THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. APRIL 21, 1917.
LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cattle of All Kinds Steady for
the Day Lambs Fifteen
to Quarter Higher.
BOOS FIVE TO TEN HIGHER
Omaha, April S HIT.
lUeatpts wars:
Official Monday
Official Tuesday ....
Official Wednesday...
Official Thursday....
Eallmata Friday
Cattle. Host. Bhesp.
I.SIJ
10.3S0 1 1,454
,!
7,009
.?(
eso
lt,6 a.ltl
17,U
t.100
,!
8.800
S.Z01
MOO
five dsys this t.2MS S4.JII 3S.11I
Rama daya laat weak. .31.1(0 44.400 a,7tl
Seme days I wka. ato.Jl.617 46.(31 Ss.147
Sam day I wka. avo.32.264 72,608 37,290
Sana daya 4 wka. afo.ll, 131 41.333 43 300
Sama day. laat year.. 11.911 (2.933 42,'237
Reoetpta and disposition of Hva stock at
tha Union Stock yarda for twenty-four hours
andtm at 3 o clock yaaterday afternoon:
RECEIPTS CARS.
Cattla. Hota. Shoap. H r a
f. M. ft St. P t
Wabash a
MlaaeUFl Pacific... 1 1
Union Pacific 13 33 14
C. N. W., aaat... 1
CAN. W.. waat.. 3 30 ! 3
C, St P.. M. O. 1 ..
C, B. O.. waat... t 1 10
C. R. I. P., east .. I
Minis Central 2
Total! .......... 14 H M 1
DISPOSITION HEAD.
Cattta. Hoi. 8-heap.
Morris 4 Co II 274 ....
Swift ft CO !1 l,ll( ,M2
Cndahy Packlnar Go 112 1,273 1,317
Armour ft Co 1(1 1,443 1,101
Hchwsrts ft Co 01 ...
J. W. Murphy l.Me ....
Lincoln Packing. Co...... 3 .
Cudahy. Danvar 123 ...
Wilson Packing Co. ...... 3-4 ...
F. B. Lewis 3 .... ....
J. B. Root ft Co. ....... 4 ...a i ....
Crlstl .... 3 .
Huffman .. 34 ' ..
Bannar Brothers ........ 11 .... ....
John Harvey E ....
Othar buyars .....,.14.1 .... ....
Totals 903 (.111 1,780
Cattle Receipt wars light, only twenty
aaven oars being reported In. which was
hardly enough to make a market, but what
few thera were changed hand a In good
season at good, steady prices, Thera was
nothing oholco fa afght to make a, top on
tha market
Quotations en Cattle Qood to choice
beeves, $11.(0(918.33; fair tn good beeves,
910.764211.30l common to fair beavea, 38.(0
10.71; good to choice hetfere, (.(010.8K;
good to eholoa oows, 98.7(910.60; fair to
good cows, 92.00 98.73 : common to falrcowa,
fe.s0tys.06; prima feeding ataars, 19.(09
9.73; good to choice feeders, 98.7( 99.(0;
fair to good feeders. 98.00 9 8.73; common to
fair feeders, 98.7598.00, good to choice
atocksra, 98.1099.78; took heifers. 17.009
9.7(; stock cows, 93.0098.38; stock oalves.
93.00910.(0; veal calv s, 81.00913.60; beat
bulla, atags, etc., 98.O099.3O.
Representative sales:
BEEF STEERS.
No. At. Pr
No.
At. Pr.
; 116 97 36
. 301 9 (0
. (( 9 76
1 380 T 09
1........1100 9 83
T.. ...... 377 9 88
1. ....... 963 10 31
IT 922 10 89
19 1181 11 23
I..
19..
11.
18..
13..
7.
.1030 10 76
.10(3 11 18
.12(1 11 40
1103 11 (0
STEERS AND HEIFERS.
It..,.... 379 9 1 189 (0
9 771 10 09 8. ...... 9(1 19 36
21,MUm 141 19 30
HIS ITERS.
1. ....... 490 T 73 1 (II 10
1. ....... 900 I 71 1 1131 19 10
Hogg Vndsr tha influence of light re
ceipt! and a generally atronger tons all
ground the circuit the hog market re
act. d thla morning, most of tha offerings
finding an outlet, at prlcea that were (9
loo higher than .yesterday. Tha ahlpplng
demand waa not overly broad, but such
hogs as shlppsrs did buy looked right
round 10c above yesterday prlcea.
Tha packer trade got under way In good
season, opening fully 9o higher, and being
as much as loo higher In apota before the
does. Light hogs were uneven, aoma of
them showing much greater gains than was
quoted on tha general market, while othara
were, as haa been tha caaa alt week, bard
to sell at any prloe. The cloaa waa weak,
moat of tha packera leaving tha yarda when
there were allll a number of care in first
ttanda. Thaee hogs that were left unaold
were mainly en tha light order, though
gome of them were of a decent olaas.
Good butcher weight and heavy hogs
ware not vary plentiful and tha general
quality waa only fair, being no batter than
yesterday, and If anything hardly as good.
Bulk of the sarea waa made at 916,209
16.60, with a scattering of the plain atuft
on down, and an extreme top of 118.70.
Tha market Is still generally 16949 lower
tban laat week.
Representative sales:
No. At. Sh. Fr No. Av.
