THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 13, 1017.
8 C
LIVE ST0CK MARKET
Cattle Score Big Advance for
for Week Lambs Break
All Rscords Hogs Forty
Up for the Week.
Omaha, May 12,
1917.
I, bee p.
fr.5.t:
4.148
3.2:
9.112
3. Mil
270
26.11' 6
31.951
3S.M2
40. 1 OB
ao,&70
Receipt wrre
Call Is. Hog.
Official Monday 4.81ft
8.577
Official T-jesday.
t-.v.l
1 11.066
7,f.S
.40
f.3.:4 7
54. i4
S4.70S
41.1 7U
Official Wudn.-fday .
Official Thursday ...
OfflrUI Friday
Ehtlmmte Saturday
Rlz days (hi work .
Sam daB lt week.
Same two wkH nico.
8a me three hks mko.
Sams four wk. aito .
Bam e days lull year.
C.I tit
3.Si
:.7i
17i
53.1U
:C.31I
J . t 3
in. 3 4
is, si;
Cattle- The markol a uaual on Safrilay
Win pra flirt. My bare of frccli Bu,piloj of
cattle, there belli mill. I rig of any t-tmse
Quence on tsa l. Fur tsw wick receipts have
been very moderate, In fact the lifrhteHl
with one exception for a number of welm
back. On the other ha ml the reef tptit for
the month to dale are I ho largest that lle-y
have hecn for over five yearn. Tim market
with lighter offerhitf ha been uladlly
working upward unltl at the close of Ihe
week price are around 60t-7.'c higher.
The ad vamio Im born largely on Die me
dium wrlifht cattle and on yearlings, while
choice heavy Irervea have not shown n
much Improvement. Ah compared with the
itreme low point no me len Hay a ago
yearlings are an mud. as tl.DUfcl.u higher
and In some canes more than that.
Cows and helfem have been ftnulimlly
Working up and are Around 60 cents higher
tor the work.
Blocker and feeders have b'-en Hght
upply and good d uniand all the week and
have sold very freely with the result that
the market at the close Is a little stronger.
dotations on cattle: Good to choice
treevos, f U.00&U.00; fair to good beeves.
tll.0oen.40: common to fair b.-eve, 19.60
011.00; good to choice heifer, llO.OOtf 11.00;
good to choice rows. I9.7&&10.7; fair to
good cows, .7iflSB,76; common to fair cows,
$6.60(f-1.76: prims feeding steer. 6.7&
10.90; good to choice feeder, f.04i 10.00 ;
fair to good-focdera, $8. &0(f9.(H); common to
fair feeders, $.7&8,60; good to choice
stocker. 19.60 ft 10.50: slock heifer. h.2l,d(
0.2s; stork cowe, 7.'i0r 10.00; stock calves
l.80rl0.r0; veal calve. 9.00(f 13.36; beef
bulls,. stsgs, etc., iN.oo&io.oo,
. Hogs In addition to the fresh receipts
offerings Included ten or bo loads that were
held over from yesterday, and as shipper
nutlet was only moderate packers had all
th hoga at their dixposal that they could
us. The result was that while Chicago
opened strong and 10c higher the local mar
, kt, which has been high compared with the
Windy City trade, was slow tn opening, and
once started was not over fio higher as a
general thing.
There was a great deal of unevenness In
values, some sales being called right at 10c
higher, while others were no more than
strong to a shsds up. Late rounds were
slow and weak, and many of the later sales
when finally trmdo were little If any better
than steady. It wns pretty well along In
the day before a decent clearance was fin
ally mads. The general quality today was
hardly as good as yesterday, a big propor
tion of the offerings consisting of mixed
' hogs, and as packers were not overly eager
at any stage of the game, plain mixed kinds
wen slow sale, some of them tn faet never
getting so. much as an offer until late In ths
day.
Tht bulk of ths offerings sold at 115.70
11.00, with tbs best kinds on up to $18.16,
which cornea within a nickel of equaling ttfia
record made last month. There was also
nulla a sprinkling on down below the bulk.
The week opened with a sharp break, but
- values reacted the following day, and mar
kels Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
. wera ths best seen here tn several years. The
advance continued Friday and Saturday, but
ths undertone was sluggish and closing
rounds wore weaker both days. Today's
values are 40Q60c higher than the close of
last week and are a big half dollar above
Monday, the low day of ths week,
Representat've sales:
No, Av, Bh. Pr. No. Av.
II..1M 400 16 60 73. .IM
Sh. Pr,
80 16 6S
120 16 76
S00 IS 86
120 16 90
240 10 00
10 It 16
,19t 40 16 70 14. .IM
88. .196 ... IS 90 94. .108
0. .134 180 16 90 83. .til
82, .217 80 16 9& 79. .230
7$. .271 189 It 06 44. .448
Sheep Wooled lambs, In the course of an
other phenomenal week, Just about dupli
cated ths upturn scored a week ago. There
Is really no way to describe the market ex
cept to say that the top at this week's close,
$19,00, Is an evon $1.20 higher than the best
pries paid last Friday, This would I lull
cats thst thft market is close to $1.26 up for
the week. The supply has been light all
week, several days only three of four cars
of good woo led lambs being orrered. and
under ths Influence of good pauklng outlet
prices have simply advanced by leaps and
bounds. Of ths western markets Omaha led
ths procession all week, local prices being
actually higher thsn Chicago figures on
several occasions. New records were es
tablished every day and have become as
common as dirt. Ths current high mark Is
$3. IS higher thsn three weeks sgo. and Is
is. 66 ttlghsr than was ever before paid In
May.
The market for clippers has not advanced
quite so rapidly as wooled prices, but at
that It shows an upturn of between 76c and
$1.00. Lambs weighing eighty-four pounds,
very well finished, of course, sold to $16.26
on the close, as against a quotable top of
$14.50 a wesk ago. Old sheep tn the shorn
clsss, while not up as much as lambs, are
sharply higher, ths advance amounting to
Mt76o. Kwea sold aa high as tl2.26, and
on the close ean safely be quoted to $12.60.
