Show 4 U I 1 il iJ Financial and Commercial I I J Il OATS DATS TOUCH HIGH SPOT I AND CORN AlSO GAINS 4 BY fly JOSEPH I. I F. F fly Rj- International l News ewi tn Service i Chicago Jan Tan 23 January January oa oats oars s sold Ita nt the highest price on the crop today toda- it Thc They gained grained Uc over o Tuesdays Tuesday's closing dOSIng clos dOS ing Shorts bought freely and at no time during the day were the of- of equal to the buying power powel Exporters Ex Ex- porters were welO again seeking oats in the Chicago market and cre bidding high r. r The strength th in oats more than offset off otC t set the political news from Crom abroad and corn prices ranged somewhat higher after atter a light dip early carly in the da day The Januar January future sold at Lt 1 1272 March larch reached 1 1252 52 and la 1 May sold sod at 1 2 i. i The feature of or the cash market was the good buying b by elo- elo iVator at r and Industries Shipments Shipments Ship Ship- ments out of ot Chicago to the east were small The provision pro market marlet was as firmer early with no decided movement in prospect futures as ss follows I l Low Luv Close r CORN con s is 1251 1231 hI 3 1 4 3 1 TS O U March I I 79 4 c II J i 3 Mar MT lT I i ii 7 6 I 77 Tl i rI ORK- ORK January I I 3 75 ii LARD LARD- SO O f M S. S 02 i 2310 IO L I. iM 24 2 00 O Or r JU ns- ns ary I 1210 3 Mij- Mij 4 44 45 1 l S 2435 43 Corn Orn n. 2 and 3 J yellow ellow No sc t 4 clI cl cl I ow w. w Oat Oat No 3 whitt white 8 HS standard Hyp Rye No o. o 2 nominal No 3 3 1 13 5 Barley 1 Timothy SJ j. j C vcr Jork ork Nominal rd 7 nibs SAX A QUOTATIONS lIO Thi following ol quotation were received tc ester day ar over Badger private te wire 1 Bid 1 I I BIJ ll I Ask As Atlanta 10 11 W. W Cap Cp 1 47 1 40 n 03 O 0 03 Con Cona Va Vs OS CS O 00 ro Blue luc Hull Bull 01 Ot 02 re I OS IS S e. e O. O 1 D. D 01 02 OZ III IlL Nor 01 11 Corn Com Fr tr 02 1 Mexican c e. e 11 11 at 01 13 11 flEa n. n B B. B 01 S. S NOT CT C 1 12 13 1 11 Union 7 W 9 Gr CC f. f Cou Cu Cou 4 Gt t. t Bend 6 5 6 C. C Roy Boy 01 05 0 random i I 01 Cl CL O. O en Q 01 Cl lurn JUnt urn EX Erf 9 0 Midway ro tO 09 9 rr oer I 03 M. M I. I P. P Ex E. 05 07 en CC 02 Montana 10 Y 01 01 lIz 1 t i-t 03 09 01 Cl c 19 anos 07 X Star 03 CI 01 m BI Is Pour M 00 OS 03 09 D. D 0 Ton n. on Kit 15 4 O. O e 01 01 Inn dnn an Con 11 1 12 V. W. il 70 75 5 5 1 tn Ie Dos 01 N X II Hills Ills 05 03 11 I. I Clur- Clur 1 12 I I. I It n. Un Mm 24 t 1 02 OZ str 30 lIk h. 03 ro I. I y i a STANDARD DARn OIL OlE STOa STOCKS S. S The l were jester jester- y over ner Badger Brothers Brothers' private wire I I Aur ng Ama 13 14 Pipe 4 43 Atlantic 4 00 lO So Solar 0 W Scry 47 45 I So IMpe no ISO Buckeye K Xi 5 I IS S Ia Pa Oil O zw eh brou b 10 o I Sw ISn- Ia Pa Pipe 9 95 0 35 10 50 0 IS S. S O. O of or Cal 20 O t Continental IS O. O of or lud lotI eso 30 60 TtE CO 30 ci 0 IS 15 O. O of or 1 Ken Kan lIn 44 o OO o Eureka O S. S O. O of ot K Ky 40 alena ISO 3 f. f O. O of Neb Preferred iy 10 S. S O. O of or N. N j. j 5 5 JU 1 Pipe LIpe i 1 S. S O. O of or N. N Y X Indiana Pip Ipe 10 Ie 10 s. s o. o of or Ohio 00 Nat at nt 1 12 It 14 Swan TI tc Finch ro N. N f. f Y Tran Imn ISO Tank 43 No o. o Pipe s r-s 03 iu VAcuum 