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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
Steamer Movements.

The steamer J. S. left st. Louis yes
terday afternoon and will arrive here
this evening. The boat will go to
Rock Island and will return here on
Monday to run the Unitarian church
excursion from this city.
The steamer st. Paul is due to ar
rive here this evening from st. Louis
on her first return trip of the season,
to st. Paul.
The steamer Dubuque will be up
from st. Louis tomorrow evening with
freight and passengers and returns
down stream at o'clock on Monday
morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
Canton Party.

tsThe following party from Canton
arrived last evening from that place
on the steamer Keokuk and after
spending the night on the boat re-
turned down stream this morning:
Misses Lewis, johann. Richards. Lew
is, Furlong, Starr and Mr.. Stammer
john.
The Jewish outlook., 1909-05-07

this from the disbursements of $3 22 s bal
$S7517 which the of institution
October 18th till April s five mcnths and twenty days 10
cost of $54 20 month $515 and mills day
number of children cared for the Home
its and dividing that amount of 5 between
makes child Oc and mills We sheltered
institution thywo children 10
mills per Yet would
considerably had good friends made donations
milk preserved goods also Mazs Wine and pouI
for ach and lots of other things for the comfort
our children.
place birth of the of Home of the thirty
children sheltered only single born in Denver The chill
dren of our institution born:
The Jewish outlook., 1909-05-07

The Finnish Senate has published official statement denying
the accusation that the of the consists of anti
"The Senate added the els only fulfilling
which depart The seventy Jewish families and the
individuals who expelled Finland
never had a right to live in the principalty''
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Butter. Cheese and Eggs

Through an error fresh creamery extra butter
was quoted at 3jc a pound in yesterdays issue
The quotation should have read 80 &c. The
market had a steadier tone on the exchange
yesterday. extras being marked up &c on a
sale at 36c a pound Trading in the street was
of average proportions but stocks of all grades
well up to requirements Tuesdays ad-
vance in fancy new California dat cheese
proved more than the market could stand and
the price dropped back 1ae TO quotation OF
1s1sc a pound. Stocks were small. but the
advance restricted the buying movement. hence
the decline In the egg market California
storage extras were lie higher at Bic a dozen
Quotations for fresh extras and hrsts were
unchanged in the absence Of business under the
call on the exchange.
ON the exchange 10 cases of fresh extra but
ter were sold at Soc pound. There were no
other sales.
Receipts were % 200 pounds of butter. 81 800
pounds of cheese and l. .123 OF eggs
The following are official quotations established
by the sales, bids and offers on the door Of the
dairy exchange Prices In the street while gov
erned by the exchange quotations, generally range
from l5c TO &c higher, owing 10 the various
charges to be added.
Butter-Fresh creamery extras. 36c per lb.,
steady; do hrsts. Sic, steady; do seconds, 29c,
steady; California storage extras. Soc, firm; ex-
ira storage ladies, 2519e, steady; do hrsts, 25c,
steady.
weak; do hrsts, II lae, steady; do seconds. 162e,
steady; fancy Young Americas. 19c- steady; do
frsts, lie, steady; fancy Oregon Young Ameri-
cas- 1S52c. firm: do hats, 1Sc. firm; California
fancy storage flats, 715c. firm; do hrsts- 1612c,
firm; storage Young Americas 1S1Ac. firm; New
lrm.
Eggs (per Dozen cases includedl California
fresh extras. 54c. frm do firsts, 47c, firm; Cali
1ornia storage extras, Sic, firm.
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GRAIN MARKET
Wheat and Other Grains

