their
Ideas chiefly from Americans.
All thla information come from Count D ,
whose guest I was tn Bt. Petersburg. "The
revolutlonlste," he added, "want American
methods Introduced, while the reactionists
regard all American Institution with deep
cisravor. Aa the reactionists nr nn in
they have adoutad th rwviiw
graduaKy awakening Americana In Russia
to the fact that they are not wanted."
Hum Out of Town.
I.et ua see now how this "gradual awak
ening of Americans" is being put Into effevt.
I will clt a few Instances of my personal
knowledge. An American rained Mason
opened In the Nevskl Prospekt what a New
Yorker would call a nlckel-ln-the-alot ras
taurant. Mason called his lunch room "The
Automat." The pine was full of automatic
machines In which you put a few kopeks
(pennies) and out come sandwiches, cold
meats, pastry and tho like. One couldn't
possibly eat a rouble1 (half a dollara
worth). Bo, kopek by kopek. Mason amassed
thousand of rouble and the police knew
It. The proprietor reivlved a "wanilng''
that hi plate attructod crowds and wus
therefore a public nuisance. Mason under,
tood this was the first call for "graft."
If he "paid" for the "crowds," ntrularly.
he would be left In peace, lie pretended
not to comprehend nd received a second
warning, which he also lgnorud. That
ended Mason's "automat." The police or
dered him to move out. lie protested tlitit
lie held a lease of the premises ajid de
clined to budge. Whereupon the pollco
took poesoesion. locked Mason out. and
carted away his machine, heaven knows
where. Mason upiR'uleJ through the courts,
nd the cum actually came to the personal
attention of the cxar, who commanded that
hla machine be restored to hun and that
the ijollce pay hlra an Indemnity. No de
clsion could have bven worse for poor
Manon. The polloe, without warrant, but
with Infinite politeness, requet6d him to
leave the country within twenty-four hours.
Mason hud to go there was no alternative
and should ha try to re-enter the empire
he would be turned bark at the frontier
a if he were a Jsw. no one of Jewloh faith
being permitted to enter the cxar'a domain.
The Singer Bewltig Machine company Is
putting up the first Iron building, a sky
scraper, seen iu til city of Peter the Great.
Th police expect to "graft" each particular
beam. In Its half completed state not a
ingle workman was employed on this
building all the ttm I was la th city.
Operations wer at a standstill, the police
having Impcwed one restriction after an
other; anything to hamper the Binder peo
ple so as to teach them that it would b
more economical to "reward' the cxar'
police.
Bom AmerlcSH F.BtpnrlaB
Of course certain, American companies, by
etttl of th sreat value of
tions, have established th mtclve in KuatUx
despite the delay and "drain." Th
Wcfliinguous Air Brake company Is one
such successful concern. Th cxar ordered
UuU all Ui uu,AM vara ana 10,oje) locomo
tives of the Russian railways be equipped
with air brakes at a cost of tM.mn.cmi 1
fore the first of the present year. The
ltlnghouse company got the lion's share
of this order, with the privilege of erecting
a plant In Petersburg, which they did. This
plant has all the latest improved American
machinery, and the concern employe a
large number of American workmen and
engineer. The Ne w York Air Brake com
pany has also been given a trial order for
l,(rt) worth of air brakes, and If the com
pany succeeds It Is to be allowed to erect
a plant within tbe empire. At the same
time the government haa Imposed such
Impossible conditions on a score of Ameri
can enterprises employing Americans In
their shops that the American workmen
have been dlschsrged. Now at the great
American locomotive works on the Volga
and in several great American machine
shops in Moscow and Petersburg not a
single American Is left. In many ways,
too, the government shows that It means'
to follow a systematic plan of shutting out
American goods. Cotton, tor example
every effort Is being made to raise enough
cotton In Turkestan to enable the placing
of a prohibitive tariff on American bales.
The same policy Is being pursued in regard
to all the principal articles Imported from
the I'nltcd States, such as machinery and
hand tools of all kinds, articles of Iron and
steel, tanning mtnertuls, dyestuffs, copper
and rosin.
Money Making Opportunities.
I'eppite all this, It must be admitted that
many American enterprises are estab
lished In Russia and are paying dividends
of from 12 to 50 per cent. For any foreign
enterprise tn Russia either falls miserably
after the first few years, or auccecda far
beyond what would be deemed success in
tho United States. 1 will at first describe
some of these enterprises, and then relate
the conditions to which their owners must
submit. The plant of the Westlnghouse
company has already been mentioned. In
addition tho largest nnd most important
powerful dredges in the world are in opera
tion on the Volga. These are American
dredges, built In Belgium by I.lndon W.
Hates of Chicago. Their first appearance.
In 1R90, attracted the attention of the whole
engineering world, all the great nations
sending engineers to witness their Initial
performances. I
Russia has the longest, greatest oil pipe
line in the world Sno miles long for the
transportation of refined oil. The pumping
engines for this line are all American the
largest and most powerful used anywhere
In the petroleum Industry supplied by the
Worthlngton Pumping Engine company of
New York. Scores of buildings like that'of
tho Singer structure previously referred to
are entirely of American materials and con
struction. The Kusso-Chlnese bank at
Vladivostok, recently completed. Is the best
equipped building In Siberia. It has all
modern appliances of American workman
ship steel ceilings, steam fittings, electrical
works, vaults, safes, wallpaper and even
furniture.
American capital, labor and enterprise are
also employed In a greater or loss degree
In tho following Industries; In the produc
tion of naphtha; a share In the manufac
ture of 00,nno,ono worth of rnpld-flring and
small-caliber guns; In the furnishing of
wire rope, mining machinery nnd nil sorts
of Implements; in cotton mills and the iron
and wood pulp Industries; In the great oil
wells at Baku; In the supply of rails nnd
rolling stock for the ?'inO,(ino.Ono Siberian
railway; electric light and traction enter
prises; and In a steamship company run
ning vessels from Copenhagen to St.
Petersburg.
Rnslnesa Condition.
Now, what are the conditions to which
those conducting these various enterprises
must submit? The following facta may be
of value to any Americans who contem
plate business ventures In Russia, In the
first place, the government no longer sells
concessions outright, but makes reserva
tions In each case. In mining concessions,
for example, the condition is made that the
controlling power, as. well as the manage
ment, shall be in the hands of Russians. In
the second place, any attempt to secure a
concession should be preceded by a visit to
the country for the purpose of learning
how and where te go to work. No Amer
ican enterprise can succeed In Russia which
does uot first prepare to meet the peculiar
commercial conditions. Application should
bo made direct to the Russian Department
of Manufactures and Trade. Third. It can
be stated positively that no American has
over lost a cent through trusting the Rus
sian government, but in transactions with
private companies the utmost patience and
long credits are necessary, and If the Rus
sian concern falls, Russian creditors are
paid first, and only when there Is then any
thing left are the American creditors taken
Into account. Fourth, he who wishes to
ell goods In Russia must send commercial
travelers, for merchants insist upon seeing
samples. Such travelers must speak Ger
man, or French, if not Russian, and there
Is a tax of 13 a year on each case of sam
ples carried. For opening a store or office
the tax is 2W) a year; for a factory the tax
Is 1750 a year. In regard to" patents cltixens
of the T'nlted States who comply with the
Russian patent laws are afforded the aame
protection aa Russian subjects. The full
legal text of the legal status of n Amer
ican corporation in Russia may be obtained
from any consul.
