The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-16

New York Money
| New York, August 15.-Money on call
| easy 11aQ1s4 per cent; ruling rate. IA per
| cent. closing bid, u per cent; offered at
| 15s per cent Time loans very dull and
soft; 60 days, 2a4@3 per cent; 30 days, 81
| ASA per cent; six months, 4S4Q4B per
cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 51xa6 per cent;
| sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at $4-SS. 60Q4S3 70
for 6O-day bills and at $4.s5.s5 for demand
| Commercial bills, $4S30p4.S3l9. Bar silver
B3Ac. Mexican dollars 44c. Government
| bonds FIRM railroads bonds irregular.
Metal Market
| New York, August 15.-Standard Cop
per: Quiet; spot, August, September, Oc-
tober and November, s12.2O312.50. Lon
don: Weak; spot, f55, 1885, futures,
ESQ, los Arrivals were reported at New
York today of 325 tons Custom house
returns show exports so far this month Of
14O7S tons Local dealers reported a firm
market. quoting Lake Copper at $12.8711@
1900 electrolytic at $2l6211Qd2.76 and
casting at $12. 25d12.00. 1t is claimed that
there is little if any copper now In the
market for sale below $12.75 for electricity
tic
Tin: Eeasy; spot, $33. 35Ql3375; August,
sss 5odss rs; September, sa35o1Ss.7o; Octo-
ber $33 40d33.65, and November, $4,000
$3.50.
London: Weak; spot, e153, IFS, 3d. flu
lures, f153, IS.
Lead: Steady: s44O@45O New York;
"a. 25df43o East ST. Louis. London: Spot,
E12. IS. Sd.
spelter: Firm; s5s3de.4o New York;
S. 1905 IS East st. Louis. London; Spot,
f22, S..
Iron: Cleveland warrants, 49s Cd in
London. Locally, iron quiet. No 1 foun-
drv northern, SIG. 25116.6o; No. ., s15.5oa
|16.OO; No. southern and No. southern
soft, s1575@1625.
Coffee Market W
New York, August 15-The market for
coffee futures opened steady at I'M
changed prices to decline of ] point, but
March was the only month to show any
loss, and this was soon recovered In view
OF the firm primary markets and the
higher German cables.
Business was not more than moderately
active, but all offerings were promptly
absorbed and the market closed steady.
net unchanged to points higher. Sales
reported OF %, $50 bags.
Closing Bids: August-September, 710c;
October 715c; November, 7.25c; December.
1850; January. 7.40c: February. 745c;
March, 7.49c: April. 751c; May, 754c; June,
7.56c, and July, 7.57c
Havre: Holiday. Hamburg: u pig. high
er. Rio: SO refs higher at 5sx150; Santos:
Unchanged; fours 4sxT50; sevens, 4sxS50;
exchange rate 1-32d higher at I'D. Re-
ceipts at the two Brazilian ports. 5000
against $1,000 last year. Jundiahy RE-
ecipts, $500 against II, 400 last year. New
York warehouse deliveries Saturday, 15,-
731 against 4,769 last year.
Spot: Steady; Rio No. Z. &c; Santos No.
4, 9s4c; mild, quiet.
Live Stock Market
Chicago, August 15.-Cattle-Receipts,
30, 0CO head. Market weak at 1Oc lower.
Beeves, $5.55QS. 20: Texas steers, $3.50Q35. 70;
western steers, $Q6.7o; stockers and feed
ers, $4Ql6.20; cows and heifers, $2.50R6.35;
Calves $6.50GS, 30.
HogGReceipts estimated at $4,000 head.
Market 10c lower. Light, $S.45Q7Se5;
mixed, $7S5GS.s5: heavy. $76o0S.4O rough.
ST. 60Q17 so; good to choice heavy, $4,000
s45; pigs, $4,000; bulk of sales, $3.50
S.35.
SheepAReceipts,> 10000 head. Market
weak. Natives $2.25Q34.9O; western, $500
4.2o yearlings. $4Q75.40; lambs, native, A25
d6.6O; western, N.256l6.50
Kansas City, NO.. August l6.-Cattle-
Receipts. 5000, including 1000 southerns
Market steady TO 10c lower Southerns
strong to 1oc higher. Calves c5c higher.