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Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Provisions.

Provisions. Bacon strips $6.S7. r. Bacon, $5.S Bulk meats, $5.4065. .45. Hams 14-pound average, 9l5 to 1O12c. Grits, per sack, $100. Cheese, S1A to 111sc. Corn white milling, 37c. Flour-Best patent, $4.35; straight grade $4.00.
 Corn meal-Cream, 75c per sack; straight, 65c per sack.
 Salt-15O pounds, Virginia, white sacks, 70e jute sacks, 65c IS to 25c.
 Lard-Fancy leaf, 6c refined tierces, 4%c; smaller packages the usual differences. Sugar-Granulated, 5.S2lac; cut-loaf, 6e; fancy yellow clarified, 4a4c. Green coffee, 161k to 2Oc; parched, 1s.6Oc
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THE MARKETS.

State Herald Office, March 26. Meat declined several points yesterday and coffee advanced Local trade in all lines, good.
 Birmingham Clearing House Report Clearings, $6O, S99.74: last year, S53, 724.67.
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Chicaeo cattle Market.

Union Stock Yards, H., March 26.-Cattle Receipts, 12,000; the market was weak and 19c lower; common to extra steers $3.400D $4.40 stockers and feeders, $2.S5Gl3.90; cows and bulls, $16003.25; calves, $3.00q550; Tex ans, S2. 250l3 go.
 Hogs-Receipts, 270O0; heavy packing and shipping lots, $37043.S5; common to choice mixed, $3.95; choice assorted, &.OO@41O; light, $3.S56l4. .1215; pigs, s3.00@4.00.
 Sheep--Receipts, 5000; the market was ac- tive and steady; inferior to choice, $2.75D $4.00 lambs, $3.7544S0
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Country Produce.

Cabbage-Southern green, 212c.
 Apples-Fancy stand, $3.75; cooking, S3.00. Onions-Per pound 2Ac
 Irish potatoes-Fancy northern 50c Hoo siers 40c; seed potatoes, New York stock, s1.75 per barrel
 Sweet potatoes, 75c per bushel.
 Peas-Lady $1.25 per bushel; white crowd CT, $l.O0; mixed 55c per bushel.
 Dried apples-Peeled, 4c per pound; evaporated 615 to 7c per pound.
 Peaches-Evaporated California, unpeel- ed, to Sac per pound; peeled, IS to 20c per pound.
 yinegar-Apple 10 to 12c per gallon.
 Butter-Country. 121a to 1Sc per pound; Eggs, 10c per dozen.
 Poultry-Large friers, r to 1Sc; spring broilers, 20 to 25c; cocks, 1sc; hens, 200.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
New orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, March 26.-Cotton futures were quiet, but steady; sales, p, 100 bales; July, 743; August, TAI; September, .7.0S; Qc- tober, 694; November, 692; December, 6.4
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
I,ivernool Cotton Market.

Liverpool, March 26-d2:3O p. m.-Cotton was in moderate demand; American mid o ding 4Ad; sales, 5000 bales, of which 62OO were American; for speculation and ex- port, 800 bales. Receipts, 5000 bales, of which 620O were American. Futures opened easy and demand poor. Marin. 16-64d; March and April, 15-64d; April and May, 14-64d; May and June, 13-64d June and July. H. 64dd4 12-64d; July and August, 10-64dq4 H. 64d; August ad Septenaber, N-64d; October and November, 59-64d; November and De- cember. 3 5S-64d; December and January, 57-64d. Futures were quiet; American spot grades unchanged; American middling fair. 1 11-16d good middlng, 4 7-16d; middling, 4ssd; low middling. 9-32d good ordinary, 5-32d; ordinary 3-16d.
 Liverpool, March 26.-4 D. m.-Cotton. March, 4 16-64d; March and April; 4 1S,64d seller; April and May, 4 14-6id seller; May and june, 13-64d buyer June and July, 1l-64d@4 12-64d buyer; July and l,,1a August, 64dI4 S-64d seller; September and October, 4d seller October and November. 5s,64d9 6O-64d; November and December and De cember and January, 5S-64d seller. Futures closed steady.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
Chicago Change.

