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movement this year IL Two seeks .ate .ra
n the mills have only tue forsiRu rasrkcts
g present 40 the chief outlet for thssr
meal and cake, the future Of thesa nr,scis.
does not look very encouraging.
lotion seed oil has further Declined ana
prime crude ID offered freely MI i5c ~.
TOD interior mills. but buyers are rrsher
scarce even at this igure. Some sales werc
maoe at fgure equivalent to 14iSc. a.
long as lard keeps its downward pncc tbere
naraiy any hope tor an improve ,nent in
vi prices. However. prices have q lsst
~ np.oac s, point which might rcne onably
Trade Notes.
The market for Elgin butter has ad-
vanced another cent.
Jelly In thirty-pound pals ID quoted at
reduction Of 10 cents.
The Magnolia brand OF condensca milk
mas advanced 25c per ccse.
Rice holds up in rrice for new goods and
me grades are rather scarce.
The market on al evapor tied fiu'ts rc-
main high. with the csmand actiys.
All classes Of clttle are In demapd on
higher. s
Thompson G. Co. had shipment of Cali
fornia Bellfiower apples today. lett. 2
packed in boxes.
Cove oysters have reached tho top Iotch
IN prices, but low,r quotations aIe e, :
pected when the new pace is marketed
Lewis Brothers q Co., wholesale dealers
IN butter, eggs and cheese Will be ready
day.
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Houston cxpecrs 500 to 900 bales Mon
Gay, against i2.9B last year; New Orleans
1900 to 12.0W. against cS,sta.
Railroads entering Houston report very
light accunulatione OF cotton along their
hneSs the amount on platforms being
much aess than usual at this time.
CArgiil q Richardson. Houston: ~ ne.
Tie r.cre er,t COTTON was moving in tho
south. ami the sellers OF contracts were
refuge. as Europe still keeps nloof."
Macy 4 Pendieton. New York: eve look
20 see this demand increase and a,artle
tna bears who have thought that because
x, x was delayed that st would never como.
or ignored" -
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MOnuNyfN DS " AsNe
b. w. Hunter & Co. OF Houston say in
their weekly market letter:
This has been bull week In cotton.
New York and New Orleans both closing
with a gain of is points from the lowest
OF Monday, when the advance began. The
gain in Liverpool in the meantime has
been 4-64 and that market is due to ad-
vance 2-6i Monday.
The market today has been steady and
advancing one during the cntirs short ses-
sion. closing with gain Of 6 points.
and tho strength continuing on the curb
after the close. December In New Orleans
being quoted at 6.15. Interest centers in
the government report. which will be re-
ceivcd here Monday at ii o'clock and trad
ers generally expect an active Idt rket
after IT'D announcement, and feyerish
one during tho time preceding.
Judging from the weekly bulletins the
report will be bullish enough to satisfy the
most enthusiastic bulls. and the market In
anticipation of such report has advanced
and will likely continue to do SO. 1t Is
pos siblc for the report to be so bullish that
traders will not believe II. and 1t may
act as a boomerang, and 1t Is also fossil
BILE that the bears will claim that the ad-
vance of this week has already discounted
a bulljsh report. aud hammer the market.
We would not advise customers to place
too much stress on this report, Whatever
Ii may be.
THE market has two sides, and trad
ing Monday will be for the most part a
gamble, pure and simple. and we think
Will not have large interest either way
until this state Of affairs subsidies. and
the market grta in normal condition. We
are very friendly to the bull side OF cot
ton and think purchases on all good breaks
will prove profitable. but the chances are
enough Monday to bring disaster to the
2O-point trader. whichever side he riay get
IN
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tito paper. @hu5 per cent. Sterling ey-
change steady, with actual business IN
bankers bills at 4.si& for demand AMI
at 4.s24 for sixty days Posted rates, 4S3
6fi. say and Assn. Commercial bills, i.si.
Silver certificates, 6,Qg57it; bar silver. 56N
Mexican dollars, 4sls. State honda quiet,
railroad bonds steady; government bonds
strong.
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foN SEED PRODUCTS.
~st a aMrket for Cake
neal and OIL.

