THE OMAHA DAILY B.EE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 27 , 1809. 17
CONDITION OF OMAHA'S ' TRADE
ReUilcw AM Anticipating a Very Ezosllent
Septembsr TriuU ,
V
JOBBERS GIVE OUT ONLY GOOD REPORTS
Combine * nmt Humor * of Conililiic
Amontf ISnnlcrn Miinufaetarern
California Driving Sicily Out of
I''rnlt ' Market * Money En y.
Conditions governing the local retail trade
of Omaha have not changed In any marked
degree since the beginning of last week.
The fall season , however , Is near at hand
and merchants ore looking forward with
confidence to an active period In all de
partments. There appears , to be- plenty of
money In general circulation and , ns bus
iness enterprises of nil kinds have been
fairly remunerative , n largo demand for
the best class of merchandise Is anticipated.
At the same time labor has been well em
ployed and It would noem no If all classes
fwould bo In a position to oatlsfy their
wants In the way of merchandise. In ad-
Iclltlon , It is expected that the coming
month will witness a largo Influx of visitors
which will nil up the hotels and lodging
houses with people who will have to bo fed
and cared for. In addition , many of them
will undoubtedly take advantage of their
frraonco In the city to do nn Immense
amount of fall and winter shopping. Present
indications would BCCIH to point to a most
excellent business In store for the month
of September.
With the Jobbers an active business Is
doing and most houses report orders com
ing In about ns fast as they can be con
veniently disposed of. Traveling nalcssmen
accompany their orders by most favorable
reports bearing on conditions in the coun
try. Quite a large number of country m > r-
, anl ? , wcro ln lho cl'y ' ' "si week and
placed llbor.il orders with local Jobbers. It
was easy to sec from their conversation ana
manner , ns well as from the size of their
orders , that they , too , were exceedingly
well pleased with the outlook for fall and
winter busincra. It Is doubtful If there
over was a time In the history of the stnto
when money was any easier In the country
than It Is at the present -time. In addition
farmers In moat nil localities have largo
crops , which means mill more money to bo
Placed In general circulation.
To Control licet SiiKitr Uiuluntry.
Grocery Jobbers are watching with some
Interest the recent organization In New
York of what Is known as the "RotaEl
Grocers1 company. " Its object Is "to com-
blno with other big companies In the east
to control -the beet sugar Industry. " It Is
tlio Intention to combine about twenty
joinpanlcs , with capital stock ranging from
$2j.OOO to $200,000 each. Ten have already
keen Incorporated , taking In companies In
Philadelphia , Scrnnton. Altoona. Cleveland ,
MIddletown , Wllllamsport , Boston , Syra
cuse and UHoa. The various companies
are to bo distributing agents.
\\Jiilo beet sugar Js particularly referred
to It Is believed that for some time at least
the now company will have to distribute a
considerable amount of refined Cuban and
other foreign sugars. It Is estimated that
the sugar sales of grocery Jobbers con
stitute at least one-quarter of their entire
business and as sugar la a staple < hat does
not deteriorate and for which there Is a
steady , constant demand Jobbers have quite
frequently cut the prices of sugar to net
cost and retail grocers have come to cx-
peot such treatment from the wholesalers.
When the Sugar trust put Into operation its
factor plan It decided to sell to factors
only , with the exception of a few accounts
that hud been on' Its books and on the
books of component companies for years.
This gave the wholesale grocers , who alone
were the factors , an opportunity to secure
a proflt from the retail grocers on sugar.
The terms of the factor plan , In fact , ren
dered a proflt compulsory. As time went
on , however , the trust's factor plan , or at
any rate Its practical observants , was modi-
fled.
fled.Another
Another piece of news from the east that
Is of considerable Interest to another branch
of Ihe Jobbing trade , as well as to retailers ,
is to be found In the reported efforts to
form a big combine of the cotton mills
under one management. The mills inter
ested are , chiefly those located at Fall River
and , according to the latest advices , It looks
very much as If a cotton mill trust would
-be formed whloh will absorb some $35,000-
000 worth of manufacturing property in that
vicinity. It Is claimed that this will effect
a saving of $1,000,000 a year.
Produce nnd Fruit.
produce and fruit jobbers arc qulto
busy. At the present time the handling of
California fruits constitutes a very large
percentage of the total volume. Omaha has
developed .a surprisingly large appetite for
melons and , in spite of the fact that local
growers are constantly Increasing their
acreage , shipments from the outside are
quite heavy. Uluscattnts la , , was formerly
the great melon-producing section and had
the reputation of producing the best , In the
country. A good 'many melons are still re
ceived from that locality , but other sections
have been making large Inroads on the
market. During the last year or two Rocky
Ford , Colo. , has come to the front and bids
fair to gain the reputation for producing the
veiy best melons In the west. Supplies
from 'that point do not arrive as early as
from nearby points and the firat car will
not put In an appearance until some tlmo
this week.
Wholesale fruit men at this season of the
year put In a good deal of their eparo
time figuring on the apple crop. It appears
to bo Uie General opinion that In the west
there will be apples for shipment In every
Ktato known as a commercial apple-produc
ing center. California will have plenty and
the eastern part of Kansas will have an
ample orop of excellent quality. Missouri's
yield Tvlll bo about the average , with a fair
supply of the "Ben Davis. " which is the
f standard variety In that state. In Illinois
and Indiana there are spots hero and there
whare there will toe heavy yields and Michi
gan rsporta a fair-sized crop. Iowa , as
usual , will have plenty of good fruit.
Another matter of Interest to fruit men
and , In a certain degree , to every one con
cerned In the growth of American Indus
tries , Is tfaa steady advancement In publlo
favor of California lemons. It was only
very short time ago rnat lemons from that
elate wer considered very Inferior to the
Imported , tout the Callfornlans set about
learning the art of curing their fruit until
lemons from the coast have very largely
supplanted the Imported In all markets west
of -Mississippi , , At the same tlmo that
the California 'growers have been Improving
their fruit Ihe Sicily exporters have seemed
Intent only on dumping all their poor fruit
Into America. The result Is seen In the
growing dissatisfaction and complaints of
losses on the part of eastern importers of
the foreign fruit. As. California has .many
hundreds of thousands of trees not yet in
full bearing it looks very much as If im
ported lemons would soon become a great
rarity on the market.
NKW YOIUC GKNBUAIj MAIUCET.
Quotations for the Dny on Ynrlnuu
OiiminoilKloi ,
NEW YORK. Aug. 26-FLOUR-Recelpts ,
J1.788 bbls. ; exports , 14,746 , bbls. ; eales , 3.300
pkgs. ; inactlvo and nominally BGlOo' lower
to sell ; winter patents. J3.60JT3.00 ; winter
straights , J3.333.40 ; winter extras , J2.45 ®
C.SO ; winter low grades , t2.25Q2.40 ; Minnesota
seta patents , J3.S5S-l.Oo ; Minnesota bakers ,
t3.05Q3.S5. Rye flour , firm ; good to prime ,
3.15 < jJ3.26 : choice to fancy , J3.2 < MT3.35.
OORNMEALr-Dull ; yellow western , 7J ®
7So ; city , 74fc > 7Sc ; Brandywlne. J2.1582.25.
KYE Steady ; No. 3 western , eiyfcc afloat ,
spot ! etate , Mo c. 1 , f , , New York car lots.
DA'RUKY Qulat ; malting , 4S050c , deliv
ered , New York.
BARLEY MALT Dull ; western , E5 # 3o.
