TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATUIiuai.- At-mij i. iww.
17
OMADA LIVE STOCK MARKET
Not Enonjh Cattle of Any Kind to
Make a Market.
aaBBMBMBnasn '
HOGS ARE FIVE HIGHER, BUT SLOW
Moderate) nam of Shorn an I.antbs,
with Drmtid Good aad Price
Stroma; aa Compared with
Yesterday.
SOUTH OMAHA. April 17, 198.
Receipt were: Cattle. Hog. Blieep.
Official Monday . 3.048 4,142 S.tf9
Official Tuesday 4.1M 11.214 4.M2
Official Wednesday S,7t8 U,Wl tS.66
Offlrlul Thursday l.ill 8,i6
Jistimate Friday I'M 8.148 2.UM
Five day this week... .U724 89,P38 18,N3
Same days last week....l4.1; .'.l!i U.V.H
Same days week ago.. 18.3KI W.187 28.6W
tame day 8 week! ago..l7,7l 28,476 48.5h7
Pnnie days 4 weeks ago.. 17,243 6&.731 37,1S"
Same days last year 26,903. 45.4U3 61.WU
The following table shows the receipts 0(
cattle, hog and sheep at South Omaha
for the year to date, compared with last
year: 10m lorn. Ino. Dec.
Cattle 2t.S14 69,li2
nogs gn 2K8
Sheep 42,o89
The following table
n (a 187.254
820,122 190.3
shows the average
price of hog at South Omaha for the last
several days, with comparisons
Date. isos. l307.l0.1905.H-T0-:lsoa-
April 7...
April ...
April ...
April 10..
April 11..
April 12..
April U...
April 14..
April 16..
April 16..
April 17..
6 82V4
6 74
73
.221
6 2
6 261
4 93
T 24
7 27
7 26
7 261
7 22
a
7 19
( 68
4
1
6 80
90
f 64
m
t 95
301
32
6 ZTS
4 91
4 II
4 96
S9
30
3S
6 84
( 38
r. t.
6 72
6 4';
421
5 81
4 88
5 M'-i
5 54.
i 421
I 37Vhi
S i2
6 21
4 81
45
I
49
6 26
4 86'
4 891
4 89
7 22'
7 161
6 39
6 43
39
0 31
7 07
6 91
8 61
5 22
7 131 6 95
Sunday. 1 t
The official number of cars of tock
brought In today by each road was:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. H'r's.
C. M. & St. P
1
Wabash
Union Paclfio
C. ex N. V., east
C. & N. W.. west
C. St. P.. M. & O....
C. R. I. A P., east....
C, R. I. & P., west..
Illinois Central
Chicago Q. W
1
12
1
17
7
3
Total receipt 8
48
The disposition of tho day's receipts was
u follows, each buyer purchasing the
number of head indicated:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Omaha Packing- Co.
Swift and Company
5"6
452
C'udahy Packing Co.
Armour a Co
(42
Krey Parking Co. ...
Hill A Son
J. B. Root & Co
H. P. Hamilton ,.,
F. O. Inghram
Sullivan Bros.
Iehmer Bros
Wlsmeth Packing Co
Hoffman
Huff ,
Klngan ,
490
Total 214 3,166 2.079
CATTLE It looked like Saturday or a
lullday In tho cattle yards tnls morning,
lucre not being enuugu cande of any kind
to make anytmng like a market. In fact,
iccelpts were only what might he expected
on Saturday. The cause for such a kcar.l y
of. cuuie la t" u found lu ilia aevere break
mat ha taken place In price, which has
naturally tended to discourage shipper.
With only three or four cars of tat steers
on sale it would hardly be possible to call
It a market. However, such cattle as were
offered sold quite readily at good strong
prices. The market -at the close of the
week 1 a good 26c lower on heavy beeves,
or oi'iiibOc lower that ihe high time. Cattle
that sold yesterday at 36.45 were fully as
bood cattle that brought 7.00 at the high
ume. Ilamiy Unlit cattle of good Quality
have been In better demand, and hence
have not shown so much loss, being only
uixiiit lwiljc lower for the week, or 2&3oo
lower than 'the high time.
There were practically no full loads of
cows or heifers In the yards, and only a
f.w scattering odds and ends. The prices
paid did not show much change as com
pared with yesterday. For the week cows
and heifers are generally H815e lower,
with medium kinds around. 25c lower. Can
ners and very common stuff havd not
hown much change, as they have been sell
ing at low prices all the time.
The market on stockers and feeder today
was nominally steady. No very great
change ha taken place In that kind of cat
tle this week. As a matter of course, with
fat cattle breaking down so rapidly, it
wcu'd be only natural for stocker and
feeders to follow along the same line.
However, receipts have been so light that
comparatively little change has taken place.
The very few strictly good to choice feed
ers coming have sold about aa high a at
anv time.
Quotation on cattle: Oood to choice
corn-fed steer. $6.00Q6.60: fair to good corn
fed steers, !6.7.00; common to fair corn
fed steer, S4.7Mj6.76; good .to choice cow
and heifer, 4.7ri6.90; fair to good cow
and heifers, 83.7Mi4.7f; common to fair cow
and heifers, I2.0U4I9.7B: good to cnoice
. 1. . 1 ..,l ti Tr.r,,t. n.. f.i. nnnA
Hookers and feeders, sVooij4.7f; common to
fair stocker and feeders, 13.0004.00.
Representative sales:
BEEF STEERS.
No.
IT.'."!.
Fr.
No.
11...,
4....
10....
14....
IT....
At. Ft
1140 I St
no i to
10!) I TIS
1 10
1241 IS
m in
1!0 4 00
ion 4
..... SJ5 4 Ot
.....in 4K
n 4 T&
n0 I as
1K0 I SO
, 4S
4 00
4 10
30
Til
4 te
.. WJ 00
... tlO 4 TI
cow a.
.. 10 t M
.. I CO
.. 1.0 I s
.. I5 I 00
..trae to
. .100 I N
.. 6M IK
..Ml I
..10tt 3 1)
it....
HEIFERS.
l rro I 4 toos I oo
1 Ml I TI
BULLA.
. 1 IS) I 00 1...
1140 4 TO
1X74 4 TJ
70 4 7S
1470 4 10
1 l- t IS I...
t 1M0 4 00 1...
1 1106 4 0 I...
