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Show Top Notch Prices Paid for Poultry Folks Willing to Pay Most Any Figure for a Toothsome Broiler-Utah Broiler-Utah Fresh Eggs Hero Soon " So scarce has poultry been since the Christmas holidays that people are willing will-ing now to pay most any price within reason to secure a broiler, a spring chicken chick-en or even a hen of uncertain age Reports Re-ports that a few live chickens reached the market late Tuesday afternoon brought out many buyers yesterday and It was not long before the market was cleaned up. Broilers were sold as high as 22,4 cents a pound and springs find hens at proportionately high figures Only frozen turkeys are to be had these selling sell-ing at 22 rents wholesale, and IS cents retail. About the onlj thing In the fish line Ih.-U cume In In any Quantity vesterday was halibut A small shipment of basa was received yesterday, but this also was picked up In a little white, as only small quantities of this llsh have arrived here for the past three weeks A few lobsters came In from the Northwest but no crabs nre to be hnd Dealers are expecting shipments of fresh Utah eggs to begin arriving In a little while There are plenty of the East, rn product on hand and the wholesale price han been reduced to $T and $T.2.' a case The few I lah eggs now to be had ore quoted at $.TC a case, wholesale. Wholesale reduction In the price of (lour has not affected the prices at which the various grades are veiling retaJl High patent still brings $2 90 a hundred straight grade. $2 TO. bakers', $2.50. Retrtil Quotations Meats. Prime rib, 1Tc; porterhouse, 1$ tfiOc, pork. 15c, mutton chops. Iffll5c; legs, 121.4c. lamb. 12H015C per pound, veal, 124i20c; eal loaf. 30c Poultry Dressed hens. lryfiK.c: broilers. 22ic; turkeys, 25c; ducks, 18j20c, roast spring 20c Fruits Idaho apples. 50e a peck; lemons, per dozen. 86e: oranges, per dozen. 25fj60c; bananas, per dozen. 20f.fS0e, pears, three pounds for 25c; grapes iMnlaga1. 85c a pound; pineapples. 80l and 4u each; raps fruit. ier dozen, 75c and up, strawberries straw-berries (California). 25c per box. Vegetables New celery 5c a bunch, oyster plant. 5c a bunch; jmrsnlps. 20c a peck: red cabbage. 6c a pound; sweet potatoes, per pound, 3c. cnflillflower. l'.c per pound; potatoes, per pcck. 20c; cabbage, cab-bage, per pound, 3c. turnips, 20c per peck; green onions 2'c; carrots, 20c per peck: beets, 20c per peck; lettuce 5c ; pumpkins. !5c; hothouse lettuce 5c per, nusch spinach, four pounds for 25c. California French artichokes, lOtftloc each; California Califor-nia BrusseU sprouts. PV per pound, green peas two pounds Cor 2-"c California green I., iv ir.c a pound. California radishes, 5c a hunch Dairy Products Butter, per pound. 30c. cheese, 15c; eggs, per doscn, 3fW35c, fancy Cheese, per pound 2",c; comb honey, per comb, lie; strained honey, per pound. 15c; Swiss cheese, per pound, 40c. llmburger cheese, per pound. Ouc. cream brick cheese. 25c. Edam cheese, each, $125 Klsh Salmon, ITvc; mountain trout, 4 halibut. 15c; striped bass. 20c; Maek-n. Maek-n. aw trout, 20c; codfish 15c; perch 1. " ,-. white nsh. 2-, mountain herring, lac. lobster, lT',4e; sHee! oysters, t'liic a quart; Olympla oysters. 40c pint; clams. "Oc a dozen. Wholesale Quotations. Hay. Grain and Straw Oat straw, per bale 30c, alfalfa. $10.00. timothy, per ton. baled. $13.C0; wheat, per bushel, 800081 1". corn, per cwt . $i 8001-86; corn, cracked. Ji.351 40; oats $14OM.50; rolled oats. $1 50 61.65; barley, rolled. $1.35. flour, bakers No t. 88.80; hour, straight grade. $2 40-i2 ". Hour, high patent $2.0ii27O; rye, $2.60, graham flour. $2.50'f2.T0; cornmeal. $1,707? 