WHEAT-Receipts. 1S9.97G bu. : exports.
165,675 bu. ; sales , 100.000 bu. futures , 40,000
bu. upot ; No. - red , 70io f , o , b. afloat ,
epot ; No. 1 northern , Duluth , to arrive , 74c.
Options opened weak at He decline and
eold off all the morning under Bright
spring wheat news , favorable cablet * , light
liquidation and extension of short ac-
.
IW * VAVU1/ A"WV. | VI
TVc , closed , 78c.
COHN-rHecelnlB. GS.600 bu , ; exports , 1SS. .
401 bu. ; sales , 20,000 bu. futures and 120,000
bu. spot : spot weak ; No. 2 , S9 ic f. o. b ,
afloat. 39o elevator. Options opened ea'xy
at Ho decline with' wheat nndvas influ
enced later by liquidation and fine crop ac
counts : May. aSKWKWc , closed , 35 ic ; Au-
t'ust. 2Sic ; September. 28c.
OATS Receipts , 276,100 bu , ; exports. 143-
493 bu. : Bales , 250,000 bu. : spot dull ; No. 2.
86Uc : No. 3. 25Uc ; No. 2 white. 23c ; No. 3
ivhlte , S7c : truck , mixed wc-a-tern. 2C02Sc :
track , white western and track sluto , 26S ?
< 5'33c. Options dull.
iHAYFirm : ehipplns. 60S63c ; good to
choice , troo& .es.
1TOPS Dull ; state , common to choice ,
1896 crop. frff7c ; 1S9T crop , nominal ; 1S33 crop.
lOillSci Paclflo coast , 1896 crop , 486c ; U9S
crop. 16 T16 c.
'HllJES-Steady ' ; Galvoaton , 20 to 25 Ibs. ,
lltJATHEH-QuIet nnd steady : hemlock
gole. nijenos Ayres. light to heavy weights ,
SlH < ff23H ° ! cl li 22023UC.
IMlOVJSlONS-Beef , quiet ; family. J9.50 ®
11.00 ; mess. W.OO ; beef liams , J27.coacs.50 ;
packet , 3.2510.00 ; city , extra India mess ,
$14.00315.50. Cut meats , quiet : pickled bel
lies , ? 7Uc : pickled shoulders , 6fl Hc ;
pickled hams , lOB10',4c. I > ard , nominal ;
western * tcnmed closed at J5.55 : city , steady
at J5.15 : refined steady ; continent. 5.So ;
South American , JC.25 ; compound , J5.00.
i'ork , dull ; mess , tS.76ij5.BO ; short cjear ,
? 10,2&mi.75 ; family , JlO.dOBll.OO. .
UUTTDK-Steady ; factory , 12HQ13c : Im
itation creamery , I41f21c ; state dairy , 15319c ;
state creamery , l"O21c.
OHEESK Firmer ; largo white , lO'ic ;
small white , 10H-c ; large colored , lOUc ;
email colored , icjic.
EGGS-Steady ; state and Pennsylvania ,
POTATOES Quiet ; fair to prime , $1.000
1.25 ; fancy white , $1.503 > 1.65 ; southern
sweets. $1.0001.23.
TALLOW-Stcady ; city , 4i51 ic ; spot ,
IlicE-Dull ; domestic , fair to extra , 4H@
7Uc ; Jnpnnese , 4JiQ5c. !
MOLASSES Dull ; New Orleans , open
kettle , gtiod to choice , 32@36c.
FRElGHTS-Dull ; cotton , by steam , 30o ;
grain by steam , 2&03d.
'
OMAHA G13X13UAL MAUICBT.
Conilltloii of Trade nnil Quotation *
on Staple and I'aiicj1'roiliioc. .
EGGS Good stock at ll',4c.
BUTTER-Common to fair. 12c ; choice ,
14Gl5c ; separator , 20c ; gathered creamery ,
1SQ19C.
POULTRY Hens , live , 7 > 4QSc ; spring
chickens , lOc ; old and stggy roosters , live ,
3',4ic ; ducks and geese , live , fiffCc ! turkeys ,
live , 8c.
pJGEONS-Llve , per doz. . 75cQ 1.00.
VEALS-Cholce. 9c.
VEGETABLES.
WATERMELONS-Good stock , crated for
shipments , 155(17c.
CANTALOUPE Per doz. , crated , 40ft60c.
TOMATOES Per 4-baskot crate , 30G40C.
1'OTATOES New. 250300 ncr bu.
CUCUMBERS Per doz. , ' 10315C.
PKLEHY Per ( In ? : . . 205J35c.
SWEET POTATOES-Per bbl. , $2.0032.25.
FRUITS.
IlLUEBERRIES-Per 16-qt. case , $1.60 ®
1.75.
PLUMS California , per crate , $1.330.1.00.
CALIFORNIA PEACHES Freestone.
$1.00.
APPLES-Per bbl. , $2.00.
GRAPES-Natlves , 2530c per basket ;
California , $1.4001.75.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
LEMONB-Cnllfornla fancy , $1.2504.50 :
choice California , $3.7504.00 ; Messina , fancy ,
J3.00if5.25.
BANANAS-ChoIcc. crated , largo stock ,
per bunch , $2.6002.75 ; medium-sized
bunches , $2.0002.25.
HIDES , TALLOW , ETC.
HIDES-No. 1 green hides , 7&c ; No. 3
green hides , 6V4c ; No. 1 salted hides , 9o ;
No. 2 salted hides , So ; No. 1 veal calf , 8
to 12 Ibs. , lOc ; No. 2 veal calf , 12 to 15. IbD. ,
8c.
8c.TALLOW. . GREASE. ETC. Tallow. No.
1 , 3c ; tallow , No. 2 , 2Vic ; rough tallow , l'/4c ;
white grease , 2V4 < U3c ; yellow and brown
grease , IHOIVic.
SHEEP PE-iVTS Green salted , each , 15 ®
Too : green salted shearings ( short woolod
early skins ) , each , 15c ; dry shearings ( short ,
woolcd early skins ) . No. 1 , each. Be ; dry
flint , Kansas and Nebraska butcher wool
pelts , per Ib. , actual weight , 45iSo ; dry flint ,
Kansas and Nebraska murrain wool pelts ,
per Ib. , actual weight , 34c ; dry flint , Colorado
rado butcher wool pelts , per Ib. , actual
weight , 4S5a ; dry flint. Colorado murrain
wool pelts , per Ib. . actual welgnt , 3@4c.
St. Louis Grain nnil Provisions.
ST. LOUIS , Aug. 26. WHEAT Lower ;
No. 2 red cash , elevator , 70c ; track , 71 ®
71V4c ; September , 70c ; December , 73Vfcc ;
May , 7Cc ; No. 2 hard , 69@70 ! c ; receipts ,
07,734 bushels.
CORN Lower ; No. 2 cash , 31cj track ,
32&e ; September , 31c ; December , 27c ; May ,
2Sct OATS Lower ; No. B cash , 22c : track , 22&c ;
September , 21Uc ; May , 22'ic ; No. 2 white ,
2762SC.
RYE Lower at 67&c.
FLOUR Dull and easy , but not quotably
lower.
SEEDS Timothy , steady at $2.00Q3.30 for
ordinary and $2.50 for prime ; flax , nominal
BRAN Quiet ; sacked lots , east track , BS
HAY Dull ; timothy , $6.25@ .50 ; prairie ,
. . .
WHISKY Steady at $1.2C.
IRON COTTONTIES Steady at $1.15.