HOGS Hog sold a good So higher this
morning, but tne trade was not very active
t the advance and after the shippers had
filled their orders It became less active and
weak. The hog sold largely at S6.4oftb.46.
with a toD at S6 62U. Yesterday almost all
of the hogs sold at t5.S5&6.40, with a top
or
This Is the first time this week that the
market ha not been lower. Bven after
allowing for the advance today, the market
Is still right at SOc lower than at the close
of last week, or at the lowest point touched
ince rne last weeg in aiarcn
Representative sale:
No..
14....
l ...
6...
7 ...
TO...
44....
41....
TJ....
TJ....
SB....
TI....
T4...
H ...
::?:
....
M ...
11....
TO....
11....
1....
TV...
AT.
..471
..17
..1M
. .144
..
..136
..WT
..ITi
. -Ill
..111
..m
..in
..171
..tit
..111
a. Pr.
No.
U...
to...
7...
10...
TO...
T4...
)...
0...
4T...
SI....
tt....
TI...,
II...
TO...,
tA...,
!...,
At. tb. Pr.
.171 ... I 4C4
40 I 4'JVtj
ts ... la
.! 1 I 44
fJ 40 I 41
i IS
I 10
u
I 44
I 40
I 40
140
130
1W
0
m
.22ft
.171
Ml
in lu
40 I 40
SO I 40
110 I 40
... i 40
0 I 40
SO I 40
110 I 40
... I 40
... 140
K0
129
I 41
41
NO I 41
.. 130 I 46
..OUT N l
ltt ... I 4ft
....174
lie i M
... I 41
... i 41
... I 41
... I 41
... I 45
40 I 44
40 I 46
... I 47(4
... I M
... I uh
XI
.124
I 4I4
n 414
ii rt
lie l
IT 141
to .e
4 HI
ii en
41 1
6! lie
. . 141
K0 I 41H
Ml
..174
..mi
.141
1M I 2
5
40 I 41
i 4S
SHEEP There mi nn v.m
noticeable
change in the sheep market this morning.
"'"iiea 10 eurni cars, two
of them sold to arrive. Good Mexican
lamb sold as high aa 17 60. Two more cars
of the ewes that have been coming for
the last two or three days were welarhed
up at I5.60. The prices paid all looked good
and strong so that the market aa a whole
was In satisfactory condition. It will be
noted that good wooled lambs are selling
fully as high as i a we-k ago. Shipped
tuif, however, la IOkk'Oc lower for the week
quotations on lambs: Good to choice
TJe?V,7:fi7..0:.falr. t0. 001 tooled.
K 76(17.26; good shearing lambs, currvlnJ
flesh. pi.tOtfi.W. good shearlna- lamb thin
ii.i&.5.'; shorn lambs, 6uc under wooled
toik.
Quotattojis on aheep: Vwd to choice light
yearlings, shorn, tVi?S4iSy; fair to a-ood
yearlings, shorn, ti mj; 2i; j,MHl to choice
wethers, shortly $i.''1i V; fair to good
wethers, shorn, lo 7Mit!.0f; good to choice
ewea. shorn. 15 6ouV7&; fair to, good ewes
shorn, 36 O"? : culls and bucks, shorn'
U fti4.gU; wooled aheep, 16 a 40c above shorn
atoek.
Representative sales:
Na. A v. Pr.
461 Msho ewes- 11 to w)
1 I 'olnrado lamb W 1 hi
47T Color do Units 79 7 6i
113 145
37 754
214
6
8
1
3
1
6
213
223
415
634
. 44
214 S.166
695 Colorado Ismhs 75 7
4 Nebraska lambs 19 T 16
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Caltlo and hreg steady. Hogs Stroagi
ad Steady
CHICAOO. Anrll 17 4AT-ri.irtiorlDts.
t.0"0 head; market steady; steers. 15 0i
7.10; row. U.Wa.(n: helfrs. t3.4frdj.26:
bulla, Hfio6.3o; calves, I5.75.26; stocker
snd feeders, P 2f7U.15.
tnlB- Receipts. 13.0H0 head; market
strong and steadv: choice heaw shinning.
tt. ftWiCDO; butchers. i.S6 90; light, mled.
F.7'fofi.75; choice light. 36.506.90; packers,
'-, ft 75- rjifK. 4 A'u6 .i: bulk of sales.
.7ttj W
1IIITEP AND UMB8- Receipts, g.rjoo
head: market steady; sheep. 1 4.5ft)j,a6;
lamb. I6.5047.6S; yearlings, (6.50!'360.
St. Coals I. Ire Stock Market.
ST. 11V1S. Mo., April 17.-CATTLE He
cupts. goo head. Including 400 Texan; mar
ket steady; native shipping and export
steers. 16 .WW. 75; dressnd beef and butcher
steers, t&,4fru4.fi0; steers under l.ODO pounds,
M.7rnii6,40; stocker anil feeders, I3.0(Vi5.26;
cows end heifers. IS.Tnftm.Oft: ranners. t2.Wl
3.00; bulla, l3.76Wi.76; calves. tS.BiKO.OO: Texas
and Indian steers, 3XbO'r.25; cok and
heifers, fl.75a4.2D.
1KX18 Receipts, 6.500 head: market
steady; pigs and lights, l3.7!u 80; par-Kers,
15 2M6.80; butcher and best heavy, 15.700)
6.90.
SHEEP AND IAMBS Receipts. 1.3O0
head; market steady; native muttons, 34.28
liil.W); lambs. 35.0oy.00; cull and bucks,
34.25fc.:S; stockers. 83.KQ4.00.
Kimni City Mto Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 17.-CATTL,n-Recelpts,
700 head. Including 100 southerns;
market steady; choice export and dreesed
beef steers. $6. 2Wf.75 : fair to good, I5.0iij
6.20; western steers, $4.75i).60; stockers and
feeders, I3.6nttifi.75; southern steers, $4.6rt$f
6.35: southern cows. 13.2&Q4.7R: ; native cows,
35WJ6.50; native heifers. $4.26-(j6.15; bulls,
$3 '.fxfrfi 25; ralvea, 3.7fVfr6.7S.
HOflS Receipts, 6,600 head; market steadv
to 6c higher; top, fi.674: bulk of sales, 35.45
i6 60;; heavv, IS.60r&6.67H; packers and
butchers, 3o.4fxg6.60; lights, 35.40f56.56; pigs,
34.37H-77'4.T).
