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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1895)
( { THIS OMAHA DAILY IJIUJS : j lOn > A.Y , DlSOJS.MUtflil 10 , 18 ! ) , " > . IMIH oi7/ 41npi 'H IHIi SUAR ( lihlil Its Advantage to nu Agricultural Str.tc Olr.iily Set Forth , BENEFITS COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY ' Vn t Arm of ( 'onnCry WlifR tlic f Urii | > Alny ! < * I'rtilllnlil- Not ' The .Soiili ( 'N AlovlliK > : t- Ktriiutlve I'nclH. In a recent number of the Southwest Maga zine Mr.V. . 3. Ilnrke presents strong reasons why the southwest should become 0 gtcat producer of beet sugar. The urtlclfr contain * fncts and siiRRestlons of prime. Interest to Nebraska , nnd It Is published entire. Mr. IlnrkC writes : A beet sngoi factory with a capacity of 550 tons a day al out n small a factory ae can ba run successfully could be operated In New Mexico of Arizona for about ISO days In the year that Is. from th time tin- - first bscls are ready fet market till the crop can no longer be kepi In BOOI ! condition. This would consume during the year about 50,000 tons. The average yield In Nebraska Is about twenty tons to lie ocic. j The land In ihe southwest would product ) j more , but assuming that the yield -would be tlic same , 2,500 acres of land wortU be required quired to supply the necessary iimmllty of beets. This would have to bo dlvUe-1 Into farms of about fifteen acres each , since that Is about as much land us one man could nt- tend to under Irrigation. Kach farmer would then huve for market about SOU tons or lieota. nml .in tlm fartorv nrlee Is ! u a ton tlij year y Income to each man , or family , cultivating fifteen acres would be Jl.SOO and that Is nbout twice as much as the annual e.ish In come of the average wheat and corn larmcr of Katikaw or Nebraska who cultivates a quarter sectl-n. The fact-ry wojld give \Vcrk Iniiiiedlnteiy about the place to 300 linnil ? , and It Is estimated that those who would be Klvcn employment by It , dlucily jnil Indirectly - directly , together with those ilcpemlent upon them , would number not less than (1,000. These figures arc reliable , token from a state ment made by the manager of such an estab lishment as the above mentioned. 31ow let the reader slop and think for n moment what the starting of such works would mean to the town In which they mlslit be located T.iko our own town , for Illustration : The present population , within the corporate limits of Albuquerque , Is probably Just about 6.1)00 ) , and the establishment and operation ol a beet sugar factory of 350 tons capacity at this point would plvc support to Just double our present numbers , and It would bring In from abrcad and put Into cumulation among us probably four times as much money an vo now draw through all of our prcseaii enter prises combined for It must be remembered that the towns of the southwest are not doing much at present to bring In money from the outside , "nut , " you sar , "how- can we gel such n factory It would cost an Immense , sum of money ? " Of course It would. PROFIT IS POSITIVE. The smallest mill that can bo built , Jo run at a profit , will cost about $500,000 , but there Is always plenty of money to be li.id for anything that Is able to glvo on assurance of profit and safety. U Is also urged Llmt the profits In the sugar business have Icon greatly reduced by recent unfriendly legisla tion , and that also Is true , but this condition \t-4 \ of things Is not expected to continue In- definitely. While It Is possible for tlio beet sugar factories to run at a small profit wlth- out tariff or bounty , the statistics of tlie busi ness show that the cano sugar Interests of Louisiana and other southern states will be utterly ruined If the-y arc not to have the assistance of friendly legislation , and It Is fair to presume that the congress of the United States will never permit the destruction of such A great Interest , and oneof such vital Importancs to a largo section of the country. It Is true the late congress made an attempt to with draw all govoinment assistance from the sugar Industry , but It soon discovered Its mistake and promptly undid the most that It had clone , and there Is now no reason to doubt that congress can always be relied upon hereafter to glva us such wholesome legislation as will enable the sugar planters and sugar factors of the south to prosecute their business with a fair margin of profit , ami whenever the cane factories can live the beet factories can grow rich. And again , It must be remembered that the general op pression that has prevailed for the Ia.it two years has affected llie capitalist no less than the laborer : both have been obliged to reduce their prices very materially ; the $2 a. day man Is now willing to work for $1 , and the moneyed man , who , a few years ago , wouldn't look at an Investment that offered loss than 10 per cent , IP now glad to tr.ke 4 , provldid It Is safe , and TO we find that the profits In i B r irnklng while they may have been some what reduced , the psr cent which capital Is willing to accept upon Its Investment has been reduced In an equal If not greater de gree. There Is no scarcity of money In the money centers ; there Is an abundance of It lying Idle ; It Is the element of confidence that Is lacking. The manner In which every Is sue of government bonds Is snapped up shows that there h a gr.nt de.rand for giocl In vestments , and given the element of perfect safety It Is Juit ns feasible to float a i per cent enterprise now as It was to float a 30 per cent enterprise a few years ago and the profits In beet sugar making have not been reduced In as urcnt a proportion as thai. So , after all , notwithstanding the general hnrd times and the unfriendly legislation. It Is not likely that It would b ? any more dim- cult to gat capital to go Into a sugar factory now than It would have been at any time' In the past. It would be necessary now , Just ns It would have been necessary then , to show that wo are prepared to furnish a BUfflclent and reliable supply of raw material. Without that wo could not hope to secure such an Institution- now nor at any other time , and with that we should not bo likely to have any more difficulty In securing It now than In "good times. " Then the. ques tion of "how to get a beet sugar factory" rests mainly upon the question of how -to get beets to supply the factory. If we can Bolvo ths latter problem the formsr will solve Itself. There are plenty of men with experience In this business , nnd with abundant capital , who will be glad to put up eucli an establishment whenever we are able to assure them that wo are prepared to tur- nlsh them stilllclent supply of the raw mn- terlnl to keep their mill In operation. How that Is to bo accomplished IB another question ; the object of this article was to uliow what Is required to be done , not 'haw ' to do It. nut possessing , as we do , the soil , the climate , tlis water and the people all the elements necessary for the successful production of all the material required It ought to be feati'tl ; for a committee of practical men to devise n plan by which the desttc-il pml might be attalnsd , and In view of the vast and Important advantages to the conntry which would Inevitably flow from inicli an enterprise. It Is certainly worth the effort. AURA SIJITAI1KR FOIl anOWTEI. The secretary of ono of the gr at sugar factories said to a newspaper Interviewer a few months ago : "The- people of this tcun- try do not know what an Immense bm < nga the beat sugar Industry Imw gro'.vn to bj , " And again. In the course of the same con versation ho stated thnt whereas the srotta output of the beet sugar mills of the United Slates was only about 3,000,000 paumJj In 1890 , It was almost 50,000,000 pounds In 1891 nn Increat'i of over 1,600 per csnt In four years. ThisIs something wonderful , but It IB no more marvelous than many other lactn ronno2ted with this business. The Industry Is especially adapted to thesouthwest. . A map which Is made from official data , furnhCud by the Agricultural departintnt of the