2.00; bran, $10; hrnn and shorts. $110. Meats Dressed beef, per pound, 6V4'77 6c ; dressed veal, per pound. 7c : dressed lnmbs, per pound, 7c; dressed mutton, per pound, GjTc, dreaded hos. tV,c; live, $41 per cwt ; rtiliirime.it. Si,4ti0'ic Poultry Dressed hen.". 14c, broilers per pound 15c. lurkevs, 2"fi22. ErultS. California grapes. $2.01. T't.h apples, per bushel. $1 nri, Idaho apples $1 35; Santa Paula lemons per box. $4.0i; bananas, per bunch. $2.25r?3.0O. cranberries. cran-berries. 80.60010.00 per barrel, dates, per pound. JfilOo: r.ranges J'J.nj to S-'. no pc. box. Sugar. Rcct sucar. per 100, $ 40. cane sugai 86 ro A'cetables California head lettuce 16c a dozen; oyster plant, 45c a dozen, celery, dozen. 50c, parsnips, per cwt. $1 25; yellow onions, per 100, $1.50; vegetable marrow, per dozen. GOc : red rabbage per pound, Z'c , sweet potatoes, per cwt. $2 00; Utah cabbage per If') $1 75, potatoes, per cwt.. 90c; turnips, beets and carrots, per 100. $1 25 Krr.'ti onions per dozen. 80c; pumpkins. pump-kins. dozrn. 81.85; Ftah lettUCt, 20c, cauliflower, cauli-flower, per pound. 10.r(i2c Dairy Products Eutter. rjer pound. 2c; cheese, per pound. 12c. eggs, per case. $7.0088.75. comb honey, per crate, $2.75; BwSltSSr cheese, per pound. 18c; llmbur-gCT llmbur-gCT cheese, per pound. I6c, cream brick chc.-M" f.er pound, 17c; Edam cheese, per dozen 12 0.1 Fish Salmon. l.; mountain trout. 3V; hallbtit. 12c. striped buss, per pound. IBs; soles, per pound, 9c; ilounders, per nound, 9c- California smelts, per pyuna. 12c. catfish, cat-fish, per pound. 12c; perch. per pound. 10c kmgflsh, two punds. 25Ci lobsters, per pound, 15; r.ysters. New York counts. $1 .fiO per 100, selects $2 25 per gallon; tilympla. $3. on per gallon; Cromarty Cro-marty bloaters, pr 100, 81 r'". codfish, 8c; smoked salmon. 10ttl8)aO; red iHh r r. ,i snapper, Wc; blue fish, 17c, screbasse, S5o per dozen; white fish. 15c, pompano. 85c Chicago Grain. CHICAGO. Jan. 4 Liberal decrease In the world's visible supply was the chief reason for a strong finish In the wheat market today May delivery closed at a net gain of 'u;'e. Corn and oats are each off a shade. Provisions are down 17V&C Inllueric-d by higher c-iMoc ',nd an Improvement Im-provement In rash demand for both wheat and Hour, the wheat market opened firm. May was up ' to li0ftC at $1.14l4 to 81.14K061 us Commission houses were fair buyers. M.,n of yesterday's sellers reinstated their iin.-s during tfie tii?t few minutes trading A.I the tjms offerings were comparatively com-paratively llht, and among the reasons for the tenacity of the longs were the bullish bul-lish Ohio crop reporls As the day ad-v ad-v inc-d pit tiad'-rs sold more freely, but the market eased Oil considerably. May declining to 81.18, luring the last part of the session, howev, r, sentiment again bet urn bullish. Bnuthwestern receipts denote practical exliaustlon of winter wheat K .nn.K 't' mid Kt. Louis todav onlv receiving 'J.mo bushels. -Total primary pri-mary reci-lpts w.re little more than half" what they w re a year ago. Th. practical fnctor. bOWever, In tho late situation was u decrease of $8,661 000 bushels in the world's available stocks The market closed at practical!) the hlKh-c.mI hlKh-c.mI point of tho dn Final . i not a 1 1, , r. . ,,u Mm were ul IIUviH il', .'le,,r. nnrcs Of wheat and flOUT were equal to ; . o bushels Minneapolis, Dllluth and Chicago reported receipts of 856 1 it against 4K cars last week and 025 cars a ear ago. Lih.