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The labor world., 1903-10-24
A, Modest Request.

The wit of the Irish is proverbial and
instances are not wanting to show that
they have all their wits about them in
time OF danger. An Irish switchman
employed in the freight yards of a wes-.
tern city was unlucky enough one day
to- get his left foot fastened in that
death trap known as frog" A Wig
orous effort to- free himself failed. A
freight train was backing down upon
him, not more. than 20 feet away.
Quick as thought he whipped his
knife out of his pocket, opened it, cut
the folds of his shoe string with one
sweep Of the blade, -jerked his foot out
sof.the shoe, leaving the latter in the frog
and jumped to one side. He escaped
death by a margin Of less than a Sec
zond. 81 The freight superintendent hear
5ingSof his narrow escape, called him in
to his office the next day.
80 Larry, he said ..you showed WON.
5deTful presence of mind in an emer-s
sgency yesterday. should like to do
mething for You to show my appre-,
citation. Of it.. Wha tzshalI it be?',
Well, ], sor.i.responded Larry, scratch
Ing. his head, ,1.tt shoe rs as good as
IYer,. but he sthring no good sat all.
YesInis ~ her tor asneW.
1,osst
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You know-with his eyes looking in
to yours. You know you would throw
up your hands and sink. But no-not
with that fiery hate in you that burus
in your very bowels. You would swim
sWim-swim!
You are always with him-with him
as he treads water, or striI-es out or
floats. looking up into the blue cloud
less sky. You see the roth in his fiery
hair, the spume in his tawny mus
tache sometimes floating about his
mouth like sea weed and those huge
white limbs moving under water Ana
you see that broad, square chin beat
against the wavelets like the Prov OF
Viking pirate ship. So he fought, teu
long hours-fought while the sur
climbed up the center of the metallic
dome of the heavens and began to des-
cend again, and the screaming gul1s
circled about his head and even lighted
near by.
Here he paused once more, and tells
you he sank; only for a second, mind
you, but he sank. \ picture flashed
before him. He saw the men of his
watch stalking about the streets OF
Honolulu. He saw them in the drink
ing shops leaning against the bars, He
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| iar1s and :larfs--vay out dere in de
| water" -~-F 49,. 0o
And he goes off into another snasim
OF merriment. Here lie pauses.. nor
uoes ne resume until he has disposed
OF two more beers His mustache
uroops again, the fierce glare returns
INTO those sea-gray eyes.
Den dey brace up de fore wards
asaa1i ana go on You see, dey goes
on'' vile 1 swims' after, six-seven-
eight miles *astern: You tink I will
GROWN: Not much! I kan swin-clear
TO Honolulu=-or HELL. I doesnt care
Vltch-only I gets to dose fe1lers. /
wants TO- meet dem Iagain. u.
But, amt dot the worst ting. Won
ever heard OF, & to leave =:a flipmate 5to
! =droiWnStn q smood sea? vould5 you do
dat. to :yonr: sworst Rpeny2,,s +:
Here he wakes sentimental and slob-
oers through a dissertation on the
ethics of shipmate fellowship. He
wants you to understand he never hit
a fellow when he was down, especially
a shipmate.
would you see fellow drop over
board and not raise the cry? No, YOU
Wouldnt-not even if it was the Chi
nese cook
A few more drinks wash awav the
tears. Again he, bristles. = ,
But I gets even wild dem! I VIII not
drown-1 will not--I will. not!"
He fairly roars this, and Trig's roar
is a few keys lower, than a bulls bel.
low. -.
mo! I will swim after dot gang of
larrikins till, lays my: paws on dem!
You bet: ".
On he goes. With him you see the
white sails fade out. on the horizon,
and with him, you. are alone in the
great circle. Drunk as he Is, he speaks
distinctly now, carefully articulates
each word. Have you ever been out in
small boat, alone; with the gulls, a
clear horizon, and .land a: thousand
miles away? No! He has. It's a sensa-
t1on that sets the entrai1s :wr1ggling
But think. then he continues,
pointing huge gnarled forefinger at
YOU. think you-how. would you feel
without a boat. in: midocean with "a
clear horizon: about You? How would
you feel then?" .:
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could easily be made over it with one
engine if the road bed were safe.
