THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAItCTI 27, 1910.
12,
PANIC PLUGS MANY LEAKS
Uilroad Money Spent for Trifle
Suddenly Cut Oat
BUTPLIES THAT CUT INTO mOflTS
Trfow the Parrhaslag lenrtmete
Keen Basy Whea, BuIimi Boom
Effect of Btrkflt
oa Bookkeeping.
When "mmjwny'i money" It a vague and
boundless something to be squandered In
rsreles extravagance, supplies are ordered
chiefly on the theory that It Is good for
trade. When business was boom Inc. and
prosperity stalked through the land, all the
railroads were lavish In their purchasing
department. But when the panic of 1907
came, the railroada felt that thla generous
policy could not be a running mat with
solvency. A careful and exhaustive sya
tem sprang up among them as a result of
this warning, and now railroad housekeep
ing Is one of the hlghext developed branches
of the science of railroading.
Over 2,009 miles of lead pencils, 60,009
boxes of pens, 60 barrel of Ink, 4,000 pounds
of plna these are what the employee of
the average 6,000-mile railron use In a
twelve-month. The railroads keep a strict
guard, nowadays, on the consumption of
even these trifling articles. They are econ
omising In everything, especially by stop
ping the numberless tiny leaks In their ex
penditures that In the aggregate mount up
Into millions.
The Pennsylvania railroad, for instance,
spent 110.000 In 1907 for rubber bands Just
the ordinary kind that you slip around
folded sheets of paper. In 1808 the Pennsyl
vania employee had all the rubber bands
they needed, but the supply cost about $10,
000 lees, largely because they were used
more carefully.
Tbe greatest businesses In America the
railroads are today realising, more than
ever, that their profits lie to a great extent
In their economies. . Anybody can aee the
big leaks. It . Is the little ones that the
expenditure committees are now relent
lessly hunting out.
Nearly every large line In the country
now haa such a committee, generally con
sisting of several of the high executive
officers, whose task It Is to see that ex
Tenses are kept down to the lowest notch
without impairing efficiency. In the mat-
tei .upplles of all sorts, their Instruc
tion. the department heads run sub
stantially like this: "You can have what
ever you need, but you must see that it is
used economically."
in no better way could the enormous
possibilities of waste and consequent loss
on the railroads be better shown than by
telling the amount of material and sup
piles thst they buy each year. There are
several roads that consume more than $30,
tOO.OOS worth annually.
A Tea-Millloa Cot.
There are at least nine railways that buy
from 110.000.000 to $20,000,000, twenty-nine
roads buy from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000 each
and more than 100 railroada puchasa from
$1)00,000 to $3,000,000 worth of material and
supplies every tweve-month.
The aggregate spent annually in this way
does not fall far short of the stupendous
total of $700,000,000. From this It will be
Keen what this great movement toward the
economical utilization of material Is likely
to mean.
curing me last rew prosperous years
when the roads had all and sometimes
more business than they could handle, they
were lavish In their' purchase of every-
thing, from stationery to steam engines,
Business was booming, and the requisitions
on the storekeeper were often generously
large, owing principally to everyone being
too busy to give them careful and Judl
clous scrutiny, and to the human falling
that goea with a full pocket
Everyone was so rushed with work that
there was not time to fix up tools or sup
plies when they got the least bit out of
order. Into the scrap-heap they went.
Now, every requisition is having the acid
teat applied to It by numerous eminent ex
peris herore it gets to the expenditure
committee; and after the goods are bought
and Issued, they do not get Into the scrap
flock until they are absolutely used up be
yond repair and cannot be utilised for
any other purpose.
A Rare Welcome.
On a big slytem the penny wastings run
into thousands of dollars every year. The
present movement. Inaugurated by the exe
cutive heads, runs down through every de
partment until even the humblest employ
is enthusiastically doing his beat to help,
There la no more welcome caller In the
office of any head of department or even
In that of the preaident himself than the
man who has a new and practical Idea of
now the road can save money.
One of the principal tasks of the" ex
pendlture committee is the scrutiny
requisitions for supplies. The lists of re
quisltlons come In from the purchaaln
agent showing the number and kind of eac
article wanted, the price, and the name of
in arm irom wnom it will be purchased.
The statistics on file as to the quantity
of each Item In stock and Its monthly or
annual consumption in the past are con
sulted, as well as the prices hitherto paid
for It. If everything la O. K., It goea
through. The committees every doubt,
however, haa to be cleared away before it
Is passed.
The necessity of using the utmost car
and Judgment Is so strictly Impressed on
everyone from the bottom to the top now
aday, however, that most of the paring
oown.or requirements Is done before the
requisition is finally submitted to the com- I
ml t tee.
Micro rope for the President.
Another part of their work Is the thor
ough and searching scrutiny of all ae
counta covering expendlturea outside of the
purchase of supplies. These accounts are
carefully analysed before being presented,
and comparisons are made, so that their
"true Inwardness" may be seen at a glance.
Not even the president's expense account
escapes the most rigid examination, and
the commissary account of the president's
private car Is no less submitted to the
deadly parallel of comparison than that of
any of his subordinates.
Nothing Is too small to escape. One big
trunk line spent some time making ex
haustive experiments with pencil sharpen
ed American pencil.
rs In order to find out which was th best i
nd most economical. -The
way these little things are wasted
Is not so strange when on comes to look
closely Into it. Take rubber bands, for
instance. Some roads used to buy these In
pound boxes and issue them In that way
to the-various departments.
When a clerk wanted any, h would grab
a handful and put them In the drawer of
his desk, soma to bs used, and tha rest to
gradually get mixed up with papers and
slip out of sight or into ths waste-basket.
Shortly necessitating another trip and an
ther handful.
Other roads supplied each, alse In a sep
arate box. which resulted In nearly every
Uerk who . used rubber bands having a
lumber of boxes In his desk at the same
me. . Now, the practice Is to furnish them
V ounce boxes of assorted slses, and to
keep watch that no undue accumulation
insue throughout the office..
It used to be th cas that any on could
get from th clerk In charge of the sup-
lies In esrh office half a dosen lesd-
encils at a time if he wished; and if his
fsncy required a particular kind of pencil
It was forthcoming. Now the clerks get
their pencils one at a time, and have to be
careful of them. A still greater economy-
saving of from $25,000 to $30.0O0 a year on
good-slsod rosd Is now effected by
every one using tha ssme kind and grade
Pens are also dealt out Just as cacefully
one or two at a time, Instead of by the
box and these, too, have been standard
ised, snd their cost cut In half. The pins
the big railroads are using now sre msde
f steel, Instesd of brass, and cost but one-
ausrter of what they used to. .
Vast quantities of letter-heads are used
by a big railroad, for there Is a lot or cor
respondence passing to snd fro continually.
The day of the engraved letterhead and of
bond paper has practically passed since
these economies have been instituted. That
ind of ststlonery Is still supplied to some
f the high executives, but they restrict Its
se to letters addressed to people outslds
the company.
The cheapest serviceable paper la what Is
sed In company correspondence. Most
roads are also vigorously urging the cur-
aillng of letter-writing, and urging the
asking of as many questions as possible
verbally.
This is to eliminate the writing of let
ter to the man at the next desk "In order
to get a record of it." as used to bs ths
custom. A hundred thousand dollars a
year is a moderate estimate of the saving
this Item alone, aside from the time
taken In dictating, reading, and signing
letters.
