The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-17
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 \ Louis, March 16-Hogs: Receipts, iVW market DC lower. Pigs and light, $'n mixed and butchers. $9,75@9.S5; gooG eavy, $9.SOa99O.
 Cat Receipts, 240O market steady. NatlY beef steers. $.701960; yearlng steers nd heifers, $s.50@95O; cows, $5.5Oa S; stock rs and feeders, $5,50@s; Texas and Indian l.eers, s5.25mS; cows and heifers, $4g6; native calves, $6@1O.75.
 SCheep: Receipts, 6000; market steady. Yearling wethers, $S@1O; lambs. $9Q11. 55 i; ewes, $615Q725.
 Chicago, March 16-Hogs: Receipts 32W0; market weak. Bulk, $9.6Od9 75; ! light $9.2O@975; mixed, s9.35@9sO heavy, $9.3O@9.S0; rough, s9 30Gt9. .45; pigs, $9 70a9. Cattle Receipts, 5000: market firm Native beef steers, 7.60a9a5; stockers and feeders, $6@S.25; cows and heifers $500 S.75; calves, sS.25a1O75.
 Sheep: Receipts, 60oO market steady. Wethers, $s.2oaS.90; ewes, $S@S65; lambs, S9 5oQ11.50.
 Kansas City, March 16-Hogs: Receipts. 70O0; market lower. Bulk, $930dS 60; heavy. $9.50G9.62; packers and butchers s9-4o4969; light, $9.2569.50; pigs, S775@S. 70.
 Cattle: Receipts, 5000; market lower Prime beef steers, $9 925d9 55 dressed beef steers, S7.900915; southern steers, $76IS. .5O;
 
 feeders, S6.509S.50; bulls, $5.5061775: salves. 650611
 Sheep: Receipts, 6O00; market higher. Lambs sl0.6511.30; yearlings. $925a1O: wethers, $7 75GS.50; ewes, $7400s.30
 Sugar Market
 New York, March 16.-The local market for saw sugar was again strong and active with prices higher all around. Domestic buying was the feature today, refiners taking about 100000 bags of Cubas. March and April shipment at A @4Nc cost and freight, and 10000 bags for March shipment at 4 B cost and freight equal to 5.S9e for centrifugal. There were also 75,000 bags of Porto Rico sold for March-April shipment at 5.64c to 5.I1c for centrifugal, the higher fig | ure being paid by out port refiners The market closed at 5.SSc for cen- trifugal 5.12c for molasses and 4Mc for Cubas cost and freight with hold | CTS asking cents.
 Refined sugar was firm and higher | in sympathy with the advance in raws with all refiners except the federal | listing on the basis of 690c for fine granulated. The federal was quoting cents. These prices are the highest 1 since the outbreak of the European war. There was a fair withdrawal demand on old contract but new busi- ness was light, the demand being l checked by the advance No further sales were reported for export ,al- though refiners were understood to be far behind in delivery, with one re- finer said to be out of the market entirely
 In futures the prices sold at new | high prices, some of the leading posi- tions selling through the 5-cent level. There was quite active buying by com 1 mission houses and trade interests prompted by the advance in both raw and refined and prices were higher, closing generally Il to 16 points net l higher. November. however, was points lower under realizing. Total 1 sales for the day were 31,700 bags, the heaviest days business since the market started. May sold from 4.S6D 4.94c, closing 4.S4c; July, 4.92@ 501c. | closing Sc; September, 4.99@ 5.07c; closing 5.06c; October, 5.01 5.o5c, clos l ing. 5.06c.
 Coffee Market
 New York, March 16-The market for coffee futures was much less ac- tive today and after some early hesi- tation or irregularity, prices broke | rather sharply under realizing which 1 seemed to come chiefly from Wall street and cotton exchange sources | The market opened at an advance of | point to a decline of l point and ruled about unchanged to 2 points higher during the earlier trading. The 1 break carried July contracts off from S.4S@S.G4c and September from S.41 @ S24c, with the market closing at 9 i net loss of to 12 points, Sales l7,25o. March, S.04e: April, S.09c; May, S.14c; June. s.1Sc; Juy, S.23c; August. S.26c; September, S.29c; October, S.32c; No vember. S35ci December, S39c; Janu- ary, S4ac; February. S.47c. Spot cof- fee steady; Rio 7s, 95so Santos 4s. | 1Ohc Cost and freight offexs were slow in coming in, but the quotations received here were about unchanged at 10.45c to 10.G0c for Santos As, Lon don credits. Rather a better demand l was reported in jobbing circles The of- ficial cables showed an advance of l-32 pence in the rate of Rio exchange on London. The Rio market was 75 reis higher and Santos was unchanged Re- ceipts at the two Brazilian ports were 1 10000 bags Jundiahy receipts, 5000.
 Metal Market
 | New York, March 16.--Copper firm: l electrolytic nearby $2SM2S50: June