A southern route around the lower
end of the lake was proposed, and
though it was better than the present
one, the difficulties of the Lucin Cut
off attracted Chief Engineer Hood and
it was decided on.
2. H. Hartman. when he came into
the road, looked upon the southern
route with more favor. He planned to
make the terminus of the road Salt
Lake City and to have the Union Pa
:cific build cutoff from Evanston.
Wyo. This would. have shortened the.
distance across the continent 100 miles.
The: heavy grades found by the sur
veyors caused the abandonment of the
Evanston tproject. Weber Canyon was
talked of for a cutoff. butzit made the
distance only IS miles shorter. i, p. 4
=: chief Engineer j.. B. Berry. of the
Union Pacific. it is stated. was opposed
b 70 the Lucin Cut off: & James R.3Keene
saYs=#the cutoff cannot be made a:
success. Senator Foraker Of Ohio. be-
fore the United States Circuit court in
.the :*Keene- Hartman contest. made the:
charge that the cut-off was. scorting
many#ml lions more than it was *esti 4
s mated It would cost and that It would
thaXe .toS be abandone Il s. :,$$ 5= Il: i
#.sN No one is q lowed over the Lucin
Z route f1mplo ployes st 4 the road win not.
discuss as M the enterprise III detail. Moun--
y |tainss |of rock known. . have ben
# dumped lltnp @ 5 into m ]. the bog on to dis
appear. ';. s
ST.: Eimb bankments wit temporary track
prl hem Ve.beens reared, and when
have beeIsz5l aid . and trains run.
across they have sunk QUE 81 Isig
g. Some times train TEN o1ff. tie
hII ettIngSutnder
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heard them telling how he had drown
ed and they chuckled ana ogled one
another. He saw big Steve grin, as he
said:
Poor sucker, we'd a picked him up
if we could!'
Sink! Never! He could swim-a
thousand miles, He could swim in
spite of hell itself
He must have been fearsome sight
then, shooting up again above the
surface, like a sea demon, shouting
vengeance! Meyer! He will SWIM
SWim-Swim!
By this time he is pretty drunk. If
he were an ordinary MAN you would
say he was nervously unstrung. But
Trig Olafsen has no nerves. so he's
only beastly drunk. But still, you feel
the thrill of. fire in that last squirt.
Here he gets .maudlin and funny at
once and you can't quite. make out
what happened. You know he saw
the foresails of a. square-rigged ship
but he doesn't tell how. he got aboard
it. Figuratively speaking, he slobbers
and, falls all over the captain anc
! bossn of the Garnet Fnen he laughs
| again
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This Pit and its:
Great Appetite.
From the New YDrkgWorld: ,i=


From :the.New Yprk.World: t>::+
Mountains of" rock{ and sand; a loco
motive. enough 'carsato make:a train a
quarter OF a. mileslong. several work.
men. and section after section *of: em-
banknent. with their tracks and con-
struction houses. have: been swallowed
in the relentless NAV of *a:great Salt
Lake 'quagmire:;i and Still every effort
to fill-it has proved vain. -
-Four million dollars have been spent
to- make a2bottom to- this ghastiy pit;
and the skill Of many of the: greatesc
engineers of this country :: has been.
brought to the task. but it swallows a.
mile Of bankment" with its burden
Of rolling stock. hanging desperately
on Ethe5pit's edge. as hungrily as ever.
4. This famous qua gmire ls really two
pits Which were. formerly 3. part Of the
Great Salt Lake. but are now. but a
bog. s5s. ... . I: s.: F.
" Y 81 The fort to build a. bottom across.
these pits sis being made by the Gem
tral Pacific Srail lroad !. The section ir.5
y which q the bog occurs is.called the L,,-
Gin Cut of. and its purpose is tosshort--
en- 6, 7: the. ontinental trip q about
" miles 81 s5.z s M
The present line between Lucin5= on
o.ne=sfde dez of the Ike and Ogden the
ct 9th her IS s. around the north end the
slakeSEoYer promito hil The distance:
Isl SO lies dc ) So heavy.
that 12amile sZZan. hour sthe maximum
sspsed placess
The lengt ropoged5 5eut=onisz
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tive and cars pitched into the water.
