The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25

loans, steady; 60 days 2&G3 per cent; 90
 days, 3 per cent; six months, 3A per cent | Call money, firm; high 21a per cent; low 2K per cent; ruling rates, 2A per
 cent; last loan 21a per cent; closing bid, l 2A per cent; offered at 21a per cent.
 English Money
 1 London, May 24.-Bar silver, 34 3-16 per
 ounce; money, 4@41a per cent discount I rates, short bills and three months, 4ss@ ' "A per cent.
 Metal Market
 | New York, May 24-Copper firm cleo l trolytic nearly normal; August and later | BPS. .50@30. Iron, steady and unchanged. | Metal exchange quotes tin, quiet; spot
 offered at $4S. At London spot copper, f132; futures, s130; eltctroytic e154; spot 1 tin, 9192; futures, E192 5s. The metal
 exchange quotes lead s.17A735; spelter l easy; East St. Louis delivery, $1475; at | London lead a31 Is Cd; spelter s95 Live Stock
 1 Chicago. May 24.-Hogs: Receipts, 26,000 weak. Bulk, $9.75@ 1000; light, s9.30@9.95; mixed, $9.60@ 1o.05; heavy, I $9.50@ 1905; rough, $950@9.65; pigs, $7.50@9.35. Cattle: Receipts, 14,O00.
 Strong. Native beef cattle, sS.35@10.75; stockers and feeders, $6.10@9.0O cows
 and heifers, $4.6o@5.so; calves. ss.5o@ 1 11.75. Sheep: Receipts, 1S,000; weak.
 wethers, s7.5o@s.5O; ewes. s5.75@sSo; I lambs, $S.5O@12.4O.
 Kansas City, May 24.-Hogs: Re-
 ceipts, 10000; higher; Bulk. $9.65 9.90; heavy, $9S5@995; packers and butch I CTS, $s.700o9.s0; light, $9.60@9.S5; pigs.
 ss.75@s-25. Cattle: Receipts. 4oOo; higher. Prime fed steers, s9S0@1035; | han ,,ta EA a ern steers, sS.oo@s,75; cows, s5.5O@ $50; heifers, $7.5o@1o.OO; stockers. $7.259.00 bulls, $6.O0@8.00; calves, S3.50@11.00. Sheep: Receipts, 5000; weak; lambs. $1O.O0@1250; yearlings,
 $9.o0@11.25; wethers. $s.50@1o.O0; ewes, $s.0O@s.50.
 St. Louis. May 24.--Hogs: Receipts. | 1000; mixed and butchers. $9.S5@ | l0.06; good heavy, $9.95@10.05; bulk, ] $9.S0@10.00. Cattle: Receipts, 240O: higher. Native beef steers. $7.50@ 105O:
 yearlings, steers and heifers, ss5o@ 1000; cows. $5.50@S.5o: stockers, $5.50 l @s.5o; Texas and Oklahoma steers, l S5. S.55; cows and heifers, $500@ 500; prime yearling steers and heifers. $S,76 1925; native calves. $6.00@ 11.50; prime southern steers, $9.00@9.5O. Sheep: Receipts. 2700 lower Wethers, i $S.25 @9.75; lambs, $10.0013.70; clipped
 lambs, $950 11.15; clipped ewes, $7.50 @s.7o; spring lambs, $10.00@14.0O. Coffee Market
 New York, May 24.-There was a re- inewal of realizing on scattering lioui- dation in the coffee market today and the tone was more or less unsettle, with fluctuations irregular. The market opened unchanged to points lower and active months showed net losses of about to Il points at one time dur ing the day with May selling at s.SSc and September at S.62c. or about 27 points under the high level of last Sat- urday. Some of the recent prominent buyers were among the heavier earlier sellers but seemed to be giving the
 market support at the decline and late, months rallied in the late trading with the close net point higher to II points lower. May and June were lower with other months net unchanged to 1 point i higher. Sales, including exchanges, were i111.250 bags. May. S.3Sc: June, s.4Sc; July, 8.55c: August. S.62c; September. S.70c; October. s.75c: November. S.S0c. December. S.S4c: January, S.S9c. Feb
 ruary. s.94c: March. S.s9c; April 9.04c. Spot coffee quiet. Rio 7s 91sc; Santos As. 107sc No change was reported in ! the cost and freight situation. but Santos 4s were offered here at lO.15c l f. o. b. Brazil for June and July ship ment on the basis of London credits. x | The official cables reported ds- cline of 70 reis at Rio with Santos and the rate of Rio exchange unchanged. Brazilian port receipts 1o.000; Jun diahy, 5000; Santos cleared 10000 Tor New York and 10000 for New Orleans. Sugar Market
 l New York May 2i.-The local market for raw sugar was unsettled. but in ao- sence of further sales reported, spot prices remained nominally unchanged at ot4c Tor Cubas cost and freight, equal to 6.21c for centrifugal and $50 for molasses. Early I in the day the undertone Gas steady with holders not inclined to accept last paid prices on 5kc for Cubas cost and freight. but at the close offerings were again on the basis of last sales, prompted by weak ness in the futures market.
 ! No new developments occurred in the , market for refined sugar and prices re- mained unchanged at 76oc to 7.7oc for fine granulated. Late yesterday there were
 sales of 5000 tons for export account. pre- sumably the British commission. at 640c | f. 0. b. New York. but no further sales were reported today.
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