Russian Workday.
All these things sound good, seem easy
But what lies beneath the "legal status'
Take the work days, for instance. You
can t got your men to work more than
twenty-one duys a month, try ua you will
on account of the number of saint' days
and Imperial fete days, when work ceases
by official order. If a workman la killed
by accident in your factory, the n.ulng
police Investigation amount to persecu
tion, and. a. the head of the concern, you
may not leave the country until the In
vestlgatlon 1 closed-whlch mean at least
a year and aa much longer a. th. police
choose. Next, for each of the children of
your workmen you must pay ,choo, u
and if your establishment is outside of the
',Ci,,r.7OM ",,pport P"at,
...r ioj c.uiaren or your workmen
paying teacher, supplied by the goJernl
m.nt. Further, for every loa empU, y "
must support one bed In a hospital ad
furnish the service, of a physician free
Again, for each 1U0. employes vm.
pay the ealary of one policeman, and for
i'mT" U mU9t ,upport Po
vT.. -V . rgeant. In addition,
you must contribute iihsruii..
port of th. nearest Co.aack . gard8,
"l:'1?. f" f a hoad' er and
eie. ror each man em
Ployed, and an ,,..!.. .
"'MitiuiBiivB lax on v,n
pro,,,. Flnuny. your customer happens
to be the cxur-nd it must h .
that in Russia the cxar i. the lorg...
'JT' 'y.rythlng-your goods will n"
only be subjected to th. ...
before payment I. made, but the car him"
.-w"e" he ,,r'e- That when the
"D.ururrs nd names his price
snd If you refuse th o,m '
. . . iWK yui ;
Tempting Kntrrurl...
Why. under these conditions, would It npt
pn.maoie ror Americans to ev
Huull aliknA u . .... . . .
u ltllcIll wllA ,na COTa.
enmi invasion or other countries Be
cause Russia offer far the larir.ri,..
snd far th largest number of opportunities
for American brains, .kill. r.r.l.i .-a
goods. Russia has enormous resource of
It own.' but these are undeveloped i.
the verx development of these resource
..... ur...,1Us or m'.tw.ooo people for
'""' ei manufactured within the em
m,. ui me mot profitable
..-. ivr American entet price In anv 4t
roction.
Too, uadevelu.-.ed resources Include hun
TnE OMAHA DATLT DEE: MONDAY. MAKCTI 7, 1001.
dreds of place wh.r Iron and other metals
are found; 30,000 square miles of untouched
coal lands; 150,000 square miles of fruitful
soil, and hundreds of thousands of acres
of virgin, woodland. Then the needs the
government Is aoking for bids to replace
thousands of wooden erldgps with Iron
ones; and for bids for the construction of
water works, drainage systems and electric
light and railway plants; street, canal and
harbor improvements and dry docks. And
Russia needs mora chemical, sugar and
paper mills; vast quantities of hardware,
linoleum, watches, clocks, lamps and all
sorts of electrical apparatus; and so on
through a long list of products of which
"American made" are conceded to be the
best.
Yet at the gateway of this veritable El
Dorado of trade. Industry and commerce
staiujs the cxar la the person of his minis
ter of the Interior, saying: "Not wanted
because you are too progressive and we
wish fo squeeze a billion more from our
muliks (peasants) before they learn the
value of American Industrial methods."
WC0DEN' INDIANS VANISHING
Peaceful Brave Koranke the Pipe and
Toper and Hide in the
Woodpile.
'If through the mutations of modern
business or for any other of a large
variety of reasons that might arise one
were to want a wooden'lndlan the prob
lem of acquiring It In a hurry If it were
of the kind that is sometimes used as a
sign for tobacco shops would be found beset
with difficulties. This Is not because such
figures are so very hard to find, nor yet
because they are still popular as to be in
great demand, but those in existence are
not only In use by their owners, but. In
the general case, they are greatly cherlshej,
no matter what their state of decay, and
the business of making them of wood has
been given up. One might, by a chance, be
found In some out-of-thn-wav n inn
room, but at other times it might not. One
ml
gnt, indeed, be made to order, but It
wo
uiu cane, quite a nunt to nnd the man
make it.
to
The wooden Indian, which used to be
one
of the Imperative necessities of every
-equipped tobacco kIioii tm ji..
well
appearing as rapidly as Its flesh and blood
prototypes, chased out Into the suburbs
thence Into the smnllor i-iliUDo t..
yond. Probably none has been made any-
"l,r" nmiin me past twenty years, .nd
iny an still in existence are much older,
is is curious, because tho
were far more dlstnlctlve ns elgns than
y oiners to be seen; their introductl m
d use by the tobacconist were colnc d. nt
th the Introduction of the weed Itself to
luxation, and they were to be seen eve.-y-icre,
In Europe aa well as In Amo-i..,.
There were other figures besides those of
innians, such as sailors, dudes, black boys
u i uncneo, out In thla country the In
m wus bv far the mnt r.,,
- - iiuntriuuap
pecially for the retail tnhnrnnnla
'w.viuii.-iv, ntiu
dealt In all sorts of smokers' goods.' Ef-
ngies or Dlack Doy were perhaps preferred
by wholesale sellers of lenr i....
beyond that there was apparently no dis
tinction. In England the signs were fre
quently so chosen that a Dutchman smok
ing a pipe indicated the salo of smoking to
bacco; a Scotchman In kilts, of snuff, and
sanor with his quid, 'of chewing tobacco.
Philadelphia was at one trlna h. v.
quarters for the making of theso figures.
wifcar jvrauso, a wood carver, still living
In this city, who used to make the figures,
says he turn I out his first one in. J8C.
when he was a youns- man. sn ih.i
ness was then good. lie made many dudes
wen hi inuians, ana his lost figure was
turned out in 1S8I, by which time the trade
had dwindled to nntlllntr i r - .
' arausv
then wrent Into architectural wnr
The figures, lie says, were made, of pine
or poplar, sometimes of one large pl?ce
and sometimes of small pieces of glued
arm pmnea together, to make the grain
come right. Fleureo of M UnH
longer and withstood the.weulher much
oener man those mode from a single piece.
uui it wus mo small hoy rather than the
weather which tried the endurance of
those dumb sentinels of in. .i
constituted a fine mark for snowbnlls and
ouicr muwllea. They sometime suffered,
too. In stret riots: hut ih .
stolen, because they could be so easily
Identified. The prices of the figures vaH-d
from 25 to as much as 1200, according to
size and workmanshlp.-Philadelphia Rec
ord. TRULY THE OLDEST INHABITANT
" rurcn Bar-renders to
the Whiskered Warrior with
th Scythe.
Noah Raby. believed to be tho nM..
In the world, died at the PUoataway poor.
,,,,UM "ear new urunswlck. N. J., on the
1st inst. He was nearlv 132 i . n.
had long been fighting the end, which
many times In past pears seemed at hand
but a constitution that has been the marvel
of medical men carried him then,,
crises that would have proved fatal to the
average man of half his age.