SHiCdBO Mdrcn Zo.-W neat made further improvement today, prices closing about 15c above yesterday There was no unusual activity accompanying the rise and the de- mand which was responsible for the en- hancement was almost entirely local. Ar mour was the principal purchaser and the crowd was disposed to offer no opposition. The situation at the opening offered noth- ing alluring to holders or buyers, Liverpool neglecting to respond to yesterdays Amer lean strength and the northwest reporting good arrivals. May wheat opened at 62s4 GD 627sc, sold between 62tkG625s and 635sc clos ing at 6312c, kc higher than yesterday. Cash wheat was 12c relatively higher with the futures.
 Corn-The corn market differed in no es- sential respect from what it has Recently been. Dullness was the notable charac- teristic and sympathy with wheat the mo- tive directing the course of prices. Most of todays trading was for local account, outsiders exhibiting little interest in the market. May corn opened at 29ssQ292c, advanced to, 29Ac, closing at 29SsQ29Ac, 1s@D lac higher than yesterday. Cash corn was jirm and Ac per bushel higher
 Oats were only fairly active and prices moved in similar direction to those of wheat and corn. The demand was good late in the session, reports of the backwardness of seeding operations in Iowa having the effect of inducing buying. May oats closed lsMi4c higher than yesterday. Cash oats were 4M12c higher, the supply not being ad- equate to the inquiry.
 Products Jon slight gain in hog prices at the yards products made a corresponding advance at the opening today, but the lack of confidence in values was still apparent, the selling being superior to the buying, sessions being the naural result. recov- cry took place before the close, the strength of grain operating to the advantage of pro- visions. May pork and May. lard closed a unchanged Domestic and foreign markets were quiet, but steady.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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dated Gas and Chicago Gas each moved ,lp F per cent There was good buyilis or me latter on apparently reliable reports iiyatt the directors will declare dividend in the near IIe future The advance in the general general list was equal to 1a4A per cent on very light trading. Shortly before the close an other reaction of h@3 per cent ensued, and the market left off about steady; Among the specialtes Susquehanna and Western fell per cent, to "A, and the pre- ferred 2A, to 21a. on reports subsequently, denied by officials of the company that de- fault would be made on the interest due April II. The preferred afterwards rallied to 23 The total sales were 11S,357 shares, of which 16,000 were Chicago Gas, 10,500 Su- gar, 10,500 Burlington and Quincy and 9300 Tobacco. The net changes show advances of Is to % per cent, Chicago Gas leading. Sugar, however lost IS and Northern Pa cific preferred A.
 Bonds were dull and higher. Sales were $725, ,000
 Treasury balances-Coin, s127, ZIG, i24 cur rency, 92,692,4O7.
 New York, March 26.-AIoney on call was easy at 3d3@ per cent, last loan at per cent and closing offered at per cent; prime mercantile paper, 5laQ6 per cent.
 Bar silver. 6SAc.
 Sterling exchange was firm, with actual business in bankers bills at $4.S7ls for sixty days and $4.SSi2 for demand; posted rates, $4. .SS1ad4 S91a; commercial bills, S4.S6A44.e6a4.
 Government bonds were firm.
 State bonds were dull.
 Railroad bonds were firm
 Silver at the board was quiet.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

