TlIE O MAFIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. FEBnrATtV 20, 1003.
FEDERAL REGULATION OF RAILROADS AND RAILROAD RATES
.uimlttw of the i-nntb, nl that olnt atue up as to Hip tnlon Pnt lflc railroad
and .A parniDKH. With regard to wli-tlir It would 1 prn-r and safV to mlu-e
thir earnings of tlU rosjL. that brings up another n"Hn. Issc-aus) confer Is
rgardotI m n 0rt of jninnlinn of this system of land grant railroads. I know
the effort la tu'lng; iiihoV to compute tin amount of Indebtedness of the road,
And to get it (low n to a low interest-tearing bond, and t lit-n to fund It and keep
It rnnnlnjr for the nett sixty .retirs. and to allow the company to make Ita ratea
ecordlnirljr. That U one of tho very things we object to In our section of the
country,
THK4T THK HOAP . 14.TI014.L BWKS (RK TRRtTI'.D.
Senator rintt-Althoush It Is a littl outside the scope of this Inqulr.v. we
would like to know what yon would hav the jrovernment do In that respect.
Mr. Itosewater I would treat them exactly the same as yon treat the na
tional hanks. The national hanks are more or less nnder the protection and sur
relllance of congress), and under a charter they have been endowed with the
right to Issue money and to conduct their business. If a national bank should
And 1U asset had been materially reduced by dishonest employes Its cashiers
or tellers, or what not and It was discovered that that bank could not meet Its
obligations, what would congress do for It? Would It enact a law that would
extend Its debt or liabilities, and request the patrons to make up the Interest
and the principal? Or would It wind np that bank ami say the directors should
make jrood whatever amount of deficit there was In the assets in order to meet
the liabilities? Here Is a case almost parallel. You hare a company that has
been robbed, and everylxxly will admit It. Mr. Adams will admit that millions
upon millions of money were charued to the company by the Credit Moblller,
which money was not properly expended. The road has been fraudulently
bonded for an enormous sum of money. Stocks have been Issued to the extent
of millions upon millions of dollars, and not 10 cents on the dollar paid in. What
Is to ls done with that corporation? The way I would do wonld be to let It
a'one or wind it up, one of two things. lt It meet its obligations as any other
debtor would have to meet Its obligations, or else say to the stockholders: "If
you have only paid In 10 cents on the dollar, put In no cents more and that will
meet the government bonds, and then yon can1 own the road and to and operate
It. If not, the road will probablly be sold to the highest bidder."
ELL OtT THK ROADS VD BKtiW A SEW.
i, But you will say that consress Is a fiduciary agent for the people of the
T'Dlted States. Here is a large bonded debt. I say If that hundred millions
Is to 1k paid to the widows, and Mr. t'harles Francis Ada ins. and all the other
.people who have an interest In the road. I should not object to having the bonds
funded for sixty years. Rut you expect simply to do this: You say to the people
of this whole country, who are tho patrons of the road, that you are going for
the next sixty years to tax them on the imaginary cost of this railroad, and make
them pay the interest and the priuclpal In taxes to that corporation. would
It not be a jreat deal safer not to force the next three generations to pay a
continuous extravagant tax? If we udmit for one moment that this railroad
company owes oil this money legitimately, It ought to lie earning enough to pay
legitimate Interest on Its debt ami a reasonable Interest on Its stis-k. If the
debt Is fictitious, would It be just to keen the fixed charges up everlastingly and
all railroads running to the ruclflc const to pool. with It? There will always he
uniform rates. I do not regard pooling In the abstract, if proeriy regulated ty
congress, as a calamity ut all. although pooling In the manuer It Is now con
ducted Is a very bad thing.
Senator I'lutt Your Idea Is that If the government recognizes the present
bonded debt of the t'ulon Pacific railroad, the result will be that this wholo
western community, which does business with the railroad, will have to pay
a boot two and a half or three times as much In the way of freight and passcn
gei rates as they ought to?
Mr. Itosewater Precisely. If that road were sold today for what It Is worth,
or whatever it might le built or paralleled for. and a new beginning were to bo
made, from that moment on. the community would have rates that would glvo
the road a reasonable Income hikjii the investment. As It Is now. we are taxed
on an enormous sum of money that never was expended, and upon vast millions
upon millions oMmaginary stock that was issued simply without any equivalent.
That l one reason why we out here are opposed to it. 1 do not kuow whether
this -theory has ever struck the members and senators, but everything that is
done bearing uon the question has been with the Idea that there has teen a
faithful performance of obligations since the change of administration In the
rood, and that the company Is going to do an honest and legitimate business
from now on, on the condition that this bonded obligation and all the stock Is
to be legitimatized by congress. It might be a pretty honest sort of business
after that if congress will legitimatize all the millions upon millions that have
been fraudulently piled onto us.
COMMISSION' A FROCHASTIXATISG DRVIC R.
My idea with regard to a commission has been expressed briefly. I stated
that I "did not IsMieve it was necessary. I do not believe anything Is to be gained
by It. On the contrary, I think the commission would only cause a delay of what
has to come In the long run. The bureau of railways Is a very necessary thing
at Washington. The head of that bureau can do exactly as much business in
the matter of Inquiry, and of getting the statistics, and of getting returns from
the different railroads, and of notifying them as to complaints, if such a thing
should come to him. as nine men could do. A coimnlsslou of seven, or nine, or
five, or fifteen would be no better. No commission of nine men could possibly
regulate the railroads of America, If you are going to allow them nil to have
hearing of the complaints. There are i:),000 miles of railroad, and there would
probablv be l.'W,(iO people complaining of the commissioners from different sec
tions of the country about different things. Some of those complaints might be
very trivial and ome might be Important. .
I think the commissioner scheme Is simply device to procrastinate. For
example, the tariff 'commission is something of the same sort They might Just
as well have met the question. If congress is competent to regulate the tariff,
which is a very Intricate thing, why Is not congress competent, by a very few
simple rules, to establish regulations for the rsilroads, leaving the complaints
of the parties In their respective localities to the courts in their respective locali
ties, with proper authority to the district attorneys everywhere to prosecute?