HEMP TWINE-Steadv at 9c.
.BAGGING Steady at G06&C. _ , . _ .
METALS Lead : Firm at $4.52Hi4.55.
Spelter : Dull at $5.40@5.50.
.POULTRY Steady ; chickens , old , 7o ;
young , 9c : turkeys , old , 7&c ; young , lOc ;
ducks , 6Ji6M.c : geese , 6QC',4c.
BUTTER Firm ; creamery , 17021c ; dairy.
.
EGGS-FIrm at 12 c. . . . . . . ,
PROVISIONS -Pork , steady at $9.00. Lard ,
lower ; -prime - steam , $5,10 ; choice , $5.1o. Dry
salt moats and. bacon , quiet and prices en
tirely unchanged. ,
RECEIPTS Flour , E.OOO bbls. ; wheat , 70-
000 bu. ; corn. 148,000 bu. ; oats , 86,000 bu.
SHIPMENTS-Flour , 7,000 bbls ; wheat ,
4,000 ibu. ; corn , 81,000 bu. ; oats , 27,000 bu.
laveraool Grnln and ProvUloiiK.
LIVERPOOL , Aug. 20. WHEAT-Clostng
No. 2 red western , winter , firm at BslOJ4d ;
No. 1 northern , spring , strong at 6a iSVfcd ;
No. 1 California , Gs Id and 6s l&d. Futures ,
steady ; September , 6slOd ; December ,
CORN American mixed , spot , firm ;
American mixed , new , 2 6d ; American
mixed , old , llrm at 3aGUd. Futures , quiet ;
September. 3sGd > ; October , 3s5d ; Novem-
FLOUR St. Lbuls fancy winter , firm at
"HOPS- London ( Paclflo coast ) , nom-
"fjUTTER United States finest , 91s ; good ,
'PEAS-Canadlan ' , BsS d.
PROVISIONS Beef , extra India mess ,
firm at CSs ; prime mess , firm at Ks. Pork ,
nrlmo mess , western , 50s. Lard , American
refined , steady at CSs ; prime western , in
tierces steady at 27s Gd. ( Hams , short cut ,
14 to 1C Ibs. , 49s. Bacon , Cumberland cut ,
23 to 30 Ibs. , steady at 3Cs ; short ribs , 18 to
22 Ibs. . steady at 32s Cd : long clear middles.
light , 30 to 35 Ibs. . steady at 33s ; long clear
middles , heavy. 25 to 40 Ibs. , .steady at 32s
Gd : short clear backs , 14 to 16 libs. , dull at
SteCd ; clear bellies , 12 to "Ibs. , dull at
25s Gd. Shoulders , square , 12 to 11 Ibs. ,
steady at 2Ss Gd. Tallow , prlma city , llrm at
24s7 Austrian. In London , strong at 25s 3d.
CHEESE American finest white , flrm at
49s Gd ; American finest colored , flrm at
60s Gd.
_
_ _ _
iine IVIiout anil Flour.
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 26.-The wsioh
was a shade more active than haa been the
rule of late and the last hour witnessed the
pit In an uproar. The news of the day was
meager and had practically no effect .upon
prices. September sold on a range from
68U0GS&0 down to a close at G7o and De
cember from G9&C down to a close at CST&c.
May closed at 71V4c.
There was a good milling demand for
cash wheat. Elevators were not actively in
the market and millers obtained all that
was offered. No. 1 northern , 70$40 $ > 71c ; new ,
70Vio. No. 1 new to arrive was In good re-
nuost at Ic lower , but nothing was oVcred ;
No.- old , C9W0C9 c ; now , GSVio ; old No. 3 ,
670680 : new , G7c.
FLOUR AND BRAN Unchanged.
\VHEAT-Close , In store : No. 1 north
ern. August. C9Uo , nominal ; August , CSe ;
September , 67&c ! ; December , G8T4c ; May ,
71lc. On track : No. 1 hard , 70lie ; No , 1
northern , 69Vic ; No. 2 November , C8'ic.
ICaiiHiiH City n nil n nnil I'rovlnlnnx.
hard , C6c ; No. 3 , 6241f > c : No , z red , 710 ;
No. 3. 67'MjlOe ; receipts , 1CS cars ,
COliN-September. 27 > ? lc : DecenVber , 24Hc :
cash No. 2 mixed , 29c ; No. 3 white , 29'io ;
OATS NO. 2 white , 220-230 ,
HAY Choice timothy , $7,50 ; choice prairie ,
nUTTER Creamery , 17019c : dairy. 15c.
EGGS Firm : fresh Missouri and Kansas
stock , firsts , IHfrc per doz. , cases returned.
RECEIPTS Wheat , 100,800 bu , ; corn , 15-
000 bu. ; outs. 16,000 bu ,
SHIPMENTS Wheat. 80,000 bu. ; corn ,
17,000 bu. ; oats , 10,000 bu ,
Diilulli AVlii-nt Mnrlfrt.
DULUTH , Aug. 26. WHEAT No , 1 hard
caSlr , 72T c ; September , 71o ; December ,
7lo ; No. 2 northern cash , 70Jo ; September ,
39 > ,4e : December , G9T&c ; May , 73c ; No. 3
northern. CCHc : No , 3 spring , 63c , To ar
rive ; No. 1 hard , 72Tfcc ; No. 1 northern ,
7Wic : No. 1 northern , new , C9J4c.
KYE-630
UARLE/-33040C , *
FLAX-41.09 ; September , $1.03 ; October ,
Jl.05.
CORN-30Ho.
Grnlii Market.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. M-WHEAT-No. 1
northern. 7Sc ; No. 2 northern , 70071C.
RYE Weaker ; No. 1. 54U351UC ,
UARLEY-Steady ; No. 2. 42J42V4c ; sample ,
S6042C ,
* I'eorln MnrUrt.
PEORIA , Aug. -CORN-Lower ; No. 8 ,
dA'TS-Easy : No. 3 white , 20i@21c. ?
WHISKY Firm , on the baais of } 1.26 for
tlnUhctl coeds ,
Condition of tlio Trrnmtrr.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
Bhows : Available ca-'li balance , $279,519,016 ;
Bold reserve , } 246,477,763.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
Wheat is Weak All Bay and Closes at a
Decline of Over a Gent ,
WEAK CASH MARKET IS ALSO A FACTOR
Com In Decidedly Slovr ( or September
mill Kntiy ( or Other Future *
Oatn Are Steady mill 1'ro-
vlnloiiN Very Dull.
CHICAGO , Aug. 26. Wheat was weak all
day today and closed at declines of 1U for
both December and September. The north
west was a large seller and the demand
was too light to absorb offerings. The
weak cash market was also a factor. Corn
declined HS > V4c for September , but closed
only a shade lower for other monlhs. Oats
declined UQVic and provisions 67Hc.
W heat opened weak at from HO to % c
decline. Most of the trading was in De
cember , but September was given consid
erable attention and developed fully as
much weakness as the later month. Be
yond a decline at Liverpool and Ideal har
vesting weather In the northwest there was
nothing at first to Influence selling. Never
theless , the Inclination to liquidate was
qulto general and but llttlo support was
given the market except from shorts , who
early In the day bought In considerable
quantities. The northwest was even weaker
than the local market and this soon became -
came a prominent factor , heavy selling or
ders coming from that section , which In
duced liquidation by local longs and also
brought selling orders through commission
houses. The result was a steady decline ,
the market getting under puts and even
then receiving' substantial support. The
cash market was badly out of line , bids be
ing generally less than Ho over September
for No. 1 northern , which shippers would
not accept. Later It was reported that sev
eral lots had been worked , but the effect
of ithlswas offset by advices from the
northwest that much heavier receipts were
expected next week. This was discounted
1 by shorts , who sold heavily , and In the last
hour of the short Saturday session the bottom
tom apparently dropped out of the market.
