The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-08

ceipts. 7ooo; market, steady. s16. .56@1S 90; heavy, 1S.75017 Is; packers and butchers, $16. 7oQ17; light, s1e2sQ16.so; pigs, sl6. 25@ 1875.
 Cattle: Receipts. 5000; no southerns; market. strong; prime fed steers, $l5.50Q 1875: dressed beef steers. s11@15; south ern steers, $7d10; cows, s. .50G91O. .25; heif- CTS $6 5odd2.50 stockers and feeders, s6.5o 412.5o; bulls, $sa7.75; calves, se.50dao. 25.
 Sheep: Receipts, $500; market. strong to 10c higher; lambs, $i5. 50Dl6 20; year. lnes. s11. .50g1a. D; wethers, $1o. 5Na12; ewes, s9 Snaii: stockers and feeders. s7Gg16.75.
 Chicago. November 7.-Hogs: Receipts, light. sl5 .50ddI.10 mixed. s15.S0a17 20; heavy, si5. 5.sodl7.25; rough. s15.soQ16.o5; pigs. $11. .75a15. 50.
 Cattle: Receipts, 22.0o; na.lset, steady; native steers. SS.6od17 IS; western steers, s5113. 5: stockers and feeders, S. .S50111.c0; COWS and heifers, s4.5na11. 80; calves, $7 Q13 325.
 Sheep: Receipts, 15,o0o: wethers. s s0D 12.75; ewes, s7.5oG11.45; lambs, $12Q1S.5o.
 Coffee Market
 New York, November 7.-While ad- vances were not fully maintained. the market for coffee futures made gen. H'a''v steady showing today. closing steady at q net gain of about 2 to 6
 .nts. General business was quiet and the improvement was attributed to local covering with scattered investment buy ing, which some supposed to be partly unchanged to points higher, but scat ter.ng December liquidation was soon ahsorhed with that tseiverv selling lsn from 7.17c to 7.25c, while May advanced frota 7.62 to T.e9c, with the general list showing net advances of about 4 to 10 ,tw.tr l.Ypix, ~~tI AF H.. Last prices were a few points off from the best under realizing. December, 7.2or; January. 7.27c; March, 74sc; May, 7.62c; July, 7.7sc: September. 7.s3c.
 Spot coffee was reported in fair de- rnand. with prices sready at 1s4c for Rio IS, and 9isc for Santos As.
 Sugar Market
 New York. Novemb CT 7.--There was no change in raw sugar and no sales re- ported. with Cubas quoted at 55sc, cost and freisrt, ecnal to D.9oc for centrif- ugal, and 602c for molasses.
 &oad administration announced that 12,00o tons of sugar held here for evport account had been released and distributed to refiners in eastern terri tory for household purposes and that about l0,01o tons will be released next week. This will relieve the situation to some extent, but no permanent relief is expected until the new Cuban crop com mences to move in December. Prices for refined were unchanged it S.35c for fine granulated.
 Metal Market
 New York November T.---Metal ex- change quotes tin strong, ss9 bid; lead strong; spot, 6.S71sc bid; spelter dull; East St. Louis delivedy spot offered at 7.621sc. At London: Spot copper f11o futures. f110; electrolytic, f1e5; spot tin. s2S6: futures. f2e5 i5s; lead. spot f20 1os. futures, f29 los. Spelter: Spot f54; futures. f5o
 Naval Stores
 Savannah. November 7.--Turpentine steady, 47Ac: no sales; receipts. 132; shipments. sa7; stock. 2S.o04. Rosin firm; sales r-h receints, 1T4: ship msS.s. 2s75: | ck. T65sa. Quote: B. lo, F.. $s.to@6.15: r, c. Fl. I. s6.15; K, $6.50; V. s6.6o; \, $7.So; we. $7.60; wv, s7,75.
 Dry Goods Market
 New York. November 7.--Cotton goods hers today were firm, with demand steady. Yarns were very firm and blankets scarce for this years delivery Worsted yarns for knitting were very high and scarce Raw silk was slightly higher.
 Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter
 New York, November 7--While the market has been under n severe nervous strain. resulting from the advices from Italy. 1t has shown g much steadier undsrtone and absorbed the selling by they bought spot cotton in the south Tine local trade remains haarish rv,,a.,