The fireman was killed and the engi-
neer was injured. The engine and cars
are headed for: the other side Of the
earth.
It is said that the expense so far
has exceeded the estimate SO far by
$1,000O0O, and that fully $4,Ooo,ooo have
gone into the Salt Iake sorSon's S NAV.
Building was started about nine months
ago from both ends and along the way.
.~ One of the, objections raised to, the
cutoff was. the fact that, the violent
storms that sometimes sweep the lake
cause huge waves: of the heavy. water
to rise in the northern: end, and that
these would continually damage amy
trestle-work Or. emba nknnent, especial:
ly where twas. built on quicksand.
, The lake where it. is. crossed is %
miles wide. Ten miles of. track re-
main to be constructed. It is On this
ten miles that all tie trouble has *oc-
Cured. There is eetrestle-Work on the
lake. for miles where the: bottom: ): is
good. One Of the zquagmires is half
way q across Bear Riversbay. The other
is across*the: North Arm. This is the
one that has given the most trouble s~*
=%I + T has been a current belief for many
years that the Great t Salt Lake con-s
tanned snbterra mean 5outle ets..ss;. Several
rivers pour int It while the only ap-
parents.o n (. outlet lis through evapora ton.
Many Va yzs persons. are convinced that the
scut-ofr IS being built 1.-TWO Zof these
ubterraneans outlets, W1nic are & COW
=eredsat the nnol1th 81 ting quick
sand 50
.ss5 utllern 8 icengineers believe the
Seastern. uagm1res s ne. result Of thes
was shing down for cent uries of ST from.
the. Bear iYer. filled #ins sa
spz.cally lyoIIs and believe persist
sneez ,ile
The labor world., 1903-10-24
World Trip to Mark Jubilee.

HIOHf Tue new YORK HSaclQ:
:: BY way Of marking the completion
of the fiftieth year. of; their: married
life, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sterling of
Bridgeport, Conn.,, will make a tour
of the world. The fiftieth anniversary
will not take place until October is,
but in order to catch Il steamer at
San Francisco they left Bridgeport
Wednesday. e
They will visit the, Hawaiian Is
lands, Japan, China, the Philippines,
India, Egypt and the European Coun-
tries. They intend to spend year in
travel. Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling have
been lifelong residents of Bridgeport
Mr.. Sterling, who is graduate Of
Yale, so, but recently retired from
business and both he and his wife are
in perfect health.
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man could swear like that no living
man could swear like that but r,,r
Olafsen, in. flesh and blood.
None of the mates watch came
aboard that night. The men of the
other watch came struggling aboard
toward dusk. They had no guilty con-
/ sciences to- keep them away. The
/ ct hers mad desfor the hi1Is 5@up: by the
Fall and We're captured: by the police
next day and brought aboard in irons
Inc mate himself conducted the hunt.
but lodged no complaint against them
he only wanted them with him on
the passage to Frisco.
OF course he left Honolulu on tho
Aloha as mate. The record of that
passage is lost to authentic history.
but occasionally you meet a. sailor
who will tell you that there really is
hell, because he has been there. The
port watch Of the Aloha reached
Frisco alive that passage. .but thew
were carried ashore on stretchers
aboard the marine hospital launch
Nor: was Trig Olafsen ever heard to
complain of having gone unavenged.
tie always refers to that passage with
Ct ols comp1acent smile that sends his
tWo-hp Whlskers up like bull horns.
NOW to his story. He only tells il
when he is drunk. He weeps and
laughs by turns, but you do neither
you listen, spell-bound. And after ne
mas finished you know why the yik
ings of old ruled the sea,
He begins by swearing at the
spanker sheet block Never trust a
spanker sheet block when it iamhs
You can't depend on it; it's treacher-
ous' ne says. It usually takes five
beers to bring him through a treatise
on its proper management. About then.
he will plunge into his story, as he,
plunged into the tropical sea that dark
morning.
When he arose he saw the Aloha's
stern fading into the darkness.