A week sgo a very choice kind was selling
at $11.86. Quits a few plain to medium
ewes have beep in eluded In the offerings.
theae eel Una at 811. 00011.79,
' Since midweek I hero have been no spring
lam be of real good quality here. Tuesday
prime natives sold up to $17.76, and at pres
ent a ton of $18.00 Is being quoted, i
Wooled sheep seem to be a thing of the
past ror this season, small lots were nere,
coming In with shipments of lambs, but
there wss nothing on which quotations could
no based. i
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lan.be,
Mexicsn, $I8.I019.00; Umbs, fed westerns,
II7.76lll,6o; ismos, shorn. H.60tf lb,40
spring lambs, $16.60018.00; yearling,
shorn, tltoolt.nO: wethers, shorn, $11.00
jis.vv: ewes, gooq 10 rnnire, sm.vuvi4.iu
awes, fslr to good, $l2.&(t(pll.7&, ewes,
plain to culls, $1.60 12.26; ewes, shorn.
$10.70011.60.
St. Louis IJt Stock Market.
Rt. "Louis, May 12. Cattle Receipts.
760
head: market steady: native beef steers.
$7.600 13.00; yearling steers and heifers,
$8.60013.00; cows. $6.00011.00; s lockers
and feeders, $R. 00010.00; prime southern
beef steers, $8.00011.60; beef cows
heifers, $4.2601,00: prime yearling steers
and netrera, $7. 60010.00; native calves,
$6.00014.00.
Hogs Receipts. 4,500 head: markst
light, $16.60016.10; pigs. $9.76014.36
mixed and buti-hers $16.66016.26; good
heavy, $16.20016.40; bulk of sales. $16,760
nneep and Limbs Receipts, none; mar-
Ret nominally atady: lambs. 816. 00818.0(1
89.60013.00; yearlings, $12-76014.76; clipped
lamos, sn.svtjM.so.
i City Live Hteck Market.
Kansas City. Msy 12. Cattle Receli
-309 head: market steady: nrlme fed steers
$12.26018.00: dretuie-1 beet steers. $9,600
iz.ou: western ateers, l9.onwu.EiO: cows.
$6.60010.76: heifers. J9, 00011. 60; stockers
and feeder; 9N.36bll.Otf; bulls. $8.00010.26
Calves, $8.00013.26.
Hogs Receipts, 1,000 head; market
Higher; bulk of sales. $16.76016.36; heavy
$16.20016.36; packers and butchers. $16.00
016.26: light, Hi. 60016. 00; pigs, $12,600
Sheep and Lambs Receipts. 60T ,Rd
mantel steany: lam be. 914.60019 00; year
lings, $13.00019.60; wethers, $13.00016.00
- " ' ' 1
St. Joseph Die Stork Market.
St. Joseph, Mo., May 12. Cattle Re
celpta. 100 head; market steady; steers,
ts.V90lz.7o; cows and heifers, $6.6011.86
caive. is.uuf n.uo.
Hogs Receipts, 2,600 head; market
loe higher; top. $16.36; bulk' of sales. $16.76
Oie.ib.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts. 309 head
xnaraei steady; iambs. 917. 00019.00.
Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago, May 12. Cattle Receipts, 700
head; market steady; native beet cattle,
v.4ROi3.70: Blockers and feeders. 27.60
10.36; cows and hellers. $6.66011.60; calves.
t.VVI.Z3.
Hogs Receipts, 10,000 head; market
strong and 10c above yesterday's average
bulk of sales, $16.OO01 36; light. $16,200
16.30; mixed, $16.760 16.49; heavy, $16,709
16.46; rough, $16.70016.90; pigs, $10,600
. 1S.4U.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 600 head
market steady; wethers, $12.00014.76
tamos, sit.uuof is.vti.
Bleox City Live Slock Market.
fJloux Clly, May 12. Cattle Receipts.
anv nesa; market Heady, beer steers, $10.50'
012.60; butchers, $9.00010.50; fat cows and
belters, $7.600 11.90: tanners, $6.6007.26;
torkera and feeders. $7.60010.60; calves,
9S.tC0I2.69; buns, stags etc., tT.6O01O.OO
feeding cows and heifers. $7.00010.00,
Hogs Receipts. 6.00ft head; market 10c
higher; light, $16.60015.70; mixed, $15.76
. 9716.90; heavy. $15.96016.10: ptgs. $12.50
41t.69: bulk of sales. $13.70016.00.
Sheep and lm be Receipts, ivo neaa;
9narket ateady; yearlings, 314.50015.60;
wethers, 114.00011-00; ewes,. $13.00014.26;
lambs, $17.90018.16.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Pressure of Strong Demand
and Advancing Market
Makes Wheat Trade
Lively in Omaha.
Omaha, May IS. 1917.
The trade in wheat was excellent today
and umler preftpure of a strong demand and
an advancing Zulu re market tho cash artl
do ruled from 9c to 14c higher, entail
llxhlng new high levels on all grades of
wheal. KecelpU of wheat were pretty
good, hut sellers had no difficulty what
ever In dlnpottlng of their offerings and
almost all the samples were void before
noon.
No. 2 hard brought tho top of the mar
ket at 13.46, but prices on (his grade ruled
generally from $3.40 to $3.44.
No. "i hurd wheat sold generally from
$" 40 to (3.42, while No. 4 hard aohl Around
$ :; . 3 3 to 3,37 and tho sample grade brought
from 13.30 to $3.40.
During the early part of the cash ses
sion Ujh trade In corn was rather atow. tin
ih.i traders began to get together shortly
before the clone and quite a number of
Hale were reported at prices ruling from
tcady to 1c higher.