-rai receipts and a .irx- Increase in the world's visible supply mads sentiment in the com pit bearish. Ma opened unchanged un-changed to lower, at 4 i3h. to 44ic. sold off tO 41'nO. and Closed at t 1 1 ' fcC LOl ll receipts were 7J5 cars, with two of contract con-tract grade Weakness of corn was the governing factor of the oatu market. May opened a shade to e t 14c lower at 81Hc to SlUi and rallied within th'- opening range, th'-clcac th'-clcac being at 31l4c. Ixical receipts were 104 cars. Provisions were weak throughout the . rtlro . --.,n. ,t the r;,,w all Mav products wre off IT' Mav pork being at $11 02V bird at 865506.87, and ribs at $0C2, Estimated receipts for tomorrow; W hi at. 27 ears, corn, 2-V.i cars; oats, r.l cars; hogs, 40,000 head RJU40S OF LEADING FUTfRK. Artlolas, Open Hlnh. Low Clise Wheat No 2 May i n i.iiu l v. i.ii Jul' 9S4 SS 9S sss Corn. No January 41 41 41 414j Mv 44'j 44 41V4 44'i Jul 45 V, 44S 44 Oati. No 2 Jnnunry rjt, 24 HOf . 31 31 31 31 Julv 31 31 3t 31 Mrp, pork pet Knrrel January Ifl.SJ 12.36 18 20 12 22 May ... 12.81) 12.) 12.60 12 62 1-or.l. per 100 pound. January .6 70 6 75 6 60 6 62 May 7 02 7 02 6. 84 6 S7 Bhert ribs, per HJ pound .lanuarj ... . 6 37 6 37 6 32 0.86 May 6 7'J U 70 6 62 6 62 CASH QTJOTATIONB "n-h quotations were as follOWl Flour firm. No 2 sprlnK wheat. $1.10431 .13, No 8, &8cg $1 13: No. 2 red. $l.lt91 17; No 2 corn 42c; No 2 llow. 42c. No. 2 ontn 2So; No 2 w hltc 3ic. No .1 white. 30ijle; No. -' rye. 70c; good feeding t.arley I64887e( fair to cholco inullhiK 4.11-lSc. No 1 flux seed I tl II No 1 tforthwastsrn, $1 221-.- prime timothy tim-othy seed, $2.75. meso ork per barrel. $12,231? $12.07. lord, per KJ pounds, $6 62 nhort rlb, aides (!oote $6 126.37 nhoit clvar sides it--3x.Mii. $.; 62t.7f. , whisky, basta of hlith Wines, $1-4. Clover, contract gra.e $12.75. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Articles Receipts Shipments. Flour barrel 17 600 27.000 Wheat, bushel 79,000 67.200 Corn, huahuls . . R52.W0 440.100 utv binlvlH . 178. 4W 310.2O) Rye. bushels 2.0W 47,000 Uerley, bushel 11S.70") 20.40-3 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On the produce exchange today the butter market woji firm, creams. 17Q2c: dairy. 16'S1 Nc IZggt firm at mark. 8tJ0S4c: firsts 24c; prime firsts. 26c. extroi". '2Sc ChessS firm, llyl-c. Pacific Coast Grain SN PRAKCI8CO, Jan 4. Wheal Btcadj .Ma. $1 i'.-. Barley Steady May. 81.12V4 Visible Supply of Grain. NEW YORK, Jan 4 Special telegraphic tele-graphic communications received by Brndstreet s show the lollowlng changes In available supplies, as compared with last account Wheat, United States and Canada, east of Rockies Increase. 639.00O bushels. Afloat for and In Europe D crease, S.jm.UK' Local supply 1 ei .reuse. 2 ',.1 (i Corn. I'nlted Stabs it ml Canada, east of Rockies Incccase. 2,7!f7,0O0 bushels. Oats. United states and Canada, cast of Rockies Decrease, G36.0O0. The lending Increases are report this w k a- follow-- K'l.'n'i bush' )- at Pott-land. Pott-land. Me . XT. (Mi bushed at Depot Hal bo r. and .77 '. bu tiels at Chi-ago private elevators ele-vators The leading decreases Include an estimate esti-mate of juO.imi bushels al the N'orlhwesf-ei N'orlhwesf-ei n li t.-tior elevators; l.i9.0fU bushels In Manitoba; 100.000 bushels nt Loulswllls and 1(i0.i'ju bushels at Port Huron New York Sugar. NEW YORK Jan. I Sugar - Raw. firm fair refining, 4c; centrifugal !"J test, 47'tc, molasses sugar, 4j4jc. Refined firm; crushed, 86.66; powdered, J". ;.',; granulated. $-' ' St. Louis Wool ST. LOl'IS, Jan. 4. Wool, steady Medium Me-dium grades, combing and clothing S-it 80C; llpht fine. r-.i22'. heavy line, 14i IV. Illbs W isbe.l 271141c , New York FTuJts. NEW YORK Jan. 4 The market fo; e i.i orated apples Is firmly held although demand Is iul. t Common are quoted at 44c; prime at 4tr'"'. choice. 