I have read quite a number of the commissioner bills, and most all of them sim
ply attempt this, which is about on the plan of the Iowa commission: A com
mittee of inquiry to ascertain what the people of this country need In the mat
ter of railway regulation, which is to report from time to time to congress what,
In their opinion, woufd be desirable, and which Is also to hear complaints from
time to time, and to communicate those complaints to the railroad. If tin rsil
roads are willing to recede from any arbitrary rule or arbitrary exaction, well
and good: and if not. the commission is powerless. If a commission could be
constituted as the Knglish commission Is; If you could, under our system of gov
ernment, transfer to it quasi-Judicial power, so they could not only Investigate
a complaint, but arbitrate It and enforce their dictum without any further refer
ence to anvbody, it would be a very desirable institution.
Senator Piatt Congress could do that; but in order to do it congress would
hare to create judges with life tenures.
' A RAILWAY COt'RT.
Mr. Itosewater Yes. sir; very likely we will have to come to that, anyway,
some time In the future.
Senator Piatt That is the only thing that stands in the way of doing as
you suggest.
Mr. Itosewater There might be a railway court constituted. Just as the
court, of claims has been constituted.
Senator riatt Congress could make a railway court, with power to enforce
Its decisions, the same as any other court. The only objection to that la that
under the constitution the Judges would have to be appointed for life.
Mr. Itosewater I see no objection to that. Of course, we know very well
that the Influence' bearing upon the appointment of the judges might be very
peculiar. But It is the same machinery that meets us at every step, and prob
ably a man, one appointed for life, would be more likely to act Independently
than he would If he were simply dependent upon a reappointment or upon a
tenure that was uncertain. .
Senator Piatt A good many men advocate that disposition of the question.
Mr. Simon Sterne of Now Y'ork. who has given a great deal of thought to this
question, advocates a railway court.
Mr Itosewater I have read some of his books, and have also, of course,
followed the doings of the New Y'ork Board of Transportation on these ques
tions. They have reached the conclusion there that a railway commission would
have a great deal of beneficial effect, and they hare created one,
f The Chairman They only go so for as to Insist that the commission ought
to have power to look luto the complaint or dispute that may arise between the
transportation company and a shipper or business man, and that It may make
a finding, and that finding shall be prima facie evidence of Its correctness lu
court. They say they want the law to go that far and no farther.
HKABOXS FOR OPPOSISa A RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Mr. Itosewater My original Idea' was this: I was In favor of the commis
sion, or thought that if a commission elected by the people could be established
in the different states it would be one of the ways of remedying the difficulty.
But when the California commission, which Is a constitutional body, created by
the constitution, came into power, I found that the legislature, through this very
clause, had rendered itself entirely powerless to regulate, and it put all the pow
ers of the state luto the hands of these three men. When I found that the rail
roads then dropped the manipulation of the legislature and went Into the con
ventions and nominated and helped to elect two out of the three, I concluded
that was a mora dangerous thing than even to leave the matter alone and let
the legislature exercise Its power from' time to time, because when these things
are on the statute books it Is very hard to repeal them. 'Even this little Doane
law tha,t we have here In this state would be very difficult to repeal, though they
might go and defeat forty railroad bills that were good. If congress should once
create this commission, with uothlng more definite for U to do than to make
Inquiry. and to employ a large number of clerks to keep records of all the trans
actions of all the railroads, it would simply supplement the work that is already
being done by the railroad bureau In Washington, and It would accomplish no
other good except to put off the day we have all got to meet .at some time, and
that Is, when the railway Interest will be placed under proper governmental
control. , .
WHKREIX A COMMISSION MIGHT BE IIEFIL.
The Chairman I suppose no pne scarcely, who Is now In favor of anything
being done. Is seeking to provide for the appointment of a commission without
vesting It with some sort of power, and without passing a law restricting tho
operation of railroads within the limits of what is right between the railroads
and the people, Just as fsr as can be gone with ssfety to the busiuess Interests
of the rouutry. What would you think if congress were to pass a law either
prohibiting or regulating ioollng, and prohibiting the payment of drawbacks
and rebates, and requiring the publication of rates, and legislating in whatever
way, might be deemed safest on the question pf the long aud short haul, or pro
viding that a uniform classification of freight should1 l made? With all those
provisions put luto a statute lu terms, what would you think about the propriety
of appointing a commission, or some eclul tribunal, aud giving it as much
power as can bo given to it under the constitution, putting the execution and
enforcement of this law Into their hands, without making the uiemlters of that
speclsl tribunal life JudgesY Would you or not think that would be of any use?
Mr. Itosewater Yes, sir; that would be of some use. Thst rertaluly would
he a little better than nothlug. The publicity of rates, sod the prohibition of
drawbacks and rebates, and the prohibition of pooling, or its regulation by Isw
under proper restrictions, would be a very Imports ut step forward toward solv
ing the final problem.
The Chairman You do not knew whether the commission would be of any
particular u In enforcing the law?
Ut. Rosewatvr I do not know, but I hardly believe It would tend to do any
thing more than simply to take the first step, aud leave to the future the agita
tion of inienduients and changes.
The Chairman How much further would you go lu the law itself, leaving
the commission out?
HI RK At' FOR RF.tORDIAtt BONDS AStt STOCKS.
' Mr. llosewster If I went further In the law, I should ssy. ss I said before,
that I would. If possible. In the first plsce, creste some office or national bureau
where stocks and bonds should be recorded for every railroad company. Thst
Is, a restrictive law with regard to the construction of railroads, and. If neces
sary, severe penalties for the overissue nee of stocks. That would be the first
step to take, in my opinion. Then, It seems to me, there ought to be a general
proviso prohibiting railroad managers from being in any other business con
nected with the transportation of traffic except the common carrier business.