Clipping; the Station Agent.
Station agents used to have generous sup
plies of stationery, enough to last them
two or three years In some cases. Now
there are several men who travel over each
road checking up and shipping back any
urplus stock. A thirty days' supply Is now
the maximum allowed on some roads.
On a big system, made up of a number
of different lines, there has been a vigorous
movement to standardize all supplies and
to bulk the purchases. Take the Item of
way-bills, for example. Such a system
uses perhaps $0,000,000 way-bills a year.
They are now printed on paper of a uni
form quality and ordered through one pur
chasing agent, thus saving from $40,000 to
$50,000 a year over what they ""cost when
each line used a different form and had
them printed separately. By standardising
railroad tickets and mileage books, one
eastern trunk line is now saving over
$100,000 a year in Its printing bills.
As an example of how much can be saved
In the supplies furnished to general offices
alone, It will be only necessary to cite the
case of the Pennsylvania. In 1307, that
road's general office expenses were $396,137.
Economy and care cut this about $135,000
during 1908.
Ninety per cent of the operating mate
rial and supplies that a railroad purchases
finally reaches the scrap-bins. That means
that material originally costing $630,000,000,
when It is more or less worn out, Is
"scrapped." That Is where one of the
greatest wastes, or the greatest economies
of a railroad lies. Lately nothing haa been
more closely watched.
Hedaclng the Scrap Heap.
Into the acrap-heap, at last, goes every
bit of metal from lanterns to locomotives.
One of the big eastern trunk lines . re
ceives about $3,000,000 a year from the sale
of this scrap metal. ' In the old days It was
customary to offer It to buyer at so many
tons of "miscellaneous scrap."
The dealers bougnt and sorted It them
selves, frequently realising enormous prof
Its from so doing. They speculated on the
quantity of each kind of the various ma
terials each lot would contain. Now the
speculative element is eliminated, for the
railroads do their own sorting.
It will surprise most people to learn that
there are ninety-eight different kinds of
scrap, according to the classification th
railroads adopted In 1906, and each kind
takes a different price. It Is In the rigid
ness of Inspection, however, that the rail
roada have been saving money of late. .
Before the scrap is offered for sale now
It is inspected by no less than four differ
ent mechanical experts. Everything that
it Is possible to utilize, either by repairing
or In some other way. Is picked out.
Twisted and bent rods are straightened
so that they can bs used again. - If they
are broken, they are cut up 1 Into bolts.
Even the old bolts themselves are re-
threaded, i
Nothing that can be used over again by
repairing, without deoreaslng Its- efficiency
or taking up too much time. Is allowed to
go Into the scrap to be sold. The result Is
that, while the amount of scrap disposed
of is less in tonnage. It brings, In the ag
gregate, more than It did, owing to Its
uruia bu camuuy buiicu iinu ins nmiiy
different classes.
Further, the material reclaimed, owing
to the rigid Inspection, and used over
again, on a big road run Into an enormous
value how much of a saving none of the
roads have been able to figure accurately
owing to the lack of any standard of prices
for second-hand material, but on a 'wrg
system it must be several millions a year.
From Brooms to Locomotive.
Even bridge-stringers and cross-ties are
turned to account after their original use
fulness haa passed. The former are now
used for crossing planks and all kinds of
repairing purposes, and the latter are sold
for firewood.
Another paring down in expense Is being
made by standardising everything from
lead-pencils to locomotives. "Standardis
ing," which means using the sam type or
pattern of each article throughout the en
ure system, is not a new thing, by any
means; but It has never been carried to
such an extent as It ha during th last
two years.
Take it In the unconsidered Item of tools
for cleaning cars, stations, and offices.
The Santa Fc system recently announced
that it uses annually about 26,000 brooms,
26,000 hand-mops, 26,000 scrubbing-brushes,
and 20,000 boxes of sosp.
The brooms, mops and scrubbing-brushes
are each of the same type and kind all
over the line, and the soap Is all of ona
quality. This Is true of nearly every other
large railroad in the United States. i.
The economical principle Is obvious:
26.000 brooms of the sam pattern cost less
than that number of six different designs.
Comparisons of Coat.
in brooms and scrubbing-brushes, as well
ss in other vaster Items of consumption,
ths standard has not been decided upon
until after long and exhaustive tests have
been made. Statiatica are being amplified
to show what ties have tha longest Ufa and
give the least troubls from spiking.
From tha records of th spikes the de
sign requiring the least renewals and work
ing the least Injury to the ties Is deter
mined. From the records of fire-boxes the
design and character of sheets giving long
est life and best service per unit of first
cost and repairs ar learned.
From the fuel records the value of dif
ferent kinds of coal ar known, and a rec
ord of th performance aa to tonnage and
mileage Is at hand as between various
classes of engines and ngin arews. And
so It goes all through th Hat. Everything
la being most carefully supervised . and
watched In th most systematic way that
can b devised.
Of course, ths vast masses of compara
tive statistics necessary for these soonomy
committee cost a great deal of money;
also the army of supervisors whose duty
It Is to be continually on the watch agslnst
wsste. But It Is already apparent thst the
cost of saving these millions is lnflnlteslmsl
compsred with the huge result. Railroad
Man's Magazine.
PLAINSMAN FIGHTS FOR ESTATE
forth Dakota Man Starts Will Con
test la Maeaaehaaetta that
Rats lata Fortane.
A hundred dsys" wrangle over the right
ful claimant of the $750,000 estate of the
late Daniel Russell of Melrose. Mass., has
not only marked the ca.se as the Jsrndyce
vs. Jsrndyce of Massachusetts Jurlspru
dei ce, but has developed sufficient testi
mony to warrant criminal action, no matter
which way the scales of Justice fall.
A tall, dark-haired, well tannd man
from the plains of North Dakota stands
before the Middlesex probate court, either
as the long lost son of th father, or one
of the most accomplished lmposters In the
legsl annals of the state. He say he l
Dsnlel Blake Russell, the second son of
Daniel Russell. He disappeared when A
boy, he claims, and did not hear of his
father's death until a year after the estate
had been practically settled.
Opposite stands Wllllsm C. Russell, th
elder son and principal beneficiary under
the will, surrounded by an array of th
highest priced lawyer In the state, who
set up the defense that the North Dakota
giant Is really James Rousseau of Malone,
N. Y., and that he hss been backed In his
fight for the Russell property by a par
ticularly clever group of men In or about
Dickinson, N. D.
The charges on both sides have been
sensational and cannot be disregarded by
either the prosecuting attorneys of the
stale or the nation. If the claimant's case
Is upheld, the postofflce authorities will be
warranted In arresting some of the other
side for forging cancellation dates and
riflli.g the mails.
If, on the other hand, the estate wins,
the claimant whose name will therefore
be Rousseau and not Russell, stands as a
perjurer and one who has attempted to ob
tain money under, false pretenses.
Two postofflce Inspectors have been at
every hearing since the case began. A
representative .of the district attorney of
Middlesex county has been in constant at
tendance also.
The climax seems as far off as when the
opening words were spoken on September
20.
seven lawyers have missed scarcely a
session. They have been assisted by more
than fifty detectives. These seven lawyers
and more than 100 witnesses have spoken
more than 3,000,000 words. Ten handwriting
experts have given their opinions, and 312
exhibits have been introduced. It Is estt
mated that the case has cost to date $200,
000. Brooklyn Eagle.
GOING UP IN THE AIR
Projected Hotel In Chicago
to
.Rise Above the Smoke
floods.
