The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-09

$4.75z; cables, $4.76 7-16. Bar silver, S61sc. Time loans steady; 60 days and 90 days. 5A@51a per cent; six months, 51zk15% per cent. Call money easier; high, per cent; low, per cent; ruling rate, 4 per cent' closed, 3G91a per cent; last loan, 314 per cent Francs, demand, 5.76; cables, 5.14s4; guilders demand 44A; cables, 44%. Lires. demand, S.32; cables, S.31. Rubles, de- mand, 121s; cables. 12sz. Mexican dollars, 65Ac. Government bonds heavy. Rail road bonds weak.
 London, November S.-Bar silver, 43s4d per ounce. Money, per cent. Discount rates: Short bills, 45s per cent; three months bills, 4S4 per cent
 Paris, November S.-The weekly state inent of the Bank of France shows the following changes:
 Gold in hand increased, 1,1ao000 francs: silver in hand decreased 1,737,000; notes III circulation increased, 2l4.00S,0o0 francs: treasury deposits decreased 3,S9o,0Oo; gen. erai deposits increased 12o,7I0.000 francs' bills discounted decreased 4S,269oVo; ad- vances increased 9s47.0G0 francs.
 London, November S.-The weekly statement of the Bank of England shows the following changes:
 Total reserve increased s177,00o; circu- lation decreased 211,0O0; bullion increased E165,363; other securities decreased Gle5S,- 000; public deposits decreased sSao,oW; other deposits decreased 1,329O00; notes reserve increased e304,000; government securities decreased 160,oOo The propor- tion of the banks reserve to liability this week is 1860 per cent; last week it was 1930 per cent. Bank rate, per cent.
 Live Stock
 Chicago. November S.--Hogs: Receipts, 5000; market strong. Bulk, a6.3ogl7.2c; light, 15so@17.20; mixed $l6@17.S5; heavy, s1ea17 .35 rough, $16. 1925; pigs, sl2Ql6.
 Cattle: Receipts, 11,00O; market weak. Native steers, $660@Q16.S5; western steers, $575@1S25 stockers and feeders, $5.6oas 11.4o: cows and heifers, $.4o@11.6o; calves, s6.75@1S.
 Sheep: Receipts 5000; market firm. Wethers, $S.7oGp12.s5; ewes. $7.5oQl1.45; lambs, s1125@16.6o.
 St. Louis, November S.-Hogs: Receipts, 4700; market 25c higher. Lights, SIS. 900 17.35; pigs, $t4Q1650; mixed and butchers, s17Q17. 40; good heavy, $l725q175o; bulk, s16. 6.90l7t7.4o.
 Cattle: Receipts, 5loo; market steady to 10 cents lower. Native beef steers. sS1 1850; yearling steers and heifsrs. S@17; cows, $5@10.65; stockers and feeders. $6. 56T 115o; Texas quarantine steers, $6.75@lo.6o; fair to prime southern beef steers, $94l2 76; beef cows and heifers, s6@10; prime year. ling steers and heifers, s7.50a10: native calves. $5.75q12 50.
 Sheep: Receipts. 15oo; sheep steady; lambs strong to 10c higher. Lambs. Sl3G 1860; ewes. s10Q105o; wethers. s119l2:25; canners and choppers. $5.5o@S5o.
 Kansas City, November S.--Hogs; Re ceipts, 5000; market higher. Bulk. $16.75G 1T.o5; heavy, s17Ql7.ao; packers and butch CTS, s1s.75@17.l5; light, slS.5o9l6.s5; pigs, s16GD1675.
 Cattle: Receipts. 5000 including 200 southerns; market steady. Prime fed steers, $l5.50Q16.75; dressed beef steers, s11Ql5; southern steers. $7qll; cows. $5.5o @10.25: heifers, $650Q12.50.
 Sheep: Receipts. 5000; market higher. Lambs, $l5.509l6.25; yearlings, $l.5odl3; wethers, $10.50@l2.5o; ewes. $9.5oq1l50
 Sugar Market
 New York, November s.-There was no change in raw sugar prices and no sales reported with Cubas, cost and freight quoted. at 5Nc, equal to 6.9oc for centrlf- ugal and 6.02c for molasses
 It was announced that business in sl,- sar would be conducted along the same channels as usual.
 In refined, conditions remained un- changed with prices quoted at SS5c for fipa orap,t1a fad