While corn aold pretty clone around yes
nlsy's market, but the yellow and mixed
grades advanced about In tho commercial
gr fiile of yellow selling at $1.60f 1 .SI.
while the better grndea of mixed brought
from tl.69'i to II. til.
ft trado in oatn was active, with the
market quoted from it fourth to three
fourths cent higher and Hie demand for
this cereal whs moderately actlvo.
Itye was In excellent demand at an t
9c advance, but barley wua quiet at nomi
nally unchanged prices.
Clearances were: Wheat and Pour equal
31.1.0')0 bushel: corn 610,000 bushels;
oats, 406,000 bunhel.
Primary wheat receipts were .T5J.0OO bu.
nd shipments of 1 ,008.000 u., against re
ceipts of 1,001,000 bu. and shipments of
361,000 bu. last year.
Primary corn receipts ware 761,000 bu.
nd shipments of 386,000 bu., against re
ceipts of 720,000 bu. ..and shipments of
64K.O0O bu, last year
f'rlmsry oats receipts were 703,000 bu.
ml shipments of 788,000 bu.. against re
ceipts of 1,1x1,000 bu. and shipments of
s94 000 bu. last year.
CAIILUT ItKC'KU'TS.
Wheat,
OfltH.
137
I ilea go 56
Inneapolls 181
Duluth , ..; 67
ma ha , 43
unsHS f'lty 67
I.OUIS i
71
Winnipeg 73a
These sales were reported todsy:
Wheat No. 2 hard winter: 2 cars, $.1.46;
car. $3.44; 3 curs. $3.43; 1 car. 13.41': 6
cars, $3.41; i cars, $3.40. No. 3 hard win-
1 car. 13.42: 3 cars. 13.41: 3 2-6 cars.
$3.40. No. hard winter: 1 car. $3.38; 1
ar, $3.37; 1 car. $3.23. Sample hard win
ter: 1 car (rum mixed). $3.40; 1 car, $3.83;
car, i-& car, $3. 30. no. 8 spring:
cars. $3,33. No. 4 stirlna-: 2 cars. 13.16.
No. 2 mixed. 1 car, $3,40. No. 3 mixed: .
car, $3.43. No, 4 mixed: 1 car, $3.30: 2
cars, $3.16.
RyeNo. 2: Z-S oar. $2.26.
Barley No. 4: 1-6 car, $1.60; 1 car. 11.41,
Corn No. 1 white: 1 car, $1.8644. No.
white: 11 cars. 11.86. No. t white: t
cars, $1.66; 1 car, $1.4 4. No. 6 white: 1
car, $1.62 U. No. 2 yellow: 1 car, $1.81 14;
2-8 cars, 11.61; 1 car, $1.60, No. 2 yellow:
cars, 91.81. no. 4 yellow: 1 car, ll.gost;
car, $159. No. . t yellow: t cars.
1.69. No. t mixed: 1 car (near white),
l.Zi; 13-6 cars (near white), $1.02; 2
care, $1.61; 2 cars, $1.0U; 1 oar, $1.00.
No, I mixed; 1 car, (near whits), $1.82; 4
cars, 1.60 Vb ; 1 var, $1.60. No. 4 mixed:
car (near white), $1.61; 1 car, $1.69.
Oats Standard; 1 car. 72ttc. No. t
whits: t cars, 72ttc No. 4 white: 7
cars, 7114c. Sample white; 6 cars, 70 '4c;
cars, 70o,
Omaha Cash Prices "Wheat: No, t hard,
$3.29IJ2.4&; No. S hard, $3.8803.43; No. 4
ard. $3.3408.38. Corn: No. 2 white. $1.64
No. I white, $1.6401161 No. 4
white, $1.6401.64; No. 6 white, $1,630
64; No. white, $1.8201.(2U: No, 2 yel
low, $1,6001.61; No. $ yellow, $1.6001.91;
No. 4 yellow, $1.6901.80; No. 6 yellow,
1.6901. 00; No. 6 yellow, $1.6901.69a ; No.
mixed, 91.guui.oi; No. i mtxrii, 11.69 "AO
.OU; No. 4 mixed, tl.S9ftl.69tt : No. 6
mixed, tl.t8tt01.69; No. 6 mixed, $1.68
.9. Osts: No. 2 white. 72tt072c! stand-
tfd, 72 072ttc No. 1 white 7272c;
4 white, 71W71c. Bsrley: Malting.
1. $801. 63: No. 1 feed. I1.2MM..18. Rye:
No. 2, $2.2803.26; No. 3, $2)2202.24.
Ijocsi range oi optional
Art. Open,
High.
1.0 w,
Close, j Yes.
WhL
I
t 26 1322
2 63 266
S 34 2164
stay i isnib
1 26
2 S2U
t at
1 60
1 49
1 40tt;
lit
263
216
15914
146tt
139
I
July 2 62
Sept. 8 It
Corn
May
1 69tt
1 48
1 tt
IVi
3H
62 tt
1 60
1 49
1 0tt
73
tfittl
64,
151
147
July
8epL
Oats
Mar
73
6tt
7m
64 tt
68
July
Wept.
63
MTsI 63tt
Chicago closing prices, furnished The Bee
by Logan 4b Bryan, stock and grain brokers.
la South sixteenth street, Omuhat
Art. iOpen High. Low. Close. '' Ye'"
Wht '
May 818
July t 49 t 76 246 2 !7 360
Sep. 1 II 8 46 214 2 46 211
Corn.
Msy 1 67 1 63 167 1 61 167
July 1 47 1 60 146 1 49 147
Sep. 1 28 1 42 13$ 1 42 139
Oats.
May 70 73 70 73 tl
July 66 67 66 67 68
Sep. 16 67 66 . 68 66
Pork.
Msy 38 76
July 8$ 00 39 10 3S $7 30 00 39 00
Lard. i
May . 22 26 22 87 22 36 23 37 22 $0
July 22 60 22 60 23 40 22 60 22 46
Ribs.
May 30 tO 20 05 20 80 30 66 20 56
July 20 77 20 83 20 66 20 82 20 70
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Extraordinary Jump In July Wheat Feature
Opening.
