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Trend of Foreign Trade.
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia. 3Oa31
ives, Virginia and southwest Virginia, Goa
30: Tennessee. .2Sa2S
BUTTER.-Creamery, fancy. 3Ba36z
Western firsts. 34a35; seconds. 29a30
Process. fancy. osa29; fair to good. goa
%. Store-packed. fresh. 22a23.
CHEESE. = New York state factory,
new. large. 1914 a16A.
POULTRY.-Chickens spring. per h..
Hale; hens. per H., 1879: ROSTERS.
per h.. 20a21; ducks, per H.. 12a14.
DRESSED POULTRY. Turkeys. per
h., 22a24; hens, choice, per lb, Ii;
ROSTERS, per H.. 10: chickens, spring.
per ID, 16a17: ducks. per h., 13a15.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., No. 1, per
1.75a225: yams, per Dbl. 1.25a1.75: Gu
cumbers. per basket. 1.5Oa2.5 30; onions
per bu.. s5; cabbages, per 1Oo 3.oOa
500: brussels sprouts: per Of. 1"al2;
per bbl. 75a1.00; string beans. per bas-
ket. 1.25a1 so; lettuce, per basket, 5Oa
1.5O; tomatoes, Florida, per crate, 2.OOa
300; radishes, per 100. 100; peppers. per
crate. 2.OOao.5O; new beets. per bunch.
turnips. per box. 80; turnips. per bbl..
LOO.
GREEN FRUITS. Apples. per Dbl.
2.OOa5.OO; oranges. Fla, per box, LISA
$50; grape fruit. per crate. 2.5Oa3 %
pineapples, per crate, 2.OOa3.OO; cram
berries, per bbl., 5.5Oa6.5O; walnuts, per
h., 111; kumquats, per crate, 1.75a3.uO.
HAY AND STRAW. Hay. western,
No. i, 175Oa1SOO: No. ., 16.5Oa17OD;
mixed. 15.OOa165O. Straw, rye, bundle.
15.0Oa16U0; straw, rye, machine thrash.
1O.OOa11.OO; straw, wheat, per ton, 6.5Qa
100: straw. oat, per ton. 6.5Oa7.O0.
LIVE STOCK.-Cattle. extra, per cwt
5.25a5-5O: medium, per cwt., 4.OOa415;
ordinary. per cwt.. 3.OOa3.5O. Hogs, Ger
cwt., gross. SAa3s4. Sheep. per lb, ga
4; lambs, choice, per h.. 7a7h: medium,
per h.. 61za7. Calves, choice. per ID
S!s 40; medium. per H., SaSk.
GAME.-Rabbits. per doz.. 2.OOa3.OO.
WOOL AND HIDES. Wool, washed.
free of burrs, per H., 33a35: wool. un-
washed. per H.. 2Sa29. Hides. green,
per ID, IL; hides, dry. per h.. Halls
sheepskins. green. each, 75a1.15; calf
skins, green, each. 1.3Oa1.5O: dry flint
hides. per lb.. 15a16; dry sailed hides,
per h.. Halls.
GRAIN.-Wheat. new. per bu., 1.O6a
1.2O. Corn, shelled. per bu.. 65a72: new
ear. per Dbl. 3.5Oa375.. Oats. western
white. No. .. per bu.. 54a5s; oats. mixed.
per bu.. 5Oa55. Bran. per ton. 25.Ooa
$500. Middlin3. per ton, 27.OO.
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LONDON STOCK MARKET.

LONDON, December 1S.-The approach
Of the holidays considerably reduced the
volume of business on the stock exchange
during the past week. and the markets
generally were featureless, but steady.
Prices. with few exceptions. showed little
change. The buying of industrial shares
on trade prospects and Mexican rails on
good traffic reports and light investment
demand for foreign bonds by continental
as well as local operators comprised the
principal dealings of the week, and helped
to make a generally steady undertone.
Speculation on a large scale was checked
by dearer money, while the early strength
in home rails, of good traffic returns, gave
way 10 dulness at the week end.
The American section. though quiet and
occasionally erratic. was the tirmest de-
partment on professional support. and
rumors Of increased dividend in various
directions, led by the higher Reading an.
nouncement. helped the tone in midweek.
Southern Pacific was bought by Wall
street; the loW-priced issues attracted
continental buying, and the market closed
firm in tone, with prices unchanged to
five points higher than week ago.
Money was Scarcer owing to the usua
year end and Christmas demands. anC
the Bank Of England appears to have
only hardened reluctantly in view of the
expected lower level with the incoming
of the new year and theOhope that the
higher New York rate of exchange will
soon lead to shipments Of gold London
ward
Money was scarce and firm and dis
count rates were steady on the market
today. The various departments of the
stock exchange closed an idle week
steadily. There was just enough business
to MAINTAIN British securities and KAT
frs. while foreign rails hardened a frac-
ton on covering operations
American securities opened steady and
ruled cheerful on small buying orders
Copper shares were frmer on sympathy
with American advices. The close was
firm and we'll above parity.
Trend of Foreign Trade.
PARIS, December 1S.-The tone on the
bourse today was heavy.
BERLIN, December 1S.-Trading was
active and prices were firm on the bourse
today.
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New York Mining Stocks.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK. December IS.

