Show considerable indecision CHA EARLY TRADING PRICES HARDEN SLIGHTLY sugar and wool both steady cattle sheep and hog prices are steady to lower REVIEW OF MARKET cleveland ohio oct 6 tho iron review in ilg weekly review of the iron market says gauged by pig iron alons the aroa market improvement has made fur ther progress not as marked betterment is discernible in angshed malcria mai cria demand but developments there are encouraging with prospects that the larger scale of mill operations will laai well toward the end of the year it need hardly be said that the rail roads will 09 the deciding factor in the iron market of the next three months the more active market for foundry iron that was a feature of the last ten days of september is still noteworthy and reports from all sections now agree as to this as they did not ten days ago foundries are find ing an increasing demand for their products not a marked increase but enough to beget confidence and to lead to buying the number of in queries qu iries and tho good aggregate tonnage they represent far pig iron to bo delivered ia the first quarter of 1905 indicates a growing desire to take ad vantage of present low prices it is an indication also that many foundries are provided with iron tor the balance of the year prices show more firmness and in the case of northern furnaces there baa been a general coming up from the minimum of 1150 for no 2 foundry to 1175 while 1185 and 12 aro now commonly held the southern furnaces are increasing production slightly and at the same time cutting down somewhat pi that birmingham may be considered more thoroughly established than at any almo this year the situation apart from pig iron is better in a number of lines indications point to a heavier phlp ment of lake superior this year than has been counted on at any time by authorities in that trade it seems certain that the steel corporation will continue its policy of carrying a good reserve on lake erie docks and in furnace yards tha september movement on the lakes exceeded that of september 1903 by over one million tons and it only the october and nor vember movement of last year are duplicated this season the total will be close to tons as against predictions early in the year of 14 tons in addition to the steel corporations activity in ore shipments have not been directed to ita greatly enlarged boko productions has suggested the possibility of a coke accumulation such as was maintained under the old carnegie regime WALL new york get 6 considerable indecision characterized the early trading and there was an entire absence of the recent overshadowing operations in special stocks after a hesitating start prices hardened slightly when reading illinois central and amalgamated copper were bid up largo fractions selling began all around later and the heaviness 0 st paul union pacific missouri pacific and united states steel preferred dragged the general market down st paul gave way to northwestern foundry preferred advanced 1 an advance of 16 8 in brooklyn transit pulled prices up elsewhere but they dropped back generally to bolow last night metropolitan securities metropolitan street railway consolidated gas and peoples gas lost 1 to 17 8 and northwestern 2 losses ran to a largo fraction in a number of prominent active stocks business was on a much smaller scale than on preceding days this week michigan central gained and cleveland C C st L 1 38 3 8 SUGAR new york oct 6 sugar raw steady fair refining 3 34 3 4 centrifugal 96 test 4 5 16 molasses sugar 3 12 1 2 refined quiet crushed powdered granulated coffee steady no 7 rio 81 3 WOOL i st louis oct 6 wool steady territory and western mediums 2122 fine mediums 1718 alno 1516 MONEY new york october 6 money on call steady 1 34 3 4 ga per cent time loans steady sixty days 3 per cent 90 days 3 14 1 4 six months 3 12 1 2 3 34 3 4 per cent EXCHANGE new york oct 6 prime mercantile paper 41 2 5 per cent sterling exchange slightly firmer bankers bills for demand and at tor sixty day bills posted rates and 2 commercial bills bar silver 57 38 3 8 mexican dollars 4 OMAHA CATTLE omaha oct 6 cattle receipts strong native steers flows and chefets western steers range cows and heffers heifers canners 21 stockers and feeder sOO calass bulls and stags 2 80 hogs receipts market lower heavy mixed Q light pigs bulk of sales sheep receipts steady western yearnings yearlings year lings ewes common and stockers lambs afo KANSAS CITY CATTLE 9 kansas city oct 6 cattle re steady to native steers native cows and defers stockers and feed ens bulls calves western steers western hogs receipts steady lo 