Haul In on your fore. braces" he
roared, expecting to hear the shouts
OF the watch and the Natt1e of. blocks
and cordage.: But he heard only the
tapping of the still seething wake
ABOUT him, and then suddenly he re-
anzed the truth. The. stern light dwin-
died and at last danced. off, "a mere
speck.
can see him yet as he described
tnat moment The dark pupils of his
pale-blue eyes spread, and those big
mustaches stood straight out as thoug oh
he held stick between his clinched.
teeth. :
DE hounds" he grins,. "day viii
ieave me-fanner BRENDA mig-dey:
VIII leave me- Not even a lifebelt dew:
trow me--but I kan swim-by God-I
kan sW1m-and I will not sink-by God.
| Hey you lubbers!' Here he roars as he:
ala IN the water. you hear me, YOU:
damned dogs!>I I kan swim, and I swim
clear to hell before gives up, I viii.
Ifs"1m to Honolulu, and il I can't tow
my b1SSted carcass. dat, fart swim i'm
IN spirit. will hounat you---on de night
/ ~vatches-I will haunt you till YOU
yoump overboard!" y*~-s = =. -; ss4
He doesn't say SO, but you 4kao Know; ~
that he peeled off his: s clothes ana:
struck out after5,the< ship. His power ::
(zziul zll Jaw is: set, and the. muscles under.
ms ears are: like huge ;walnuts. Then
ne sees the bark, by the#ligh ghts 81 the ft,s
breaking l'tel.F.lfg dawn miles ahead, and they
q; eShove III untss e,
.crest#of .& q WaNe. sees boat put OFF,
eere#he usustll laug
c. ~ ST fun o,ls
sdatzd damn skipp Etlill1 nc. me.
ZDeyll1l six5m ilesz
funny
sfs
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f<~1 an ship
1 p earlymo
brutal
to be
himself
o
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they do not offer to explain the other
quagmire, they believe the same re-
suit may be obtained there.
:'All this: talk about abandoning tho
cutoff is foolish declared a South
ern Pacific official. "We will keep at.
it until we: have solid roadbed, no
matter how long it may take or how
much the cost. 1t is only a quest-h
Of time when the bottom of thesu So
called quagmires will be reached
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WILL HAUNT. You:>,>
-
ON DE- NIGHT WATCHES

"Yuo know, dey ask me, We're vol,
come from?' Ha. ha. ha, ha. 7 tell don,
vas in whales belly like Yona H.
ha, ha, ha! don't tell dem nothing tiu
next day.
BY this time he is too drunk to tell
more put you have the tale. You look
at the huge drunken brute before you
ugly, uncouth, heroic, drunk-and in
spite OF all, a thrill OF admiration
comes over you
And you feel that the Vikings must
have been just such heroic brutes.
Copyright, 1903, by Albert Sonnich-
SEM
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Advantage Of College Training.

Advantage OF College 'ralning'
From the Washington Star:
IT: dunno what my boy Josh would
HAYES done WITHOUT his college educa-
tion,'' said Farmer Corntossel.
"'Indeed!"
Yes. While he was home he got
on the same side of a fence with a
bull, and mother an me was powerful
thankful that he was a champion
runner and iumper'
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Her Excuse,

From judge.
gagged to her.
Cholly-Hu15d! She promised to
keep 1t a, secret
Gladys-Well, I guess she thinks the.
joke is too good to keep.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-11
FURTHER ADVANCE IN
FUTURE GRAIN PRICES.
BUYING BY BOTH SHORTS
AND BULLS.
Very Unfavorable Conditions Re
ported by the Weather Bureau
the Dominant Influence.

Strong and higher prices again prevailed
IN wheat throughout the session yesterday.
The close on the July option was within a
fraction OF the high point OF the day. and
while Sept also was on the upturn, too.
the close was not So strong as earlier in
the day. The weekly Weather Bureau re-
port. which was very bullish as . the cor
dition Of the winter wheat. was the
dominant influence. Then there was also
considerable apprehension relative TO the
dry weather in the Northwest. Shorts were
the principal buyers. although considerable
buying was done by the bull -rowd. a tet-
ter outside interest was also noted
July wheat opened sc higher and sold at:
nc. &c: 4s: TIC "a :s's a., 80 se 'c se,
As in wheat the corn market was likewise
i biiiIn. by the eull.sh weekly weather
Sondtion In the principal contrasting
States. Prices ruled higher A strong de-
nand prevailed early and very little for sale.