Harry C. Moir has given out the details
of the plan for his proposed new thirty
story hotel, which he announced several
months ago that he contemplated building
in Chicago.
"We have Just finished the working out
of , the details for the hotel," Mr. Moir
said. "It will have a frontage of 100 feet
on both Clark and Madison streets. I have
a ninety-nine-year lease on the property.
Under the lease provisions the corner al
ways must be known a the Morrison hotel
or Morrison block.
"We are going to have a place with some
800 rooms, each equipped with a bath, and
they are going. to be let to guests for $2
a day," he said. "They won't be pigeon
holes, either. We will have a restaurant,
the biggest In the city, with a seating
capacity of 2,000."
A feature of the building will he pneu-
matlo tubes running -from the office to
every guest room, so that mall may be
sent up the moment of Its arrival at the
desk. -A system of dumb waiters which
will run from the kitchen to the top floor
is planned, for the purpose of eliminating
the running up and downstairs of a big
corps of bell boys. Chicago Tribune.
I t
engineers Demand More Pay.
NEW YORK, March 26. Demands are to
be made on all railroads In the east by the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for
Increases in wages.' The demands, the en
gineers said today, are more In the form of
'requests" for a readjustment of wages.
There is no strike talk.
Local Secorltles.
Quotations furnished by Samuel Burns,
Jr., 614 New York Life building
Bid.
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104
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I Cudahr radons Co. 6a.
Columbus B. L, ft rat nut, to nt ..
Lons Hell Umbtr OA. (a, 1931
Nebraska Tal. Stork,
North Piatt Val. Irrl. (o. 4a. 1521)
Oraahs Watar Co. 6a, 11
Omaha WaUr Co. (a, IMS
Omaha Watar Co. 3d pia
Omaha Oaa ts, 117
Omaha ft. I. P. ta. IMS
Omaha B. U. pfd.
Omaha Su Br. ts, 114
Omaha a C. B. St. Ry. 6a, ia
Omaha C. B. St. Ry. pfd, as-d.lv....
Omaha aV C. B. ft. Ry., com
Omaha at C. B. Ry. A B. ptd
raelllo T. at T. fta, 193T
tloui City Stock Yard., pfd
St. Lout Brewing Co
Shravaport O. It 4a, 1W0
So. Ry. Co. 4a. aq 1112-14, nt 44
L'aloo Stock Yard Stork, So. Omaha..
Oils and Itoala.
OIL CITY, Pa.. March 26. OILS Credit
balancea, $1.40; runs. March 23 and 24. 430.-
643 bbls.;. average, 158.63S bbla.; shipments. I,
... CXI 1. 1 1 ... miu an.. -VLTI,WV UUII.) a. C I tl t-f i,
840 bbla.
SAVANNAH, Ga.. March 26-011.8
Turpentine, firm. 60c; receipts. 2.208 bbls.;
shipments. L020 bbls.; stock, 9.703 bbls.
ROSIN Firm; sales, 619 boxes; receipts,
1.871 boxes; shipments, 1,733 boxes; stocks,
90.087 boxes. Quote: B. $4-36: D, $4.43; K, K,
$4 70; i, $4.80; H. $4.80; I, $4 90; FC, $5.90; M,
$6.t0j N, $6.40; WO, $6.75; WW, $7.00.
Philadelphia Prod are Market.
PHILADELPHIA. March 26 Bl'TTER
Firm, good demand: extra weaUsrn cream-
ery, XiVic; naarby prints. Soc.
EUKia yulet. Dut steady; Pennsylvania
and other nearby first, tfree cases) 22c st
mark; current receipts, .(returnable cases)
21c at mark; western firsts, (free cases) Uc
at mark; current receipts (free cases) 21c
at mark.
CHEESE Firm, quiet: INew ot k full
creams, choice, 174c; fair to good. 16t
17c.
Dry Goods Market.
NEW YORK. March 24. DRY C.OOD8
Sales of Fruits of ths Loom bleached cot
tons, which were reduced from 10c to 9c
early In the week, have been so large that
agents hsve now placed the goods "at
value, this evidence or larger ouainess fol
lowing the namliis of lower prices is sup
plemented by similar reports on some of
the beat known branded cottons. Fine and
fancy cottons are moving better, and some
fair slsed contracts have been entered for
delivery from July forward.
Bssk of Gersaaar Statement.
BERLIN. March 26 The weekly state
ment of the Imperial Baak of Germany
shows the following changes: Cash In hand
Increased 23,016.0(10 marks, loans decreased
4.029.OUO marks, discounts increased. 63.2xl.ooo
marks, treasury bills Inoreased 4.6 XH
mark, notes Indroulatloa Increased 4S.6&2.0UO
mark a. deposits Incraasaa s.btts.suo marks,
gold In hand Increased 17,636, OoO marks.
Peoria Market.
PEORIA, March 2. CORN Staady; No.
$ white, tdo; No. 1 yellow, 6940; No. $
yellow, 684o; No. 8, 64; No. 4, 66c; no
grade, 6Qt5to.
OATS Higher; No. I white, 4444e.
Toledo teed Market.
- TOLFDO. Mareh - $. SEKDS Clover,
oash. $7 86; March, $7 76; April, $..; Oc
tober, $.. Ttmathy, prime. $2.4)0: March,
$2 Ou. Aistks, prtuua, $7.70, Marcb. $7.70.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Report! of Bain in Wheat Belt In-
ducei Heavy Selling.
1
STEADY TAKING OF PROFITS
Better Rapport for torn, Which
tihowa Strength genaallnnnl
Weakness at Opening, with
I.Ike I lose.
OMAHA, March 26, 1510.
Reported light showers snd cloudy
weather over the whest belt wss the csuse
of heavy selling st the opening. Prices
started lower and profit taking during the
day kept the market on the decline for the
flay.
The corn market was better supported
and showed good strength. Improved de
mand gave buyers confidence snd liberal
cash offerings were readily absorbed.
Wheat was sensationally weak at the
stsrt on reported rain and profit taking
was general during the session. Prices were
soft during the short session and closv-d
weak on the low point for the day,
Liberal receipts have eased cash values
and demand cannot be called good.
After a atrong opening corn eased off
with the weaker wheat market. Selling
was general at the close, pi ires closing on
the low point.
cash stuff was firm to c mgner nesjuie
liberal receipts. A good demand U expected
for next weH.
Primary wheat receipts were 989.0)0
bushels and shipments were 942.000 bushel",
against receipts for last year of 163,000
bushela and shipments of 440.000 bushels.
Primary corn receipts were 783.000 bushels
and shipments were trtO.000 bushels, against
receipts last year of 659.00) bushels and
shipments of (47.000 bushels.
Clearances were 386.000 bushels of corn.
4.000 bushels of oats and Wheat and flour
equal to 243.000 bushels.
There was no Liverpool market today.
Local range of options:
Articles.l Open I High. I Low. ChM. Yes'y.
Wheat- I
May... 1 08 108 1 OSH
July... 104
Corn
May... 69 59ij 69
July... 61
Oats
May... 43 43 VS
July... 4U4 41V4 Hl4
1 08, 1 09
1 04 1 04
59 5S4
61 Wt
437, 43
41' 41'A
Omaha Casta Trices.
WHEAT No. 3 hard, $1.0SVj'S-1.07V; No. 8
hard, $1.061.06; No. 4 hard, $l.tWff 1.05; No.