"eciininE aMrket for C.re
Neal and Oils.
4, LOT cotton seed meal and
SUI declining. owing to an la
AN, absence of foreign demand.
lug September have reen twice
su''ns the came period u last
j, ,ae Indications are that ship
re nis month VIII continue on
kisn nnis accounts for the ircak
= markets. and WITT dc,i ming
|kaid t ~ are unwilling. or
=. sn.s. puy aoove their .mme-
SIM ',clpating further decline.
- nrer, e generaily Tar ahead of
p.eyious season, although the
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Chicago, October 9.--There was the
usual Saturday market or lack OF 1t IN
cattle. The pens were almost empty, the
few offerings consisting mostly OF Vest
ems. Prices were mostly nominal and I'M
changed from yesterdays figures. Pack
ers in hogs took hold more actively and
at S.45Q3.s5. Coarse heavy packers sold
at 3.3od3,55, and prime assorted light
weights going at 4.00d4.O5. Buyers dis
eliminated against the Numerous lots OF
at 3oatoc below good fancy cornied
stock. choice bacon grades being pre-
ferred Pigs sold largely at 49, S;S'. nn
prsei the bulk of todays receipts. Ma
tive sheep sold ut S.0oG3.SO; feeding Woss-
erners 3.iogS.5o; native lambs at 3. 40qo. 90,
wer. 25Glioc lower than last week ana
sheep are off tsd25c. Receipts-Cattlc,
800. hogs. 1a,ooo; sheep. 1000.
ce,rts coo; shipments none. Steady for
botn Texans and motives. Fair to choice
native shipping and export steers
hn siS% s peas iS's bnlk Of ee saes
t..oa4 60; light steers, 3.50q4 %, bulk $3.50
a. 20; stockers and feeders ,5og4.2 y, bulk
a.l5@4,oo: COWS and he'ters z.ooaai bulk
Indian steers 30013,SS, with a few single
steers bringing. Dis high as aoqi.5o; cows
and keifers. 2l5I3,2o. Hogs--Receipts 5000;
SufDlIrINS Obps bnithtl DC lIbUl
65I3. 90; mixed 3.C0d3.S0 heavy S.SDd3. %.
Sheep-lReceipts 100; shipments none
nominal: native inJttons 8 l0a3.S5; stock
ers2 o042 80; culls and bucks 2.ovq2 20;
lambs 3.25Q5.25.
Kansas City, october 9.-Cattle re-
ceipts 400; steady and unchanged Hogs
Receipts sp0 Bulk of sales 5.61d5. 10;
packers 3.i56t3.tD: mixed 3.5Sa3.T5; lights
3.25eta 725; workers. 3.7oflS.72,a pigs $3.50
3 G7r. Sheep--Recetpts 100; steady; lambs
3.o5Q5.15; muttons 2.l0G3.75.
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STRONGER TONE lNCOTTON|
Failures Advanced 1t New York asd
New Orleans,
BuLLIsH BUREAU REPORT EXPECTED.
Predicted that the Conditioa wan
he Around 70 Per Ccnt--A Crop
Estimate from New York.
once Of The Post
Houston, saturday. October ..