Almost up to the last Rhv
rloar and his memory goo3. "Uncle Noah,"
u e wa xnown, nad an Idea that he
could not die. and used to say with a
hearty laugh that he would easily live 200
years. He was always positive about his
age. declaring that ha was hum
vnicg
vllle. N. C, on April 1, 1772.
When he was taken to the ti..
poorhouse forty-two years nun ha ... -
very aged man and the oldest Inhabitant
could not remember him as anything but
a man of advanced years.
For many years Rahv was bitn 11 .
up to the last he enjoyed his pipe, telling
with pride that he had smoked and drank
wnisay in moderation . since h -
boy.
When SO years old Raby became v.
of a Virginia plantation. Th... ,
Sarah Parker, who owned a neighboring
plantation, and fell desperately in love
with her. Believing hla love honel. tj.k..
left the plantation and enlisted In the
imteo. Btates navy, seeing service during
the war of 1812 on the mn.n -
w - no. LUUa
stltution and Brandywlne.
After the war he returned tn h. i..
tlon, to learn that Barah Parker was so
other mans wife. H removed fo New
Tork state. There he wooed Ann Dunleavy,
and all arrangement had been made for
tne weaning when the bride-to-be ran
away with another man. AH the rest of
his life he shunned women.
One of the aged 'man's mnct
statements was that be had once seen
ueurg wasnington at Portsmouth, Va. He
described the flirt Dresldent with - -l.
able accuracy, and Ms words carried con-
vicuon. vnicago Inter Ocean.
HI Present.
"John." ah said, "vour litti 1
- ------- ""17 lillS
been saving up her money to buy you a
mi-- prrprni.
'Oood little wifey." he replied. "WWi
It?"
"A smoking Jacket" she ex nlulna.4 '...
I ssved th money all myself out of the
nouse allowance, wasn't I thoughtful?"
"Splendid!" he exclaimed.
"What did you do with that I brought
nome last nigni7- tie asked In soma sui
prise.
ui 1 savea tne smoking
Jacket money out of." she answered, "snd
ther wasn't any left." Chicago Post.
Don't (out. All Mtht.
Restful sleep follows use of Dr. King's
Jfew Discovery, th best lung cur In th.
world. No cur, no pay. froc, U)u. For
I sal. by tiuka . 4k Co.
OMAUA LIVE STOCK MARKET
Both Beef fiteera tid Cow L'U' If Any
Better Tbai Week Ago.
HOGS MUCH 0WER FOR THX WEEK
Receipt of heep Have Ileen Liberal
-All Week and Price Have Knsed
Off All the Way from Ten
to Twenty-Five t ents.
SOUTH OMAHA. March 5. 1904.
Receipt were: Cattle. Hus-'. Sheep.
Otlicl:il Monday 2.4!9 6.KS 1.X!
Official Tuesday 8.511 ,5r7 H.CH
Official Wednesday 3 7. W0 7.fl
Official Thursday 4.114 .U3 7.I.7.'
Official Friday 2,479 5,1 4.S73
Official Saturday 80 4.038 2-1
"Total this week 16.43S SS.MR 4,077
Same days lest week 2.'.ttJ7 tv4H Si 445
Ksme week before 18.27! fit'.R. 5 W.'l-ii
Same three weeks ago..ll.3S0 Bl.01'5 SW.P'l
Same four week.t ago.. .11.77)1 4".3I5 2i.'8
Snme days last year 18.S9s 38.174 33.M8
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.
The following table shows tho receipts
of cattle, hogs snd sheep at South Omaha
for the year to date, with comparisons Willi
Inrt Jtar;
1903. Inc. Dec.
Cattle IMS' 3 lfi.1.6'5 6,72
Hogs 4.'Bv!t'.3 4!7.3iO 11.6-'.3 ....
Sheep 333.950 130.3S0 iaj,."i70
Average prices paid for hogs at South
Omaha for th. last several days witU com
purl sons-
Date. 1904. 1903.1902.1901.!lOO.tlS!i9.11S9S.
Feb. 1R.
4 99
5 03
6 02
G tdj
5 2'l
6.271
6 22
g 7:-' 7
S '9
S 89
8 M
3 87
3 91
3 M
3 84
3 81
S M
3 79
3 81
3 68
3 78
3 05
3 M
3 87
3 8J
Feb.
16.
72
4 831 I 6S!
Feb
Feb.
Feu.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Fib.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
17.
IS.
19.,
20.,
21.,
22.,
23 .
24.,
25.
2fi.,
27.
2K.
29.
1..
2.,
1;
6.,
7 031
6 7
6 90
6 9M
I 781
4 Tul 3 61
6 04V
6 7K
5 84
5 Mi
5 KSl
f "
3 6.
4 83
6 1
6 :')i
6 321
e 2j
B 27H
6 22V.I
5 la1-!
6 31H
C 4.l '
4 7" 8 SO
6 9S
t 9:
M
0 Kl
6 91
4 74 3 47!
6 i'J
4 ft'.i 3 M
4 C9 3 581
a 22
6 .17
5 M
5 9J,
5 M
6 SO
i 3 68
4 C5i
i 33!
a .12
8 M5
6 SW
5 ?ti
6 2HI
62,1
V7
6 821
& &!
4 67 3 ff!
6 A"1
4 77; 8 641
4 6 S 5l
4 66 8 5:i
4 691 3 57l
I 3 621
4 74
6 17V4I
& ;
6 094
6 124,
5 04 I
6 07
Ml.
T 0 01
?!
7 nil 11
T 01! 07
7 11 5 97
Indicates Bundnv
The otTlclal number of cars of stock
brought in today by each road was:
Cuttle.Hogs.Sh'p.ll'scs.
C, M. & St. T. Ry 15
i'nlcui Paclllc system.... 9 7 .. 2
C. & N. W. Ry 1
F., E. & M. V. It. R 7
C, St. P., M. & O. Ry.. .. B
H. M. Ry i i 16 1 2
C, R. tf. Ry 2
C H. I. P. Ry.. east. .. ' 2
Chicago Ut. Western 1 .. 1
Total receipts 11 66 1 t
The deposition of the day's receipts was
as follows, each buyer pui chasing the num
ber of head indicated:
Cattle. Hugs. Sheep.
Omaha Packing Co UJ4 ....
bwiit and Company ol 1 ocO ....
Cuuahy 1'ucking . o 2 b-3 -11
Armour & Co 1,47 ....
Armour 6c Co., oioux City .... 1.016
Other buyer 43 4
Totals 106 4.O118 227
LAI JMi There were hevcral bunches of
caiile reported Una morning, but not
xnough to make a market. For the week
receipts have Leeu moderate, ihere bi iiiK
a decrease as compared wuh last wo k
of kbout 1,000 head and as. compared wlih
the same week of lavt year the falling oil
fcmoums to kliout 2.CU0 lieud.
l'rices this week havb lluctuated up nnd
down through a wide margin and at the
close of the week the market la rather un
even and unsettled. Up to and Including
Thursday the tendency of prices was up
ward and an advance of fully a uuarter
had gone into effect. On Friday, however,
packers seemed to have enough cattln to
last them until next week, and ns a result
they were very Indifferent and took off the
big bulk of the week's lulvance. the gen
eral market being quoted about IBiil'ftc
lower. The greatest decline was on the
common and short-fed kinds, so that some
of the good to choice gnides are perhaps a
dime higher than the closet of last week.
