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Rye was quoted 1 cent lower and barley unchanged. * Continued liquidation of long wheat caused further weakness in that grain roday. Coarse grains, while some what lower in sympathy, showed a much better tone due to lighter re ceipts and a better call for export. Long wheat came out freely, being In fluenced largely by bearish foreign news und the only support uccorded this grain was buying on resting or ders. WHEAT. No. 2 dark hard: 1 car, $1.20: 1 car, $1.1$, smutty, special billing: 1 car, $1.17; 1 car, $1.18, shipper’s weights; 1 car, $1.17, special billing No. 3 dark hard: 1 car $1.10. No. 2 hard winter: 1 car, $1.17. special hilling; 10 earn, 91.137 l car, $1.13, live weevil; 1 car, $1.14; 1 car, $1.15. No. 3 hard winter: 1 car, $1.14; 6 cars, $1.12; 2 cars, $1.12, live weeeil; l car, $1.12, 0.1 per cent heat damaged. No. 4 hard winter: l car, $1.10, 0.8 per tent heat damaged; 1 car, 91.11, 0.7 per tent heat damaged. No. 3 hard winter: 1 car, $1.06, 1.5 per cent heat damaged Sample hard winter: l car, 98c, 6 per cent heat damaged. No. 2 yellow hard: 1 car, $1.13. No. 1 mixed: l cur, $1.16Vj. special bill ing; 1 car, $1.07, 42 pt*r cent durum; 1 t ar. $1.14, 86 per cent spring. No. 2 mixed: 1 car, $1.13, 86 per cent hard winter: 1 car, 99He. durum. No. 3 mixed; 1 car, $1.12, smutty. No. 4 mixed: 1 car. $1.00, durum. No. 3 durum: 1 car, $1.00. No. 6 durum: 1 car, $1.00. CORN. No. 1 white: 1 car, 65r. No. 2 white: 2 cars, 65c. No. I white; 3 care. 64V*e. Sample white: 1 car, 60c (fire burnt). No. 2 yellow: 1 car, 68c (special bill ing); 3 care, 66tyc. No. .1 yellow: 1 car. 66c (special bill ing); 1 car, 66o (shipper's weights); 2 cars, 66r. No. 2 mixed: 3 cars, 65c (shipper's weights); 4 cars, 64Vic; 1 car, 65c. No. 3 mixed: 1 car. 66c (special bill ing); 1 car, 64Vic (shipper's weights); 4 i ars, 6 4c. No. 4 mixed: 1 car, 64c; 1 car, 63c; 1 car, 63Vic. OATS. No. 2 white: 1 car, 42V«c (shipper's weights); 1 car, 42V4c. No. 8 white: 5 cars, 41-ic. No. 4 white: 1 car, 41 Vic. RYE. No. 2: 3 cars, 84c. No. 2 white; 1 car, 83Vic. BARLEY. No. 4: 1 car. 63c; 1 car. 62c. OMAHA RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. (Cariots.) Receipts: Today. W'k Ago. Y’r Ago. Wheat . 104 136 8 ('orn . 93 67 33 Oat* . 23 20 10 Tire . 6 5 2 Barley . 2 2 Shipments: Wheat . 45 116 6 Corn . 67 34 106 Qatt . 27 21 6 Rye . 2 11 Barley .. 1 2 PRIMARY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. (Bushels.) Receipts: Today. Week Ago. Year Ago. Wheat .1,812,000 1,707,000 482.000 Cqrn .1,759,000 3,440.000 729.000 Oats . 683,000 638,000 333,000 Shipments: Whe .ta. B62>00 697.000 286,000 Corn . 761.000 422.000 1,158.000 EXPORT CLEARANCES. (Bushels.)) Today. Year Ago. Wheat and flour. 636.000 687.000 Corn . 210.000 236.000 Oata . 40,000 . CHICAGO RECEIPTS. * Week Year Carlota— Today. Ago. Ago. Wheat . DR 20 8 Corn .545 467 341 Oats . 97 92 61 KANSAS CITY RECEIPTS. Week Year Carlots— Today. Ago. Ago. Wheat .237 .. 62 Corn . 44 .. 15 Oata . 14 5 ST. LOUIS RECEIPTS Week Year Carlota— Today. Ago. Ago. Wheat . 78 in? 44 Corn . 81 *75 54 Oata . 28 34 14 NORTHWESTERN WHEAT RECEIPTS. "Week Year Carlots— Today. Ago. Ago. Minneapolis ...... 609 529 1 10 Duluth . 96 1 32 38 Winnipeg .1.187 684 141 Kansan City Grain. Kansan City. Mo, Dec. 29.—Wheat— Cash. No. 2 hard, $1.14(01.20; No. 2 red. $1.3701. SO. Corn—No. 3 white, 68068’ic; No. 3 yellow, 69®'6$%c. Hay—Unchanged. Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. 29.—Wheat—De cember. $1.01% asked; May, $1.25% bid; July, $1.05% asked Corn—December, 68\c bid; May, 69%c aplit asked; July, 69 %c. Mlnenapollii <>rain. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 28.—Wheat — Cash, No. 1 northern. $1.18% @1.28%; December. $1.18%; May, $1.20%; July, $1.16%. Corn—-No. J yellow, 63%@fi4c. Oata—No. 3 white, 28%@40%c. Harley—60 @ 61 c. aye_No. 2. 82H@82%c. Flax—NO. 1. 62. 57 ® 2. 36. St. Lout, Groin. St. Louis. Mo.. Dec. 29.—Wheat—De cember. *1.221,; May. 61.20H Torn—December, 73c; May. 7194c. Oats—December. 46c: May, 46c. Minneapolis Flour. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 29.—Flour— Unchanged. Bran—126.00. _, Turpentine and Roain. Savannah. Oa , Dec. 29.—Turpentine Firm. I1.38V4; aalcs. 113 bbls.: recelpta, 176 bbla.; ehlpments, 112 bbls.; stock. 14.667 bbls. Roain—Firm; sales, 544 casks: receipts. 1,721 casks; shipments, 4,485 casks; stock, • 6.129 caaka Quote; B. D. E. F, Q. H. I. 65.0": K. *5.10: M. 66.40; N, *6.65®5.70; W. O, *6.00; TV. W. 66.75._ St. Joseph Live Stock. St. Joseph. Mo.. Dec. 29.—(United States Department of Agriculture.)—Cattle—Re . elpte. 600 head; not enough here to teit market; market, all claeaea nominally ateady; one load medium to good weighty steera. 66.50: other ateer, and yearling, around 67.0007.25; odd head desirable beef cow,. 84.6006.50; veal elves, top, 16 00. Hog,—Receipt,. 16.000 head: market •lew; ahlpper, and packer, buying: a few good butchers, 10®15c lower: 18 16 paid: Jacking hsi weak to 10c lower; mootly 7.9607.5". Sheep—Receipt,. *00 head: receipts practically all In through billing,; noth ing aold early. / 1_ Chicago Grain Chicago, Deo. 29.—There was no let up in the pressure on the wheat mar ket, which still showed an overbought condition, and prices drooped sharply to a new low on the present down turn, the inside figure on May being 5o under the high of the previous day, with the finish at a loss of 2',4 cents. July was off 2 l-8c, and De cember 3-4c. Corn showed stubborn resistance to pressure. December act ' cd tight and closed lc higher and the deferred deliveries l-8c higher, while outs were l-2@7-8c lower, and rye i 3-8c lower. Political news from abroad is hav ing considerable influence on local sentiment, which has become strong ly bearish. Houses with New York connections were persistent sellers of May, and while there was steady buy ing on resting orders, the decline un covered stops and the drop was very sharp at times. The trade had an im pression that a good part of the sell ing represented profit-taking for Wall street operators, who were evening up for income tax purposes over the year end. Hull Influence* Ignored. A local professional who was credited with having been a good seller of wheat for several days Issued a bearish summary on the world’s supply and demand situa tion which had some effect on the mar ket. Bullish Influences were ignored, and export sales of over 500,000 bushels with reports of large orders under considera tion failed to bring about a rally. There was some buying on the Introduction of a $100,000,000 credit bill for Germany Into the senate. Rally from the inside figures at the last was due to local short cover ing. Forecast for rain or snow over the winter wheat belt led to selling of the July. December went to 4c over May at one time o« short covering. December corn was wanted by' shorts and the undertone was strong Resting orders at 71c for May checked the early break, but there was less pressure than of late and the market gave an excellent account of itself. Purt of the buying was to remove hedges against export salea, which aggregated 800,000 bushels. The gulf outbid Chicago materially for cash corn down state and offerings to arrive were limited. Receipts, 279 cars. Southern demand for cash oats in cen tral Illinois was much better, with bids as much as 4c higher than Chicago, but this failed to have any effect on futures, which were weaker and lower with wheat. Receipts. 