Houston. saturday, October ..
Cotton shorts covered today. fearing that
the government report to DO issued Monday
would be bull!eh. In fact. tips from tho
New York exchange stated that tho fis-
ures would range between 7odp7s, and
claimed that this information was from an
authentic source. Atwood Violet tele-
graphsd as follows in regard to II:
Whether the cotton world will believe
It or not, the bureau on Monday will In
dictate crop considerably less than $780,
900 bales"
1t is hardly likely tina, the returns from
the bureau will have much effect one way
or the other. except to cause temporary
jostling of values. On october 10 last year
the condition OF the crop was placed at
60.7.which was too low to be given crcdence
II the per cent is around 70 Monday the
report is likely to be considered bullish
and may cause slight advance. It was
the expectation OF such returns that caused
today's gain, which was In the face OF a
decline OF sa6id at Liverpool. Liverpool
spots were 1-32d lower. with sales Of 1000
bales.
In addition To the bullish tips in regard
to the government reports, New York
firm published crop estimate that pre-
dicted yield OF only 9,347,000 bales. Just
before the close there was also a gov
eminent forecast OF cooler weather in the
cotton belt Sunday, with a possibility Of
frost in oklahoma and the Indian Territory
tonight. Taking 1t all in all. the short
session brought out considerable bullish
comfort, and caused traders to forget the
tales OF woe from the English spinning
districts. New York futures closed sac
points higher. and New Orleans ip5 up.
Southern spot markets were steady, with
a fairly good demand at New Orleans and
elsewhere.
New York futures opened steady, with
GAL bid for January. The market advanced
steadily after the opening. selling at 6.49
for the highest and closing with that
price asked, against 6.44 yesterday. In
New Orleans December sold at 600 for tho
lowest and GA highest, closing with GA
asked. ON the curb at New Orleans De-
cember could not be bought for less than
6.15
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HOUSTON PRICE CURRENT.

These quotations are revised daily and
thedr correctness can be relied upon. Tho
prices are thpse ruling in the Houston
wholesale markets:
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COFFEE.

a,fae--ontions opched strong at 5Tio
,ajNts dnciine. showed generally weak
,n,pdertone following Unsatisfactory Flu
ropean and Brazilian advices and absence
Of speculative intsrests Closed .SS, 1890 baye
incInJing: December e46; May SIS, sn2ot
nns,sa Isio n,.et: 10. 7, rs. Recesps 1000;
cleared for intel states s,oo; for Europe,
49, from nited states 12.4lS. In
Guiding ,i.77o from New York; New York
stool. a3i. 322: United States stock $50, ~ I;
afioat for the United states 5000. Iota,
v.sibIe for United States $50. ~. against
"a ri last wear. ana 57s.55i in 1896.
santos. October a.-ccffee barely stcaas1y;
good average santos sGl.0O; receipts S2ooo:
stock 1.0Ss.0 900. ,,s,p
net decline OF V pig. sales 5000. !,
Hayre. October a.-Ccffee closed u
lower. sales 900.
Rio. october .. Coffee STEADY.
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! Goods
ar Lots.

Ss ssisosnia Canned Goods. Ia 49,
Eht befors vJus and other goods
recs:vaSs the advance In prices
MT. W. on the cut rates of
(tinR - wiz interest any one
puy anything in our
H. D. Taylor
& Sons.
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LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON.

The market is very scantly supplied
with all classes of stock and bare of hogs
Cattle of all classes would sell readily at
quotations. The tendency of prices is up
ward.
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MONEY AND BANKING.

Houston, October g.--Isocai banks report
the money market easy. Interest rates
are 7eiS per cent.
HOUSTON BANK CLEARINGs.
The following are the clcarings of the
Houston banks for tho week thus far ana
for the corresponding time last year. to-
pethcr with tho increase:
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following table gives the supply today and
IN this date N previous yearss
W. ..,...,..l. 689.6 & iSS........ 3, 661 .574
ISL. ,3SS,c2 1894. ........ 2, tc6,0S
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He'd stntes Ports.

Comparative Spot Markets.
The following are the closing quota ions
for cotton ON the spot today al the leading
markets, together with the closing OF mid
cling yesterday, w3th todays sales.
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THE wool MARKET.

prices pad by Houston Dealers. -,
rweive months. medium .........1g Xins
Twelve months. hne, .....''...''.. ~ ~
De eIx ymcnths. i0s iesa
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xx,..uIy interior Movement.

