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Show STEEL SHARES SHDWSTBENBTH Independent Steels Mentioned in Merger Plans, Continue to Dominate Market NEW YORK, May 4. Advances of 1 to 3 points were made by leading, shares at the opening of today's stock 'market, although overnight advices ! bearing upon industrial conditions (were not calculated to inspire bullish (confidence. The same Issues that fen- tured yesterday's late rally were again I conspicuous, notably Reploglo and Vanadium Steels, Central Leather, Utah Copper, Industrial Alcohol, Reading Read-ing and the sugars. Baldwin Locomo-moderate Locomo-moderate pressure, the Mexican situation situ-ation inviting further selling of the latter group. Foreign exchange was firm in the preliminary quotations There were numerous additions to opening gains, but trading was quiet with few signs of public interest. Independent In-dependent steels, especially those re-icently re-icently mentioned in connection with ! merger plans, continued to dom-jlnatc dom-jlnatc the market. Equipments, I motors, shippings and sugars ialso were materially higher. Af- Jter a brief setback rails also, strengthened, the investment division gaining 1 to 2 points and' minor Issues 1 to 3. Oils almost alone remained unresponsive to the better tone of tlu" 1 market. Call money opened at S per cent, against yesterday's 9 per cent rate. 'Liberty 3s and third 4't3 rc-I rc-I corded new minimum quotations. j General Motors and Cruciblo Steel i were the objects of bearish activity, I at midday falling back 4 and 5 points 'respectively. Other leaders were car-J ried down 1 to 2 points, the market becoming dull on the reaction. CallJ money continued in free supply at 8: per cent. 1 n 1 OGDEN LIVESTOCK MARKET j Cattle Receipts 16; choice heavy; steers, $10.00 10.75; good steers, $D.0010.06; fair steers, $7.50g'8.5Q; choice feeder steers. $7.003.50;1 choice cows and heifers, $S.000.UU; j fair to good cows and heifers,; $7.00(& S. 00; cutter, $4.506.00; cari-; ners, $3,004.00; choice feeder cows, $5.50y G.oO; fat bulls, sr.00 B.2n; bo-j logua bulls, $4.005.00; veal calves, ?0.00LI12.00. Hogs Receipts 541; choice fat hogs 175 to 250 lbs $14.0014.75; bulk of sales, $14. QQ(g 14.50; feeders, $10.00 j? 12.5fc Sheen Receipts 4857; choice lambs $15.00 rd 16.50; wethers, $10.0012.00; fat ewes. $S.OO&'10.00; feeder lambs, $12.505'14.00. Arrivals Farm era Cooperathe corn-panv, corn-panv, Llewellyn, Neb., two carloads of hogs; J. H. Nors worthy, Gotenburg, Neb., two carloads of hoga; Ed. To-tlenholst, To-tlenholst, L;? Mojne, Neb., one carload iof hogs; Ed. Todenholst, Nebraska, one carload of hogs; Leland Stevens, Idaho, one carload of milch cows; Noble No-ble Sheep company,' Normand, Cal., 14 carloads of sheep, . CHICAGO GRAIN. CHICAGO, May 4. Decided fresh advances took place today in the price of corn. Scarcity of offerings rather than urgency of buying characterized the trade. Bulls made much of the falling off in the visible supply total and also emphasized the opinion that even In case of a rail labor settlement the commercial demand would absorb all arrivals. Opening prices, which 'ranged from Vic decline to c ad-;vance, ad-;vance, with July at $1.6S to $1.68 and September $1.60 to $1.61 VI Va were followed by quick gains all around. All deliveries of oats surpassed previous pre-vious lop figures. Wild bidding foi May oats at Winnipeg helped to lift the market here. Alter opening Vic to c higher, including July at 91 c to 91 c, the market continued to as cend. Weakness of hog values had only a transient depressing influence on pro visions. Grain strength caused th( rallv. OMAHA LIVESTOCK. OMAHA, May 4. (United Slates Bureau of Market;: Hogs Receipts 14,000; milium and light weight, butchered to shippers mostly steady; bulk $14.0014.50; top $14.75; medium medi-um and heavy weights steady to 20c lower; bulk $13.00 14.00. Cattle Receipts 8,000 heavy steers fully 25c lower; yearlings, handy weights and she stock mostly steady to 25c lower; veals 50c lower; stock-ers stock-ers and feeders dull 15c(0125c lower; top beef $12.90. -Sheep Receipts 5,000; steady to strong; best clipped lambs $17.70; bulk of sales $17.3517.65; shearing lambs $18.75; feedins ewe lambs $17.35. INDUSTRIAL STOCKS. Stock 1 Bid 1 Ask Amal. Sugar $ 13.75$ 14.00 Amal. Shgar 103.50 104.50 Con. Wagon 120. 