At the extreme close yeaurday. though, It
Is doubtful if anything would hu.v. sold
higher than a week ngo. Ocod to choice
grades are quotable from MbU to $.Y00. fair
to good, $4.00 to 14.50 and the commoner
kinds mostly from 1X75 to $4.00. .
The cow market advanced, if anything,
more rapidly than rteers the fore part of
the -vK und for that reason the break
on Friday was all the more severe. As
compared with the close of . last week the
market Is perhaps steady to a dime higher,
though the close yesterday was In such
bad shape that It was almost Impossible to
make a sale at any price. Cimncra und
cutters nre selling largely from $1.75 to
12.40 fair to good grsdes 12.40 to $2.91 and
good to choice (3 00 to 83.65.
The market on bulls has been In bad
shape all the week and the cloe was Ex
ceptionally mean. Packers were buying
very few and but for a few (.peculators a
large number would have en unoll. It
takes a choice bull to bring $1.27 and
something fancy might bring a Hale more.
The bulk of the fair to good bulls sell from
$2 66 to $3.00.
Veal calves have not fluctuated much
during the week, the bulk of them selling
fmm $4.W) to $5.50.
There has heen a good demand for Block
er and feeders all the week for this tlms
of the vear. As offerings have been very
moderate, trading has ruled oulte active,
with anything at all decent selling nt good
strong price. Representative sales:
BEEF STEERS.
Wo. At. Pr.
No. At. Pr.
1?TK 4 It
4 It
t !- 4 It
I Kt 1
t ma 1 K
1?5 o
1 K.20 4 15
STEERS AND HEIFERS.
4 1000 1 70 nee i m
cowa.
1 1070 t 70 . line I M
1170 7t 1U3 I 0
10 7 1 W 1 1!0 I 25
1 1140 I I'l
HEIFERS.
1 440 1 16
BULLS.
1 'so t on
STOCK EP-B AND'FEHDERS.
1 600 I 00 10 501 t 70
( MO I 45
HOGS There was a small run of hues
here this morning, which makes Uiu re
ceipts this week about 3u,cJ0 head eiiort of
the supply of lost week, put us compared
with the corresponding wouk of lust )eur
tl ere is little chuiiKC The market all the
week has been in a very unsettled condition
owing to the rapid fluctuations in provi
sion. Packers nave been slow to taku hold
owing to the fact that it was Impo .iiiolu to
tell what the next move In provision would
be. lu other words, it was a wur market.
which means that It was a hard market to
operate on both from the buyers' and so'l
ers' standpoint. The decline in the price of
hogs for the week amounts to about 2c.il3Uc.
1 lie market una morning was again verv
slow. Receipts were bo light that there wu
scarcely a good killing lor any one packer.
The provision market opened blahor and
sellers were holding lor more money. Pack
ers, though, were not willing to give It, and
us a result trading was slow all the niorn-
Intr. with sales ranging steady to ctronK.
The bulk of the mwltum to good weight
hogs sold from $5 to $5.10. with choice heav
ies rrom .i.l, to o.&. intt quality of the
offerings was not a good today, so thut
the market on paper does not look as high
as It rea'ly wa as compared with yester
day. The lightweights went hu-gely from
$5 down.
No. A. f h. Pr.
74 ITU 40 4 15
M2 ltll IM
U tT .. 4 95
7 1st . . 4 r,
5 201 10 I 00
H tn .. t no
71 :il 40 i 00
No. At. h. Pr.
67 t; 40 t nt'
tl i-i 40 6 07Va
It 224 KO t 10
11 14 160 t 10
64 l(,S .. i 10
1 20 .. t 10
71 11 tO I 10
7f 4 .. t 10
1 :?4 mi 1 00
Tl tit .. t otct Tl 140 .. t 10
J 143 .. I 06 C! 146 .. t 10
70 12n 0 t OS 41 M 140 I
71 til .. 'I 06 (4 240 120 t I J 14
47 121 U i K II .. t 12.
78 Ill .. I 06 40 !t7 tn I It
44 1M 10 I 01 19 1 W I II
U 214 10 i US 74 2t4 til fit
bO Jl .. I 05 4! 274 40 t 1T'4
44 t tt 10 f 06 0 t1 Ml I 10
71. ...x. 2.11 40 I S 47 23 44 I 10
7 211 .. I dl'i -i no to t :i
SHEEP There wus only one car of sheep
reported this morning, so that it could not
be said that a fair test of the market was
niucle. They were wt-ihrrs and sold for
$4 25. For the week receipts have hern quite
liberal, there belr.g a (coin over last week
of about lo.uuu head, and us compared wtlh
the same wen-k of butt ear tbo Increase
amount to 13,u) head.
The market haa te.n in good shape most
of tit week considering thu hea'v receipts
both ul this point ani at otte rs, packer
have evidently bad a good outlet for the'r
uitdi jiruuui-.i., ur. uuirtKiAu me iiuiikch
would iiave licwu a much treat. r Immc
Lambs have not moved an freely as ini
and are probtbly in extreme cas-s l.Vnunc
lower than at th. clou of l.tt week. Y fur
ling in a good many t".tanceH have 41V0
Khuwu treat mjch decline. 1 Iih itemaiul
thi cigh. for wetherx.aiKl ewes lias tern In
aotxl hai and iirice are not over !4jl5c
lower, and tin decline ia luore noticeable
on th commoner kinds.
! There Is but inucb ta k said ol feeUtra,
ss recHpts ar so light that a tet"t of the
market has not been marie.
Quotations for corn-fid stock: Chair
western lamt a, $S..V"ui 7."; fair to po.i.l
lamb, $.'.tr ,V; kmcmi tj choice Mexican
yearlings. 4. ;..: good to choice west
ern yearling. $l.&nii4.7; fair to go-d year
lings), $4 2,-4i4 6"; gnod to c hoice we. hers, $4.i
fen .40; fair to good wethers. $ t. 1.""; gno.
to choice ewes. $.1 s.V,( I 10; fair to good ewes,
tl.A04j8.tO. Representative sales:
No. A v. Pr.
7 western ewes p7 3 7"
220 western yearlings Ill 4 25
CHICAGO LIE STUCK MARKET.
Prices Nominal for CattlA and I'll
Cents Higher for Una:.
CHICAOO, March 6. CATTLE Receipts.
2X) head; market nominal; good to prime
steers. $5 .OW'i$.75: poor to medium, tt 6itl
4 3": stockers and feeders. $..'. 50a 4.26; cows.
Il.6tru4.ft); tcnlves) heifers, $'.ucj4 60: fan
ners. $l.5iifi2.5o: bulls, 2.0C.i 4.C0; calves, $1.00
fji6 .r0; Texas fed steers. $4 C'Va4.75.
HOOS Receipts tod;iy. 7.00H head; esti
mated Monday. 30,unu head; market stea ly
to 6c higher; mixed and butchers. $o.lO,io.4S;
good to cholcn heavy, tiv-i-rvfio; rough
heavy, $.7 .1frii6.4(jj light, $1.6un(5.30; bulk of
s.il-s. $5.'tHi,'i.4i.
SHEEP AND LAMPS-Recelpts. t.OaO
head; market steady; good to choice weth
ers. f..2Mi4.?6; fair to choice mixed. $3.S0i
4 26: western sheep, $4.60110.76: native lambs,
$J.757j5.2S; western lambs, t4.75ft6.00.