Northwest receipts today were 229 cars ,
against 232 last week and 632 a year ago.
Chicago receipts were 91 cars , 5 of contract
grade. Total primary receipts were 661,000
bu. , compared with 803,000 bu. last year.
Atlantic port clearances of wheat and Hour
amounted to 023,000 bu. The seaboard re
ported 3S loads -worked for export. World's
| shipments were expected to reach 0,300,000
I bu. September wheat opened MGc lower
at 71c. It declined to 70V4o and reacted to
70V4If7054c , where It closed , December opened
HB'Vic lower at 7373H , declined to 72c
, and closed at 72Wc asked.
I Corn was decidedly weak for September
and easy for other futures. The demand
for September from shorts , the feature of
yesterday's strength , was absent today and
September was for sale In a moderate way
nil over the pit. Receipts at primary points
were larger and country offerings more , lib
eral , causing Increased selling by receiving
houses. The cash demand was only mod-
crate. Receipts were EH cars. September
ranged from 31f31o ( to 31 % < S82c and closed
% ® V4c lower at 31c.
Oats , considering the weaKness of other
grain markets , was steady , the decline be
ing less than c. The cash demand was
light and receipts liberal , but mostly con
signed straight through , so llttlo Increase In
the stocks Is looked for. Elevator people
were moderate sellers against country ac
ceptances. Receipts were 612 oars. Sep
tember ranged from 20V&C to 20l/io and closed
UR-Vlo lower at 20c.
Provisions were dull and weak , influenced
a little by the decline In grain markets.
There was scattered llquhlatlon by ( outsiders
and scalping longs sold a. little. At the
decline packers were fnlr buyers of all
products and the market was steady 'at ' the
close. The cash demand for meats was
good. At the close September pork was 5c
lower at 83.25 , September lard 5c lower at
JG.17H and September ribs 7&c lower at
Estimated receipts Monday : Wheat , 160
cars ; corn , 600 cars ; oats , 650 cars ; hogs ,
33,000 head.
Leading futures ranged as follows :
Articles upon. Low. CIOBO. Yes'd'y
Wheat.
Sept. . . 71M 71W 704
Dec..i . * i 73KQW 7854
May . . 7G 3K _ ,70M 7GM
Corn.
Sect. . . 31M-32 31 HAM ? ? . " W
Dee. . . .
May . . U0 > i
Oatn.
Sept. . . SOW
Dec. . . . 10H 20 10H
Way. . . J. '
Porh.
Sept . . 880 825 a 30
Oct. . . . 840 84U 837W
Jan. . . . 959 OC5 055 QUO
Lard.
Sept. . . 622H
Oct. . . 680 C2& B30
Jan. . . . 04 * B45 647K
Elba.
Scut. . . 815 Cl/H C12U 620
Oct . . . 620 C16 fi 'J'JM
Jan. . . . 497H 497U 403 600
No. 2.
Cash quotations were as follows :
FLOUR Firm : winter patents , $3.60@3.60 ;
straights , J3.20g5.20 ; spring specials , J4.20 ;
spring patents , J3.4003.70 ; straights , $2.80 ®
3.20 ; bakers , J1.90 < ff2.60.
WHEAT-NO. 3 spring , 707ivie ; No. 2
red , 731,40.
CORN No. 2 , 32 @ 32Ho ; No. 2 yellow ,
.
OATS-No. 2. 2121 ic ; No. Z white , 23c ;
No. 3 white , 22V4S.ac.
RYE No. 2 , 515jS6 c.
SEEDS-No. 1 ilax , jU7@1.17Vi ; northwest ,
J1.1801.18V4. ' Prlmo timothy , $2.2002,45.
Clover , contract grade , J6.00.
PROVISIONS-Mess pork , per l > bl. , $7.559
8.30. Lard , per 100 1'bs. , J5.0714S5.20. Short
ribs sides ( loose ) , JI.95tgG.25. Dry salted
shoulders Oboxed ) . J5.62 ( S5,75. Short clear
aides ( boxed ) , JS.5035.CO.
WHISKY-Dlstlllers' finished goods , per
gal. , J1.20.
SUGARS-Cut loaf , $6.02 ; granulatedk J5.60.
Following are the receipts and shipments :
Articles. Receipts. Shipments.
Wheat , bu. . 63,000 93,000
Corn , bu . 420,000 664,000
Oats , bu . EOI.OOO 404,000
Rye , bu . 11,000 700
Barley , bu . 32,000 1,000
On the [ Produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady ; creameries , 16iT20c ;
dairies , 1317o. Cheese , firm at 9l4f 10c.
Eggs , firm ; fresh , l4c. . Dressed poultry ,
steady ; turkeys , SHS'Jc ; chickens , agile ;
ducks , 809c.
MOVEMENTS OP STOCKS AND BONDS.
Action of Stock Mnrltct Irre lnr anil
Somewhat I'uEzlIni ; DurliiK Week.
NEW YORK , Aug. 26. Tha market
opened with yesterday's drooping tendency
atlll In force and the weakness was not en
tirely overcome during the short session ,
although there were improvements. The
London exchange was closed for a holiday ,
leaving some uncertainty as to the specula
tive sentiment of that center , which was de
pressed yesterday. Added to this was a
weak tone In Sugar on a now crop of ru
mors of a now phase of the war In the
sugar trade. The new stocks of the Repub
lic Steel company , dealt In on the exchange
for the first time yesterday , showed a dls-
Inclination to maintain the price estab
lished for them yesterday nnd Norfolk &
Western and Northern Pacific in the rail
road group uhow a reactionary tendency.
Consolidated Oils dropped an extreme 4't ,
Brooklyn Transit was heavy and there
were other less Important points of weak
ness.
In the second hour of the session the
traders manifested a disposition to cover
short contracts , apparently In the fear that
the unfavorable character of the bank
statement had been exaggerated , na proved
to be the case. Renewi-d demand from the
shorts forced up Consolidated Gas an ex
treme 7 % . Mobile & Ohio gained about 3
and Northern Pacific rallied over a point.
Great Western preferred trained 3. Louis
ville , Chicago & Easlorn Illinois , St. Paul
and Duluth and the Tobacco stocks a pointer
or over. Sugar advanced an extreme S',4
nnd became very feverish , serving to un
settle the market. The recovery In the gen
eral Hat. hpwever , held for the most part.
A feature was the movement In a number
of Insignificant stocks. Including Peorla &
Eastern , Kanawha & Michigan , Keokuk &
Des Molnes and Colorado Coal Development
company. In view of the forced liquida
tion In Brooklyn Transit early In the week
the extension of credits to the amount of
J9.05C.OOO shown by the bank statement
came as a surprise. The decrease In cash
proved to be less than a million , whereas
the known movements of money indicated
that It would be J3.500.000 , The decline in
the surplus Is therefore largely due to In
crease of reserve requirements by reason
of the loan expansion. Viewed apart from
the previous exaggerated estimates the re
turn Is weak. The changes are Impossible
of explanation for many transactions
known to the public. ,
The action of the stock market wan very
Irregular nnd somewhat puzzling during
the week. A number of the most prominent
specialties nnd industrials showed extreme
demoralization early In the week. Tlie
raids by the bears upon these stocks were
commonly supposed to be a tactical ma
neuver with the object of obstructing the
disposition of the general list to advance ,
As a matter of fact the violent breaks In
the Bpeclaltles proved Ineffective to prevent
the rise of various Isolated railroad stock. ' .
