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neciduous and Citrus Fruitu

Business in fresh fruits assumed more salts
factory proportions yesterday than on any of the
preceding days OF the week and the market on
the whole would have been in good shape for
sellers but for the tardy deliveries of consgn
ments resulting from the late arrival of some
of the boats. As 1t was. there were large lines
of choice fruit on hand In the afternoon, which
would have found prompt sale had the stock
been received on time. The market was con-
gested with peaches, fully 5000 small open
boxes coming to hand from Sonoma alone This
box to the detriment of offerings from other
sections. and prices were irregular in conse-
quence The other orchard fruits were in ample
supply, but moved of freely at fairly steady
prices. choice figs and apricots having the most
call. Tokay and museat grapes were in fair re-
quest at satisfactory figures. while the seedless,
Fontainebleau and black varieties continued to
drag badly at irregular rates. The usual extra
buying for Sunday wants, coupled with light
arrivals, caused the market for berries 10
strengthen a little, and there hardly any
thing in that line unsold at the close Nut
meg melons did well in the early trade. while
most of the late arrivals had to be sold cheap
or held over. Citrus fruits were quiet and un-
changed
strawberries- Longworths, s4a5 per chest;
Raspberries--$ IL per chest.
Blackberries-$263 per chest
Huckleberries-l @15c per ID.
Apples-Fancy Gravensteins $l.2561.50 per
box: fancy reds. s161.25: common to choice.
60T Soc, crabapples. 30@40c for small and 75cQ
II for large boxes.
Pears -Bartletts. S1m1.a5 per hox for No l
and 60MSoc for No. 2; canning price, S35@3I.5Q
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MISCELLANEOUS MARkETs
Cotton Market

NEW YORK. Aug 7-Hutton's wire SAYS:
Cables due . lower. closed 10 9 down. and
American markets opened OF 20 points ON ac-
count Of rains in Texas closed barely steady
around lie
Reports from the cotton belt say:
Charleston S. Cotton is in fairly good
shape.
Savannah-COttOn in sothern Georgia is all
vancing In growth and opening rapidly. In some
sections few bales have been ginned and mar
keted. II weather continues favorable for an
other 80 days the yield will be the largest ever
reported in this section OF the state.
Atlanta. Ga.-ExceSsive rains IN this vicinity
and reports of black rot in the cotton crop have
been topics OF discussion for the last week hut
II is not anticipated that these two elements
viii have great effect ON the crup after all.
Jacks0n-Recent rains have improved the crop
conditions. but a short crop is stfll Indicated.
Dallas. Tex--CottOn shows some deterioration
and this immediate section is badly i'm need of
rain.
Fort WOrth-The drought in this section con
tinues- Both corn and cotton have been dam
aged.
Memphis. Tenn--Crop and prospects good.
New Orieans-Ve ather conditions are favor
able to growing crops. all Of which, except cot
ton are doing we'll
Spot closed 10 points lower Middling up
land. 126Oc; do gulf. 2.S5c. Sales, none.
rrV- d rF..
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Meat Market

Hogs are easier, as receipts are increasing
somewhat, but prices show no change.
DRESSED MEATS
Slaughterers' rates to dealers and butchers are
follows
Beef-6lt@7c per lb for steers. 5@slzc for
cows and heifers.
Sveal-7l9c for large and &c for small
Mutton-Wethers. 79s1se; ewes. 65 071sc per
pound.
Lamb-9H 610c per h.
Dressed Pork tper lb)-11G12c for light and
915 d10c for heavy.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations are for good sound
livestock delivered in San Francisco gross weight:
No. / fat steers. over 900 lbs alive 404hc:
under 900 lbs, SIC; second quality, 31s I3%c:
thin and undesirable steers, &c.
No. cows and heifers, 3@3Hc: second quail
ity, 2&c; common, thin, undesirable cows. 1h@
21ac.
Fat bulls and stags. Ike; half fat or thin
bnlls, &c.
Calves Light weight. per lb. 5Q5Hc; me-
dunn, Az 94%c: heavy. 4@4Ac.
Sheep lper lb)-wethers, No. 1, 4@4Ac;
ewes. 31t@3%c.
LAMBS (per lb)-This years milk lambs. 5@
5Ac
Hogs tper ib)-Hsrd grain fed weighing 100
to 14o lbs. 7l5c; 14o to $50 lbs. 7zc: $50 to
$50 lbs, TIC; rough. heavy hogs. 5G5kc;
common. undesirable hogs. 4@4l5c.
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New York Graia Market