Chicago, May 12. Stoppage of trading In
the May delivery of wheat did not long
delay fresh advances In the price of other
options. Although the markst at first
showed material declines on account of lack
of support buying was soon resumed In
sufficient quantities to make quotations
jump In the same extraordinary fashion that
nae oi late Kept the wheat pit in a tur
moil, July delivery leaped up ISc to $3.69.
as against $2,4602.49 at the opening and 1
compared with $2.49 02.50 at yester-
nays iinisn. aieanwniie September soared 1
to $3,27, a rise of 901Oo over night. j
The immediate reason for ths big new
advance wae the Issuance of an .official
statement by the board, which was con
strued In some quarters as indicating that
the supply and demand situation was even
more bullish than bad been generally as
sumed.
It wss said the entente allies were large
holders of July and September contracts,
and presumably, as In regard to Msy, would
Insist on delivery of the wheat that the
contracts called for. Lack of offerings and
continued demand characterised the rapid
bulge in values, in the late dealings July
went to $2.76, a rise of 29o from opening
figures. September ascended ,32o to $3.46,
The close was excited. 22028c net higher,
with July at $3.75 and Septemher at $2.46.
corn roi lowed tne same course ss wheat.
Trade wss very light. After opening 0
1c lower the market rallied sharply and
scored deckled gains over yesterday.
Further advances were scored in the last
part of the session. Tho close was unset
tled at gains of !03c net.
Trade, rs in oats took their rue wholly
from the actltfn of other cereals. Huylng
power, though, was not greatly In evi
dence.
Strength of hogs and gratn caused pro
visions to average higher. FirmnesB was
most apparent In pork and ribs.
lmcbko ussn I'nces wnest: Nos. 3 and
red and Nob. 2 and 3 hard, nominal,
Corn: No, 3 ellow, $1,6701.68; No. 3 yel
low, $l.6501.7; No. 4 yellow. $1.64,
Oats: No. X white. 72073c: standard,
72V0744c. Rye. nominal. Barley, $1.26
01.63. Seeds Timothy, $6.0007.60; clover.
is.uutriT.ou. rroviaiona: rone, i:ih.so;
lard, $22.37022.47; ribs. $30.61 0 24.00.
nutter unastliea; creamery, aztjiSTc.
Kggs Higher: receipts. 21,737 cases;
firsts. 310:ilc: ordinary firsts. 30U21u;
at mark, cases Included, 30033c.
rota toes Receipts, l& cars; uncnanged.
Poultry A! tve, unchanged.
NEW VORK GENERAL MARKET.
Sugar Futures Are, Easier Under Continued
Belling.
New Tork. May 12. The market for
sugar futures was easier today under con
tinued Bellltn;, which seemed to come from
Wall street and Cuban Interests, prompted
by the liberal offerings In the spot market
Closing prices were 7 to 11 polnta net
lower; Msy, 6.10c: July, 6.81c; September,
6.28c; December, 4.96c." Raw sugar, easy;
molt usee, 6.81. : centrifugal, 6.31c. Refined,
steady; line granulated, 7.(001. 50c.
Butter Weak; receipts, 6,860 tubs: crea-
ery higher U.an extras. S039c; creamery
eitrss, (S3 score), 88 03c; firsts, 8tK-
027tto; seconds, 6036o.
Eggs Irregular; receipts, 82.764 eases;
fresh gathered extras, 37u; fresh gathered
storagu packed flrsta, 3&03c; fresh
gathered flrsta. 34036c.
Cheese Firm; receipts, 4.108 boxes; stste
fref.h specials, 26c; do average run,
26 c.
Poultry Live, firm: broilers. t5043c;
fowls, 26c; turkeys, 16019c; dressed, quiet;
prices unchanged.
OMAHA OKNKRJL MARKET.
Whn'esale prices of beef cuts: No. 1
ribs, 23c; No. 2 ribs, 22c; No. 3 ribs.
16c. No. 1 loins, 28c; No. 2 loins, 26c;
No. 3 loins, 20c. No. 1 chuuks, 17c; No.
3 chucks 16c: No. 3 chucks, 16C. No.
1 roundu. 18c; No. 2 rounds. 18c: No. t
rounds. 17 c. No. 1 plates. 16c; No. 2
plat s, 14'jc; No. 1 pistes, 14c.
Cheese No. 1 fancy, domestic, 46c; No. 1
domestic, 40c; jlock Swim. 33c; twins. 27c;
triplets, 27c; dslslca, 27c: young Amer
ica. 27n; New York white. 29e; Blue Lake,
brick. 26c; LI m burger. 30c; French Roq -fort,
:6c
Rgga Fresh, delivered in Omsha by ex
prenn. cases te. turned, per case, I. SO.
Uulter Delivered, Omaha, refrigerator,
freight or express, fresh, up to 3,000 lbs.,
per lb , 31c.
Poultry Live, delivered In Omaha:
Springs, smooth legn. 21!r; hens. 20c: stags,
under 6 lbs each. 14c; old cocks and heavy
rUrh, 12c; turkeys, fat, 22c; turkeys, old
ton
20c.
Guineas Knch, any site, 26c
squabs Homers, it oas, earn,
84.00; Homers, 12 ox. each, per dox.
jer doz..
, 13.00
Pigeons p.r dox.. tl.20.
F It I ' I TH Oranges : 26fls. 288s. 3!s. $2.76
box: 1,'OOh, 216a, $3.26 box: 100s, 2s, 1 fiOa.
17(ia, $;t,60 box. Lemons: Fancy 300s. 36"s,
$6.60 box : choice 300s, 360n, ti.OfJ box.
Grapefruit: 36s, 14 60 box; 46s. 34.76 box:
S4s. $6.00 box : 64s. 808, 96s, $6.60 box.
Apples: Wine Haps, $L'.60 box; V. N. Pippins,
11.76 box; Ben Davis, $6.00 bbl, Ban nan,
5c lb. Pineapples, $4,00 crate. Honey, 24s,
$3.26 case.
