Show VERY SLUGGISH TONE Reaction After the Christmas Christ-mas Rush Is Complete LITTLE THAT IS NEW Commission Man Trying to S Clean Up Good Supply of Fish of Various S Kinds in the Market Strong Demand for Chickens Nothing doing exactly expresses the market situation yesterday A few regular reg-ular orders and some little Saturday business bus-iness was transacted but otherwise there was little doing Tho managers wore busy getting a lino on what goods they had l left while tho employees wore cleaning clean-ing up tho good In regular and systematic system-atic order Most of the stores did a rushIng I rush-Ing holiday trade and their racks wero I pretty well emptied others were less fortunate for-tunate and have quite a large stock on hand With the latter class the commission commis-sion men will Ibid little trade during the I next week S There Is a varied supply of nice fresh II fish on the market > but the demand Is very light Some of the varieties on hand are Halibut sturgeon bonito shad codfish cod-fish cattish sea bass and smelts The supply of salmon la falling off and the retail price has Jumped up to ITi per pound Tile great demand for spring chickens as substitutes for turkeys has well nigh exhausted tiio large supply and the price will KO up If the present demand contln ues Tho turkeys lasted out In good shape and several of the merchants nave some fow still on hand Hay Grain and Straw Grain AssocIation Quotations Delivered prices Alfalfa per ton baled tUCO Oat straw per bale 35 Timothy per ton baled 1400 Wheat per 100 pounds 1G3 Corn per 100 pounds lSi Corn cracked per 100 pounds I21 Oats per 100 pounds 130 Rolled oats per 100 pounds 1tVO Burley whole per 100 pounds 120 Barley rolled per 100 pounds 120 Flour bakers No1 per 100 pounds 100 Flour straight grade per 100 pounds 200 Flour high patent per 100 pounds 220 Bran 100 Clcavelund Commission Co Quotations At the warehouse Alfalfa per ton baled 1050 Oat straw per bale 30 Timothy per ton baled 1350 Wheat per bushel So Corn per 100 pounds 120 Corn cracked per 100 pounds 125 Oats per 100 pounds I 0 Montana oats 13 Rolled oats per 100 pounds 145 Barley whole per 100 pound 115 Barley rolled per 100 pounds 125 Flour bakers No1 per 100 pounds 195 Flour straight grade per 100 pounds 211 Flour high patent per 100 pounds 220 DnkoVn hard wheat flour per 100 Ibs 24ft Graham flour 215 Cornmeal 175 Bran and Bhorto mixed < 100 Meats Dressed beef per pound 9 05 J07 < Dressed pork per pound 03 f80 < Dressed veal por pound OSVtSOO Dressed mutton per pound 03Sj Dressed lamb per pound 07 Poultry Dressed hens per pound J 12 Dressed turkeys per pound 25 Ducks per pound 15 Broilers 14 Roasters 12 Live poultry hons per pound 10 Live spring cccccccccccccccccccccccccccS U Fruits Jonathan apples per box 200 Santa Paula lemons per box 450 500 California oranges per box 300fi > 350 Lemons per box 400lt 500 Utah apples per bushel 1755 225 California Bcllllowcrs 1754 200 Pears per bushel 150 Cranberries per barrel ll50iJ1200 Oregon apples per box 175 Figs nnd dates Gc So and lOa Persimmons per box 150 Vegetables Winter potatoes per cwt J12SS140 Utah onions 150 Utah celery per dozen 5ro California sweet potatoes por pound W3 > 03 Cabbages per 100 200 Cauliflower 12w S Dairy Products Butter per pound 25 Cheese per round jgje Eggs per cuao I3GOgil00 Fancy cheese per pound 13 Comb honey new per crate 300 Strained honey per pound 07 Sweltzcr cheese per pound 15 Fresh Fish Stcclhead salmon per pound IHVi Halibut per pound 12 Striped bait per pound 15 Shad pcr pound 10 Mountain trout per pound 25 30 Soles per pound 00 Flounders per pound 09 California smelts per pound 12 Codfish por pound 13 Calllan per pound 12 Perch per pound 10 Lobsters per pound 14 New York oysters counts per 100 1CO Utah carp and mullet W Perch 12 Sea bass 12 Crabs per dozen 300 Live Stock CHICAGO Chicago Dec 20 Cattlo RccolptB 300 nominal good to prime oteera JjCOff37r > poor to medium 32ot7uDO stockers and feedcra Sl73Sl00 cows 51COIfJ00 heifers heif-ers J20JT475 canners lWd2Vr bulls 5200SJ25 calves J200tfti2ri Iloga Receipts today 13000 Monday 15000 lOc higher mixed and butchers MSO i fjlSO good to choice heavy tCOfflfth rough heavy JitOffiD5 light 125 I < MC3 bulk of sales SluOftliM l Shcop Receipts 120 3 Hhccp steady Iambs Bteady good to cholco wethorp 5350 fj4CO < fair to cholco mixed 2753350 Western sheep SSlOfiJW native lambs 1003575 Western lamba L005u53 ST JOSEPH St Joseph Mo Duo 20 Cut tic Receipts Re-ceipts 150 Kteady nil Ueu JTIOOffSOO cows and hclfora 1GOJ110 otockcra and feeders 220J3M Hogs Rccelptu 3700 mnrket fifflOo hiGher