J7..1S1 ... 14 80 91. .188
... II 99
,.. II IB
139 16 13
100 13 41
... 16 (9
... II 83
1..K9
(.,919
(..9t
S3.. 399
((..379
(S..I9T
(9 16 10 .
0 16 99
(19 18 40
... 16 69
(9 16 (9
... II 10
(1..338
((..187
TO. .938
M..219
12.. 1(9
viat.
29.. 99
38.. 167
... 11 3D
40 14 09
61. 134
13 10
Bheep Only g fair run waa in eight early
thla morning, hut oy mldrorenoon a pretty
liberal Friday run had got In. The chute
count waa twenty.flva loada, or 9,000 head,
and besides theae several cars of drlve.lna
were on offer. For the week receipts have
been 19.119 haa!, aa against 38,799 laat
week, 29,847 two weeks ago and 42,297
laat year. ;
Tha outlet (or lambs was broad and
fairly liberal auppllaa were cleaned up In
pretty good season at generally higher
prloea. Part of tha offerlnga carried wet
fleeces and thla made them ooat packers
mora than they appeared to on paper. In
one or two spot the trade waa only ateedy,
but aa at general thing galea looked fully
13o higher, and In extreme casea aales were
1 a quarter higher, considering tha oondltlon
of tha lambs. Light and handy Mexican
lambs, whioh made up the bluk of tha run,
. sold mainly areund 91(.7(491(.39, tha latter
price, which was paid for eeveral ears, being
a new record. Tba fact la that bad a bunch
of light, dry llextcana of good quality been
here they would have been worth 919.83
or 91( 90, Judging by the way tha stuff that
, waa here aold. Fed westerns at 14.40 ear
rled quits g bit ef water, besides which they
ahowad ft l(o advance In price over what
their mates brought yesterday. Other west-
) erne, Including aome that were weighty, aold
at Sl(.2(t)16.!(. The only clipped lambo
that were here ware very heavy. They
sold at II1.401S,60,
No aheep were here on which ft market
could be baaed, but they were nominally
quoted atronger. About the only mature
stock on offer waa a laod of Mexican weth
' ere with ft sprinkling of xearlinge. They
brought 911.10,
For tha week wooled lambs are In the
geighborhood of 3(o higher, while clipped
took la Just about steady. Old sheep have
been too scarce to make ft market ntoet
' gays, but current quotatlona are aa much
as 9Bo higher than tha prices In fores 00
, laat woek'a close.
Quotations on sheep and Iambs: Lambs,
light and handy, 15. 16016. 90; lambs, heavy,
13.001)11.30: lambs, fresh shorn, 113.000
18.76; lambs, shearing, 914.0OtJ14.80: year
llnge, good to choice, I13.09e)13.7(; year,
lings, fair to good, 112.009)12.00; wethers,
fair to choloe, 111.(03)18.00; ewes, good to
choice, 113.009)18.(0; ewea, fair to good,
Ill.ooei3.09; owes, plain to culls, 17.609
10.76. ,
Beprsaentatlva galea;
No. At.
Pr.
461 fed lambs 34
993 fed wethers and yearlings.. 93
394 Mexican lambs (7
443 Mexican lambs 80
IS fed awes 73
194 fed lambs , (3
140 clipped lambs 80
149 Mexican lambs 74
116 2(
13 26
II (0
18 (0
11 36
1( 36
11 36
19 90
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MABKET.
Cattle Weak, Hogs Strong and Sheep
Chicago, April 30. Cattle Receipts, 1,900
head; market weak; native beet cattle,
II. 00018. 16: stackers and feeders, 17.160)
9.90; cowa and hellers. 16.(04)11.00; oalves,
I!. 50O12.76,
Hega ftecelpta, 13,009 head; market
atrong. (c above yesterday's average; bulk,
I13.46t)16.8; tight, 14.(6l(.76; mixed,
316. 30O16.96; heavy ll(.304)l(.0l rough,
91(.30t19.40; Plga, 110.004)13.10. ' ,
Sheep Reootpta, 10.000 head: market
atrong; wethers. I10.90()l2.10; ewes, 19.264)
12.(0; lambs, 113.004)14.09.
St. Loals Oraln Market.
St. Louis. April 20 Wheat No. I, 91.91;
No. I hard, nominal; May, 91.(4; July,
91.19.
Corn No, I, 11.14; No. 1 white, II. IIS
1.42; May, 11.47; July, 1.42.
Oats No. t nominal; No. 9 whits nominal.
GRAIN ANDPRODUCE
Wheat Market is UnuBuaUy
Slow Break in Futures
Causes Slump.
COMMISSION MEN HOLD
Omihi, April 2", JUT.
Receipts of train today wera very good,
hut a lata brtak in futura caufusd dutl-
nM Id the local each market and tradcri
could not aer-aa on nrtcM.
Wheat trading wai unueualty alow and at
a lata hour In tha caah mton then) had
not been on oar of thli cereal reported 40 Id.
Tha dmand, however, wai not over active
and arilra generally were not sat Uf led with
tha prlcea offered by tha ouyeri, ana,
most Instances, tha com m .salon man held
thftlr samples over.
The position of the corn and oats markets
was Utile better than that of wheat, and
while there were seventy-two cars of corn
and fifty-seven cara of oats received today,
only a small part of these offerings were
disposed of, although both of these market
were quoted substantially higher.
Tha demand for corn seemed to be con
fined metaiy to tha white variety and the
bulk of the better grades of white corn so! a
around 11.67 and tl.&S, an advance ef 2c
over yestartsay's market.