Vegetables Potatoes, eating, 13.00 bu.;
new. No, 1, $4,00 hamp. Sweet potatoes,
$2.76 hamp, Carrots, 4c lb, Cabbage, crate
lots, Be lb. Asparagus, home grown, $1.26
dox. Lettuce, head, $1.10 Hot., Cucumbers,
extra fancy, $1.60 dox.; fancy, $1.36 dos.
Tomatoes, extra fancy, $4.60 crate; choice,
$4.00 crate. Onions, Texas, 12.60 crate; wax,
$2.76 crate.
Peanuts No. 1, raw, 10c lb.; No. 1, roast
ed, 11a lb.; Jumbo, raw, 12o lb.; Jumbo,
roasted, 13c lb.
Honey $3 6 per case.
Pish Fresh halibut, per lb., 14c; fresh
I'Uflsh. 20a and 19c; black cod-sable fish,
11c; frejh salmon, pink, 17c; fresh trout,
17c: fresi yellow pike, 20c; fresh blue pike.
If any. lbc; frenti buffalo, 12c; fresh ling
cod, 10c; salmon, dressed falls, 14c; round,
salmon, dressed red stivers, 17c;
smelts, 10a; freah whttefish, 32c; fresh
Spanish mackerel, 16c; fresh red snapper
western, lie; fresh carp, dressed, 11c; fresh
roe shad, 66c: fresh buck shad, 43c frozen
catfish, 10c; black bass, 16c; baracuds, 14c;
frozen btueflKh, 14c; tlleflsh, fresh or
frozen, 13c; smoked whiting, 10-lb. baskets,
per lb., 16c; kippered codfish or grayflsh,
10-lb. baskets, per lb., 18c; pickerel, frozen,
dressed, 1 lc; round, 9c; pickerel, skinned,
20-lb, baskets, ready for pan, $3.20.
Berries Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
$3,00 pts. Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday,
16.60 quarts. .
Omaha Hay Market.
Receipts continue light on both 'prairie
hay and alfalfa and the market is higher
on all grades and demand good.
Hay Choice upland prairie, $23.000 24.00;
No, 1, $22.00j28.00; No. 2, $19.00020.00;
No, 2, $13.00016.00; No. 1 midland, $22,000
28.00; No. 2, 818.OO019DO: No. 1 lowland,
$16.00017.00; No. $12.00013.00; No. 3,
$8.009.00.
Alfalfa Choice, $26.00027.00; No. 1,
$26.00026.00; standard. $22.00023.00; No.
2, $19.00020.00; No. 3, $14.00016.00.
Straw Oat, $7.0007.60; wheat, $6,000
t.60.
Metal Market.
New York, May 12. Metals While busi
ness has been somewhat less active, a fair
demand has been reported In the copper
market during the last week and prices
have been firmly maintained. Quotations
for epot and nearby delivery of electrolytic
were practically nominal today, ranging
from $81.00 to $33.00, while July also was
reported scarce, with quotations for the
third quarter ranging from about $29.00 to
$30.00. Later deliveries were quoted around
$28.00 on the average. Iron wae un
changed. Minneapolis Grain Market.
Minneapolis May 12. Flour Fancy
patents 40c higher, quoted at $17.10; first
clears 60o higher, quoted at $14.90; other
grades unchanged. ,
Barley $1 1 7 q 1.67.
1 Rye $2,3002.36.
Bran $34,6006.50.
Wheat May. $3.30;, July, $2.84. Cash;
No. 1 hard, $3.4908.54; No. t northern,
$3.3403.39; No. 2 northern, $3.2403.34.
Corn No. it yellow, $1,68 01.60 .
Oats No. 8 white, 76076c.
Flaxseed $S 403.52.
OtUj Market.
Now York, May 12. Cotton Futur a
opened steady; May, 19.76c; July, 19.66c;
October, 18.93c; December, 19.04c; January,
19.08c.
Cotton futures closed steady. May, 19.86c;
July, 18.71c; October, 1909c; December,
19.19c; January, 19.26c.
Spot, quiet; middling, 20.16c.
New Vork Money Market.
New York, May 12. Mercantile Paper
4 06 per cent
Sterling Exchange Sixty dsy bills,.
$4.71; commercial sixty-day bills, $4.71;
demand, $4.76; cables, $4.76.
Silver Bar, 74o; Mexican dollars, 68c.
Bonds Government and railroad, steady
and heavy.
Kansas City General Market.
Kansas City, Msy 12. Wheat :.o. 2
hard, $3.2403.42; No. S red, $3.36; Msy.
$3.27; July. $2.71.
Corn No. 2 mixed, $1.59 01.60 ; No.
8 white, $1.6901.69; No. 3 yellow, $1.69;
May, $1.58; July, 1.49.
St. Lonl Grain.
St. Louis, May 12. Wheat No. 2 red,
$3,4003.41; No. 3 hard, $3,4003.60; May.
$3.38; July, $2.68.
Corn No. 1, $1.66; No. 3 white, $1,720
1.73; May, $1.63; July, $1.61.
Oats No. Z, 71; No. 8 white, nominal.
Bank Clearings,
Omaha, May 13. Hank clearings for
Omaha today were 36,194,866.35 and for the
corresponding day last year $3,381,965.34.
Tho total clearings for the week were $36,
140,558.05 and for the corresponding day
last year $22,849,890.14.
Elgn Butter Market.
III., May 12. Receipts, 60 tubs at
Elgin,
27c.
Omaha War News
Indue Madden is assisting Uncle
Sam by using the police court as a
sub-recruit:ng station to Ret men to
work on the tarms. four men, tnree
negroes and one Mexican, arrested
on charges of vagrancy, were admon
ished to go to the country.
"I don t know nothing about
farms." said the Mexican.
"You don't need to know anything
about it ail you have to do is to
work.
"Well. I'll consider it."