73 cars. * Tiie northwest and the seuboard were free buyers of rye on seflle orders re flecting sales of over 1,000,000 bushels to Germany. Local longs sold freely and numerous stop orders were caught on the way down. The two northwestern mar kets had 138 cars. Pit Notea. Wheat traders were mostly bearish {.l the close, owing to the break in prices, which aggregated 5r, from the recent high on futures. The point was made that the market has not lully digested the many millions of bushels long and short wheat put on It the past few days and thnt It may take a few days for it to b© absorbed. The big selling of wheat has been by the eastern anti a number of the local longs who have been active for several days. There has also been a. lot of selling by a local bear party, which has forced out millions of bushels held by small holders. Long corn has been on the market in j well absorbed, despite the break In wheat, j well absorbed, despite the break in heat. . The trade is mixed as to the future. The j big primary reocelpts of wheat and corn tends to create bearishness on both gratns, hut reports from the southwest and west are of lighter country offerings, while in the northwest and in the Cana dian provinces the movement continues heavy. F. 3. Lewis, who was in New York, wired that Germany had bought a big lot of rye. The United Kingdom bought Manitoba wheat and that corn business was heavy. Kxporters he said were all bullish. A message from a Now York trader expressed bullish views on wheat. There has been 8.000.000 to 10.000.000 bushels of wheat put on this market since last Saturday that appeared to come from the same aource. said a Winnipeg mes sage. “Our market has stood the selling remarkably well until the last hour when probably 3.000.000 bushels were sold,’* said the message. “The buying has been of a pretty good character, which Is shown on our market maintaining its difference with Chicago." Arthur W. Cutten was out with a long summary of the world's wheat situa tion in which he took a very bearish view of tho supply and demand. He figures that on the basis of the actual world's shipments of tho first five months of the present crop year there is a world's surplus of 200.000.000 to 250 000. 000 bushels instead of a practical exhaus tion at the end of the season as many have been expecting. CHICAGO CLOSING PRICES. __ By Updike Grain J'o DP. 2627._Dec. 29. Art. I Op«n. | High. I Low. | Chm. I Tel, j Iw1 I t.2S»i^ 1.27 * 1.25*31 1.26*41 127 j May 1.24% 1.84*1 1.21*1 1.22*1 1-24*4 ’ 1.24%' I I 1.22 *i I 1.24% July I 1.14 ' 1.14*4 112*| 112* j J 14 •% | ! l.l4*i| ! I 1.12k l-14k s? !.1..!..!.. ... May ;»1*| -91k •«* :»SSS! •9‘H| Com i I I Dec. .7 3 ! .73 \ •"'Hi •'- * 1 .73 H May .71% -«*j July •«* •'<’*«' -j$| -l\« Oat* I J Dec. i .43 I .42*4 .42'.; .43 V -4 • . May .46*41 .43% .44% • 14 .46% . 4 5 S I I • * * v* July .42%' .43% .41%| -42 .42% Lard I I I I Jan. 110.SO |10.SO 110.65 110.75 ,10.82 May 111.00 1 1.05 110.97 111.00 U 1.07 fan* uo.so 110.80 110.72 110.72 110.87 May 110.6 5 llQ.70 110.62 110.62 10.3 | Kanua City Live Stuck. Kanaas City. Ho, Dec. 29.—<L. S. De partment of Agriculture.)—Cattle—Re lelpts 13,000 head; beef steers, steady to strong to 16.65W8.10; few better grades, cows $3.25®6.00; other mostly. S4.00W 4 73- few choice helfera, 16 50®8.25; some common kinds.- $4.25®4_75; caners and cutters generaly $1!.60©3.50; good bologna bulls. $4.00© 4.25; few voalers up to 110.00; strictly good 350-pound calves, 17 50. Hogs—Receipts. 7,000 head; 5c to 15c lower; mostly 10c lower; packers, top, ‘ $6.30; shipper top, $8.25; 130 to 160 pound. $S.2008.25: bulk, desirable liO to 270-pound. $8.1508.25; bulk of sales. $8.00 08.25; packing sows steady. $7,60 0 7.60; stock pig*, strong, $7.6007.80; few at Sheep and T*mbs—Receipts. 1.000 head; lambs, slow; heavy natives. $13.00; fat lambs, due to arrive still back: sheep strong; wethers. $8.50; ewes. $7.50. New York Dried Fruit*. New York, Dec. 29 —Evaporated Ap- I pies—Dull. I’ runes—Steady. Apricots—Firm. Peaches—Quiet. Raisins—fessy. * Live Stock Omaha, Dec. 29. Receipts were— Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Official Tuesday _ 7.481 8,680 11.467 Official Wednesday.. 6,388 13.632 10,185 Official Thursday_ 4.371 16.S62 10.515 Estimate Friday .... 1,100 12.200 3,500 Five days this week.19,346 51.374 35,667 Suine days last week.28,169 63,155 44,948 Same days 2 w's a’o. 37.955 61.504 52,304 Same days 3 w’s a'o. 32,772 53,566 34.252 Same days year ago. 12.816 49.788 33,628 Receipts and disposition of livestock at the Union stockyards, Omaha, Neb., for 24 hours ending at 3 p. m., Dec. 29, 1922. RECEIPTS—CARLOT. Horses, Cattle Hogs S'p. Mules C . M. & St. P. Ry. 4 21 . Mo. Pacific Ry.. 1 2 . Union Pacific R. R. 13 49 4 1 C. & N. W. Ry., east. 1 ... 1 C. & N. W. Ry.. west.. 13 71 2 ... C# St. P, M. & O. Ry.. 1 13 3 ... C. B. & Q. Ry.. east ... 2 6 . C\, B. & Q Ry.. west.. 3 20 4 ... C. R. I. * P., east .... 4 . C., K. I. &. P., west. 3 . Illinois Central Ry. 2 . Total receipts . 43 184 13 2 DISPOSITION—HEAD. Cattle Hogs Sheep Armour & Co. 445 3343 1137 Cudahy Packing Co. ... 221 2178 974 Hold Packing Co. 19 1355 *.... Morris parkin# Co. 1 22 2058 251 Swift A Co. 345 3282 1119 J. W. Murphy . 597 _ Swartz & Co. 10 .... Armour, S. D. 1418 .... Elncoln Packing Co. 9 . Higgins Packing Co. 37 86 .... Eongrnun Bros. 8 .. Lubberger . 3 28 .... .... W. H. Cheek . o . Dennis & Francis ....... 26 .... .... John Harvey . 4 .. T. J. Inghrain . 7 . Mo.-Kan. C. & O. Co. ... 2 . J. B. Root & Co. 77 . Other buyers . 86 .... 219 Totals . 