Show BUT FEW CITIES w SHOW DECREASES Salt Lake Among Those in the Right Column f l INCREASE NOT HEAVY f 3 BOTH jjuc AXIJ BRADSTKEET ARE VKUY SAXGl IXE f Industries Continue to 3Iikc Pro f Krcss Snlcs of Wool Jiveccil the Actual CoiiMiinipfiuu in the Mali nfjictnre VetcTtt It t i > Ji Quotation Lend Shows Much Strength Liverpool Chicago and Other Wheat Markets BANK CLEARANCES i The following table compiled by Brad lltrcets shows the total clearances at the principal cUe and the percentage of increase in-crease or decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year Cities I Amount jlnciDeT New York fSW4tM381JO hicaso I sl167rniII i I 13 Boston 4 j 1 9261472812861 Philadelphia 1 68441421 374 St Ious 1 2 9 ibm i San ITiancisco i 12789967 30j Baltimore j 15909757 295 Pittsburs I 14859192138 < j Cincinnati j 11904150 76 Kansas City i lU7GSO3ili NPW Orleans i tS5Cii19t Buffalo 4G5l042ilU5 i Milwaukee i b7661 Detroit S5S61 1 JLoufsvillel 545284Sj i 11 Minneapolis ioli1 G6 Omaha 1 5161S11S1 Providence 1 4401700I 1 Cleveland L2734W it Houstoiu 1 I fX j I St Paul 41544041401 Denver 1 f64O1 I3 Indianapolis 1 7S 5E i 217 Columbus O 1 3jI92OO F I i Hartford 1 0 46 I Richmond 1 2358833 tLi Washington 1 20414561224 Dallas 1 29 836476 St Joseph 1 1194000211 Peoria 1nH10 40S I Met phi i l4Sf63 22 IPortland Ore 1 12G2n4l27 ochcster 18116521151 New Han 1 lSW5332Jl Savannah 1510762366 Springfield Mass 1 1266930 91 Worcester 126301H 161 i Portland c t 1254196 18 j Atlanta 1 3054CG5 322 I Iort Worth 1 iosiscnaso I Waco 11J1111 I Syracuse 1077110294 IDes I-Des Moines 74870G j30J Grand apids j H9139230 I Seattle 1 SlSSllia I Lwel b10l 16 I Wilmington Del t CU91 294 Norfolk i S36571 Sioux City 1H410 JMS AngeJes 1061149346 I Tacoma i 531062 3J I I Saginaw Micli i 43933332 p II Spokane 1 206610146 J Jacksonville 109978 117 Lincoln 2Jo60230 New Bedford s 1 430OS5I4I I Wichita > 3S15717 I 1 Birmingham 427257571 I Topeka i io149 491 Lexington Ivy 1 34812 i J > 2 i 3inghampton 3322 < W30S I Bay City Mich iS2000 3US I Fall River j 663717 i Cfi I Akron O 24724b611 I Springfield O I 2d2644m2j Canton O I 222975i674 > I I Sioux Falls 1 49895 663 J Fremont Neb 5357S1 382 i rattngs Xel I 663261 Chattanooga 1 WI ll Fargo lU7Il XahvBe 1 11G 5i Gale ton j 3281310 S SALT IUi 1 1OSO07S 76 Scranton I 614726 196 Toledo 18t91 Llte Rock 1 SFSS Helna 4S06 Ialamaro 91734294 Rockford I 15f 841 Total r S t i6t132215239 l xdushe of New York 43662834Th1 DOMINION OF CANADA Cites IAmountilncjDe iontreal 11 1931 P Toronto 1 596342S225 JTalfax 1 14f01i7 hamilton 618927109t Jaion f08Z0 I yInncpge 1 111 62 otal i OH1silifji Last weeks total U Not included in total because con I taming other items I Not included in total because of no i comparison for last year I SEEN HY ERADSTREET I NTTW YORK Aug Bradstreets rtvcrkly review will sty The features of the business week area are-a continuance 01 the remarkable strength of the demand for the increase in the pro duction of steel and iron practically all first class producing plants having been I Hit into sseryice and not a few of the ripples Striking as was the demand for an advance in the plce of wheat leather cotton anl other staples for a month or two following March 1 last no rebound piive the depression of 1S94 has been stronger or more surprising than that in iron and steel Of the same naTure na-Ture is the evidenc of improved business conditions shown by the activity on almost al-most all manufacturing lines more