He was given until this afternoon
to consider it and be on his way.
One noisily dressed negro mopped
his face with a silk handkerchief and
promised:
"I'll sure accept a position on a
fa'm if 1 his the oDDortunitv. iedee.'
judge Madden, who recently insti
gated a court oi domestic relations,
savs that since the state has gone
dry he has had practically no cases in
the new court.
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WHEAT SOARS HERE;
OUT OF JAY OPTION
Cash Advances Ten to Four
teen Cents Per Bushel on
Millers' Demand; Chi
cago Ban Anticipated.
Prices on cash wheat on the Omaha
Grain exchange went soaring yester
day. The price advanced 10 to 14
cents a bushel.
Receipts were forty-three carloads
and the offerings brought $3.33 to
$3.45 a bushel, with the demand ex
ceeding the supply. Nearly every
thing was taken by millers in Omaha
trade territory.
There was a greater advance in the
July option than in the cash. Friday
night it closed at $2.55 and Saturday
it opened at $-' 53. It soon sold up
to $279, the high point of the day.
The Chicago July option Friday
night closed at $2.49)4. opened this
morning at $2.4914 and sold up to
$271.
The fact of Omaha prices on July
being 8 to 9 cents over Chicago is
said to be due primarily to the heavy
demand by millers.
Corn failed to share the advance
with wheat, though it sold up a cent,
going to $1.60 to $1.65 a bushel, with
ninety-two carloads on the market
Oats were up '4 to 54 cents a bushel
and sold at 71H to 72J4 cents, with
the receipts thirty-five carloads.
, Omaha Traders Clear.
The fact of the Chicago Board of
Trade fixing $3.18 a bushel as the
basis tor the settlement ot trades m
May wheat did not cause a ripple of
excitement on the floor of the Omaha
Grain exchange.
Ten days ago members of the
Omaha exchange anticipated a wide
fluctuation in May, and at that time
ceased trading in the option. Terms
of settlement were agreed upon and
all trades' were closed at and around
$3 a bushel.
As a result, yesterday when in Chi
cago there was a scramble of the
shorts to cover, Omaha grain traders
were in the clear. Barton Millard,
president of the Omaha Grain ex
change, said
"The action of the Chicacro Board
of Trade has had no effect here. Few,
if any, of our traders have been
caught short. We anticipated the
situation and the prospect of high
prices and I am of the opinion that
every trade in May wheat was closed
fully ten days ago. Two weeks ago
most of our people quit tradhr in
the May option and ten days ago all
of the deals were closed. I think
everybody is in the clear.
"There was no hunch given to any
one, but, on the other hand, we con
cluded that the option was high
enough and got out."
Scandinavian Nations WU
Continue Their Neutral Policy
Stockholm (Via London)'. May 12.
An official announcement in regard
to the result of a three days' confer
ence by Swedish, Danish and Norwe
gian ministers says that the conferees
determined unanimously that the
three countries should maintain a pol
icy ot impartial neutrality. 1 lie an
uoncement says:
"As before, the ministers aban
doned the idea of taking the initia
tive themselves, or in consort iwth
other neutrals, with a view to media
tion between the belligerents or other
measures to the same end.
The conference opined that col
laboration should be established with
other neutrals to safeguard common
interests to the end of the war, or
after, including the interests that neu
trals will have in the work which pre
sumably will be undertaken in estab
lishing principles of international law
for the future."
Hans Kolehmainen Wins
The Modified Marathon
New York. May 12. Hans Koleh
mainen, unattached of New York,
won the Evening Mail s seventh an
nual modified marathon race today.
His time was 1:7:11.8 tor the distance
of twelve and three-fourths miles.
British Destroyer Sunk,
. Says Berlin War Office
Berlin. May 12. fVia London.1
The admiralty announces that a Brit
ish destroyer was sunk in the engage
ment on May 10 between light forces
and British cruisers and destroyers.
WYOMING OIL FIELDS
MAD SENT FREE
for the asking
These maps are furnished by the BIG
BEAR OIL CO.. whose properties are
located In the Big Muddy field in the
midst of producing wells. Drilling la
rapidly progressing and indications point
to early success in bringing in a well of
good production. If you would like to
help us
PUSH AHEAD
to ultimate success and be one of those
to share in the profits, we would say
that the sharss are now 7C fully paid
and non -assessable. Write us at once
for full Information and map you incur
no obligation.
Wm. G. Krape Inv. Co.
943 G. ft E. Bldf., Denrer, Colo.
K'HIIiilllilMiSllIllll
Only Two Days, Remaining to Buy
CROWN OIL AT $1.25 PER SHARE. j
The price positively advances to $1.50 per share commencing May 15 x
Th. Crown Oil Company la now paying monthly dividends of '
1 regular and 1 extra, or at the rate of 24 per annum
Ths eompany controls leases on B1.S7S acres of proven oil lands in the g
Irvine and other fast growing fields of Kentucky. Production Is now in excess p
of S00 barrels dally with consequent carninga almost four timea in excess of divi- p
dend requirement.. Four wells are now drilling. Eighteen proven locations are im-
mediately available and the management ia confident production will he increased g
to 1.000 barrels dally within ninety days, when it 1 probable that even more .uh- .g
staotial dividends will be paid to atookholders. p
BUY CROWN OIL NOW
Both for Its substantial dividend return and a material enhancement in market m
value over the next few months. . ,
We have thoroughly investigated the eompany and feel safe in advising im-
mediate purchase of the shares.
We have only a limited amount of stock available, but will accept orders
postmarked up to midnight Tuesday, May 16th., at $1.26 per share in the order
they are received. m
To assure a prompt allotment, orders should be telegraphed at our expense, s
letting remittance follow through the mail. m
PROSPECTUS SENT ON REQUEST
Make all checks,
payable to
1 J.T. RIVERS - 1
1 ' SPECIALIST IN DIVIDEND-PAYING INDEPENDENT OIL SECURITIES
42 Broadway, New York. Room 303.
FRANCE COURTS
UNCLE SAM'S TRADE
Minister of Commerce Believes
Closer Business Relations
Will Follow War.