Of course, it is a very difficult thing to prohibit a man from investing bis money
wherever he blouses. Hut It seems to me very improper, snd that It is one of
the chief causes of complaint here, that railroad managers are interested In the
grain and in the coal traffic, and In many other enterprises outside of the rail
road business, lu which lines of business they become dangerous competitors to
other private enterprises.
PROHIBIT RAILROAD MEN FROM RNOAUI.NU IN OTHER HI SINKS.
They have the power to give better facilities to their own enterprises or to
their own concerns, and In every way to favor themselves .to the detriment of
others. I should do away with all these fast freight lines, prohibiting them en
tirely. I think congress could do that. Congress could provide that no director
or officer of the railroad company, while such, should be Interested In any busi
ness that has any relation to his company In the transportation of traffic. That
might 1e cutting out about two-thirds of oil the directors, and I don't know
where we would find the others: but I think that will be a final necessity, unless
the government will take the entire control of rsllrosds.
The Chairman Would yon be in favor of that?
GOVERNMENT CONTROL OR OWNERSHIP ADVOCATED.
Mr. Itosewater I am In favor now of the telegraph being controlled entirely
by the government, and I have been in favor -of It for twenty years. I thluk
the land grant railroads some day. sooner or later, will become government
property, or that the government will, directly or Indirectly, control them, either
by having companies operated under the government control, or under govern
ment rules and regulations, or by direct ownership. There Is no use In trying
that experiment at this date, because It would Im so difficult to accomplish. The
establishment of a few simple regulations could be had now by congress. The
purchase of the railroads is ti pretty large contract, and It might take fifty years
Ispfore we could come to thst But when the government some day restricts ihe
number of railroads that are to le built, aud establishes these railroads as high
ways for' the people, there will be an end to railroad speculation and to the
present system.
The Chairman I'nder t lie constitution of the country at present, your state
can charter a road whenever it pleases, inside of its own corporate limits, and
my state can do the same, and so can Iowa, which lies between our etates.
What is the government of the United States to do with that subject?
Mr. Itosewater That Is very true. But, as I said before, If the government
will treat all railroads as a continuous line and congress would exact compliance
wifh specific requirement from all railroads which uo state could grant without
permission from the national government; If that were done, there would event
ually come a time when the government could say whether a railroad should
be built from one place to auother, where another railroad already existed, and
where no eonqtetitlon would be of nny particular benefit to the people, because
It could not last, as It would be followed by pooling and combination.
STATE AND NATIONAL O.IESTIONS, ,
Senator Harris Do you think the federal government could prohibit the.
state from chartering or building a railroad wherever it chose to build It wlthlu
the territorial limits of that state?
Mr. Itosewater The question is, how wide Is the boundary?
Senntor Harris I stiptiose the territorial limits of Kansas are pretty well
defined.
Mr. Itosewater There Is such a very fine line between the boundaries of
two states that. I say we will finally got to the jtolnt I suggest, and there will
be a limit to all this state talk. We will get to the point where the government
will assume ihflt the telegraphs and railroads are continuous and Interstate from
their very nature and Inception. beVause you can and you do carry engines and
cars and merchandise continually from one road to another all over the country.
Senator Piatt Suppose the government should say that no railroad should
engage In interstate traffic until it had first satisfied the commissioner of rail
roads that Its road had been built without any Improper issuing of stock or
bonds, and that it had not been capitalized for more than lis stock cost; could
you in that way reach the difficulty?
IF NECESSARY AMEND THE CON'STITl TION.
Mr. Itosewater I think you could; and I think some day we will reach some
of these matters. You see, when the constitution of the. I'nlted States was
framed there were no railroads and no steamboats and no telegraphs, and the
makers of the constitution had no idea about these state linen, they being only
Imaginary points; and there might be such a thing as congress stepping in and
saying: "You cannot do anything with reference to state 'Commerce without
getting first the permission of the government." Banks do not issue or coiu
money. Why cannot congress control and regulate the railroads?
Senator riutt You think it would not be a very much larger stretch of the
Imagination to go that far than has been the case with some things that have
already been done? um
Mr. Itosewater I think not' If it conies to the worst, wehave the right to
alter or amend our constitution. This Is not a Chinese wall. We ought to have
nhlllty enough to expand with the great inventions of the agef I do not believe
this railroad problem will lie solved until the railroads are regarded as public
highways, and until the number of railroads will be restricted to the wants of
the people.
The Chairman Some governmental authority, you think; must pass upon
the question of whether or not the railroads should be built?
Mr. Itosewater This building of a railroad for speculative purposes, and
then afterwards wrecking it and saying to the people they must continue to
maintain two railroads when one would have done, Is as wrong as to say that
the people of the T'nion Pacific shall continue to pay Interest cm all the hioney
that the Credit Moblller pocketed.
BRITISH SHOWMEN EXCITED
rear that Religions Revivals Will
Interfere with Whit Face
and Tan Bark.
LONDON, Feb. l.-(Spedal Cablegram to
The Bee.) '"England Is now passing
through a wave of Puritanical oppression
with revival service and the like under
which showmen will sink Into oblivion If
they do not rise to protect their own Inter
ests." .
This was the solemn warning of Mr. F.
Blbby of Manchester to 300 members of the
Showmen and Vandwcllers Protection asso
ciation at its annual meeting this week.
Among the company were owners of mam
moth musical merry-go-rounds, worth thou
sands of pounds, proprietors of fat women
and living skeletons. "Aunt Sallies" and
"flying wonders," traveling tnanagerles and
shooting salons. It waa lamented thst the
last year had been on of commercial de
pression. The margin of spending money,
"never a very great quantity with the
workers," had been extremely small, es
pecially In Lancashire and some parts of
Yorkshire. In spite of oppression, how
ever, the showmen were disposed to look
on the bright side of things and to take a
lofty view of their occupation as enter
tainers. "Our showa," said Mr. Blbby, "are not
given In gilded salons, with music from
France and Germany, but are Intended for
those who earn their livelihood by the
sweat of their brows tn mills and factories.
We try to brighten the lives of the toilers
by. giving them entertainment under the
great canopy of heaven. Many people look
down on showmen, but they forget that the
whole world is composed of showmen. Mr.