particularly par-ticularly of course those in which Iron and steel are employed The center of commercial activity t tat west follows a line drawn from St Louis through Chicago St Paul and Minneapolis I Min-neapolis with an improved clemand also lon along the Ohio river valley t holosalrrp at Chicago and St Louis rr port receipts of good orders for dress goods hats caps clothing and shoes to a large drpree the result of personal selection se-lection ry interior merchants General trade on the Pacific coast has improved within a month One of the features is thE recent importance of the foreign trad of Seattle and Tai laTe la-Te development of our interchange of l commodities with Oriental Mexican Central Cen-tral ancj South American countries Is having hav-ing a marked effect upon the cities siamed San Francisco authorities wire that the wheat crop in California is admitted ad-mitted below the nomal and that fruits in that state are ripening faster almost than the canners can handle them Exports of wheat flour included a w beat both coasts of the Unite States and from Montreal amount to Io > 0t000 bushels this wed against 1460000 bushels last week and as compared with 3417001 bushels this week last year and 5000000 I I bushels in the like week of 193 VIEWED BY DCN NEW YORK Aug 9P G Dun Coin Co-in their weekly review of trade will say Business continues unusually active for midsummer and though there is perceptible percep-tible relaxation there are no signs of reaction re-action The one change of great Importance Import-ance which the past week has brought istle is-tle amicable settlement between coal miners and employees in western Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania OhIo and Indiana I is said that about 300 O > m r will have their wages in < read after October 1 by this adjustment and while the enlargement of ajustmnt ot purchasing power is of consequence i pccms even more important that a chronic ease of coitrorersy has been removed hy the new agreement as to company stores < There is no important change in cron prospects and ot this time no news is I t eminently rood news Wheat has declined a fraction with very scantY transactions the extremely small I western receipts influencing the market estrn present more than the restricted exports The concerted withholding of I wheat by w ser farmers If continued tfould dountScss affect the price in the It end but it has already stopped Atlantic I exports almost entirely The western I farmers may find reason to regret that they did liot ship their wheat at the pro per tme Corn tends to lower prices f I 4vith more encouraging prospects and the expectation of a heavy corn cropaffects rl r nricen of provisions as might be expected I The industries continue to make pro sress and higher prices for iron and steel II products prove that the supply has not efc outrun the demand Bessemer Iron is L shade weaker but grey forge has advanced ad-vanced a aboyt Ixty cents and finished i Products are remarkably firm Lake cop 3er Jias advanced to 1 cents Tin has de I fined about a quarter of a cent and is B cuucu telat 1420 quarter lead a trifle stronger uot 10 anthracite coal market is pl IeteI demoralized and prices have gin telr j 1ld a little to about the lowest = kown ever e of wool are not as much inflated r = culatlon as they were during the ist1jalf of JW but they still consider D I I It < 0 4 n U I ably exceed the actual consumption in the manufacture amounting at