Later the trading was very light. but the
the top.
July corn opened SGhc higher and sold
-.7sc, 47ae, CSC. Es.c. EasEsc. 47s,c. E..a
Receipts OF wheat at St. Louis 1.slo bu..
OF which all local, against 1859 bu., OF
Wnich ss3 SKIS. and "a cars local and % cars
through. in 1902
Receipts Of wheat at primary points 355.-
% ou-, against 1860 bu. in 1872, and ship
nehIs SoHb ou., as against $1,000 bu.
Northwest received e0i cars. against 164 cars
In 1862 Chicago received $3.50 hu. Clear
ances 323 90 bu
Receipts of corn at St Louis 10 500 bH, OF
winch all were local, against 1850 bu.. Of
1902
Receipts OF corn at primary points s7s. co
bu., against 100 bu. In 1902 and shipments
cetved $50 bu. Clearances 1874 so bu
Receipts OF oats at ST. Louis 1850 hu
OF which all were local. against 80 $50 bu., OF
1902
Receipts Of oats at primary points fT.ccl
bu-, against 1900 bu. n 1902, and shipments
90 bu.. against tsi.0to bu. Clearances l.
GO bu
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-11
Cash Grain, Flour. Etc.

WHEAT-Receipts. 80 SKIS. and car through
Only sales heard q were car No red ard AGO
SKIS at nc and % SKIS at !Sc- a car No. red
CORS-Receipts u cars local Sales On w
trk- az sc Tor Nc. :. sc fo- No. yellow SIC
to- unGraded white and sic for No white. sc
for no-gTade- On wharfhoat- 10 SKIS white at Soc
OATS-RsceiptS. car local: higher. sales on
Tor No. white and 5sG51c Tor No. white.
RfE-Entirely nominal, at say sc loaded from
z. side elevator. for No. . Il couldn't &c hand
led there Just now, anyhow. Sale, 30 sks. prime
put On street from beat at Soc,
:, ELAXsEED.,E9 sales or offerings Bids OF
FLOURISH. winter four-Patents s. s993. .:
sfadss in iutes s. 40: %: hard winter 1our, in
iu,es-Pstsnts SIS for f.sts TO 50 for extra
Foregoing prices for lots from hands, trk. or at
depot this side Orders higher.
RYE FLOCR-In a tobbink way at $50 IN tute
SKIS and 81 in wood for new. Mixed and In
coRNMEAL. ETC-F. o. b.: City meal =;
BRAS-Ou basis OF z trk- bran not sal1bls
above sic In large and SC n small SKIS. and
mixed feed at SGssc and rli6didinEs al ssGsSc
in los. Spot offerings W. side would sell much
higher than these rates. At mill bran sells az
sIg9oc and ships az %oGtsSc
HAY-Recetpts % tons local. 80 tons through.
shipped 10, tons Market Guotaoly as follows:
Timothy s24 Jaf.25 for choice ss3a-i for No. I.
sIsTco fo- No. 2. SieGtS for low grades. Clover
mixed sifaIs Clover not wanted and noruinaliy
81 for No. / s., for No. :. siSau FOR lower
sTRAw-wheas and ca. On ,rk.. $50: rye. s.
ESQ.
4.i5: spelter at S. 5ols.S-
XEISKy-SreaSy at 81. o.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-11
ENORMOUS LIQUIDATION IN
STOCK MARKET DISTURBING.
CLOSE is WHOLLY UNSET
TIED AND HESITATING.
Some Of the Leading Speculative
Issues Down Almost at Lowest
Level of Movement.