NEW YORK, Aug. Flour Receipts IL
100. exports. 900. Market quiet. unsettled
Minnesota patents $5.90@6.25; Minnesota bak-
crs S5l5M5.50; winter patents. IS. 4075. 40:
winter straights $5@J.30; winter extras 81 80
G490: winter low grades 81. 40@4 80; Kansas
stralghts. SJ.05675. 20
Rye Hour-DulI fair to good. 81. 35n4 60.
choice to fancy. s465@4e0.
49,, wneaf-R Receipts M IS. 400: spot, firm No. 2
red. new, 81. .12h domestic elevator: No. red.
new 81 1917 prompt T. o. b. ahoat; No. north
ern Duluth old. 81 80 y, nominal f.. o. b. afoat;
b. adoat -
N view of Mondays government report wheat
trauers were inclined to go slow this morning
anu the market. beyond showing the steaducss
- coarse gfainss showed little feature. closing
'se lo lac net hignel September closed slice:
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General NIerchandlse

Bags-Grain bags, 5h@5%c; San Quentin
for for ib: Geeee @ twine. vine Sc per ri ID. = -
Coal-Beaver Hill. 81; Pennsylvania anthracite
egg, SIG per ton; wellington. So; New Welling-
ton, So Coos bay, 81; Australian hOuse-Rich-
mond etc., So; Pelaw Main $3.50; Stanford
Richmond, S.; Cumberland, S15 In bulk and
$16.50 in sacks; Welsh anthracite, SIS; coke.
$40 per ton in bulk and SIG in sacks; Rocky
mountain coal. $3.50 per short ton
Oils-Quotatons for barrels. Linseed. 67c
per gallon for boiled and 65c for raw; cases, sc
more; castor oil in cases. No. l. 71c; Baker ;
AA- S1-1301-15: China nut. cases. 700SOc per
gallon: eocoanut oil in barrels 6OQ63Isc FOR
xxx, 571S Q61c for No I and j5Q5S5sc for No
2, according TO quantity; extra bleached winter
sperm oil, Ole; natural winter sperm oil. 9les
lard OIL s5@s6c. No / neatsfoot oil. 6Oc: her
ring oil. 46c; salmon oil, SOC; boiled fish OIL
35c; paint oil, 35e.
Coal Oil. Gasoline. etc.-water white. iron
barrels or drums, 10c; 150 deg. OIL iron barrels
or drums, 1115c; special do. 12e: pearl oil. in
cases case & lie; astral as iIe star lie; extra STAR
motor gasoline In bulk 15c, in cases 22c; No
engine dstillate, In drums. Sc; No. 2 do 7c:
cases Te more; S6 deg. gasoline. in bulk Soc In
cases 3715e; varnish makers and painters naph-
tha. in bulk lie. in cases 1Shc-
Turpentine-I5e per gallon in cases aud CSC
in bulk. drums and iron barrels
Rosin (per bbl OF 2s0 lbsl-E. $3.50; F, SC 65:
G, $40; n; s.; l. sI;oS: WV, 5000.
Red Red and White Lesd-Red. slsG9c; white.
Pacific Codhsh-some brands have advanced
dies small whole so ID bales. Sc: cases ps pe1
ular large. whole. 100 ID boxes. ss.75. eases
extra. loo lb boxes, S5:25; cases. eastern sfyle'
Silver King. 71sc; Golden State 9c. T6ifa SesI
middIes. 10G101sc; Seabright blocks 7c. orien,
tai. blocks, &c; Crown brand tabI0fs 7iSc. pesrl
tablets, Tlac; lb boxes fancy boneless. Toe. ,
ID boxes fancy boneless. 10lSe; half barrels
picked cod. $3.50 each. .SAs
Alaska Goldfish company quotes as follows. Bun
dies. small whole. 35tc cases. regular laruc
whole, 4s4e; cases. extra. 5lse: eases. eastern
style, SIC; Bering. Ji3e: Frigate 51kc: narrerr
Paragon. bt3C. Monarch. Ike p--7
&c; Imperial 10Q101se; Ocean Wave. 7e: she
ria. Sc: Star. ID tablets. He Pacific reile
10 tablets. 15c. Choice Bits crates. II IN
boxes. l0c; do 80 ID boxes. 1Oise: picked cod
half barrels. $500 each. eS'''
REFINED SUGAR MARKET
The Western sugar refining company ouofez =.
follows, terms net cash: Standard crsnrlata.i
nne. 5. lbe: do coarse 5.2Jc: fruIf rraunlsfed
5-25c; eonfectioners' A. 5.25c; crystal damino-
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Flour end Farinaceous Goods