NEW YORK, December 1s.-Flour was
quiet but firm. Spring patents, 5.4Oa5. 60
winter straights. o.20a5.30; winter pat
ents, 5.4Oa5.0O: spring clears, 4.4Oa4. So;
winter extras No. 1, 4.6Oa4.9O; winter ex-
tras No. =, 4.4Oa4.5O; Kansas straights,
4 aba5.1O: receipts, 30222; shipments,
2.21O.
Rye four-Steady; fair to good, 42Oa
4o5; choice to fancy. 4.3Oa4.5O.
Buckwheat fiour-Steady: bulk, 30
nominal. per 100 lbs.
Cornmeal-Steady; fine white and yell
low. 1.55a1.6O; coarse. 1.45a1.50; kiln
dried. 1856.
Rye-Steady: No. western. s4N nomi-
nal f. o. b. New York.
Barley-Steady; feeding. 63a65 nominal
C. l. f. New York.
Wheat-Spot. easy; No. > red, 1.27. ele-
vator domestic, and 1.26la +. o. b. afioat.
nominal; No. 1 northern Duluth. 1.26.
and No. 2 hard winter. 1.27 nominal +.
0. b. af1oat.
Options-Wheat was easier early under
lower cables, but later the market was
very nervous on conflicting reports from
Buenos Aires, some cables reporting a
big advance, while others reported the
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FATAL DAY IN MOUNTAINS.
Four Tragedies in Fayette County
w. Va.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, December 49,
Tragedies. which resulted in five deaths,
were reported from the mountain regions
Of Fayette county
Because relatives of Henry kincaid. a
prisoner in the F'ayette county jail. re-
fused to so on his bond. thus securing
his release from prison, Kincaid COM
mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid
He was charged with the murder OF his
brOther-in-law, Arthur auckland, at
Packs Branch last June, and al his trial
I'm October the jury failed to reach "A
verdict
At Oak Hill, Rev. Robert Smith, a
',sanctifed" preacher, drove away a sur
geon who had been called to dress the
wounds OF his three-year-old daughter.
who had been seriously burned. The
child died and Smith was arrested,
charged with criminal negligence.
At LonGacre. Ernest Bowles. aged
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New York Fruit Prices.

NEW YORK, December 1S-Evaporated
apples are quiet. with a small demand.
but prices are steady. On the spot fancy
new crop is quoted at 1O1sa111a; choice. o;
prime, 7NaS: old crop prime. tx; COM
mon to fair, Cal. Prunes are firm, with
light stocks of some of the desirable
grades and a moderately active demand
Quotations range fhDm 2Xa9 for Califor-
Mas up to 3Oa4O and 6a9 for Oregons.
Apricots are quiet. but prices are very
steady on small offerings. Choice. lisa
liz; extra choice, 111ea12: fancy, 12Aa
1917. Peaches are steady, with light
stocks Choice, 64a7: extra choice, 7a7H:
fancy, 7s4aS. Raisins are steady. with a
fairly active jobbing trade Loose mus
catel, 4a5: choice to fancy seeded. 5a6a4 !;
seedless, 31sao; London layers, 1.171sa1 80.
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CHICAGO GRAIN PRICES.