Untied Htatei , ehowtf that the sugar beet blt crosses the continent en the parallel of Now fork until It reaches tli ; foothills of the- Rocky mountains , and then bearing nearly duo couth for about COO miles. It turns west again , embracing marly the whole of New Mexico and Arizona. The beet Is grown at Its hct whcro It can have a warm , dry fill , tucli ui < we- always liavs In the southwest , and Its production Is practically 1mnil In hand with Irritation , because when It has reached a mcdnntd rlze the growth should bj utoj-peJ and the beet left to stand the rest of the sea son without Increasing In tlz > , while- , with Its l > road Jtsvei' Exposed to the sun , It In gu'hcrlng and storing away the saccharine matter which Is the object of Ha cultivation. In an Irrigation country thlw can alway * be regulated , but In a rain country the farmer has to take hli chances If the wealu'r comes off warm and dry after the beets J&ve attained the proper size bo will have a sooO crop , but If U chances to be rainy , as it U lwi liable to be , he will have a of pulp , bul n'/t much Micnr ; In the hartvrr.t can kt-cp the beet till U c is to Just the slzs wo want gin ) thru ttop it h ) withholding the water , 'Uill Ih. ' 4iinblnc. v/hlch never falls ui , ulll dc the reft. Tht beet withstands fro t cud ! ill better Ihan any other crop produczd ni.I : is Iocs wearing on llu fc'l ) . Our "alkali" so'ls. which are found In nmny pirip o ( tif ; I'outnwi'st , are grand for the sugar hrct , the -only ilifliculty being lliat In such soil it l. ( Mrpnfd to grow too large for the first ino or thrfe yearn. itusui/r OP Rxi'nniENCB. The choiuUt of the United States Agricul tural department. Jn trporllng upon the climatic conditions most favorable to ths Front h of th ? sugar beet lays cxperlenca ha. " shown th.it It reaches UP highest plate of development In north temperate latitudes. So fjr ns the production of the beet with regard to high tonusge Is conc'rned , It Is found that It will grow far to Ihe south. but bens grown In uch localities are found to be IPS ? rich In sugar and U'fK suitable for the manufacture of Eiigar than those grown farther north. Hut It must ho remembered tlm' the tsrms north and south asi used In this connection do not refer to nbsrlutc parallels of latitude , but ra'her to leotherncal lines , which , In many nasen , run obliquely to the pirallsls nf lati tude , and In some cases cross them at almost right nnslcs , AP a result of many yens of careful experiment. It Is said by the- depart ment that so far as t mpcratur alone Is concerned , the sugar beet attain ? Its great est perfection In a zone of varying width , through the center of which passes the Iso'hennal llnu of 70 degrees Kahrtahelt for the monlhs of June. July and August , and this zone , as It pauses through the south western territories and the Pacific coast states , Is shown by the crooked dark belt on the nvtp which Is present d on another page , the dotted Una through the middle maik ng the Isotherm above named , nnd crossing the Hlo Orando n ar Isleta , about twelve miles south of Allmnticrqir , anil Die sugsr 1tctone cf Now Mexico Is ths territory for about 100 miles on cither side of tint central line extending from a point a llttlo bslow San Marclal en tli south to within about twenty miles of tlio tcrrltorhl boundary on the north , and continuing thus on a prac tically straight line almost to the western boundary of Arizona. While- Is necessary to take conditions of temperature Into consideration In th elect ing of localltl s for tha successful prosecution of this Industry. It his bson found that there are other conJItlons equally Important. Fcr Instance , the sugar beet re-quires a cjrlnln amount of moisture , In order to produce a normal crop , and It l highly essential that It should have thin moisture at tin proper time nnd for this reason It Is generally beloved that cultivation of sugar be-Jts can 1)3 carried on successfully In the "arid r'glon" over a much broader area of country than that which the Agricultural d'p.irt- msnt has Included In the sugar beet zen ? , be cause In a district which Is practically rain less , and all crops ara cultivated by Irriga tion , the quantity of moisture , -and the time of applying It , may both bo governed with almost absolute exactness. SEVERAL SORTS OK BEETS. There are a good many dlffersnt kinds of sugar beet , but they all spring from the same family , and are all botanlc-illy Identical with the common garden beet. Illustrations' are presented herewith of four popular varieties , all godd , but each a little different 'n some respect from all the others. The differences In varletl s h-ive arls'n through special select'on ' and culture producing a purs strain of some valuable peculiarity , but ex periments and analysis made by officers of the Agricultural department , as well as by many other comp3t5nt persons , go to show that equally satisfactory results can be at tained with any ono of a dozsn varieties. Hut In order to produca the best results In any caw ; It stems to b ? necessary that the seed be produced at home that Is , the so d grown and matured In any particular local'ty ' will usually give a more satisfactory crop than ssed of the same variety proJucd In some , other part of the country , und'r dif ferent conditions of soil and climate. Of course , sugar beet , like anything else , will do better In pome soils than In others , but ns a gensral nils It may be said that any soil tint will yield o good crop of corn , will picduco a good crop of sugar beet. Land freshly manured will produce beets of very large size , but of a quality very Inferior for manufacturing purposes , and for that reason , whenever the soil has to bo manurc-d , beet growers put In porno" other crop , the first ysar after dressing usually wheat , for that Is found to leave the ground In bettor con- Jltlon for beets than any other crop with -vh'ch they can b3 alternated. The location of a beet sugar factory must bo w'nere there Is plenty of water , good rail road facilities , and a good supply of coal and limestone to be had at fair price ? . A factory operating at the rate of 350 tons of beets a day consumes dally four carloads of coal , three- cars of llmistone and half a car of coke , and It runs constantly , day and night , frcm the time It begins Its campaign In the fall , till eviry beet has been used. Thirty years ago this Industry was started In California , but failed for want of capital and a lack of knowledge , and It has only bejii within r-scent years that we have been able to manufacture best sugar profitably In the United States , although the greater part of ill the eugar consumed by Iho American people Is manufactured from beets , In Ger many and France , wher it Is one of the most Important Industr'es. ' In Austria , Holland and Belgium the maximum has been reached , and land on which the sugar beet Is grown there Is valued at fl.OOO to $1,200 per acre ; and yet the land there Is not as good , and will not yield as much sugar per acre as the average land of New Mexico and Arizona. NOT ALL SUGAR. Napoleon was probably the father of the beet sugar Industry. He found that the sugar contained In the ordinary garden beet could .bo manufactured Into a marketable product , though such beet contained only 5 or C per cent of saccharine niatt-r ; whereas , after careful breeding for nearly a century It Is not uncommon now to find beets con taining 20 per cent. Dut this percentage of saccharine docs not mean sugar It means simply sweet matt r , part of which Is glucose- and the rest sucrose. The process of manufacture now used Is that of diffusion , or soaking out the sugar from the little octagonal c'lls of the beet. The entire process of taking the beet In at one end cf the factory and turning out the finest granulated sugar at the other end takes ilmost thirty-six hours. The aft r products of a beet sugar factory are very valuable In Kurojie , but thcro Is not much market for them In this country. They consist of the lime cake , which makes a valuable fertilizer , and tha pulp , which Is an .excellent feed , either for the fattening of cattle or for milk cows. The latter Is dried and put up in bales , In Europe , and Is much used for feed there. The sugar manufacturers at Norfolk , Neb. , utilize this product by buying "feeders" and fattening them for the Omaha market. They fatted over 2,000 head of cat tle at the factory there last year. Th're Is no business rearon why the people of the United Slates should not produce all their own sugar , and n very great proportion of the total supply should b ? made In our two southwestern territories. To glvo an Men of the Immense proportions to which thin Industry might b' duvelcpsd , It Is only necessary to call attention to tlij fact that It would take a thousand factories , costing a half million of dollars each , and calling for 3&Q tons of beets per day for each factory , to turn out the sugar that Is now consumed by the people of the United State ? . And as Hi : quantity of sugar consumed In the United States doubles every twelve years , It will ba seen that the b'et sugar Industry In this country will have to bo developoj Into vaet proportions bjfor wo shall be able to supply the home demand. Sine ? Iho market Is practically unllmlt il , and sine- all the con ditions of neil and climate are peculiarly favorable to the production of sugar In New Mexico and Arizona , It cannot be doubted that vast posslbllUleu are open to this section through the proper devvlopnunt of this Im portant Industry. I1UILT UP OHINO. Tlis worn ! rful effict upon the surrounding country produced by the establishment of u beet sugar factory could not have a bmer Illustration tnan Is given by th * town cf China , In California. Here , In ISO ) , there were only thre : or four housta , and land In the vicinity could not be sold at 510 an acre. Hut a sugar factory , with a capacity of 350 tons a day , was put up there by a com- pauy formed for thut purpse : , and has been practically the only enterprise the town had to depind on ; but th plie hap grown In three years to b ? u town of C.OOO population , and the fame land , which In 1890 , would not br ] g $10 an acre , can now bo sold ut 2H5. And there Is no point with n the sugar beet zone In New Mexico or Arizona where tha ex perience of Chlno cannot be repeated.Vhav li needed la for the llcard of Trade , Com- I mcrclal club , or some r sponrfbl organlzi- tlon of the town , to tnk- > the matter In hand [ nnd make contfac's with the farmers In the ! vicinity to raise th ? quantity of bets neces- I nary to supply n factory for Hi ? first ye-.r. J Aftr : that the thing will be r < g-.ilnted by the law of eupply and demand , and farmers will raise beets because they will pay better than any other crop. At first sight It 9 cms llks n great undertaking to get lanl enough glv-n : to beet culture to furnish ? fiO Inn * n day during the ccacon ; but If you will take the trouble to figure It out you will find It Is n matttr cn'lrely within th reach of any set tlement In New Mexico or Arizona. Lind In this country can be relied upon for an average yield of at leapt twenty tons to the acre , and as the milling season lists not over 150 days. It would requireno : more than 2,500 acres to produce all the beets mcesjnry to ripply ; a 350-ton mill. And whenever a rolinblo supply of Ihe raw mat rial can bs guaranteed there will bs no trouble In flu.1- ing the men and capital to put up the mill. Thera w.ll be no dllDcul-y In g'tting farmers to enter Into contracts to rals ? the bwts If they can have n reasonable assurance of a market for th : product ; but that can only bs given through an organized effort , and hence the necessity of having sc-me reliable organization take hold of the matter. A wigar factory Is something you can gst only by "going after It. " You may have the best Mli nnd the best climate In th ? world , and the best facili ties for running an establishment of this kind , but It will never come to you unless you make ths necessary preliminary arrange ments for It. The first step to take Is to open correspondence with som * Individual familiar with the buslnef ? nnd ascertain upon what conditions ho would be willing to put up a mill at your place , anil having received a proposition from each a psrson or company , then make a canvass of the district nnd find out how many ncrcn the fanners of the vicin ity r.re willing to plant and cultivate to beets ; and as coon ns you can get a sufficient num ber of acres guaranteed to give you the quantity of beets needed to keep a factory running fcr four or five months the problem will bo practically solved , for. a ? ronnrkcd above , the men and the capital will bo leady to put up the mill aa soon ny you can show thnt the raw material to keep It going will bo forthcoming but you must have the conttucts with the farmers before you can find any company willing to risk Its money In n mill. i.Mi'itovin ) son. ci.1/rimn. ' \ euSynUni byVlilcli lite Moisture IN .Ilrtnliict ! In ( lie Knrlli. HASTINGS , Neb. , Nov. 2u. To the Editor of The Dee : I noticed In -rlday'B Ileo the letter of Mr. Smalley on the subject of 'tho future of the Dakota , Nebraska and Kansas. Mr. Smalley slated thnt a man named Camp bell had recently attracted attention In the northwest by his advocacy of a new method of soil tillage , as a result of which better crops and fewer failures were anticipated. Mr. II. W. Campbell , the gentleman of whom Mr. Smallcy writes , Is well and favorably known In this part of Nebraska , where our best fanners have great faith In Ills. ' methods of soil culture and believe their adoption will result In great bjneflt to the state. Mr. Campbell was In this city last May and In conversation with some of our business men expressed the opinion that by proper treatment of the soil here a good crop could ba grown nine years In ten and that a com plete failure need never occur. He advanced the Idci that It was not so much a lack of rainfall aa excessive evaporation which at times resulted In crop failures , and that one of Iho reasons why failures and short crops had been more frequent during the past few years was In a measure owing to the loose condition of the soil , as a result of the great amount of undecompo3ed vegetable matter In the na ture of stubble , cornstalki" , etc. , which It contained , and which materially assisted In the evaporation of the rain that fell , while lending no assistance In bringing moisture from below by capillary action. He argued that a system of cultivation that would pack the fubsoil , putting It in the best condition to attract and hold moisture , and a tillage that would , to a great degree , retard or stop evaporation would solve the question. The theory seemed plausible and a number of us decided to try the exparlment. A plot of ground was selected nml prepared accord- Ins lo Mr. Campbell's directions. One-half the plot was subsolled , the other deep plowed. A subsurface packer was then used. Ucfore using the packer the ground way quite loose and a person walking over It would y'.nk In half knee deep. After using the packer one would not sink more than an Inch ; In fact , you practically walked on top of the plowed ground. Wo then planted beans ( It was too late for corn ) and shallow cultivated once a week. We learned that Immediately after a rain , when the sun was- out , a crust was formed , and In this crust thousands of minute capillaries to each square Inch at once formed and began to bring up the moisture to the surface , where It at once evaporated , Just as the oil In the lamp Is drawn up by the capil laries In the wick. We made It our business to destroy thes ; capillary tubes by shallow cultivation as soon as we could get on the ground after the rain. Samples of soil to the depth of one Inch were sent In hermetically sealed tubes to the Agricultural department at Washington dally during the crop reason. At the same time samples prepared in the same way , taken from a field across the road , cultivated In the usual manner , were sent In. I have before me the report of the department for the month of July. The average per csnt of moisture