Receipts. Shipments.
Cattle 2.XH5 AMI
Hogs 13,:S2 7.9S1
Sheep 9,001 4.65
i
Knnsn. City Live Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY. March 6 CATTLE Ra
ceipts. 300 head; market unchanged; export
and drossed beef steers, $4.&iif.2S; fair to
good, $4 COli 4.75; western fed steers, t!.40'ii
4.60; stockers and teeders, $3.004.20; south
ern steers, $3.50',4.5."i; southern cows, $?.4otf
3.25; native cows, $J.00ii.1.W: native heifers,
$:.2C'(i4.2E; native Imllm $2.5tKu3.5. Receipts
for the week, 29.100 head.
HOOS Receipts, l,vi head: market 1io
higher. Top. $5.26; bulk of sale. tr.0Oii'5.SO;
heavy. $.".2'''(5.3.".; jiackers. $5 l"fn5.30; pies
and lights, $4.156.10. Receipts for the week,
40.8' head.
SHEEP AND LAMI1S Receipts, 200 head;
market steady; native Ir-mbs, $6 00n 5 66;
western Iambs, $u.0tVii5.6O; fed ewes. $.1 mij1
4.25; Texas clipped yearlings, $4 S'ifS .20;
stockrs and fr.edcrs, $2.75i4.25. Receipts
for the week, 24,150 head.
St. T.onls Live Stock Market.
ST. LOCIS, March 6 CATTLE Receipts.
JfiO hesd; no Texnns. Market steady; native
shipping and export steers, $12 &.') -0;
dressed beef and butcher steers, $4.00fii; Ti.oi;
steers under l.ono lbs., $3.7l(i)4.8u: stockers
and feeders, $2. 4ofr3.no; cows snd hotfe s,
2.2MH.Jn; ennners. $J.25'?i2.50; bulls, $:.aOtf
3.65: calves. t3.(Wi6.75.
HOtJS Receipts. 2.600 head. Market was
steadv to 6c hUher; pigs nnd lights. $4 55
4.9(i: packers. $4.Sj4fu.80; butchers' and best
henvv. $5.25fi5.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 250
head. Market steady; native muttons, $4 0)
Si4 6-.: lambs, $4.5ti&'4.tV): culls and bucks,
$2.00fli3.S5; sto-ikers. $2.0OtTi3.O0.
Vrn- Tork Live Stock Market.
NR"f7 YORK, March 5 BEEVES Re
ceipts, 19 head; no sales; dressed heef
steadv: cltv dressed native sides, general
sales, 4'4it'He. Reported exports for today
were sflt beeves and 6.7SO quarters of heef.
CALVES Receipts. 7 head: no trading;
cltv dressed veals, general sales, 7l,T12c.
lions Receipts, 2,1)0 head; no sales re
ported. SHEEP AND LAMItS-Reeelpts. 1.214
head: sheep nominal; very little inquiry for
lambs: prices a vera trod a little firm; salps
of lambs wer at 6.121,ii6 80; dressed mut
ton, 6ifKe; cl reused lambs. SVi'lOc.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
SIOCX CITY. Ia., March 6. (Special
Telegram. CATTLE Receipts. 100 head.
Market steady; beeves. $3.60'lf4.70; cows,
bulls and mixed, $2.00'i3.50; stockers and
feeders, $3.CO4i3.70; calves and yearlings,
$2.7r.3.70.
HOOS Receipts, 2.400 head. Market
MeAdy, Belling at $4.S.Yy5.:0; bulk, $5.0CKa0.10.
St. Josrpb Live Stock Mnrkrt.
ST. JOSEPH, March 6. CATTLE Re
ceipts. 45 head. Market unchanged.
Ht MIS Receipts, l.Otvl head. Market 6c
higher; light, $4.901u.l5: medium and heavy,
jr.-i2',4'"fi.n5.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 774
head. Market steady.
Stock In Sight.
for the tdx principal western cities yes
terday: Cattle. Hoes. Sheep.
South Omaha 8!0 4.0M Z'A
Chicago 200 7.000 2.'0
Kansas City 300 l.nao ?i)
St. Iiuls 200 2Jf) 250
St. Joseph 45 .. 774
Sioux City 1(W 2.400
Totals 1,205 18.871 T 415
Foreign Financial.
IONDON, March 6. Money was abun
dant in the market today; rules were eot-y
and the demand fcinall. Trading on (he
Stock exchange was inajilmat-, it being thi
evo of the sutlleineiu. Mucli satlirfaetjoii
wus expreitsed at the fait that tile Pails
settlement passed smoother than appeared
probable. Put it wai not toilowea by en
oulliurat of buying, which was not sur
prising, as the position of Paris is not
such as to warrant considerable stock spec
ulations. Many stocks have been hard hit
since the outbreak of the war. Consols
were ilrm. Americans were dull; their
movements were flat. Grand Trunks was
steadier, though the tock continued to
ruffer. pnrlly owing to the ilsllke of the
Pacific scheme. Argentines were easier on
no settlement of the railroad strike in Ar
gentine having been reached.
PARIS, March 6. Prices on the Bourse
today were heavy and business was in
active. There was some improvement
toward th" close. Russian Imperial 4s
closed at 91.01. The private :ate of dis
count was 8 9-16 per cent; 3 per cent rettt-s,
05f 17Uc for the account; exchange on Lon
don. 15f 17o for checks.
RERUN. March 6."-Prlees on the Bourse
toda were weaker: exchange on London,
20m 664 pfgs. for checks.
4
Wool Market.
BOSTON, March 6. WOOLTerrltory
wools active; pulled end foreign wools firm
and steady. The leading quotations are:
Idaho, medium, H"jl7c; low medium, 17'glse.
Wy. lining, tine. 154116c; heavy fine, 13'.) 14c;
medium, ltm;19c; low medium, 19U20C. Utah
and Nevada, flnc, 15fil6c; heavy fine. VJrt
14c; fine nicidium, ItiulTc; medium, IKjrlSc;
low medium, I'.i'ci'JOc. Dakota fine, 16'(jl0c;
fine medium, ltVi17c; medium, 18'ul9c; low
medium. lSf'niOc. Montana, medium choice.
lO'y.'Oc; average. IK'ulSlc; staple, l!i20c; me
dium choice. WW.
ST. LnriS. March 5. WOOT Steady;
medium grades, combing and clothing, Kfrf
21c; light fine. hVfiic; heavy lihe, 124f
4U.c Tiiti waneo. j'l'o.iic.
ijiNDON. March E. WOOL The arrivals
of wool for the third series of auction
Fules amount to tales, imports or
wool this week were: New South Wales,
8ri; bales; South Australia. 3.030 bales;
New Zealand, 16,150 bales; Cape of 1o'id
Mope and Natal, 1.6'11 hales; Falkland isl
ands, 1,217 bales; elsewhere, 4.1S0 bales.
Oils and Rosin.
mT. CITY. March 6 OIL Credit tal-
ances, $1.74; certificates, no bid. Shipment.