Wheat-The government yesterday issued its
statement of the crop of 1909 as follows. Yield
of spring wheat. 800 S23, 600 bushels. against
226 694, 600 in 190S; winter wheat, 446. .366. O00
bushels against 437 ,90S 900 in 1908; acreage
of winter wheat lin 1909. 2S. $50. 600, agan
30, 349,00 in 1905; acreage OF spring wheat,
age in 1909, 46, 723, 600, against 1857 900 in
1905
The grain department of the merchants ex-
change has issued its estimate on the stock on
76,4l5 tons December 1905. The detailed
statement appears elsewhere this page.
The wheat market quoted weaker yester-
day without any change l,aI e. in n, quotations
California, Sonora, $2.10@2.30; Propo
and white Australian. $2@2.10. Northern wheat
Club, $l,90@1. 921a; Russian red, $1-s5@
$2.O21s 10 per ctl,
No business
Barley--The grain department of the. mer-
chants exchange is out with the statement of
the stock hand in the state December l.,
placing 1T at 26039s tons. against 19i,450 tons
December /, 1905 The quantity is much more
than the trade had expected and came in the
nature of a surprise and caused decline in
both futures and the cash grain. On the surface
1t looks like 10000 tons more than last year,
but the trade say that such is not the case. as
the stock taking has been much more search
ing and particular this year than in previous
years, when considerable grain was overlooked.
The statement had its bear effect just the
same, however.
The statement in detail appears elsewhere
CASH BARLEY
Good to choice feed, 1.4T1 II d1.5 30; common to
fair, l.45@1 .4eA per ell; brewing, sl-5l 4 'a
l.521a; shipping lots, $1.51 4 D1.5212; chevalier,
FUTURES
1890 a. M Session
May Sps8 SIS hS1 si.Ss 10y siss iSs''
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Meat Market

DRESSED MEATS
Slaughterers' rates to dealers and butchers are
as followS:
Beef-Td7lac per Ib for steers. 6G7c for cows
and heifers
veaEs@9c for large and 9@lO1.c for small
Mutton-Wethers, s14@9hc; ewes, So g9c per
pound
Lamb-11d111ac per h.
Dressed Pork lper lb)-11@l2e for light and
9@10c for heavy.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations for good, sound
livestock delivered in San Francisco, gross
weight:
No. fat steers. over 900 lbs. alive ~ az c
per lb; under 900 lbs. 41te; second quality, Az
414c third quality. 81 Gl3Ac
No. 1 and heifers. 81 6I3%ac; second
quality 3@3Ac; third quality. "a @3c; common.
thin. undesirable COWS, 2e.
Fat bulls and stays, 2@2Ac; half fat or thin
Caives-Liye weight. per lb size; medium.
&c; heavy, 4@4hc.
Sheep (per 1b)-wethers, No. 1. SIC; ewes.
Lambs (per lb)-This years milk lambs. SO
6Ac.
Hogs (per 1b)-Hard grain fed. weighing leo
to 140 lbs. 73z 6tSc; 40 to 25O lbs. SdSAc; go
to $50 lbs, TAc; common, undesirable hogs,
I
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Deciduous and Citrus Fruits

A car of New Jersey cranberries that arrived
late on Tuesday was put on sale yesterday and
the receivers We're asking $12 a barrel. Stocks
of the Cape Cod long keeping variety were
closely cleaned up and a few remaining lots
were sold st $3.50 barrel. Business in other
fruits was Of the usual light routine character.
and the quotations for everything stood exactly
the same in the last report There were no
new arrivals of citrus goods. nor were there any
needed the market being amply supplied with
stock previously received. Receipts OF grapes
were increased 10 800 packages. surprisingly
large amount for this season. The market had
easy tone because of the large arrivals, but
receivers were holding out for previous prices
Berries-Cranberries, $12Gl3-50 per Dbl;
huckleberries, 10@12lac per ID
Apples (per boxl-Faney bellhowers, $1-10@
1.25; Newtown pippins. S1.25u 80; do red,
$1-40@1.T5; choice, 75e@$1; common, 40@65e;
Christmas apples, $2d2.25.
Pears-Winter Nellis, $1-T5q2 per box; other
varieties. 75c61$1.2 % per box.
Pomegranates-50475c for small and S1.250
1.50 for large boxes.
Persimmons-90ca aS1 per box
Grapes-Crates. $1G1.25 for yerdel and 75c4
81 for eornichOn: boxes, 50@75c-
Citrus Fruits (per box)-Valencia oranges. 81
az. 80; navels. 81 25d2-J0 for fancy and 81 T50
for choice; tangerines. S5cM$1 for small and
S1.25@1.75 for large boxes; grapefruit, 81 -J063
for seedess lemons. $4M4.25 for fancy, S2.5Od3
for choice and $1G1.50 for standard; lines, 81
@4.5O.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas 75e6S1.7J per
bunch for Hawaiian and S2.50Q3.5O for Central
American; pineapples. s2@3 per dozen.
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LOCAL MARKETS
Receints az Produee necemher 1a
Provisions