retained during the month where we employed shallow and frequent cultivation was 19 per cent. The average per cent of the other pieces , where ordinary cultivation was used , was 11 per cent. About the 20th of July wo dug down In our piece to see how far the moisture had cone down and found abundant moisture down four and one-half feet. In the piece of ground across the way the ground was dry after going down fifteen Inches. We could detect no difference In our plot of ground where It was subsolled and the ordinary deep packing. The crop on our piece of land was quite heavy. In several other cases In this vicinity whcro the parties adopted Mr. Campbell's methods the results were equally satisfactory and In some case ? the crops phenomenal. I glvo the result of then ) experiments with out comment. I hope It will lead the business men and farmers of this state to thinking on these lines. I am convinced that farming In Nebraska must be conducted with the Idea conntantly In view of conserving moisture ; that Is , to prevent the evaporation of the rain , fall wo now get. This can be done. We are on the eve of a revolution In methods of farm ing In this state. The sooner It comes the better. Mr. Campbell , whoso address Is Sioux City , la. , Is an enthusiast on this subject. He will travel a hundred miles any timeto talk Kill culture to a crowd of farmers. If we could have him at our farmers' Institutes this win ter I believe It would result In great advan tage to the farming Interests of the state. W. H. LANNINd. " Those Interested In Bicycling will find en tertainment In the January Five Cent NIckoM Magazine now on the news stands. Cool. It Is related of a certain French general , who died recently , that h had a vry devoted servant to whom , though really kind , he was Bomewlmt rough In his speech. In the Crimean war , says Youth's Companion , the general was wounded eo badly that one of his legi had to bo amru'.atsti , and du Ing the oper ation , which had to bo performed without ether , the man , Jean Daptl&te , stood by and howled while the general submitted quietly. "What are you howling for ? " the gnieral presently calleJ out. "Oh , , master , I cannot endure that you should lose your leg ! " "Who wants you to endure It ? Can't you pe that you will benefit by It ? " "What does monsieur mean ? " "Why , you blockhead , you'll have to black only ono boot after this ! " DeWllt's L'ttle Early Rlsrs cure Indiges tion and bad breath. Tlu Wild AV.'Ht Hi Al-Uoilll. A real wild west carnival , In the heart ol what Is left of the wild weit ItEelf , Is planned to be held In Arizona , next Februery. It Is to ba In or near I'honlx. : Representatives of every Indian trlbo In Arizona , and of most tribes In the southwest , are to be present , ur.d , because of the proximity of the exhibition to their native haunts , they will bi able to show almost the real thing In Indian llfo and ways. Then the whole country round abut la covered with eattlo ranges , and there are many hundreds of CON boys , In every way reprc- stntutlvu of their clsiu , who will be able to be present , not alone as exhibits , but as kpecla- tors. The projectors think the show will be a big success. I HAS LITTLE llffii FOR RELIEF Henry Olows Scci Ho Obocca for Congress to Help tKsHaflnatlon , POLITICS ABOVE fttfeblAL LEG.SLATION Spli-mllil Opportunity for tinCon - Nrrvntltt'N In CitrffttrnM t > llolMi-r fit tlit > Xulliin'H Cretin ' " > ' LitivM t > n Mono- . , NEW VOHK , Dec. IS. Henry Clews , head of the banking how * of Henry Clews & Co. , writes of the situation In Wall street : During- - the past week , the Industrials monopolized attention on the Block ex change ; but an these nrc subject to ppa- clal Influence their lluctuatlons arc no criterion for the dealings In railroad sharcB. The latter were generally neglected ; not because of the unsatisfactory condition of railroad affairs , for they are steadily Im proving , as testified by the laiger number of ronda reporting better earnings , but almost entirely because of the nrrest of the ( psculntlve spirit due to the poor prospect of any adequate financial legislation from this conirrcs ? . Investors will not buy In n heavy market ; nml speculators dare not take hold with the possibility of a fresh outbreak of distrust. In view. Many of the leading Bhuien are s lllng below their Intrinsic values ; and bright business pros pects warrant a rising market ; but all nuch fotcca are Just now held In check by this unsettling of confidence. Eventually , the mnrktt must go higher ; but , until the financial outlook becomes clearer. It.s course Is uncertain , and we would advise profit taking upon all fair rallies. It in most unfortunate that , with such a strong recupetatlve tendency as now ex ists In almost every Uranch of business , everything should bothrown Into uiu'or- talnty by conditions at the national capital which make legislation on certain vital questions almost Impossible. The house and the administration , representing the opposite poles hi politics , can hardly be expected to agree on anything ; and the Hunnle Is so perversely constituted that It may ba expected to disagree on whatever the house might adopt or the president sanc tion. In such a plight of Impracticabilities , no legislation of Importune ? seem * to be within reach , and the country must remain In uncertainty for fifteen months as to what Is to bo the policy of the country on the great financial Issues of thcday. WHAT CONGRESS MAY DO. It would S8om , however , that If there were n majority at Washington of men of both parties loyally willing to make some mod erate concessions of political preference to the urgent necessities of public conlldencc thcro should be no dllllculty In providing reasonable compromises on financial ques tions that would materially help to mend the situation and to encourage a better feeling In business circles. So far as Je- Epects currency questions , opinion has Its exti ernes , fuvorlng on the one hand , an adherence to old Ideals and. on the other , advocating n total reconstruction of our bank note system and a withdrawal of both forms of legal tenders ns fast aa new bank currency could bo brought out ; while the senate , as a whole , Is a cabal of Philis tines , impracticable for everything but free coinage. In such a situation , while de ferring a broad and final settlement for the future , certain midway measures might be accepted without ) doing unbearable violence lence to the policies of any of these three divisions of sintlmerH. For Instance ; what objection neell either of the two parties present to the retirement of the UO.OOO.COC of Sherman notes , nt the moderate rate of fay $5.000,000 psr month , , ' thereby so far re ducing the exjiosure of the treasury to a drain on Its gold reservodind Increasing con fidence In the remain Ing TJ3IG 000.000 of green backs ? Such a reducMun of the large vo umo of treasury pap = r would Impart confi dence to the conservative sentiment nmong our people , and would be nn Important Evi dence to the foreign1 holders of $2,000,000,000 of our securities thit .wa may be trusted to put our currency fjyptem upon n sounder basis ; and. In that . jn'sc , It would be nn Invaluable contribution toward the restora tion of confidence. To those who may de sire a more sweeping. Retirement of legal tenders. It might up .a Concession In prin ciple , but , lt would b8 , a valuable experiment as showing what may nnd may'not'be ' pru dently done In the "way of pruning our legal tender money1. ' : HOW IT AFFECTS THE BANKS. Such A" withdrawal of. paper \youlcU call for Its substitution/by s-ome other-kind of notes. At this point also It should bo possible to measurably Satisfy the prefer ences , both of these who cling to the present national bank guaranty of bonds nnd those' who advocate Issuing notes on the puaranty of a first olnlm upon the assets and on the second liability of the stock holders. What sufficient reason can' be offered , whether principal or expedi ency , why an Issue of national bank notes should not be authorized , guaranteed to their full face