The weekly movement OF cotton al u
leading interior towns, according 10 the
Chronicle statement. Issued tf's morning,
was as follows: 7,.,----,:
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

r. o. b. will.. Texas interior points. ~.
Per Gallon.
Prime crude oil. loose...... 10 q i5M
Prime summer yellow OIL. IS
Primo cotton seed cake. .....S13 50 Q1l 80
Prime cotton seed meai...... - 90 Gpl< 50
Linters, per pound ..,...,..., 2HD W
FOR local delivery Houston mills quote
meal and cake at Si5.0D1lH.5 80 per ton.
Remarks--Market weak at the decline:
demand limited.
New York, October 9.--Market for cot.
ton seed products quiet. with oils quoted
lower; prime summer yellow, barrels. go
23lac; prime crude. 20izQ21c; prime cotton
seed cake, s220oQf2250 per short ton; meal
$500 per ton; linters. class A. 40.
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Decrease.
HOUSTON EXCHANGE.
Buying. Selling.
New York sight....A dis Par to 81 die.
New Orleans sight x dis Par to h prem.
American silver. Par Par.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
Today. Yesterday.
Reichmarks com-
Bnnkors, 60 days..... I.s3is-N tS3k-m
Commercial. 10 days. 4.s2M 4S2M
Francs, commercial.
60 days ..,........... 5225s-2iN b22h
LONDON MONEY MARKET.
Today. Yesterday.
Silver .........,........ 26la 26M
Cunsols :. .,,.,........ 1lits Ill 9-lA
Bank rate .........,.. "a IN
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world. yIsible supply,

The worlds visible supply Of coyton In
creased 215,O00 tales this week. against an
increase Of 278,0c1 for the same week OF
last wear The present supply H. G9S.bJ
bales less than On THE date In In. The
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WIRE AND NA1rs

Quotations arc on small lots. Special
prices on carloads;
BARRED WIRE--Cslidden. gal. 20 N nor
100 lbs; Waukegan SC higher than GIdden.
WIRE NAII.S--Rate $500 per key: Adj.
vances. 1od. I'D and 16d. SC; sd and Cd 10c.
gd and I'd. 2c: Id and 3d. soc; Sd. l5c: "a.
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PAINTS AND OILS.

.oIIe-l.insecd. in bbis, raw, 42,: boiled
&c. petroleum. water white, 100 test. in
bbls. l4c; IN cas>s sie5; prime white. i5o
test, In bbls, 12c; In cases. s1.l5. Brilliant
OIL. N!o; IN bbls, lsc: stove gasoline. in
lie; In cases, $2.l0 castor oii. med.
ical pure $l.10; castor oil. commercial o9isc
per dozen; turpentine In barrels SSc. ~
WHITE LEAD--Strictly pure, 66pSkc:
standard white lead. 4Mc -
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Weekly hank Statement.


New York. October 9.--;The Evening
Pests London financial cable says: The
stock markets were lido today. peuding
begin on Monday. Americans were steady.
The belief grove that the Indian minfa
win not reopen.
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CorroN.

Houston Daily Statement.
Today. Yousdav. Iaa4 80
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ESc Y hay, sscca6to; North Texas. $50
CoTroNsHED PRoDucrsMcal and
SAKE 81 SH.ooulS.W per ton; hulls. A.0o per
SORGHUM SEED s5,asoc per bushel
RYE 6EED-s0c per busliei.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
st. Louis Grain and Provisions.