WESTERN STATES
Flour, or Skis 1,020lMalt. SKIS. E.
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Hay and Feedstuffs

Sentiment in regard 10 the tone Of the hsv
market has turned right around during the last
day or two and handlers who have hitherto
been weak are now hrm and report imnrav
ing market They say that a good deal of hav
Is being shipped out Of the state and that bur
ers are now willing 10 take hold. Sales ai
full figures are being made
Bran-S2S- -JO@29 for red and $4,000 per ton
for white
MiddIings-S36. .5O037.JO per ton.
ShortS-S31. 50633 per ton.
Feedstuffs-Rolled barley, $32 ass; rolled oat 2
for feed $50. .5O6l34. so; mixed feed $2SG33 for
average lots Ofcake meal. in 20 ton lots $50 50
In 10 ton lots $40 in ton lots S4OjO. small
lots S41: cOcOanut cake or meal at mills, So To-
20 and 10 aud $3.50 in ton lots; jObbing. $50:
corn meal, S37G3S: cracked corn, S3703S; al
falfa meal and mealfalfa. 1obbing lots S24 ear.
load lots So per ton: red star alfalfa meal. So
carload lots and S23 for jObbing; Caproco Oh
cake meal. $3.50 per ton
Hsy-Wheat. Sl4M 10; wheat and oat, $50 Il,
tame Oat $12M To- volunteer wild Oat. S1O0 IA:
alfalfa. S9I12; stock hay. S7d1O per ton.
Straw-5Od 7Jc per bale
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Flour and FarinaeeOus Goods

The merchants exchange gives the stock %
hand in the state December l at S4ls9 bar
FIour-C California family extras, S6.60uT uei
without discount; bakers extras $6-60N7. sl.
nerfna s. 4O0f5. 20, Oregon and washington
per bbl So 7Q0f5.90 for family. bakers and pat
ents and S4 80 for cut on Kansas patents S6 4
067 10: do Straights, 81. 600; Dakota patents.
81 20; do straights. $50 per bbL
FarinaceouS GOOds-Prices IN 100 ID sacks paf
cash no discount are follows: Graham a.,ur.
$40 per 100 lbs, rye Hour -; rye meal. So So
81 80. oat meal 81 40. cat grOats. $3.50; farina
81 80: hOminy. $3.50; buckwheat fOur. 81 90,
whole wheat hOur So. 80 rolled oats. Dbl So 500
Z in sacks $4-4O46.5O; extra cream 10. 81 b
sacks and $3.50 In barrels. rolled wheat. bbls S.
in sacks "a 2567 4.J0: pearl barley, S4.7j; Splif
peas boxes. $40 for yellow and $50 Tor green
per 100 lbs
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STOCK MARKET

Business in local securities, which has been
falling off of late, was still quieter YESTERDAY.
There was some activity in Associated oil.
which declined from $500 to 5000. North
slO9 SO bid other stocks stood about as be-
fore. The following Dividend Calf
fornia fruit Gamers, 60c; California street cable
railroad, 60c.
Mining stocks were duh and uninteresting.
The only noteworthy change was a drop In
TonopaR of Nevada from $7.35 to 81, following
a decline in silver.
On the oil exchange Palmer was still lower
at 92m95c The following oil stocks were ex
dividend: Four Oil. 1c; Traders, ST.
The International silver company has de-
clared regular quarterly dividend of IA per
cent and an extra dividend of y per cent
on the preferred stock payable January 3.
The Tonopah banking corporation mas de-
elared semiannual dividend of S3 per snare,
at the rate OF per cent per annum.
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PonIfrx nnh Gnme