S1IKF.P AND LAMBS- Receipts, l.orV)
head; market 10c higher: lambs. 3.76J7.2n;
ewes and yearling. 35.2fv7p3.fyi; western year
ling. 36.2fy7j7.00; western sheep, 35.0006.40;
stockers and feeders, 33.6iV(i6.fl0.
St. Joseph Lire Stork Market.
ST. JOSF.PH, April 17. CATTLE Re
ceipts, 170 head; market nominal. Natives,
35.50fJrt.SO; cows and heifers, 32.OOW6.60; stock
ers and feeders, 33.75!j'6.40.
HOQ3 Receipts, 2.R; head: market steady.
Top, 85.H7H; bulk of sales, 36.6oi6.70.
SHEET AND LAM BS Receipts, 694 head;
market strong. Lambs, 36.75fJ7.35; yearlings
and wethers, 35.6OI&6.60.
Slonx City Lire Stock Market.
STOUX CITY. Ia.. April 17.-(8pecial Tel
egram.) CATTLE Receipts. 100 head;
market steady; bewves, I6.005.66: cows
and heifers, I4.fjntff6.26: stockers and feeders,
34.0(Va4.60; calves and yearlings, 33.004.25.
HOOS Receipts, 1,700 head; market
steady; range, 35.25G.&0; bulk ot sales,
36.40-g6.45.
Stock In Slant.
Receipts of live stock at the six principal
western market yesterday:
Cattle. Ilogs. Sheep.
South Omaha 196 3.348 2,000
Sioux City 100
Kansas City 700
1,700
6.o"K)
6,500
2,8!
13.000
St. Louis SnO
St. Joseph 170
Chicago 6.000
Total 6,966
31,946 10,794
OMAHA. WMOE.WAl,IB MARKET.
Condition ot Trad and (notations on
taplo ana Fssey Prodnee.
EGOS Fresh selling egg, candled, 140.
BUTTER Common, lc; fancy tub and
rolls, Wane; creamery, 30c
CHEaiBlfi New full cream, Wisconsin
twin. 17 He; new full cream brick, 17c; do
mesiio new Swiaa, 18c; new limburger. HQ
16c; young Americana. 17ttc.
14VK POULTRY Bprlnga. 8He: hen. 10c;
roosters. 4c; ducks, c; geese, ic
HAY Choice No. 1 upland, 37.5o: medium,
3660; No. 1 Dottom, 35.U0; off grades, 34.00J
6.00. Rye straw. 87.00. No. 1 alfalfa. 311.au.
TROPICAL FRUITS. .
LEMONS Extra fancy, extra long keep
ing, M0 to 860 Iae. per box. 34; uxtra choice,
extia long keeping, 800 and It) site, per
h.i. 13.76: extra fancy, 800 else, cer bos.
13.50; extra choice Greyhound. 800 slxn. per
box. 33.25. . ..
BANANAS fort umon, owing; to slse,
per bunch, 31.80 33.00.
ORANGES Extra fancy, 80 to 96 also,
per box. 32.75; extra fanay, 112 slse, per
box. 32.85; extra fancy, 126 and 150 slse, per
box, 33; extra fancy, 176, 100. 216, 250 slse,
par box, 33. ki; extra fancy, Washington
navela, 80 to 98 slse, per box. 33.60; extra
fancy, Washington navela, 112 sice, per box,
$2.66; extra fancy, Washington navela, 126
and 150 site, per box, 32. 7u; extra fancy,
Washington navels, 176, 200, 816, 250 slae,
per box, 33.
APPLES Washington, 1 Rome Beauties,
Red Chees Pippins, KUiga, Spy, assorted,
per box. 31.50; California red winter Pear
mans, per box, 11.60.
STRAWBERRIES Texas berries arrived
Monday and sold for $6. Another lot came
Tuesday and sold for 35. Probabilities are
they will get as low aa 34.
URAPEtt Malaga, choice, per keg, 34.00;
Malaga, extra fancy, 34.60; extra choice,
per keg, 84-26; extra fancy, extra heavy,
86.00.
CRANBERRIES Extra fancy Bell and
Bugle, per bbl., CO. 00; extra fancy Jersey,
per bbl., 38.00; extra fancy Jersey, per box,
TOMATOES Florida (S-baaket crat,
per crate, 34.00; Cuban tomatoes, owwa- to
quality, 1L50 to 33.00.
PEA RO Extra fancy winter Nellla, per
box. 32.75.
CAULIFLOWER Per 2-doxea crate, 33.00
to 33.5C.
LETTUCE Florida head, per hamper 33;
per due., tl.0oul.50.
OLD AND NEW VEGETABLES.
TOMATOES Extra fancy Florida (6
basket oates) per crate, 33.60; choice
Florida 14-basket crates), per crate, 33.
PEPPEKn Florida l-Lasket cratas), per
crate, tZM. .
CUCUMBERS Extra- fancy hot house,
Illinois (2 do.), per box, 34 choice hot
house, Illinois ii du.), per box. 32.
Hot house radishes, bead lettuce, onions,
parsley, per do., 4uc. Southern radishes,
fiarsley, new beets, new carrula, new alial
ots, owing to slae, per do., 40900, Old
carrots, parsnip, turnips, beets, per bbl.,
RUTABAGAS Canadian, per lb.. lUo.
CABBAGE Extra fancy Holland seed,
per lb., lV4c.
ONIONS Extra fancy Red Globe, per lb,,
2Hc; Wisconsin yellow, per lb., Jc; Va
lencia Spanlkh, per crate, ti.uu; Valencia
tipanish. 150-lb. crates, 34 25.
UNION SETS Yellow bottom, 32 lb, la
bu , per bu., 32.75; red, 33; whit. 33.25.
HEED POTATOES Kansas awoet, per
bbl., 31.85; 6-bu. lots, 31-75.
NUT8, CIDER, HONEY. DATES, CELERY
Coacoanuls, each 6c; per sack. 14. No. 1
selected California English walnut, per
lb., 17Hc Filbert. Braxlla, Jumbo pecans,
.butternuts, per sack, Utfcc. No. I hand
picked peanuts, roasted, ac: raw, 4c
HONEY California, strictly fancy, 24
fratnes, per case, 33.78.
CELERY Florida, per orate. 33.60.
DATES 9ugar walnut, per box. $1.00.
BEEF CUTS Ribs: No. L 16Vc; No. 2.