Cotton Letter
 New York, March 26.-(Special) )-Cotton was dull and easy during the forenoon to- day. May opened trife higher at 753, but declined to 7.50 and remained about that price for three hours. But while it was freely offered for 7.51 it seemed impossible to get enough sellers to supply the bidders, who wanted May at 7.50. In the afternoon the shorts took fright and the whole list moved rapidly upward, May advancing to 7.62. In the final trading there was a slight recession on realizing sales, but the close was firm, with May at 7.59@7.6O Everybody here now realize two facts-first, that the natural tendency of the market under ex- isting conditions is towards lower prices and second, that with the trifing stock and relatively low price of cotton in New York any strong operator or combination of op- orators can by dint of money and pluck cause an advance of May, June, July and August to the extent of at least half cent per pound. Whether any operator will avail himself of the unusual opportunity or not is another matter, but the shorts are particularly careful in keeping close to shore. RIORDAN & co.
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St. Louis.

changed.
 Wheat was higher; March, 5Sc nominal; ;; May, 59e bid July 60lsc asked.
 Corn was higher: March, 26l2 asked May, 26Ac bid; July, N&c.
 Oats were higher; March, 1S4c nominal; May, 19lac bid; July, 19Ac bid.
 Butter was steady; creamy extra frsts, 22c. Pork Standard mess, new, $S.S71aQS.9O; i; old, $S371aa 2.
 Lard-Prme steam, s4.S5; choice, $49O Bacon shoulders, $525; longs and clear ribs, $5.50; clear sides, $5.6213.
 Dry salt meats-Shoulders, I50; longs and clear ribs, $5.0O clear sides, $512k. High wines were steady at $1.22.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
Naval Stores.

Charleston, March 26.-The turpentine market was quiet; nothing doing. D, s1.25 D, $1.4O; F, $1.45; c, $1 .60 H, $165; l.. s1.70; K, $1.S0 M, $1.90; N $2.00; window glass, s2121a; water white, $2.25
 Whining ton, N. C., March 26.-Rosin was firm; strained, $1.3O; good strained, $1.35.
 Spirits turpentine were firm; machine, 25Ac; irregular AAc. Crude turpentine was quiet; soft, s1.30 virgin, $l.70.
 Tar was steady at 90c.
 Turpentine receipts, 25 casks.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
General Cotton Markets.
Suns Cotton Review.

New York. March 26.-The Suns Cotton review says:
 Cotton opened unchanged to points higher, but lost the improvement, and at one time near months were points lower Later 1t rallied and advanced to points on near months and to points on distant months. The close was firm, with sales of f40 200 bales
 Today's features: The cotton market was
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Hru Gnnda

New York, March 26-In the dry goods market today business at first hand has shown no material change from previous conditions There has been moderate at- tendance of buyers and spot business has ruled dull, while mail orders have been of about an average character.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
Feed Stuff.

Bran-Per ton, S12.O0 to $13.0O
 Cotton seed hulls-Per ton, baled, A.50; loose, $3.50.
 Cotton seed meal, $17.00 per ton.
 Oats-Western feed, 29e; Texas seed, BOG; white No. 2, 31 to 32c.
 Hay-Burmuda, $1200 per ton: Johnson grass, s1200 per ton; No. 1 Timothy, $17.50 per ton; No. 2 Timothy, s15.50 per ton. Corn harts, s14.00 per ton; chops, $l5.0O per ton.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27

Pork, $1O.OO61O25: dry salt shoulders, $500 @5l2R; long clear, short clear and short rib sides $6.121a@6.25.
 Lard-Compound, $450643711.
 Coffee-Rio fair. 16%c; good ordinary, 1iAc; common, 12%G13c; Mexican prime, 1Sc; fair 17Ac.
 Cotton seed oil-Strictly prime crude in bulk, 17m19c; strictly prime crude in bar rels, 20Q2012; refined, 24025c.
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New York.