M.621 bbls., average S609 bbls. ; runs. 61,-
44i bbls., average vi.vm ini!.; siiipmenm,
Lima, 9I.46 bbls., average 73. i bbls.; runs,
Lltna 5.) 170 bbls., average 4S.742 bbls.
tcn.-w vnrU' March 6 OiL Cotton
,.- a ' milrt- nrtme crude, nominal: rflmo
sellciw Sf'ie. Petroleum, steady; rcflnsl,
New York. JS.7S: I'hilfldelphla and Haiti-
more, $s.70: tulme in duik, bo. l urpen
tlne. firm. fi2Vi64c.
ROSIN tnilet: strained, common co
good. $2.7'W?.Kj. .
" . I.:.... ... - r 1. r ATT -.. II...
hAVA.NAU, Jtliircil l.-uiu iuim:ikiiic,
firm. Wc.
ROSIN Firm: A. H. ''. l, r?4,; r;, r:m:
f; S: O. tlW. II. I2.R: T. V 95: K. 3 27:
M, $3.30; N. U3&; V G, $3.65; W W, $3 73 j
Sngar and MnUiiri, J
WW YORK. March 5. SI'IA R Raw.
Arm; fair refining. 2 15-16e; centrifugal. 96
test i 7-1 0o. Molasses sugar, 211-16c. Re
HnedTflrm: No. 6. 4.1".c: No. 7. 4 10c: No. (i.
4 '6c: No. S, 4c; No. 10. g irte; No. 11. XftOc;
No. 12. S.Hfic: No 13. g.stm; No. 14. i.tw; con
fectioners' A. 4 c; mould A. 4.9)c: cut loaf.
52Gc: crushed. 6.26c; powdered, 4.CCc; granu-
lute1 4.fV,c: cuties. 4 wtc.
MOLASSI-S Firm; New Orleans open
ketft good to cbclce, 31370.
NEAV ORLEANS. March 5. SIVJAR
Steadv; open kettle. J; f 3 1-16c; open kettle
centrifugal. 3it 4--: centrlfuifsl whit-.
4S-lrtc; yellow, W'r3 1616c; seconds. 2,';
l-16c.
Mt.lASSES Nomlril; open kettle, 2"ff
26,-: centrlfneil. lOtjUe.
SYP.UP-2CU20C.
Coffee Market.
NEW YORK. March 6. COFFEE Fu
tures opened bleady at unchanged price"
to an advance "f I've points. 'Hie d ih
wis tteady ut a partial advanc e of 6 point.
Hairs were reported of w.i bags. Includ
ing Mai'4-I: Ht 6.K-iV2vc; Aptil. ST'giJV;
May, 6 35'j5 4oe; Julv. S.fio"; Sepieint-r,
6. !'; October, 6 ,.Vj?c')i!'; November, Ce;
Iei emler. 6 16o: January, S 2oc. The world's
visible supply statein nt showed a decreie
fir the nmnth "f l.:l . 4H bag-4. against H
d crt ae during the Mtu'e inonlh hist year
of about 2"j"'- t ans. The pres-nt avail ibie
supply is 1.1 lhl ' bsgs. against 13.3' T VI
tiags 1 h st month snd 12.617. 26 last year.
i.t Rio. steudy; No. 7 I a vole. Mwo. ilild.
I lady; Cordova, U'ilSu. ,
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Vtheat Si p Quietly Duwn Withoat Any
Epciil Tes'iiref.
CROWD SCARES AT RtPOitt FROM OHIO
Cash Market Continue Dnll anil Offer
ins a by Sainiple In torn Are
Few and Knr Hr
OMAHA, March 6. W4.
A quietly declitiu.g wheat market was
thut of today, without sp c al leoture.
Corn held its own. The p.'or Ohio rep Tt,
the first from tho winter wbea' was
taken by tho crowd ns indicating pour con
ditions over a lmgir area. 'Ibis gave wheat
some strength at the opening, l ater re-
I torts of ruin In Kansas induced selling and
irotight the market to a weak llui-h. J heso
fiuctuatiens, in obedience to crop news,
show that tho market is Hearing a njrinal
condition.
Chicago May wheat opened tit from
In stronger titan the close? of Friday. Tho
high point shortly alter t lie opening was
OVhC and the low Just be torn tbo closo
! Omaha declined from v.i,c to So (c.
Chicago new July was off at the close only
ije. Corn did not lose any ground during
the morning, umaha May opeuect at 4.v4o
and strengthened to 46", but was weaker
st the close, being 45'ic. Chlcaco M ty
fluctuated between 6Sic and 64V,o and close 1
at about the oix-nlng figure.
The range of prices t.tld cn the Omaha
exchange Saturday was:
Closed
Open. High. Low. Today. Frl'jr.
Wheat -
May R6'i ftfiti jr.i 1
July K2 b2'. 12 t24 B3
C orn
May ...... ...4r.ii 46 4"Vi 454 4r.'i
July 447 46 44 45 44
Oats
Ma j
...30
4 a; v;
4
29'
arch
Local Cash tirnln Market.
Iho cash market continued dull. Not
wiihstancllng the fact that .'imnha is rela
tively the highest corn ?narket. offerings by
wimple on tho exchange tloor nre light. The
elevators, however, lire har.. '.:!'- many cars.
Recciots of wheat were 11 cars In and 3
cars out; one week ago, t and 1 car. Corn
receipts were 60 cars 'n nnd 27 cars out;
one week ngo, 11 and 55 cars. Oats receipts,
9 cars In and S cars out.
WHEAT No. 2 hard. f.3HT:S7c: No. 3
hard. S2fn5c: No. 4 hard. 71V'i7nc; N". -spring,
S4';;,)c; No. 3 spring. Siy-6c; No. 1
spring. 71'ct74c.
CORN No. 2. 43c: No. 3. 40SMle: No. 4.
MHtfl'c ; No. 2 vellow, 42'-H3c; No. S vel
low. 41HW42C; No. 2 white, 42'ic; No. 3
white. 41(u41V.
OATS No. 2, riasc; No. i. WU.ffVc: No.
4. S.ii3GHc;.No. 2 white, 42c; No. 3 white,
SUfrtOc; No. 4 white, SSVic; standard, 410.
Xote from the Exchange Office.
Ray Nye of Fremont was a visitor on th
exchange floor.
Omaha. Inspections of grain were 81 cars.
Of wheat 1 car graded No. 1 northern, 6
curs No. 3 hard winter, 1 car No. 4 hard
winter, 1 cur no grade. Of corn 9 cars
graded No. 3, 5 cars No. 4, 1 car No. 3 white
and 2 cars No. 4 white. Of oats 4 cars
graded No. 3 white and 1 car No. 4 white.
Grain Market Risen here.
Closing
today at
lows:
prices pf grain Friday nnd
the markets named were as fol-
KANSAB CITT,
-Closed
Wheat
Ma v . . ,
jutr ..,
Corn
Ma v . ,
July ...
Wheal
May ...
July ...
Corn
May ..
July ..
Wheat
May ....
July
Wheat
May . .
July ...
Wheat
May ....
July ...
Today. Friday.
Rt'W
44 A
44 W
fcl.
44'
44:',
ST. LOUIS.
9Mn
86L1
4574,11
4S.
94 A
S7A
45411
4.x v
MINNEAPOLIS.
974,
9-7
DULUT1I.
96n
ojwu
9674
U7WU
NEW YORK.