1523 14322 3700 Cattle—Receipts, 1.100 head. Though cat tle supplies were light trade on both steers and cows was draggy and prices no more than steady. Choice steers brought $10.00, but most of the offerings were grades selling at $7.0008.50. The week’s market is generally 25 0 50c lower on steers, but cows l»a\o advanced 25c or more. Feeders were nominal today at the week's 26c ad vance. Quotations on cattle: Choice to prime beeves, $10.75012.50; good to choice beeves. $8.75 010.60; fair to good beeves. $7.25 0 8.60; common to fair beeves, $6.00 0 7.75; choice to prime yearlings, $10.75 012.50; good to choice yearlings. $8,500 10.75; fair to good yearlings, $7.2508.50; common to fair yearlings. $6.0007.25; good to choice heifers. $6.7508.10;; fair to good heifers. $4.5006.75; good to choice cows, $5.25 06.50; fair to good cows, $4.00 05.25; common to fair cows. $2.2503.50; cows. $5.00 06.40; fair to good cows, $3.75 05.00; common to fair cows. $2.0003.40; good to choice feeders. $7.0007.90; fair to good feeders, $5.5007.00; common to fair feeders. $4.2505.50; good to choice stockers. $7.00 07.75; fair to good Stock ers. S3.5007.00; common to fair stockers. $4.2505.50; trashy stockers. $3.0004.00;' stock cows, $2.5003.50; stock heifers, $3.50 0 5.00; stock calves, $3.0007.50; veal calves. $3.0007.50; veal calves, $4,500 10.50; bulls, stugs, etc., $2.5004.50. BEEF STEERS. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 26.1074 $ 6 25 9. 291 $ 6 50 13 . 873 7 25 24.1004 7 50 24 .1015 7 75 20.1332 8 25 20.1337 8 CO 10.1262 10 00 STEERS AND HEIFERS. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 8 . 640 6 25 12. 845 6 30 14 . 789 6 75 15. 816 7 00 COWS. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 7 . 915 3 ".0 6.1 168 3 50 8 .1006 3 75 12.1017 4 00 23-942 4 25 6. 983 4 W) 14.1020 4 73 6.1201 5 00 5.1232 5 25 14.1023 5 60 17 . 800 6 75 8. 927 6 00 HKIFER8. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 4 . 700 6 75 8. 783 6 10 5 . 718 7 60 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 6 . 692 6 00 6. 860 6 30 BULLS. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 1.1310 3 G5 1 .1360 3 75 t.1310 4 00 1 1820 4 25 1 . 1440 4 60 CALVES. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 3. 240 4 00 6. 446 6 00 «. 420 6 75 2. 220 7 00 1. 100 8 25 1 l. 100 9 25 Hogs—Receipts, 12,200 head. There was a fairly liberal run on hand today and with lower reports from other principal tnarkprs trading was slow at prices most ly 10@15c lower. Good light hogs and butchers sold largely at $7.90®8.10, the latter top price. Mixed loads sold at $7.40 @7.80 and packing grades at $7.00@7.4U. Bulk of sales was $7.75@8.10. HOGS. ♦To. Av. Sh. Pr. No. Av. Sh. Pr. 47.. 275 ... 7 50 65..301 ... 7 00 Cl..250 ... 7 75 7#..190 ... 7 36.. 213 ... 7 90 62..214 . . 7 95 45.. 285 ... 8 00 74..229 ... 8 05 Sheep rnd Lambs—Receipts, 3,800 head. Fat lambs were In good demand today and the light i un moved readily at steady prices. Bulk selling at $14.00® 14.40 with a top price of $14.50. Feeders were steady, noo lot going out at $14.30. Sheep were 10®15c higher, good quality ewes selling at $8.00. Quotations on sheep: Fat lambs, good to choice, $ I 4.00@ 14.40; fat lambs, fair to gO'*d, $12.50® 14.00; fed clipped lambs, $1 2.00@ 12.75 ; feeder lambs, $13.25® 14.60; yearlings, $10.50® 12.00; wethers. $7.60® *•50; fat cwch, light. $7.00®8.00; fat ewes, heavy, $5.00@7.00. Chicago Livestock. Chicago. I)ec. 29.—Cattle—Receipts, •».000; beef_ steers and yearlings, unevenly weak to 25c lower; plainer kind showing least decline; quality mostly plain; best matured steers, $10.25; weight. 1.330 pounds; banners and cutters. Stockers and feeders, steady; bologna bulls, mostly 10c to 1 Do higher; few weighty kinds, up to $4.90: beef rows, unevenly weak to 15o lower; veal calves, mostly 26c to 60c higher; packers taking best kind up to 1,150 pounds. Hogs—Receipts, 51,000; market. 15o to 25c lower; closing strong; bulk 200 to 200-pound butchers, $8.2508.30; few, $8.35, late: 14 Oto 170-pound averages, strong, mostly $8.3508.40. few $8.45; hulk packing sows, $7.5007.75; desirable tigs, mostly $7.5008.00; plain pigs down to $7.00; estimated holdover, 12,000. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts. 8,000; fat lambs, slow, fully steady; top to shippers, $15.30; packer top. $15.00; several loads to shippers. $16.10# 15.20; less desirable v.ooled lambs, $14.60014.75; some heavy, $13.60 down; most clipped lambs, $12.40# 1 2 90 ; heavy clipped. $11.00; heavy year lings, weak; several strings. 99 to 104 pound kinds, $11.00; fat sheep, strong to 25c higher; best light few ewes, $8.60; several strings less desirable kind, $8.25; feeders scarce, three decks 55-pound lambs on country account, $14.65. Moux City Live Stock. Sioux City, la.. Dec. 29.—-Cattle—Re ceipts. 1,300 head; market, strong; short fed steers and yearlings, $8.00010.00; warmed up steers and yearlings, $5,500 7.50; fat cows and heifers, $4.0007.50; earners, $2.2502.50; veals. $4.00010.00; feeders, $5.0006.60; calves, $3.5006.75; feeding cows and heifers, $2.7504.50; Stockers, $1.0006.60. Hogs—Receipts, 10,000 head; market 5c lower; butchers, $8.0508.10; top, $8.10| mixed. $7.7508.00; packers, $7.25# market steady; sheep, $14.50; ewes, $7.75. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts,1,000 fetad; 7.60; bulk,^$7.8608.10 { Financial New York, Dee. 29.—The move ment on the Stock Exchange today was as active as the day before, but the course of prices was directly op posite. Industrial shares and par ticularly railway stocks, advanced on the whole more rapidly than they had declined on Thursday. This recovery was possibly more noteworthy from the fact, first that a fairly large num ber of "cash sales" were made for the obvious purpose of establishing nom inal losses in the income tax returns: second, the call money rates went to 6 per cent, the highest since No vember S. But the market undoubtedly reas oned that these belated sales for cash —made in that way Jn order to close the transaction during 1922, were a reminder that whatever depressing in fluence has been exerted by this absured machinery was necessarily behind us. Taken as a whole, the day’s stock market ended at the day's best prices. Bond Price* Stronger. Tn the bond market, also, there was a distinct upward tendency of prices, a rather striking instance of which was the movement of Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul r.ecuritles. Theso bonds, after declining In some cases 10 points or more since early autumn, have risen 2 to 4 points in ihe past two days, under heavy buying. Whether the reversal of attitude was to he ascribed to the completion of "sales to establish losses" and the usual subse quent repurchases, or to the excellent statement of earnings by the company for November, it attracted natural attention on the market. Liberty bonds moved up gradually along with the rest, but did not reach the recent high figures of its recovery. In tho foreign exchange market, ster