Flour-California family extras. S6.6O@7. net
without discount; bakers extras, S6.60G7; super
tine. $550@5.70; Oregon and Washington, per
bbl, s5.50@650 for family, bakers and patents
aud S4.7515.25 for cut on; Kansas patents.
81. 10; do straights, $3.50; do clear. 81; Dakota
patents, $T.75@7.95; do straights, 81 per bbi.
Farinaceous goods-Prices In 100 lb sacks net
cash, discount, follows: Graham four,
So 50 per 100 lbs; rye flour. $4; rye meal. $3.50;
rice -four, $3.50; corn meal. $40; extra cream
do. $3.50; oat meal. $500; oat groats. $500;
hominy, $360@3.S so; buckwheat four $3.50;
whole wheat -four 81; rolled oats. bbls sSGS. so.
in sacks $5QS; extra cream do, IS In sacks and
$3.50 In barrels; rolled wheat, bbls 1915. In
sacks $4.25@5.25 pearl barley. $500; split peas.
boxes. $500 for yellow and S6.25 for green per
100 pounds.
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Foreign Futures
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Future Grain and Provi.ion.

CHICAGO Aug. 7.-Wheat was quiet nearly
an day. but the nndertone was one of weakness.
although at times moderate frmness was mani.
rested as result of covering by shorts The
duilness was chiefly due to the reluctance of
many traders to open new accounts pending the
government report, due on Monday. The market
opened fairly firm, owing to the strength of
coarse grain, particularly corn, but soon eased
on again on renewed profit taking.
Some congestion developed in September on
covering by shorts, and that option was rela-
tNeiy stronger than the more distant deliveries.
sept September sold between 1850 and S1.009s. The
close was easy, with September at 81.
Hot, dry weather in the belt prompted
active covering by shorts in the market
which resulted in a strong tone throughout the
entire day. September ranged between 63Ac
and 64Ac. The close strong. with prices
only triie below the high mark September
being at GAL 6lG4Ac.
Inc bulge in corn was largely responsible for
considerable strength in oats. Shorts were good
bidders. The market closed firm, i "a a c higher
Provisions were dull and easy. Prices at the
close were unchanged to 71ac lower
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DO. Angele. NIarker-