Early arrivals of dressed turkeys yesterday
were 103 eases and about 20 came in
during the day. These arrivals were altogethes
too much for the market. only few specu-
lators were purchasing heavily, and they re-
fused TO pay previous prices for general Offer-
ngs. Most of the sales were at 24M27e a
pound though an exceptionally fine lot that was
wanted for a particular purpose may have
brought 2Sc more. There was cont tinue.l
firnness in live poultry. receipts being light.
Game was in good request at satisfactory
prices
Poultry (per dozen n)-Hens $56l6 for small
scar for large and $S09 for extra: Young
ROSTERS $6.50M7. do extra large. 81 5OIS: old
ROSTERS, S4g5; fryers. SJ.J0@6: broilers, S46j
for large aud $3W4 for small; ducks, S6@9:
pigeons. 81. 80; squads, $3G3.50; geese SO. 506a3
per pair; gosings. -- per pair; live turkeys.
21G 23e per lb; dressed do. 24027c per h.
Game (per dozen nl-Mallard ducks. S4Gf6;
"a ~ IS e5 snoonh;I 'ss; 81 -. -
biackjacks. S2W5; gray ducks. $393.5O; gray
geese, S495; white geese. $1-75es2.J0. brant,
81. so so: honkers, $69S; hare, 81 2502 so;
rabbits, $2.1JQ3-
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Foreign Futures
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Future Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO, Dee. 15.-The government crop re-
port and increased receipts in the northwest off
set bullish foreign advices and caused weakness
in the wheat market here today.
Wheat was unsettled Al times strong tone
manifested, owing TO brisk demand by
shorts, but each upturn brought out liberal real
izing sales which resulted in a quick decline.
At the start the market was decidedly strong
because of unexpected advance of %M11s d
at Liverpool The range on the May delivery
for the day between $1.09K and S1.11L.
December sold between SLIP and $1.131s. AT the
close May sold 81. 1oSs al. .1O1a and December
at $1.121a
Corn was weak. A decline of E@11ac in
the price of the cash grain was also a weaken
ing factor. The market closed weak with prices
$sd sc below the previous close.
Oats were inclined to be weak, although
prices at the close were unchanged to Ac lower.
Provisions closed unchanged to 121ac lower
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Articles. Open. High. Low. Close.
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Potatoes. Onions and vegetables

Four cars of sweet potatoes reached the mar
ket yesterday Those brought in by the COM
bine were held at $1-50 Genital ex car while
independent receivers were offering their hold
ings $1.250 1.40, according to quality
Prices for most descriptions Of miscellaneous
vegetables were Irregular Fancy offerings.
which formed a very small percentage of the
arrivals from the south. brought stif prices.
while sellers were obliged TO accept whatever
buyers cared to pay for frost damaged lots.
Rhubarb was in overSupply and lower. Onions
and Burbank potatoes stood before quoted.
Potatoes (per ctl)-River white. 70@S5c for
common TO choice and 90c0l$1 for fancy; Salinas
Burbanks. $1.15@1.35; Oregon Burbanks, $1@
20; sweet potatoes. 81. 256l 1.60.
Onions-90c d$1. 10 per ctl.
egetables-Tomatoes, S1.50@2 per box for
bay and T5c6 $125 per crate for southern; green
peas. S@12I2c per lb: string and beans,
Sd1215e per ID; lima beans. sd1Oc per ID; sum
mer squash, 75c@$1.25 per box; garlic. &c per
lh cabbage 406J50c per etI: eucumbers, 5OcQ$ 81.
per dozen; caulifOwer, 40050c per dozen; tur-
nips, 75c per sack; carrots, zoe per sack; egg
plant. case perslb; green peppers, 749c per ID;
mushrooms, 50Ac4S1 per box; rhuoarb, 5@ &c
lb.
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Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey

Fruits-Evaporated apples. SQ9c; apricots, 10
a 12c; moorpark, IL = a &c., peaches 5% @6Ac;
prunes, 2ss 43c, with &c premium for 4Os and
no sos at any price; pitted plums. nominal; figs,
Raisins-Layers, clusters-6 crown. $3.50;
8 crown, $I.75; crown, S1.25; ordinary layers,
seedless sultanas, 2NG4Ae; Thompson's seed
less, 3Gp3Ac for unbleached and IL @7%c for
bleached; loose muscateI, 4 crown, 4c; 3 crown,
31ac crown Sc; seedless. &c
Nuts-Almonds. nonpareils, 141s @15c: IXL..
14@141sc; plus ultra. 13@1315c; Drake, 1015
MI1c; Ianguedocs, 10G10l5c; hardshells, 61s a
&c: walnuts, 13 l5e per 10 for No L soft
shells, size for No. do; pecans, 1413 q Ice I:
Italian chestnuts 1255e; California chestnuts s
a 12c; peanuts Az G5c; pine nuts. zoe per ID.
Honey-Comb, l4m 15c for water white and
10Q12c per ID for light amber; dark amber 76
Sc; extracted, 71ac for water white and 5HM
61sc for light amber; candied and dark amber,
4l41sc per H.
Beeswax-2T y Q30c per Ib for light and ESQ
&c for dark
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UNEASY DAY IN
STOCK MARKET


NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The Reading
dividend increase gave the stock market
the only semblance of animation it enjoyed
today, coming after a period of torpidity.
Operators in stocks were diffdent about
committing themselves to make the con-
tracts.
The Reading dividend situation had
aroused a good deal of uneasy surmise
The weakness of the stock yesterday and
at times today gave rise to an impression
that the strongly claimed hopes of divi-
dend increase were to be disappointed. The
event pointed rather the conclusion that
many wary speculative holders had pre-
ferred to cash in their profits on the vague
hopes of an increase rather than to await
possible crush of profit taking sales on
the increase.
With the announcement of the change in
the form, but not in the amount of the
Lehigh Valley dividend, Reading rallied
and rose above 10. The actual announce
ment of the increase in the Reading divi-
dend to the 6 per cent rate came in the
last half hour of the market
Use was made as a depressing influence
of the formal declaration of war against
the open shop position of the United States
steel corporation by the labor conference at
Pittsburg. A loss of a point at the open
ing measured the extent of this influence.
Remittance to London TO provide for pay
ment of obligations on American securities
held abroad continue and held up the ex-
change rate to near the gold export level.
a hardening of London discount rates and
resort of borrowers TO the Bank of England
kept up the attraction for outside funds,
although the Inauguration of a trans-At-
lantic gold movement would be expected to
point toward Paris from New York, owing
to the obligations of the London market to
the Bank Of France.
There was little change in the local
money market. The call loan rate touched
per cent again. An incident of the day
was the payment of the Standard oil divi-
dend which called for the disbursement of
SIo. .OoO. 900.
Bonds were steady. Total sales, par
value, S4,026, 600.
United States bonds were unchanged
call.
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Condition of the Treasury

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The condition of
the treasury at the beginning of business today
was follows:
Trust funds-Gold coin, $S75.3O .s69: silver
dollars. Sass, ,39S, 600; silver dollars of 1890
s.. 9e3. 600; silver certificates outstanding $4S9-
39S. 600.
General fUnd-Standard silver dollars in gen-
eral fund.- $274,242; current liabilities. Siia
9O2. .123 working balance in treasury Offices
SO. OPS, $685. In banks to credit OF the treasurer
OF the United States $3S, ,305 422; subsidiary sjl
yer coin. $50, 764. .T25; minor coin 81 O49 5oi
Total balance In general fund, SIS, $50 323
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Cottolene-one half bbI. 12%c: 3 half bbls.
129sc; tierce, 1215c; tierces. 1850; tierces
12Ac-
Hams and Bacon-The Western meat company
quotes follows: Hams, 1915 M19c: picnic
hams, Ne; California hams, y M1sc: bacon. 6 to
lbs, 231ac; s to 10 lbs, % 1ae; 10 TO II lbs
221sc: fancy sugar cured bacon, 2516c; extra
light bacon, g to lbs. 221ac; to 10 lbs, 21he;
10 TO II lbs, 214sc; light dry salt bacon, to 10
light medium bacon. lie.
Lard.Tierces 1elzc, SOS 16Ac, los 17Ac. 5s
113sc, IS 1711c: compound lard. tierces 1O1bc-
eos 1os4c los 111lc. 5s 1Issc IS like: yellow
cooking oil. 63c per gal; white cooking OIL 65c
per gal; salad oil, 6Sc per gal
Beef-Local prices quoted. Export lots in
spected by the government, are 81 per Dbl high
er. Extra family beef $3.50 per Dbl; family
beef, S12 per bbl; extra mess beef, $12 per Dbl;
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Reans and Seeds

The merchants exchange gives the stock on
hand in the state December 1 at 1196.1 7C
sacks. against S6S.6J0 sacks on the same date
last year The detailed statement appears else
where.
Beans tper ctD-Bayos. s4.75615 %: pea. nom
fnaI; small white. $4756I5: large white, Sc 2567
800; pink. $3-65@3-s0; red. $696.50; blackeye.
So -S094. 10; lima, $4-10Q4.25; red kidneys. S56
$50; cranberry beans. $4.2504.50: Garvanzas.
81. 50M3.50; horse beans, 81. 500 . %
Seeds-8rown mustard. 4G4Ac; yellow mus
tard, SIC; daxseed, 4t5G5c. carload lots: ca
nary, 4Ac; alfalfa, 161aG17e; rape, 1h@2Ac;
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New York Grain Market