ling went slightly lower, francs advanced and rates on other European countries moved uncertainly. The delegates to next Tuesday’s conference of the European premiers have certainly brought forward a variety of hints and forecasts and con jectures bewildering enough to give no cue whatever to tho speculator In ex change. When, furthermore, the contradictions from Europe are supplemented by the sudden debate at Washington over the entry of the United States into European conferences, it fa hardly to be wondered at that the foreign exchange market does not know which way to move. M all Ntreet Topic*. The announcement of the details of the 1 plan for the consolidation of the Van j Sworlngen railroads—the New York. Chi cago & St. Louts, Toledo, St. Louis & i Western and Lake Erie & Western—prac t tieally marked the final step in the mer 1 g*»r of these properties. Based on 1922 operations, it was estimated in transporta tion quarter* that these roads would show a combined net revenue, after all charges, amounting to $fi.33f».000, which would be 3-72 times the requirements of the new preferred stock to be issued by the con solidated company. After deducting these preferred dividends, It was estimated that earnings would be equal to more than $14 a share on the proposed common stock. The capital stock of the new cor poration. to he issued at once, provides for $^2,720,000, 6 per cent cumulative pre ferred stock and *40.247.900 common. In view of the fact that Thursday was the last day on which a holder of stock could dispose of h!s securities for tax purposes in the usual way, a large amount of cash transactions were reported on the tape tadnv. This was due to4he fact that stocks sold in the regular way would not he cleared until next Tuesday. Such transactions were unusually large and at times during the day almost every other transaction was for cash. While all hearings before the Inter state Commerce commission on the prob lem of railway consolidations ar« admit tedly tentative in character, the next hearing on the application of the Bur lington, Northern Pacific and Great Northern to merge into one company is creating special interest. This hearing, which is scheduled to be held in Wash ington January 17. will consider not only the original application of these three Hill carriers to merge, but the petition of the Great Northern to be placed with the Burlington, In case the first plan is turned down. The Great Northern made this move, after the combined applica tion of the three companies was filed and it is understood that the hearing on January 17 will probably be devoted largely to this phase of the proposed consolidation. New York Quotations Range of prices of the leading storks furnished by Logan & Bryan, 248 Peters Trust building: RAILROADS. Thursday High. Low. Close. Close. A. T. & S. F-101% 101 101% 100% B. & O. .u/.. 4 1 % 40% 4 1 41 % Canadian Pacific. .143% 143 143% 143 N. Y. Central. 94% 93% 94% 94 % Ches. & Ohio. 70% 70% 70% 70 Great Northern... 75 73% 74% 76% Illinois Central... .110% 112 112% 111% K. C. Southern... 18% 18% 18% 18% Lehigh Valley .... 70% 69 70% 68 % Mo. Pacific . 16% 15% 16 16 N. Y. & N. H. 20% 19% 20% 20% Chicago & N. W.. 79 76% 79 77 % Penn. R. It. 46% 46% 46% 46% Reading . 79% 78% 79% 7 9 C. . R. T. & P. 32 31% 32 31 % Southern Pacific.. 88% 87% .88 % 88% Southern Railway. 25% 24% 25% 24% C.. M. & St. P- 22% 21% 22% 21% Union Pacific ...138 136 138 136 % STEELS. Am. Car Foundry.. ISO % 180% 180% IS 1 Allis-Chalmers ... 44% 41% 44% 43% Am. Locomotive. .127% 126% 127% 127% Baldwin Loco_138% 136% 137% 137 Beth. Steel . 62% 59% 62% 60% Colo. F. & Iron.. 26 26 26 24% '"rucible . 71% 68% 69% 68% Am. Steel Foundry 37% 36% 37% 37% Mid. Steel. 28% 26% 28% 26% P’ressed Steel Car 60% 79% 80% 81% Rep. Stl. Hz Iron.. 48% 45% 48% 45% Ry. Steel Springs.116 Slo^s-Scheffield .. 39 39 39 39 U. S. Steel.107% 105% 107% 105% Vanadium . 24% 33% 34% 33% Mex. Seaboard... 16% 16% 16% 16% COPPERS Anaconda . 48% 48 48% 48% Am. S. & Ref. Co 55 64 % 54% 54 Ccrro De Fusco. . 4 4 43% 43% 41 Chili . 27 Vi 26% 27% 26% Chino . 25% 25% 26% 26% Green Cananea . 27 % Inspiration . 35 34 % 34% 33% Kennecott . 36% 35% 36% 36 Miami . 27% 27% 27% 27% Nev. Con. ..•••••• 15% 15% 15% . ... Ray Con. 14% 14% 14% 14% Seneca . 8 7 % 7% 7% Utah . 64% 63% 64 63% OILS. General Asphalt.. 49 46% 49 46% Cosden . 53% 62*4 65% 63 Cal. Peierol . 68% 64% 67*% 65% Invincible Oil - 14% 14% 11% 14% Met Peterol .220 220 220 - Middle Stutes - 11% 11% 11% 11% Pacific Oil . 46 44 % 45% 44% Pan-American ... 91% 90 91% 92% Phillips . 48% 45% 46% 46% Pierce Oil . 4 3% 3% 3% Pure Oil . 27% 27 27 % 27 % Royal Dutch .... 62% 52% 52% 62% Sinclair Oil . 33% 32% 33% 32% Stand. Oil, N. J... 39% 38% 39% 38% Texas Co.. 49 «7% 48% 47% Union Oil .. 12% 12% 12% .... Whit© Oil . 3% 2% 1% 2% MOTORS. Chandler . 66% 65% 66% 66% General Motors .. 14% 14% 14% 14% Wlllys-Overland .. 6% 6% 6% 6% Pierce Arrow. 13% 12% 12% 12% White Motor. 48 48 48 48 Studebakcr .114% 110% 114% 139% RUBBER AND TIRES . Fisk . 13% 12% 13 12% Goodrich . 35% 34 35% 33% Kelley-Spritigfield. 46% 44% 46% 45 Keystone Tire.,... 9 8% 9 8% Ajax . 12% 11% 12% 12 U- S. Rubber. 55% 53% 65% 63% INDUSTRIALS. At.. G. & W. I_ 21% 20% 20% 20% Am. lnt’l Corp.... 26% 25 26% 26% Am. Sumatra. 28 26% 26% 27% Am. Telephone_123 122% 122% 122% American Can.... 73% 72% 73 72% Centra! Leather... 31% 30% 31% 30% Cuba Cane . 13% 13% 13% 13% Cuban-Am. Sugar. 25% 25% 25% 25% Corn Products ...132% 130 132% 131 Famous Players .. 91 % 90 f 1 % 90% General Electric ..181% 181 181% 180 Grt North Ore .. 31% 29% 30% 29% Inter Harvester .. 88% 87% 88% Am H fr L pfd .... 62% IT S Ind Alcohol.. 67% 67 67 % 66% Tnter Paper . 51% 5t 61% 61 Inter M M pfd ..44% 42% 43% 41% Am Sugar Ref_ 79% 79 79% 78% Sears-Roebut k .... 87% 87 87 86% Stromsburg . 6 4 63% 64 65 Tob Products .... 57% 56% 67% 66% Worthing Pump .... .. 29% Wilson Co . 36% 35% 36% 36 Western Union_ltl% 111 111% 111 Westing Elec .... 59% 59% 59% 60% American Woolen.. 95 94 94% 94 MISCELLANEOUS. Amer Cot Oil _ 17 17 17 16% Am Agri Chemical 30% 30% 30% 31% Amer Linseed .... 31 29% 31 29% Union Bag pfd .. 67 66% 67 66 Bosch Magneto .. 42 40 40% 42 | Brooklyn R T _ 16% 15 15% 14% Continental Can ..111 109% 111 109% Calif Pack . 82% 82% 82% 82% Col G & El .104% 103% 104% 103 I Colum Graph .... 2% 2 2% 2 United Drug...,. .. 78 Nat Enamel . 67% 65% 67% Unite.1 Fruit.153 152% 153 152 Lorillard Tob. . . 162 Nat. Lead .127% 125% 127% 125 Philadelphia Co .. . . .. 80% Pullman .129% 128% 129% 129% Punta Alegre Sug. ... 47 Retail Stores .74% 73 74% 73% Superior Steel ...... .. 29% St L ft 8 F . 21% 21% 21% 21% Va Car Chem - 24% 24% 24% 24% Total sales. 