the three chief markts to 6259 00 pounds Prices are very firm Some staple cotton good 1 plI I have again advanced in price n50 the market is unusually strong for the sea i son I sonFailures for the week were 225 in the Initcd States against 6 last year and I i d 43 in Canada against 54 last year I I nIG FISHERY J I ST OIXS N F Aug 9The fishery news from Labrador here the chief cod I fIshing of the colony is prosecuted is j most encouraging and prospects are ex i ccllent for the largest fishery in many I years Many large dealers have twice as much fish as last year The shore dealers I deal-ers as well as the green fish catchers arc I securing good fall and many have used I all their at so that shipments are being be-ing made from here fearing that the fish may be mined The shore fishery along i I the western coast is nearly over and was much above the average The lobster acrage I fishing was also successful l I GOLD SHIPMENTS I j NEW iOUK Aug 9The Evening I Posts special from London says I I The gigantic speculation oC Kaffirs and i j In British South Africa in particular I overshadows all other markets which are j neglected Americans were dull on fears I of at least 3000000 of goM to be shipped I tomorrow Cables from your side indicate tho probability of a fresh bond issue soon I through the syndicate This is not generally I gener-ally believed here i STOCK SALES NEW YOlK Aug 0 iTbe total sales I of stocks today were 151475 shares including I in-cluding American Sugar 11710 American Ameri-can Tobacco 9800 Atchison f400 Burlington Bur-lington 10900 Chicago Gas 12300 Distilling Distil-ling 3400 General Electric 14500 Louisville Louis-ville I Nashville S 00 Manhattan 14V I Missouri Pacific 700 Rock Island 4300 I I St Paul 6000 Western Union 10SOO I I BOSTON WOOL BOSTON Aug IThc Commercial Bul I letin will say tomorrow I The small sales ot wool are the result I of a spasmodic agony on the present j I American mills who have seen foreigners sweep into the cloth mirket and catty I away large orders for clay worsted and I fine fancy cloths at phenomenally low I prices One of the foreign firms have i r efad i o1 ll J just had its invoices i marked up There las however hecn no drop in wool I is held at too hisih prices to sacrifice and I it is held in strong hands who hope that I European prosperity may advance pries I again at the London auctions in Septem I her Wool is today lower than it was a year ago at this time aso tm I i NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET NEW YORK Aug 9 j WOOL Quiet and easy I COPPERQuiet broker price 1 ex j change price 120 > j LEAD Quiet brokers price S s exchange ex-change price J52A j I I SUGAR Raw firm i Tn rn ro t Jnu T U I CHICAGO Au r a Wheat oiened firm I and almost unchanged Trade was quite I I light and fresh influences were needed Jght I I to stimulate it The effect of small receipts re-ceipts at western primary markets was again balanced by usually nxeasrre shipments ship-ments from the seaboard Gold shipments ship-ments wet weather in the Dakotas and similar weather conditions in Europe were the chief matter of news and with i i rumors of important shipments via Bos I I j ton infused a little more firmness into I the dealings but owing to the small volume i i i vol-ume of trade prices did not move For eigii markets were all firmer Toe fluctuation i 1 fluctua-tion in price here was narrow tnb N I I chiefly within the range of GT to Cst the closing transactions being