TARIFF BUILDS BARRIERS
(Correspondence of Ths Associated Press.)
Paris, Feb. 21. Etienne Clementel,
minister of commerce, is giving con
sideration tc the expansion of trade
with the United States after the war.
"The interests of America and
France," said he to a correspondent of
the Associated Press, "have grown
so much closer during the war that
I am sure they will continue to de
velop when peace comes. The tfade
policies of both your country ana of
mine before the war made exchanges
difficult. Our financial relations with
the United States during the war
make it desirable, from our stand
point, to increase our exports to the
United States, and you, on your side,
have been showing a great interest
in expanding your foreign trade.
These motives ought, I conceive, to
bring about a new working arrange
ment, in which both countries shall
treat on-a reciprocal basis. From
such information as I have, I believe
that the goverments of both countries
will be disposed to take up this ques
tion at the proper time."
M. Clementel considers that the
trade barriers between France and the
United States are as much the crea
tion of the American government as
of the French. "The obstacles raised
by the French tariff against free im
portations from America," said he,
"are largely the consequence of the
American tariff policy. French manu
facturers and exporters do not com
plain against high rates of duty as
much as against the uncertainty of
the interpretation of your tariff laws
by customs officials and the inquisi
torial practice of investigating the
selling prices in Europe and the cost
of the manufacturer in assessing the
ad valorem duties.
What Yankees Pay.
The American Chamber of Com
merce, in a bulletin issued January
18, gives the subjoined table of im
portant classes of goods on which im
porters from the United States are
obliged to pay higher rates of duties
than those imposed on similar articles
of European origin:
Percent Uxtsa
Duty on Amerl
Class of Goods. . can Articles.
Portable and semi-portable steam
engines SO
HydrauMo engines, pumps and venti
lators 160
Weaving, knitting and spinning ma
chinery 60
Presses and machinery for printing 50
Machinery and accessories for printing
trade , 60
Sewing machine. .,1
Dynamo-electric machinery
Electric and electro-technical apparatus,
average
General machinery, milling, hoisting.
lc
60
60
Complete apparatus, not specified 60
Boilers 60
Refrlgersting apparatus, average 100
Cotton knit goods 50
Woolen knit goods r0
Silk knit goods, average 23
Glass and crystal ware 60
Rubber goods, average 50
Ham and salted meats, average 50
Cheese 133
Canned fish loo
Slates for writing or drawing. ........';. 50
Special steels, average 60
Chemical products, average 50
.Pencil. 50
Ail yarns, except manila, hemp and
New Zealand flax 50
Fabrics, embroideries and clothing of
all materials, average 60
Shoes, average (or one franc per pair) 50
Leather gloves loo
Transmission belting 60
Imitation Jewelry 50
Watches and chonometers 100 to 800
The State department appears to
have had under consideration in the
winter of 1913-14, the revision of the
commercial treaty between France
and United States. Myron T. Herrick,
the American ambassador then, sent
extensive reports on the whole sub
ject to the State department in prep-
Investment Vs.
Speculation
Investment under ordinary conditions
means an assured income. Speculation
assumes tho element of chance in most
caries. Which do you prefer? This com
pany offers you a definite regular in
come of 12 per year on your invest
ment paid by check the first of every
month. Shares $11.00. Par value $10.00.
THE STANDARD
ROYALTIES CO.
Of Okmulgee, Okla., controls oil lands
which are now producing over 3,000
barrels of oil dailyassets 1,000.000;
income five times dividends. High prices
compel people to increase their incomes
let us help you. Detailed information
on request, or send draft or money order
covering your subscription.
E. C. Kingsbury & Co.,
(Fiacal Agent.)
608 Kittredge Bldg., Denver, Colo.
WYOMING
OIL
If interested in Wyoming
Oil Stock, write to
UNIT OIL CO.
Thermopolis, Wyo.
1
drafts er monr orders
the undersigned.
cration for negotiations. William G.
Sharp, the. present ambassador, has.
it is understood, also taken certain
tentative steps in this direction.
The declarations of M. Clementel
indicate that the French government
is prepared, when the time comes, to
go into the subject afresh with the
object of putting on a permanent and
more liberal basis the commercial re
lations between France and the
United States.
Russian Thieves Have
Mass Meet to Reform;
Bystander Loses Purse
Petrograd, May 12. (Via Lon
don), May 11. A mass meeting
of thieves was recently held at
Rostoff on the Don to demand a
share in the new freedom and a
chance to turn over a new leaf.
The chief of the local militia
and the president and several
members of the council of work
men's and soldiers' deputies were
present on invitation.
Practically all branches of the
profession of thievery were rep
resented and several of the most
accomplished members made
speeches, in which they outlined
the difficulties confronting them
and declared that if was impos
sible to return to honest pursuits
without help and support of the
community.
The speakers complained that
recently the population had risen
against them, and in some in- .
stances went so far as to lynch
some of their brothers.
Chief of Militia Ralmikoff ask
ed for help and support by the
people in aiding the efforts of the
thieves at reformation. .
One of the bystanders com
plained that he had been relieved
of his purse containing six rubles.
The thieves roundly protested
that it was not the work of a pro
fessional and took up a collection
to reimburse the victim.
Eighty High School Students
Hold First Volunteer Drill
A squad of more han eighty Cen
tral High school juniors and seniors
took part in the first volunteer drill
Friday afternoon.
The officers of the company are
Paul Nicholson, captain; William
Boyer, first lieutenai t; Owen Comp,
second lieutenant, and Ben Sterns,
first sergeant. The officers will be
changed from time to time to accus
tom as many as possible to command
ing. Today from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. the
company will construct a rifle range
in East Omaha, where they will prac
tice every Saturday.
Reichstag Will Discuss
Alsace-Lorraine Next Week
Amsterdam (Via London), May 12.