value bv say two-thirds In United States bonds nnd one-third In assets of the bank ? In other words , let any na tional bank he empowered to Issue cir culating notes to the extent of 60 per cent in excess of the par sum of Its bonds held against circulation ; nnd make all the asset1 ! of the bank. Including stockholders' lia bility , available for the liquidating such portion of the notes OH Is not covered by bonds. This would very largely Increase the ratio or notes to bond deposit ; but that Increase would be more than compensate : ! by the added preferred claim on assets nnd the notes wou'.d be ns safe ns those now existing. Some such Increase In the Issuing ability of the banks ( as compared with that now allowed ) would be Ind'spen- sable to bringing out nn amount of new circulation sufficient to set off the with drawn Sherman notes. The national banks now Issue circulation because they have to keep on hand a certain amount of bond ? not because the Issues yield satisfactory profit -and they xuake up for the low rate obtained on the bonds by putting- out notes against them. The president's proposal to reduce the tax on notes from 1 to Vi per cent nnd to allow Issues up to the par value of the bonds would be entirely In adequate as a dependence for drawing out 1140,000,000 new circulation. The banks must have a inarirln for Issulnir noon their creJIt. and without tying up their working re sources , before thev can be expected ts materially expand their note Issues. Some such arrangement as that here suggested would satisfy that requirement to the amount needed. QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION. It Is also a question for candid considera tion whether It would not be Just to all sections , and therefore nlsa politically pru dent , to broaden the resource for Issu ing notes by authorizing Die creation of na tional banks with a cnpltnl of not less than $25000. Instead of continuing the existing minimum of JM.OOO. This would lead to the formation of many new banks In the west and the south , where circulation IB much needed , and would therefore bo nn Im portant contribution toward Increasing the volume of this form of currency. At the same time , It would adil materially to the credit of the greenbacks If the silver set free by the retirement of the Sherman , notes were held ns an asset for guarantee ing the final redemption of those legal tenders , whenever such redemption might bo determined upon , As to providing the means for taking up the Shermans , n 3 per cent bond Issuablo to th amount of $2CO.- 000,000 , at the pleasure of the president , could be made available for that purpose and also as a resource against future dc- llclenclcs of revenue : uurh bonds should bo redeemable after V' few yearH nt the pleasure of the government. The fort-going suctfcstlons nro made , not with a view to settling pll possible financial questions , but ns affanHtm a measure which Hhould bo ucceptnmu to , both parties ns a compromise nnd whlch'-would tend toward a large recovery of. confidence and would Insure a partial , but real and material bet tering of the llnar\cljU \ situation. LONDON KI.V JVOrAI. III5VIKW. TTiiH Htliti'iiliiKY7 f Minify LONDON , Dec. ( JB.-HJ'hcre haH been a sllfiht stiffening ; ofKiupttoy mien , owlni ? to the payment ot E1OOQ , < W of the Installment for New South Wi < ! X nnd to the Stock Exchange settlement , o Thro1ms been some demand , hut vllll ifnr from firm. The stock market was wi-a.kj. Inlluenced by fulee of mining xlinrea. CKhoi uneaslnc-83 regnrd- Inw the latter conlinuei.and many of thim have not yet touched bottom , ConsoU nnd talhvays , except SuoUJij. which have fallen harply on the shipping strike news , Im proved slightly. Amrrieun railways fluc tuated and closed lower , except Uitiver preferred , which , rote T4 per cent. Nor folk , preferred , fell 1 4 per cent ; Union 1'iiclfli' . 1'x , per ci'ntHeudlncr. ; IV psr cent : IU-illnir ( Ists , 1 per cent. ( Jihers droppert un UVCIRKU of4 ' per cent , the drop In Cen tral I'ueltlc lislng , 1 per cent. Grand Trunk without chance exctpt for d-benturcp , which receded 2 per cunt. Foreigners fold on 1'arlB t.i < l Vienna orderti , all being lawet nnd not being atrenKthoned by the tuiltnn' yluldlni , ' to th ? requirements of the powers , Greeks fell li ! per cent ; Ttirklnh , 'i jiei cent ; lirazlilanH' . 1 per cent ; Mexicans. 1 pr cent : Italians , 1 % per cent down on ihe African defeat. The Ottoman brink war nuoted nt VI.r \ \ cent , compared with a ) per cent u week ugo. CoUoii .llnrUft. NI3\V ORLKANS. Dec. H. COTTON-Qulet nnd uteaily ; mlddllne. Che ; low middllnir , S'.ic ; Kood ordinary , 7Hc ; net r c lilii. I2.7C8 halm ; crots , 13,52i l-aie ; eipjits , coaslwlne. 1,274 1'uli-n ' ; ale > , 1,41 liulrs ; stock. 341,454 bales. NKVT YORK , Dec. 14. COTTON-Qulfl ; mid dling. 8 D-Uc ; net receipts , 11 } bales : KO , 41,678 bales ; cxporti to area ! Hritaln. 103 bales ; U the continent , U ) Luks ; forwarded , 2.C28 balei ; wil"f. 1S2 J ! r < . nil tplnnft ; stock. 1M.J4J Intrd , rlofp.l tifmly Mrnd.t , 3 ( mint * < i | < < ' Uewmlwr. $ * .S7. BT. 1/JflS , Dec. R-COTTON Slmilyi mid- d'.lnp , 8 Ji-iecj rn\n. \ l.tlf. Imlfs : receipts , 4.M bnlcs ; dhlpments , 4,711 Imlcsi slock , en.Mlntt. \ \ . ( Jll.Vt.V MAllKliTST. of tlic TrinlliiR anil C'loilnir 1'rlcci on .Snliiriln.v. CHICACIO , Dec. U.-t'rtce. ' uf RMln took another tumble today , compared with yi.i- tcrdny's closing prices ; the May delivery of whe t Is He lower , corn -So nnd oats Tdc lower. Corn nnd o.-its appeared to have no bo torn , trailers tnkl g 2Co fo May. When did not seem so entirely bereft of frlemls. The covering purchases liy short ! ! In pro visions caused comparative strength unil some advance In prices. Weakness was still the prevailing feeling when the wheat market opened , nnd It did not change materially till day. It was expected thnt last week's decrease In the vltlblo supply , Instead of the heavy In crease which had been looked for , would nil be explained Monday In an Increase of 2,000,000 bu. or over for the present week. It was contended that nineteen cn.ruoc.-i of wheat were on Saturday last . 'till In the holds of vessels In Iluffalo harbor Which had been counted out of the visible supply last wcel : because the railroad com pany had the older * to forward It , nnd that a large proportion of that would ro- tippear this week nt seaboard points. It may seem that with nn Increase for the week , ns expected , tit Minneapolis nnd DH- Itith , of 2,200,000 bu. nnd n probable Increase of 1,000,000 bu. at New York there could not lie otherwise than over 2,000.0-JO bu. net Increase In the vlnlb'.e supply. U was pointed out. however , that arguing from Just such premises a week ago the trade wont far nstray , There wan nothing dis turbing In the routine news , but tinder soiling led by Linn , the price tended down ward fiom start to finish. May . . fold . . early at Knic , and was being maintained | U ) apparent dllllculty tit COo as thu session was drawing lo n close. Corn traders received todav liberal re- sponses to the offers ! they wlrsd to dealers In the country yesterday , nnd the pios- pectlve heavier receipts thus Indicated seemed to set every one to selling who wished to earn a dollar out of the article. Although the stocks hero are only 700,000 bu , nnd only -100,000 bu. are of the contract grade , n year ago , when the price of May corn was 48e , the stock here was 1,000,000 bu. , and the prlco now Is 20e per bu. less. The exports for the week were WJl.OOO bu. , or more than 2.00U bu. In excess of the week's shipments a year ago. The day's receipts were E > 23 cars , and COO are expected on Monday. May corn was es pecially weak and declined % c per bu. De cember lost ' ,8C nnd January Vtc. There was a heavy trade In the oat. = market , and the session from beginning to end was very active. During the early part of the day the feeling was compara tively firm. Huylng was good , and nil of ferings were taken up rapidly. Later , how- Evcr , the weakness In wheat , together with Increased offerings , caused a decline , nnd the record for thirty-three years was broken by May selling ut 19c. Yesterday Iflvfcc was the closing price , today inc. The cash market was also weak. Receipts exceeded yesterday's estimate by 103 cars. Provisions showed a little strength , be cause the day's run of hogs was 16,000 head , Instead of 22.000 head , as estimated. Perhaps the principal cause of the moderate advance with which the market closed was that John Cudahy and some other shorts thought well of covering. Compared with yesterday's closing prices. May pork Is WHIJAT No. 2 spring. 