2 spring, $1.08107; No. 8 spring, $1 03SK5-1 06;
No. 4 spring, 9Xci&4)1.04; No. 2 durum, 90c;
No. 3 durum, 89(6 90c.
CORN No. 2 white, BMjosttc: No. 3
white, 67VitJ58c; No. 4 white. bb'VftfifJjr
No. 2 color. 57Vl158e: No. 3 color. !WV66ic;
No. 4 color, 6a',4'&56c; No. 2 yellow, 664c; No.
2 yellow, 66-gfi6ic; No. 4 yellow, &3'-tj54c;
No. 2, 68Hc; No. 3. &64-56c; No. 4, 6364c;
no grade, 43960c.
OATS Standard. 4&W42Ve: No. 3 white,
4H(&42Hc; No. 4 yellow, 40H41Vc; No. 3
yellow, 40Vi(8'4mc; No. 4 yellow, 4040yc;
No. 3 mixed, tOSyjlc.
BARLEY No. 4, 634i&54Vic; No. 1 feed,
63St63'4c; rejected. 50rcj;2c. '
RYE No. 2, 76?75fcc; No. 3. 744"i5c.
t'arlot Receipts. .
Wheat. Corn. Oats.
Chicago .....
Minneapolis
Omaha
Duluth
SO
153
176
118
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'34
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Feat urea of the Trading and t losing
Prices on Board of Trajde.
CHICAGO. March 26. Rain in Illinois
and sections of the southwest prompted
general selling of wheat today, which re
sulted In material declines, the net losses
at the close being V(3o to lfflHc. Corn
and oats after . displaying co;.f 'durable
strength, closed steady. Provistoi.j T're
firm all day. ;
Prices In wheat Were Inclined to sj
More favorable weather conditions for tht
new crop, as Indicated from private and
official sources, formed the basis of the
Belling pressure which centered on the
September delivery. The market opened
weak with prices iV4c to lc below Thurs
day's final figures, the slump being due
mainly to reports of rafln In Illinois and
Kansas. Fresh reports of damage by lrouth
tended to restrain sellers. The range en
September for the day was between 1.064
and $1.0t". July sold between ii.w,, ana
$1.084, and May between ana i.n
The market closed at almost the bottom
with September at $1.0f,1.06. Final fig
ures on July were $1.07T4 ana mw 11.13.
Corn displayed slight weakness at the
start, but soon became strong owing to
brisk demand by a leading elevator Inter
est. On the rally prices advanced nearly,
lc. Cash corn was up lc, owing to a
fair demand and only moderate offerings.
No. 3 yellow sold at 60V44i 60?ic. The market
for futures lost some of Its strength In
the final hour and at the close prices were
unchanged to He higher, compared with the
previous close, with May at 03c.
Oats were governed principally by corn.
but the market showed relatively more
weakness. The market closed steady, with
prices unchanged to He lower. Final quota
lions on May delivery were 44c.
Provisions closed Vic lower to 17t4c
higher, with May pork at $6.45. Lard for
May delivery closed at $14.10 and ribs at
$13.96.
Chicago Cash Prices Wheat: No. 2 red,
$1.18tjpl. 20; No. 3 red. $1.13H1-17: No. 2 hard
$1.137)1 MH; -No. 3 hard, si.utxQi.14; No.
northern spring, $1.17V4M8; No. 2 north
em spring, $1.1S8'1.16; No. "3 spring, $1.08
1.14. Corn: No. 8 cash, e0HtSc: No.
cash. 66&&6H-c; No. 3 white, 61Vi62c; No,
4 white, 68iS60c; No. i yellow. WWhqaHc
No. 4 yellow. 67 58c. Oata: No. 2 cash
43if44c; No. 2 white. 4647c: No. 8 white,
42344c; No. 4 white, 40g42c; standard
4M4iic.
BUTTER Steady; creameries, 2632c
dairies. 23B27c.
EGGS Steady, at mark, cases Included
17Hl9c; receipts, 20,462 cases; firsts, 20c;
prirrrt firsts, 21c.
CHEESE: Steady: daisies. lVO 16He;
twins, laitpi&Hc; young Americas. 16-'aliHc;
long horns, l16Vic.
POTATOES-Weak; choic to fancy, 26
27c; fair to good. 2226c.
POULTRY Eaay; turkeys, 16Hc; chick
ens. 17c; springs, 17c.
VEAL Steady; 60 to 60-lb welsrhts, 9910c;
60 to 85-lb weights, lOgllHc; 86 to 110-lb.
weights. imgl2'Ac.
Chicago Receipts Wheat, 30 cars; corn,
16$ cars; oats, 118 cars. Estlmsted Tomor
rowWheat, 46 cara; corn, 314 cars; oats,
213 cars.
The leading futures rsnged ss follows:
Articles.! Open.l High. I Low. I Close. I Yes'y.
I-
Wheat I I
May 1 13V 1 14 1 134 1 13S 1 14V.U
July II 1084 I07'i 1 07'i 1 0V
Sept. llO80'i 106 1 05VI Ob 107
Corn I
tMay 62t,tf 3462,Sl 61 W
July 1641-4'ftSl . 65, 64Vi 6IS 64
Sept. I654W- 4 664! 054! 654
I 'Oats- I I
May l43'??TCl 44'4 43V 41 44
July 4-(9I2 424 414 42 42'i
Sept. 394S4 W 394 89 391
26 50 26 60 26 46 26 45 26 36
July 26 86. 25 96 2 85 25 924 25 75
Sept. 25 65 16 674 25 45 2i 46 26 47 4
Lard
Mav 14 10 14 15 14 10 14 10 It 07
July 13 90 13 95 13 874 13 874 18 824
Sept. IS 80 13 85 13 75 I 13 73 13 70
Ribs I
May 13 974 H 00 13 9'.'4I 13 95 13 90
Jlllv 13 60 13 574 13 60 I 13 65 13 45
Sept. 13 374 13 4241 13 374! 13 40 13 30
No. 2. tNew.
Cash "notations were aa follows
FLOUR Steadv: wirier patents, $5.fi
5.60; winter straights. $4.30-tr5 90: spring
straights. 4 ,ltfA 95; naKera, J3.artf5.30.
HYM-N11. 7'.ffi !0o.
UARI.KY Feed or mixing, 53'd57c; fair to
choice malting, bwie
SEEDS Flax. No. 1 southwestern. $?.?0;
No. 1 notthweatern. $230. Timothy, $..
v lover. ni
F ROVISION8 Mess pork, per bbl., $26.50
C26.75. Lard, per 100 lbs . $14 J6. Short
rlh sdes. loose. $H.5TOi'l3.5. Short clear
sides, boxd. $14 25&14 50
Total clearances of wheat and flour were
equal to 143 000 bu. Exports for the week.
as shown by Rradstreet's. were equal 10
1 1 639,000 bu. Primary receipts were 9x9.001
bu., compared with 942,000 the correspond
ing aay a year ago.
Estimated recelpta for Mondav: Wheat,
46 cars; corn, 114 cars; oats, 213 cars; hogs
24.0U0 head.
Mlaneapolls Orala Market
MINNEAPOLIS, March 34. WH EAT
May. $1.14; July. $1,144- Cash. No. 1 hard,
$1. 1646 1.16t; No. 1 northern, $1 UViS1.164;
No. $ northern. $1.13481.144; No. $ north
ern. $1.0841 124
FLAXSEED Closed a f?.3nV
CORN No. $ yellow. 6Rfef584c.
