| Show SUCCESS OF THE NEW GOLD LOAN Dun Think I Will Have Very Beneficial Effect EVERYBODY WANTED BONDS SALES OP WOOI cOUP AED WITH TWO TEARS AGO i Omaha Cattle Scarce With Prices Strong ana Higher While tIle jllnrlxet Was Strong For Motions anil liauiba But Little Change nt Chicago Liverpool Wheat Sternly I Holiday Affccis the Markets New York Feb 22R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of Trade which issues tomorrow will say The surprising success of the new loan and the great confidence it has given to investors on both sides of the water and to business here encourage many to hope that i may be the beginning of a real recovery In twentytwo minutes the subscriptions are supposed to have been at least five times the amount of the bonds offered and in two hours at London Lon-don they were twenty times the amount offered Considering the power which control of these bonds gives to regulate foreign exchanges and to prevent exports ex-ports of gold the transaction has indeed greatly changed the financial situation in spite of the fact that government revenues reve-nues are still deficient and that domestic i domes-tic trade shows scarcely any gain as yct The industries are not enlargenlng production ductlon nor liava prices of farm products improved But a very important source of apprehension and hindrance has for the time at least been removed Lead has declined to 310 while tinplates tin-plates are lower with large arrivals Textile products show few changes but those are downward Cottons are meeting meet-ing an indifferent demand and New York mills 44 bleached have been reduced to 9 J M c A better demand appears for the finer prints but fancy calicoes are quiet and there is only the average business for dress goods In lightweight woolens wool-ens the reorders continue later than usual and the preliminary purchases of medium and low heavy goods are larger than a year ago some mills having business busi-ness until April while In the higher grades there is more promising demand The termination of n strike at Philadelphia Philadel-phia sets more carpet mills to work and the demand Is fair while In dross goods little is doing Sales of wool at the chief markets in three weeks of February were 15722050 pounds against 18010800 two years ago The failures for this week have been 302 m the United States against 2S8 last year year and in Canada 36 against 51 last OMAHA LIVE STOCK Omaha Feb 22 I CATTLE Receipts 2000 Trade ruled active with prices strong to 10 cents higher than yesterday Cow stuff of all grades was in limited supply and strong and tho same was true as to veal calves bulls stags etc In stockers and feeders there was somewhat more life and strength and trade was active I SHEEP There is an active demand and I the market is Quotably strong for desirable I de-sirable muttons and lambs KANSAS CiTY LIVE STOCK Kansas City Feb 22 CATTLE Receipts 2900 shipments 14300 Market steady to strong Texas steers 310420 Texas cows 200300 native cows loO400 stockers and feeders I feed-ers 22S42S bulls 200375 SHEEPReceIpts 800 shipments none Market steady LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool Feb 2 WHEAT Spot steady demand moder I ate No 2 red winter 4s 6Yd No Z red spring 5s 3d No fhard Manitoba 55 2d No 1 California 5s 2d CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago Feb 22 None of the features of the cattle market were different from those prevailing earlier in the week Dressed beef and shipping steers 350 560 stockers and feeders 2500450 cows and bulls 150 410 Texas cattle 200 440 few steers were offered and there were not many trades at over 500 Common I Com-mon stock remains dull there having I been practically no buyers for a long time past I Hog prices were stronger The shipping was active and prices at once advanced 10 cents That gain was maintained to I the close and so was the morning activity ac-tivity i Common to prime heavy 300 430 bulk 410425 medium weights 400 i i420 150 to 200 pound hogs 3S5440 j In sheep the condition of todays market mar-ket was even less satisfactory than yesterday yes-terday Receipts were none too many i for Friday had the demand been good Quotations range frcm 250450 for poor to extra sheep and from 32SS40 for lambs Receipts Cattle 5000 calves 20 hogs 30000 sheep 700 |