Winston Churchill, for Instance, Is a po
litical showman."
It waa pointed out that merry-go-rounds
alone represent a bualness worth 1,600.000
and thai 70,000 persons are engaged In
"show" work In the British Isles.
aeent of the African Lakes corporation,
decided to stt up near the scene of the
conflict. In tho hope thst the lions would
return to the carcas of the dead bull.
n attack of fever had prevented him
bringing help tip to the natives the previ
ous night. He found a suitable tree near
the spot; he had only Just settled himself
in It when fqiir Hons appeared and began
to devour the dead animal. Taking care
ful aim, Mr: Fraser killed one tlon snd
wounded two, which, however, made their
escape, but were found dead In the brush
next morning.
COTTON HAULERS FIGHT LIONS
Experience af African Planter Not
Calculated to laraa .
Grewth af Trade.
I.ONDON, Feb. 19-(8pelal Cablegram to
The Be) Supplying the Lancashire mii,
with cotton from British Central Africa
would mean, from the following Incident,
to l a task of some difficulty. Four
wagons from Blantyre, returning from
I'kats, on th shore of Lake Nyaasa, after
unloading cotton there camped at night In
a cotton clearing. During th night, says
a correspondent at Blantyre, four Hons
stampeded the draft oxen and finally sur
rounded sn old bull at the head of a gully.
The hull fuuaht fiercely and 6y ita bel
lowing brought back ten other oxen to Us
help. The native drivers, finding them
selves unable to drive off the lions, went
nwny for help.
The cattle hoys ten absent for about
three hours and were araased to find on
tii.lr return thst th hull, though terribly
lacerated, waa still on Its feet and fighting
gsmely to the tart. Shortly afty their
teturn the brave arilni.il fell dead. Th
natives succeeded, however, lu driving off
the linns with firebrands and old guns.
On th following eveuiug Mr. Fraxer, the
BISHOPS THINK IT INSULT
Irian Catholic Hierarchy Spume I.at
cat Offer of Trinity Col
lege to Catholics.
DUBININ, Feb. 19. tSpeclal Cablegram to
The Bee.) In reply to acdresses at Kllla
lee, Dr. Fogarty, Roman Catholic bishop
of the diocese, said this week that the
hierarchy had spurned the latest attempt
of Trinity college to drag the Roman
Catholic of Ireland within Its gates. Its
new scheme of scholarships was nothing
more than sublimated "soupertam."
It was little less than a publlo Indignity
to ask the Roman Catholics of Ireland to
accent a satisfaction of their claims to
university education the mer permission
to enter the Institution flying the Protest
ant flag, to sit In balls saturated with a
Protestant atmosphere, or at th foot of a
pulpit which. Judging from Ita publlo pro
nouncements, waa, If not always, at least
often antl-Irtah, anti-Cathollo and even
antl-cniristlan. . .
Bee Want Ada Produce Results.
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Cattla Carriad (her from Friday Were Blow
Sile and Lower.
HOGS BROKE JUST ABOUT A NICKEL
Sheen and l.amh Sold Jn Ahont
tc'ady Tilth Frlriar and Tea
to Fifteen Cent Higher
Than Week Ago.
at tie.
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Hogs. Bheep
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SOl'TH OMAHA. Feb. 19. I
Receipts were:
Official Monday
Official Tuesday
Official Wednesday.
Official Thursday ..
Official Frldsr
Official Saturday ..
Total thta week 9.419
Total laet week 1S.M
Total week before 14. IS
Same three weeks go..l7.tJ
Seme four weeks agu. .. .17.062
Pame week last Vear... .11.79
RECEIPTS FOR THE YKAR TO DATE.
The following table ahowa i receipts of
cattle, hogs and sheep at Bouth Omulia for
th year to date with comparisons with last
year;
1906 1904. Dec.
Cattle KO.otiS H.on4 K.99-1
Hogs SlB.:)n2 81"t.24a 2.K!
Sheep 190.317 i!45,17t 46,859
Th following table kIiowk the average
price of huge at South Omaha for th last
several daye. with comparlHon:
l.f94
4.4M
1S.1?9
49.401
?.
Di.L'Ju
54. M5
60.56$
1.434
4.747
10.116
4.000
MV777
S1.977
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Feb. 8...
Feb. I...
Feb. 4...
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Feb. 13..
Feb. 13..
Feb. 14..
Feb. 15...
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Feb. 17..
Feb. 1..
1905. 1904.1908:
I 4 72 1
7U 4 73i I ti,
4 Ml 701
4 Kl 80
OJI
e I.
6 74
4 '
4
4 721
" I 4 77
4 8-V 4 Si
i
i 634
4 (',
4 76V,
4 7ST
4 m
4 94
4 M",
4 ttUi
4 73
4 K8
4 S8i
6 I'll
6 001
5 01
71
7C,
6 701
6 721
4 99!
6 0.; 8 !H,
I i 1)2 7 03;
I 5 04i 6 97
6 001
8 f,
6 04
6 99
I 31
6 :!3
i 21
5 :i
6 21
4 S7
4
4 S3
-r
iitax.noi.iinn.!is9.
5 931 6 12
I I 26
ft 3l I
I 95
121
16
03
6 98
3 4
1 4
I t
8 69
4 (61
4 701 X M
I
6 32
6 30
ft "4 1
6 9?! 6 31!
6 61, 6 18,
I S 281
5 79 I
6 78' 6 27,
4 BS
4 75
4 84
4 80i
4 79
4 8:
9 M
S M
3 70
3 71
66
3
4 7."! 3 S
4 75 I 6
4 831 8 63
4 761 3 64
I S 51
1 13
1
1
3 21 17
12
3 M
12
13 1
7
3 15
1 9 4
2 12
13 i2 :a
Indicates Sunday
The official number of cars of stock
brought In today by each read was:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
i... m. st. f
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
I'nlnn Pacific
C. ft N. V
F., K. A M V
C, St. P., M. & O
B. & M
C, B. Q
C, R. I. ft P., east
Illinois Central
Chicago Oreat Western
Total receipts
The ri1nnltlnn nt ! An nn.lnl. aa.
ss follows, ech buyer purchasing the num.-
ut rr nenu inaicaiea:
BUVers. Cattle Tlnva Khun
Omaha Packing- Co 3 1.974 ....