OATS No 1 white. 41a424ko-
FLOl.Tt First patents, in wood, f o. b
Mianeapolls, $o.a.0; eeeond patents, $6
fi6 40; flrt clears, $4 ST-fit 46; second clears.
II Ift-T an
RVrV-No. t. 7r744r.
BRAN In 100-lb. sacks. $2100. ,
OMAHA GBirF.RAX. MARKET.
Staple aad Fancy Prodaee Prices Fee
alshed by Bayers aad Whelesaler.
BUTTER Creamery. No. 1. delivered to
th retail trade In 1-lb. cartons. SSc; No 1,
In 60-lb. tuba. 32tc: No. 2. In 1-lb. cartons,
81c; In 60-lb. tub.. 30'v; packlnn stock, solid
park, ISVjr; fancy dairy roll, 20c. Market,
changes evei y Tuesday.
CHEESE Twlra. 5"c; young America.
ISc; Daisy cheese. 1 'C; Llrr.i-erger. 18Sc,
brick. 18c: domestic bloCK, Swiss, 19c; Im
ported Swiss, SPc.
I'Ol' LT R Y I res sod broilers. $7 50 a dos ;
for stotage. $5; for fresh springs, 17c;
hens, 17c; corks, lie; ducks. 18c; geese,
lie; turkeys. c; pigeons per dox., $1.70;
Homer squaha, $4 per dny ; fancy squnbs,
$3 50 per dos ; No. 1. $2.01' per dos Alive:
Brollers, from to l1 lbs, S5c; lMi
to 2 lbs., 20c; hens, 13r; cocks, 8c; aucss.
lull festhertd, 13c, geese, full feathered.
lc: turkeys, 18c: Kulma fowls, W per oos.;
pigeons, 60 per dos.
FISH (all frozen I Salmon, lie; pickerel.
9c; whlteflsh. 13c; pike, 10c; trout, 13c; cat
fish, He; large crappies. ltvgiac; aninir.
15c; Spanish macherel. 18c; ell, 18c; had
dock, 13c; flounders, 12c.
REEF CUTS-Riba. No. 1. luc; no. i.
12H.c; No. 3. 10c. Loin, No. 1. 18c; No.
14WC; wo. . lzo. criucK. ino. i. tn.
No. 2. R'4c; No. 3, Sc. Round. No. 1. loc;
No. 2. 8Vc; No. 3. 9'c. Plate, No. 1. 74c;
No. 2, Hc; No. S, 7c.
VEGETABLES Irish Seed Potatoes:
Genuine Red river vslley -nd early Ohio,
per bu., 85c; western Nebraska and north
ern siock, per du., nnc; yeiiow jermry
sweets. per bbl., $1 90; Wisconsin an-
native. ' per bu , 0o, Colorado. per
bu.. wwrroc. S'reot potatoes: Kansas, per
bbl., $1.73. Cauliflower: California, 24 to !$
heads. Der irate. I; 60. Rutabaaao: Canada.
per lb.. lHc. Cabbage: Wisconsin, Holland
seed, per in, zu. celery, Fionas, in Muir,
s ana s-aox. cases, m wi u-:o. ouncn, sua.
Onions, red. per lb.. 2St3c. Old vegetables:
Psrsnlps, carrots. bet. turnips. In sacks,
per lb., 2c. Garhc: Fxtra fancy, white, per
lb., 16c. New aouthern vegetsbles Turnips
per cos. nuncns. w.: tnaiious: r-er noi
bunches. 60o. tfplnach: Per bu., $'. . Egg
plant: Fancy Flo.ida, dos.. $1.50413.00. To
metoos: Fancy Florida or Cuba, per .
bsk. crate, fancy. $1.00; choice, $3.S0. String
fl mix he-tin; ier nsiuw so.wgiw.oq,
Cucumbers: Hot house, per dos.. $1.76:10.
luiuii uionn v e,Biaole itsdisnes: Extra
fancy, per doz. bunches, 35c. lettuce:
Extra fancy leaf, per doz., 40c; head lettuce
In hampers, $3 605.oe. parsley: fancy
home grown. Der . bunchea, 0c.
FRUITS atrawberrlea: Floriaa, per qt..
60c. Oranges: California, Navels, 80-9t-
112-126 sires, per Sox. w otijri to; loo-iou-zit-50
sizes, per box. 83.00; Camb' hranJ.
$3.26. Lemons: Extra fancy Llmon
erias, 800-360 sizes, $4.i6; cnolce Loms. 90-3 4
alzes, per box. $4.00; 240-4IM sizes. 60c per
box less. Bananas: Fancy select, per
bunch, $1.7fr!.oo; Jumi.o, bunch, f3.76-fri.7-x
Grapes: Imported Malagas, per keg. f.ftVj?
6 M). orape f ruit: r lonoa. m-di-mi kizz,
Indian River Grape Fruit: All sizes. $V0O.
Apples: Jonathan, per bbl., $6.60; Ben
Davis, per bbl., $3.60&4 00; Genltan, per bbl.,
$4.00; Wlnesaps, per bbl.. S4.60; Ganu, per
bbl.,. $4.00; i.'ew York Baldwins. Russet
and Spys, per bbl., $4 26. California W. W.
Pearnialns, per box, $2.00l2.2j: ''olortdj
Jonathans, per box. $2; extra fancy, Colo
rado R. Beauties, per box. $2.60; extra fai.cy
Colorado Wlnesaps, per box. $2.6. Cran
berries: Jersey, winter stocK, per DDL.
$6.00. Dates: Anchor brand, new, 30-lb.
ukgs. in dox. per oox, iaw rigs: Cali
fornia. 60 pkgs, 5c size. SO pkgs. In bos,
$11.00; 13 pkgs.. inn alee. 80c.
mihckllaiv buus-cuier: iew yora.
ner H-bbl.. $3.75. Honey: New. 24 frsmes.
$3.60. Horseradish: $ dos. in case. $1.90. Wal
nuts: BlacK. per lb. zo: camornia, iso. L
per lb., U"c. Hlckorynuts: Large. -per lb..
4c; small, per id., oa. lutuauuu. rr ;,
$5 00; per doz,' 66c
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET
Quotations of the .Day on Various
Commodities. .
NEW YORK. March 26-FIOUR-Mar-
ket steady; spring patents, $6.507i5.8l;
straights. $6.3005.40; winter patents. K.oOfr,
6.00; spring clears, $4.504.75; winter extras,
No. l,. $4.ntKS)4.!K); w inter extras. Ko, 2, $4.30
4.45, Kansss straights. $5.005.20. Re
ceipts, 84,iM2 bu.: shipments, 18.638 bu. Rye
flour, aulet: fair to good, 4.3wi4.4o: choice
to fancy; $4.60tf4.66.
CORNMBAU-Steady; fine white and yel
low. $!.4fil.50: coarse. $1,354(1.40; kiln dried.
$3.36.
KYK Steady ; no. z western, swvic, nom
inal, f. o. b. New York.
WHEAT Spot market quiet: No. 2 red.
$1.26, nom.'.ial, elevator, c. I. f ; No. 1
northern. $1.264 Option ' market was
easier under liquidation on predictiona of
rain In the southwest and under general
selling by con mission houses, although
trading was quiet and of a holiday charac
ter. Prices at the close were Mtoc net
lower. May closed at 31.24V, July closed
nt U.16; September, $1 13'Ch 1.13V4. closed
at $1.134. Receipts, 103,200 bu.; shipments.