When powerful support In tlio specialties
frustrated the attempts of the bears to
work further declines nnd the way seemed
open for a general advance In prices the
upward movement was met by such heavy
offerings to take profits that a sentiment
of hesitation reasserted Itself.
A comparison of prices B ho wed a , very
stibRtanllal gain In a small number of rail
road stocks and some severe losses In the
Industrials. In the majority of standard
railroad stocks net changes are email , nor
4ms there been any marked activity In
these slocks during the -week , Quito a
number of southern and southwestern rail
roads show reactions from recent high
i > rlces and profit taking hn been on a
heavy scale. It has been sufficiently obvi
ous that the tendency of the market to ad
vance was chiefly due to operations by
pools formed by professional speculators.
The buying of 6,000 shares of stocks and
then bidding several points higher for 100
shares Is a quite familiar process on Wall
street.
A good deal of thin , according to the
bplnlon of specialists is stock that was
'bought at a higher level last spring by
that portion of the population designated
In Wall street as "tho outside public , "
Having held through a heavy decline , these
owners nro eager to take a small profit , or
even to get out without loss. In the high-
grade railroad stocks , such as the Grangers
and Trunk lines , prices were long ago made
to discount expected Increases In dividend
rates. In some cases these Increases have
not come , In spite of largo gains In earn
ings , but prices have been maintained at
the high level. The return on the purchase
money at present dividend rates of many
standard railroads Is less than on high-
grade bonds.
Last year authorities In the finan
cial world predicted that Uie return on cap
ital would bo permanent at front 3 to 3V4
per cent and prices of high grade securities
were run up accordingly. With money on
the market yielding 4 per cent or better In
loans , the holder of stocks and bonds on
the higher level of prices become some
what precarious.
> The same policy is In force by Now York
clearing house tanks. Whatever present
ease Is apparent In the money market Is
obviously duo to the quietness of specula-
i tlon already Induced by contraction of
loans. In this condition of affairs it is
natural that speculators should have
turned this week to middle and low-grade
i Issues which have prospects of early en
tering upon the dividend list , or of an In
crease in the rate of distribution on earn
ings.
The most promising account of largely In
creased earnings In this Held of operations
has been among comparatively obscure
stocks , the chances of which for Increased
returns have not been already discounted
"by previous active pecutatlon.
Activity 'has ' Increased In the bond market ,
'but ' gains have been confined to speculative.
Issues. United States new ts declined % ,
old 4s. reglslered , U and the 6s % in the
bid price.
The following are the closing quotations
for the lending stocks on the New York
exchange today :
Atohlson .v. . Mtt Sou. Ilnllway pfd . . 54U
do pfd C6i TCXHB & Paoillc. . . . 21i
Baltimore & Ohio. . . 6554 Union 1'aclflo 47
Can. Paclflo 97 , do i > fd ? Ti
Can. Southern Cl jWnbash 7T4
Central 1'acllio . . . . 03U do i M 2J *
Chen. & Ohio 3 % W. & I , . B U
C. G. W 15H do 3d pfd 23
C , , J ) . & Q 1MHVl3. . Central ! ! !
C. . Ind. L > > t Adiuua Uxpn&s . . . .IK )
do pfd 41 Aincr. Uxprcss . . . .ys
C. * , . Ill > < ( United Statua CO
C. & N.V Id 'Wclla ' Furgo 130
C. . K. I. & T 113',4 Amcr. Oot. Oil 44
C. C , C. & St. L , . . . % do pfd 9314
Colo. Southern 5t Amer. Maltlns . . . . 16 %
do 1st i > l'il 47M < lo pfd C7'4
do 2cl ptd IT.i , AJITOT. S. & 11 42)t
Del. & Hudson . . . .124 ) do pfd 91
Del. 1 * . & W 17414 Amer. Spirits C&
Den. & U. 0 32i do ptd
do pM 77i Amer. steel Hoop. . 37 %
Brie 13 % do ptd flJ'i
do 1st pfd SSVi Amer. S. & W 87
Ot. Nor. pfd 1G7V4 do pfd 88
Hocklne Ooal 1SJ4 Amer. Tin Plate. . . U
nrKklng Valley . . . . 9 do ptd 90
Illinois CVJntral . . . .115 % Amer. Tobacco . . . .12771
Iowa. Central 14i do pfd 141
do ptd ( f > Ana. Mln. Co C7
K. C. . P. & G 10 % Brooklyn II. T 1WV4
L. B. & w aiv ; Colo. K. . & I DO
do ptd SO Con. Tobacco 49
Lake Shore do pfd 99 %
Louis & Nash S2 > i FMeral steel BS',4
Met. St. Ry 20 V4 do ptd M'i
Manhattan L xi3 Gen. EScotrio 123V4
Mexican Central . . 154 Glucose Sugar 65
M. & St. LI 7CH do pM 107
do ptd , 97K Int. Paper 38
Mo. Pacific 60 do pfM 78
Mobile & Ohio . . . . 49 % LavBfic Gas 62
Mo. , K. & T 14H Nat. Biscuit 41
do pfd 4Wll do pfd 101
N. J. Central USftiffat. 'Lead 3JV1
N. Y. Central liSVM do-pfd Ill
Nor. & West M'A.Nat. fitcel WAde
do pfd 72Mfe-do pTd , .s 97 %
Nor. 1'delfVo 665iN. | Y. Air-Brake..183
do pfd ; . . . . 7S 'Nor. ' American . . . . 12V4
Ont. & West 27& Pacific Coaat 46
Ore. R. & N 48V4 do 1st pfd KS
do I'M ' 6b' ' < 'o 3d pfd 63
Pennsylvania 136V4 Pacific Mall 47',4
Ileadlne 22 % ri-ople'i Oas 120
do 1st pfd 6J frc-spd Steel Cal. . W %
do 3d pfd -34' . _ dn pfd M
R. G. W 35 ull -ill. C-ir . . . 15714
do pM 79'i Stnnil. , & T S %
St. L. & 8. F 12 Sunnr 152 > i
do 1st pM 71H do pfd 119
do 2d pfd 37 > , i Tenn. C. & 1 07U
St. L. , S. W 1CH U. S. Leather ] 0',4
do ptd 3SW do pfd 76
St. Paul U4V4 U. S. Ilubbcr 4D\i
do pfd ITT/i do pfd 115H
St. P. & O Ill West. Union MH
Sou. Pocltlc 39H P. O. C. & St. L. . 77V4
Sou. Hallway 1 H
Offered.
Now Yorlc Money Slurlcct.
NEW YORK , Aug. 26. MONEY On call ,
nominal ; prime mercantile paper , 4 4@5 per
STERLING EXCHANGE Steady , with
actual business in bankers1 bills at $4.86V4@
4.8651 for demand , and1 $4.8314@4.831/4 for sixty
days : posted rates , $4.54 and $4.87 4 ; com
mercial bills. $4.S2@4.S2' , $ .
SILVER Certificates , GOg < COVio ; bar ,
5911-16c ; Mexican dollars , 47c.