.$1.01 $1.00HB
NEW YORK SEVERAL MARKET.
Quotation ut the Iiy on Various
Commodities.
NEW YORK, March C Receipts, 21,635
bbls.; cxpurtH, 9,576 bbls.; market cpiiet but
steadv; winter patents, to 2.", ufi.CO; winter
straights, $5.00715.35; Minnesota pateiits. 5.25
4(6. iij; winter extras, $.!.u)'ci4.o0; Minnesota
bakers, $4.;XU4.70; winter low ci'Jut-s, S.:i.(rv
3.80. Rye Hour, q':lot; fair to gnod. $4. Sou
4 53; choice to fancy, $4.ifO04.85. Pjckwhcat
flL-.ir, nominal.
CORNMEA1 Steady; yellow western,
$l.l2',..; city, $i.H; Kiln dried, $3 153.26.
It v 1-: 1 Hill : No. i western, c, to arrive.
PARLEY -Easy; feeding, dOo. c. 1. f.. New
Tork; malting, 50'(iti5c, c. i. "., Uuffalo.
WHEAT Receipt. 40.960 bii. Spot mar
ket firm; No. 2 red. 51.04, elevstor, and $1.05
(ul OS, f o. b., afloat; No. ' northern Duluth,
11.09W. o. b., alloat; No. 1 northern Mani
toba, nominal, f. o. b., alloat. Market
c-pened firm; Mav. $1.000(1.019-16. closeil at
$l.ul; July. STSuftSHcc closed at 37c; Sep
tember, SU-SiiWoUo, e.ltsd at SlKnc
CORN Rec elpts. bu.; exporta, 68
bu. Spot market firm; No. 2, nominal, ele
vator, and 65Ve, f. o. b.; No. 2 vellow, 67c;
No. 2 white, 664c. Options crened firm,
closing -4c lower to Kc hiyhor; May, f'it
6!Hc, closed at CS74c; July, t745Sc, closed at
17c.
OATS Receipts. 324,600 bu.: exports. S.9."6
bu. Spot market dull; No. 2. 66V,c; standard
white, 57c; No. 2 white, 67c; No. 3 white,
60ijo.
llAY-Steady; shipping, C5Q75c; good to
choice. 96c-'n$1.05.
RICE Steady; domestic, fair to extra, 34
liiVjc; Japan, nominal.
HOPS Firm: state, common to choice,
1903. 3Vu37c; 1902, 24'2Xc: olds, WUVSc. Pa
cific coast, 1903, 7i&33c; 1902, 24270; olds, 10
(f15o.
HIDES Firm; Oalveston, 50 It) a lbs.,
ISc; California, 21 to lo ibs., 19c; Texas dry,
24 to $0 lbs., 14c.
TALLOW Quiet; city C$2 per pkg), BVic;
country ipkgs. free), bfyr.
LEATHER Firm; acid. 2432Cc.
VOOIy Firm: fleece, t?32o.
PROVISIONS Peef. steady; family. $11 50
512 50; mess, l.-t.OnftM.CO; beef hams, l-VcXKuv
2i.00; packet. $10 5o'i 11.60; city xtra India
mess. lOOal' 00. Cut nu-nts, steady; plc-k-led
bellies, $7.50f8.25; pickled shoulders,
$6.25; pickled hams. $10.00'i 11.00. Lard,
steady; V estern steamed, $7 65; refined,
fteivly; continent. $7.75: Sooth America.
$S 86: compound, $6.87''cf7.0o. Pork, sleady;
family. $16.Oi-?r18.60; short clear, $15,000) 10.75;
mess." $15 5ofil6.00.
BUTTER Steady: extra fresh creamery,
2Bc; creamery, common to choice, l"i'(i241ic;
Imitation creamery. 14190; state dairy, 14ff
I2c; l-enovated. IVWtc; held creamery, 14-if
22c: factory, 12H7il5'ic.
CHEESE Firm; stato full cream, fancy,
small colored, Septoniher. lie; lata made,
lO'-ie; small white. September. 12c; late
made, loc; large! colored. September, 12c;
late made, 7Wc; large while, SeptcmbtT.
12c: 'ate made Vr.
EGGS Steady; state and Pennsylvania
FOUR POINTS
WHEN YOU
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS
PLACE YOUR
TliEilOFGOiilS
ta n Ki H
Capita! and Surplus, $603,000.00.
General Offices: N. Y. Life BIdg., Minneapolis.
IlltCT CCDUIHC Moil rsllabl market Informallon. LraTt
a : Ubdl OLillluC privMte wire system In America.
2LVC rilinillTCC to execute your orders If the market
a YlC uUMitMN I Lb readies the price whiwn you act.
We charsTC NO INTtHF.ST for carrying- Ion stocks,
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OUAKA ERAMCH Icl8 Firna St., Tel. 3467. THOS. U. WADOICK, Cor.
N. 11. Ws Issna each welc an exhaustive r-1rw if the markets and the
most accurate forcst of future movements. Free at any of our offices.
nearby, averngw finest, flc; seconds t
flrs's. ;1c; western tlrsis. 21c,
Ki! eln nre the levctpts and shlpmenti
of fl 'tir and grun:
Articles. Recelrts. Shipments.
Flour, bhl 38.7nO ?0.)
Wheat, bu 4."..t'0 499)
Corn, l-u 174. c) 9i,l
oat?, bu i;6o yi).;"!
Hip. bu L'.ico 3.ot
ltai ley, bu Itj.H'O 2v70
On the Produce exchange tndty the but
ter market was weak: creameries, Hlf-lc;
dalre, HV '". Egg steady at mark, tasee
liicludcd, 17(ii ISc. cheese steady, liiVtUUVkc.
OMAII1 WIIIH.KMtl.H MARKET.
Condition of Trade and Quotations an
Staple and Fancy Produce.
EtHiS-Receipts, more liberal; market
Weaker; fresh slock L'.id including cases,
ltk
LIVE POULTRY Hens, u'4c; young
roosters. SiiKc; old roosters, uc; turkeys,
l.lu I4c; ducks, Pc; geese, 6c.
DRESSED Pol L'lRV Tut keys, 1'rtl7c;
duckN, 11 y 12c; geese, lac; chickens,' lOii lie.
ULTTEll Packing sttKk, 12'ci; clinic-
to fancy dairy roll, 13414c; separator, 20c.
FRESH FISH-Trout. nluc-; pickerel.
5'iij6c; 1'lke. c; perch, cijj6'ic; Iduehsli,
15c; wnliotlsh, bgHc; salmon, 11c; haddock,
lee; codfish. 12c; redsnapper, 11c: lobsters,
boiled, per lb., 32c; lobsters, green, per lb.,
Si'c; btillhrsds, 11c; cattish. l.liiHe; black
bass, 2Hc ; halibut, 10c; crajiples, 12c: her
ring, 4-.c; white boss, lie, blueflns, tc;
smelts, itiinic.
OYSTERS New Tork Counts, per can,
4.'c; per gal , $J.cK); extra select, per can,
3,'ic; per gal., $1.80; standard, per can, 27c;
p-r gal., $1 60.
BRAN i-r ton, $15.6c).