Los ANGELES. Aug. Bidding for all
brands OF eggs was strong on the produce market
today. II was thought that the heavy receipts
Of yesterday would send the prices down. bus
they held firm. extra selected still selling o.
36c- Cheese prices firm.
Receipts Of produce today were. Eggs l;2
cases; butter. 35.l4I pounds; cheese. 2.9us
pounds; potatoes, $40 sacks; onions jSsi sacks;
beans, 355 sacks; sweet potatoes. none; apples.
7O3 boxes.
Eggs tper dozenl-Extra select. 36c: Cali
fornia ranch. eanded, SAC; local case count, BE;
eastern extras. soc.
Butter-c Creamery. extra. . 10 roll 62tse.
creamery hrsts, 6Oc eastern extras. JJc cook
ing, 2Jc.
Cheese (per DOundl Northern fresh 17tsc:
large anchor, Ice; anchor, Young America. poe;
anchor, hand, 2ie; eastern, singles 1Sc: do,
twins. 17lae; DO. cheddars. 1Tc DO. longhornS.
1S1ac; do, daisy. 1S1ae; Swiss. imported. 2Sfa
Soc Swiss. domestic. ia 1Sc cream brick 2uc.
HmburSer, 2OM21c; Edam, 50.
Beans tper ctl-Snau white. $3.50 Lady
Washington, 500; No 1 pink. Sc; blaekcye.
$50; lima. $3.50; Garvanzas. S444.50' lentil~.
S6N6.25; bayO. $3.50.
Potatoes (per etll-Highlands $1.3J; Oregon
Burbanks. 81. 6062.7 70; sweet potatoes 81 JO6 e;
potatoes, $3.50 1-jO.
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Butter. Cheese and Egg.

The market for eggs and dairy produce closed
the week strong, with top quality offerings of
all three descriptions in good request and firm.
Extra eggs We're higher. advancing Re to 33 31at
a dozen sales at that figure under the call on
the exchange. The under grades were firm in
sympathy with extras, but prices showed no i'm
proyement. Prices for butter had decidedly
upward tendency and there were no sales on
the exchange for the reason that no one seemed
to have any stock to spare. The cheese market
maintained very firm position. there being
good demand for strictly fine stock. which read
lily absorbed all OF the offerings OF such.
On the exchange 20 of extra eggs were
sold at 33c and 30 cases changed hands at 331se
dozen. There were no other sales.
Receipts were 1920 pounds butter, 14G 500
pounds cheese and /, ESQ cases eggs.
The following official quotations estab-
iished by. the sales bids and offers on the door
of the dairy exchange. Prices In the street.
while governed by the exchange quotations gen
orally range from lac to &c higher owing to
the various charges to be added.
Butter-Fresh creamery extras. 2Sc per b.
firm; do 6rsts. 27c. firm; do seconds, 261hc.
firm; No. l packing stock. 241sc. firm
Cheese-Califorls fancy fats, Ice pei lb
firm; do frsts. 1515c. firm; do seconds. 1315c
firm; fancy Young Americas, 16c, firm; do frsts
15c firm fancy Oregon Young Americas. 16e
frm; do fats, l61aes steady.
fresh extras, 33 hsc, firm; do irsts. 29c firm /;
do seconds, 25fac, firm; do thirds. 23c firm.
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SUMMARY OF
THE MARKETS

Wall street stocks about the same.
Copper stocks steady to firm.
Spot and future cotton lower.
Local securities in good movement.
Mining shares quiet and featureless.
Bank clearings gain "A per cent over 1905
Wheat quiet and nominal. Barley frmer
Oats weak. Corn dull. Rye nominal.
Pink beans meeting with more demand.
Best grades of hay steady. Lower grades
easy.
Dried fruits and raisins quiet.
Hop market very firm.
Small lots of new wool appearing.
Hogs easy under increasing arrivals.
Beef, mutton and veal unchanged.
Eggs higher. Butter and cheese firm.
Potatoes and onions quiet.
Late boats check fruit trade.
Poultry inactive and weak.
Some brands Of Goldfish higher.
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Potatoes. onions and vegetables