8,099 bu.
CORN Spot market, steady; steamer,
64c and No. 4, 62V?. elevator, export
basis; export No. 2, 654c, nominal. Option
market was aulet. but firmer, on small
receipts and light offerings, closing
net higher. May closed at 72c; July, i4'c;
September closed at 74c. Receipts, 88,200
bu.: shioments. 80.486 bu.
OATS Spot market dull; mixed oats, 26
to 32 . pounds, nominal; natural white, 26
to 32 pounds. 4tt;u61c; clipped white, 34 to
42 pounds, 60V453c. May closed at 494c,
Receipts, 77,775 bu.; shipments. 4,456 bu.
FEED Quiet ; western spring bran, 100
nound sacks. $24.2T&'24.75.
HAY Dull; prime. $1.16; No. 1. $1.10161.15;
No. 2, $1.0StR1.10; ISO. , fi.W0i.wi.
HIDES Firm; Central America, 22Vsc
Roe-ota 224c.
LEATHER Firm: hemlock firsts. 26'
29c; seconds. 234f27c;- thirds, 22gac; re
lertert 20??21c.
PROVISIONS Pork, firm; mess. $27.00;
familv. kzi.mtfii8.00:' short clear. $2b.0O4j28 50.
Beef, firm: mess. $14 5015.00; fajnlly. $19.00
tnl9.60; Deer nams, 124.umpit1.uu. -i nn,
steadyr pickled bellies, 10 to 14 pounds,
$16.6OW17.00. Lard, steady; middle west,
prime, $14.701fl4.80; refined, firm; continent
$15.00; South America, $15.45; compound,
tin ?Affno 50
TALLOW Firm; prime city, hhds., 7Vc;
country, 677V. M ,
POULTRY Alive, strady; fowls, 19(ff20c;
turkeva. 14fi21c. Dressed, dull; western
chickens, 16&17c; fowls, 15&18Vsc; turkeys,
a 23c.
BUTTER Steady; creamery,
third
to
first 26fc 32c.
I
EUOS Steady ; western jiraio
regular
packed, 21&21V:.
St. I.oals Produce Market
ST. LOVIS. March 26 WHEAT Futures
closed weak; May. fi.u; Juiy. ii.pi;
cash steady; track No. 2 red, $1.2031.22;
No. 2 hard, $1.12&l l. ,
i -nHN Futures firm: May. 68Tc; July
654fa64c; cash, firm; track. No. 2 white,
6646ec; no. a, two.
OATS Futures steady: May, Kc,; July
424c; cash stesdy; trsck. No. t, 44c; No
2 white, 4!ii47c.
HYF. H Kher. s c.
SM.ot'R ITnchanaed: red winter patents.
$5.406.60; extra fancy and straight, $4.70'gi
6.40; hard winter clears, .i mg.w.
SEED Timothy. 3.uu((jJ.ti.
I'l lRKUf.AI 13 25.
BRAN Firm; sacked, east track, $1.12'8
1 11
HA Y Timothy, fif.waia.ou; prairio, ai-ou
14.00.
U h M w -1 w 1 1 r.
provisions Pork. steady: jobbing
$26.00. Lard, higher; prime steam. fl4.nwq)
14 TTijL. urv salt meats, uocohiikcu, uuacu
extra shorts. $15,374; clear ribs, $15,374
hnri rltara. I15.621. Bacon, unchanged
hoxed extra short, $16624; clear ribs,
tifin-u.- ahort clears. $16.(74.
POUl.Trti rum; criicneiiB, inu, eiiugo
20c: turkeys. 21c; oucks, mc; geese, ic
BUTTEK steady; creamery, iuac.
V.C.CIH Lower. 19c.
Kei-r ots. nnmrnt-niii. .
Flour, bbls..
.... 1.600 8,3 0
.... 46.300 18.HI0 1
....185.SOO 66 101
Wheat, bu..
Corn, bu....
Oats, bu
81,200 67,100
Kansas City Prod nee Market.
WAVrtAS CITY. Msrch 26 WHEAT
May, $1,084: July, $1,034; September. $1,024.
Cash unchsnged to lc lower; No. 2 hsrd.
$1 10a1 12; No. 3. $!.0S(&1.11; No. 2 "ed, $1174$
1.21; No. 3, fi. 12V 1.1s.
CORN May. 624c July. 684c: September.
6'ijr6'.'4c. Cash 4'plc higher; No. 3 mixed,
614Ctf62c; No. 3. 60461c; No. $ whits, 624
621c; No. 3. 814fJt2c
OATS Unchsnged; No. 3 white, 44tj46c;
No. 2 mixed. 43fq44c.
BUTTER Unchanged: creamery, extras,
314c; firsts, 294c; seconds, 274c; packing
stock. 21c.
EGGS Unchanged ; current receipts, $6.90
a case.
R Y E 75c.
HA Y Unchanged; choice timothy, $14.j0
C16 00; choice prairie, $11.25'5f 11.60; choice
alfalfa, $17.0tm 18.00.
Receipts. Shipments
Wheat, bu 79.0O1 62,ut)
Corn bu 46.000 68 .
Oats, bu 8.000 U.VJQ
New fork Prodaee Market.
NEW YORK, Msrch 26.-POULTRY-
Alive steady; fowls, lrrjjoc; turkeys, u'uiic;
dressed dull; western chickens, 16"al7o;
fowls, 15fi!84; turkeys. I7U23C.
BUTTER titesdy; cresmery, third to
first. J64J32C.
F.GGs Stesdy ; .. western first, regular
$4 I packed. 110-140.
OUAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cuttle of All Kinds Sharply Lower
for the Week.
HOGS STRONGER FOR THE WEEK
Beat Kinds of Fat l.amb Fifteen to
Twenty-Five Higher for the
Week, with Other Kinds
Steady.
POI TH OMAHA. March 26. 1910.
I.ere-.pts Were:
OtftnlaV Monday
Official Turxlsv ...
Official Wednesday
Official Thursday .
Official Frldsy
Estimate Saturday .
Cattle. Ilea. She-p
.. 6 704 $.043 10.170
.. 6.M'1 9 210 1
. 11 VO X.0-S 7. I
.. 3 9?6 7.1'V" 7.S47
, 1 OH 6 010 2.7;!
S9 4.6."9 8
Six davs this wefk 22.971
Same days last week 51.6x7
Same days 2 w eek-sngo. .20.914
Same (lavs 3 weeks ago..2I.C4
Same days 4 weeks sgo..?.15st
Same daya last year 16.648
84.312
3.-..2U
27 3T3
26 6.4
37,117
Tho following table shows the recelpta
of cattle, hogs and sheep at South Omaha
for th year to deV, compsrtd with last
Near. 1910. 1 '.. lne. Deo.
Cattle 246.413 220.409 25.004
Hogs 64V2SO 679.300 134.140
Sheep 3M.973 84.622 41.619
The following tahie shows the averace
price of hogs st South Omaha for the last
several dsys, with comparisons:
Dsts. l!10. 1909. 190S. 11907. 1 1908. 1190J. 11904.