CHICAGO, December 1s-Wheat-No. .
red. 1.2Sa1.29: No. 3 red. Local 70: No. .
hard. 1.19a1.20; No. 3 hard. I10al.17
No. 1 northern. 1.1Sal.2O: No. . northern.
1. 16a1.1S: No. 3 spring. 1.1Oa1.17.
Corn-No 4 yellow. 57aa51ss; No. :; yell
low, J9a4: No. 3 white. Az; No. white,
44a44A.
Wheat prices scared to new heights
today owing to sensationally bullish news
from Argentina. The December deliv-
LAX per bushel. Corn and oats showed
little response to the bulge i'm wheat and
closed steady. Provisions closed weak.
The report from Argentina which start
ed wheat prices here on their long up
ward stride was An official dispatch
claiming that the closing price at Buenos
Aires yesterday showed gain of 1lsa114c
COMPARED with the final figure Of the
previous day.
The inference generally derived from
this unusual advance was that the wheat
crop of the South American country had
been injured by unfayorable weather to
a greater extent than at first realized.
The fact. however, that European mar
kets failed to respond to the bulge at
Buenos Aires tended to discredit the re-
port Shorts, however. were made On
tremely uneasy by the situation which.
combined with the increasing congestion
in the December delivery. caused them 10
cover freely all day.
The market was rather weak at the
start owing to a decline of hs to sd al
Liverpool December being at 1.16s4 ami
May at 1.12ta to 1.13. Within the first
fifteen minutes. however. the price OF De
cember delivery shot up to LIZA. I'll"
more distant deliveries in the meantime
dropped about 1xc below the opening fig
ures. In the final half OF the day senti-
ment became exceedingly bullish and all
deliveries made sharp gains.
A few minutes before the close De-
cember touched 1.1a. which is almost Zoe
above the closing figures of a week ago
May at the same time sold at llfi&,
gain of DC within the week. The mar
ket closed remarkably strong. with De
cember at 1.19 and May at LA. the for
mer price being up rs and the latter
1a1hc. compared with yesterdays close
The July option ranged between 1o1i2
and 1.O4ls and closed at 1.O4.
The tremendous strength OF wheat WAS
not sufficient to Offset I'm the corn mar
ket the effect of the cold wave now pre-
vailing in this country. AS a result,
prices were inclined to sag the greater
part OF the day. A continued slack de
mand for the cash grain helped To de-
press prices. During the final hour the
market displayed a little firmer tone, but
at the close prices were still isahc TO l2c
below the final quotations Of the pre-
vious session.
Trading in the oats pit was of small
volume, and sentiment was bearish the
greater part of the session. The hear-
mess Of corn was an important factor
contributing to the easiness. The market
closed steady, with prices unchanged T.
1saAc higher.
Provisions were weak all day because
OF selling by packers. based mainly
increasing receipts OF live hogs. Total
arrivals OF hogs at the principal pack
ing centers in the west for the week
were 512. 800 head. as against 1868. 600 head
the previous week. Prices at the close
were 8 to 35c lower.
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New York Live Stock Prices

NEW YORK. December 1S.-Beeves-
Receipts. 800; none for sale: nominally
firm; dressed beef. quiet. Liverpool cat
tie markets, firm at 121sa131s dressed
weight. London cables quoted live cattle
selling at 13 to 141zc. dressed weight;
refrigerator beef. steady at 1O14a1o11c
Exports today. 592 cattle and 1876 quar-
tiers of beef.
Calves-Receipts, 1917; nothing doing;
feeling steady for all sorts; dress calves
unchanged.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 64OO: steady
feeling. Good sheep sold at 600; fairly
good lambs at $50.
Hogs-keceipts. 1880; nominally steady.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, December 1S.-The sum Of
f2O5. 900 in American eagles was taken
into the Bank OF England on balance to-
day.
PARIS. December disclosing: Three
per cent rentes, 90 francs 80 confines
for the account. Exchange on London,
% francs % confines for checks.
BERLIN, December 16.-Exchange on
London, 20 marks 481x pfennigs for
checks.
Money. Az per cent
Rate Of discount for long bills, A.: per
cent.
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Security Bonds to Be Replaced.

The Treasury Department has made
the announcement that state. municipal
and railroad bonds now deposited as Sc
curity for public deposits must be re-
placed by February !, and government
and territorial issues substituted. There
are about S1O.OOO.OOO Of miscellaneous
bonds now on deposit, and their with
drawal will give market to govern
ment. Philippine. Porto Rican and Dis
trict of Columbia bonds.
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New York Metal Markets.

NEW YORK. December 1s.-No change
was reported in the metal markets to-
day. and prices were practically NOM
inal. as usual, on Saturday. Tin was
easy at 50. 75a33.lo. Copper dull; lake,
ID 25a13 .6212: electrolytical, IL. 12Ra13. 371e
and casting. 13.0Oa13.25. Lead was firm
with spot quoted at 4.5734a4. 621a. Spelter
quiet, $50 asked. Iron unchanged.
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Manchester Cloth Prices.