12 Wc: No. 3. lojc. Loin; No. 1, 19c; No. 2,
loo; No. t, 12c Chuck: No. 1. c; No. i.
8o; No. S. 7c. itound: No. 1, 10c; No. 2.
c; No. 8. 8S0. Plate: No. 1. 6,c; No. 2,
t'c: No. 3, 60.
rhleaso" Prod ace Market.
CHICAGO. April 17. BUTTER Steady ;
creamery. fflAc; dairy, 3oig.26c.
EGGS Steady; at mark, case Included.
14c.
CHEESE Steady; daisies, iyigl3c; twin
12U12Vc; young Americas, lie. '
POULTRY Alive, steady; turkeys, 140.
chickens, 12c; springs, 12c. '
Peoria Grain MirL.l
PEORIA. April 17. CORN-lnchanged;
..w. jr'"j". ".'1 liwi , yeuow,
fec; No. 3, WSe--; No. 4. 62c; no grade,
5o(i0.V.
OATS Steady; No. S white, 61c; No 4
white. 49Vg6t lc.
WHISKY-3135.
Eirksain Closed tiood Friday.
NEW YORK. April 17. -The principal ex
changes In the eunt and In foreign countries
will be closed today in observance of Good
Friday, and all with the exception of the
New York Produce exchange, on Saturday
Biou. 01 an 7 ui in markets will also be
closed on Easter Monday.
Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. April 17.-Today a state-mt-nt
of the treasury baUnces In the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the 3l50.000.uou gold
res.rvf, shows: Available cash balance
$J52,iL3.747; gold coin and bullion, 323,7.3 ui'
gold certificates. 321.127,800. '
Forela-a Financial.
PARIS. April 17 Trading on the Bourse
toty was stagnant and prices were firm
BERLIN, April 17. Prices on the Bourse
today cr raiiier firm and tredlr-a- aa
ligiit
N'S' REVIEW OF TRADE
Demand for Easter and Favorable
Weather Help Retail Business.
GENERAL SITUATION UNCHANGED
Conservatism Ralea Preparation tor
Fntnre Business and There Is
I.lttle Chance In Net Namber
t t nemployed.
NEW YORK, April 17.-R. O. Dun &
Co.' weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
Easter trade and generally favorable
weather accelerated reMxIl distribution of
merchandise, but there is no evidence of
Increased activity In preparation for future
business nor are manufacturer disposed to
operate more extensively. In fact some
net curtailment of output is noted and more
reductions In wages have occurred, particu
larly at textile plants. There Is an in
creased demand for farm hands and some
disputed wage scales have been signed, but
little change can be discerned In the total
number of unemployed. Postponed struc
tural work Is starting slowly.
Only a moderate tonnage of pig Iron has
been taken during the last week and mer
chant furnaces have made concenelnns In
order to get business, but the meeting of
Iron producers has tended to steady the
market. Borne sales for export are re
corded, although much less foreign busi
ness has been consummated than was at
first stated. Furnaces In the Pittsburg
region produce a little more freely now,
but new orders are not as frequent as dur
ing the first three months of the year. In
finished steel the lighter lines, such as tin
plate and wire products, still command
most attention and there is considerable
business pending In pipe for oil on the
Paclfio coast. The markets for textile
goods are better, but inbhers are doing a
limited business andreporta from road men
are not gratifying. The chief drawnack
In tho cotton goods situation Is the ques
tion of quotations, concessions being
granted so readily that purchasers are
naturally confined to Immediate needs.
Negotiations for cotton goods that wore
nearlng consummation have been dropped
because of the further severe fall In the
price of raw material. There Is no en
couragement In the outlook for export
trade In the near future. As to woolens
the demand for cprtaln descriptions of
men's wear continues gratifying, but dupli
cate orders for fall goods still await re
sult from clothiers' salesmen on the road.
Demands are most urgent for brown and
tan fancy worsteds In light spring goods.
Footwear markets at the east are quiet,
the Jobbing demand from all sections being
backward. Factories at the west, espe
cially St. Louis, are cutting on a relatively
larger scale than New England. Although
there is a better demand for nearly all
kinds of leather, tanners usually make con
cessions and the large buyers of hemlock
sole secure deliveries at about 1 cent be
low the price current a few weeks ago.
More business Is recorded In belting butts,
but sales are still on the basis of 35 cents
and some not quite up to standard have
sold a full cent lower.
REPORT OF THE CLEARING HOUSE
Transaction ot the Associated Bank
for tho Week.
NEW YORK. April 17. Bradatreefs bank
clearing report for the week ended April
16 show an aggregate of 32.27,343,000, as
against S3.163,984,0n0 last week and S3.01R.
472,000 In the corresponding week last year.
The following Is a list of the cities:
I Clearings. I Inc. J Dec.
S1,27S,745.000 31.4
234,667,000 6
139.827,000 22.7
115.744.000 24.8
63,406,000 l',9
40,473,000 27.4
3S, 436,000 20.4
37,795.000 18.0
22.420.OoO 21.3
24,664,000 19.1
18,6K7,O0O 10.9
14.423,0110 17.4
15.045,000 19.4
13.610,000 9.1
11,971,000 8 B ....
10.3tW.iK10 IS. 3
10,457,000 22.7
10.775,000 4.0
8.350,0fi0 17.0
8.323,000 8.6
7.5X2,000 18.0
8.238.00O 2.8
7.178.000 7.7
8,3M,00u S3.7
5.5x3,000 84.9
6.K18.OII0 10.2
4,600,000 41.3
5,744.000 3.0
6,755.000 7.6
6.318,000 11.6
4,465,000 26.7
4.9K3.000 ...... 14.8
6,234,000 It). 4
4,108,000 21.9
4.HS2.O0O 3.1
4.X43.0O0 4.3
2,725.000 20.2
8.792,Oi)0 15. 3
3.045.00U 24.2
8, 8SS.0O0 10.0
3,390,000 16.1
2,937,000 9 6
2,437.000 7.6
1. HQ.OOO 26.4
2.481,000 4 7
2.070.000 18.8
1.893,000 80.9
1,744,000 10.2
2. C17.000 13.1
l936,00O 17.8
1,947,000 1.9
1.6H4.000 12.3
1.153.000 26.1
1, 436,0110 8.2
L312.000 ?.5
1,402,000 54.1
1.822.0OO 12. 8
1.2M.O0O 26.5
a.,330.000 15.6
l,6:S,0iO 9.0
1.477,000 2. a
1,105,000 12.1
1.0X6,0! 19.4
1.427,000
l,2.frt 112
1,146,000 8.T
l,Mi),(Jil 8l'.0
fKl.OOO 26.5
1,044,000 10. 5
1.030.0110 7.6
1.0OB.000 7.5
677,000 17.8
842.000 8.3
793. 000 15.2
965.000 25.0
846,000 S.t
684,000
918.000 28.8
711,000 9.8
696,000 23 9
611. GO 4.8
711,001) 3.9
6o4.0i' 23.2
515.000 U. 8
652 0C0 15.3
400.000 1 0
644.000 15.0
440,0110 J.i
4i9.0ui 8.7
622,000 3.8
47.iioo
439.000 8 6
82.000 10
3HJ.0UO 57
2F4 0oj 16 9
278.000 20.81
821,000!
is.467.coo n'i
u,S2S.aio n.7
CITIES.