vegetables showed little change from the last
report. There good Saturday demand for
most descriptions, but supplies liberal and
prices remained weak Summer squash, cueum-
bers. green peppers and continued to sell
at irregular rates, and in some instances carried
over lots were disposed of at figures well below
the inside quotations Tomatoes did a little
better in the early trade, owing to the late ar
rival OF some of the river boats and the train
from across the bay, but there was practically
no market for the belated supplies. Potatoes and
onions were quiet and unchanged.
Potatoes-50dT5c per box and 75cG$1 per cil
in sacks.
Onions--New yellow, 65@75c per ctl.
yegetables-Green corn. 5Oc@$1 per sack;
tomatoes, 5On65c per box; green peas. 75cGl
81 per sack; string and beans. 1@3e per
lb: lima beans. 46f5c per lb summer squash,
25@40c per box. garlic, 4d5e per lb; cabbage,
75c per ctl: cucumbers 35@50c per box; pickle
cucunibers. 6JGlS5c per box caulnower, 50.
per dozen; turnips. s1@1.2J per sack: eggplant
50@ Csc per box green peppers, 35d5Oe per box;
green okra, 65@75c.
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Hides, TaIIovv. Wool and Hops

While hops are firm at the advapce noted yes-
terday they are quiet. partly because the al
vance has checked trade. and partly because
growers are now generally disposed % wait until
the hops are in the bale before making any
further sales.
A few scattering lots Of new wool have been
received but not sufficient 20 establish prices
Country growers are generally holding over tue
views of buyers.
Hides-Culls and brands sell about 1S91c IN
der quotations Heavy salted steers. 13 lzc: me-
dium. 13c: light. 12c: cOwhides. 12c FOR heavy.
12c for light; stays. Size; saited kip. 13c; sslted
veal. lie; salted calf. IKE: dry hides. 21c; dry
kip zoe; dry calf. 25c; dry veal. 23c; dry stays.
Ice: sheepskins. shearlings. 2Od4Oc each; short
wool, JO@75c each medium. T5e9Sl each; long
wool, S1.25@1.75; lambs. 15475c; hOrsehides.
SALT S2.2502.5O for large and Sl.75d2 for me-
dium. T5c6S1 for small and 25d50e for colts:
horsehides dry. S2Q225 for large and S1.2592
for medium, 5Oc6$1 for small and 25djOc foe
colts; goatskins. prime angOra. T5cQS1; large
hair goats 3Je; medium. zoe: small. 5@ l5c;
Mexican dry hides 171Sc; do picked. l6cs DO dry
salted. 12c; dry stays. 12c; Mexican deerskins.
S0034c; dry salted do 2502Te; dry Central
Tsliow+Nos i rendered. 5@5Bsc: No. ?. sa
41se: grease. 2421Ae.
Hops-Priees to growers are 11Gf4c for 1GqS
per ID. with 1S421c for contracts for new cr
delivery.
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NEW YORK Aug T.-Hops-Flrm- State
common to choice 1908. 1JG119c; 1907 nominal
Pacific coast 1905. 14017 1907. Halle,
Hides-Steady. BOgOta. 22023i2c: Centra !
America. 2342Shc.
WOol-Steady- Domestic fleece. 360S7c.
PetrOleum-Steady- Refined New York $50;
Philadelphia and Baltimore. $50; do in bulk.
Sugaf-Raw. arm Fair refining. S.5se cen
trifiigal, 96 test 4 0Sc: mOlasseS sugar. 3.;sc.
Refined steady No. s. 425c. No. Z. a 40-:
No. s. 4.3Jc: No. 8. 4.3Oc: No. 10. 425c; No.
IL. 4.2Oc; No. H. 4t5c; No I3. 41Oc. No. "a.
Aloe; confeetOners' A. 4.75c; mould A. 800
cut loaf ) T5c: crushed steady 5. 6jc. DOW
dered. 5.O5c; granulated. 4-9Jc cubes. 5.2oc.
COffee-Futures closed steady. net unchanged
to 10 points higher Havre was unchanged 90
14c lower. Sales here were 10000 bags nclud-
ing: September at 5.70e. December and March
at 5.40c and May at 5.45c.
Spot coffee quiet. No. Rio. as "a tsc: San-
tos No S4sG9c- Mild coffee Guiet- Cor
Cheese irm, unchanged.
Eggs-Unchanged.
DRIED FRUITS
EyapoFated apples-Quiet Fancy. S4s d9la
choice. sNsA4e; prime. tl49Ilae; common 10
Prunes-Unsettled quotations. ranging from
2Ae to 1lee for California and from &c to &c
for Oregon fruit
choice 1Ola41OAe: fancy. 1Id1Sc
Peaches-Unchanged. Choice. ga d6c: extra
choice 81 U63tc: fancy, 1dSl Slac
Raisins--duil- Loose muscstel. 3iad4tac.
choice to fancy seeded. "A 06c, seedless. So n
512c
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Beans and seeds