There was hardly any yellow corn sol 4
and only a few cars of mixed, alf hough
prlcea ware quoted somewhat higher on both
of these varieties.
The oat market waa about unchanged,
tut the demand for this cereal was very
poor. Bales of standard oats were made ttt
7! Vie and 7Sc and a few cars of No. 3 white
brought 12c.
Rye seemed to be the only article that
was In good demand and most of the sam
ples of this cereal sold at record prices, No.
i rye being quoted at W.M, while the No. I
grade brought 91.90 and $i.9f.
Earley Continued quiet with prices ad
vancing steadily and the demand tot the
better grades continued active,
Clearances were: Wheat and flour sflual
to Jr.3,000 ouTT" corn, eao.ooo bu.
Primary wnear receipt were 711, vov on.
and shipments 778,000 bu.
Primary corn receipts were rzi.ocmi bu.
and shipments 491.000 bu.
Primary oala receipts were 734,00") bu.
and shipments 1,039,000 bu.
CARLOT RUrmpTS.
Wheat. Corn,
Oats.
133
Chicago . . . .
Mlnneepolla ,
Duluth
Omaha ......
Kansas City ,
Bt. Louis ....
Winnipeg ...
67
81
.200
.. 3
. 31
. el
. 99
..201
71
10
(7
(3
These eales were reported!
Wheet No. 2 hard winter: 1 car. 12.70.
No. 4 herd winter: (4 car, 12.(8, Sample
hard winter: 1 car, 12.(3; (4 car bln
burnt), I2,a0. No. 4 durum (mixed); 1
oar, 12.21. No. 8 mixed: 1 car, 12.70, ,
Rye No. 3: 1 car, 11.11. No. 8: 1 car,
11.10; 1 car, 11.10.
Barley no. i; 2-t car. 91.41. no. a:
-( car, 11.36.
Corn No, 3 white: 9 cara, 91.68. No. 3
white: 1 car (ehlppers' welghte), 91.(7(4!
1 cere, 11.(7, No. 4 white: 1 car. 11.66.
No. I mixed: 8 cara, 11.61; 1 car, 11.41.
No. 3 mixed; 1 car (near white). I1.66; I
cars (shippers' weights), 11.61.
Oata Standard: 2-6 car, 78c; 1 ear.
73o. No. 1 white: 4 cara (ahlppere
weights), 72c: 14 cars, 71c. No. 4 white:
2 cars, 70(4o, Sample white: 2-( car, 71c.
Omaha Caen Prices Wheat: No. 1 hard,
12.(902.70; No. I hard, 12.0(02.49; No. 4
hard, 9.(0O2.(. Corn: No. 9 white, 11.(7(4
01.6(; No. I white, 11.(701.(7(4; No. 4
white, 11.(1(401.67; No. ( white, 11.(40
1.(6; No. 8 white, ll.(601.6(; No. 3
yellow, ll.80V4Ol.61l Nc. 3 yellow, 11.300
1.81; No. 4 yellow, It. 60O1.60V4 No. ( yel
low. 91.49(40 1 60; No. ( yellow. 11.480
1.41; Nc 2 mixed. 1.30Ol.(l: No. 3
mixed, I1.60O1.61; No. 4 mixed, 11.49 01.(0;
No. ( mixed, ll.4301.4l; No. 0 mixed,
1.4101.48. Oata; No. 1 white. 72 0 73(4c;
standard, 71 073: No. I white, 71 0 72c;
No. I whits, 70O70c Barley: Malting,
1.1001.41; No. 1 teed, 31.3601.30. Rye:
No. I. ll.90Ol.ll: No. 3, ll.S0ei.90(4,
Local range of optional
Art. OpenT High. Low. Closs Tea.
Witt. I I I
May 1 19 i II 2(9 I II 2(3
July 904H 1 08Vj lis 1 tM, josh
Sep. 1 79 1 33 17( 1 79tt 177
Corn.'
May 1 43 1 10 149 1 4314 143
July. 1 40 mi 1 46(4 140U 1 4114 13
Bep. 1 39 1 33 130 1 10 U1H
Oata.
May (9 (9 I3t4 93H (9
July , (l4 31 81. (94
Bop. (3tj 6314 61 81 (3H
Chicago closing prices, furnished The Bee
by Logan at Bryan, etock and grain brok
ars, 813 Bouth Sixteenth street. Omaha:
Art. Open. High. I,ow. Close. Yes.
Wlit. I . 1
May I 40 I 44 336 1 W 341
July 3 03 I 11 197(4 3 00(4 306
Bap. 1 77',, 1 89 111', 1 78 179
Corn,
May 1 4H 1 44 141 1 44 148
July 1 41 1 46 128 1 40 111(4
Bep. 1 S2 t 31 131 1 82(i 131(4
Oats.
May 36 87 (4 (6 (8(4
July 84 (8(4 (8(4 (3(4 (4
Sap. ' (( (3 (( (6 6814
Perk.
May (8 (0 81 (0 38 (0 34 (0 97 30
July 17 09 17 36 36 46 10 61 37 10
Lard.
May 10 II 20 33 20 76 tO 77(4 21
July 11 13(4 It II 20 96 20 (6 21 12
Ribs.
May 19 (0 19 (7(4 19 80 II 99 II 83
July I 10 08 20 17(4 II 80 II 82(4 20 07
Sugar Market.