Swift snd Companv 314 4.544 1.531
Cudahy Packlnar Co 71 4.324 120
Armour ft Co 9 vo fiiv I
a. a 540
Totals 390 14,882 2,153
CA I'l LE-There were a tew cars of cattle
reported this morning and a good many
were carried over fiom yenterday thai
either came in late or that packers would
not bid on, so there were enough to make
quite a market had any of the buyers
wanted fresh supplies. As a matter of fact,
though, none of tne packers seemed to care
whether they bought anything or not, as
they figured that tney would have to carry
whatever they bought until Monday, and
from their atandpoiut it would be fully as
profitable to let the commission men hold
them over. Their bids 011 both steera unit
cows were unevenly lower than yesterday's
market Hnd not a great deal of business
was transacted.
For the week receipts have been exceed
ingly light owing to the severe storms,
wnich tied up transportation lines. As com
pared with the same week of last year, sup.
pile have been only about hnlf as laitfe.
The snow storm hav also blocked the
roads in the east, so that refrigerator oars
have become blocked and for the last week
there has been n shortage at this point
which in a large measure is responsible for
the break In the market. The situation,
though, is rapidly Improving and it la ex
pected that by next week there will be
enough cars to move the meats now in
psckern' coolers.
The beef steer market advanced rapidly
the early part of the week and by Wednes
day was a big 26c higher. On Thursday
and Friday, however, all of the advance
waa lost and with today's decline closing
prices are a little lower than at the close
of last week. In a good many cases the
decline for the week amounts to as much
as 1015c. All kinds of cattle have suf
fered, the good as well as the common.
Good to choice steera may be quoted from
84.90 to $5.60, fair to good 34.25 to 84.9) and
commoner grades from 84,15 down.
The cow market also advanced rapidly
the early part of the week, but since
Wednesday all of the advance has been
lost. The market today was very slow and
weak and salesmen had their choice of
taking less money r carrvlna their ctti
over until Monday. Oood to choice cows
and heifers may b fiuoted from 33.00 to ?4.0I
ira wunriniug very prime in the way of
grayed heifers might sell for a little more
than that. Fair to good grades, of course
go from 82.40 to $2.90 an 1 common atuff
mostly from $1.75 to $2.2..
Bulls are also a littlo lower for the week,
though choice tirade could he mmteri rmm
$3.00 to $3.40 and common grades from $2 9J
down. Veal calves have been selllna a Utile
better this week, ton arrarte aellinir nr. ...
$5.75.
There hsvo not been many stockers and
feeders on sale this week and owing to
the bad weather not manv n 'ani.j
That was particularly the case- the early
pari or tne wees and prices then auffwred
to oulte an extent. Toward the rln nf
the week the situation Improved, and good,
heavy feeding cattle mav be quoted about
steady for the week. Common and light
cattle, however, have been rather alow and
weak. Good to choice cattle mav be quoted
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and commoner grades from $3.25 down.
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CALVES.
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STOCKERS AND FEEDERS.
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HOQ8 Receipts of hogs wero very lib
eral today, there being about ISOuo fresh,
with about 3,000 carried over from yester
day. Reports from other points were unfa
vorable to the selling interests and as a re
sult prices suffered to sum extent. Th
market could perhaps beet 1 deucrlbed by
railing it about a nickel tower than yester
day's average. As compared with yester
day morning the decline amounts to more
than that, out as compared with yester
day's clus th decline la not that much.
Trading wss active, particularly after buy
ers ana sellers got together on price, ho
that the bulk of the offerings waa disposed
of In good season. Some of the trains were
again lata In arriving, which prevented th
market from coming to a close until a lata
hour.
For th wetk receipts have been very
light, both as compared with last week and
wlih the corresponding week of last ye:ir.
The tendviuy of prices was upward th
early pari of the week and Thursday was
Ihe high point of the year to date. Yes
terday and today, however, the market has
lost more than th early advene, so that
closing price are about a dim lower than
at the close (if last week. Representative
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SHEEP There were about 4.000 head of
sheep reported this rr.-rnlng. but ouile a
few of them were billed through, so thst
th actual number on sale whs small. Some
of th buyers seemed to be oulte anxious
for supplies, so that trading was fairly
active, wlih prices .tust about steady. As
high ss $5 50 was paid for ewes, aud himbs
acid for $7.40 and $7.50 that were only of
fair quality.
Receipts for the week have been light, ss
compared with a year ago, and the first
part of the Week prices advanced sharply
and gained fullv a qunrter and In some
cases ss much ss 35 cents. Psrt of this
advance, however, has since been lost, but
still closlna tirices are about lOiftlSc higher
than the close of last week.
The shortsge of refrigerator csrs has In
terfered with the demand to quite sn ex
tent snd made prices fluctuate back and
forth to oulte an extent. From the way
packers act, however, they are now anxious
for good stuff, ss they Vlleve thst next
week thev will have enough csrs to hsndle
their business.
Quotaiii'iiH tor feit stock: Oood to choice
yearlings, $.2fiitJ.50; fair to good year
llnss. 5.75CS.15: good to choice wethers.
fS.264?.a' "Ir In rod wether" 4.90o.l.V
good to Choice ewes, $5.0Ckff5.5fl; fair to good
We. 14 5e4Soi: "imwn f 'lT eWS. $4 00
W4.50: rood to choice lambs, $750ff7.75: fair
to good lambs. $7.0Og'7.&O; feeder yearlings,
$4 Rfr65.e: feeder wether. 44.26W4.SS ede
wes, $3.2503.75 1 feeder lamb, tS.SOCti.il.