61406)C and fancy at HifiTc. Prunes remain nul"t, but the undSttODC reflects firm advices from tho coast Small sizes are said to be In very light supplv Quotations locally range from 'c I.. ",c for California giades Aprl.-or arc still scarce and fltmly held t'holce are quoted nt 801Oc; extra chol. . at ln'i lie Peaches arc moving very slowl.v. but being In light supply ore also llrm. with choice quoted nt 3.c; extra choice at 10 01it4c; fancy, ll'jttc. New York Stock Letter. James A. Pollock & Co., bankers and brokers r, West Second South street, furnish fur-nish the following stock letter and gossip gos-sip received over their private wire- SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4 -Edward F Mutton, the New York banker, who Is spending a few days in this city, In an Interview on general commercial conditions condi-tions sas Luring the past thirty days activity on the New York stock exchange has been most pronounced, transactions Kieat. t since the bull market of pyjl. It was but a natural result after a continued con-tinued advance In the price of securities for six months, with very few read Ions, and thos" of small moment, that a time would arrive when OdVl rBC news would bring about u material reaction In fact, speculation hod bej;un to assume such proportions at the opening of December ih.it many f I he hading llnaricl.il Institutions Insti-tutions In New York werV hoisting danger signals BankH were scrutinizing collateral collat-eral more carefully and there was n general gen-eral f. eiing that a reaction must come be-fbrs be-fbrs the first of the year. It came, however, how-ever, most unexpectedly as Is usually the .-us.-' Shortly after the Issuance of the President's message on Wednesday and Thursday. Dec. 6 and T. liquidation was most severe and at times panicky. The imi large interests that brought about the reaction have been accumulating stocks on all weak days since Tho tech-nloal tech-nloal position of the market Is now B strong orn and 1 look for a resumption of the upward trend of securities without any material reaction for some time. It has been safely observed that 'As goes Iron and Steel BO goes Hi" country The production and consumption of pig iron U rapidly Increasing flu- stci companies nr.- refusing orders for delivery beyond June, 1006 Prices are beliq; raised on all of the finished products Exports of merchandise mer-chandise from Iho 1 nltcl SlutCH for lh,-. lh,-. . ur of KVI will exec-d $;AO.00u In value, which breaks the high r. .-..rd of 180 bj .,.r $. ni, mo In considering railroad earnings. II is well to keep In mind that luring the past years railroads of the-ITnlled the-ITnlled Statea have expended hundreds of millions Of dollars In Improvements It.-t- ter roadbeds have b en made grades ut down turves reduced, heavier rails laid, wooden bridges replaced by iron bridges, trestles filled In, new equipments purchased pur-chased in fa t, a complete rejuvenation has taken plan Tin- effect of those enormous enor-mous expenditures will ultimately become apparent In reduced operating expenses, also. It Is reasonable to expect that before long lhe.se extraordinary expenditures will cease, for example, on such properties as lb. (Jnion Paclllc and Southern Pacific. Then, the true earning power of ih.so railroads rail-roads will be shown, resulting In dividend payments where u.ui. ar- now being paid ,nici an Increased dividend on many ai- ri ad) on the dividend list. With enormous ,, on and cotton md high prices foi wheat. Increased production of gold and i leasing exports of our manufactured g