The first item on the business pro
gram for next Monday's meeting of
the Reichstag will be an interpella
tion with regard to Alsace and Lor
raine, according to the Wcser Zeitung
of Bremen.
It is believed, says the newspaper,
that Monday's sitting will be fully oc
cupied with the discussion of the Alsace-Lorraine
matter so that the
speech by Chancellor von Bclhmann
Hollweg on Germany's war aims is
not expected before Tuesday.
Two Ways
Of Offering
Stock for Subscription
The first Is to sell the stock and then with the proceeds determine the value
of the property.
The second is to prove up the value of the property before asking the public
to purchase the stock.
In announcing the 200,00(9 shares of tbe Cypress Copper Mines Company for
subscription at 76 cents per share, we personally spent tn excess of $10,000 in
preliminary development work (SI assays from various workings of the property
show an average of $32.28 per ton) for the purpose of ascertaining the value of
the Company's holdings. Accordingly we feel fully justified in recommending the
shares of this eompany as splendid investment.
The prevailing high price of copper with indications pointing to higher prices,
should mean substantial return to the careful investor in copper stocks.
The Cypress Copper Mines Company, located in the state of Arizona, which in
1916 produced 675,000,000 pounds of topper, is not a prospect, as there has been
done to date approximately 2,000 feet of underground development work, Ore In
dicated la of an estimated value of $8,000,000, or equivalent to $3 a share on the
entire capitalization.
The company at present is actively operating, and with further development
work the present value of the company's holdings should be substantially increased.
Write today for prospectus, giving comprehensive details of development work,
future possibilities and a map of the company's property. Ask for A-103.
HARVEY A. WILLIS & CO.
32 Broadway. (Established 1901) New York.
After Midnight, Tuesday
May 15th, shares in the
CROWN OIL COMPANY
will be advanced to $1.50 per
share, and no further orders will
be accepted at the present price of
$1.25 per Share
BUY NOW! Send us your orders immediately. Tele
graph reservations at our expense, and follow with
remittance via mail.
This company it paying dividends of 1 regular and 1 extra
each month, or 24 per annum. Current earnings four timea in
excess of dividend requirements. Four well, now drilling. Present
daily production of over 500 barrels should be at least doubled within
the next ninety days. Oil grades a, Somerset, selling at $2.20 per bbl.
to the Cumberland Pipe Line. Principal holdings located in the fam
ous Irvine Field of Kentucky.
Many hundreds of conservative investors have purchased Crown
Oil stock since we first offered it for public sale. All indications point
to increased earnings and larger dividend disbursements as the com
pany's production increases.
When active trading commences on tho New York Curb, as it
Will immediately upon completion of our sale of treasury stock, we
anticipate very much higher market prices.
Don't delsyt All letters, orders or reservstions at $1.2S per shsre will be
honored, tt postmarked or sent before midnight, Tueaday, May 15th. Alter that
purchasers must pay $1.50 per ahare, or higher, at the market as soon as trading
is initiated. .... j ti .
Make all checks, drafts or money orders payable to
E. M. FULLER & CO.
Specialists in
50 Broad Street.
SENATE VOTES TO
DROPfflSORSHIP
Section Cut Out of Espionage
Bill; Another Deadlock
is Now in Prospect.
Washington May 12. By a ma
jority of one vote the senate entirely
eliminated tiie administration's
hard fought newspaper censorship
section from the espionage bill, and
then by an overwhelming vole, de
feated an :.t-empt to reinsert the sec
tion in a different form
This act'on, if permitted to stand
on final passage of the bill, leaves
the nouse on record in favor of the
censorship 'and the senate against it.
and probably will throw the question
into a conference conimfttee for sri
tlement, where the fulj force of the
administration will be exerted to out
a censorship through in some form
Without a record vote the senale
adopted an amendment bv Senator
Reed to make the whole bill effective,
only for the duration of the war.
Vote on Censotship.
Senators voting to eliminate the
censorship were:
DEMOCRATS.
Ashurst,
Bankhead,
Broussard.
Chamberlain,
Gore,
Hardwlck, '
McKellar,
Bred.
Suulsbury,
SIUpUIs,
Smith (Ga.),
Thomas,
Underwood.
V ard a man U.
REPUBLICANS.
Jones (Wash ).
KollOfffT,
Martin.
Borah,
Brandegee,
C'alder,
Cummins,
Curtis. '
Pernald,
France,
FrelinKliuysen,
Galliniser,
Gronna,
Hardin ir.
Keiyon.
UnFollclte.
pV,
N orris,
I'agr,
.Sherman, f
IS moot,
SntherlH nd,
Townrit'iid,
Johnson (Cat.),
Wutson 24, Total.
Against striking out the
ship:
DEMOCRAT'?.
Culberson,
Fletcher,
Gerry.
Hollla,
Hue (.hi sr.
James.
Jones (N.M.).
Kendrick,
Kin.
Kirby.
Myers.
Overman,
Pittmin,
Ransdoll,
Robinson,
Sliufrolli,
Slicpimrd,
Simmons,
Smith (Ari.-.
Smith (B. C).
Nlnni
Thompson,
Trammel I,
Wnlsh,
Williams,
Wolcott 27.
REPUBLICANS.
Nelson,
Polndexter,
Sterling,
Warren,
Weeks Total 38,
Pomerene,
Brady.
Colt,
Hale,
Lodge,
McCumber,
McLean.
WYOMING OIL
We have 840 acres in the
(rreatest oil producing district of
Wyoming the SALT CREEK
FIELD which is producing 15,
000 barrels a day. Arrange
ments have been made with the
OHIO OIL CO.
to drill our wells and work
hat commenced. We ask you to
co-operate with us on a plan
that we feel will bring big re
turns. Literature explaining de
tails forwarded on request. Write
today. No obligations.
THE RUGBY OIL COMPANY
409 Chamber of Commerce Building
DENVER COLORADO
Oil Securities
New York.