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Show FIFTEEN CENTS MAY I BE GOPPER PRICE Sales Below Sixteen Cents . Are Being" Reported From s' the Metal Centers. Copper producerr. evidently will be forced to lowpr their asking prico for tho metal bnforo the reluctant coustiiulng world will enter the market for anything any-thing Ulce rational slocks. The asking prico Is raid to be 1C1 cents per pound now In the majority of Instances, but talce of electrolytic are being made at prico oi!icr.-hat below this figure. One well-known authority in the cast ncnl the following nicAHflge acroes Ihe rolloclc wlrcjs ycxleiday. "I doubt if very much copper culd fll at IRS centy. Fifteen cents is nearer tho roal market, that l.. for any big amount. If this ls so, I would not wajit any of the copper ntocKa at their preuent prices. "WaHhlnclon news If bearish also." A great many believe an Improvement In the copper rltuatlou is nothing moro or lees thn a question of who Is the better trader, tho producer who has the melal on his hands or the consumer who wantn It. The conoumor has kept hands off and has won a connlderablc advantage 50 far, having been aided not a little by Ihu IJalkan situation and tbc financial tlmldltv ah over the world. in tho meantime, curtailment, along a limited acalo is expected by Iho largo producers. Butte, during January, produced pro-duced 2G.o31.:M0 pounds of copper, a. decrease de-crease of ofM.OIW pounda over December. This la not a material decrcaso und may be due to weather conditions exclusively. PRINCE FAILS TO HOLD RECENT GAIN Weakness of Prince Consolidated wan the principal market feature on the exchange ex-change Wednesday, and thero was considerable- of it available. The dealing In this issue In aeon in the 1otal oalcs and market value of the day's business, 22,200 aliares. selling for $12,772.75. Among the unlisted stocks. Alia Consolidated sold for 10 cents and UIco Wellington for SO centa a. share- The following were the closing trans-aetlons: trans-aetlons: UNLISTED STQCKB. I Bid. Asked. Alta Con .38 ? AO Klco Wellington 35 .:il Ding Cent-Standard 08 .OSd f'ohimbus Intension 04s Thompson-Qulnmy 21 .SO South Hecla 12 New Yerlngton 08 .11 Lucky Boy .01 .02 Utah ,Mino ' .20 .35 LISTED STOCKS. I A.M. H P. nr. I Bid. lAskcd.ll Bid. Asked. Heck Tun .10 $ .11 i-5 .10 1$ .I0i Blng Amal ; .0-t3j .09 .041 -OS Blk Jack .. .11 .12j; .17 .123 Carlsa ...J .12 .12 CcdarTal .0t .014'' .Olii .01J Colo MIn .15 .Hiij1 Col Con 10 (i .10 .50 Crown Pt .023 .O.'U .023 .05J Daly .. .. 3 .10 1.15 1.30 3 .15 Daly Jdge fi.00 C.50 0.00 6.50 E Prlnco ..' .01; .021 .0U .02J E Cwn Pt .003 .00 .00j .OL 10 Tin Con 0L 01 10 Tin Dev 01 ....... .01 Emerald .00; .024 02i Gd Chain .40 . 12 .30 .45 Gnd Cent .74 .77 .74 .80 Ind Queen 02 Iron Bios 1.27J 1.S0 1.27i 1.30' Iron King .02 02 .1 Bowers .005 00j Kcystono 20 .20 King Wm .03 .OGi .05J ,GG Lead King 011 071 Lchl Tin 01 01 Lion II1I1 . .023 .05 .023 -05 Lit Bell 35 85 L Mam .04$ .05 .045 .05 Musgrov . ,0S .15 .OS .15 Mam .. ........ .1 3.25 Mason VaJ S.00 9.00 S.00 9,00 May Day .175 .18 .17J .18?-Mln .18?-Mln Flat ... .01 .02 .01 .02 Mt Lake ..' .03 .05 .02 .05 Nov Wills 1.S0 1.45 3 .30 1.45 New York .00 .03 I .00; Ohio Cop ., .70 .73 I' .73" .06 Opohongo . .05 .055 . 01 2 ' .051 Pio Dcm . .02i ' .05 .02 l .05 Plocho Met .00i .00M .00i! .02 PittR-Tdx ' .10 1.25 .50 I 3.25 Plutus I .0C .OS i .06 I .OS Prince Con I .75 77 I .71 .75 Rexall .01 Sev Tr ... .01? .02s1 .0l .02 Sev Tr Coal! 40" S Kng Coall 2.35 I 3.10 S.05 ! 3.10 Sil Kng Cn .75 1.00 I .75 3.00 S P 011 .15 I .01t .15 Sioux Con .02c .031 .05 S I Bios .1 .0051 i -00 San Con .. .01 t .02 I! .01 ! .01 Tin Cent .' .003' .01 ! .005! .01 United Tlnl .003' .01 l! .0021 .01 Uncle Sam .31 I .33 I .31 I .13 Utah Con I -0U' .02 !' .01! .02 Union Chf .0C ? .071 I .05 .OS Victor Con! ' .05 ll .03 t .04 Victoria C I .55 I .50 ll .55 1 .50 Wllbert ..1 .0? 1 .00111 .08 ! ,fl!5 Yan Con .1 .13 1 .IS I! .13 I .20 Yer Cop I ! !t .03 ' .10 Grutll .. ' ;t .01 FORENOON SALES. Daly-.Tudse, 100 at SG.23. Gold Chain. 1000 at 40c. King William. 1000 at 3c; 100 at 51c. May Day. 500 at lSlc. Ohio Copper, 1G00 at 71c: 1000 at 7c. Prince Con.. 70 at S0c; 100 at 70c: 100 at 7Sc; 700 at 77c; 3500 at 76c. Wilbert. 1100 at He. Shares sold, 5500. Selling value. 55142.70. OPEN BOARD. Iron Blossom. 4000 at 51. 30."' . Opohongo, 2000 at 01c. Prince Con., 100 at 7Cc; C0.0 ' at 75o: 20 at 74c. Shares sold, C900. Selling value, XflOl!). - AFTERNOON SALES. 'V ' Bck Tunnel, 500 at 10c. Eastern Prince, 1S00 at lc King William, 1000 at 5:c. " , Shares oold, 3300. k 1 Selling value. $127.50. OPEN BOARD. ! I Beck Tunnel. 500 ut 10c. I Colorado. 500 at 1 6c. . , Iron Blost'om. 500 at Sl.Jto." , Prlnco Con., 300 at 71s;, tOQ utV73tf;-50 : at 73c. Daly. 150 at $1.10. Shares .old, 2500. Selling value $1-452.50. Snn Francisco CU Stocks, i James A. Pollock &. Co., bankfira and brokcru, furnish tl following, rooelvwl over their private wire yesterday after-I after-I noon: I Bid. Asked. Asuoclatcd Oil ?4.7B if, I Carllwu I 1.00 ! Claremonl .5f. I IlllnoU Crude ... .05 Mont Criato -'0 ! .0 Palmar , I .13 i .17 Sailer Doti'h , I 1.2& ! S. W. .Si: B :..! .30 I |