3 ISS Ohio hlo Oil 1 33 ton iO O 35 4 II H 35 0 I Waters I l' l I I 9 ll I I LIVESTOCK MARKETS I Od Ogden n. n Jan 23 No Cattle Cattle No o rt receipt lpt market steady Choice C steers feeder rl SOO choice an and heifer er cr CN fair to good M G. G 00 canners 4 OO feeder cede cows COW real caIe 1000 Hoss Hogs Receipts market slightly higher Tops Top lS 1550 1535 I bulk hulk o n of lIal sales Jales 8 1533 5 3 o No No receipt market steady stcl Lambs i ewes North Salt lt j Lake Jan 23 Receipts market steady Choice Thoice steers good 00 fair teera chol choice co cows cons arid and y I heifers helfers fair to coo good cows and heifer cutters r hull hulU 00 lings Receipts 2 market tt I steady fat oo hoes bogs s i to 50 ZO O pounds 1532 55 mixed fat rat hogs hog to pounds end and up II p. p IG Sheep Sheep ReCeipts p Receipt 35 marL market t stad steady poor Choice t J fed Iambs choice ethers 50 O 0 rot fat at wether la 1100 fat t ewes 50 9 Chicago Jan 23 Ilos tJ J.-tJ llo s Receipts s tomorrow to to- morrow market unsettled nt t S 5 cents abote Bulk I light l. l 1 heary hray 1610 Ul rough roush 5 pl pl- pl pigs 1275 i 1525 S C Receipts NI 20 tomorrow market firm thc steers stocker stocker-s and IntI feeders tre cows COnS and aud helfers GO 9 Sh Khoen ep Receipts tomorrow 1001 1000 market mar roU ket Let firm C 1210 0 lambs Iamb 1450 lj 1775 Omaha Neb eb Jan 23 nol noes g market 10 t ints higher UrAY Heavy mixed light t 1620 10 pigs 1119 P 11 1 A. A u hUlk 01 Vt SAIM lj lo l Cattle Receipts market markt steady to 10 1 cents higher steers elects 13 I cows cors and belt belt- cr c. 7 10 C western steers S. S M steers cows nod heifers CO canners B S iii stocker keU and feeders fI 1135 1 c 1325 hulls bulls sta stags etc Sh Sheep ep Receipts S O market steady Yearlings es 1075 1200 OO lambs 6 I I Kan ln ns Cit City lau Jan Z-no Z llos Receipts market higher Bulk Dulk IGlO heavy heary 60 IG 1640 40 O pacer Iud and butcher 5 light 1610 1625 pIg Cattle U market steady Prime red fed ell steers d beef steers 1050 fi U western steers southern oot tn cow cOni con heifers 7 C 1100 stockers anti and feeders reeders 7 C bulls caIn calves 11 U CO Sheen Sheep Receipts Receipts 1000 market hl higher I lImb mh 1300 wether 1103 1500 J e ewes U. U S. S Foreign Trade for 1917 Breaks All Records Washington Jan Tan 23 AmerIcas AmerIca's Americas America's foreign for for- n els-n tra trade e surpassed all records in 1 1017 1917 n amounting to Official figures ures issued toda today by tho department of or commerce showed that thai was a gain of 01 nearly nearl over 1016 Ini December December De De- De- De cember epolt of or an in increase In- In crease creaso of or over November caused the big increase in the years ears total The years year's exports amounted to Imports 29 Free imports formed 72 per cent of or thet the t total 0 t at The Tite balance of or trade In favor of ot the tile United States has hns nearl nearly doubled double in thelast the tile thelast last two years amounting to In 1917 as compared with in 1915 Gold Imports amounted to against in iii 1916 tho the decrease de decrease do- do crease being due largely to the tile fact I that since the United States entered the war purchases by bJ the allies