971,700 ©hares Thurs. Close. Close. Money .04% .05% Marks .. .000134 Francs ...... 0724 .0723 Sterling .4.63% 4.63% New York Bonds New York, Deo. 29.—Prices in today's bond market displayed a decidedly strong tone with the active demand for St Paul and New Haven railroad mortgages as the day's feature. Cash sales were not as extensive as in the stock market, al though it was curious to note that the largest volume of these was in the United States government Issues, which are sell ing near their high levels of the year making tax losses in those kinds virtually negligible. The sharp upturn in St. Paul and New Haven bonds seemed to lend confirmation to the belief that the recent weakness grew out of selling to establish tax losses. St. Paul convertible 5s and New Haven 6s and the so-called French 7s of that road each moved up more than 3 points while St. Paul, Puget Sound 4s afid the 4s of 1922. the convertible 4a and the re funding 4 s were all 1 to 2 points higher; Denver, Rio Grande & Western bonds also showed marked improvements, the 4s, the consolidated 4s and refunding 5s and the refunding 5s, stamped, each advancing 2 to 3*4 points Some of the other strong spots in the railroad group were Baltimore A- Ohio refunding 5s, up 3 points; Western Maryland 4s, up 1?*. and Erie consolidated 4s. up 1 Bg. Foreign bonds were virtually neglected , although Mexican government 4s and Cuba railroad 5s, moved to slightly higher grounds while Colombian 6Vis dropped sharply. Except for losses of 8 and 10 cent8 on *100 respectively in Victory 41i" and the first 4Vis. all the United States government securities moved to higher ground. Liberty 3Vis touched $101 for the first time in two months and closed 18c higher, the second 4'iS advanced 26c; the third, 20c; the fourth, 28c, and the new 2c. Marland 011 8s and Chile Copper 7s, each up 2 points, led the advance in ac tive industrial mortgages. Other strong spots in that group were Atlantic Fruit. 7s certificates. Republic Steel 5s, U. S. Steel 5s, American Smelting f»s and Lig gett and Myers 7 Vis, all up 1 to 1 Vi points. Total sales (par value) were J14.662.000. I’. S. Bonds. High. Low. Close. $48 Liberty 3%s.101.04 100.80 101.00 96 Liberty 1st 4%s.. 98.90 98.88 98.90 1014 Liberty 2d 4*is... 98.42 98.18 98.42 1OJ 7 Liberty 3d 4%s... 98.98 98.80 98.98 1841 Liberty 4th 4'4b.. 98.74 98 48 98.74 1.50 Victory 4%s. unc.,100.40 100.32 100.34 1001 New 4s. 99.92 99.88 . Foreign. 14 Argentine 7s.100% 100% 100% 31 City of Bord 6s_ 78% 77% - 30 City of Chris 8s...107 106% 101 8 City of Cop 5%s. . . 90% 90% 90% l City of Gt Pr 7%z 75 . 21 City of Lyons 6s... 78% 78% 78% 22 City of Mar 6s.... 78% 78 78% 4 City of R de J 88.. 9 7 . 10 City of Tokio 5s.. 72% 72% 72% 10 Czech Rep 8s ctfs.. 86 85% 85% 11 Dept of Seine 7s.. 86% . 16 D of C 5% p n *29 101% 101% 101% 63 Dorn Can 5s 52 ... 99 % 99 99 % 49 Dtcn K Ind 6s 47.. 93 % 92% 93% 63 Dtch K Ind 6s 62.. 93 % 92% 93% 46 French Rep 8s .... 98 Vi 98 98% 44 French RppoHs .. 94% 94% 9 Holl-Am l.ine 6s .. 87% 87% 87% 10 Japanese 1st 4%s .. 93% .. 52 Japanese 4s . 81*4 43 Belgium 7%s .....101% 101% 1**1 4 Belgium 6s . 97% 97% 97% It Denmark 6s . 98 97% 98 12 Netherlands 6s .... 98% 98% 98% 7 Norway 8s .112 111% 111 18 Sweden bs .105 104% 105 107 Parla-Ly-Med 6s .. 71% 71 71% 20 Bolivia 8s . 92% 92% 92% 10 Queensland (is ....103 102% 103 I 5 San Paulo sf 8s .. 98% 98% 37 Swiss Con 8s .118% 117% 118%; 44 K G H & 15%s 29.113% 113 113% 76 K G B & 1 5%s 37.103% 103% 18 U S Brazil 8s - 98% 98% 98% 15 U 8 Brazil 7%s .. 97 96% 96% 14 U 8 Braz C R E 7s. 85% 85 85 Vi 1 U S Mexico 5s .... 51% 5 U 8 Mexico 4s .... 36 Railway and Miscellaneous. 17 Am A Ch 7%s_103 102% 103 DO Am Smelt 6s. 92% 91% 92% 39 Am Sugar 6s.104 103% 104 16 Am T A T cv 6s..ll7% 116% 117% 21 Am T A. T c tr 6s.. 98% 98% 98% 17 Am T A- T col 4s.. 91% 91% - 3 Am Writ Paper 6a 84 83 % 84 37 An J M WkH 6s_ 83% 83 83% 47 Arm & Co 4%s_ 89 88% .... 24 A T A* S F gen 4s.. 89 88% 89 3 A C I* 1st con 4s.. 87% . 36 Balt A Ohio 6s_100% 100% 100% 95 Balt A Ohio cv 4%s 81% 80% Si% 12 Bell T of P 7s_108% 108 .... 6 Beth Steel ref 5s.. 95% . 2 Beth Sleel p m 6s.. 92 . 1 Bklyn Ed g 7s D..108% . 1 Cal G A El 6s. 98 . 6 Can Northern 7s... 112% 112% 112% 3 Bk Bap Tr 7s c.. 8«% . 40 Can Pac deb 4a ..112% 112% 112% 46 Can Pac deb 48 ... 80 79 % 79% 7 Central Leather 6s 99 98% 99 13 Cen Pac gtd 4s.... 80% 86% 86% 32 <Vrro de Pasco 8s..133% 132% 132% 61 Che-H A Ohio cv 5s 93% 94% 95% 7 Ches A Ohio cv 4% 88% 8 8 % 88% 69 Chi A Alton 3%s... 24% 23% - II Chi A Alton 3s. 62‘4 . 42 C B A W ref la At.r0l% 100% 101% 28 C A E HI Da. 80% 79% 22 Chi Gt West 4s.... 52 51% 51% 74 CM&StP cvt 5s B. . 69 66 69 106 CMAStP CV 44s. .. 664 64% 664 122 CM&fltP ref 44a... 60 694 60 10 Chicago Rys 5s.... 77% 77% ... 67 C R 1 * P ref 4a.. 83 4 *2 4 83 3 C & Vi’ Ind 4s. 76 74 % 76 90 Chile Copper 7a_113 110% 113 36 Chile Copper 6s.... 96% 964 9* 16 C A 8 ref 4 4*_ 87 4 86% 87% ' .12 Con Cl of Md 5*_ 88% 88 4 **4 16 Cuba C S deb 8s... 914 91 9*4 | 88 D & R G ref 6k. 49% 47 4 48 659 BARG con 4s_ 75 72% 75 7 Bet Ed ref 6s.104% 103% 104 4 Bonner Steel ref 7s. 89 4 89 89** 29 Duqucsne Bight 6s.104 . 2 4 Emp G A P 7 %s ct. 93 4 93 93 4 6 Erie pr lien 4* 6s. . 67 6578 67 34 Erie gen lien 4s .. 43% 43% 43% 20 Gramer I D 74s .. 90** 894 90 6 Gen Elec d 5s . .101 % 101 4 . . 23 Goodrich 6%e _101% 101% 101% 20 Goodyear T 8s 31. 99% 99 99 % 18 Goodyear T 8s 41.116 114% 115 43 Gnd Tnk Ry C 7s.112% 112 112% 9 Gnd Tnk Ry C 6s. 104 103% .. 26 Grt North 7k A.. 110% 110% 110% 18 Grt Noth 5 4s B..102% 102 Vi .. 14 Hud A M ref 5« A.. 84% 84 4 84% 8 Hud A M ad inc 5a. 61 4 61% 9 Humble Oil 5 4s .. 98% 98 4 98% 10 111 Cent 6 4s .101 4 4 111 St d 4 4s . 93 92 % .. 3 lnd Steel 5s .101 100% 101 71 Int R T 7® . 94 4 93% 94% 167 Int It T ref 5s . . 71 % 71 25 Jnt It T ref 5s ct. 72 13 Int A G N ad 6s wj 90% 90% .. 28 Int M M sf 6s. 88% 87% 88% 1 la Cent ref 4s .... 37 127 K C Ft S A M 4a. 7 9 78 % 79 4 K C South 5s .. S9% 884 89% 3 K C Term 4s .... 83 82% 14 Kelly-Spring T 8.. 107% 107% 107% 6 Back'a Stl 6s i960.. 91 »* 90% 91% 6 Bac G of S L 1st 5s 92*4 92 4 _ 15 1. S & M S d 4s *31 92 4 92% 92% 21 Llg A Myers 6s.... 98 96% 98 2 Borillard 6s. 97 96 .... 6 B A N uni 4s. 90 4 . 1 Magma Copper 7s.. 114% . 11 Manati Sugar 7 4s 97% 96% 97 Vi 8 Mt St Ry con 6s.. 92% 92% 92% 15 Midvale Steel cv 5s 88% 884 _ 1 Minn A St B ref 6s 35 . 7 M8PASSM 6 4 a... 104% 104 104% 5 MKAT pr lien 6s C 964 .. . 17 MKAT n p 1 6s A 83% 82% 146 M K A T n a 6s A 604 . 47 M Pac con 6s. 98% 98 98 % 86 Mo Pac gen 4s... 62% Cl % 62% 1 Mont Power 5s A. . 98% . 3 Nass Elec Ry 4s. . 59% 5 NKTAT 1st 5s ctfs 99 4 99 .... 1 N OTA M inc 6s 79 .\ 197 NY C rfg A imp 5s 97 4 97 4 97% 13 N Y Ed r 64*-110% 1104 110% 17 NYNIIAH cv 6s ’48. 