MANCHESTER, December 1S.-During
the week few orders for light cloths
of special qualities have been executed
for China and India at fractional de-
clines. but merchants are still adopting
cautious attitude. while manufacturers
continue firm In view of the DEAFNESS OF
cotton. The weeks turnover, therefore,
has been small.
In yarns the business was again dis
appointing. The United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture's report on the cot
ton crop made spinners firmer In their
terms early in the week, but the demand
was purely of retail character and
barely sufficient to absorb the production
of the curtailed week. and values closed
unchanged.
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New York Dry Goods Imports.

NEW YORK. December 1S.-Imports of
merchandise and dry goods at the port OF
New York for the week ending December
IL were valued at So. ass $50.
Imports of specie for the port of New
York for the week ending today were
$50. 1O4 silver and Scoops gold.
Exports of specie from the port of New
York for the week ending today were
SOL 500 gold and 1914, 43O silver.
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eighteen, co1ored, was arrested on a
charge OF fatally wounding his stepfather.
George w. Johnson. When Bowles went
home from work he found that his
mother had married Johnson and that the
latter had taken charge of the house.
Johnson told Bowles to leave the prem
ises. Bowles secured a shotgun and emp
tied the contents into Johnson's side
At Rush Run q Hungarian miner
wife fastened her two small children in
her home while she went to nearby
store. Upon her return she found the
house in flames and both children burned
to death
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him in discussion or oratory agree that
he is a corker The rumor is denied
that Mr.. Gates and Bill Sunday intend to
do a double-team stunt in the revival
field.
Rubber Stocks.
The death Of King Leopold may have a
bearing on the price Of rubber stocks.
The old king was heavily interested in
rubber. and forced liquidation of his
holdings would probably be noticed on
the tape. The United States is using
more rubber now than ever before. Its
importations this year will approximate
$75,OOO,O0O against about $46.OOO,OOO last
year. and s54,OOO.OOO in 1907. At the
same time the price of crude rubber has
undergone a big advance and the outlook
for the industry is flattering.
The propaganda for a great central
bank under governmental auspices seems
to be moving In arctic temperatures. 1t
is encountering vigorous opposition among
the bankers themselves an opposition
which is growing stronger every day
There is an element in Wall street which
feels it can do all the central banking re-
CURED without any help from the govern
ment except the help that comes from be-
ing let alone. With the west against a
central bank and the financial center
to be small chance of anything being done
worth talking about.
The 5000 Or more Standard Oil stock
holders appreciate as Christmas offer
ing dividend disbursement this week OF
$1O,OOO.OOO. For a concern that has been
lnumerously and urgently ordered for
years to get off the earth, Standard Oh
seems to be doing quite WELL thank You.
Lehigh Valley Interests.
The United States raises gold for ex-
port about as 1t does wheat or cotton
1t plugs along sending out OF the coun-
try about as much 1t digs out of the
earth. and it seems to be able to spare II
without inconvenience.
The influence of Messrs Reid and
Moore in the affairs of the Lehigh Valley
railway system Is turning out to be much
stronger than most people are willing tC
conce1e. 1t was announced in these dis
patches many weeks ago that these gen
tlen.eE had Dt uhht the virtual control OF
Lehign Valley. a fact which was denied
by most OF the new purveyors at the
time, but which is now admitted to be
very like:T true.
Advices from Washington indicate q
growing rest,essness in legislative circles
on the question OF Geographic and tele-
fo- agitation for government telegraph
in connection with the postal service.
The 5000 employees of the steel trus,
who are stockholders therein do not
warm up to Mr. Gompers' declara ton Of
war against the big corporation. The
publicity department of the corporation
makes light g. Mr.. Gompers' crusade,
and declares there will be no change from
the open shop Lolicy determined upon d
good while ago.
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The Virginian railway beats all records
In the way Of freight traffic in Virginia,
sending out of Roanoke one train of 120
cars drawn by one engine and all loaded
with coal. The entire length Of the train
was few feet over a mile The cargo
was valued at SIS, 900.
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Sugar the Only Weak Feature in
Dealings of the Day.
FIGURES IN BANK STATEMENT
Financier Points Out Discrepancy
Between Actual and Average Con-
ditions-Increase in Deposits.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. December 1s-Consider-
able strength of the same order as that
shown yesterday was again displayed to-
day In the stock market. The buying
appeared to be mostly of special stocks
for particular reasons, but these instances
were numerous enough to give the mar
ket generally buoyant look. All the
Louisville and Nashville and Atlantic
Coast Line issues advanced by reason.
seemingly of the same considerations as
those commonly urged yesterday an1
which in general embraced the SUPPOSE
ton that valuable rights were likely to
accrue to shareholders.
The Denver common and United States
Rubber issues were again strong, Con-
soldated Gas rose on further talk of an
increased dividend, and. on large trans
actions, United States Steel common
shares advanced 70 OF a point. A definite
upward movement in Pennsylvania was
based upon what was understood to be a
settlement made by the road of the de-
mands of it's locomotive engineers for
increased wages. A jump also occurred
in the Rock Island shares, which was
popularity considered to be more or less
surprising In view of the character of
the weeks news regarding this property.
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LIVERPOOL, December 1S.-Closing:
Wheat-Spot. firm; No. red western
winter. IS 2kd; futures quiet December.
IS Esd: March. SIS: May, Is 1Od. Corn
Spot steady: new American mixed (via
Galveston). 5s Cd; old do. 5s 1O1sd; futures
quiet: January, mixed, 5s sid; January
plate, IS 6Rd.
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But One Weak Feature.