10 loc lower bulkot sales heavy packers and lights sheep receipts market strong buttons muttons lambs range ewes utah lambs 74 pounds utah yearnings yearlings year lings 88 pounds CHICAGO CATTLE chicago oct 6 cattle receipts 12 steady to loc higher good to primo steers poor to medium stocker and feeders 2 25 cows delfera canners bulls calves western HOGS receipts market 55 loc lower mixed and butchers good to choice heavy rough heavy light bulk SHEEP receipts sheep and lambs dull lower good to choice fair to choice mixed western theop western lamb CHICAGO PRODUCE CLOSE chicago e close oc 78 7 8 dec 38 may 78 7 8 corn oct 50 58 5 8 dec 49 58 5 8 may 47 S 8 oats oct 30 dec 30 12 1 2 may 32 78 7 8 pork oct 1155 dee 1165 jan 1327 12 lard oct and Nov dec jan bibs oct jan may 67 12 1 2 rya ag 12 fla timothy clover 1225 barley 36 52 CASH WHEAT chicago oct 6 cash wheat no 2 red no 3 red 2 biard no 3 hard no 1 northern no 2 northern ll 2115 no 3 spring SALT LAKE MINING STOCKS morning call furnished by salt ladt stock and mining exchange ogden brokerage co st phone ogdan utah alice bid 30 ajax bid 8 12 asked 12 butler liberal bid 9 14 1 4 asked 9 12 boston con bid asked bullion beck asked callba bid 9 asked 12 century bid 36 asked 36 12 1 2 con mercur bid 35 asked as 12 1 2 creole asked 35 laly bid asked baly West bid 1340 asked 1423 daly judge bid asked eagle and blue bell bid 50 grand central bid asked horn silver bid asked jim butler tonopah To asked SO little chief bid 1 18 1 8 asked 1 12 M washington bid 18 1 8 mcnamara bid 30 asked 67 12 1 2 mammoth bid asked slay day bid 13 34 3 4 asked 14 M tonopah To bid asked new york bid 2 asked 2 31 3 1 ontario bid asked sacramento bid 12 12 1 2 asked 12 34 3 4 silver king bid silver shield bid 3 12 1 2 asked 5 so swansea bid 3 asked 8 star con bid 14 asked 14 12 1 2 sunshine asked 2 swansea bid 20 T belmont bid 50 asked GO bid 25 asked 27 T midway asked 42 common bid asked U S con bid 22 7 S asked 24 U S mining bid 2125 asked 2200 victor G and S M bid 1 yankee asked sa CLOSING quotations OF NEW YORK STOCKS colorado fuel and iron 35 34 3 4 60 11 1 1 copper atchison common 83 68 6 8 atchison preferred 39 12 1 2 alton con mon ag smelter common smelter preferred j baltimore and ohio 0 90 brooklyn i 68 11 canadian pacific 79 7 9 metropolitan traction 33 3 3 chesapeake and ohio 44 rio grande preferred i 81 38 3 8 t consolidated gas 13 1 3 peoples gas i erie 32 3 fr illinois central i 3 S manhattan 14 1 4 kansas and texas c 50 12 1 2 louisville and nashville l fc missouri pacific 99 new york central 3 S norfolk and western 71 ontario and beem weem 34 pennsylvania railway 3 beading 70 kock island common 28 11 1 1 pacific common 58 38 3 8 southern railway common 32 1 t st louis and S W pad pfd 48 13 1 3 st paul i m 1 S sugar 1 si texas i 32 14 1 4 tennessee coal and iron 48 13 1 3 anlon pacific common 68 6 8 kheel common w i 17 7 S steel preferred 4 r 74 13 1 3 western union sl 7 ii wabash preferred 4 7 sa s1 NEW YORK bonda b S refunding as registered as U S refunding 23 coupon 3 t ij S as registered 12 1 2 U S as coupon 14 1 4 U S new 43 registered E 3 53 5 3 u S new as coupon U S old as registered 10 fi 13 1 3 U 8 old as coupon 13 1 3 atchason Atch lson general as atchison adjustment as ag ala mla antio coast line as 88 53 5 3 ohio as baltimore ohio 3 l as 93 central ot georgia as 5 central of georgia ast 1st inc 83 1 chesapeake ohio 4 l as lt l t alton 3 l as 81 ihl cago B quincy new as 97 34 3 4 cago M st paul gen 14 1 4 chicago northwestern con 78 7 8 R L pacific 43 76 7 S chicago R ia pacific col as 87 14 1 4 p C C st louis gen as 11 chicago terminal as 77 12 1 2 dated tobacco as 72 S 4 io lorado southern as 88 enver rio grande as 12 1 2 rie prior lien as i 89 58 5 8 rie general as 87 12 1 2 t worth denver city ast 1st 3 hocking valley 4 l as 14 1 4 louisville nash unified 14 1 4 manhattan con gold as il 03 34 3 4 mexican central aa i 68 12 1 2 mexican central ast 1st inc 16 78 7 8 ulna st louis 43 94 11 missouri kansas 3 2 missouri texas ends 81 13 1 3 wat R R oc mexico con aa 77 78 7 8 N Y central gen 3 l as ew jersey central gen lt l t northern pacific as 13 1 3 northern pacific as 74 12 1 2 ortola western con 12 1 2 oregon short line 49 99 58 peon colv 3 l as 14 1 4 general 43 7 S bt louis iron mt con st louis san fran fg as as 78 7 8 bt louis Sw estern 98 34 3 4 seaboard air line as 81 southern pacific as 93 31 3 1 southern railway ga 13 1 3 texas pacific ests toledo st L western as 79 union as 14 1 4 union pacific colv as U S steel 84 wabash ests 1 f wabash deb B 63 lake brie ag 90 13 1 3 wisconsin central as 91 |