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Kansas City
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Cleveland
Detroit
OMAHA
Louisville
Los Angeles...,.
Milwaukee
Seattle
St. Paul
Buffalo
Denver
Indianapolis
Fort Worth
Providence
Portland, Ore
Albany
Richmond
Washington, D. C...
Spokane
Salt Lake City
Columbus
St. Joseph
Atlanta
Memphis
Tacoma
Savannah
Toledo
Nashville
Rochester
Hartford
IKs Moines
Peoila
Norfolk
New Haven
Ortnd Rapids
Birmingham
Syracuse
Sioux City
Springfield, Mass....
Kvunsvllle
Portland, Me
Dayton
Little Rock
Augusta, Oa
Oakland, Cat
Worcester
Mobile
Knoxvllle
Jacksonville, Fla
Chattanooga
Charleston, S. C
Lincoln, Neb
Wilmington, Del
Wichita
Wllkesbarre
Wheeling
Fall River
Davenport
Kalamazoo
Topeka
Helena
Springfield, 111
Youngstown
Fort Wayne
New Bedford
Erie, Pa
Cedar Rapids, la....
Macon
Akron
Lexington
Rockford. Ill
Fargo. N. D
Ixiwell
Ulnghamton .,
Chester. Pa
Sioux Falls. 8. D....
South Bend. Ind
Bloomlngton, 111
Canton, O
Qulney, 111
Springfield. O
Decatur, 111
Mansfield. O
Fremont, Neb.'
Jacksonville, 111
Oklahoma City
Houston
Galveston
Not Included In totals because contain
ing other Item than clearings.
BRADSTHEET'S REVIEW OP TRADE
Fall Business In Leading; Line I Still
Backward.
NEW YORK, April 17.-Bradstreet'g to
morrow will say:
Easter trad at retail, though affected In
sections by unfavorable weather, ia, on the
whole, fair. Collections show slight Im
provement at a few centerc and filling In
orders by jobbers are a trifle better, but
reports from leading Industries are no more
favorable, rather more weak cases Is noted
In iron and steel, and fall trade in leading
lines Is still disappointingly backward. The
dullness in building lines expenditures for
the first quarter being 40 per, cent below
17 affects all line tf materials, and ex
port and Import trade are eobing, Indicat
ing the first decrease In foreign trade from
the preceding fiscal year noted for five
years past.
The number of Idle hands Is as large as
for some time past, wage reductions curtail
buying power and the number cf failure
continue far ahead of a year agio.
Easier conditions prevail In the Iron and
steel markets. Production is smaller than
It was a few weeks ago. Business in pig
Iron Is very light and lower prices have
been made to attract even the email busi
ness going. Finished iron and Steel are
likewise quiet and rail orders are only fair
Demand for atructural material la fair
track elevation and railroad bridge build
ing causing tu bulk of the business. Bur
Iron Is weak and this advemely affects
stel bars.
Business failures In the t'nlted Stat.'
for the week ended April 16 number 861,
against 2W last week, 167 in the like week
of 1907. 167 In lofi. 1S3 In 1905 and 9! In 194.
Canadian failures for the week ended
April 16 number 29. aa against 28 last wcVk
and 18 In this week a year ago.
Wheat, Including flour, exports from the
I'rlted States and Canada for the week
ended April 16 aggregated t.470.177 bu.. as
against 2.451.0H9 last week, 8.KC.467 this week
last year and 4,118,108 In 1902. For the forty,
two weeks of the fiscal year the exports
sre 174.379. 60 bu , as aralnst 1,18,985,623 In
1V06-7 and 2n6.fl68.291 in 1901-3.
Corn exports for the week were 297.93S
bu., as against 545,714 Inst week and 1. 503.622
In 1907. For the fiscal year to date the
exports were 43,244,058 bu., as against 58,
000,201 in 1906-7.
WEATHER 1 THE GRAIN BELT
Showers and Probably Fair Satarday,
Not Mo eh Change In Temperature.
OMAHA. April It. 1908.
Rains were general during the night hi
Nebraska, western Iowa, western .Missouri
and south over the lower valleys to the
west gulf states, and continue quite gen
eral In those sections this morning. The
rain In Nebraska was fairly well dis
tributed over the eastern and southern
portions and conditions are favorable for
showers to continue today and tonight In
this vicinity, probably followed by fair
Saturday, with not much change In tem
perature. The weather Is warmer every
where except In the southern states and
mountain district, where It Is slightly
cooler.
Omaha record of temperature and precip
itation compared with the corresponding
day of the last three years:
1908. 1907. 1906. 1305.
Minimum temperature.... 49 26 M 29
Precipitation T .15 .00 .00
Normal temperature for today, 61 degrees.
Deficiency In precipitation since March 1,
1.12 inches. '
Deficiency corresponding period In 1907,
2.12 inches.
Excess corresponding period In Iff. .45
of an Inch. L. A. WEI,SH,
Local Forecaster.
Corn and Wheat Region Bulletin.
For the twenty-four hour ending at 8
a. m., 75th meridian time, Friday, April
17,1908:
OMAHA DISTRICT.
Temp. Rain-
Station. Max. Mln. fall. Sky.