New York, April 10, Sugar Raw, steady;
centrifugal, 3.87c; molasses, 1.39c, Refined,
firm: flns granulated, 7.60c. Sugar futuree
opened eteadler and a few poinla below
lest night's closing under continued liqui
dation. Prices rallied later on covering
and renewed demand from trade Interests
and at noon were 8 to I polnta net higher.
Sale of Bicycle
Supplies
Saturday at Mickel's
" Every Bicycle Sundry in the House
"FREE" FOR
A Bicycle) Whl.tL Chai Is ETary
100 Tire Pumps, only 5c such
E00 Psirs Toe Clips, at 10c pair
100 Cans Bike Enamel, only... a 15c uch
500 Bells, worth 60c, at ,. .15 ach
100 Tires, worth $3 each, at $2.25 aaeh
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN ALL,
Pumps Tp Baekata
Tog Clips Tubes Lampa
Bella Enamel ' Locks
Tins
Oil
Carnwnt
Spokes
Urapbit.
Our new sprlzj stock ef bikes has arriyed. See them Saturday at
MICKEL'S
Nebraska
15th and Harnjr StrU.
NEW YORK STOCKS
Speculative More Extensively
Liquidated at Gross De
clines of 3 to 7 Points. .
SELLING IS PROFESSIONAL
New York. April 20. Speculative stocks,
notably those which are likely to bear th
greater burden of the governments forth
coming policy of war taxation, were more
extensively liquidated today at groaa da
rllnea of two to aeven polnte. Foremost
among theae laauee were the leading muni
tions and equlpmenta, olla, motor and to
IvircoB, with an admixture of kindred epa
claltka. Helling waa largely of professional origin,
but the aevere ahrlnkage later forced In
veatment offerlnga of high grade laaties. The
aethark embraced fertilizers, papera and
utilities, eapeclelly gas shares.
Ralla opened the aeaalon at galna of 1 to
2 points on the tentstlve rate order granted
by the Tnteratate Commerce oommlaaion.
but theae advances were soon dlaalpated In
whole or part. New Haven duplicated Its
recent minimum of MV,, making partial re
covery with other ralla on belated ahort
covering
The more noteworthy recessions of the
day Included Bethlehem Steel new stock,
which fell 4 point to 116, with 4 for the
old shares at 128; Sioas-Sheffleld, 7 points, at
'I; New York Airbrake, (, at 184: OuK
Statea Steel, 6, ml 121; Industrial Alcohol,
ft. at 102; Union Bag and Paper, 4, at
90, and 4 for omo tiaa t 138.
Ravereala of 3 to 4 polnte were reglatered
by Atlantic, Clulf A. Weat Indlea, General
Motors, American Tobacco, Mexican Petro
leum, Texas company. United statea Rubber,
Dletlllcra' Securltlea, American SStno and
Welts-Ka-rsjo Kxpress. Marines were heavy,
with other shipping moat of the time, but
rebounded briskly toward the cloee.
United States Steel made an extreme loas
of 1 at 110, but was freely taken on
the decline and rallied atmcst a point. Final
prices In moat Instances were 1 to 2 points
above lowest quotations. Total sales, 640,000
snares.
The only feature of the Irregular bond
market waa a 3-polnt rise In New York
Central refunding 4(4e. Total sales of bonds,
oar value. 82,860,000.
United States bonds wars erratic, regis
tered 2a losing per cent end reglatered
2s 1 per cent, coupon 4s advancing 1 per
cent.
Number of ealea and range of prices of
leading atocks
Open. High. Low. Cloaa.
Am. Beet Sugar .. (.100 2 (0 91(4
American Can 30,000 46 46 43
Am. Car & Fndry 600 6 84'
Am. Locomotive
(00 (7 66
16
Am. Smelt, aV Rfg.
Am. Stifrar Rfg. . ,
Am. Tel. & Tel. . . .
Am. Z.. Lead A H.
Anaconda Copper,,
Atchlaon
Atl.O. W.1.S.8 L.
Baltimore A Ohio
Butte A Sup. Cop.
Cel. Petroleum....
2,200
99(4
1(4
200 111(4 111 110
200 123(4 123 121
1,400 22 30 21
10 600 77 76 76
3,'300 102 102 102
1,100 99 96 98
1,7110 76 76 76
1,200 42 41 41
(00 20 20 20
800 161 1(0(4 160(4
1,800 84 82(4 82
1,700 (1 60 80
1,400 81 79 80
600 114 113 113
Canadian Paclfto..
Central Leather...
Ohea. A Ohio....
C, M. ft St. P
C. A N. W
C, R. I. A P., ctfs
Chlno Copper
Colo. Fuel ft Iron
Corn. Prod. Rfg.,.
46 V4
1.700 63
100 47
62
46
23
69(4
62
46(4
23
60(4
46
12
300 23
Crucible StBel 103,000 (2(4
Cuba Cane Sugar 6,200 48
44
11
DIs. Securities....
8.300 14
Kris
1,600 31
27(4
2!
Oeneral Electric...
Gen. Motors
G. N. pfd
O. N. Ore, ctfs....
Illinois Central....
Inapir. Copper.....