"eprcjcnlatlvo sr.les:
Na. Pe
12H0 western ewes..' 113 6 50
500 western lambs 74 7 40
S71 western lambs 7W 7 50
2 western stags 120 3 00
1 western buck 140 3 50
3 western buck lambs 126 5 00
1 western ewe 90 N 5 26
3 western yearlings o oo
110 western lamb V. 6 8."
CHICAGO I.IVK STOCK MARKET
AH Classes of Stock Steady Receipts
of Hoars l.arare for Saturday.
CHICAGO. Feb. Id. CATTLE Receipts,
800 head: market steady; good to prim
steers. $6.801fi.10; poor to medium, $3.StYa5.4V,
stockers and feeders. $2.4nitr4.30; cows, 41.H51D
4.50; heifers. $2.OO0r5.0o; canners. $1.3S2.65;
bulls, $2.0nfH.0o; calves. $3.5ivan.50.
HOOS Receipts, "2.000 head; e-tlmated
Mondav, 42,000 head; market steady; mixed
and butchsrs, $4.70ff4.95; good to choice
heavv, $4 95ff5.00; rough heavy, $4.06414.75;
light. $4.A5(i4.H5; bulk of sales. $4.Rca 4.90.
SHEEP. AND I.AMHS-Reeelpte. 3.000
head: market steady; good to choice weth
ers, ife.tiotiS.lO; fair to choice mixed, $4.5n
6.60; western aheep, $4.70ifjtUO; native lambs,
$6. 76ft. 16: western lsmbs, $5.75fr.l&.
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Kansas City $'' Slock Market.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 18. CATTLE Re
ceipts, 500 head, Including 100 southerns;
market unchanged; choice export and
dressed beef ateers, $R.00it'6.75i fair to good,
$3,8004.90; western fed steers, $3.75(fS5.25;
stockers snd feeders. $2.5004.25; southern
steers, $3.001ij4.60; southern cowS, $2.26$3.25;
nstlve cows, $1.76(M.OO; bulls, $2.2SW3.7S;
calves, $3.00$6.00;. receipts for the week,
24,600 head.
HOGS Receipts, 4,000 head; market 6W
10c lower; top, $4.92; bulk of sales, $4.S);
heavy, $4 924; packers, $4.75tr4.90; pigs snd
lights, M.WtH.T; receipts for the week,
40,200 head.
SHEEP AND LA M BS Receipts, 1,200
head; market nominally steady; native
lsmbs, $7.00itr.00.; native wethers, $5.25tj.80;
native fed ewes, $4.WVfr6.50; western fed
lambs, $7.0088.00: western fed yearlings,
$H.00a4V90; western fed sheep, $4.9'K&6S0;
stockers ' and feeders, $3.504fij.u0; receipts
for the week, 30,100 head.
St. I.oul Live Stock Market.
ST. LOl'lS. Feb. 18 CATTLE Receipts
8:0 head, including 150 Texan: market
steady; native shipping nnd export steers.
$4.76U.00; dressed beef and butcher steers,
$:i.86ijj6.60; steers under 1,000 '.'.s., $.t.25tf15:
stockers and feeders, $2.76Q4.M); cows and
heifers. $2.00f4.36; canners, $1.76432.25; bulla,
$2.3o8.(l6; calves. $5.00(7.75. Texas and In
dian steers, $3.oo$4.;6; cows and heifers,
$2.6O0?3.5.
HOOS Receipts. .3.000 head; market
steady; pigs and lights, $3.75)4.76; packers,
4.75&4.90; outchers and best heavy, I4.90fa:
5 00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts. 500 head;
market stfady; natives, $4.5(yQ00; lambs,
$.00$4.10; culls and bucks, $4.2fiQ4.60.
St. Joseph Lire Stock Market.
ST. JOSEPH, Feb. 18 CATTLE Re
ceipts, 167 head; market steady; natives,
$3.66U3.76; cows and heifers, $l.ibi84.2D;
stockers snd feeders, $2.76(&4.15.
HOOS Receipts, 9,192 head; mostly 5c
lower; lights, $4.66434.80; medium and heavy.
$4.6.
SHEEP AND LAM B8 Recel pt s, 747
head; market steady; Colorado lambs, $7.85.
Sioux City Live Stork Market.
8IOCX CITY, Feb. 18.-Bpeelal Tele
gram.) CATTLE Receipts, 500 head; mar
ket steady; beeves, t3.6fl.tT6.00; cows, bulls
snd mixed, $2.55171.60; stockTS and feeders,
$'.'.6003. HO; calves and yearlings, $2. 25fKl . 50.
H04JB Receipts. 7,i00 head;' market 6c
lower, welling at $4.40ff4.76; bulk of sales.
I4.561&4 96.
' Stock In Sight.
Receipts of live stock st the six principal
western markets, yesterdsy were as fol
lows:
Cattle
South Omaha 260
Sioux City 600
Kansas City 600
St. Louis 860
St. Joseph 167
Chicago 800
Hogs. Sheep.
4.000
i',900
6"0
747
S.OiiO
13,'HO
7,200
4.000
3.0110
9.192
22.000
Totsl
.$.557
il.m 9,447
Kansas City Grain aud Provisions.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 18. WHEAT May,
IIOCU; July, 89 VO !'': cash. No. 2 liaro.
$1.09131.11: No. 3, JUfcijn.CS; No. 4. 98cfr$1.06;
No. 2 red, $1.051.12; No. . $1. 07ft 1.09; No.
4, tl.0O'l.O7.
CORN Steady; May. 44S444c; July.
44V; cash. No. 2 mixed, 47c; No. t, 46Vi
4Wkc; No. 2 white, 47c.
OATS-Steady; No. t mixed, 3Jc; No.
whit. 33c.
HAY Steady; choice timothy. $9.50ta'10.rO;
choice prairie, $7.5O4.8.00.(
RYB Bteadv, 78'a79e.'
EGGS Weak: Missouri and Kansas, new
No. i white wood cases include). 28c; case
count 27c- caaea returned. w less.
BUTTER Steady; creamery, 2tifo30c;
packing, 23c,
Receipts. Shipments.