have been financed by credits instead of ot by transfer trans trails fer tel of ot gold old Exports of 01 gold Kold amounted to compared with in 1 16 Silver SlIver imports amounted to against in 1916 and exports exports ex ex- ports were valued at against for 1916 XE P YORK CURD CURB CLOSE The tono following quotations were received yesterday yester SI r. r In day OTer over Brothers Brothers' private wire I Bid HId I Ask I I Hid Bid I As Alta Con 20 2 I 25 Cal Jer Jet 1 1100 I 1112 1 Big Cot 01 03 02 ler V Y 65 63 81 C. C Mines limes Ci Red War 3 23 25 W 00 0 I Km m. m Cop 25 n 31 Jer V 00 50 6 62 my Kly Con Con 04 Ot OS 08 IS Curtis Curll 2500 51 2700 1 Iron Imn B n. n 45 c 00 O Cresson Creson n. n 12 M. M I. I Steel 50 7 75 Elk Elt I Basin G. G 6 50 I Magna roo 1000 O. O Rook Bock 3 Ray flay lice Her 3 I II n. S Sound lOnd 1 3 7 wart 20 25 i heels 31 4 2 3 Ton TOD Mill lIn 50 Magma 23 25 2 71 37 r. r Ton Ext Ext 17 Midwest 1111 eat lH ln 1 I 20 WatCh 50 75 1 Pfd PM lW 10 W Pac Par Gas 34 75 1 IV V. V C Com Coin m 62 75 is C. C SerT liiS 6 2 MANIPUlATION CAUSES WEAKNESS IN STOCKS fly DY N N WALL JJ By Dr International News Service New York Jan 23 Stocks Stocks broke bloke badly again today as a natural result to speculative manipulation in the I morning The cl close se was hea heavy and at atlow atlow I low Jow prices There wa waR wan no great pressure of ot stocks for j alo ialo The course of oC the tho market for tor forthe the tho immediate future depends on two things first things first the tho promptness with which Con Congress ress acts in guaranteeing a a. fair Call Income to the tho railroads and aUd second sec see ond action on the tile western front In Europe The pool has made its turn In Mexican can Petroleum taken profits and left the tho stock In a f wearied condition The Tho statement can be made on very I high authority that no extra dividends arc planned for tor American beet sugar or for Cor National Enameling Both Doth compan compan- companies ies lea could pay PRY such dividends dividend's but both need cash for tor working capital and directors di directors di- di l- l rectors seem to think it wiser to keep It than to borrow it it- That is the tho plan decided upon by the American Can dl dl- I There e Is luch speculative e Interest In Inthe inthe the motor stocks American Sugar ugar was strong because release ot of the Dut Dutch h ships for United States shipments promises to bring In more raw sugar to be refined Today's stock market showed a I downward In iii bonds Count Count- oral eral ot of the American Telephone I I Telegraph compan broke over o a point Missouri PacifiC general generalIs Is broke but made a a. sub leco et j A new high h record for the movement move move- mont ment was made b by Distillers Distillers' Securities 55 s. s Tra Trading In foreign ISsues was quiet French Anglo 53 French city bonds bonda and United Kingdom dom Issues were steady Liberty loan ioan bonds mote more active active ac- ac tive than thai most or of the other othel offerings Ther price changes chanles were Slight light g gYOt I YOt S1 Ocl II alSi II I II l. l I C. C m Beet Sugar Suar 1000 jj 7 76 I 76 American tan oo American e. e f I il 7 i iiO iO 70 I American Locomotive 