is at hand. I look forward to the year LOOS with strong belief in an Improvement In all lines of business and, as a natural result a genera advance in prices for securities " NEW YORK, Jan I. Logan and Bryan Stock Letter The action ot the market, while showing some little Irregularity, Is still v-rv gratifying and w continue to feel railroad stocks can be bought on reactions. re-actions. New York-Marshall Spader & Co Stock Letter Outside of the group of coalers, ind ome further marketl strength In Nw ork 1 iitril. there was no special fea-i fea-i ne In the market to.lav Indicative ef more than sustained strength, which might easily be called a development of yesterday s trading and Interest To sum-msrtsc sum-msrtsc the situation wo are Inclined to urge a certain degree of caution In operating oper-ating and a reasonable disposition to accept ac-cept profits wh'-n they nre In sight. New York T A. Mclntyre & Co Stock fitter Underlying conditions are thoroughly thor-oughly sound and furnish basis for a substantial sub-stantial bull market later on. but superficial super-ficial conditions are rather favorable to some temporary reaction In the market and for this reuson wo continue to favor tne purchase of standard active rallroada ,n, d the b tier rlas-i of Industrials on)) on in,. ,bi. it,- recessions. New " ork Dick Bros Slock Letter There was only little Important news and th.- market was largely professional. Very good buying was seen In some stocks, particularly par-ticularly the Erics, which were very-strong. very-strong. New York Central and Mexican Central both advanced sharply e.n good buying On the other hand such leading Stocks as U S U. P., St Paul. Pcnnn.. Atoh., B. & O.. etc., were for sale in volutin- all day and were generally heavy. Amalgam. i I' d mode a sharp rally from an early break, but turned weak again and iiroppej sharplj at tho close. Further Fur-ther gold exports and less encouragement In the steel advices were among th. day's unfavorable news. New York Walker Bros 1 Stock Letter Tlo- mark'-t looks like a purchase on reactions re-actions New York Hutton Stock Letter To-day To-day s market almost entirely professional with very little interest on the part of in mission houses. The 6trong ..losing Inst nb;ht . a used consid. i a bl i : 1 . 1 -1 1 e that todaj s opening would show substantial substan-tial gains and that a fairly largo amount of stock vvy.s In Id nor, The disappointing opening Induced holders of thi-su long toi ks to s. ll out and the traders helped the decline along until at the close prices were off about 1 point from the opening. The features of the day were advanced 22 points in New York Central, following th.- semi-official announcement that the Rockefellers Union Pacific inter, sts had Secured a heavy Interest In the property. Th- BrlCS which were strong, and M.-xl- oan Central, which was heavily bought by th.- Gates party Copper closed weak. Tho undertime shows good support and we do not anticipate declines of any violence, but believe that conservative purchases of good stocks on any recession will in the ,i. -.;t Iwo weeks show a ploflt of 3 to 5 points. New York Summarv Americans In London mostly below parity. Fair demand for Amalgamated ln loan crowd. No probability In story of Union Paclllc guarantee of Erie. Closer relations between Union Pacific, Nl a York Central and St Paul seems probable Erlt on present ratio of earning should earn I per cent on tho common this yearl Hanks gnlne-d from sub-treasury since Friday $.'"..'" Denver & Rio Grande November earning earn-ing net In crease 81S0.C1 1. St Paul earnings net lncreaao November Novem-ber $T074 |