Wheat, bu 48.MO il.fiiio
Corn, bu 26 i 13.001
Oats, bu 8 000 8.000
Liverpool Grata Market.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 18 -WHEAT-Spot,
nominal; futures, quiet; March, 7 ,d; May,
6s 114bd; July, lis 111.
CORN Spot, American mixed, new, firm
at 4s 2d: American mixed, old, quiet at 4s
lid. Futurta, quiet; March, 4 JUd; May,
4s Hd.
Ualath Oral Market.
Dl'Ll'TH. Feb 18-WHEAT-To arrive:
No. l nor t Hern
tt l:4i . On t ruck K' n 1
northern, $11 XV: No. I northern, $1 0.Vt
1 11; May, $1.14; July, $1.14; September,
94c.
OATS To rrlv and on track, 2V-
Tuled Seed Market.
TOLEDO. O, Feb. 1B.-BEED8 -Clover,
rash. $7 47U; February, $7 47H; Msrch, $7 .to;
April, $7 16; Octotter, $6X6; prime sixth,
$;.7l, prime timothy, $1 at, M-rch, $1 3;'c.
CHAIN ASD PRODUCE MARKET
Whett Quiet, but Low's a Little tt Heine
and Abroad.
JULY WHEAT SLATED FOR AN ADVANCE
Dollish Arguments la Favor of Jaljr
ltln Ilea t Pat chases at
lorn Loral Kerrlpt
( sinitare ll.
OMAHA. Fvii. 18. 1.
Nothing much doing tn wheat today. Th
markei lias tiein overworked for two days
Hint, coming at the end ol the week, when
Ihe crowd is cautious of beliia loaded up
over Mumtiiv, eveivbmiv iive ihe wriest
rest. The .iay declined' Friday troni ti ll to
M.imH, snd trie opening this morning was
i.l!V rroni which, for low point, the mar
ket reached $1.IV The Ma rallied towsrd
the close snd ended at $1 !!". 'Ihe July
did not fluctuate as much as the May,
opening 11 tl.el'i. dropping 'ff to th
eighth and closing aaln at the half. For
c..i niuisetK Wtie v.cnk. ll.rliri losing '.
Hilda I'estli ' and Ijverpool S. The
extremely larKe Australian shipments and
the talk of heavy world's stilpments Wer
the principal causes. The Australian ship
ment were 2.oto.i bushels, iigulnet 1.441.
OiiO the preceding week and l,21tt.on0 last
year.
The talent has t figured there 1s an
open Interest in Mnv wheat it 50,00O,nn0
bushels and a Consolidates tnlerest of IV
ooo.ooo in the east. with this condition
movements up and down of from 2 to t
cents dally are to be expected. There Is a
less short Interest than at the beginning
of the week. The foreign speculators
have got out of half of theirs. With th
May In such s dangerous condition, eyes
sre turned to the July snd some strong
arguments are advanced for betng on th
long side of It for at least sixty days.
No one can, of course, say whether It Is
to be a new cr nn old crop future. Ther
Is every evidence the May deal will b
forced to a successful conclusion. The
large market will ui-e all of the whest
snd the country will go into the new crop
movement with no surplus. This. It Is
srgued. will make the market relatively
high nn'll the new winter wheat movement
la supplemented by the new spring wheat
movement. From this. It Is srgued. th
July will be a good .Investment. The re
port nf last December showed the winter
wheat to hsve a condition of 85 per cent
itsalnst Ml per cent for December, 1908.
That wss a small crop. The Isst report
also showed u slight decrease in screags.
These things are argued to be bullish snd
will help the crop scares and dsmsge talk
which Is to be expected In Msrch and
April. Th Mav will hflve a high rang
snd the crowd will turn to the deferred
futures. July, it Is argued, will be th
favorite, because only the winter wheat
rrnp has to be considered, while with th
Seplember there .ire two. The high ri1c
of cash wheat Is also figured in as a null-,
ish factor and It Is figured the whole situ- ,
stion points to sn advance for July In th
Immediate flit. ire.
The ccrn market lias s fairly strong un
dertone todny, but was not very active.
The com clearances were ii74.5l& bushel.
Liverpool was off on the cheaper Amer
ican offerings. Armour is thought to I.hv
been n heavy buyer of corn during the last
few days. In Chicago this morning one
commission house houKht 6on.noo bushels
May corn. Llmlman bought OOO.OOO bushels
of the Mnv Wrenn was a lnrge seller
around 46'i'c and 4Hc The primary re
ceipts of corn nie 29l,oflo bushels, agnJnst
833.000 last vear, and the shipments at
207 000 bushels, against 345.000 last year. Th
railway blockade is rapidly being cleared
out sritl the cars moved to destinations.
Omaha received more cars of corn today
than any other market except Chicago, and
that market received only 13 more than did
the local market.
Omaha Cash Bale.
WHEAT-No. 4 hard. 1 car. 62ft lbg,. $1.00.
Omaha lash I'rlcre.
VHEAT-No. 2 hard, $1.09B1.10; No. t
hnrd. $1 .041.09; No. 4 hard. 9oce$1.0l; No. S
spring, $1.09.
CONN-No. 2, tlc; No. 8, 43Mc; No. 4.
42Vic; no grade, 3Ntir4li". No. 2 yellow. 44C;
No. 3 yellow, 4Xie; No. 2 white, 44c; No,
white, 4.1 c.
OATS No. 2 mixed. 29c: No. 8 mixed,
2J04c; No. 4 mixed. S8c; No. 2 whit. t,e;
No. 3 white, 304c; No. 4 white, WffSVic;
standard, 30'ic.
Carlot Pecelpts.
Wheat. Com. Oats.
Chicago 16
Kansas City KH
Minneapolis 216
Duluth ' 48
St. LOuls 39
Omaha 8
72
18
40
69
34
83
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OMAHA WHOLKSALK MARKET.
Condition of Trad and Qnotatlna on
Staple and Fancy Prodice,
EGOS Candled stock, 2fl30c.