hiGh-er light M4 ij4GOf medium and heavy SI421fSil65 I Sheep Receipts none KANSAS CITY Km5a C1L ty Dec GCntticRcccipts 100 steady native steels 250j450 na the cow and hollers 225u2S5 toe1or8 and feeders T300Ji3 Ci bulls S22iiJ325 calves 52753575 Western ntocrs jaSOJJ lCO Western cows J150Q300 lIegeReceipts 5COO market G to bOo higher bulk or sales mLro heavy 4JijLG packers SllOSJCO pigs and Hgbtn SI3atfJE5 Sheep Receipts none market nominal ly steady muttons S325ftU5 lambs S1C5 ft 390 350 range wethers 3DO8iO eWe 225 OMAHA South Omaha Neb Dec 20 Caftlo Rccolnln 400 market uiichantoil native Htcork 300K 1B COW and holfcrn 350 l fflLCu Western steers 2SOii7l > range cowt and belforH t2J55J330 htockora and teachers L50iiii0 Hogs llpualpfa 4000j market lOa higher heavy I5fifl > 4Go mixed JiMliifllCfi light SMOHOG pigs SyCOlSD bulk of nalus 5iri2WTrii7tt Shuop Rocolptn 1EOO market rtcndy fed mutton 1flG5fr425j ethers 3CJfi > 3EO ewes 27uX25 common au Block era t200fr360 himbs 47GrifG60 Bank Clearings New York Dec 26The following ta ble compiled by Bradatreeto showing the bank clearings at the principal cities for tho week cnacd Docenbcr 2lth with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year Inc Dec New York 1147800313 U Chicago J752SGOS7 207 Boston 131504203 Philadelphia 113881039 GJ St Louis 34403030 100 Plttaburg tfCitfoIS 123 San Francisco 274 0070 54 Baltimore 22175093 lilU Cincinnati 20451550 1S8 Kansas City U2WKU 2511 Los Angeles GJ247 Co 0 St Joseph 40J1414 or 515 Denver 4t07704 325 Seattle 3810570 234 SALT LAKE CITY S17XW 1 85 Portland Or n47y93 47 Spokane Wash 210581 13 Tacoma 24ti 1842 2S1 Helena 030038 S 725 Totals U S1fSS17iiOOg 74 Outside N Y S10IJ1I753 197 Totals Canada JOulGOW S9 Weekly Bank Statement New York Dec 2jlhl statement ot averages ot the clearinghouse banks of this city for the five days of the present wcelt shows Loans S922C2 00 Increase 13522rX0 Deposits 8Cr lS700 Increase 17iC47W Circulation ISSWICO Decrease 731 Oa Legal tenders OO25CO > Decrease 307000 < Specie or 1C11G1SCO Increase i 32ClEOfl Reserve 229054300 Increase 2D57KIO Reserve required 2104iflC Increase 1iOjGio Surplus 12m4liJj Decrease linuSii Ex U S deposits 217SJOoO Decrease 1146000 The Financier says this week The striking feature of the oKlclal statement of the New York associated banks last week was the hlCI case ot l12a26C0 In leans This was notable chiefly because oi tho fact that loan expansion In ino lust weeks of the year Is quite unusual bunks generally being In no condition to extend liberal accommodations to borrowers borrow-ers until after the linn of tie New Year The excellent reserve condition of the institutions in-stitutions lu the previous week and the accumulation oJ wads In the bunks In anticipation of the disbursement of inter estand dividends Immediately after the beginning of the year doubtless encouraged encour-aged liberal lending which will account for the above noted Increase Cash reserves Increased by the net amount of S20J7SOO the specie gain being WibiWX while the legal tender loss was 5307000 the Increase In specie largely reflected re-flected payments for imported gold during the week The deposits were augmented 517G31700 or 51151MO In excess of the total to-tal of the gain In loans and In cash hence tho statement showed n good balance bal-ance The required reserve was Increased through the higher deposits by I SI40SC75 Deducting therefrom the net gain In cash leaves Sl450875 ns tho decrcaso In surplus reserve to S12574ll23 5 Calculated upon the basis of deposits less those of SiGSIDSOO public funds the surplus Is 217SJOoO The statement was doubtless made on rising averages for cash there having been paid by the assay I as-say office on Friday S12COOOOO In addition to the amount disbursed for tho weeks assay of bullion this amount representing I represent-ing balances duo on previous assays the above named sum counted for only one day or onefifth of tho amount In the statement The dally average of clearings for live days was 201000000 against S107COOOCO In the previous week Indicating Increased business In the commercial markets and also some of the changes Incident to the close of the year the clearings on Saturday Satur-day representing Thursdays transactions transac-tions were 236i7l721 or much above the average One minor feature of the statement state-ment was a decrease of 731700 In circulation circu-lation The loans were In CXCCHS of tho deposits by S2U3I4100 Comparisons of leans Bhow that nine of the largest banks Increased this Item by 12200000 Seven of these Institutions gained 2100000 net In cash |