The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-31

shorts were covering early in the cot ton market in advance of the official con- dition report on Thursday. As result Central of Georgia Con. 5s ..... S5 Illinois Central ref Is ......... TIE Louisville & Nashville un. Is S3 St. Louis x San. Fran, 5s, G940) 6S Seaboard Air Line adj. 5s ..... 56& Southern Bell Telephone 5s.. SSA Southern Railway 5s ........... S9 Southern Railway gen. Is ...... 6S15 U. s. Steel 5s .......-.......... 9S
 Money Market
 New York, July 30.-Mercantile paper, four and six months, per cent; sterling so-day bills, s4, 721s; commercial 60-day bills on banks, 4.72; commercial 60-day bills, 4.71%; demand, 4.7S, cables, 4.76 ZIG; bar silver, 995sc Time loans strong; 60 days 90 days and six months, per cent bid; call money, firm; high per cent; low, per cent ruling rate, per cent; closed, 51yg5A per cent; last loan. 5A per cent
 Francs, demand, 5.r4; cables, 5.s9a4. Builders, demand, 511s; cables g. Lire, demand, sol; cables, 8. Rubles, 191a; ca bles, If nominal; Mexican dollars, TIC; government bonds, easy.
 London, July So.-Bar silver, 4S 15-16d money, per cent; discount rates. short bills, 8 17-32 per cent; three months bills, 17-32 per cent.
 Live Stock
 St. Louis July 30.-Hogs: Receipts, S200; higher; lights. s19.o0@19,25 pigs s1S.40@1S.9o; mixed and butchers S1S.75Q19.20; good heavy, S1S.90@19.15; bulk, 1S.90@19.20.
 Cattle: Receipts, $500 steady native beef steers, $11.50@1S.25; yeariiug steers and heifers, $9.50@15.50; cows s7.50@13.75i stockers and feeders, $50 @12.00 fair to prime southerh beef steers. s10.00@1375 stockers and feed CTS, sS.50@1200; fair to prime south ern beef steers, $10.00@17.70; beef cows and heifers $750@16.O0; native calves, s7.75@15.5O.
 Steep: Receipts, $500; steady. Lambs. $14.00@1S.90: ewes. $11.O0@12,oO; can ners and choppers, $5.00@ 1000.
 Kansas City, July so.-Hogs: Re- ceipts, Ill ,o00; higher; bulk. s1S.6o0 1890; heavy, 1900; packers and butchers, $1s.60@1S.95; pigs, $17004 17.75
 Cattle: Receipts, 1s,ooo, steady; prime fed steers. $17.75@1S.5o; dressed beef steers, $19.5o@17.50; southern steers, $7o0@1475; cows, s6.5o@13,0o llcllCIS, 1o-UVW I-OuVs SlOCh6SI anu ICSu- CTS, $S00@1750; bulls, $750@1000; calves, $S.00@14.25.
 Sheep: Receipts, S4oo; steady lambs. 14.00@1725; yearlings. s10.00@14 50; wethers, s1o.0oA1S.5o; ewes, sS.o0@ 1900.
 Chicago, July 3o.-Hogs: Receipts, 1000; market weak; butchers. s1S.75 @1915; light, $19oo@1925; packing rought, s1715@175o; bulk of sales, s17.So @19.1O; pigs. good and choice, s1750@1S.25.
 Cattle; Receipts, 12,ooo; market, strong; beef cattle. prime. $17.25@ 1865; medium, 1o.50@15.75; butchers stock, cows and heifers, $7.25@1425; canners and cutters, s6.35@7.25; stock CTS and feeders, fancy, $10.00@ 1900; choice, s1650@170O.
 Sheep; Receipts, 16,ooo; market, steady; lambs, prime s17.25@170o: good, $15.50@1735; culls s12o0@1400;. ewes, prime, s1300@13.5o; good, s10.75 @l3oo; culls. $4.3o@9.5o. Coffee Market
 New York, July 30.-Busness in the market for coffee futures was quiet and prices again had a narrow range after an opening decline of to points Liqui- cation by trade in this weakened December to S.60c after early sales at S.61c and May sold at SC, the market closing to points net lower Septem- ber S.36c October, S.Hc: December. S.6oc; January, S.67c; March. S.S1c; May S.9Sc. Spot coffee, easier. Rio 7s 1c
 lower at SEC and Santos As unchanged at 1lssc. In the cost and freight mar ket the undertone seemed to be easier with offers of Santos As at 1095c for London credits, equal to. 12.25c regular cost and freight.
 The official cables reported 75 reis decline in Rio Is and exchange I'd lower. Santos As were off 100 reis and futures l50 to 225 reis lower. Brazilian port re- ceipts, 32,o0o; Jundiahy 17,OOo. The wealth. CT in Sac Paulo was fine with tempera- lures ranging from 50 to S4 degrees Sugar Market New York, July 30.-Interest in the su- gar market is centered in the price for the new crop. Conferences have been going on for sometime between the Cuban mission and the international sugar com mittee to fix price for the new crop, but no agreement has been reached and it has been decided to refer the question to both governments in the hope that an early and mutually satisfactory ad- justment of price may be made. A meeting for this purpose will be held in Washington next week. Otherwise ! there is nothing new in the situation and prices remain at the fixed level of 4.9S5 for Cubas, cost and freight, equal | to 6.055c for centrifugal. There were no new commitments reported by the com mittee.
 l The market for refined was un- changed at 7.5oc for fine granulated, with | a little better demand noted. Naval Stores 1 Sauannaf Inlv 20-Tudnanfine nil1af