LIVE POrLTRY-Chlckens. 10c; roosters.
6Hc; turkeys, 15i$1c; geese, SyflfOc.
uHhBsfcU 1'uIjL. 1'itV 1'uiiieys, 18W20C,
ducks, 12c; geese, 11c; chickens, lliffl2o;
roosiers, 7Wc.
Bl'TTER Packing stock, 22c; choir
to tsncy dairy, 24'a2c; creamery, 26lj'31c;
print. 32c.
FRKStl FROZEN FISH-Trout. 9c; pick
erel, ?: pike, 9c; perch, 7c; blueflsh, 12c;
whiieflsh, 9c; salmon, !3c; redhnapper, 11c;
lobster (green), 30c; lobster (boiled), 83c;
bullheads, lie, catfish, 14c; black bass. 20c;
halibut, 12c; crappies, 12c; buffalo, 7e; whit
bass, 11c: fro? Ies per d?t., 26c.
HRAN I"er ton, $17.0C
HAY Prices quotea 1y Omaha Whole
sale Hay Dealers' association: Choice No.
1 upland, $8.60; No. 2. $6.00; medium, $6.60'
coarse, $5.00; rye straw, $6.00. These prices
are for r.ay ol good color and quality.
OV'STEPS New York counts, ner can,
45c; extra selects, per can. 36c; standards,
per can. 30c; bulk stsndards, per gal., $1.76;
bulk extra aelectB. per gnl., $2.00; bulk New
York counts, per gal., $2.00.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
ORANGES California extra fancy Red
land navels, all sizes, $2.60: choice Redland
navels, $2.26; choice navels, all sixes. $2.00.
LEMONS California fancy, $2.76; 300 and
00, $3 60; eholiM, $3.26.
DATES Pet box of 30-lb. pkgs . $2.00;
Hallowe'en, in 70-lb. boxes, per Jb., 6e.
FIGS California, per 10-ii . carton, 'itt
85c; Imported Smyrna, 4-ciown, 10c; 6 and
6-crown, 12c; fancy Imported (washed)
In 1-lh. pkgs., 16ftl8c.
BANANAS Per medium slxed hunch,
$1.75'a2.26; jumbos, $Z&0&3.00.
GRAPEFRUIT Per box of 64 to 4, 36 .69
7.00. .
FRUlTS.
APPLES-New York Kings. $3.26; New
York Ureeuings, $2.76; New lurk Baldwin.
$2.76; Colorado Wlnesaps, per bu. box,
$1.60: Ueniton, $1.50.
GRAPES Imported Malagas, per keg,
S (Xsati.&C.
TANGERINES Florida or California, per
U-box, ?2 6o.
CRANBERRIES Wisconsin Bell and
Bugle, pr bbl.. J8.Q0; Jerseys, per bbl.,
$7.76; per box, $2.76.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES Horn grown, in sacks, per
bu., 46c; Colorado, per bu., 66c.
TURNIPS Old, per bu.. 4oc; Canada ruU
bagas, per lb., lc.
CARROTS Old per iu., 40c.
PAKSNIPB-uld, per bu., 40c.
BEETS Old per bu., tOc.
NAVY BEANS Per bu., $1 861.90.
ONIONS Home grown, red, in sacks, p
It., L'c; Spui.lsh, per crate, $2.60; Colorado
vilow, per lb., 2c; white, per lb., iHc.
CUCUMBERS-Per dos., $!.OO02.:3.
TOMATOES Florida, per it-basket crat.
$4.61(6.00.
CAHb AGE Holland seed, per lb., IVie
SWEET POTATOES Kansas kiln dried,
per btil.. $2.60.
CELERY-Callfornla. 464575c
RADISHES Hot housv, ?r doi., 46c.
ONIONS New, southern, per dos.. 46a.
CARROTS New. per dos., 46c,
BEETS New, per dos., 45o.
TL'RNIPS-New, ,pr COS.. 460.
LETTUCE Pe. box of about flfte.
beads, COc
HIll'B.trtn-P.r dos. bunches, 76o to $1.00.
PARBLbY Per dos. bunches. 76c.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SAUERKRAUT Wisconsin, pr keg, $3 26
CIDER New York, per bbl., $6 60; per
half bbl.. $3 26.
CHEESE-Wisconsin twins, full cream,
12Vs(al3c; Wisconsin Young America, lit;
block Swiss, new, 16c; old, 10il7o; Wiscon
sin brick, 14c; Wisconsin limuuiger, 13o.
IIIDES-No. 1 gieen, 7c; No. t green, 6c:
No. 1 Halted, 8c; No. 2 salted, 7c; No. 1
veal calf, 9c; No. 2 veal caif, 7c ;dry salted.
41? 14c; aheep plts, tociitl.oO; horse hides,
1.Mi3.i.
NUTS Walnuts, No. 1 soft shells, new
crop, per lb, 14o; herd shell, per lb.. 13c:
No. 3 soft shells, per lb. l.V; No. J hari
sheila per lb., 12c; pecans, large, per !!.,
l.'o; small, per lb. 10c; peanuts, per lb , 7c,
roasted iniuts. per lb., tc; Chill walnuts,
fier lb., 12i4l3Vic; almonds, soft shell, per
b., 17c; hard shell, per lb., 16r; chestnuts,
Cer lb., l'filx'. new black walnuts, per
u., 764j90c; shellback hickory nuts, per pa.,
$1 .5, Isrg hickory ntv-, pvr bu., $1 60.
Milwaukee (iraln Market.
MILWAUKEE. Feb. It WH EAT Mar
ket easier; No. I northern. $1 17; No. 3
northern. II l-'Wl 13; May. tl.l9'.
BARLEY Steady ; No. 2, 60c; sample, 41 tf
49c.
CORN Firm; No. 2 yellow, 4414c; May,
4c, bid.
sllaaeapalls l.raln Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. It -WJIKAT-May,
$1 14; July, $1.14; September, IHVe; No. i
bard. $1.18: No. 1 northern, ' $l.lb; Kq. f
northern, $I.12,