800 163 162(4 163
11,800 101 98 100
(,100 110 109 110
1 800 80 (0 10
(.900 104 104 103
3,800 66 64(4
64
Inter. M M. pfd.. 32,800
7
41(4
38
78
78
40
83
32
Inter. Nickel 7.300
40(4
87
22
Inter. Paper
900
K. c. southern
400
32(4
Kentfeeott Copper. 1,100 43
42
43
Loula. A Nash..... 400 131 131
111
44 86
41(4
28
17
22
4
Maxwell Motors... 1,600 46 43
Mex. Petroleum... 7,100 87 86
Miami Copper 1,600 41 41
Missouri Pacific... 8,000 39 28
Montana Power... 200 13 98
Nevada Copper.... 900 22 22
N. Y. Central 1,800 16 12
N. T., N. H. A H. 4,400 41 81
4,400 41 81 40
00 138 138 128
9,200 104 103 103
Norfolk A Weatern
Northern Pacific.
Pacific Mall
700 21 11 21
Pennsylvania 1,300 (2 (3
12
42
Plttaburgh Coal... 1,600 44 42
Ray Con, Copper.. 8,200 29 28
Reading 16,900 96 94
Rep. Iron A Steel. , 4,200 79 77
Shattuck Arls. Cop. 300 24 24
Southern Pacific. 8 400 16 94
29
06
77
14
4
southern Railway.. 9,900 29
28
84
btudeoaker corp... 11,400
86
84
Taxaa Co 4,700 210 206 207
Union Pacific 16,000 188 136 136
U. S. Ind. Alcohol 33,000 101 102 104
U. B. Steel 118,100 112 110 111
U. 8. Steel, pfd.... 400 113 113 117
Utah Copper 7.700 111 109 110
Wabash pfd. "B" 2,600 26 26 25
Weatern Union... 200 97 96 96
Weatlngbouss Eleo 2,300 49 48 48
Totgl salea for the day 140,000 aharss.
London Stocks and Bonds.
London, April SO. American aecurltles
moved narrowly and closed quiet on the
Stock exchange today.
Silver Bar, 37 8-16d per ounce.
Monejr 4 per cent.
Dlecnunt Rates Bhort bills, 404 per
cent; three months' bills, pl04 per cent.
Mew York Money Market.
New York, April 30, Mercantile Paper
4 04 per cent.
Sterling Exchange (0-day bills, 14.72;
commercial 60-day hllla on banks,
commercial 60-day bills. 14.71; dsmand,
14.76: cables, 14.76.
Silver Bar, 74c; Mexican dollars. 67 lie
THE BOYS
Boy Who Makaa a 50c Purchas.
Pgdftig
Cycle Co.
Phon Douflas 166.1.
Bondf OoTernment and railroad, irrefu-
Ur.
Tint Loam Firmer; fiO-day, Si,i per
(rent; 90 dayi, 4ti4l per cent; iix moatnt,
4 4Vt, PT cunt.
Call Money Firmr: hth, 8 pr cent:
low, 2Vi per cent; ruling- rate. 3i per cent;
lait loan, 3 per cent; closing bid, SH per
cf.nl', offered at Z per cent.
U. B, U. ref....9a-K. C. 8. ref. ti..87V
do coupon ...9 L. AN. un, 4i,...91i)i
V. 8. 3w, reg !ttM.1K.AT. let 4e..70
do coupon ...SI Mo. Pac. gen. 4s,. 62
IT. S. 4i, reg.... Mont. Power 5,,9S
do coupon ...lOSViN. Y. C. deb. 6s. 107
'Panama 3, cou.95 M". Pac. 4t 90
Am. For. Bee. do 3a 63
Am.T.T.clt.5 ..9840. S. I. ref. 4i..0
Anglo-French Ei. .UV,Tnc. T. A T. Bs. .90'.
ArmourttCo,4H..93 Pa. con. 4 'a. .103 4
Atchlaon gen. 4. 91 do gen. 4...97H
B. A O. 4n 87'Rending gen.4i .,81 '4
Cen. Leather 6a. 100 Frisco adj. 6f....69
C. P. 1st fifl S. Pac. cv. jf...l00
C. B. A Q. jt. 4a. 904 do ref. 4a 87
Rt. P gen. 4H.-97'6Southern Ry. 6a. .98
Rock Iat. ref. ..12T. & p. lat 9
C. A S. ref. 414s.. 81U. P. 4 94
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND f ROTTCTOVff.
Corn and WhMt Aetid to INew Reord
Karly In 8ehn.
Chicago, April 20. Giant flucuattona
winging the wheat market through a
range of nearly 16c a buahel left valuea
today t to 1 net lower after announce
ment from Washington that the aecretary of
agriculture had asked congress to author
tse tha national council of defense to fix
maximum and minimum prices on food pro
ducts during the period of the war. The
close of the market waa decidedly unsettled,
with May at $2.764; July, 12.00 to 12.00 4,
and September, $1.17 4 taVl.78. Corn finished
44c to lc off. Oata down $.0 to lfec, and
provlelona, 22c to 70c.
Prices began te a hoot skyward tn the
wheat crowd before trading had been In
pro-grew a quarter of an hour. Advocates of
conenrvatl-sm tn market operations aeeraed
at first to be tn control and Initial valuea
averaged easier to a notable extent In con
trast with the wild advances of the prev
ious day. Aa soon, however, as some of tha
oarly aeltera attempted to reverae their po
sition and to collect profits by timely pur
chases the pit was found to be temporarily
a I moat bare of offerings.