70% 68 70% 43 N Y Tel ref 6s ’41.. 1064 106% 106 4 5 N Y Tel gen 4%s... 94% . 28 N Y W A B 4 'is. . 48% 48% 48% 15 N & S 6s A. 64% 62% 64% 3 No Am Ed s f 6a.. 94% .. 65 No Pac ref 6s B..109 1084 109 12 No Pac pr lien 4s.. 86 85% 86 7 N W Bell Tel 7s... 107% .. 2 Ore S B gtd 5*_102% . 17 Ore S 1, ref 4s.... 92% 91 4 92 4 22 O-W R R A N 4s.. 81% 81** _ 18 Pac G A E 6s. 92% 91% .... 16 Pac TAT 6s *52 ctfs 914 91 914 1 Pckd Mot Car 8s... 107 4 . 6 Pan-Am PAT 7s..103% 1034 .. . 52 Penn _R R 64s-1104 110‘* 1104 9 Penn R R gen 5s... 101 4 101% .... 33 Penn It R gen 4 4s. 92% 92 92 % 1 P A E Inc 4s. 264 ... _ 2 Per© Marq ref 5s.. 97% 97 .... 14 Phlla Co col tr 6s.. 99% 99% 99% 8 Ptlr'H L & V 5a. .. 84% 84% _ 9 Pub Service 5s. 84% 84% .... 19 Reading gen 4s.... 85% . f* Rem Arms a t 6s.. 90% . 5 Rep 1 & Stl co! 63.. 93% 93% 93% 10 R 1 A k L 4%s_ 80% 80% 80% 62 SLI&S 4s R&G div 84% 84% 84% 102 S L & 8 F p 1 4s A 70% 69% 70% 36 S L & 8 F adj 6s.. 76% 75% 76% 69 S L Sc S F Inc 6s.. 59% 58% 59% 47 8 I. S W con 4s. . . . 78 77% 77% 6 S P & Iv S 1< 4% 80% . 23 S A L con 6m. 68% 58 58% 21 Sea A Line adj 5b 22 21 % 22 34 Sea A 1, ref 4s. S9% 39 39% 1 Sharon Steel H 8 A 99 . 23 Sin Con O col 7s..100% 100% .... 22 Sin Crude Oil 5%s 98% 98% _ 5 South Jiell Tel 6s. . 95% . » 25 South Pac cv 4s... 92% 91 % 92% 31 South Pac ref 4s... 87% 87% _ 6 South Pac eol tr 4s 8 4 . 20 S Ry gen 6%s... 101% 100% 101 30 S Ry con 5s. 97% 97% . .. 24 S Ry gen 4s. 68% 68% 68% 6 S P Rico Sugar 7s.. 101 100% 101 33 S O of C deb 7s . 106% 105 _ 2 Third Ave r 4.... 60 . 25 Third Ave adj 6s.. 67 56 % 67 4 Tldewat Oil 6%*..103% 100 100% 7 Tol S L & W 4s. .. 73 . 1 Union H & P 6s A c 97% . 20 Union Pacific 1st 4a 91% 90% 91% 10 Union Pacific cv 4s 94% . 5 Union Pacific ref 4s 86% 85% .... 2 Union Tank Car 7s 103** . 3 United Drug 8s ...112% 112% . 5 Unit R I 1st 6s P 88 . 21 U S Realty 6s ..99% . 2U S Rub 7%s ...108% . 20 U S Rub 5s _ 88 Va 88% 88% 29 U S Steel a f 5s .. 103% 103% 103% 14 Utah P & L 6s ... 92 91 % 92 1 Va.-Oa C 7% w w . 91% . 13 Va.-C C 7s c .... 97 96 % 97 3 Virginian Ry 5s ... 97% 96% 97% 16 Western Pacific 5s 81% 91% 91% 5 Western Union 6%s 111% . 17 Westing Electric 7b 107 Va . 13 Wick-Hpen S 7s . . 98 96 98 33 Wil Sc Co s f 7%s 102% 101% 102% 6 Wilson Sc Co c 6a 93% 92% _ 1 WIs On gen 4s .82 . Total sales of bonds today were $14. 662,000 compared with $16,041,000 pravloua day and $15,510,000 a year ago. New York Cotton. New York, Lee. 29.—The cotton mar ket's final session of 1922 presented little of feature to the trade and the list held steady in narrow limits. There was the customary uncertainty of movement of a yearend market, although the volume of business in the ring at times was moder ately broad, a good deal of switching be ing noticeable. The opening was steady at 2 to 11 points net gain, due to belated short covering and a little demand from spot houses. Wall street and local traders. Liverpool bought and sold, and there was scattered long liquidation, New Orleans and southern interests doing some selling also. The afternoon market was stag nant and prices moved in a 10-point range, about a level with Thursday's close. Final bids were about unchanged to fi points lower. Spot, quiet, 10 points decline, 26.60c for middling upland. Southern spot markets: Galveston, 26.45c, unchanged; New Orleans. 26.50c, unchanged; Savannah, 26.80c. unchanged; Norfolk. 26.69c, unchanged; Memphis. 26.7Gc, unchanged; Houston, 26.55c, tin changed; Little Rock, 26.50c, unchanged. New York Sugar. New York, I>ec. 29.—The raw sugar market was unchanged for spot and nearby Cuban, which are quoted at 3%e, cost and freight., equal to 6.65o for cen- J trifugai. although Porto Ricos sold at 5.53c for centrifugal. There were sales of 7,000 bags of Cubas and 6,000 Porto Ricos for early January shipment at quoted prices and 10,000 bags of Cubas for Feb ruary shipment at 3Vae, cost and freight, equal to 5.28c for centrifugal. Raw sugar futures were firmer on covering and buy ing by trade Interests, with closing prices 2 to 8 points net higher. Closing: Janu ary, 3.82c; March, 3.51c; May, 3.62c; July, 3.73c. There was only a moderate Inquiry for refined sugar and prices were unchanged at 7«- for fine granulated. Refined sugar futures were steady and closed unchanged to 5 points net highor, with sales for May delivery at 7.10c and June at 7.100)7.15c. New* York Dry Goods. New York, Dec. 29.—Cotton goods were firm with the demand scattered for small lots. Sales for export to Red sea porta tills week were about 1.500 bales. Yarn markets displayed an advancing tendency. Wool goodie were not expected to be much higher next year. Advances were an nounced In aonie carnet arid rug lines, ef fective January 3. Silks and burlaps wero steady. y N. Y. Curb Bonds Now York, Deo. 29 —Transaction* on the New York curb market today wera as lut lowa; 1 tomcat 1c. 1 Allied Packer .80 80 60 2 Aluminum 7a. 25 103% 103% 103% 10 Atu Cotton Ol! be 96% 96% 96% 20 Am G & K Os ...97% 1*7% 9 7% VO A L At T 6s w w 100% 100% 10n% 23 Am S Ar K 5a, W i 91** 91 91% b A T A- T. 6s, 24 ..101% 100% 101% 10 Ana Copper 6s .101% 101% l"l% 7 Ana Copper 7s, 29 103% 103% 1'13% 21 An* Am Oil 7 %s .103% 103% 103% 11 Armour At Co. 7a 105 •** 105 105 11 All G A O 1 6s ... . 52 52 52 3 Bet hi St 7s, Vi .104% 104 % 104% 9 Bet hi Ft 7s, 35 ..102% 102% 102% 6 Can N It e*| 7s ..110% 110 110% 3 Can N It 5a _ 99% 99% 99% 5 Can Par 6 . 101% 101% 101% 1 On Steel 6s ... .106% 106% 106% 1 Cities Serv 7s, “I' 9«»% 90% 90% 12 Col Graph 8s, ctfs 20 21 26 3 Cou G B 5%s . 99% 99% 99% 25 Con Gas Bull 6s . .10$% 103% 103% 3 Cudahy 7s.101 lot 101 3 Deere & Co 7%s . H'l % 101 101% 22 Detroit V G 6s ...lOl 100% 101 20 Detroit HU I ba w t 102% 102 102% 4 Galena S Oil 7s ...1"4% 104 1U4% 7 Grand Trunk 6%a 1<»4% 1'>4% 104’* 15 Gulf 011 7a -103% lu3% 103% lb llood Rubber 7s ..100 09% 99% 35 Int It T 8s. 23 ..97 9U% 96% 1 Int H T 8.s. ctC ...96 96 9« 1 Kan G A: E ts, A 86% 86% 86% 6 Kan C P At L 6s ...90% 90% 90% 2 Kcnn Cupper 7s ..105% 105% 106% 13 l.uclede G .101% 101 101 1 Libby, McN As L 7» 99% 99% 99% 4 Louisv G At E 6* . 90% 90% 90% 13 Manitoba 7s.97% 96 97 % 1 Morris Ae Co 7%s .106% 106% 10G% 1 Nat Acme 7%s . .95% 95% 9^% i Nat C Ar. » as ..106 106 106 1 Nat Leather 8s 101% 101 lol% 13 Ohio Power Os .. 90% 90% 90% 2 Phil El 6s .104% 104% 104% 5 Phil El 5%s .102% 102 102 % 8 Pb Sv Crp N J 7s 103 102% 103 2 Robert Gair 7s .. 98% 98% 98% 1 Sears Rbuck 7s 23 101% 101% 101'* 2 Sheff Farms 6%s 100% 100% 100% 22 S W Bell Tel ?h..102% 102% 102% 6 St Oil N Y 7s 25 104% 104 104 1 St Oil N Y 7h 26 104 % 104% 104% 7 St OH N V 7s 27 106% 105 105% 20 St Ol! N Y 7s 2S 107% 106% 107% 1 St OH N Y 6 % a 107 107 107 32 Swift Ar Co 6h.. 93% 93% 93% 6 Tidal Os a Re 7s... 102 % 102 % 102 % 9 tin Oil Prod 8s.. ion 99 loo 1 Wayne Coal 6s... 73 73 73 Foreign. T 4 Argentine 7s 23...ino% 1<>o% H>n% 25 King NMands lie . 