Ashland. Neb.... 60 48 .25 Raining
Auburn, Neb 68 40 T Cloudy
Columbus, Neb.. 60 43 .02 Cloudy
Falrburv. Neb.... 68 45 .44 Cloudy
Fairmont, Neb... 69 45 .23 Raining
Or. Island, Neb.. 67 49 .43 Cloudy
Hartlngton, Neb. 63 42 1.60 Cloudy
Hasting, Neb... 63 60 .60 Cloudv
Oakdale, Neb.... 61 47 .88 Raining
Omaha, Neb 58 60 T Raining
Tekamah, Neb... 61 49 .02 Cloudv
Alta, Ia 60 34 .06 Raining
Carroll, Ia 68 84 .30 Cloudv
Clarinda, Ia 67 36 T Raining
Slhley, la 57 36 .86 Raining
Sioux City, Ia.. 68 48 .60 Cloudy
Minimum temperature for twelve-hour
period ending at 8 a. m.
DISTRICT AVERAGES.
No. of Temp. Rain.
Station. Statlor.. Max. Mln. Inches.
Chicago, 111 26 60 32 .00
Columbus, 0 18 50 33 .00
Dos Moines, Ia.... 14 ' 68 34. .06
Indianapolis, Ind.. 12 66 84 .00
Kansas City, Mo.. 20 64 48 .18
Ijoulsvllle, Ky 19 60 42 .00
Omaha, Neb 16 60 42 .38
St. Louis, Mo 13 68 36 .00
Fairly good rain were general during
the night and continue this morning in
Nebraska, western Iowa, western Missouri
and south over Oklahoma and Texas.
Slightly warmer weather Is general
throughout the corn and wheat region, but
freezing temperatures occurred In north
ern Ohio, northern Indiana and the lake
region.
L. A. WELSH, Locel Forecaster.
Wool Market.
BOSTON. April 17. The Commercial
Bulletin of Boston, making lta re
port upon statistics gathered for thei gov
ernment, will tomorrow say of tho wool
market: The market Is much quieter than
during the previous fortnight, but the Im
provement Is maintained. In that the tone
is more encouraging. Prices are low, but
are not expected to change much In tho
Immediate future. The shipments of wool
from Boston to April 16, inclusive. Were
40.8U.492 pounds, against 93,145,154 pounds
the same time last year; receipts for tho
same time were 38,039,818 pounds, against
72,794,679 pound during the same period last
year.
Bank Clearings.
OMAHA, April 17. Bank clearing for
today were 81.869,201.45 and for the corre
sponding date laat year 31.853,733.30.
HIGH LEVEL IN MARKSMANSHIP
Remarkable Record Made by Oar
Men Behind tho Blar
Gam,
If this country should become Involved
In a great war, would the marksmanship
of its army and navy be equal to the oc
casion? This question I answered by
Llvlngaton Wright In an article on "Shoot
ing to Hit, with Big Guns," In the Tech
nical World Magazine for April. The ar
ticle Is based on the recent artillery target
practice at Boston, at Fortress Monroe and
at Magdalena bay.
To appreciate this shooting It is neces
sary to understand that every single shot
waa necesssarily studied out In the light
of the following facts and condition: Tho
curvation of the earth, the speed of the
projectile, the distance of the target, the
density of the air, the direction and
speed of the wind, the temperature and
age of the powder when placed in the gun,
the height of the tide at the moment of
firing, and the "drift" of the projectile,
which answers the "curve" of a base ball.
In estimating the effect of these Influence
there are required hairline telescopes,
thermometers, anemometers, weather
vanes, stop watches and many other deli
cate Instrument.
What, then, will be thought of the state
ment that recently a ten-Inch battery In
the fort at Boston harbor, firing at a target
four and one-half miles distant and mov
ing at the rate of five miles an hour, struck
It with every one of six successive shots,
fired within less than four minutes, and
that on the following day even this record
was excelled by a battery of twelve-Inch
gun. The size of the target la not given,
but the hit of both batteries were bunched
In a rectangle of ten to twenty feet.
At Fortreas Monroe Captain Kilbourn
was called upon recently to fire at a mov
ing pyramidal target, without knowing It
distance or speed. Its distance was. In fact,
three and half mile. The calibre of the
gun la not given, but Captain Kilbourn put
four shots through the target In less than
one minute and nine seconds, the last shot
demolishing It.
At Magdalena bay the wiole fleet, steam
ing back and forth In battle formation, fired
at a target twelve to twenty-one feet in
slse at a distance of 1,700 yards. The
world' battery fire record wa broken, and
on the Maryland the record of hit with it
six-inch guns was 8 41 per gun per minute,
while the record of one of these guns was
12.3 hits per minute, which 1 close to the
world's record for a single gun. Chicago
Record-Herald.
MOB DRIVES JJAUANS AWAY
Action of Illinois Central la Exclud
ing; Americana from Employ
ment I Resented.
BLOOM 1NGTON, Hi.. April 17.-TI.lrty
Italian who have been employed by the
Illinois Central railroad at Clinton, were
driven from the town last night by a mob
who Intimidated them with a fusillade of
shots from guns and revolvers. There had
been much Indignation against the Italians
since Mayor Edmonson received a "black
band" letter threatening his life. The
Italians were charged with Its authorship.
The railroad has teen employing Italians
to the alleged exclusion of several hundred
American born residents who were unem
ployed. The authorities have been unable to
secure any clue leading to the arrest of
the men composing the mub
NATURE'S FREIGHT LINES
Rebirth of Inland Water Transporta
tion in the Middle West.
WHAT IT MEANS TO THE COUNTRY
October' Inponlsg River Trip and It
Effect In Centering; Pnbllc Atten
tion on Natnrea Idle
Highway.
With pictures of river scenes and a dia
gram of river flowing Into and forming
the Mississippi river, John L. Matthew dis
cusses In Everybody's Magazine the re
birth of Inland navigation in the middle
west, what It means to the country and
the measures urged to secure It, Incidentally
describing some features of the river trip
of President Roosevelt last October. In
part he says: The movement for the Im
provement of the Mississippi, this rebirth of
water transportation In the valley, has
come about through a long agitation, slowly
and then at the end suddenly, with a tre
mendous rush. Twenty years ago any one
who publicly advocated the development
of a fourteen-foot channel In the lower Mts
slsslppt waa set aside as an Imbecile. Ten
year ago he was considered a dreamer.
Five year ago he wa an Idealist. Today
he must hasten Ms steps to keep abreast
of the times.
Twenty years ago the most Important
thing about the rivers and harbors bill was
the number of congressional district Into
which It divided the spoils. Ten years ago
the member of congress had begun to
question this wsy of doing business. To
day there 1 a tendency to concentrate the
whole bill, or tho major part of It, upon
one desirable probject each year and to
carry that probject through.