HAY Prices quoted by Omaha Wholesale
Dealers' association: Choice No. 1 upland,
$6 50; No. 2, $6.0(i; medium, $5.50; coarse,
$5.00; rye straw, $5.00. These prices sre for
hay of good color and quality. Demand
fair and receipts llaht.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES-Colorado, $l.cm; Dakota, per
bu., $i.(i; natives, S5c.
SW'iCET I'OTA'l'OES Muscatine, per bbl
$3.60.
NAVY BEANS Per bu., $2.3.35.
CELERY Large California, 6oe, 70o and
90c.
ONIONS-Spanlsh, per crate. $1.90; Col
mtlo yellow and red, per lb., 3c
CAIIHAGE Wisconsai Holland, 3c; nw
California. 3c.
TURNIPS White, per bu., 60a
CAHUnT.t-l'fr bit., $1(10.
PARSNIPS Pr bu.. 7uC.
14EETS Per bu.. 75c.
CAULIFLOWER Cullfornfa, per crat,
$2.75.
Cl Cl'MBERP Per tlos.. $1.251j1.60.
Tt)MATOES Florida, per 6-boket crate,
$4.50. .
KADI PHEW Per dox. bunches, 86c.
LETTUCE HEADS Per dox. bunches. JOa
ftll.Oii; per bbl $T.OO; leaf lettuce, per dos.
bunches. 15c.
TURNIPS-Sotithern, per dos.'Bo.
r l!r. I B p-onc nern per eioa., lue;.
CA RROTS Southern, per
dux.
TSc.
I . PSI.EY Southern. p r
dox.,
$1.00.
PH ALLOTS, pct dor... 7..c.
ONION SETS Per bu.' of S3 lbs., jrel'.OW,
$1.50; red. $1.75; white, $2.00.
FRUITS.
ArPLKS California .-iellflo wers, per box,
$1.76; New i ork export Greenings, Russets
and Baldwins. tl.OO.
l-RANBERRIES-J-ersey, per bbl., $7.00;
per box. $2.60; Wisconsin Bell and Bugle,
$,s. 00; Bell and Cherry, $6.50.
GRAPES Imported Malagas, per keg,
$$ cto
STRAWBERRIES Flotlda, per at 46(3
60c
TROPICAL FRUITS.
ORANGES Navals, all sizes. $2 5018176.
LEMONS California, fancy. 3tiet to 360,
$3.60; choice, 240 to 270 sl7.es. $3.0O(f3.26,
r l(;s t nlirornia, iter lo-iu, canons, r.-?c;
Imported Smyrna, B-crown,
14c; 6-crown,
itc; i -crown, lc.
BANANAS Per medium
sized bunch.
$2.n"Ti" 50; Jumbos, $2.75(ij3.25.
DATES Pcrsien. Per box
of $0 pkgs..
$2.00; per lb. la 60-lb.- ho-res,
uintYeo dnteq. rer box. $2.40.
6c; Oriental
COCOANUTS-Fer ,acg, $4.00; per dos.,
50c.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CHEESE Wisconsin twins, full, cream,
12c; Wisconsin Young Americas, 13c; block
Swiss, 16c-; Wisconsin brick, 13c; Wisconsin
limbtirger, 12c.
HONEY Nebraska, per 21 frames $3.00;
Utah and Colorado, per 24 frames, $3.00.
MAPLE SUGAR Ohio, per lb., 10c.
CIDKR-Per bbl.. $5.50; per V4 bbl., $3.25.
HORSERADISH Per case of 2 doi.,
packed, KOc.
HIDES No. 1 green, 6c; No. 2 green. 6c:
No. 1 salted. 7c; No. 2 salted. So; No. 1
veal calf. 3 to 12 lbs., 6Hc; No. 2 veal calf,
13 to 15 lbs., 64c; dry salted hides, 8fn2c:
sheep pelts, 25)i76c; horse l.ices. $1.602.60.
NUTS Walnuts. No. soft ihell. per lb.,
15c; hard shell, rer '.b., 14c; No. 2 soft shell,
per lb., lPe; No. 2 hard shell, ner lb., 12c;
Praxlls, per lb,, 11c; fl'berts, per lb., Jlc;
nlmonds. Soft rholl,, yier lb., 16c; hard
rhell, iter lb., 13c; pecans, large, per lb.,
J'o; small, per lb., U.c; peanuts, per lb.,
60; roasted peanuts, per lb., Ce; Chill .!
nuts, UirflSHc: large I.dfkorv ruts, per bu.,
$1 50; shell larks, per bu., $2.00; Hack wkI--r.uts,
per tu $1.2J
St. I .on Is (,Tin and Provisions. -
ST. LOL'IS. March 1AWIIEAT Lnwur,
No. 2 rl, rash, eleva'cr. f9'ic; track, $1.04'i
1.07: May, 93V:; ,'uly. UW,c; No. 2 Wei
9: '.if 96c.
CORN Higher: No. t cash, 44c: track,
45fi4.".V.c; May, 4FTftc; July, 4H4'ii-840.
OATS Strong; No. 2, cash, 42c: track.
421A0: Miy, a.c; No. I white, 43fi43Hc
FLOUR Dull; red winter patent, $8,100
6 25. with 60 per cent patents r.s high aa
$5 40: extra fancy and ;ri lght, $4 ATR 06.
673 ED Timothy. ntady nt $2.60i2.75.
t ( tKN M r.A 1, Steady at $2 60.
SHAN-Steady; sacked, fast track, 90W92o.
MY- Dull; timothy. IS.OtKTjU.DO; prairie,
$7 50719 50. '
RoN COTTON TIES S2c.
RAGGING 6Uc.
T4RMI' TWIVE -.
T 'ROV78ION8 - Pork, higher; Jobbing.
$14 274. Lard, higher; prime steam, $6.75.
)tac-on, steady: boxed extra 'horts, $8124'
clear ribs. $s.26: short dear, W.25.
POULTRY Steady; chickens. lOtTlOHe;
springs. Iti'c; turkeys, lt313c; ducks. Ho;
g ese. fr(t,r.
RITTER-Steady; creamery, S0ftt7t
dalrv. IRT1I90.
EGGS Lower at 16c.
ltecelpfs. Shipment.
Flour, bbls lO.OoO 16,000
Wheat, bu 66.v0 11.000
Corn, bu K ono 69,000
Oats, bu 60,000 41,000
Minneapolis f.rsln Market:
MINNEAPOLIS, Mar-h 8. WHEAT
May, 97iikiji97'tc: July, P;te; Sentember,
ftVS,c: on track. No. 1 hard. $1003-1.0014;
No. 1 northern, 98'4c; No. 2 northern, 954c;
N". 3i WflfMUo.
FLOUR First patents are n-ioed st 6 25
(ft 6 36: second patents. $5.1oi6 20; first clears,
$3 ScVfM 25; second clears. 2.1V'i.?.60; car lota
In wood, f. o. b, MlnneanollB.
BRAN In bulk. $IC.0O' 16.24.
Milwaukee t;rnlu Market.
MILWAUKEE, March 6 WHEAT
Steady; No 1 northern, 90ofifi.no; No. 2
I orthern. Wric; old Julv. H3'i93c.
RYE-Steadv: No, 1, 75V'r?77c.
BARLEY Steady; No, 2, 63c; aample,
S8flllc.
CORN Dull; No. S, 44HtT46e; July 62V4o
bid.
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