3 Wr 5 ISI American Ame S. S f k Reig 1610 5 52 4 8 61 J S1 81 Sugar Su-nr Reg lOi 1 Hh 1 I Tel reI reIf f Til 1 1 American Z 7 L. L f S. S H Cupper Copper 60 to 00 Atchison 1 O 1 53 All G. G k W. W I. I f S. S S. S f. f rj 11 10 I m Ohio iC 00 I 4 42 2 49 nutte Superior Copper 00 R 18 11 California 10 1 15 4 15 taL L Central Leather wa 64 Ohio H 1 51 Chicago J I f St St. t. t P. P CoO 41 n 41 41 Chicago Jo f k Northwestern ro Chicago o n. n I. I 5 I P. P 1200 19 19 lS 4 Chino Copper 14 2 41 H n 41 j Colorado Fuel I. I Iron 00 35 35 35 Corn Products Ret r 32 t n 31 11 2 Crucible Steel 5 54 1 3 53 Cuba Cub Cane Sugar r 30 31 Securities 1711 36 36 23 Erie ErIc 00 H 14 14 It 14 General Electric G 1113 Gr Great at Northern pM Great Grut Northern ore 26 6 6 26 6 26 Central 1 Inspiration Copper n 41 43 lot Int lied Jc Marine pOd pM OO m ss 53 S i International Nickel S 20 00 n fl 6 26 7 27 Kansas City Southern 16 Copper M 3 32 Nashville 3 1 3 Motors nm 41 92 S 59 89 Miami Copper 00 31 m 31 31 4 Missouri I Pacific 21 0 2 Montana Power 2 Nerada Copper i New York Central 1 N. N V. V 1 N. N n. n f S 1 Zi Norfolk l estern H Horther Northern orther S SI I 31 S i Sl PacIfic Mail 11 LO 23 41 r b Coal 4 itay HiT Con COD Copper 2 Beading 50 73 72 73 Republic Iron 3 1200 nl Shattuck S Arizona Copper G Southern Pacific 1200 10 S SiTh SO SO 4 Southern Hallway O 2 24 1 2 22 Studebaker Corporation 1000 10 oS 43 4 7 47 Texts Company U 14 4 Union 12 lB ln I. I r. r S. S Industrial Alcohol 17 1 1 1184 1 States Steel n F. F lOThI l 4 Co no nab Copper 82 lo O 80 4 B P 90 0 59 W Electric I 60 r 4 40 9 4 39 Total toe for the day 13 0 shares I BOSTON cu nI CLOSE The Tit following quotations were yester 35 y over rr o Balger private te tv wire Ire I Bid I hk I I DIll Bid I AskI Ask n. n 9 ii 11 f Ex x 50 nOl los Fl Ely 85 6 s iO 70 Utah Met Iet 1 GJ 0 Cb C Con n 12 2 r Con n. n Daly Ial j s 25 Utah 2 I nn 1 20 n I 1 Butte ln 95 Ins u. u Vat Val U 50 I IN 1425 1500 f 25 23 9 9 eY D 90 o 10 D. D Wf t 11 0 Ohl hlo Cop 1 53 f 35 tt In lari Jal E B 03 20 04 I 11 1 15 11 W. W Cap 1360 1900 0 JO GErl A s The were ester ester- aver Orf private wire hid AskI Ask n. n 1 Tel Sa S w 85 SS 58 Arnal mal Oil 01 48 sc G I n. n T. T 1st Ret ne Aseh Oil 01 7 58 55 05 4 gi 8 S 1 Ilion III IU 1 A. A ny II Ls 81 Sen no t. t Id I'd 01 10 54 I. I L. L A. A n. n It R Oil 01 Cor Os 1 7 72 9 79 Hound Cone 16 1 Z 2 Pr P-o. P T. T Os rs n 45 10 Boy Doy Cne 1 In OIl Oi 6 91 1 91 nl Tom HeM heed 78 Ii si rn in Tron Tran Os 91 n. n S Si It I. I t In 75 37 Un Northern C Ch i C Gj s. s C. C Fd Fd S SG 55 Yel PIne ill 56 J. J t O O IO I r. r em Ne I York Jan isa Mercantile paper r. r l per bl bills six day tv-day bi bills on banks 7 4 commercial ht Ity- Ity lay bills bis 47 demand cables 72 rolI 8 50 ICI I II tI cable 4 43 4 fAres Uns leu Gul S 43 cables 4 Demand 13 cables dollars 71 71 ut en railroad bonds bontI irregular TIme loans loDI firm firm sixty days ninety days and sIr r G per cent ne U mousy I. I 5 per pr cent low 2 per cent ruling rate 5 Jrr cent closing huh 1 H per cr cent offered d at t I Iter er cent ernt tnt per cent last lut loan Z 2 S UG H. t 11 New York Jan JOI Raw sugar ItelI ern cen trl 6 molasses nominal steady tine 7 45 I |