The Mississippi river commission, which
ha charge of the stream below Cairo, tried
many expedients, some of them of It own
design, ome of them copied and enlarged
from foreign works. Out of them all has
been developed a special type of revet
ment, or bank protection, consisting of mat
tresses of willow brush, woven with gnl
vanir.ed wire cables, and sunk against the
bank, where the current strike It, by a
facing of rubble stone. By this means tho
engineers are able to hold the Mississippi
rigidly In Us channel, for the current Is
thus prevented from eroding the bank,
which Is the first step in shifting. And,
by holding the current In a fixed channel,
the same revetment, aided by narrowing
dike from the opposite shore, makes the
river scout the channel deep and clear In
Its fixed position. No simpler and yet no
more entirely successful apparatus has ever
been devised.
Fngrlneers Oettlnsr Wise.
For many years the engineer have been
"getting wise." But the process ha gone
on almost unnoticed by westerner. At
last, however, some one discovered what
wa doing. It was the fashion then, as It
had long been, to call these rivers at the
same time "dead" and "uncontrollable." All
of a sudden some one discovered that they
were really very much alive and very
easily controllable. He was a wise person,
and having decided what would be a good
thing to do, he coined a phrase to fit It.
A catchy phrase Is a fine weapon. This
one caught the taste of the people and
spread like "Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt" up
and down the Mississippi and up every re
motest tributary, tin the whole valley waa
repeating It. It was simply this:
"Fourteen feet through the valley!"
That wa all. But there Is a great deal
of meaning packed Into these few words.
They mean an end to having a six-foot
channel here, a three-foot one there, and a
ten-foot channel further on; to the fritter
ing away of thousands on this back-water
and that slough; to letting Tom, Dick and
Harry among the young lieutenants survey
out the rivers and declare what channels
can be made In them. Instead, the people
themselves, merchants, farmers, teachers,
lawyers, all haye arisen together and have
demanded one thing: a fourteen-foot chan
nel through the valley.
They mean these five words that this
channel la to be built at once, and that all
other river Improvement are to be secon
dary to It. They do not mean that we are
to neglect nor to abandon the Ohio nor
the upper Mississippi nor the Missouri, but
that we will see now that none of these
will gain Its true value until there Is a big
mal ntrunk line through the valley. After
ward, we will make a channel nine feet
deep and perhaps fourteen up the Ohio
to Pittsburg. We will make a ix-foot
channel in tho upper Mississippi, down
which St. Paul and Minneapolis can ship
their millions of barrels of export flour;
up which they and the northern railroads
can draw their coal. On the Missouri we
shall have six feet to Sioux City, and a
good channel above, so that the deluge of
Dakota wheat, which now stops all other
traffic on the railways, will flow this way.
and In flowing down will be counterbal
anced by upbound fleets of coal ent In
uch quantity and so easily that the north
west will never again go cold for lack of It.
The October Trip.
In all the history ot Mississippi no presi
dent of the United States had ever traveled
on It. Abraham Lincoln crossed It and
rode on It many times before he wa made
chief magistrate and he even patented
a scheme for walking a boat over a sand
bar. Andrew Jackson rode on the stream
many times, but never a president. But
Mr. Roosevelt, In the prime of his career,
was invited to come out and see, as presi
dent, what the valley had to show him.'
And he came.
I That visit of the president to the river,
which began October 1 and ended October
4, when he went down to Louisiana bear
hunting, will be memorable In years to
come. It marked the real turning point
n the governmental attitude toward the
Mississippi. President Roosevelt had al
ready heard about "fourteen feet through
the valley." He had appointed an Inland
waterways commission, which has in mind
all manner of scheme concerning water
way Irrigation, forestry, dry farming,
navigation, locks and dams, revetment and
the preservation of natlonul rights In water
falls. But that was too general to suit the
fourteen-foot people. They wanted a sped
flo promise about the channel.
The president arrived at the river at
Keokuk, la., where there Is some day to
be a big dam across the Mississippi at a
cost of 310,000,000. The government will not
build that, probably, because it would be
a paying investment. We have given away
the privilege, satisfied with changing
around the old saying from, "dam It they
can't" to "dam It they can."
Next day on the steamboat Mississippi
the president went down to St. Louis,
where the leaders cf the fourteen-foot agi
tation have their headquarters; and there'
the whole valley, through thousands of Its
representative people, accorded him a wel
come. Later a great fleet of the old steamboats
Ilk the last cry of one condemned bel
lowed their hoarse salutes as he sailed
away again, and of the number a dosen
accompanied him down tream. A score
of governors went along on the AHn. The
Inland Waterways commission went, too.
on the Mackenzie. A scoro or more of
commercial and political organizations fol
lowed on other boats, all bhoutlng the suite
thing, "Fourteen feet through the valley."
The Finest Ever.
And the president? He went stamping
up and down the deck of the Mississippi
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quently the bill was paid a second time.
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Independent
a happy as a schoolboy In long vacation.
He swung hi arms like a wood-cutter
getting ready for work, and shouted greet
ing to the governor whenever their boat
came within reach.
Boys, this Is the finest trip of my life,"
a shouted a dozen times. And as many
more he hailed them to affirm, "Boys, this
Is bully."
And he did more than that. At Keo
kuk he rather favored water transporta
tion. At St. Louis he thought we must
not get too enthusiastic In our plans. At
Cairo he had come to the point where he
favored a bond issue to do the work. But
at Memphis he cast all restrictions to the
winds and declared that he was In favor
of extending ( "an arm of the sea" all the
way up the valley to Chicago and of doing
It- at once. He, too, declared In straight
forward fashion for "Fourteen feet through
the valley." And that, lnded, was the ob
ject of the trip to convince him that we
must concentrate upon such a project.
"Davy Crockett used to say, 'Be sure
you are light then go ahead,' " he said
to the convention at Memphis. "Well
we are sure we are right Now let' go
ahead."
. Wars and Mean.
There ha been no specific appropriation
bill passed a yet. No river and har
bor bill has come before congress since
the October trip. But measures calling for
a bond Issue of 3600,000,000 to carry out the
general scheme of all our river Improve
ments, and others calling for an annual
350,000,000 appropriation are among the many
measures Introduced to carry out the plane
which tha president ha outlined and out
of which the final act will be framed.