New York, March 26-flour was qulst, easy and unchanged. Southern nour was Wheat-spot market was firmer and mod ssa7sly ssa7sRc acsfe aoat G soasoac Options were fairly active and irregular, closing steady at AM3sc advance; May and July were most most May 7OAc; July, esAc; August 6sNc; Sep -tember, 69%c.
 .corn-spots were firm: No 2 . S7e elevator; lev, Adssc advance; March, STAG; May, 357sc; Oats-Spots were quiet but strong Op- tions were dull, but firmer March, 249sc; No So' white. 2sc.
 Wool was in moderate demand, firm and Beef was quiet, but steady and un- Beef hams were dull at s145O@15.OO.
 Tierced beef was inactive; city extra In- Cut meats were quiet, but steady, and un- changed.
 s5.s7!ka5.4o; city steam, s4.9o; May. $500; Re fined was quiet; continent, $570: South American, sslo; compound. ..oa;S s4;s2haA75.
 Pork was slow mess, $9.50Ql000
 Butter was steady. with light receipts; state dairy, 9@2oc; creamery 13Q1Sc; west 22c: western held, 1oaisc; western factory, Sa13c; .Elgns. 22c imitation creamery, 12@ lie; rolls, 9@14c..
 tOttO0 f'tu OH WAS uuil dilu Wtdh, tFuuc eaf' off gra ys @assc Rfs9s S'c asked yellow prime Rosin was firm and in fair demand ; strained common to good. sl.75Q1.77la.
 Turpentine was easy and quiet at 2SAD 2Sl9c
 Rice was moderately active and un- changed.
 Moiasses were firm and unchanged.
 Peanuts were quiet; fancy hand-picked, 4%@5c.
 Coffee was easy and unchanged to 20 points down; March, $13.25Ql3.30; April, Sl27O; May. $l2.40a12.50; June, slzo5; Junly, si0.65 December, s1O. BOO sl0.45. Spot Rio was dull, but steady; No. 2, 13hc.
 Sugar-Raw was firm: fair refining, 3Ac Refined was active, firm and unchanged.
 Freights to Liverpool were quiet; cotton by steam, 3-32d: grain, 11d.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
Horse and Mule Market.
Cattle Market.

Horses-The prices range from s25 to $75. Mules-The prices range from $50 to $100.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27

Hogs-The market good; corn fec hogs 400; shoats, $3.50 to $3.75 Sheep-market good; inferior to choice $1.00 to $S.50.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
New Orleans.

New Orleans March 2s.-Sugar-Open kettle was firm at 2zGSzc, according to s-16c yellow, 4q4ssc; seconds, 21a@3 13-16c.
 Molasses were quiet centrifugal, 6Q17c, according to grade.
 Refined sugar-Powdered and cut-loaf 9-16c; standard granulated, 51sc; confec- tioners' A. 5c.
 fair. 2N63Ac: common, 1%42c.
 Fiour-Patents, s3.90d400: extra fancy, $370n3.75.
 Coru-No. mixed and No. white sacked. $50 36o; yellow. 37c 0ats-No 2 western. Nlzc; choice 2sc.
 Hay-Prime. slsooa17.oo; choice. sls.oo@ 1900 eF. t5f5f
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In Mall straet.

New York, March 26.--SpecuIation at the stock exchange was characterized by a firrner tone than on any previous day Of the week. Dealings, usual of late, were al
 most entirely professional but among the spectators the feeling was rather bullish. turns of western roads The advance in the posted rates of sterling exchange to ASSl5 and $4.S9h had very little influence on the market, partly for the reason that the price of gold bars was advanced by the assay of 1-B to 3 3-16 per cent. This is least until the rates of exchange advance 14%c above the figures now ruling. The the start. the purchase of several thousand shares for London account having had a good effect. The Improvement was after wards partially lost. but during the after noon there was general rally. Ccnsol-
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27