56Ui57'iCj ! ( No. 3 EprlnR , Sr.iT.Vc ; No. 2 led. CftftdClUc. COIINNo. . 2. 25'.Se : N.3 yellow , 25'Sc. ' . OATS No , 2. 17c ; No. 2 white , f. o. U. , IS'iffr 204c ! ; No. 3 white , f. o. b. , ! TiB18'.c. HY12 No. 2. S4'ic. ' HAUI.BY No. 2 , nominal ; No. 3 , f. o. b. , 23W Me : No. 4. f. o. h. , 22fr2'J < ' . K1.AX SHED No. 1. 04iif4 c. TIMOTHY .SKlD-I'rlme. f3.53i3.CO. ( 1'HOVIHIONS Mess pork , per bbl , , $7.S75IS.OO. ! ! Laid , per 100 ll > ? . , $5.27'i. Short ribs , sides ( louse ) , JI.30SN.35 ; dry palled shoulders ( boxed ) . 14.500 4,75 : short clear sides ( boxed ) , $4.37'i0l.50. WHISKY Distillers1 finished goods , per Bal. , $1.22. 1'01'I.TRY Firm : turkeys , 7ff9ic ! ; chickens , BltW'Wc : ducks , Idiillc. The following- were the receipts and shipments today. On tha t'roliioj exo'iinra ' toliv tlio bnttsr mar ket wai linn ; creamery. lUii-'Cc : dairy , rja i"Jc. KKKB. nnn ; ' 'OWJlr. CliooBn. qulot ; 1111- chant'ed : twins , H4&iPic ( ; Yonnir Amcrlcai , OB UHc ; chcadai-8 , NEW YOIIIC CiE.VICHAI , MAIIKIST. ( liiofntloiiH on the I'rliieliinl CoiiiinoiIttlcH a ml HdipIcH. NEW YOHK , Dec. 14. FlXJl'K Receipts , 41,000 bblp. ; cxpoits , 13,600 bbls. ; dull nnd weak with wheat ; winter extra , 2.GJfi3.M ; city mill patents. $ l.iaj/4.23 ; winter patents , $3.13 ii3.u > ; city mill clems , $4.0034.10 ; win ler btrnlghts. $3.30B3.4U ; Minnesota patents. 3.3jtf"J.53 ; Minnesota bakers , } 2.7& ; ! .IK ) ; winter ow Krndes , I2.10&2.CO. Hye Hour , dull ; euperllne , $2.601(2.75 ( ; fancy. $2.S52.Ui. IIUCKWHIJAT-qulft at 41G42C. COHN MKAI.r-Q.ulet ; yellow western , course , Oc ; llrandywlne. $2.SE. HYK Nominal ; western , 425J4.V. JIAHI.KY Nominal ; weetem , 390ICC. HAUI.KY MALT Nominal ; wesiern. 4SB5SC. WHEAT IlecelptH , 114,400 bu. ; exxiit | , 10,000 m , ; spot market weaker ; No. 1 hard , C74c. Op- Ions opentd lower under easy cables nnd small weekly expiils and declined later under con siderable locnl pressure and symi > .ithv with cqrn. closing nt UW4c ! net lois ; May , GGHQaTUc , closed it C7e : December cloM-d nt C."iic. COHN Itecelpts. lOS.tiW bu. : exports , 17,100 bu. ; ipot market weaker ; No. 2 , S3c ; steamer mixed , 83ie. ! Options opened easy and declined under prospects of n large mou-ment nnd sympathy with wheat : clcfed ' , i J-74o lower : May , 37WW37K closed at S7Ho ; December , 23ff24Vic , cloted OATS Hccelpts , IS.noo bu. ; exports , 2,800 bu , ; spot weaker ; No. 2. 22U j2 : ie. Options dull nnd wtnker with corn. i-liuinK lie lower ; May. J1' ' ( 24c. closed ut 24 ! c ; December closed ( it 22)4c. ) HAY Finn ; shipping , $7.00i8CO ; choice , $8.CO stnle , _ coininoii ( o choice , 1S31 dry. . . UX13C. I.DATHKR-Hleady ; liemloclc role. lluenos Ayies , light lo heavy welKlils , S2e ; nclil. ? U4fi2lc \\fOOI - < Julc ; domestic Ilec-ce , ! CS22c ; pulltd' 19 ( .6c. Bteam closed al J5.50 ; December , $5.62' ' , $ . nominal ; compound , $4.02Vjflr3.03. 1'ork. active bul lower ! thoit clear. $ M,0-Q10.60 : family , $10.00ail > .50. Hl'TTUU-Itecc.pls. 1.S24 pkgs , ; fhm ; western ci-camery , IGjii/c ; western dairy , IJOOB-Itecelpts , 4U7 pkgs. ; steady ; ctalc nnd > " ? ' Slti8oi : ! w e i , : i02lc ; Boulliern , , , . . , , , , . , Unlli-d clean ] nl $1.60 bid. TALLOXV-Kasy ; city. 4c ; country , 41JC. TI'RI'f-NTfNI--27lti/2Sc. elplH. 6.104 pfcBs. ; dull ; large , emnil , 7 iW10'ic ' ; pan skims , 3i,160c ; full sltlmo , 2fic. RICK Htrady ; Uonientic , fair to extra , J'iOGUc ; Japan. SHfHe. HOSIN Flim ; stialned , common lo good , ll.72h i'foi.AfiHKH-Qulet ; New Orleans , open kettle , goc-tl lo choice. 2-JlfSCc. MliTAIJi I'lK Iron , cjulel. Copper , steady ; brokers' price , $10.DO. Lend , firm ; lookers' price. $3,15. Tin , etcudy : fctrults , $14 , l lates , jnaiket dull. Bpe.ter , I 'inly. COTTON Kl-ii : : ) OII < Dull ; prime crude , 2548- ! tic ; butter grades , 31f32u ; pilmo cummer yellow , 2Jc. Liverpool LIVKRI'OOL. Dec. H. WIIKAT Bpot ijuicl but < teady ; demand inodctule ; Nu , it-d winter , j SO ; No. 2 led up Ing. ttjcks ex-laueted ; No. I haul , Manitoba , 6 3d ; No. 1 California , ( sid. . Futures cis < d steady with n < ar potllions nil- clmnged tu Ud lower , und distant punltlomi un- chaiiKtJ lo lid lower ; bublnet * nhdiit niually reltlbutcd ; Deccmbi-r , l 2H'I ' ; January , Cs 2Hd ; February. Cu Hid ; March , 6s 4lld ; Apsll , Cs 4l'l ; lay. C Bd. CORN fc'pot envy ; Ameilcan mixed. S > S.I. Ii-u- ( urrn closed weak , with Urct-mbi-r Hd lower an > l rt'.itr months ! id lower ; hunlmsi alx > ut equally dlttrlbuled ; December , Z * 2Ud ; January , 3s Slid ; Match. 3s 2d ; A I'lll , ( s 2l4d. KIX3UII Dull ; demsr.l moderate ; Kl. Louts 'ancy u Inter. 7s id. IMlOVltUONB-Baton , ijultt ; demand poor ; [ fnnit'fil ml nil. l to So | M . Sf ft ) . h it -iii . . SI 1 1 m. : ; * M ; IntiK tlMr. llftt.l , 3K t.i 4'i lh > 2'n Ml lt > n olrHr , hrnvy , SI Hi . , S < i < RU. 1-ms il .ir , Iwrkn. IlKMt , 1 $ tin. , SJ ; n.ioitMf | IIII.MIA , I M It' * . , f6elMf ; Mile * . H to 1 ( ! Ihf. , 11 < ; < nn | . i\etf. \ rqtmre. 11 In 1J u * . . y > t Cl ; tn-um , short cut. II to It lli . . 33 * . Tnllow , line N.wth Ainu I. enn , ? ! M , ll ff , rxt. n Indli mcM ! , ; ttM ( ; i pi line ine . J7 . IVtk. iitlme inny * . nnc \ t- cm , Mf prime tiifdlnm , 4 > . Und , .lull ; priim : w rttrrn , ZT : reflnwl , In r Ils. 2Jd M. CMKHSn-Qiilet lint t-li-m'.v ; demnnd t'Oor : nn- est Amcilrmi wlill * . 41s ; filial AmMlcnn n.l- crul , 45s. DfTTI-nt-l-'Inest fulled Ptnte * . ! ; good. * ) . . . . In- m. > n , li 7' ' d. Oitton M l oil. l.hetvol ] rrflunl , 17 * M. I.ln"vil ! oil. S-hi M , ' 'olrnleum. tcflned. t'iil. t'iil.mriUOKUATW : 111:1:1- : : ' -Pni-tunat-urs f-Vd ; Mndqiiartere.d. . IIM.M-IIINO rown"niinniwooi ! . t. o. u , Llvrrpo < il , 7. HOrf Al Ixindon ( I'neino was ! ) , C ! Mir. OMAHA OIMIIAI , MAIIKKT. CoiiilUliiu of Triuliami ( iiiotiilliuiN in Stniilo nml I'liiii-.v I'roiliicf. 1(1S ! Strictly fnsh stock , We ; held stock , It 17c. UUTTKR-Pnrklnc slock , 12o ; fair to eowl country. 1317I4o ; cholre to fancy country , l.HU'fc. VliAL Choice fat , 70 to 100 Ibs. , nrr iiuot'-d n ! Cit7c ! ! : large uml conrse , 4flCc. CltUKSI- : Domestic btliU , IlUc ; Kdam ! per doz. . tli.M ; Club House , Mb. Jut * , per dot. . J3.C } ; Llmlieiger , fancy , per Ib. . ll'.ic ; lli-qutrorl , > i-lo. Jars. I't'idoz. . , ! : i.CO ; YOUIIK Atntriciia , ll't-c. ' Twin ? , fancy , lie. roULTUY-Drt-sstMl-Clili-iifiis. Gff7o ; ducks. Dff lOc ; tlllkeyn , choice , ! > c ; ieein ; > , 74JSC. HAY Upland , JG.OO ; midland. $ - > .oi ) ; lonlntul. $ .i.OO ; ry elniw , $4.iM ; color makes the price on hay ; light bales sell thebest. . Only Un grades btlm ; top ptkfs , 1IROUM CORN New crop , delivered on tinck In cotinlry. choice green self-working carpet , per Ib. , 2'ic ; choice green running to hurl. 2'ic. ; com mon. ute. OAMK Pialrlf chickens , youiiff , per doz. , JC ; nuall , $ I.7S ( Jack snipe , iSc : golden plover , Sl.M ; Jack rabbits , per doz. , Sl.i'O'itl. ! . " ; small mo ults , & 0i76c ; mallard ducks , SS.f.O . : ledhend ! , $3.60 ; rnnvn > li.ick ducks , S5.005JS.OO ; leal , blue ltiK , S1.7.-.fl2.01 ; lenl , greeii wlnit , $1.75 ; mixed ducks , Sl.7fitf2.00 : t'nnnda Reese , | H ; fmall Kee e , $4.10 ; brants , $ .1.50 ; deer faildlen. KiillGe ; dfer catrntrcs , 12Klflc ! ; elk enddles , llHlSo ; elk cm causer ! > ( ( l"c : antelope onddles , 12ffl4i * ; nntelopo cain$3es. . fiftllc : o.tilncls. per do ? . , MH-Tt.1. 