at 6S < ft63k I co taking of vessel loom for SOOOOO I ff bushels at Bo = foe was a bull factor in nfo corn which closed 5 higher at 3 for I I May Oats were firmer in sympathy with corn 1 but closed unchanged I i Provisions were irregular and nervous The closing prices showed very little change from yesterdays closing prices CHICAGO GENERAL MARKET j The leading futures ranged as follows WHEAT = No2 I I Open I High I Low I Close I i Aug 67J67S 57l2 Ws 67s Sept C7Vi ts < WU Ic l S I Dec 701 70s 7CI 70 O CORXXo 2 Open I High I Low I Close I Aug 39 3 WY 3 i < 1I Sept Sent 39Ufio3Ti Wi ti 11 4 3o I 7 8 Oct 3SV USvs I ms 1Is j Dec i33t4 334 33 fi l I May i 33VS33iii34t i i 33ij I3iIiT l OATSNo 2 OATSXo2 IO Low Closa O I Open I High I I Close Aug 20 = 5 i2fc5 i 20 0r Sept 201a 120 = + 20 > 2 31 May 2 I 21feg2n 24U 21i < T2438 MESS PORK Per Bbl I I Open I High I Low I Close Sept r i l ift r > I nT I 970 I Jan I105J llOW 1027f 11042 I LARD Per 100 Lbs I Open i High I Low I Close Sept 6722 I i OTiH j 015 I fi15 Oct 1 fi27i i 627i I 6JO i 620 Janl L I 3 I 630 613 I CJ5 SHORT RIBS Per 100 Lbs J I Open I High i Low 1 I CloseS Close-S ep t 5a2 1 I ST i I 77 577 J Oct I 581 590 I 1 5SO 5S2 I Jan 1545 I 511 1535 r i Il Cash Quotations were as follows FLOUR Quiet easy I WHEAT No 2 spring Gi iifW 1 No 3 spring 64WS66 No t red U7V26SVS CORN No 2 r I I OATS No 2 20V No 2 white 26 No 3 white 2 ff22 > l RYE Xo 2 i i BARLEY No 2 nominal No 3 37 No 4 30 FLAX SEED No 1 103 TIMOTHY SEED Prime tGOfi4SO MESS PORK Per bbl 975 9S5 LARDPer 100 His bMoJiOlJ SHORT RIBS Sided Hoose n75fr5SO SHOULDERS Dry salted boxed 34j 5tHOULDERSDl SHORT CLEAR Side s boxed els eti WHISKY Distillers finished goods per gallon unchanged I SUGAR Unolianged i Articles 1 Rca I Ship Flour barrels i 7000 SuOO I Wheat bushels I 530001 1 00 Corn bushels r7tiOO4SoOGf I Oats bushels 195OOOUa70eo Rye bushels 3000J 3000 I I Barlev bushels i 3flO 1000 On the produce exchange today butter and eggs care unchanged LIVERPOOL GRAIN LIVERPOOL Aug 9 WHEAT Spot steady demand fair No 2 red winter 5s 5d No 2 red spring os 9d No 1 hard Manitoba 5s 6d No 1 California 5s rd futures opened firm at unchanged prices closed firm XSW higher August rs 5d September Sep-tember 5s Cd October 5s 6Vid November Novem-ber 5s 6nid December 5s 7lid Janu art 5s 7d CORN Spot firm American mixed new Is l = d futures opened quiet unchanged dose unchanged t 1ld higher Augusts August-s 1ld September 38 10r1 October 5 November 3s lId December 3s 10d v 4X U V ttllUti 9 i JJV 10sd January 3s 7Ud CHICAGO LIVE STOCK CHICAGO Aug 3 o CATTLE Receipts were about 4500 demand de-mand good prices steady and unchanged the offerings included 1500 western rangers rang-ers Good western range cattle sell particularly par-ticularly well Among those sold today were ill Montanaa and Texans averaging 1 IS1 pounds at 4Jand 10 Dakotas at J10 HOGS were Tkj higher common to choice heavies J35ft490 mixed lots 450L < 5CO lights 1631310 SHEEPApparently there is no limit to the supply and sheep arc heading this way In enormous numbers this weeks receipts so far aggregating about 70200 agre There is good lemand for muttons but prices are 2 to SOc per 100 pounds lower for medium grades of sheep than a week ago Westerns arrived in great numbers and sold at 3006340 spring lambs wrro in good demand at a decline of about ron 75 r-on medium grades poor to best fetching fetch-ing 300S550 the market was steady today to-day for good sheep and weak