March ,15.110 391 6 40 II M 0I 4 9t J a
March 18. 10 ii. S M 4 48 s j "i ri o io
Match 17.l0 361 6 6S 64 I C 111 4 IB 6 04
111 4 9
6 01
I H
i nl ox'
March I8.10f.1
Ml 4 ft 4H
44 4 63l I 48'
5 04
4 98
Msrch 19. W 60,
March 20.
6 441 4 661 6 40,
March 21. 10 6:V
4 73 I 26
19 6 11
4 92
4 95
4 97
6 02
6 06
March 22 10 : 64
6 181 6 OS
6 201 6 01
Msrch 23 10 n. 6 f 4
9' 16
March 24.110 65V4I 6 611 4 80
6 24 6 08
March 26. 10 . I 6 68 ; 4 89i 6 081
5 lb
Match 26.110 txVl 6 67 6 1 03' 6 201
I 5 U
Sunday.
Receipts mid disposition of live stock at
the I'nlon Stock yards, South Omaha. Neb.,
for twenty-tour hours ending at 3 p. m.,
yesterday :
RKCKIPTS.
Cattle iiogs. Sheep. H r s.
Missouri Pacific
$
Union Pacific ...
C. & N. W., east
C. & N. W.. west
C. St. P. M. & O.
C. H. & Q., east..
C. B. & Q.. west..
Illinois Central ..
C. G. W
12
6
21
ii
19
1
1
66-
Total receipts
DISPOSITION".
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Omaha Packing Co
Swift & Company
Cudahy Packing Co.....
Armour A Comany
Schwartz-Bolen Co
Murphy shippers
Cudahy from K. C
Other buyers
Total
860
1.274 '
I 1.302
776
122
312 .....
72
1 8
76 4.636 ' 8
CATTLE The msrket, ss usual on a Sat
urday, was bare of cattle, but the total re
ceipts for the week have been very liberal,
i-.,nlni tittle ahead of last week's total
and larger than a year ago by-over 7,000
head. - , . .
The present week started out with a good
strong market on beef steers, but U Be
came apparent early In the week that the
market after the sensational advance of
$l.uurjl.50 per hundred was becoming de-
cldedlv .topheavy. inis ietiing, wmnmi
with liberal receipts at all market points,
brought about a very natural reaction.
Prlces began breaking Wednesday and
traveled down hill rapidly during the re
mainder of the week. At the Close of the
week it Is safe to quote a decline of 1526c
on the more desirable beef steers, as com
pared with the close of last week, and a
drop of 3050c on the medium and common
kinds. ...
Cows and heifers, and in tact an ainaa
of . butcher stock, have suffered in pro
portion with beef steers. At the close of
tho week the more desirable kinds sre
around 25c lower than last week, with the
common and medium kinds, such as the
feeder buyers were taking ar. one
50o or more lower. The medium kinds or
bulls have suffsred a sharp reaction ana 11
takes good calves at the close of the week
to bring $8.
Htockers ana reeaers si ine unguiume
the week were selling at wild prices, val
ues had been advancing at a rapta pae
for three weeks or more until a point had
been reached where prices were entirely
beyond all reason. It seemed as If buyers
came to thla conclusion all of a sudden.
.lth tha result that the maraei nuriua.
the latter half of the week went off quite
rapidly, the good kinds or reeaers aecm um
about 26c, with the common to medium
lilnrf. aa miiih as MIC. lower.
Considering the amount 01 lavinc.
. . a I - .V.a.
has taken place auring me mm i,.
weeks the msrket at the close of the pres
ent week, even after the severe orii.
noted above, is still In s very satisfactory
condition as viewed from a seller's stand
point. . .
Quotations on cattle: uooa 10 cnoitu
cornfed steers. $7.2x&S16; fair to good corn
fed steers, $fi.757.25; common to fair corn
fed steers, $5.75ff8.76: good to choice cows
mot heifers IS .7Mf.ll. In: tiir to aooa cum
and heifers, $4.605.25; common to fslr cows
and heifers, $2.25(64.60; good to choice
Blockers and feeders. $6.00t7.00: fair to
good stockers and feeders. $5.00i36.00: com
nii,n to fair storkers and feeders. $4.00i5.00
stock heifers, $3 60a4.&0; veal calves, $4.00
8.00; hulls, stags, etc.. $3.764r6.25.
HOGS It was another slow oeai in ine
hni virrli this mornina on a light supply-
Packers needed a few hogs, but they
wanted them at generally steady prices
and most of the early business was tran
sacted on this basis. A few selected losds
of good butchers were sold at nuotably
strong figures, but demand was limited
and buyers inclined to discriminate In
favor of the heavy, smooth lots. The ship
ping outlet was very narrow, ss usual, only
a few loads being purchased on outside
orders.
As the morning advanced the slow.
'drsggy tone to movement became more
pronounced and prices on most of the later
sales looked to be weak to a shade lower,
as compared wltn yesterday s general
trade. In soma Instances sellers, declared
that the best money obtainable on their
holdings was as much ss a nickel lower.
For the week receipts show a decided de
crease as compared with last week's run
and a much larger decrease as compared
with supply during the same week last
year. Shipping orders have been notably
absent on most days and packers have
taken advantage of the lack of competition
whenever it was possible. Still, aside from
more or less weakness during the first two
dsys, prices have 'held up very well. Pres
ent values range from strong to 5c higher,
as compared with a week ago.
Representative sales:
STAGS.
No.
1...
1...
1...
1...
1...
I. ..
1 ..
il...
...
14...
17...
44...
...
1...
1. ..
74...
M...
28...
t...
Ti...
It. ..
..
78. . .
74...
II. ..
n...
it .,
47...
M...
77...
'..,
74...
40...
U..
1. .,
' Ar.
....470
....W0
...J0
4Q
410
Mil
...H
....111
....114
...AH
....114
....217
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khkep There was nothing received to
day In ths wsy of sheep or lambs and ths
market remained nominally stesdy.
Plenty of lambs and few sheep hsve been
coming to msrket this week, but total
supply Is little different from last week's
run or the same week last year. Mexican
stock from Colorado feed lots hss been
especially abundant and high dressing
strings scored nominal advances during the
firat part of the week, but closln Irads
hss been more or less dlssppo.'nting to
shippers. Practically all of the early ad
vance haa been wiped out except, per
hsps, on selected grades of high dreasera
snd these are no better than lkitS&c higher
than a week ago. Tha best Mexicans here
lately topped at $10.46 and a small string
of spring lambs broke all price records at
$18.60. Heavy lambs have been slow sals
at all times.
Ths sheep and of the trade haa acted
more creditably, owing to a very limit
Svipplv. Good ewes In the fleece have beerj
selling st $8 OW 2S. yearlings well ove,$!0
and wethers up to $ MV Nothing of rnnse.
quence In the way of shorn Roods has been
received, such small bunches of sheep and
lambs as were on sale Rotng at the usual
f 1 00 sptead In prlocs Itiislness In the
f. eder branch or the trade haa peen ve .
oulel. A few strings were taken back Inly
the country to be sheared, hut supply h i
been Inadequate and the volume of Inli
limited. Prices on suitable ara.les If
shearer stock sre quotahly stesdy with la.'
wek.
Quotations and sheep and lamhs: Spring,
lambs, choice. $I.VtVii 19.00; spring lamhs,
Medium. U "'i 16 "0; gooil to choice lamhs,
$IOOOrU10 40; fair to goorilamhs, $9 tV'tf Hi 00;
good light vearllngs, $!00tr9.4n; good heavy
rearllngs, $xUt9U); good to choice wethers,
tl.v,i8 60. fair to good v. ethers. $7.66$ L In :
good to choice ewes. $;.90ys.4t; fair to good
, $7.60117.90.
thlratto I. He Stork Market.