BONDS State bonds , inactive : railroad
bonds , Irregular ; government bonds , steady ;
2s , reg , , lOOVi ; 3s , reg , nnd coupon , 10S' , $ ; new
4a , reg. nnd coupon , 130 ; old 4s , reg. , 112i4 ;
coupon. 113 ; 5s , reg. and coupon , 111 % .
The following are the closing quotations
on bonds :
A. . T. & B , F Z2T4 WIs. Central 10
do ptd C6 % AtcliUon 4a 100
Amer , Sugar U3H Adventure 9
da pfd 120 Alluuez Mln. Co. , . C > i
Dell Telephone ! 317 Atlantic 17
llOBlun & Albany,270 Iioston & MontJ53
Boston Elevated . .1X ( > V5 Uutte & Lloston 77
Boston i : Maine,20j Calumet & lIecla..S35
C. , II. & Q 12C14 Centennial 35 %
ntohljurs pfd 118 Franklin 20 %
Mexican Central . . . 15 Humboldt 2ft
Mich , . Telephone.,100 Oeceola „ , . , , , EJ
Old Colony 203 Parrot M'/4
Old Dominion . , , , . , 36 Qulncy , ,157
Union 1'acino , , , , , 47"4 8. V , Copper 16
Union Land 8 Tamarack 223
Wc t i'.iul ( > 3 Wlnona , . , , . . , , Hj
do pM 113 Wolverines , . . . , . . , . 46M
Westlnph. Electric , . SOU Utah < } U
do l > m 08
Ex-dividend ,
fitiw York Mining UuolntloiiB.
NEW YORK. Aug. M.-The following
tro the closing quotations for mining
rihares ;
Ohollar S Ontario , . 750"
Crown Point 23 Oplilr 100
Con. Cal. & Va..lW Plj-mouth 9
Dea/ilwood CS Quicksilver „ 200
Guuld & Currle . . . . SO do pfd . . . .WO
Halt ) & Norcross . . 2S Sierra Nevada . . . . . 73
Homittalie , . . , 6700 Standard , , . . .265
Iron BIhw U Union Con . . . . , . , , , . , so
Mexican S YtUow Jathet 85
Foreign Klimnolul.
BERUIN , Aug. -ExchangT > > I ndon.
SO marks 47M pfgs for check. In consequence
quence of the London -market being- closed
business was quiet on the bourse" todayl
Canadian Paclllcs were maintained ; Amer
icans were neglected and locals were steady
I'AUIS , Aug. M. Business was Idle on
the bourse here today owing to the closing
ot the London Stock exchange and many of
I the lending operators being absent. Rentes
were steady ; Portuguese securities were
weak ; Spanish 4s were neglected ; Rio tin-
tos were firmer and kafllra were dull. Three
per cent rente ? , lOOf for the account ; ex-
chAnpo on London , 25f 24Hc for checks ;
Spanish 4.1 closed at 69.C5.
FRANKFORT , Aug. 2On the bours > o
i today the prices were dull ; Spanish 4s and
Portuguese securities declined ,
Ilnnk
CHICAGO , Aug. 6.-ClearlnB3. $1B&S7.07B ;
balances , $1,04C.1 ; sterling exchange , $ | , S4
H.S7Vi ; New York exchange , 25043c il'.s-
° ST.S.OUIS , Aug. 26.-Cl Ulngs. $3,6 4JS2 ;
balances , $300,005 ; money , steady nt 407 per
cent ; New York exchange , 30c discount bid ,
, SOo discount asked ,
1 NEW YORK. Aug. M.-Clearlngs , $164,001-
610 ; balances , $8,862,197. . , . . , , „ ,
BOSTON. Aug. 26-Cleorlngs , J19S07,110 ;
balances , $1,790.739.
BALTIMORE. Aug. M.-Clearlngs , J3.CSS.-
SS5 : balances , $5,115i02.
PHILAD13LPHIA , Aug. 26. Clearings.
$12,018,020 ; balances , $1.527,326.
Weekly Ilnnk Stntunicnt.
NE WYORK. Aug. 26. The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes :
Surplus , reserve , decrease , $2,703S25 ; loans , i
tncrens'C ' , $9,066,000 : specie , decrease , $1,235- '
100 ; legal tenders. Increase , J2S4.SOO : deposits ,
Increase , $8,9.11.100 ; circulation , increase , $3o-
400. The banks oow hold $12,378,525 in excess
of legal requirements ,
llprllii llnnlc Stntnnicnt.
BERLIN , Aug. SO. The weekly state
ment of the Imperial Hank of Germany
shows the following changes : Cash In
hand , Increased 16,460.000 marks ; treasury
! notes , Increased 400,000 marks ; other secttrl-
1 ties , decreased G.4GO.OOO marks ; noles In clr-
' culatlon , decreased 18,000,000 marks.
London Money Market.
LONDON. Aug. 6. Today Is a holiday on
the Stock exchange here.
BAR SILVER-Qulet , 27Md : per ounce.
MONEY 11401 % per cent. The rate of
discount In t'ho ' open market for short bills ,
per cent ; for three months' bills ,
per cent.
Export of Silver.
NEW YORK , Aug. 26. Tha exports ot
sliver from this port during the week ag
gregated $815,162. There were no gold ship
ments. The Imports of specie during the
week amounted to $11,178 in gold and $31,976
In silver.
AVnol Market.
ST. LOUIS , Aug. 26.-WOOL Firm for
gcwd grades and quiet for lower qualities.
NEW YORK , Aug. 26. WOOL Steady ;
domestic fleeces 12@14c ; Texas , 134T1GC.
LONDON , Aug. 2G.-iWOOL There were
various Inquiries tout few transactions In
wool during the week. The receipts to date
for the next series of wool auction sales ,
which opens September 19 , number 212,235
bales , of which 61,000 bales were forwarded
direct. The Imports for the week were as
follows : New South Wales , 3,386 bales ;
Queensland , 911 bales ; 'Melbourne , 6,391
'bales ' ; New Zealand , 4,747 bales ; Cape of
Good Hope and Natal , 431 bales ; Persia ,
1,270 bales ; New York , 155 bales ; Boston ,
ISO bales , and elsewhere , 1,500 bales.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK , Aug. 26. METALS The
market was quiet today.
( PIG IRON Firm ; northern , $ IS.OOQ21.DO ;
southern , $18.00021.00.
COPPER Firm ; brokers' , $18.50 ; exchange ,
$18.60.
LEAD Steady ; brokers , $1.23 ; exchange ,
$1.6004.62 .
TIN-Firm : straits. $31.60031.75.
PLATES Firm.
SPELTER-Qulet ; domestic , $5.40 , nom
inal.
Toledo Market.
TOLEDO. O. . Aug. 26. WHEAT -Lower ,
weak ; No. 2 cash , 71Vic ; September , 71V4c
bid ; December , 74c.
CORN Dull , steady ; No. 2 mixed , Sic.
OATS Dull , steady ; No. 2 mixed , 21c.
RYE Firm , higher ; No. 2 , 661ic.
CLOVER SEED Lower , easy ; prime cash ,
$ J.97H ; October , $4.47 4-
California Urlpil Frnltn.
NEW YORK , Aug. 26.-CALIFORNIA
DRIED FRUITS Steady. Evaporated ap
ples , common , 7Hc ; prime wire tray , 8V4@
854c ; choice. 8i9c ; fancy , 909'/Ac. Prunes ,
3',4 < 38o per Ib. , as to size and quality. Apri
cots , Royal , He ; Moor Park , W0UCU
Peaches , unpeeled ,
Phllnilelplila Produce Market.