New York June D.-Enormous liquidation,
heavy covering Of short lines and the fever
ish easerneS OF the professional room-trad-
err to follow the uncertainties OF the mar
ket caused constant and violent fluctuations
IN prices to-day. Tone at the close was
wholly unsettled and hesitating. but with
prices generally within a fraction OF the
lowest. which is the lowest for the move
Hasat- Some Of the prices on the morning $
slump were: Baltimore and Ohio 7siz; C. &
A. sSx; Norfolk and Western .s: Pennsyl-
vania E55s: New York Central 124ES; Atchi-
ecn 6aA; St Paul IiTls; Union Pacific al;
Southern Pacific IS: Erie 81; Reading I1s::
Ontario and Western Es: Illinois Central
13ois: Southern Railway q; L & n. Iooiz;
United States Steel Ss5s. preferred 80. and
AmalSaxnated Copper 81. The enormous VOL
uJia Of the selling orders and the violent
d olines In prices gave opportunity for in
vittng profits to the uncovered bears. and
they bought heavily at the decline The
M ~et showed technical signs Of the cul-
minAttou Of the movement both IN volume
SII precipitancy. and the bears were the
make, msde a 80 Substsntisi recovery during
the midday period, and a good many of the
principal stocks on the list were Lifted fairly
above last nights level.
DECLINE UNCERTAIN.
The late decline was curiousiy uncertain
and hesitating. and on much lighter vol
une Of dealings than the first break. Mis-
souri, Pacific was the principal sufferer.
with q decline to 80. Wabash dropped to
1sx, tia preferred to 4ox and Rock Island to
at The opening this morning was excited
and demoraiized, under tho avalanche Of
selling orders There were Simultaneous
sales Of $500 shares Of Atchison. 5000 shares
Of Erie, and LOO to 5000 shares OF all the
principal speculative stocks The source OF
ihs selling was not well understood n0s
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-11
UNAVOIDABLE WEATHER ADDS
STRENGTH TO GRAIN MARKET.
WHEAT ONLY MODERATELY
ACTIVE, BUT HIGHER.
Fair Trade in Corn All Day-One
Prominent Operator and the
Shorts Good Buyers.

Chicago. July 1o.-Unfavorabls weather
caused strength in the grain pits to-day,
July wheat closing a shade higher. July corn
isdii4c. but oats were off isc. while Sept.
provisions closed from exc to 5a7Isc higher.
WHEAT
Wheat ruled only moderately active but
firm feeling prevailed throughout the ses-
sion. unfavorable weather and fears OF an
adverse Government report being bul.ish
factors early in the day. Firm cables were
also partly responsible for the strong OPEN
ing, and initial sales on July were up &c
at Ioc, and in spite Of rather free selling by
local traders and several longs. the advance
was well maintained. with July at one time
touching 7slsc on buying orders from ST.
Louis The market reacted slightly toward
the end Of the session. when July sold eff
TO i0Ssc. but the close was firm. with July
shade higher. at 751. a15Tsc. Clearances OF
wheat and flour were equal to 223.top bu.
Primary receipts were 1910 bu.. against
3U.AO bu. year ago. Minneapolis and Du-
luth reported receipts OF 81 cars which.
tract grade-mate total receipts fot the
three Joints OF 800 cars. against - cars last
week and Iss cars year ago.
CORN.
There was fair trade in corn. and the
market ruled strong throughout the day.
Prices were influenced largely by the cold.
wet weather. although the bullisn sentiment
among local traders was due partly to the
poor showing Of the weekly crop report.
which stated that much corn remained un-
planted in the, Mississippi, Missouri and
Ohio River valleys. y prominent operator
bought heavily throughout the session. and
shorts also were good buyers. There was
some liquidation late in the day. and part OF
the early gain was lost The close was firm.
with July ixqi.c higher at 4st. Gts7sc, after
selling between 4si4c and SAC Local re-
ceipts were 30 cars, with OF contract
grade.
OATS.
Oats were firm early in sympathy with the
strength in other grains. but the bullish
sentiment was curtaiIed somewhat by the
weekly crop report, which showed an i'm
proveuent in the condition Of the crop.
Commission houses were liberal sellers. but
offerings were well absorbed. shorts taking
the larger part Of them. The close was
steady, with July &c lower at 35i,c, after
ranging between 36i4c AMI S6a4c- Local re-
ceipts were q cars
RANGE OF FUTURES