00 122.00 Utah-Idaho Suar .... 9:25 9.40 Lion Coal 65.00 75.00 Lion Bonds ...j 93.00 Mutual Creamery ' 31.00 FirM Nat., Ogden 330.00 Security State Bank.. 155.00 160.00 Z. C. M. 1 150.00 Goddard Packing 6.00 Utah Power & Light. . 91.00 94.00 Bear River Duck club.i 300.00 Davis & Weber Canal. 300100 Ellison Ranching .. .. 130.00 MKTS E NEW YORK STOCK LIST. ; j Allis-Chalmers 36; ( American Beet Sugar 93i j American Can I1'A American Car & Foundry ... .,.133 American Hide Leather pfd. ... 99; American Locomotive 94 American Smelting & Ref'g. ... 60. American Sugar loO'A, American 'Sumatra Tobacco .... SS American T. & T 94 V Anaconda Copper 57:iJ Atchison ' ..78 Atl. Gulf & W. Indies 148 , Baldwin Locomotive 116 : Baltimore fc Ohio 33, Bethlehem Steel "B" ... 94 W Canadian Pacific 117 Central Leather Sl-i Chesapeake & Ohio 53 Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul 33 Chicago, R. I. & I'nc 32"8 , Chino Copper ol3A Colorado i'uel fe Iron 36 Corn Products 95 Vi ' Crucible Steel .'. ...137 Cuba Cane Sugar 50 vi 1 Erie 12 Vi' General Electric 143 General Motors 289 , Goodrich Co 65 Great Northern pfd ..74 Great Northern Ore Ctfs. 35V& Lllinois Central 85 VI . Inspiration Copper ... .v ... . 527b Int. Mer. Marine pfd 84 1 International Paper 69'ii Kennecott Copper 279i ' Louisville & iNashvllIe 101 i , , Maxwell Motors 20 j Mexican Petroleum 173li 1 j Miami. Copper 21 t :Yiitivnie bteei -iovs Missouri Pacific 24 New York Central ... 71;Xj N. 1'. N. H., .; Hartford 38'- Norfolk & Western ... 89 Northern Pacitic . .'. ..." 71V; Ohio Cities Gas 40 ' Pennsylvania ... .1 40 People's Gas' 33 , Pittsourg and West Va 31 Ray Consolidated Copper ........ 3J Reading ; .... S5 1 Kep, irou"& iiStcel 94' Sinclair Oil & Refining 36' Southern Pacific 95 j Soul hern Railway 21 Studealcer Corp 106 j Tennessee Copper 10 j Texas' Co 48 j Tobacco Products 63 VL , Union Pacitic 117-Ti I United Cigar Stores 125 j U. U. Incl. Alcohol St j United Mates Rubber -99 United States Steel : . . . 1)4 Utah popper 68 j Westiiignouse Electric 49 VI Willys-uvcrlnnd 18 American Zmc, Lead and Sm. ... 1 5 Vi Butte and superior 22i Montana Puwer ... ... .... 63 Calau Petroleum ...J 31: Shaituck Arizona 9 American Inter. Corp SO1 Royal Dutch 1139s! Texas tz Pac ' 37 ! Standard Oil pfd 105Vb! CHICAGO LIVESTOCK. CHICAGO, 111., May 4. (U. S. 13u-! reau of Markets Cattle Receipts 14.-! 000; heavy steers and heavy cows slow, weak; others fairly active, mostly most-ly steady yearlings showing strength; ' bulk beef steers $11.64 13.35; fculk! butcher she stock $S.5010.Y5 veal, calves du.il; -bid lower; few above $12.50; stockcrs and feeders strong. Hogs Receipts 35,000; about 25c lower than Monday's nverage; light, active others slow; bulk light $14.90 15.25; top $15.30; bulk 250 pounds and (over $13.5014.15; pigs 25c lower; bulk $13.75 14.50. 1 Sheep Receipts 10,000; slow; first sales strong to higher; choice shorn Ipjnbs $1S.26; bulk good kinds $17.50 17.85; best wool lambs held at $21.00. ! KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK. I j KANSAS CITY, May 4. Hogs Receipts Re-ceipts 27,000; lights and mediums' mostly 25c lower; top $14.50; heavies slow;' fully 25c lower; bulk lights and- mediums $13.85&14.25; bulk $13.00 13.75. Cattle Receipts 1S.000; beef steers ! unevenly lower; she stock steady to 25c lower; best of both beef classes :j unsold at 11 o'clock; veal calves woak to 50c lower; early top $12.50 bulk $11.0012.00; stockcrs and feeders steady. Sheep Receipts 4,000; receipts ar-! ar-! riving late ; lambs choice stock sold early; few sales other lambs steady to strong; Texas goats $7.75. CHICAGO FUTURES. CHICAGO, May 4. The statement of ruling features follow: Open High Low Close Cora J May $1.79 1.S3 1.79 1.82 July 3.6S 1.70 1.6S 1.69ft 'Sept 1.60 1.62 1.60 1.61 I Oats 'July .91 .93 .91 .92-"i Sept .77 78 . .77 .78 I Pork I May ' 34.S0 'July 36.60 36.60 36.35 36.50 Lard 'May 19.50 19.80 ' 39.50 39.75 July 20.40 20.70 20.40 20.70 Ribs-May Ribs-May '. . . . 17.45 July 18.35 18.45 18.25 1.8.45 NEW YORK SUGAR. NEW YORK, May 4 Raw sugar firm; centrifugal $19.81; refined firm, fine granulated $17.50 23.uv. |