:. Cash quOtatlonS were as fOIiOWS: Flour . was quiet, but steady, and prices were un- changed
 No. 2 spring wheat. elq629sc; No. ? red wheat. 64d6GAc.
 No. corn, 2S4 d2Ss4c,
 No. oats. 191s e 95sc.
 Mess pork, $S.70ltS.75. Lard $5.o5Q5.071a.
 Short rib sides, $4.721ad4771s Shoulders, s4.50Q4. 621a.
 Short clear sides, $. 62laq475. Whisky $1.22.
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Hides, Wool. Ets

hIueS, w OOI, Etc. Hides-Green salted, 596c. Hides-Dry flint, 7Q9c. Hides-Dry salted, 6MSc. Beeswax-15Q24c per pound.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-17

the blacksmith shop. They worked so
minutes and made me IA pounds of
three-eighths chain. Each piece was
over two feet long, and they worked like
beavers to see who could make the long
est piece. They work ten hours q day.
gave them shilling apiece when they
al came into the room, and l asked
them how long it would take to earn
that amount They replied. 1T Would
take more than day" Ito earn 25
cents). l thought. Miserable England
Women Coal Miners.
1 did not visit Wigan this time Gas I
have done twice before), but there is no
change in labor there; the poorhouses
which described and reproduced in 1892
still stand 1t is n pitiful sight 20 wit
ness the poor women there. half starved
of the pits for the small pittance Of
40 to 80 cents for ten hours woxh. 1
reproduce here a cut of the shoes tina t
are worn by the women in these dis
tricts, heavy clogs with big nails in the
bottom.
The situation has not changed yet AS
long there is coal in the pit there will
be women to wheel it. At one time this
class lived and had their families IN the
coal mines, but Parliament prohibited
this, and now they do the wheeling on
the top of the pits. With this cheap
country. This coal is used on the very
steamers and vessels which carry Eng
lands free trade labor product to Ameri-
ca to compete with our labor and manu-
features.
Charles L. Snowden of Brownsville.
cents per ton, or $3.50 per 100 bushels
(16 pounds to the busheD. One man can
put from $50 to 200 bushels per day
and can earn from So to 81 daily. There
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men. His name is Wildemouth. He
lodges 391 persons in his house every
night. His rooms are by 6 feet end he
receives II cents per night for each of
these rooms.
/ went from there to Commercial street
Gin WhitechapeD where 1 saw a place
called the Victoria home (kept in the
same manner as the one on Osborne
street,, where the roomers pay from 6
to II cents per night. Then / went
through the thickeSt part of Whitechapel
an alley called Petticoat lane. The
meat hanging in the stores and on the
sidewalks was so filthy that it sickened
me and 1 could not tarry long enough to
even ask the price of it. l asked the
price of herrings-1 cent each. Bread
was 1 cent a loaf, and it was hard look
ing bread; potatoes one-half cent a
pound onions one-half cent a pound; 3
pounds of carrots for cents. Such a
filthy trading market would disgust a
stole. They live in filth, breed in filth
and die in filth. knowing nothing else.
The Casual Ward"
Then 1 went to a public institution
known as a casual ward, the same one
[ visited eight years ago. 1 found it
just as it was in 1888. The keeper. or
guardian, told me this ward had been
IN existence for more than thirty years
and that there were thirty such places
in London at present. These institutions
are kept as public places and are really
poorhouses. If a man has no money, he
can go there and apply for admittance,
which he-:,ets if the place is not already
filed. When received, they are kept in
confinement for two nights and one day,
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England for each person (taken from
reports published by Parliament is about
$3.50. a difference in favor of America
of sos per capita. Now there are thou
sands of people in England who do not
receive one-half this $3.50. We pay our
angle iron smiths So per cent. more than
they are paid in England; our black
smiths, 102 per cent. more; our boiler
makers, Al per cent. more; our brick
layers. 125 per cent. more; our boiler
shop helpers, 50 per cent. more; our
carpenters, 165 per cent. more; our con-
ductors ION express trains), $40 per cent
more; our locomotive engineers, 191 per
cent. more; our police, 260 per cent
more; our telegraph operators, 103 per
cent. more; our train dispatchers, BIG
ers, 15S per cent. more. The difference
in all classes of labor is the same as
these examples I mention.
The engineers who run the fastest eX-
press trains on the road in England get
but $1,000 per week for ten hours per