st. Louis, October 9.--Flour-Unchanged
Wheat-Higher; spot stronger; No. 2 red
cash, elevator. 96ts; track, 97@9S; No. 2
hard, cash, So; December, 9S; May, g7ls
Ssber spot bsaber Mr. s as
December. "a. May, SON lid, Oats closed
unchanged: No. 2 cash, elevator. 1914;
track. l9XG2o; No. 2 white. 2ll&d22i De-
cember, i9& May. 2214a2aas. Rye Firm,
4s bid Cornmea1MSteady n5o4l 10; fia *
Bran higher, sacked, east track, 30 bid
and 80 for this side. Hay firm, higher;
prairie, 6.50a70O; timothy, 75oa100o
Whisky 1.20. Cotton ties, 10. tagging,
bl s.25 L.rd steady; prime steam. 4.1o:
short clear and ribs. 500; shorts, G12is
Dry sailed meats, boxed shoulders, $50;
shorts, 5.62h Receipts-Flour. 600 bar
rels; wheat, $1,000 bushels; corn, 2i4. 90
bushels; oats, 5000 bushels. Shipments
corn, 5000 bushels: oats, 1900 bushels.
Grain ana Provisions Elsewhere.
New York, October 9.--Wheat-Receipts
COS. 300; exports, n 1867 bushels Spot firm !,
No q red 9sS. Options opened strong
on good foreign. buying and continued
morning, assisted by light offerings and
Investment buying; closed firm at, iglM
net advance: No. 2 red, May, closed % 70
sl7s; December 97%. Hides-Quiet; CAL
weston. 15a1e; Texas dry, iaais Beef
bellies. siLds: picked shoulders, 5ih: pick
led hams. sGsik. Lard-steady; Western
steam. 4eoa4.e2is: October closed 40 nom-
inai; refined quiet. Pork--Dull: old mess.
s.756fe.25; new mess, 9Jydl0.00; short clear,
o,iet; southern, 10 25all.25; Northern s!
SIs5o Copper easy: brokers. lilo. Lead
strong brokers 400.
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asked. b bid
New York Futures.
Opened steady; closed very steady; sales.
$500.
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Hou.ton SPOT auotations.
quiet and unchanged.
Galveston spots.

SaivcstOn spots.
The Galveston spot market closed
quiet and unchanged.
Low ordinary. ~ sliddlnT...,... els
Good Ordinary. bA Niddling fair. GA
Low niddlinl... hA iealos .........., l2l
New Orleans Spots.
The New Orleans spot market closed
steady and unchanged.
ORDINARY 100, b,s Good m'adns. TX
eood ordinary. ~ lNtiddling fair. ess
Low middlinr. 1s-lJlSales. .l..,.... 1900
New York spots.
Tho New York spot market closed
steady and unchanged.
"ooa ordinary. hss uood m,ddiln.. IN
Low middling.. q Lie, Miudling fair. :. 3.lS
Mddllng jL >aios .......,... alO
Liverpool Spots.
Demand fair: prices 1-32d lower: sales,
7000 bales, of which 5000 were American
imports. 10000. of which $500 were Amer
lean.
To-day. Yes'day.
ordinary ...... ....t....,,..... 3N ~ ~
Good ordinary. ...,.,....,... CLIO 1879
Low middlng. -. ..,........ ll-lU 2A-S2
Mddng uplands ........... 1915 27.32
Good mlddlng uplands 900. 1919 Sl.i2
American mdding fair. b-33 S-1B
New Orleans Futures.
Opened quiet: closed steady; sales. 10, 200:
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Havre Market.
Havre October s.--spots quiet; futures
steady.
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:. Reported for The Post by A. p. Norman.
live stock commission merchant.
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GRAIN AND HAY.

Carload lots, job cars. from mills: deal
ers charge from store Afl0c more per log
lbs on bran. 2d3c per bnshel on oats ana
corn and ioai5c per 100 lhs 81 nay'
RRAN- 6Siac; corn bran 4p4ioc.
CHOPPED CORN-S0c per 100 lbs. =.
CORNING. Q sacked, 42@ s3c; on corn' 90
acc. -<,,o. ,ao ,,o,pds.
Safs--Texas e5h@Nc per bushel.
WI5EAT GHORTe--e0c per 100 POUNDS
WHEAT sCREENINGs-7oc per blsnei.
HAY--Aifalfa, 80 eoQ!LM per scn; M 1nnss
oi200: timothy. s1t0ax7e; eoutn
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MINING NOTES.

The Minnesota Ore Co., which has
handled the product of the Hale and
Cincinnati mines, on the Mesabi
range, is succeeded by Drake, Bates
& Co. Mr.. F. A. Bates, who has had
the sale of these ores from the begin
ming, has as his associates in the new
firm, M. M. Drake, of Buffalo, super
intendent of the Lackawanna Trans
portation Co., and president of the
Bank of Niagara, and j.. Fl. Barlow,
Of Cleveland, Both are interested in
vessel property, which will have the
carrying of the firms ores. The sale
of other ores than those mentioned is
also being arranged for. Both the
Hale and the Cincinnati have been
increasing their output of late, the
former producing 10000 tons last year
and the latter 57,324 tons. The Gin
cinnati, which is Bessemer property,
has been making an excellent show
ing in the quality of its product.
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Notice of Application
FOR
LIQUOR LICENSE.
STATEOF MINNESOTA,
County of ST. Louis, IS.
CITY OF ELY.