for others KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK KANSAS CITY Aug 9 CATTLE Receipts 7200 shipments 700 market steady to strong Texas steers 250 373 Texas cows 215j 7o beef steers 5255W native cow 150g225 stockers and feeders 2704SO HOGS Receipts 4900 shipments 500 market strong to 10c higher bulk of sales 445475 heavies 423tlGO packdrs tZ 4S5 mixed 493JI75 lights GH95 10rkErs 48tLJ tug 47tdJLS3 l SHEEP Receipts 1700 shipments none 1 2 0 iQ I i 300t360 market steady lambs 400430 muttons 1 OMAHA LIVE Sl CK OMAHA Aug 9 CATTLEReceIpts 2800 market active firm native beef steers 370j440 western steers 0W Texas steers 250JMOO cows and heifers 2001325 canners 13C 240 stockers and feeders 27f300 calves 250W125 bulls stags 150S325 I HOGS Receipts 2KO market 5e high i cr heavy 440f 455 mixed 44LCO light I 125fi465 bulk 445 < M55 I SHEEP Receipt 500 market steady fair to choice natives 250aSjO fair to I choice westerns 22j325 common and II I I stock sheep L511300 lambs 3003500 BOSTON STOCK MARKET I BOSTON uS 9 Atchison 15 f Tiell 137U C B Q I 0 Mexican llj Oregon Short Line I 8 > i San Diego Si B 1 91 B B 1I I 1 NEW YORK MJN1NO SOCK Ner York Aug 9 Saltier C4OntarIo 7 0 Chollar GOJOohir 125 CrownPoint iplytnoutb 2 C C Va 2 Quicksilver 3 13 l Deadwood 2l 5UJ iQ Preferred 19 00 G C 5VSIerraNeva < 40 H N 2 Standard 2Cm flomestake19 5 Union Con W Iron Sityer 10 Yellow Jacket 20 Mexican 6 SA FRANCISCOMINING San Francisco Aug 11The omclal closing quotations for minim stocks today were as follows Alta 13 Kentuck Con 02 Alpha Con 07 Lady Washington 01 Andes 2D Mexican 7U Uelcner C6 Mono h 01 Belle Isle Mount Diablo 15 l E B 9 ° Occidental Con SI j Bodio Con 16 Ophlr 1 30 Bullion SHOveraan IT 1 I I BulwerCon 03 PotosI 33 i Caledonia 1 Savage 42 Challenge Con 28 Scorpion 0 04 Chollar 62 Sierra Nevada 43 Confidence 0 Silver Shill r C C l Va 2 s Sliver King 2J Con Imperial Union Con 0 4J Con New York Utah Con or Crown Point 37 Yellow Jacket 35 Exchequer I Silver bars 66t6sS Oould Curry 5MexIcando153j54 HN 2 00 Drafts sight 214 Julaun Wi Dratts tolegrapb 5 Justice 06 GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BONDS et York Aug 3 US4sregnowI2DR37sb I 115 New 48 reg coupl1 D RG 4s 68 US Bsreg 115 NJCentOenlba l1t U Sos coup 115 iNorPaolsts 17 i U S4sre 112 Nor Pac 2ds 102 B Jg gl U S 4scoup MCVN W Consols 142 U SSsreg 9tH NW P F deb 581 flt Pacific 6sof 9510 R G W lain 7IUS Missouri 6s lOU St P Consols 7sltiVi Atchison 4s SIJ3 tin C P WBs115 Dl o6econd A XZ StLfcS F r n < 3slIO Canada 2nds 10S4 U P lats of 93107 C Pac Istsot 95102 RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS I Xcrr York Aug 9 Atchison IHiNorthern Pac 4 Adam Express 143 Preferred 18 Am Express OtHU P L > i C B 00 Northwestern 10IH CanadaPac3 Preferred 115 Canada Son Vi iN Y Central 102 Central Puc IS1 OreImp 101 Chits O 21V Ore Nav 25 Chicago Alton 1V5 OreS L U N t C I t Q 903iPIUsburj 163U Chicago Gas 59s PulJn an Palace 1741 Con Gas Hit Heading Ii Colo C AI 7 I R G W 175J DLW 1 lC2i Preferred 4ti D K G pref 47 Eock Island 75 DC F do 91e St n t 7 7 Srie 8 Peferredl8 Preferred 20 St P Z0 11 F Ae Wayne JC3 Preferred US Great iVor prefli > i Southern Pac 2W Illinois Central iStSugarReftnerl14t i Lake 5no < 151 Union Pao 13 LeauTrusi 34 U 90 Express 41 Man Can JlSii Wells Fargo ExItiS Mich Cen liiiiisWesternUnloc r Missouri Pac SSJ < D ii G 1414 US Cordage 3 GenElec 3714 PreferredCohFueli 37 t J Central 1025 < Preferred 92 North Am Co 5 > S |