CHICAGO. March 26 CATTt.tt-ReoelPtg
estimated at SoO tud; market steady;
beeves. $."i.7.vi8 10; Texas steers. $YI0'(J6.6O;
western steers. $T.lv,f 7.00; stock era arid
feeders. $3.W'i x0; cow and heifers, $. 90 J
7. :'.": calves. $8 2519.78.
HOGS Receipts estimated at 8.000 head!
market taw to Se lilarher: lishts. $10 6,V,f
HI. 90; mixed. $10 6611 U.0; heavy. $10.7011-061
roiiah. $10.7041 10.80: good to choice heavy,
$IOvoll On; pigs, $9.8010.76; bulk of sales,
$ III 8Vi 10.96.
SHKKP AND IAMKS-Hecelpts es;lm.tel
at 1,000 head; market steady; native, $S i$
9 10; western. $.yko-,i!).1S; yearlings, 38 flth
9 60; lambs, native, $8.7&ti 10.50, wewfrn.
$7.50fi 10. t.
Kansas t'lty l.lve Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY, March I6.-CATTl.K-He-celpts..
200 head, no southerns; market
steady; native steers. $ii.4tfg.6; southern
steers, $6.tH7.76; southern cows. $X(viiv00i
native cows and heifers. $1.VKI7.'.S; stock
era and feeders. $4.60'ti6.66; bulls. $ 2V,6 Oil.
calves. $4.nOti9.00; western steers. $6.0tvn8.2S;
western cows, $4.00ftti.n0.
H KJS Kecelpis. 2.000 hesd: market So
higher; hulk of sales. $IO.J('a 10.85; henvy,
$1". 80i 10.90; packers and butchers. $10 70iJ
10 85. light. $10. 4(o 10 6h; pigs, $9,751) IO00.
SHEEP ANI LAMHS- Receipts. 2 000
head; market steadv; muttons, $7.26.6i;
laml). $9.0iki 10.25; fed western wethers and
yearlings, $7. 75'yi).50; fed western ewes, $7.
St. l.onls I,le Stock Market.
ST. LOUIS. Marcli 26 CATTLE Re
ceipt.'. 150 head. Including M Texans; mri,rt ,
steadv; native beef steers. $.6iwd.50: C' lfje
and heifers. $3.50.ji7.25; stockers and feedy
ers. $400frj6.00; Texas and Indian steers.
$5.357.8.45; cows and heifers. $3.00a'7.00;
calves. In carload lots. $3.2.Va9.76.
. 1 HOUK Receipt. 1.800 head: marset.
steadv: pigs and lights. $7. 50m 10.75; packers.
1 1 $10.60'a 10.90; butchers and best heavy, $10.6j
fill 1 1.00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS None.
Rt. Joseph Live Stock Market.
ST. JOSEPH. March 26 CATTLE Re
ceipts, 100 head; market stesdy; steers, $7.J
8.60; cows and heifers, $3.2.W7.25; calves.
$4 00Co9.00. . .
HOGS Receipts. 1.500 head; market,
steady to 5c higher; top, $10.90; bulk of".
sales, fl0.63Cf-10.76.
Sloax City Live Stork Market.
SIOUX CITY. la.. March l.-(9peclal
Telegram.) CATTLE-Receipts. 100 head;
market unchanged; beevea, $.70Q7.I75; cows
and heifers, $4.765.80; stockers and feed
ers. $4.85(&6 10.
HOGS Receipts, 2,500 head; market,
strong to 6c higher; range of prices, $10.63
C 10.90; bulk of sales, $10.70(3 10. 75.
Stock In Sight.
Receipts of live stock at the six prlncl"
pal western markets yesterday.
catne.Mogs.Bnerp.
i
South Omaha,
89
4.599
Sioux City
St. Joseph ,
...100
...ion
...200
...150
...300
2.500
1.600
2,000
1.800
5.000
2.(4
iljoi
Kansas City,.
b,. Louis
Chicago
Totals ....
WEATHER
939 17.399 $,(!
IN THE GRAIN BELT
Showers
and Thunderstorms
and
Colder on Sunday.
OMAHA, March 26. 1910.
Thunder showers are reported in central
and eaatern Iowa -this morning, and light
rains are falling In western Nebraska and
western South Dakota. A barometric de
pression, with its center over eastern Colo
rado, overlies the mountain district and
eastern slope, and generally unsettled
weather prevails from the mountslns east
to the Mississippi river. This disturbance
will continue eastward over the central
valleys during the next twenty-fouf- tl
thirty-six hours, and the outlook Is ver
favorable for showers and thunderstorm!
In this vicinity tonight or Sunday. Tem
peratures are lower In the Ohio valley.
ilo valley,
a, and thi
ther In thJ
ilsslppl am
lower lake reaion. eastern states.
extreme southwest. They are highe
tmner lake region, the upper Missis
Missouri valleys, and throughout thai
northwest. The condition that make
thunder showers probsbly will cause cooled
weather in this vicinity tonight and Sun
day.
The Missouri river continues to fall at aB
points from Kansas City north.
Temperature and precipitation as com'
pared with the last three yeara:
1910. 1909. 1908. 11X17,
Minimum temperature.... 60 36 27 4
Precipitation 00 T .00 .is
Normal temperature for today, 41 degree
Deficiency In precipitation since March I
1.02 inches.
Deficiency
corrf spondlng period in i:r.i
.58 inches.
Deficiency
.70 Inches.
L. A.
corresponding period in 190!
WELSH, Local Forecaster.
Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, March 26 -The conditio!
of the treasure a' the beginning of business
today was as follows:
Trust Funds (oiu coin. $853,279,827; silver
dollara. $489,793,000; silver dollars of HM,
$3.80C.OOO; -silver certificates outstanding,
$489,793,000.
General Fund Standard silver dollars lit
general fund, $2,002.7)26; current liabilities,
or-
total balance in genera,) fund. $84,543,$U
I
llnnk t lenrliigs.
OMAHA. March 26. -Hank clearings for
today were .2.374 7fl:.70. and for the cor
responding date last year were $2,042.101 71.
1910. 19119.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
$ 3.389.320.TH $ 2.8J9.193.M
.... 2.543.269.W 2.103.8H820
C.W2.855 68 2.8MV808 13
.... 3.124,263 94 2.230.676 47
.... 2.866.558.65 2.390.727.14
.... 2,374.700.70 2.042.101.71
Totala $17,290,977.80 $13,976,411.48
Increase over the corresponding week
last year, $.1,314,566.32.
( New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, March 26. MONEY tin
call, nominal; no loans. Time loans, nom
inal; sixty dsys, 34ft 4 per cent; 90 days, 4
per cent; six months. 4'94'i per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-4W
per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE Nominal, with
artiial business in bankers' bills st $4. 8375
i4XH) for sixty-day bills and at $4. 1,708 for
demand. Commercial bills, $4.S3Vlj4.S3V
liar Market.
OMAHA, March 26. HAY No. 1, $10 00;
No. 2, $900; packing, $6.00. Straw: Wheat,
$7.00; rye and oat, $8.00. Alfalfa, $13 00.
The aupply of poor hay is heavier than the
demand.
Herbert E. Gooch Co
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