1'IOKONS I.lvr , per doz. , ft ; dead plgeona not \\ni.tc.l. CHRISTMAS OltMUNS-HoIly. per case. $3. vioi-TAiit.is. CAULlFl.OWiit-rer : doz. nends , $1.60ff2.00. CAHllAOi : Holland cablmKc. heads small and haul. Pr Ib. . l je ; Callfoin'n ' stock , petIb. . , 2c. MITSHROOMS Per IH-lb. box , OJT75C. POTATOns rnnry native ilock , K-c : from store In small lot ? . 40c ; Colotiulu Urik , 51ff53o. ONIONS Per bu , , 40c ; home grown Spanish. per bbl. , $ | .M ; 3 to 8-libl. lot. , $1.35. I1I-\NS Iliind-plcked navy , per bu. . M-Oifll. ' ! . 8WEI3T 1'OTATOKS Choice Meek , S3 per bbl. bbl.fKLKHY California , per doz. . 7000c ; Colorado rado , BORGrtc : Knlnnitir.no , 301J55i ; . LI.MA 11KANH Per 11 > . . 5c. WATER CRKSH-lVr IG-nt. cnse. Jl.Mf/1.75. FRUITS. APPLES Fancy stock , $2.7503.00 ; choice stock , $2.&ON2.73. CALIFORNIA QUINCES None. OUUON I I3ARS Per case , 42.25. CIlANllKnillKK Jersey. SS.600S.75 ; Cape Cod. $ ! > .2."it9.50 ; Md'ailln's t9.BOSrlA.OO. MA1.AO.V ORAPnS PelCOlb. . bbl. , $0.50 ; per cr , to 70 Ibs. , gtOKP , $7.60. EABTIRN DRAPES NO shipping stock. TROPICAL FRUITS. ORANOES-MexIcnns. per box , $1.23 ; California budded scedlltiRS. $4.00 : navels. t4.BW4.ia. LEMONS California , per box , $1.00ii4.BO ; Men- sinus. $4.60f4,7.-i. 11ANANAS Choice large stock , per bunch , $2.00 92.23 ; medium sized bunches. $1.75. MISCELLANEOUS. OYSTERS Mediums , 15c ; hoifeshocs , 20c ; extra standards , -Me ; extra eelects , 2'ic ; llinnch & Co. selects , 27c ; New York counts , 30c ; standard bulk , per gal. , SI.10. MAPLE SYRUP Flvc-pal. cans , each. $2.73 ; gal. cans , per doz. . $12 ; H-gal. cans , SG.23 ; quart cans , $3.7.i. CIDER Pure Juice , per half bbl. , S2.73 ; per bbl. , $1.75. SAUEIl KRAfT Per Ibl. , $3.75 ; half bbl. , $225. FIGS New crop , Callfoinln , KMb. boxis.n \ Ib. , He ; Imported fancy , 31-lb. boxes , IGc ; choice , 10-lb. IKIXIH , 12c. DATES New Pctslan. GO-lb. boxes , per Ib. , B'.ic ; fards , 10-lb. boxes , per Ib. , 9e. MAPLE SUOAR-Cnolco. per Ib. . Offllc. PUESEIIVBS AteorteJ , 20-lli. palln. each $1.4) . COCOANUTS Per 100 , $4.50 ; each , 6c. NUTS Almonds , Cntlfoinla. nuiII ) . , medium size. lOc ; TairiiKona nlmrnds. per Ib. . large , 13c ; Ilrazlls. per Ib. , Cc ; English walnuts , per Ib. , fancy soft shell , 12'413c : standards. lllfll' < .c ; filberts , per Ib. , lOc ; pecans , polished medium. lOc : large , 12c ; peanuts , law , B'.4c ; runstt-il. "iff 7'ic ; hickory nuts , Bmall , per bu. , $1.73 ; hickory nuts , large , per bu , , $1.50 ; black walnuts , per bid. , 12. DRESSED MEATS. HEEF Light wcttein sucrs , 4uO to ( Wo Ibs. , 5i ! OGe ; good cows and hclfcis , BUQB'.iO ' ; medium cows nn'd heifers. % { ? ; good foiequarters cows nnd heifers. 3 i4c ; coed hlndrtuartei'K cows and hellers , 6iif"c ! ; cow " ' lounds , 5c ; cow chucks , 3ic ! ; steer chuika. 4c" ; 'b cf lenderlulns , fresh , lie , beef rolls , bonclepo , SVSc ; sirloin butts , boneless , SV > c ; loin backs , boneless , SHc ; loin backs. GV-c ; cow ribs. No. 3 , G'ic ; cow loins. No , 3. 7'fcc ' ; steer ribs , 7lic ; ttcer loins , Oc. MUTTON Dressed nr.itton , Glc ; rucks , 8V-.c. legs , "c ; F.iddles , 7c ; ktcw ? . 2Hc. I'OIIIC Pork lolnn , 6c ; spaie ribs , 4'4c ' ; pork Fhouldeis , 4Vic ; pork s'loulders , skinned , 4c ; tendetlolns , 12c ; pigs' feet , rleaned , per doz. , 33c. FURS. I No. lNo. | II No. if I Lge. | Md'msm'll | | BEAR Illack $2023 t 15 Oil $ tftlO $10 < ffl2 S B 00 Black Yearlings. 12tfl6 10 00 7 oo 7 00 3 00 Illack Cubs G0 > 8 50 G 4 00 B 00 201 Illack Montana & Mountain . . . 18022 14 00 1000 10 00 4 oa lilnck Montana YearlliiKB . . . 12 00 8 00 6 00 C 00 260 Dlack Montana Cubs G 60 4 60 3 00 4 00 2 OJ Silver Tip 20 00 12 00 SCO a oo 4 00 Silver Tip Yrlgs 11 00 h 00 6 UO BOO 2 BO Silver Tip Cubs. . G 00 4 60 3 01 3 o : 1 50 llrowii 2'Mf ' : 1G 01 12 00 12 00 G 00 Y callings 1 @l- 8 0) ) 0(0 ( 8 (0 ( 4 Oi Cubs 7 00 6 01C1 30JBO 4 00 2 0) Iladger 101 60 C1 BO 5 < J 0)CO Flxhcr 8 00 G 00 4 4 2 00 FOX Silver ( according to beauty ) 100 00 CO 01 4101 31 0) 10 OJ Silver Pale ( ac cord's to bco'y ) 60 00 30 01 21 0) 15 00 C OJ Cross 7 01 3 00 2 01 4 M 1 01 Ited 1 60 1 2J 1 00 75 012J Gray 7 ! 60 41CO 35 1J 352J Kit B'J 40 CO 2J 1J Lynx 3 01 200 1 50 i r > 60 Mnrtt-n 2 00 1 BOCO 1 01 1 OC 6 < J Mink S00S5 CO 45 OC2'J 10 Mink Dark IT 06 4 } 2'J ' 10 Mountain Lion , ( perfect head and feet ) HIDES AND TALLOW. 1I1DKS No. 1. sieen hides , 4c ; No. 2 Krwn hides , 3c ; No. 1 ijrecn salted hides , 4ic ! ; No. 2 Kreen raited hides , 3V c ; No. 1 Kii-i-n malted hides , K to 40 IbH. , 3V c ; No. 2 Kreen snltid lildm , 2.1 lo 40 Ins. , 3c ; No. 1 veal rnlf , S to r Ilia. , ( ilic : No. 2 vcnl calf. 8 lo 15 ibs.4'ic ' : No. 1 dry flint hlJes , GJ(6c ( ; No. 2 dry flint bides , BfiOe ; No. 1 dry salted hldca , Cc ; part cuied tildes , ' , jc per Ib. Ictt than fully cured. fillHUI' IMJUTS-Qrccn failed , ffteh 235ICOCJ crt-en pulled bhc-arllriG" ( short woolcd eaily flilns ) , i-neh 15o : dry shi-arllngs ( s'.iort wooled emly eldnv ) , No. ' . each , Me ; dry shearlings ( short wooled curly i-klns ) , No. 1 , each. 5c ; dry Hint Knnsae und Nebraska butcher wool pelts , per Ib. , actual wi-luht , DfiCc ; dry flint Kanrau and Ne braska Munnln wool pelts , per Hi. , actual weigh ! , 4C6c ; dry flint Colorado butcher wool pelts , pci Ib. . actual welh'ht , 4gr.-ic ' ; dry flint Colorado Muirnln wool pelts , per Ib. , actual welR.it , 4ff5c , dry plet-t-u and bucks , actual \\cicht , t'il " , feet cut off , ns it Is useless to pay frelKht on TU.I.OW AND dllKASH Tallow. No. 1. 34e. ! ; tallow No. 2 , 3c ; Krease , white A , S'nc ; KrcasL. wlilto II , 3o ; Bre.-ine , yellow , Sltej jrrcase , dark 2e ; old butler , 2S214c ; beyawnx , prime , lB22e ; louKh ( allow , l'c. ' { IIONUH In car lots weighed and ile.lveinl In C.ilcano : Dry buffalo , psr ton , $12. ) iil4.oO ; di > - country , tilt ached , per ton , $ IO. Of ( 12.01 ; dry country , damp nnd me.ity , per ton , 1C.01U3.M. \VOOI t'nwnnheil , fine lu-nvy , GHToi line IlKlit. SaSo ; qunrlcr blood , 10fT2c ] ; .fedy , hurry ' "d chaffy. fciiSc ; celled nnd broken , coarse , 729c ; celled nnd broken , fine , GfiSc. KU-TC washed Mt-dlum , ir.'ilSc ; fine , lIQICc ; tub washed , ICfl 18e ; black. Se. ; bucks , Co ; lug lcclt , : 'i3c ; dtad pulled , 5fl/ / ; , /ClIIIMIIH / Cl ( > - ,1lll-i-H. | ( KANHA7 CITY. Dec. 14. WIIKAT Irregularly lower ; No , Z hard , 67 3Sc ; No. 2 red , nominally CSf/Oe / ; Nn. 2 spring , 66'40S7c ; No , 3 Hiring , Mr 65c ; le-Jected. 4II/&IC / , iOIIN-Arllve. IJo lower ; No. 2 mixed , 22'iO ' ! 2V4o : No , 2 white. 22r.c. OATH "li-aily ; No. 2 mixed , ICiflClic ; No. 2 whlle. liaise. _ _ _ * ! ' - \ , $10.51012.51 ; prnlrlc , $6.(0 * liuTTI3H Firmer ; cieamery 1HS23CJ dairy , 14 EfJOH Klrmi frf-tli , 18c , .1lliiiifiiiollH U'lu-iit > lurl < i > ( , MINNKATOLIH , Dec , 14. WJIEAT Weak and dull ; clMc , VHic ; May , t-G'.ic , On Irnck : No. 1 luud , MVic ; No. 1 northern , t2c ! ; No. 2 north ern , Mitt- . I FI/UH Another u-t-el < of Utge output nnd tre mendous Miles Is the rtcunl for the pait nix dayn , leaving the millers further behind with oidrru und morehopcful for the future , I'rliTH , wlille undianged no far as ouoinllons urn con- ci-iiu-d. anhlKber Ihnn Hiey c-re u wejk UKO. Flint paltntii , $30093.20 ; other gradtn unchanged , I'corlu .lliirl.clH. 1'lCOItIA. Dec , 14.-CORN Active , raider ; new No. 2. 25c : neiv No.-3. 24 c. OATS-Hlow nnduak ; No. 2 white , li i01S'ic : No. 3 white , UillUjC. UVi- Dull , nomlnul. WHISKY Hli-ady ul $1.22. 1IKCK1ITH Coin. 151,740 bu , : mt , S3.1M bur. ; rye. 1,200 bun. ; wbliky. none ; wlitul , 7.dio bus. BIIU'MCNTH Coin , 33.100 bun , ; oati. 24.350 bus. ; rye , COO tut. ; uhliky , tW gala. ; whiot , CCW bus. OJIAIIA LIVE STOCK MARKET Light Run of Onttlo tut Tair Receipts of Hogs for Saturday. CATTLE MARKtT VERY UNSATISFACTORY i-U'vw Wort * I.tMv nml Xt > Activity MiinlfoMi-il Throii.ulimit ( lit * AVcrk llt > H n LVnI Illnln'inml Trend uf the \Vrck l-'iivtii'iihli' . SATnilXVY , tco. 14. nnd thlpinenls for the past twenty-four hours' , nn compared with the previous six days , are ns follows ; HKCHll'TS. Cattle. HOB * * . Sheep. Horses. December II 471 & , t J 302 79 December 13 l.SJS 4It9 , ; 400 . . . neccmber 12 2.3U1 0,130 KM 21 December It S.IM.1 9.3SI SO 13 December 10 S.72I 0.2-J7 J > S9 M December fl I.fiftS 1,207 170 21 Dei-ember 7 l.Olfi G.22I G29 SUIl'MKNTS. . , , . Cattle. llogSheep. . Horse * . December 12 1Zfft 101 ' ' . , 21 December 11 l.ttt1 ! 