There is a better feeling In pink beans They
are the cheapest bean in the massst. and this
account meeting with a shipping demand.
Prices show Improvement, however
Beans (per etD-Bayo, S4.50@5; pea. noml-
nal; small white, S6.7597; large white. S4-50
as; pink, e. -S503.05; red. nominal blackeye
So. .25G3.45; lima. $4-20@4-25; red kidneys, $3.50
Q3.60; cranberry beans, nominal; GarYanzas,
S2.50@3; horse beans $1.9092-20-
SeedS-Brown mustard, 4eg41sc; yellow mus
tard nominal; faxseed, 4c, carload lots; canary.
4@4Ac; alfalfa, 1874 @1sc; rape. cleaned. "a
21hc; timothy, &c; hemp, &c; millet, 515c per ID.
Dried Pess-Green are quoted at $2.65Q2.0O
per ctl.
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Condition of the Treasury

WASHINGTON. Aug THE condition of the
treasury at the beginning OF business today was
as follows
Trust fund-Gold coin. $3.50, 494. .s69;. silver
dollars. S4S6 139. coo; silver dollars Of 1890
81. .l59. .0O0 silver certificates outstanding, S4S6
139. 600.
General fund-Standard silver dollars in gem
eral fund. $5.s96.6o2: current liabilities. $685.
423. SOB; working balance in treasury Offices
$37.4l0,T75: in banks to credit of treasurer of
United States. 500, GAS. .030; subsidiary silver
coin, S26 4S7 $40: minor coin. 81 332 $50: total
balance in general fund.- s10s, ,555, ,5s4
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Best Grades Of Hay Rule Steady
Some Brands Of Goldfish Higher

in cases, S25c; tablets, in half bbls s. 75c: tab
let's, in bexes. &c; cubes and crushed. 5.5Oe;
powdered .35e; candy graRnlated. 5.35c. cOnfec-
TONERS crystals 5.35c: agnolia A, 4-S5e: extra
c, A. T5c; golden c, 4.65c: D. 4-55c. Bar In 100
10 bags. 56Oc; in barrels. 5.T0cs half barrels
5.S5c: 80 ID tins, 73Oe; IS 10 tins, T.3Oc 10 10
tins. 81. Soc: ID tins, 1850; so ID boxes. 610c
Barrels and so ID bags 1Oc, half barrels 25c.
boxes SOC per 100 lbs mOretOn all grades.
The California and Hawaiian sugar refining
company quotes rs follows: Berry. 5.25c; Hi
grade bar. 5. zoe: powdered. 5.3Jc; crushed.
5.5Oc; c. & II. extra fne dry granulated. 5.15c;
coarse dry granulated. 5.25c; confectionery A,
525c; confectionery crystals 5-35c; cubes. 5.50c
bricks, 5.5Oc: extra fine granulated 600 10 bags
only). -: excelsior A, A. s5c; extra c, 4. 75c:
golden c. 4.65c: yellow d. 4.55c; n. & E. crystal
dominOs, S.25c. Additional per 100 lbs: In bar
rels and so ID bags. 10c more; half barrels 25c
more; boxes. SOC more for all grades. Bar, In 35
ID and 40 ID tins 81 20 more; in 10 III tins. s. 35
more. Minimum order. carload weight
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Cash Grain and Provisiop.

