The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-22
Bonds
Money Market

New York, February kI.--Mercantile paper, 61fq5N per cent; sterling eo-day pills, 4.72A per cent; commercial 60-day bills on banks, 4.72 per cent; commercial G-day bills, 4.71A per cent; demand 4.1bA per cent: cables, 4.7s 7-1e per cent: bar silver. S55sc; time loans, strong: 60 days, 90 days and six months. per cent Did. Francs, demand. 572ss. cables. o.1o1s; guilders, demand, A; cables, 441a |; fires, demand. S76; cables, S75: rubles, de- mand; cables, 1874 nominal: Mexican dol lars 6Sc: government bonds, strong. rail- road bonds. irregular.
 London, February 2l.-Bar silver, B5sd per ounce; money 3 per cent; discount rates. short bills, 3ss per cent; three months bills, S@ per cent
 Paris February 21.--The weekly state ment of the Bank of France shows the Following changes: Gold in hand in creased 1,S71, 900 francs; Silver in hand increased 1,2570oo francs: notes in circula- : ton, increased 1so,0o01111 900 francs; treas ury deposits, decreased 22,62400O francs: general deposits, decreased 26327 900 francs; bills discounted, decreased S1, ,9S1, = DO francs; advances, decreased 452S, 900 francs.
 London, February n.-The weekly state ment Of the Bank of England shows the following changes: Total reserve. de- creased &51S000; circulation. increased 5000; bullion, decreased, P471, ,g41: other securities. increased E5.774.oO0; public de- posits. decreased f451,00O; other deposies. increased a5,614O00; notes reserve de- creased a54l,0oO; government securities unchanged. The proportion of the bank S reserve to liability this week Is 1S.02 per cent; last week it was 1s9s per cent. Discount rate, per cent.
 Live Stock
 St. Louis, February 2.-Hogs: Re- ceipts. 15,s0o, higher; lights. $1s. .sOQ17 1u; pigs, $l200I15.50; mixed and butchers, N6.s0q17.u5; good heavy, s17.05al7 2e; bulk, $l6.90@1715. Cattle: Receipts, 3lot; strong; native beef steers. $S00aJ1s.5a; yearling steers and heifers, $L0Otk13 5O; cows, ss.OOQl1.5O; stockers and feeders, $6.00Qn0.50; fair to prime southern beef steers ss.00a125o; beef cows and heiters. $6.00@10.00 southern yearling steers anu heifers, $7.50Q10.00; native calves, $6.0OY 14.00. Sheep: Receipts, 200; steady; lambs, $14OOa1675; ewes. s1O5oQ12 U; wethers, $115OQ1325; canners and chop- pers, $6.00Q900
 Chicago, February 21.-Hogs: Receipts. 6o,00c; unsettled; bulk, $l6s0@17.00; light. $l6.S5G171O; mixed, $ls.6oGl7O5; heavy, <6.3oQ170O; rough, $1635Szl6.55; pigs, $iz.50 Ga6.b Cattle: Receitps, 15,000; firm; native steers. $S.65G13.90; stockers and feeders, T.40Q10S0; cows and heifers, $6.6cQ1L75; calves. >S.50Q13.75. Sheep: Receipts, 16,0oo; firm; lambs, Sl3.5OU 16.60.
 Kansas City. February 2l.--Hogs: Re ceipts. 5000; higher; bulk, s169OG17l0: heavy, N7.00017.l5; packers and butchers. Ns.s6Glz1o: light, $l6sOGd7l0: pigs, sla50 Qio.W Cattle: Receipts. 5000; steady: prime fed steers. $a.b091a75: dressed beef steers. N050Ql2S5; southern steers, s7.5v Qll.W; COWS. N.o0011. .0o: .heifers. q. .5O9 iLio; stockers and feeders. H5OQ12 50; pnHss W:so@20.SS; calves. T.006125o Sheep: Receipts. 20Oo: steady: lambs. uh75@1&26; yearlings, s1s0o7ai.oo: weth. ers $a.5o&lsS; ewes.. s11.H@12.25.