day. The firemen get 1892 per week or
SO cents per day. The guards (who-
correspond with our conductors) get
from $4.SO to $6.72 per week. The por-
tiers 1--WE call them brakemen) get $4.56
per week. This is a sample of the pay
of English labor. Our engineers in
America on the express trains receive
S31.5O per week, our conductors $26
and our brakeman $13. We pay more
than double the wages paid in England,
where railroad fare is higher and the
coal cheaper than in America.
The following table of wages answers
all the free-trade fallacies of the Demo-
cratic party and cannot be disputed:
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This Court was horseshoe pattern
and contained 8 houses-1S dwellings
% on one side and on the other, and
these three closets were all there was
for this whole court"
Board and Lodging.
These novels are inspected by the po-
lice. / found a certificate in the hall of
one of them dated March %, 1898, and
signed "a. t. Wood, chief police super
intendent-" These certificates are signed
at his office, and probably he never Wis
its the places.
One man told me he had for his break
fast bread and butter and tea-no meat
and for his dinner bread and bacon,
but meat was luxury he could not af-
ford. The tenants fiocked around me by
the dozen in Miller's court. 1 would
have been glad to have taken some pho
tographs of these scenes and courts, -
but the weather was too cloudy for any
satisfactory results.
passed from this court to another.
and, going to a door, 1 asked, What
do you do for living?" The man there
answered, II take in lodgers-''
What do you charger ''Fourpence
Is cents) per night or sevenpence GA
cents a couple CThe man saw there
were two of us)
Passing on, we came to the largest of
its kind. containing 395 beds On the
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two) and he told me it was his wife,
who was very sick. All around were
signs of poverty. 1t was not fit for hui
man beings 1t made me chill with
pity as looked on this terrible scene.
Going through little court about 1Ox
10 feet, in the rear of this house, came
makes chain with another woman.
asked her name and she told me Clara
Boxley. Her age is % years.
She has been making chain for five
years and receives from S1-1o to S2l6
a week for her work She makes three
eighths inch chain and is paid $1-O2 for
LIZ pounds. For breakfast she has
bread and butter and tea and sometimes
worked from o'clock in the morning
until in the evening; that the only rea-
son she staid there was because she
could not save enough money to pay her
fare away from the town.
The buildings look as if they had stood
for centuries, and as l passed through
the little court leading into the house
and which is walled on every side by
houses 1 counted fifteen little children
from to 6 years of age playing to-
gether in all the filth that could sur
Across the alley was another shop where
another daughter was making chain
She is married, has one child and makes
S2.16 per week.
She has been making chain for twenty
years, having commenced when she was
II years old. Her husband, chain
maker also, earns from So to $3.50 a
week.
Mrs. Polly Fowkes has four daugh-
tiers making chain. She is 81 years old
and has made chain since she was Z
years of age, but is now too old to work
makes from S1.2O to $1.5O per week.
They live in a little old house, with
stone flooring. Here they cook and eat
and live in the same room all huddled
together. The girls are very smart at
the forge. 1 set five girls to work in
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the working people and comparing their
wages with those of Americans. -Four
years ago / made a second visit for the
same purpose and on August II, 1896, 1
left New York, for the. third time, to
make another investigation. I arrived
in Manchester on August 20 and there
began my investigation, where 1 found
more destitution than 1 had ever seen
in any other city.
. The s'Cesspool" of Manchester.
Standing, looking I'D Angel meadow,
a graveyard the left and behind one
of the worst courts in Great Britain,
public houses of course, and all around
"a population struggling in the ocean of
moral and social degradation. it has
been called the .'cesspool of Manches-
ter" Its history is a history of dirt
vile crime, drunkenness, riot, cruelty
and robbery. The houses are low and
dilapidated. and many are villainous
holes, unventilated. undrained, corrupt.
reekirg with smells, utterly infamous
and sickening both to body and mind
all this within a few minutes walk of
the Queens hotel, the Exchange and
railway stations.
There are scores of rooms furnished