A display of hysteria seldom equalled
quickly followed. Assertions that there had
been big acqulattons of the September de
livery for the entente allies seemed to make
that option especially sensitive to tha scare
among shorts and there was no stopping
of the advance of the market until Sep
tember had soared to $1.89, a rise of nearly
13c above the lowest point on the preced
ing decline.
The stampede to buying, which waa Inten
sified owing to reports of killing frosts and
other unfavorable weather conditions In the
southwest and West, carried July up to 12.11
and May to $2.44, an extreme ascent of
7c. Many automatic stop loas orders were
brought Into operation by tha suddenness
of the bulge and contributed to a noticeable
degree to the wlldtieas of the market. Grad
ually, though, the rush to the bull side
exhausted Itself and an Interval that bord
ered on lethargy was witnessed, owing to
lack of demand, prices dropped back and
all the galna disappeared.
Waves of selling disturbed tha wheat
market anew when word came from Wash
ington that the movement for government
regulation of food prices had been given
definite official endorsement by the secre
tary of agriculture. Breaks of 1 to ?H
ensued owing partly, however, to bearish
constructions placed on the Kansas state
crop report, which put condition percent
ages higher than soma' authorities had ex
pected. Bullish aspecta of the report as to
acreage abandonments tended on the other j
hand to rally the market at the last
Thera was a big commission house trade
How America Will
i
Recruit Her Army
; Raising armies is more difficult, as well as more important, than raising flags, and one of the
chief difficulties in the United States is the feeling against conscription.
"There is enough patriotism in this country to get a volunteer army, and until that is demon
strated untrue we should not resort to conscription," declares Senator Thomas of Colorado, while
Senators Stone of Missouri and Gallinger of New Hampshire are among those who think the recruit
ing problem can be best solved by increasing the soldiers' pay. Among Southern congressmen also,
we find opposition to universal service on the ground that it would be inadvisable to give thous
ands of negroes training in the use of arms. Samuel Gompers is also reported to be against con
scription. On the other hand, a recent canvass of 476 newspapers by the National Security League reveal
ed 270 of them in favor of universal military training, 49 opposed to it, and 157 non-committal.
The Milwaukee Sentinel may be said to reflect the consensus of argument in favor of obliga
tory military training: "Under the voluntary system in time of war, the serviceable manhood of
the nation is divided into two parts. There are the patriotic young men who volunteer to go to the
front and, if need be, die in order that the nation may live ; and there are the slackers who are per
fectly willing to sacrifice the other fellows on the altar of patriotism. That is not a democratic ar
rangement. A Democracy which offers equality of opportunity has a right to exact in return equal
ity of service."
Read THE LITERARY DIGEST for April 21st in order to get every viewpoint upon the great
est problem that is now confronting the government. -Among
other articles in this number that are of unusual public interest are:
Who Will Foot the War Bill
The Varioua Plant for Raiting the Vatt Sums Required and How They Affect the Individual Pocketbook
Casting Bread Across the Waters
Britain's Achievement at Arras
Moral Climax of the War
Ireland's Evil Genius
Passing of the Auto-Gear -Concrete
Ships
D'Annunzio Salutes Us
Can Billy Sunday Win New York?
German Plots Among Negroes
The entry of this nation into the war will have no
effect upon the general policy of THE LITERARY
DIGEST to give all the news from all sides. Every
loyal American and Canadian will be anxious to
know what the enemy is saying and doing, to under
stand his viewpoint, and to form as clear an idea as
possible of the trend of public feeling among the na
tions arrayed against us. To the extent, then, that
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(8) Jteaffy litest
In corn and tha action of tba market was
largely governed by wheat. New high price
records for corn aa well aa wheat were
reached, but were not maintained. Oata
proved relatively weaker than other cereals.
Favorable weather and crop reports favored
the bear.
Provisions tightened when gralna bulged
In value. Declines formed the rule later
and tn particular after receipt of Washing
ton advtces concerning proposed government
regulation.
Chicago Cash Price Wheat: No. I red,
2. 76; No. 1 red. nominal; No. 3 hard, 11.67;
Xo. 3 hard, nominal. Corn: No. 3 yellow,
II. 6201. &S; No. 3 yellow, 11.5101.654; No.
4 yellow. $1.54. Oats: Nqv- white, 694? 7114c;
standard. 70l7ma Rye: No. I, $1.96..
Parley: $1.201.62. Seeds: Timothy, $6,00
t. 00; clover, $13.00i?17.00. Provisions: Pork.
$38.60; lard. $20.77 20.82.; ribs, $19.40
19.7$.
Butter Lower; creamery, 41 44i4c.
Kggs Lower; receipt. 24,809 cases; tints,
33, 4?3x1e; ordinary firsts, 3"fk 33 fcc; at
mark, cases Included, 33 34 14 e'.
Potatoes Unchanged; receipts. 3$ cars.
Poultry Alive, lower; fowls, 22c.
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET.
Quotations of tha Day on tha Various Lead
ing Commotiitlea.
New York, April 20. Flour Firm.
Wheat Spot, Irregular; No. 2 hard, $2.70,
f. o. b. New York; No. 1 northern. Duluth,
$3.49: No. 1 northern, Manitoba, $2.62, f. u.
b. New York, opening navigation.
Corn Spot, eaey; No. 2 yellow, $1.84, .
I. f. New York.
Oats Spot, easy; standard, T8tt079e.
Hay Steady.
Hops Steady.