9*-\ 98% 98% 30 Kg Serb f'roats 8s.5H% 65% *>t*% 1 Russian 6%s otft* 9% 9% •% 21 Swiss 5%s .108% 103% 103% 60 U S Mexico 4s .. 40% 39% 39% llun’a Trade Review. New York. Dec. 29.—Dun’s, Saturday, will aav: “With hardly an exception, commercial reports are of an increasing favorable tenor and business will enter into the new year in a strong position International trade substantiates the recovery from busi ness depression that has occurred in most markets, and the results of 1922. in varl ouse respects, were better than bad been generally anticipated. Despite the con traction in export trade, the point lias been reached In different basic industries where production is at a high level, while orders already booked insure active op erations for some time ahend. Kven at this holiday season, which traditionally is a gulet period, new' demand has been i of a ataeaht* dimension In certain Im portant in-tan.-os, and shut ‘lownn «t many pfants wero of much shorter dura tion than usually. ^Mating, conditions hi Iron and steel Mfford convincing evidence of tin- dedalve character of the buslnee* revival end more frequently report* are heard of a shortage of workers In that f.uarter and sAine other branches of manu facture. With the fuller employment of available labor, tho public purfhailnff capacity naturally lias been appreciably augmented and tlda phase of the market, found reflection m the heavy Christmas turnover. " Weekly bank clearings $5,768,645,*100. notion \\ ool. Boston. I*e«- —Tho Commercial Bul letin will say Saturday: “The demand for wool has been slightly less this, week, manufacturers being mors concerned with ln\ontorles than tho pur chasing of new stock, although dealeta have had opportunities to sell at prices which they would not consider. What bUHlncss has been done was at prices whi'h showed no real weakness in tho market. The reports from tho goods mar ket also Indicated a healthy condition of business although current sales have been meager." The Commercial Bulletin will publish wool quotations as follows; Michigan and New York fleeces: T>c Ialn«', unwashed, 54 955c; fine unwashed. 48940c; half blood unwashed, 629frt< ; three-eights blood unwashed, 61{j6l' ; quarter blood unwashed, 50c. , Scoured basil: Texas fine 12 months, $1,35 9 140 Fine eight months, $1.30 91.25; fine fall. )] 15 ft 1.20 California: Northern $1.3091.26; mid dle county, $1.1591.20; southern, $6c9 $1.00. Oregon: Kaatcrn No. 1 staple, $1 3n*0 1 3.1; fine and F M. combing. $1.20fte 1 25; eastern clothing. $1.1691.20; valley No. 1. $1.15 91.20. Tei ritory: Fine staple choice, $1.38*1* 1 42; on" half blood combing. $1.25 91.30; three eighths blood combing. 03 91.03; one-quarter blood combing. 88ft 08c. Pulled: Delaine, $1309 138; AA. $1,109 1.30; A supers. $ 1.1591.20. Mohairs: Beat combing. 78 983u8 beat carding, 70975c. Kt. 1a>ui» IJvNtofk. ICast St. Louis, 111., Dec. 29.—Cattle— Receipt*. 1.000 head; about steady with light yearlings alow and light veal era higher at $12.00# 12 50; few steer* broguht $♦'. 40 6*. '.80; yearlings, 15 r.n#> 7 25; rows. $4 00iix6.00; canners, $2.3502.60; bologna bull-. $1.76# 4 05 I logs—-Receipt*, 18.500 head; opened mostly 10e lower; later 15€?20e lower; one • hoice load light hog*. $8.60; practical top, $8.56; bulk 140 to 170 pound average-. $8.50; I na pounds and up. $8 4008.60: pigs active; steady to strong, bulk 100 to 150 pound average*, $8 0008.35; lighter kinds. $7 2507.75; packers sow* weak to 26c lower; $7.00 07.25. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts. 800 head; nominally steady: $14.60 paid for load good quality natives; balance of lamb* unsold; nothing choice on sale. Chicago blocks. Range of price* of the leading Chicago stock* furnished by Logan & liryan, 248 Fetera Trust building; Close. Armour <K- Co. pfd. 9* _ Armour Leather com. 976 l.dlson com.. 1 30 Diamond Match .. ..117 Libby (new) . 6^ Montgomery-Ward . 23V» National Leather (new) . 6 T« Piggley Wiggly . 68 U Quaker <>at* . 98 Stewart-Warner . 74«4 Swift Co.107 ’4 Swift lilt. 19 M Wrigiey .103 OMAHA PRODUCE MARKET _ (Wholesale.) By Sikte Department of Agriculture Bureau of Market* am] Marketing: BUTTER. Local Jobbing price to retailors ia as follow*: Extras, 63c: extras, in 60-lb. tubs, 62c; standards, 60c; firsts, 45c. Dairy—Local buyers are paying around 37c for best table butter (wrapped roll) and 27c for packing stock of beet quality. BUTTI2RFAT. Most of the Omaha creameries and buy ers of butterfat are quoting 45c at thrlr country stations, and 60c to direct ship pers, delivered Omaha EGGS. On the basis of case count, quotations run from fin.oo to $]o.f>0 for fresh eggs, delivered, Omaha. On selected jotH of extra quality buyers arc paying around •»0c per dozen, and for No. 2, held eggs and small eggs, the price being paid around 26c; cracks, 20c. Jobbing prices to retailers: Fresh, fancy, 50c; selects. 45c; storage, selects, 32c; trade, 27c; cracks, 24c. POULTRY. Live—Broilers. 22c; heavy liens and pullets, 16c; light hens and pullets, 12c; spring roosters, all sizes, 14c; leghorn poultry about 3n less; old cox. 10c; ducks, fat, full feathered. 12c; geese, fat, full feathered. 12c; turkeys, fat, nine lbs. and up, 30c; no sick or crippled poultry wanted, nor culls. Dressed—No. 1 dry picked turkeys, hens and young toms. 35c; old tom turks, 30c; No. 2 turks, not culls, 20c; ducks, fat. No. 1, 16c; geese, fat. No. 1, 16c; country shippers should leave heads and feet on dressed poultry. Some local buyers and dealers are ac cepting shipments of dressed poultry from country dealers and producers and re-aelling same on 10 per cent commis sion Jobbing price to retailers:—Dressed Broilers, 34c; springs. 22c; heavy hens, 24c; light h<*ns. 21c; roosters, 16c; ducks, 23c; g"ese, 23c; turkeys. 46c. RABBITS. Buyers are quoting the fonow!ng prices: Cottontails, per doz., $2.00; jacks, per l doz , $2.00. BEEF CUTS. The wholesale prices of beef cuts In ef fect today are as follow*. Ribs—No, 1. 2«‘>c; No. 2. 24c; No. ?., Kc. Loins—No. 1, 32c: No. 2. 29c; No. 3. 18c. Rounds—No. 1, 15c; No. 2, 14H<-; No. 3. lie. Chucks—No. 1, 12c; No. 2, 11 He; No. 3, 19«\ Plates—No. 1. Sc; No. 2, 7 He; No. 3, 6 H c. v CHEESE. Local Jobbers are selling American cheese, fancy grade, at about tho follow ing prices; Twins, 29 He; single daisies. 30c; double daisies, 29Hc; Young Americas. 30He; longhorn, 30c; square prints, 31c; brick. 