Sugar stock was the one weak feature
of the market, making net decline o
IL points. In the commodity market
there was again excited buying of whea
upon unfavorable crop reports from tn
Argentine Republic.
Beyond the publication of the week:
bank statement the only financial an.
sort was that another increase had oc-
Cured in the number of idle freight
cars in the country. bringing the un-
employed surplus Of these up to 49,.
BIT, the largest since September 81.
Breaking Of Drought a Benefit.
If financial events this week were MOI
as numerous or as striking as they
were in the week before they were still
not barren Of Importance and consti.
tuted a pretty fair weeks news budget
The breaking of the drought in the
eastern section OF the country by the
heavy rain Monday was of incalcu1ablt
benefit to the farmers and to the min.
ing interests. and especially in the an
thracite district, where the lack o
water had become a cause of seriou.
trouble.
The supply OF moisture In the east 70,
the year is still deficient and a further
fall of rain before the full winter sea
son sets in would be helpful. Never
lHcIcoS, TIE siIudlioii IS mummy uclsci
off in this respect than 1t was few
days ago.
Declarations Of increased revenues tool
place upon Reading common and Louis
vile and Nashville stocks and were ru
mored in the case Of the Consolidate,
Gas, Southern Pacific and one or tw'
other prominent corporations. Latterl.
such announcements as these have no
caused any particular rise In the stock
immed ately affected because their ia
vorable character seemed to be who'll.
discounted in the existing market pric
of the issue. The Louisville and Nash
Vile shares were. however, an exception
to the rule that has been lately followd
although even here the advance in tn
stock was not great
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Boston Stocks and Bonds.

BOSTON, December Is.
NnNEv
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Influence Which Governed.

1t may be said Of many of the railroad
stocks at the moment that they ap-
peared to be Influenced In the market
not alone by quest .ons of earnings, but
by reasons Of a "banking' character
that is to say, by rumors Of purchases
for control or through the expectation
by shareholders of subscription rights
to new stock issues.
Sterling exchange was firmer through
the week. as it not infrequently is at this
time of the year, in consequence of the
purchases OF sterling for remittance OF
dividend and interest money abroad. due
January l: but in addition to th,s an up
ward movement in sterling has been ac-
tolerated by the fact that American
bankers now understand that In all prob
ability they will be called upon to make
payment through the month of January
to the Bank Of France, on account of
the Bank of England. of the money lent
by the former institution to the latter In
the partial financial stress of six weeks
ago.
leaders made some little noise last week
in their Illumination against the United
States Steel Corporation because this
great employer Of labor steadfastly con-
tinues the operation Of its open-shop
policy, and has successfully extended this
to all it's mills. But the workers in the
ranks of the steel corporation are high
ly contented with their lot and neither
they nor any one else seriously regarded
Mr. Gompers.
In the iron and steel business the dull
ness and heaviness of pig iron is the dis
tinct feature. accompanied with an ad-
vancing tendency in the price of wire
products and with rather especial activ-
ity in structural iron. Elsewhere in the
steel trade business is not quite SO active
as 1t was r. few weeks ago, although
specifications on old orders are said to be
relatively large for this season Of the
year Perhaps the most notable occur
renee Of the week, considered broadly.
was the reduction in the interest rate
paid upon deposits from to 3la per cent
by several of the large savings banks of
the city. The opinion seems to be that
this reduction will become general next
year. and the fair supposition is that this
must divert a good deal of money for
merry left with savings institutions to
other investment channels.