1.007 . . . . 2 December 10 1,3(10 ( 493 GI2 42 DecPinbcr ' . ' 322 . . . . 271) ) . . . . December 7 s.v i ifh- December n. . . . . . . . CCS . . . . 172 . . . . Dorcmbor C 913 1.1S2 KU . . . The receipts for the week , with compari sons , nro : Cuttle. llniti , Rlieep. thin week 12 , ! > r,2 8S , 70 2.501 last eek II.Mo 43.172 2 , ! > 07 Hnmo week ln t yenr 17.30S 31.2.11 3.4I7 S nine week mi 2-1,174 SO.ISu 1.WT Mine weeli ISM 10.MS 3.1,4'.9 4,407 CATTI.l--Tho usual Saturday dullm-Ks was accentuated today by the extremely light receipts , only seventeen fre. h loads being reported In the ynrds. There were not enough cuttle of any one Kind to really moke a test of the market. Thu buyers , however , were out early nml picked up nbout all the offerings , paying good strong- prices. The cattle market of the past week lias been far from satisfactory , viewed from a seller's standpoint. Not only have prices on killing eattlo been low , but the maikct on fat stccM has been almns-t entirely devoid of life nnd activity. It hay been the same thing over again every diiy , a drag from stnrt to finish. The buyers have not anted as If they cared whether they got ntiy uattlo or not , and still they have taken nil ar rivals , the ofTorliiKS of each day being c.enned up before the close. Feeders who have been accustomed to n-arnlr-g handsome pries for Chr.stmns cattle - tlo are being greatly dlsiippolnted this yenr. The demand nt all the mnrkclH Is very limited for Christmas beeves and they do not command the premium that well fln- IMied cattle nstiary do. The fact Is thnt fancy cattle are now soiling at the lowest point touched In fifteen or sixteen years nt this season , or below thu price usually com manded by medium fnt Heers. The blgjy the cattle the worse they sell , and packcr ? - " * will not pay n premium for weight. During- the past week In Chicago lSS."i-lb. cattla sltcrs brought the snmo price the same day. Some 1.S37-H ) . Christmas beeves went nt J5 and 1,173-lb. beeves J."i.l5. ! It Is very plain that big cattle nre no longer In style. While the situation In thu fnt cattle mar ket Is far from encouraging , cattlemen as n , rule do not look for any inate"lnl Improve ment In the near future. The outlook fop the next thirty days Is not bright nnd there appears to be conslderab'e discourage ment among feeders. 1'rlces , however , are very low nnd It would hard'.y seem porslblo that the downward course of the market could continue much longer. 1IOOS The \veeK closed with n fnlr run nt lings , there being Ke\enty-clnhl fresh loud * } on sale. The quallly of the IIOSH was io : > l. Tlio market opened nbnut 5" higher with tlm demand on tlio pnrt of locnl pneUerH good , and In nddllion llicro w.is n fair shipping demand , which imvo MicnKlh nnd nellvlty to llie market. The Irnde WIIH quite nctlvo nnd Hie offerlnprt were practlcnlly nil tnkcn In gnod Benson. It was n tlnec-prlce nmiUet. most everything Bell ing nt $3.35 , $3.37'.l nnd $3.41. Tlic bopr market of the. pit fit week him been In pietty good t-luip-1 , so far ns the demand was concerned - cerned , nnd the arrivals , wlicllier larce or small , buvc met with rcndy Bale , 1'ilces bnve lluctuntci ] 1 nrk nnd forth within n narrow range. The low point of the week wan Wtdncsday , wli'cn Iho bulk of Ihe sales was nl $3.23ff3.31. The highest point reached by Ihe market wan nt Hie close of the week , when the hogs ra'.fl nt Identically the snmo. prices that weie paid nt Ihe close of the previous week. HeprcHenlntlve Bains : previous week , SIIEKP Tlio mirle : t day was s r ne aiJ nctlvo on desirable muttons and the offerings were soon nil taken. The receipts of bhfcp during the past week hnvo been very light nnd for thai reason largely de- pliahle. mullons have commanded Rood prices ns compared with eastern maikctH , Tlic common nnd less desirable have sold n llltle cinder. Good to choice natives nre quotable nt from $2.21 In $3.23 ; good to choice westerns , fiom $2 1 } $3 ; fnlr to good rtoek fcheep , from J1.7r > to $2 G"i ; common to choice 41 to 100-Ib. lamba , nt from $3 to $ ( . j. CIIICACU ) MVI5 STOCK. Small Supply of C'nttli * OfTcrod AVn > ICiiwIl.i. Sold. CIl'lCAOO , Dec. 14. The few entile offered on the market today were t-nnlly sold , prlceB rullnp unchaiiKed. Cattle , IIORS nnd sheep arc soiling nt very low prices nt the piescnt time , nnd no Improvement Is generally expected until nfler Ihe ChrlHlmns holidays , the cheapness of poultry tending to restrict the consumption of beef , million nnd hog menls. Choice feeders nro sellIng - Ing nraund $3.60 , while choice fed beeves sell nt from $4 to $4.2 , " > , nnd cxlmnely few prime ma tured entile KO MM high ns $4.iV > . Ted Ti-xiinu nrn beginning lo nrrlve more freely und sell at from | 2-0 ! ' to $3.G3. Only nboul 18,511 IIOKS were offen-d on Iho market today , InHudlnK fresh leeelptH of 10,000. nr 10,61)1 ) less Hum nrrlwil last Saturday. There WUH a gw > il demand from Chicago puckers , nnd eastern shippers toDk a few choice droves , prlccn ruling a little stronger , bill scarcely qiiolably hlclier ( linn on yeslenlaj- . The pens were ( ten- ernlly cleaned at an eaily hour , IIORH si'lllnic chletly around $3.r,0. The lanfro was very narrow - * row , with common to prtrim droves selling at from $3,40 to $3.n4 , mainly nt from ! 3.0 to 3.&r , . Only about 2f,00 hend of beei | nirlved today , nnd the Fiipply was closed out at unchanged pi Ices , The cnll Is mostly for handy , fat sheen a/id InmbB. Mont of the sheep sold nt from $1 to $3.15. ICiuiMiN Clly llvi > S < nrk. KANHAti CITY , Dee. II. CATTI.K Ilecclpls. 20) head : ehliimi'nts , 1.MO bead ; innrkel nominally steady ; usual .Saturday half holiday made mnnll maikrt ; Texas steers , 12.7W3.4. ; ; Texas COHH , $2.0 il2.Gl ) ; beef Btee-s , t3.0)tMnative ) > ; cowu , ; utockcrs and feeders , } 2.f..r.fj3.M ; hulls. lions Hccclptp. G.COO head : Khlpmenlii. none ; market steady ; bulk of tales. I3.35O3.41 ; heavies , $3.0003.43 ; packers. $3.3fi3.41 : mixed , $3.2W3.30 : llKlilH , $3.21 3.40 ; Yoikers , 13.30 3.40 ; pigs , $3.00 rlil'i-JKP - llecelp's , 200 head : shipments , none ; market steady ; lambs , $3.00Sf4.23 ; muttons , $2.00 ® 3.2.1. Kloi-k In Klulil. Itecord of receipts nt the four principal markets for Bnturday , December 14 , IMio : Cattle. Ili'ssSheep. . South Omaha . , 471 MM 302 Chicago CUO 10,0'M ' 2foO Kansas City 2-W 8.WO X ) St. I ) Ul & 1.3110 SOO * Totals 1.774 23,590 3,368 HI. LuillH LlviNlock. . ST. LOUfH , Dec. 14.-CATTLK HecelplH , 500 bead ; supply very unuill and only u retail trndo done nt previous quotation ! ) , IIOOH Iten-lpts , 1.300 head : market Co better ; heavy , $3.353.65 / ; mixed , J3.25T3.60 | ; Unlit , $3.551(1 S.01. S.01.SIIKIJP Ilfc.-lpts. 310 liend : market firm on IlKht supply ; nallvcB , $2.4UW3.23 ; soulhern , $2i2ai 3.10. * l < 'rlNiWinill .Mnrlii-1. HAN KHANCIHCO , Dec. WHKAT-Hlendyi May. $ ) , OI % , OUR FREE LETTER Ilcvlewlne the grain und * : ocl : .narketi , will b * edit you dally on request , In tbr liopa u ! cleierv- Int : part of your Inmlneta. "Oidera nolldted tor s cauli or on three to five point marulns. J , R , WILUH ) & GO. Member * Chicago Hoatd of Traili , .New York Produce Hxclianw , New Yolk Com. Htock 13x- ctmnge. 17 Hoard Trade , Chlcuuo. 41 Uroadway , New York. JAMES E. BOYD & CO. > Telephone 10W. ! Oniiilui , Neb. COMMISSION CRAIN , I PROVISIONS : A.\D : SIOCKS Uoorn lllV-i Hoard of Trade. Direct wins to Clik'ago and New Yoik. Corrcipondenti ; John A , Wurr n & Co. I' . I' . HM1T1I. ( Ttl 1308) ) H. M , STANFOKD. F. P. SMITH &CO. GRAIN : AND ; PROVISIONS Hoom 4 , N. V. Ufa HUI ; , , Oimilm , Itiunili uftlcei ot I'rvir.unt ii ) ( "olumtu * . AH cidcru placed un Ibe ClilcaKU liourd cf 'Irude. Cmrvrpondenu ; Kwuiu , iJupce & Co. , lm > cugo ; tilirelner , l-'luck & Co. , Ut. LouU. IlutM to 1'lmt National bunk , Omahu.