29c FRUITS. Strawberries—Florida, p^r quart, $1.00. Bananas—Based op selling price of 9 per lb.. $4.00®7.50. Oranges--Extra fancy California navels, per box. according to size, $4.00®6.60; choice. 60c less; Mississippi Satsutnas. U box, $3.60. Lemons—Extra California. 300, 360 sizes, per box. $10.00; choiof*. 300 to 360 sines, $9 00; Limes.. 100, $3.00. Grapefruit—Florida, fancy, all sixes, per bor $5.00; choice. 36-size. $3.76; 46-sizs, $4.tf; other sizes, $4 75 Cranberries—Bbl . lOu tbs., $13 50®17.00 box, 60 lbs , $8.50; Jersey Howes, $17.00. Apples—Delicious, according to size and quality, per box, $2.00®4.25; Washington Jonathans, per box, $l.66®2.50; Iowa Jonathans, per bbl., $6.50; bu. basket, $1.85; fancy Grimes Golden, per bbl.. $5.60; choice, per bbl.. $3 50; Missouri Pippins, fancy, per bbl., $1.25; Northern Spies, per box, $1.90®2 26; choice Hood River Banana, per box, $2.00; Spitzenberger, fancy, per box, $2.75; Oano, rancy, per fchJ.. $4.50. Quinces—California, fancy, per box, $100. Pears—Lawrence and Wln#r Nells, fancy, per box, $3.50; Hood River De Anjou, per box, $4.00. Grapes—Red Emperor, per keg, $5.50; AJmerla (white), per keg. $9 00. Figs—California, 24 8-oz. carton box, $2.75; 50-carton box, 13.75. Dates — Hollowl. 70-Ib. butts, 11c; Dromedary, case, 36-oz., $6.76. Avocados—Alligator pers, per dozen, $12.00 VEGETABLES. rotaioes—Minnesota ued Illver Ohlos No. 1. 11.25 per cwt.: Nebraska Early Ohio?, No. 1. $1.10 per cwt.; No. 2, 75c to IJ.flO per cwt. Sweet Potatoes—Bushel basket, $1.75: ubl.. $5.00. Old Beets. Carrots. Turnips. Parsnips, Rutabagas—Per lb.. 2a*c; in sacks, per lb.. 2Vic. Artichokes—Dozen. $2.50. Lettuce—Idaho head. 4-dozen crate $6.50; per dozen. $1.60; California crate* $5.60; hothouse leaf, per dozen bunches. 60c. Peppers—Green, market basket, per lb., 25c. Egg Plant—Selected, dozen, $2.75©3.50. Tomatoes—California, per case, $4.00; Florida, 6-basket crate, $9.00. Beans—Southern, wax, hamper, $5.00© 7.00. Onions—Southern, per dozen bunches, 60c; Ohio Whites $3.0o per cwt; Imported Spanish, crate, $2.50; Red Globes, per lb., 2 Vic. Parsley—Dozen bunches. 90c. Spinach—Per bushel. $1.26. Cauliflower—California, crates, $2.76. Cabbage—Crates, per lb.. 2Vic; sacked, 2c; red. per lb., 3c; celery cabbage, per lb., 15c; Bruss..ll sprouts, per lb., 20c. Celery—Michigan, per dozen. 60©75e Idaho, per dozen, $1.35® 1.60® 1 .SB; Cali fornia (not trimmed), per crate. $7.00. Cucurhbers—Hot house, per dozen, $3.60. Garlic—Per lb.. 25c. FEED. Omaha mills and Jobbers are soiling their products In round lots at the foliow ‘or prices, f. o. b. Omaha: Bran, $26.00; brown shorts, $26.00; gray shorts, $28.50; middlings. $29 f‘0: reddog, $32.00; alfalfa meal, choice. $29.00; No. 1, $37.00; No. 2. $24.00; linseed meal, $56.00; cottonseed meal, 43 per cent, $53.60; hom iny feed, white, $29.50; yellow. $29.60; but termilk, condensed. 5 to 9 barrels, 3.1c per lb.; flake buttermilk, 500 to 1,500 lbs., 7He per lb.; egg shells, dried and ground, lUO-lb. bags., $25.00 per ton. HAY. Prices at which Omaha dealers ar# selling In carload lots follow: Upland Prairie-—No. 1, f 16.50@16.00; No. 2, t13.50@14.&0. Midland Prairie—No. 1, $14,000 1 5.50; -No. 2, $12.00@13.00; No. 3. $H.0ft@ 10,00. I.owlnnd Prairie—No. 1, 110.00012.00; No. 2. $8.00@9.00. Alfalfa—Choice. $22.00 @ 23.00; No. 1, $19.60031.00. standard, fl7.60@19.00; No. 2, $ 1 4.50 @ 1 H.50; No. 3. $12.00014 00. Straw—Oat, $8.00(010.00; wheat, $7.00@ 9.00. FLOUR. First patent. Ha, I7.3u; fancy, clear,U». $G.15. Quotationa are f. o. b. Omaha. SEED. Omaha buyers are paving the following prices for field seed, thresher run. de livered Omaha. Quotatons are on ths basis of hundredweight measure: Sued—Alfalfa. $12 00 to $18.00; red clover. $10.00 to $17.60; alsyke. $8.00 to 116.00; timothy, $4.00 to $6.25; Sudan grass. $8.00 to $10.50; white blossom sweet clover, $6 00 to fll.OO; millet, high : grade German. $2.26 to $2 76; common millet, *1.50 to $2.00; atnber sorghum cane, $2.26 to $3.00, HIDES. FURS. WOOL. Price* printed below are on the bast* of buyers’ weights and selections, for goods delivered at Omaha: • Current receipt hides. Ho and 10c; green hides. 9o and 8c; bulls. 8c and 7c; brand ed. 8c; glue bides. 6c; kip, 12@10%c; calf. 13@lltyc; deacons. 80c each; glue calf and kip, 6c; horse hides, §4.60 and $2.50 each; ponies.$J.75 each; colt*. 25c each; hog skins, I5c each; dry hide?. No. l, 16c per lb.; dry salted, 12o lb.; dry glue, Cc lb. Wool pella. $1.25 to $2 00 for full woolerl aktns; spring lambs. 76e to 90c f>r late take off; clhw, no value; wool, 30o to *6o. Tallow. No. 1, 7c; B tallow, 6c; No. 2, 6He; A grease, 7c; B grease, 6c; yellow grease. 6c; brown grease, btyc; pork cracklings, $80 per ton; beef crackliigs. $60 per t-»n; beeswax. $20 per ton. Fura—Skunk, central stales, ns* row stripe, N’o 1 large, $3.00; No. 1 njedt im. $2.00: No. 1 small, $1 60; No. 2 good un prime, $1.°0. Muskrat, western, fait ;a -g*. $1.75; medium. $1.00; small. 76c. Race* on, central, ordinary, large, $5.00; med! im, $3.60; email, $2.25; No. 2, $2.25. M/nk, central, ordinary, large, $5 60; medl im, $3 75; small, $2.25; No .*1. $1.60. Wylf, northwestern, soft, large, $12.00; medium, $9.00; small, $6.60; No. 2. $3.60. Fox. cen tral. grey, large. $2.00; medium. $1 60; small, 75c; No. 2. 75c. Civet, prime, €0 @25c. Lynx cat. $8.00@1 00. Beaver, le gally caught. $30.00@5 00. Fisher, $76.00 @10.00 House cat. 50@10c. Lynx, $16.00 @5.00. Otter, $30.00@5 0o. Weasel, white, $ 1.00(ft?25c. Wild cat. *1.600250. Bidder. $1.60@ 10c. Marten, $40.00 06.00. Btar. $26 00 @1.09. This simple treatment clears the head.loosens irritating phlegm, cools inflamed, stinging tissues and breaks the cold. See bottle for simple directions. Go to your druggist—spars yourself serious trouble — start now to taka DR. KING’S -asyrup for coughs &cvidt J On Hands, Elbows, Limbs and Chest. Cuticura Healed. "For nearly four years I was troubled with eczema on ray bands, elbows, lower limbs, and portions of my chest. It broke out in s rash and the skin was very sore and red. The itching was intense causing me to scratch. The itching was worse at night, and the resultant lose of sleep rendered me incapable of performing my work. "I tried Cuticura Soap and Oint ment. The first three applications allayed the itching, and in less than two months I was healed.” (Signed) W. C. Tanner, 105 W. Columbia St., Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 27,1922. Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal cum are all you need for every-day toilet and nursery purposes. R-npl- lech Pr-.br M-U A.idrrm: "OlSnrtUk. •rMartaa. D-pt S. Ifufe. «l. Sw," Sold r—rr whwrjv^Soap 26c. Ointment 2S and 60c. Talcum a*. ■V"Cuticura Soap iIuvm without mat.