-PHILADELPHIA , Aug. 26. BUTTER
Steady : fancy western creamery , 21c ; fancy
western prints , 22c.
EGGS Firm and % c higher ; fresh nearby.
16V c ; fresh western , 16@lGJ4c ; fresh south
western. 120Jl3c.
CHEESE-Flrm.
Stock In SlBlit.
Following are ttio receipts at the three
principal western markets for August 2(3 ( :
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Omaha . 1,236 G.OS4 4,055
Kansas City . 100 3,000 280
St. Louis . 200 3,500 . . . .
Totals . 1,636 12.581 4,335
UOW HE GOT A IlIDEu
A Tramp's Original Way of "Denting"
a Ilallirar Company.
A traveling man tells In tie Marysvlllo
( Mo. ) Tribune a good story ot how a tramp ,
by working an entirely new scheme , suc
ceeded In beating his way Into Chicago on a
fast train.
The traveling man said that whllo he was
buying a ticket for Chicago at a station not
far from the city he observed the tramp in
question standing near him at the ticket
window , listening to the words that passed
between him and the ticket acent. His
ticket cost $ C.60. Alter ho had sat down
in the waiting room of the depot the tramp
lame over to him and said :
"Aro you going to Chicago ? "
"Yes , " was the reply.
"Well , I am going to Chicago , too. Let
me see your 'ticket. "
The "traveling man 'handed him the ticket.
The tramp danced over It.
"Yes , " lho eald. "that Is Just llko mine.
I wonder if that agent gave me the right
change. I gave him $20. " Here ho turned
the cardboard over and wrote the figures on
the 'back ' of it "My ticket should have
coat me the sarao as yours ( writing $6.l > 0 and
the ether figures under It ) , and I should !
have received back $13.60 ( performing the
operation of subtraction ) . Yes , " ho conI I
tlnucd , as lie handed back the ticket and
turned away , "I guess that's all right. "
When the train started the traveling man
was in a front coach and the tramp In a rear
ono. In a few minutes toe conductor came
along. )
"Herehe - Bald , addressing the tramp ,
' whore's your ticket ? "
"I've given tt to you already , " was the re
sponse.
"No , vou haven't , either. I haven't seen
you 'before. "
"But I toll you I have given you my ticket ,
and I can identify it. When I paid the
agent I did eomo figuring on the back of It
to see whether ho hod given mo the right
change. If you find among the tickets which
you have taken up one on the back of which
$ fl.BO has been subtracted from $20 , that's
mine , "
Conductor shoves his hand Into bis oa-
ipaclous pocket and draws forth a bunch of
tickets , the back of which he carefully
scrutinizes. Suddenly stops and looks closely
at one. It is the ono handed to him by the
traveling man.
"Well , I guess this raus.t bo your ticket.
At least here are the fluurca. i guess you
were rlcht about It. "
A red tan Is stuck In the hat band of the
tramp who has dUcoverd something better
than a tie pass or box car passage.
Preiililent Starts for
LONG BRANCH , N , J. , Aug. 26. Pres
ident and Mrs. McKlnlcy left here at 7:45 :
o'clock today by a special train of the
Pennsylvania railroad for Plttsburg. Ac
companying them were Private Secretary
Cortelyou and Dr. Ulxey , The carriages of
the presidential party were escorted from
Vice President Hobart's cottage to the rail
way station by Troop C of Brooklyn , The
prteldcat'H train is scheduled to reach Now
Brighton at 6 p. rn. , where n stop will bo
made , after which the party wlir be escorted
Into Pltteburg at 9 p , m. by troops. Gen
eral Merrltt will join the president at
PlttEburg , Vleita will be paid to East Liv
erpool and Canton , 0.
Ex-Governor Merrill Iiuiirnvlutr.
LOS ANGELES , Cal , , Aug. 26. The con
dition of ex-Governor Samuel Merrill of
Iowa Is slightly improved today. The at
tending physician saya the chances lor re
covery , however , are slight.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
Hogs Sell a Shade to Five Oenta Lower
Than Friday ,
ALL KINDS OF KILLING CATTLE STEADY
Xnt KnoitKli Cnttlc to Mnkc n Tout of
VnliicH KciMlcrn nnil Urn * * llei-t
lotyr lor lie AVeok Sheep
in Coiit lleiuiinil.
SOUTH OMAHA , . 20.
!
Indicated Sunday.
The Olllclal number of cars of stock
Urought In today by each road was :
Cattle. Hogs. Sh'p. H'r's.
C. , M. & St. P. Ry 6 . .
O. & St. U Ily..v
Missouri 1'aclllc lly. . . . 3
Union Pnclllc System. 2 19 1C
C. & N. W. ny
F. , E. & M. V. K.'U. 3 31
S. C. & P. lly 1
C. , St. .P. . , M. & O. . . . 1 5
B. & M. H. U. R 12 IS
C. , B. & Q. lly 9
K. C. & St. J 23
C. , U. 1. & P. Ry. , E. . .
C. , R. I. & I' . Ry. , AV. . .
Total receipts 42 96 16 5
The disposition ot the day's receipts was
as follows , cuch buyer purchasing the num
ber of head Indicated :
Cattle. Hogs. Sh'p.
Omaha Packing Co 30 6UG
G. H. Hammond Co 8 1,01)9 ) 21
Swift and Company 67 SOG '
Cudahy Packing Ca Stf li > 23 623
Armour & Co 1G 1,1)30 )
Cudahy , from K. C 651
Benton & Underwood Ul
Fry , Brucn & Co 323
Other buyers 15 10
Held over 300
Total 891 G.S92 C51
CATTLE Fresh arrivals we.ro very small
this morning , as usual on the last day of
the week , but at the same time South
Omaha had more cattle than all the other
markets put together. Of the cattle huro.
however , twenty-three cars were consigned
direct to Cudahy from Kansas City , so that
there were In reality not enough cattle on
sale to make any kind of a test of the
market. A three-loud bunch of rathur
coarse and stugy cornfeds 'brought ' J5.15 and
I some speculator' grass eteers sold to a
packer at $4.55. There was nothing of any
Importance In the way of butchers' stock ,
but only a few odds and ends. One bunch
of nine loads of common Utah stockers con
stituted -the bulk of the offerings.
Receipts of cattle this week have been
the largest of the range season to date
and much larger than for previous weeks ,
as will be noted from the table at head of
column. At Uie same time the market lias
been In such a good , healthy condition that
receipts have been by no means burden
some. Cornfed cattle were not very plenti
ful and were In demand every day. the best
kinds selling as high as any tlmo , but
there has been naturally enough to bnug
about a lower tendency on the unfinished ,
kinds , for which grass cattle could bo sub
stituted. The market on range beef gradu
ally eased off and for the week could safely
bo quoled 25c lower. Cows and helfors were
in good demand all the week , but the mar
ket gradually eased off and at the close
the common to medium kinds were 15ij20a
lower than the week before and the better
grades 10 < S15c lower. Good heavy feedera
were In active demand all the week and
sold as high as ever. On the other hand
the common to medium kinds were 10i/15c
lower than a week ago and a good deal moro
than 'that as compared with ten days or two
weeks ago. Representative sales :
BEEF STEERS.
No Av. Pr No , Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr.
1. . 700 $3 35 21..1039 $5 03 G3..1220 } 5 15
COWS.
1. 950 2 35 G. . 936 2 90 1..1290 340
2. 77T , 2 So 1..1070 3 10 1..1030 350
1. 1130 2 60 2..1235 3 23 4..1125 375
1. S50 2 60 4..1050 3 35 1. . 010 3 85
3. S60 2 50 1..10UO 3 40 3..1000 4 25
1. 780 2 90
STOCK COWS AND HEIFERS.