And so, before long, the valley Is to have '
Its way. It is not to be an expensive way.
It will cost altogether 3200,000,000, perhaps
half as much moro, to put the system I
have outlined all through, from Pittsburg,
Chicago, Minneapolis and Sioux City to the
gulf. That will be about 4,200 mile of
navigable channel, which will do more work
and do It better than 1,200 mile of six
track steam railroad laid along the same
route. And if It 1 begun promptly It can
all be done In ten year, with some of the
advantage accruing to the country every
year. The "plans that the Inland Water
way commission has worked out for pre
serving the water at the stream head, for
avlng out the silt, and for doing a thou
sand other things that will aid the naviga
tor will some day be carried out. But for
the present there is water enough, and In
the right place, for the channel we need,
and when these channel are cleared and
revetted, the boats, the engine and the
system must be there, as a part of the
most wonderful thing In America the new
Mississippi.
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FAVORITE DISH OF HAWAII
Inroads of American Manner an
Custom Leave Tol Indla
tnrbed. Native life is fast becoming a thing of
the past with the Hawaiian and they are
adopting American manner and custom,
but It 1 doubtful whether they will ever
give up their favorite food, made from the
taro plant and known a pol. In year
gone by each native took a particular pride
in producing his own pol, but nowaday
It 1 made in factories, the work being done
almost wholly by the native-born China
men, who receive 11 per day for their la
bor. I wa fortunate enough at Lahaina, how
ever, to see this staff of life made in the
old-fashioned way. The taro plant seem
lo be a cross between a sweet potato and
a turnip and the root I long and fleshy.
This, after steaming, must be pounded Into
a sort of flour before mixing. A atone
pestle Is used, and often it required hours
to beat the root to the proper consistency.
When a certain stage Is reached water Is
added arid it is worked Into a thin paste,
put Into a barrel and allowed to ferment.
The taste for pol has to be acquired, and
few, If any, foreigners ever care for It as
food; to me It suggested sour starch. It
1 served on the native table in a huge
wooden bowl, known aa a calabash, from
which It Is eaten with the fingers, each
member of the family dipping Into the
same dish. The number of fingers used
is measured by the thickness of the Mi
three fingers being required for the thin
nest and one for that mixed to the con
sistency of muah. The taro plant la easily
cultivated (this is also done by Chinamen),
and I am told that one square mlli of taro
will feed 15.0U0 natives, factory-made pol,
which is pinkish-purple in color, coals II
a bug, about the sixe of a flour sack, con
taining an eighth of a barrel. It I nu
tritious, cheap and fattening. I'ol Is (he
principal food of the lauas (native feasts).
Roast pig Is usually the meat on these
festive occasions. Leslie's Weekly,
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MXRACHEN'S TALK WITH RING
Chancelor of New York University
Returns from Norway.
IMPRESSED WITH KING HAAKON
Sentiment Strong; in Favor of Inter
change of . Professor wltk
America In Scandinavian
Countries.
NEW YORK. April 17.-Dr. H. M. Mao.
Cracken, chancellor of New York univer
sity, who has visited the Danish, Norwe
gian and Swedish universities to Introduce
plan for an interchange of professor, re
turned home today on the steamer Maure
tanla. Speaking of hi lecture In the Scandi
navian university Dr. MacCracken said that
he found everywhere a strong sentiment In
favor of the Interchange of professors. He
thought that the income of a fund of 1200,.
000 would be sufficient to cover the ex
penses of three professors during six
months of work every year.
Of hi mission to the Scandinavian uni
versities Chancellor MacCracken said:
I found the Scandinavian people very
much Interested -in the project' of an ex
change of professors with the universities
of America. To ray mind hey are the
nearest to us of any of the people of con
tinental Europe, not excepting the Ger
mans. King Haakon of Norway Impressed me
as being a man of unusual intellec t. He
displayed a knowledge of parllamental econ
omy and allied Sciences which would easily
qualify him for a professorship in an Amer
ican university.
He expiessed regret that so many Nor
wegians should come here and said that
ho hoped to check the exodus of his sub
ject to the new world.
Chancellor MacCracken quoted King Haa
kon aa saying:
I found a colony of oclallst. poor work
lngmen. In the north ot Norway, who told
me all property should be equally divided.
1 said to them, "Huppoae that at 13 o'clock
on y riday we divide the wealth of Norway
as you suggest; within five minutes there
will have been a number , of bubies born
in the country, and shall' we then divide
again with them?" They had not thought
even as far aa that, and the proposition
floored them. I could black my own boot
If I wished to. I have done It and there
fore know how, but if I did what would be
come of the people who make a living
blacking boot? I believe In a division of
labor.
"W were speaking ot the soclallstlo de
mand for eauallty at the time," said the
chancellor, "and he emphatically stated
that in hi belief there could be no such
thing."
FROM PIPE T0 CIGARETTE
John Chinaman Passes from Poppr
Dope to Collin Nail for Re
laxation. "Chinese are Inveterate smoker, and they
like cigarette, but there are few cigarette
factories in the empire," said M. D. Albert,
a lawyer of Chicago, who ha Just returned
from a tour of the Orient. "A tew month
ago a wealthy bean oil manufacturer es
tablished a modern cigarette factory at
Nluchwank. Two cigarette machine of
Japanese manufacture were Installed, and
these turn out 140,000 cigarettes a day. The
business ha proved so profitable that more
machines will soon be put In. When tha
factory waa started the working force con
sisted enly of Chinese, but as the business
then was run at. a loss, and the owner be
came suspicious of the Chinese overseer,
he discharged them and substituted Japa
nese. Since then the business ha been
highly profitable. Four styles of cigarette
are made, which are sold at from 44 to 88
cent a box. These boxes contain from 400
to &00 cigarette, so It will be seen that they
are much cheaper than In this country. The
Japanese overseer informed me that In the
three better grades of cigarette American
leaf tobacco I used, the tobacco being pur
chased from Chinese Importer. Most of
It Is North Carolina tobacco. In the cheaper
cigarettes a mixture of Chinese and Ameri
can tobacco Is used.
"This factory employes about eighty
workmen, the majority of whom are boys.
The wages rarge from 31 to 11. ui a mouth
fur H i' buys and from 33.011 to 8550 a month
for the mote experienced workmen. The
wages Include their fond, which consists ot
two meals a day." Washington I'ost.
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