Hides Firm ; Bocota, 43 44c; Ceatrat
American, 43c,
Leather Firm; hemlock firsts, 17c; sec
ond, , 65c,
Provision Pork, strong; mess,
40.60; family, $43.0044,00; short clear.
$40.004942.00. Beef, strong; meee, $27.00
28.00; family, $29.00 31.00, Lard, weak;
middle west, 121.304721.40.
Tallow Strong ; city, 1394c; country, 11
4fl4!4c; apeclal, Hc, all nominal.
Butter Unsettled; receipt, 6,116 tuba;
creamery, higher than extras; 446c;
creamery, extras, 454464c; Urate, 44 if
464c; second, 42 4 44c.
Kggs Unsettled; receipts, 81.013 cases;
fresh gathered, extras, 37c; fresh gathered,
storage packed, firsts, 3636',4c; fresh
gathered, firsts, 34 4 Hi 3 5c.
Cheese Firm; receipts, 3,574 bexes: state,
fresh, specials, 26 26c; same, average
run, 26492Sc.
Poultry Alive, steady; fowls, S4c; tur
keys, 30c. Pressed, Arm; chickens, 23Q31e;
fowls, 21ttt$27f4c; turkeys, 18$16c.
fit. Louto StoKtk Market,
St. Louis, April 20. Cattle Receipts, 10.
000 head; market steady; native beef steers,
$7. 60 9 13. 00; yearling steer and heifers,
8. 50I2.00; rows, $6.00Q11.00; stockers and
feeders, $6.0010.16; prime southern beef
steers, $8.0011.60; -beef cows and heifers,
$4.35ijj9.00; prim yearling steers and heif
ers. $7.60flJ10.00; native calves, $S.0013.00.
Hogs Receipts. 7,ft00 head; market
higher; lights, $16.4616.80; pigs, tlO.V&'i
14.60; mixed and butchers, $1&.45 16.00;
good heavy, $16.90 16.00; hulk, $1B.66
16.96.
Sheep Receipts, IWO head; market steady;
Urn hi, $13.80$16.90; ewes, $9.E012.36;
yearllnga, $12.761914.36; clipped iamb,
$12.0013.75,
St- Joseph Live Stock Market,
St. Joseph, Mo., April 20. Cattle Re
ceipts, 100 head; market steady; steers,
$9.60912.76; cows and heifers, $7.00011.26;
calves, (S.00ll.60.
Hoga Receipt, 2. BOD head; market
steady; top, $16.90; bulk of sales, $16.40 if
16.76.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts. 2,800 head;
market 1620c higher; lambs, $16.80; ewea,
$12. 60p 11.00.
Kansas City Lin Stock Market,
Kansas City, April 10. Cattle RecMpta,
700 head; market steady ; prim fed steer.
Striking Illustrations, Including Humorout Cartoon
"The Digest" Policy in War and Peace
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publithert of
$12.60013.86; d related beef steers, $l.3GO
13.00; western steers, $9.60$ IS. 66; cows,
li. 50310. 76; heifers, $9.00011.69; atockera
and feeders, $8.00011.00; bulls, $7.60012.06;
calves, $8.00013.26.
Hogs Receipts. 8,000 head; market
strong; bulk, $16.30016.86; heavy, $16,700
16.90; packer and butcher, $16.40016.80;
light, $16.OO01S.6O; pigs, $12.26014.60.
Sheep Rerselpta, 2,500 head; market
higher; lamb. $12.35 ft 16.80; yearlings,
$13.00014.26; wethers, $12.00011.26; ewes,
$11.00013.00.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City, April 20. Cattle Receipts,
I0A head market steady; beef steers, $11.00
012.60; butchers, $9.60011.00; fat cowa and
heifers, $7.60310.60; canners, $6.6007.50;
stockers and feeders, $7.60 010.25; calves,
$7.6008.76; bulls, stags, etc., $7.50010.00;
feeding cow and heifers, $7.50 0 9.00.
Hogs Receipts, 7,000 head; market
steady. 6c higher; light, $16.OO016.2O;
mixed, $15.26018.66; heavy, $16.6516 70;
pigs. $12.50018.00;, bulk of salea, $16,160
16,36.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 100 head;
market steady; yearlings, $12.50013.60;
wethers. $11.60012.60; ewes, $10.60012.50;
lambs, $13.00016.60.
Lire Stock fn Sight,
Receipt of Mve stock at the five principal
western market:
Cattle, Hogs. Sheep.
Stonx City 300 7,000 100
Omaha 660 6,200 C,000
St. Loula 10,000 7,700 900
Chicago 1,000 16,000 10.000
Kanea City 700 3,000 2,600
Total 12.600 38,900 19,600
Coffee Market.
New York, April 20. A renewat of li
quidation caused further declines in the
market for cotree futures here today w
July contract selling at 8.10c and Decem
ber at 8.40c, or 10 polnta under last, night's
close. The market opened at a decline ot
4 to t points. The close was a shade up
from the lowest, showing a decline of 4 to
7 polnta for the day. Sales, 34,000 bags.
April, 7.39c; May, 7.96c; June, 8.04c; July,
8.13c; August. 8.20c; September, 8.27c; Oc
tober, .a3c; November, 8.40c; December,
8.46c: January, 8.60c; February, 8.67c;
March, 8.65c.
Spot quiet; Rio 7s, lOtfc; Santos 4s, 10 He.
