The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-19
Bonds
Prime Mercantile Paper

Hr1me Mercantlle faper New York. May 1S.-Mercantle paper, 3Lfdf4 per cent. Sterling exchange heavy; eo-day bills s4.76.25; for cables s4. .79.S5; for demand $l.7S.9O. Bar silver, 4s7sc: Mex ican dollars 3Sl4c Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds heavy. Time loans firm 60 days 2a4@s per cent; 20 days, 3@314 per cent; six months, 3An 31a per cent. Call money steady; high, per cent; low, 1% per cent: ruling rate, per cent; last loan, ? per cent, closing bid. 1s4 per cent; offered at per cent.
 Live Stock Market
 Chicago May 1S.-Hogs: Receipts, 19.000 market weak. Bulk, s7o5@77o; light, s7.4o 67.75; mixed, s740dI7O; heavy, S.15Q765; rough. $7.15M730; pigs, s5.75@7.40.
 Cattle; Receipts, 5000; market firm. Ma tive beef steers, $6.90d9.25 western steers, S610I7. .90 cows and heifers, $3.25dlS7o. calves, $650@9.
 Sheep Receipts. 10000; market weak. Sheep, s7.75@S.50: lambs, s7.75@9.so.
 Kansas City, May 1S-Hogs: Receipts, 21 900: market lower. Bulk, S35d7. 40; heavy s735I7. 40: packers and butchers, s73567 50; light $7. 35d1T. 50; pigs. s6.25dI4o Cattle: Receipts, 750o: market strong. Prime fed steers, $s.5o@9.25; dressed beef steers s7.soMS5o: southern steers, s6lod S25: cows s425a7.50; heifers, s6d9; stock CTS, $6. 75dIS. 40.
 Sheen; Receipts 5000: market steady Lambs. s9Ml1.25; yearlngs, $S@9.75; weth- CTS s7dS 70; ewes, S6.5G@S50; stockers ana feeders, $5qS.50 ss5 .4,.zs ....s,- .a -'i st Louis. May 1s.-Hogs: Receipts. 12,- 400: market lower. Pigs and llgnts. $o.zoM 7.7eH: mixed and butchers, s76od77o; good heavy, S.6ou'eo
 Cattle. Receipts 4coO; market steady. Native berf steers, s7.50n9; yearlins s steers and heifers. $S. S019SO; cows, $6d6so; stockers. S60IS. .25; Texas and Indian steers, ooE. and S4E6. calves 6G9.
 Sheen. Receipts BOO: market steady. Clipped muttons se5o6l7.S5; clipped lamns' ss.5om9.ss: clipped yearlings, S.oodslo; spring lambs, sl0@125o
 English Money
 London, May 1s.-Bar silver, 23 9-lSd per o,,nce. money. 1l4611s per cent. Discount rates: Short bills, 2Zd2s4 per cent; three months, 2 1s-l6a17s per cent
 Metal Market
 New York. May 1S-Lead quiet, 4.1Na 422 Spelter not quoted. At London; Lead. e2o IS 6d Spelter, 966 los Copper i quiet: electrolYtic, 19c; casting, IS 501 1S ,5c' Tin dull, 5-ton lots offered at $50 OBS. 50 Iron steady and unchanged. At Iondon. Spot copper. G77 los; futures, e7 los: spot tin Gl62 los; futures, 9l62 10c. Antimony, f97@10O.
 Coffee Market
 New York May 1S.-The market for cof- fee futures showed further decline to- day under some scattered liquidation ana trade selling which may have been part lv influenced by a less optimistic view Of political conditions, but which was chiefly attributed to the recent easier tendency of the primary markets. The opening was at decline of s to 10 points. and xI~. A nl1tC laf Sales, 2l,5O0: May, 5.5Sc; June, 5.5sc; July, 66oc; August, 6.64c; September, 6.6Sc; De- tober, 670c: November 6.73c December, 6.76c: January, 6.S1c February, 6.S6c; March, 6.92c; April, 6.9c.
 Spot quiet; Rio No. ', 7s4c; Santos No. 4, 9S4c. Cost and freight offers were report ed about unchanged
 Rio was 75r lower: Santos was 1o0r be- low the last quotation Brazilian port re- ceipts, 2S,000; Jundiahy, 5000.
 Sugar Market
 New York. May 1S.-Raw sugar firm; centrifugal 4.s9c: molasses. 412c. Refined steady. Sugar futures advanced 10 to l. points early today on moderate buying. In the afternoon the market reacted under light realizing and closed steady unchanged to ? points lower; sales 455t tons. May. 3.s9c; July, 4.02c: September Aloe; December. 3aSc.
 
 was sold at 495c for June shipment. Sales of 5000 tons of centrifugal for June-July loading was reported today for Europe or the basis of 375c f. o. b. Cuba Between 6coO and 12.O0o tons of granulated were sold today for export.
 Cotton Seed Oil Market
 New York, May 1s-Cotton seed oil solo down some to points early under gen. eral liquidation. due to the heaviness 1T other commodity markets and lack of out side interest. but near the close there wal martial rally on covering and lighter pi offerings. Final prices were to points net lower. Sales 17600 barrels Spot s 256i6. 4Oc: May. 6.25@S S5c June. s37d6. 40c Julv' s' 4sais. 49c; August. 6.61@6.63c Septem her, (, 736ls. .75c; october. 6.72@674c; Novem her. 66Oa6 roc: December, 66lq0.o2c' TO tai sales, 17.600.
 Naval Stores
 Savannah. May 1S.-Turpentlne nrm s914c; sales. 1870; receipts nV; 'is 1noe 1e5. stock. 2,ss2. Rosin quiet; saies' nUo ,s receipts. 23O4: shipments, 33O; stock, oszn ~ Ouote A. B. s2. 7Od2S5. c, D, $2sO; F. saSo 5 F sa. C s315G320: H. I, S2O; K. >Soo M. s4.o5: N, s5; VIC. s5.4o; wv so.oo'
 Hubbard Bros. & Co. sossen Ne" of cs;on York Produce Exchange. xs:ocist' Orders soiicited for ths purchass ani sale of Cotton and Cotton seed OH fol liberal tnsisi tsrms siven Tore Tor consisnmsnts ~ Si spot cotton for delivery. Correspo1A'