NEW. YORK. Dec. 15.-FIour- with a
small local trade Receipts, 20,S55 barrels;
shipments, 7,470.
Wheat-Spot, easy; No. red, $1.27 elevator
and S1.261a f. o. b. aioat nominal; No. 1 north
ern Duluth, $I.239s and No. hard winter,
$1.24ss f. o. b. aioat nominal. Options, firm;
cables and covering by shorts sent wheat prices
up at the start, but the market declined under
profit taking in expectation of larger receipts,
but rallied on an advance in the Argentine mar
ket closing hSm. although Russian crop reports
and the government report were bearish The
close ls6Ac net lower. December, 81 %;
May, Sill; July, SLOTS.
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COMMERCIAL REPORTED THE CALL
SUMMARY OF
THE MARKETS

Wall street stocks and coppers firm.
Spot and future cotton higher.
Local stocks and bonds quiet.
Silver and Hongkong exchanges de-
clined.
Grain exchange publishes stocks on hand
Wheat easier and barley lower.
Government issues grain crop report.
Hay market developing more tone.
General decline in hides.
Rosin quotations marked down.
Butter higher Cheese lower. Storage
eggs higher
Potatoes and onions unchanged.
Fresh fruits quiet and unchanged.
Dressed turkeys plentiful and lower
Game in fair demand.
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Cash Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Cash quotations were as
follows:
Flour steady; No. rye. T7c; feed or mixing
barley. 57@60c; fair to choice mating 6Ga72c:
No. 1 southwestern 6axseed, S1.T9; No. 1
northwestern. S1.S9; timothy seed So.
@23; lard, per 100 lbs, s13.3j@I3.40; short
clear sides (boxed) $12.25GlI2.50.
GRAIN STATISTICS
Total clearances OF wheat and -four were
equal to 451 600 bushels Primary receipts were
610,000 bushels, compared with 62O 900 bushels
the corresponding day year ago Estimated
receipts for tomorrow: Wheat rs cars; corn
30l cars oats, 81 cars; hogs, 10000 head.
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Weicht of GRAIN Estimate

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-The crop reporting
board of the department of agriculture in a bul-
ietin issued today estimates the average weight
per measured bushel of various crops be as
follows: Spring wheat, 81 pounds; winter
wheat, 5s 4 pounds, and oats 81 pounds against
5I.3, 5S.S and 29.S pounds respectively last
year The quality of in S4.2 per cent,
against S6.9 last year.
The final estimates indicate the acreage and
production of important farm crops of the
United States in 1909 and 1908 to have been as
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December ~. a.4z5 LII Ss l47s 1.47ls

Open. High. Low. Close.
May Sf.52 $1.52 s1.51% sl-51A
Oats-The merchants exchange gives the
stock on hand in the state December l at
19,797 tons, against 1871 tons last year. The
statement appears elsewhere.
The government report gives the crop of 1909
at 9S4 600 600 bushels, against S07 ,0O0 900 BUSH
els in 1908
The market shows change.
Reds for feed $1.65@1.15; reds for seed.
81. 1.9O@2.15: black, 81 go; gray, nominal
at $1.7219 @1.711s; white, s175@ so per ctL
Corn--,rhe government report gives the crop
of 1909 at , 657 900, 900 bushels against 3 66s,
600 900 bushels last year.
Small round yellow, S1.7001. 70; white, $1-75
@1.7715; large yellow, S1.75G1.S0; western
states yellow, in bulk, San Francisco track,
S1.67l5; white S1.70; mixed, $1.6J per ctl;
white Egyptian, $165@1.6712; brown do, $1.6212
per ctl.
Rye-Western is quoted at S1.90; California
nominal-uoue on the market
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-16
Iebfrb Rood,s niyidend

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.-The directors of
the Lehigh Valley railroad company today de-
clared a straight semannual dividend Of 4
per cent on the common stock. This is no change
from the last semiannual disbursement which
was designated as regular 2 per cent divl-
dend and an extra dividend of 1 per cent. The
directors also declared the regular semiannual
dividend Of per cent the preferred stock.