Private cables from Brazil have been much
delayed recently and comparatively few of
fers were received today. Those Teaching
hero were about unchanged, Santos 4s rul
ing artiund 9.90c to 10.00c, London credits.
The official cables reported no change In
the primary market except Santos futures,
which were 76 to 100 rels lower. Victoria
cleared 6,000 bags and Santos 37,000 bags
for New York.
Omaha Hay Market.
Hay Reeflpta continue light; market
Arm and higher en all grades of alfalfa and
prairie hay and demand good.
Choice Upland Prairie $17.00018.00; No.
1, $16.00017.00; No. 2, $14.00016.00; No. 3,
$10.00011.00; No 1 midland, $16.00017.00;
No, 2 midland, $13,90014.00; No. 1 lowland,
$13.00014.00; No. 2, $9.60010.50; No. 3,
$7.6008.60.
Choice Alfalfa $20.00021.00: No 1,
$19.00030.0-0; standard, $18.00018.00; No.
2, $14.00016.00; No. 3, $11.00013.00.
Straw Oat, $7.0007 50; wheat, $6,000
6.60.
Evapomtod Apples and Dried Fnrits.
New York, April 20. Evaporated Apples
Market firm; fancy, ll012c; choice. 100
1014c; prime, 809c.
Dried Fruite Prunes, active; California,
9ttHc; Oregons, lOU01Oc. Aprioots,
firm; fancy, 24c. Peaches, firm; choice,
8Hc; extra choice, 9c; fancy, 9c. Raisins,
ateady; loose mustatels, 810c; choice to
fancy; seeded, 84 09c; seedless, 11012c;
London layers, $1.80.
Mlnnapolls Grain Marketj.
Mniwapolls, Minn.. April SO. Flour-
Fancy patent and tint eleara advanced 40a;
Forming the All-America War-Group
Germany Annoyed With President
Wilson
Saving the Soldiers From Wound
Infection '
Patent Medicine Poetry
Albert Ryder A Poet's Painter
What Shell-Fire Has Done to Reims
The Unseemliness of Funerals
this is compatible with the
THE DIGEST will continue
whatever point it may come, holding it to be the de
sire of every true patriot to know the exact situation.
To crystallize the viewpoint of the day in all lands,
including our own, and to present it as accurately as
possible to the reader, is the aim, now as ever, of this
foremost of news-magazines. Read it and judge the
result for yourself.
the Famoui NEW Standard Dictionary), NEW YORK
fancy patent quoted at $12.80: first clear,
$10.90; other grades unchanged.
Barley $1.1701.43.
Rye $1.9101.92.
Bran $39.00040.09.
Wheat May. $3,31 W 02.31 K ; July, U22
02.3l. Cash: No. 1 hard. $2.59 01.63H :
No, X northern, $2.402.6$Si No. 3 north
ern. $2.6401.5&H-
Corn No. 3 yellow, $1.4H 01.4IH.
Oat No. 3 white, 67069o.
Flaxseed $3.2714 03. 33.
Kansas City General Market.
Kansas City, April 30. Wheat No.
hard, $2.6602.75; No. 3 red, $3.7802.8t(
May, $3.48; July, $1.9U 1.99 M.
Corn No. 2 mixed, $1.62; No. J white,
$1.62; No. 2 yellow. $1.521401.83; May,
$1.48H; July, $1, 4001.404.
Oats No. 2 white, 744 076o; No. 1
mixed, 73074c. '
Butter Creamery, 47c; firsts, 44c; aeo
onds, 43c; packing, 3 4', 4c
Eggs Firsts, 36o.
Poultry Hens, 31c; roosters, lc; turkey
24c.
DCBi'S REVIEW OF TRADE,
Wtdenlna; Field of Business Influenced By
War Conditions.
New York, April 20. Tomorrow Dun' re
view will say:
A widening field ot business is Influenced
by war conditions, and ordinary reqnfro
ments in many Instances are subordinated
to the pressing necessities of the govern
ment. Industries and trade which had ex
perienced a lull from the previous note
worthy activity now respond to extentva
federal buying, and overtime work ts in
fluenced to accelerate the production and
distribution of various supplies Intended for
military uses, From many quarters com
plaints of scarcity ot raw material and
of labor become more insistent and oatputs
are maintained with increasing difficulty,
while the transportation problem still oc
casions concern In not a few directions.
Requests for hasty shipments on regular,
contract suggest apprehension of deranged
deliveries to, follow. In some branches Ib
about all sections there Is manifest a die
position to proceed cautiously in maktng '
new committments, and efforts to promot
widespread economy among coneumera are
beginning to he reflected in more careful
purchasing in retail circles.
Weekly bank clearings, $5,259,804.37T.
Cotton Market.
New York, April 20. Cot I on Futures
opened steady; May, 19.90c; July, 19.47c;
October, 18.40c; December, 18.45c; January,
l.44c.
The cotton market closed steady at a
net decline of 28 to 32 points.
Liverpool, April 20. Cotton Spot, easy
middling good 12.38d; middling, 12.26d;
low middling, 12,08d; aales, 4,000 bale.
Dry Good Market.
New York, April 20 staple iY-eunco tick
ings today were advanced 84 cents a yard
to a basis of 25 cents. Alt lines of duck
and airplane cloths in stock have been
cleaned up from first hands, due to largo
government orders. Trade in general line
of dry goods Is quieter.
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