CHICAGO, Aug. Cash quotations were as
$40; straights. S4.75M5.3o; spring patents
S5.s0@6.l0; straights $4.75@5.S0; bakers. S3 80
90: No. rye. 70@72c; feed or mixing barley,
50d53c; fair TO choice mailing, 62M70c fax
seed, No. L southwestern $1.35; No. / north
western. $i.43; timothy seed, $50; clover,
Sll:6o; mess pork per bbl-, $50 04I1a @20- 80 [;
lard, per 100 lbs $11.35: short ribs. sides.
loose. $l1@11.5 .50 short clear sides, boxed, $1150
oil. .62Ia.
GRAIN STATISTICS
Total clearances of wheat and -four were equal
TO 900 bushels. Primary receipts were 49,
600 bushels. compared with $4,000 bushels the
corresponding day year ago. Estimated re-
ceipts for Monday-Wheaf, 1SS cars corn 131
cars oats. 20 cars; hogs, $1,000 head.
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Poultry and Game

Poultry closed the week with business stag
naAt, and the market decidedly weak in tone.
Nearly receivers were carrying more or less
of a surplus, and the tendency Of prices was
downward. Only one car of western chickens
marketed during the week.
Poultry (per dozen)-Hens, $4.5OG5.50 for
small, $6@7 for large and SSG10 for extras;
young ROSTERS, $6.50qT T.5O; do extra large. SsGi
1G; old roosters, S4@4.o0; flyers, $5-506g6 70:
large and $4G5 for SMALL broilers. $3.25GS-5o
for large and S2.50d3 for small; ducks. S5@7;
pigeons, $1.5O; squads. 81 geese. S1.50d1.75 per
pair; goslings. S1.J0@1.75 per pair.
Game-Nominal
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SHORTS BUYERS
OF SECURITIES

NEW YORK, Aug. Prizes of stocks
rose to the high level of the week today.
Uncovered shorts, having abandoned the
supposition that the enactment of the tariff
bill was TO be the signal for heavy realiz-
ing on the part of influential capitalists
who are credited with the control of the
present stock market, We're among the
buyers.
The buoyant fight to new record prices
Of such stocks as United States steel,
Union Pacific, Reading and Atchison. not
e T@e.t.ea others which are less well re-
garded, exercised dominating influence on
sentiment toward the whole market.
The crop prospects were much discussed
in the days market, and the price move
ment was regarded as a discounting from
the government crop report Monday,
which is expected to make a highly favor
able showing for all the great cereal crops.
No anxiety was manifested over the rising
course of interest rate, which has advanced
mercantile paper to Az per cent for prime
grades.
The ease of call money is attributed
partly TO funds held in hand by the banks
for higher time loan rates. The S7,s5o,00o
decrease in cash shown in the bank state
ment will serve to reinforce consideration
of the money market, although the state
Inent did not appear until after the stock
market closed today.
Bonds were frn. Total sales, par value,
81. 73o, 900.
United States As registered declined
per cent on call during the week.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-08
Mining Stocks Without Feature
Local Securities Fairly Active
STOCK MARKET

Business in local securities was unusually
good for Saturday but quotations remained about
on Friday. 0nonea sugar quiet at
S49.50. The other sugar stocks were fairly
dealt in. Sales of bonds S51 900.
The following unlisted quota lions made:
Peoples water common stock. S3.ST "a. West
ern Pacific 5s. 1O0.S7la bid: common $31 asked
Honolulu sugar, S3TG3s Pacific gas and cleo
tric common, sales at s4T; Yosemite Valley
railway 5s 91d95
Mining stocks showed no new features. The
Comstocks were quiet at about Fridays rage.
Andes levied assessment of 10c.
The only change worthy of note in the
Southern Nevadas was a loss OF 1oc in the
merger" I" which closed at $6.42, against $6.5
Friday
The output of from the Ophir mine last
week was follows: ,. 100 level. 16 cars, as
saying $27.73 per ton; 22o level, 46 assay
ing $19.53 per ton; from above the 2,300 level,
III cars, assaying 5000 per ton.