Notice is hereby given that applies
tion has been made in writing to the
city council of said city, and filed in
the Office of the city clerk. praying for
a license to sell Intoxicating liquors
for the year commencing February
/, 1897. and ending January 81, B37,
and to the following named person,
and in the following named place,
to-wit:
John CIode, in the lower east
room of the building located on Lots
4, and 6, Block Is, of the plat of the
city of Ely.
Said application will be heard ard
determined by said city council as the
council chambers in the city hall, in
said city, county and state, on she
18th day of February. 1897.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said city. this Goth day of January,
1897.
PETER SCHAEFER,
SEAL City Clerk.
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of their wages for medical services.
Ever since the Duluth s. Iron Range
road was built to Tower and the Min
nesota Iron company began the oper-
alton of the mines at that point rail-
read and mining companies in that
section have employed a physician to
attend the employees and their families
whea i'll, and have deducted each
month from the earnings of each the
sum of 81, which went into fund to
pay the doctor.
The effect of this plan has been
practically to give monopoly Of the
medical profession to single ply
stefan in the mining towns whose in
come was made up by involuntary
contributions of all the working
population, none of whom are given
voice in the selection of the physician
who is to wait upon them. L. is
claimed that the custom has been
greatly abused until now it has grown
to be an actual burden to the. poor
wage earners. 1t is said to be the
rule that if an employe works. but a
single day in any given month"; or
simply long enough to have his name
placed on the pay roll, that the tax
for the doctor is invariably deducted,
provided always that there is enough
due the 1ahorer to nav IT,
In many of the range communities
where doctors are employed in this
way it happens that one physician
cannot attend to all of the work and
is compelled to employ assistants,
who of course, are selected from the
ranks of those without patients, and
are willing and anxious to get employ
ment at snail salaries.
Complaints is also made that the,
medicines provided are not of the
best. Naturally where prescriptions
are put up in job lots in this way to
be paid for at a certain price whether
required or not, the temptation to
make them up from inferior or adul-
terated goods is very great, and it is
asserted that the temptation is fire.
uently snccumbed to. Several ply
sicians in the iron country who have
had the good fortune to secure the
favor Of the corporations have ac-
quired fortunes wrung unwillingly
from their patients who have been
forced to employ them whether they
would or not.-Duluth Herald.
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80 far as demand is concerned, small
as 1t has been, there has been ogreat
disappointment, for after the eX-
perience of November and December,
there were few In the trade who ex-
pected much Of January. The past
week, perhaps. has seen an increase
OF inquiry-in some finished lines
larger business than in any one of the
three Immediately preceding the
disposition is general to believe that
the worse month of the year has been
passed. The few large contracts of
the past ten days have been confined
to the East and Pennsylvania mills
on that side of the AlleghenIes have
closed upwards of 10000 tons of plates
and shapes, while small portion of
the business, contrary to first reports,
has landed in Pittsburg. Prices are
down almost to the lowest ever
touched, lc Pittsburg, having been
done on some recent business in plates
and csc on steel bars. The weakness
i
in Bessemer pig iron and steel at
Pittsburg has depressing influence
on all lines, and while persistent
effort is apparent to push Bessemer
iron down, that recent sales Of low
priced steel may be covered, the
situation is inherently weak, from
accumulated stocks and the expected
reduction in the price Of Bessemer
ore. While the claim is made by
furnacemen that no Bessemer iron
has been sold by furnaces below $40
in the valley, several transactions
have been reported in the past ten
days below this basis, and it is known
that Pittsburg metal is less than IS
cents above the valley price.
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