1. . 970 2 60 1..1090 3 15
HEIFERS.
1. . S30 3 65
BULLS.
1..1500 335 1. . 630 3 7G 1. . SCO 4 25
CALVES.
1. . 290 5 00 1. . 160 G 00 4. . 207 C 23
1. . MO B 25
STAGS. '
1..1440 4 50
_ STOCKERS AND FEEDERS.
WESTERNS.
NEBRASKA.
No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr.
1 cow. MO $2 35 & cows 93G 12 30
2 cows 775 2 35 21 feeders. . M5 4 30
HOGS It was the last day of the week
and there was a fair run of hogs , a combina
tion which gives the buyers the advantage
always. At the name time there was a
good demand , which helped to equalize
matters somewhat. Chicago did not report
a very strong market and taking all these
things Into consideration the packeru were
able to buy their hogs n shade to Bo
lower than yesterday. Sellers seemed to
realize that buyers had the best of It and
as a rule they took off and Bold out early.
Light loads went principally at $1.451if4.60 ,
medium weight mixed loads at ti.371/j3 > 4.40
and heavy packing at tl.30@1.3o.
The hog market started out nt the be
ginning of the present week with a de
cline of 7c , but from that day on until
the close of the week the fluctuations from
day to day were extremely small , The
tendency waa slightly downward , but so
little change took place that at the close
of the week the market was only about
6c lower on an average Limn It was on
Monday. Ono thing worth noticing la the
fact that the lings are celling at a much
greater range of prices than was the case
a few weeku ago. South Omaha has been
a great place for a otio-prlco market , but
recently the spread between the best and
least desirable has been greatly widened ,
A glnnce at the table of average prices
will show the variations In the market
from day to day as well ns for correspond
ing daya of previous years. Representative
sales ;
7 161 . . . 445'
SHEEP Today's supply consisted of nlno
londa of lambs nnd seven londtt of mixed
stuff. The market did not show any
particular change , but values were Just
nbout steady , fxunba brought $5.40. pom
good wethers J3.90 , nnd some old owes J3.40.
Owing to light receipts nnd ft very good
demand the market wns In good condition
nil the week nnd prices high ns compared
with nil other mnrkot * . Packers were un
able to get enough killers to satisfy them
nnd were claiming nl ) the week that they
could use u good many more.
There Is nlso n large demand for fredlnn
s.heep nnd stockers and ono buyer claim *
to have orders on tile calling for over 10W *
bond. The fnot that feeder mttlo nro PO
high Is turning thn attention of farmers to
sheep nnd n , good many Imiulrlew nra
arriving from people who have never before -
fore fed any sheep. Buyers nppi-nr to o
willing to pay S3.7Ctr < 3.S5 for feeder wothefs.
Quotations : Prime native wethers , 14.000
4.23 ; good to choice grass wethers. J3.SCKBT3.90 ;
fair to good grass wethers. J3.651f3,7B ; good
to choice grass ewes , W.4WW.0 ; fnlr lo gooj
grass ewes , J3.00JT3.35 ; good to choice spring
Inmbs , } 5.233if > .GO ! fnlr to good spring lambs ,
JS.OOlTo ; common spring lambs , J4.00a4,60 |
feeder wethers , $3.60 < ir3.7 $ . Heprcsentullvo
sales :
No , Av. Pr.
4 Utah ewes , culls 10T. 3 40
78 Utah owes , culls 110 3 40
131 Utah wethers 93 3W
410 Utah lambs Ci 640
Knnntii City l.lvn Stork.
KANSAS CITY , Aug. 26.-CATTLE-UC-
cclpts , 100 hcntl : not enough on saloto tvst
prices , Rtcolpts for week , 66,000. Heavy
run this week did not nffcct prices of the
best grade * of slaughtering nnd feeding ;
cattle , whllo common nnd Indifferent kinds
nre selling from HX : to 20c liiwrr. Heavy
native stcerx , $5.50TfC.2J ; light weights , JI.70
5j .20 ; stockera nnd feeders , $3. ? ! > @ti.lR ;
bulchor cows nnd 'hi fcrs , J3.10ii'G.26 ; canners -
ners , J2.40Ii3.10j western eteers , Jl.OOlfS.CO ;
Toxnns , SS/JjO11,65.
HOas-llocelpts , 3,000 head ; supply too
light to test strength of market ; BnU a
sternly to 6c lower ; heavy , J1.50ITl.67ia ;
mixed , J4.435N.55 ; light , J4.655ri.75.
SHEEP Receipts , 2iO head. Active nmr-
ki > t nt yesterday's prices. t/ght ! supply
this week strengthened prices , ndvnnce nt-
fectlng all grades nnd amounting to from
15o to 25c. lmnbs brought $1.50yr..75 : year
lings , J5.S5 < fT1.33 : muttons , J3.605fl.2T ; feeding
Ihmbs , J3.r)00l.23 ) ; feeding shc p. $3.2G04,00 {
Block sheep , J3,0004.25 ; culls , J2.605J3.00.
Nciv York Llvp Stock.
NEW YORK , Aug. 26.-BEEVES-RO-
celpts , CCG hend ; no trndlng ; feeling weak.
Cables steady ; exports , 1,031 head cnttlo
and 4,724 quarters of beef.
CAtiVKS Receipts , 74 head ; market dull ;
almost no demand ; vcnls , $1.CKXif4.75 ; grais -
ers and buttermilks , nominal ; city dressed
veals , Oii/llc / per Ib.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts , 2,509
hend. Shocp. dull. Choice lambs , dull ,
llrm ; others steady but slow : 9 cars unsold.
Common to prime s'hccp , JS-eOCT-OO ; export
grades , { 4.10&-4.JO. Lambs , J3.S5ft6.00 ; culls
J3.00Q3.60.
HOGS Receipts , 2,628 head ; market nom
inal , J4.75 < iI4.90.
Si. I.oulN Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS , Aug. 26. CATTLE Receipts.
209 hend ; market steady , but only retail
trade done ; native shipping nnd export
steers , $ l.76fffi.2.'i ( ; dressed beef ateers , Jl.60.lj )
6.C5 ; steers , under 1,000 llis. , W.6035.25 ; stock-
cows nnd heifers , J2.23f3.7S.
HOGS Receipts , 3,500 head ; market 60
lower ; pigs and lights. $4.70tpl.SO ; packers ,
J1.50JM.75 ; butchers , J1.63 4.SO.
SHEIOP Receipts , none ; market nominal :
native muttons , t3.50JT-l.25 ; lambs , Jl.OOfifi.OO :
stockers , $2.231/3.65 / ; culls and bucks' ' , Jl.CG ®
3.25.
St. JoHcpli Ltlvc Stock.
SOUTH ST. JOSEPH. Mo. , Aug. 26.-Spo- (
clal. ) The Journal quotes :
CATTLE Rmcelpts , 300 head ; market
steady ; good to choice , lOsjJlSc higher fo ?
the week ; others steady.
HOGS Receipts , 4.SOO head ; market
opened steady to 5c lower ; closed strong :
heavy and medium , ) I.504.GO ; light , J1.555 ?
4.70 ; pigs , $4.GOIN.G3 ; bulk of sales , J4.62&9
4.67 % .
SHEEP Receipts , none ; demand strong
for all kinds , 'Including stackers and feed
ers.
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