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Show FARMER NEARER TO PROSPERITY Advancing Crop Prices Add Immensely to Purchasing Purchas-ing Power By HARDEN COLFW SpoHa) rrvnmpnt of The stxndard-Kxftminor ( Copy iph'. bj Tha standard Kxaminer; Washington, Maj :o The Amer. 11 an f-.rnier is lack again on tha hiarb-way hiarb-way to prospeilt Between crope, and OVr Winter, the drpartment of agriculture ag-riculture shofl In a summary completed com-pleted today he has increased his pur- 'rnasing row. i.'-iwepn 20 and 25 per cent en)of(l a lioad general advance of about 2( per 1 ent In thu prices or his products and mised bJa financial Htanding. through the enhanced value Of all he produces, by a s.um so great that it ( onnot be accurately measured irhtn that spaco of time, crops and 'iivcs'.ock have advanced from a level three points liolon- the average of 1913 or Pie war prices, to a point 15 per cenl in exoau of it His product to-;oa to-;oa are fetching In hard cash hun-dredfl hun-dredfl of millions of dollars more than they fetched at the beginning of winder, win-der, lie mj got billion dollars more Ifor Iiih crops and live-stock than he did for what ho sold in 1921. It mi be 'ah b ilious more, even hlgh-erj hlgh-erj iobodv can tell. The markets continue on the upward up-ward trend anil aa the farmers pros-perlty pros-perlty irmB a basis for Industrial and national prosperity, that is highly beneficial. ben-eficial. Here ate some of the things that pare between prices now and prices pric-es six months .'igo I M.l HI S SHOW RISE AVheat has risen from $1.07 to $1 44 a huahel nn.l ir still rlMintr ('.n-n lioo gone up from 47 to 63 cents a bushel, bush-el, a 16 per cent rise. Cotton was soiling soil-ing in Dccembei at around 17 cents a pound, today It La fluctuating around the 21-o?nt mark Hogs have risen from J7.i,o to $10.40 a climb of more than 40 per cent. Wool values ha o shot up within the past 30 days. Sheep and cattle have failed to keep step, but even those values are on th increase in-crease Back in 1918, the farmer's dollar would buy a dollar's worth of goods ui the store. LiNt Decern bor. however, the farmei e purchasing value hud fallen . per con; Whllp farm prices had deflated to the last cant, the prices of other commodities were- ttill far lb ivo the pre war c els. Since last December, the former's purchasing value has risen to 67 per cent of the UM 3 standard He has been coming back at the rate of 8 per cent a month The increase In the farmer's pur Chasing power it; attributed to tWo things: The increase In the prices of farm products and a further decrease In t ho prices of other commodities. INCRBA81SD products In upward swing In the coat of foodstuffs ma be expected in retail markets should the crend of prices on thn f:,rm continue Trin I nr-pfn 9oe rt- tall price, however, should not be great Indications are that the farmer's prosperity will be enhanced this year not only by the increased prlcs, but in some particulars, by increased bulk uf ir)il'.n t An illustration of this j tendency Is shown in returns covering cover-ing the number of brood eow on farnia April 1 last, a censub of which has just been complotcd. The figures show an Increase of 1 1 per rent cr more than 1,200,000 animals" Hi excess' of the number a year ago This Is interpiet-ed interpiet-ed us meaning the farmers will rals-at rals-at U-ast 5-000,000 more hogs this year jinan vney uiu tasi VW1 nogs ioi'-plng ioi'-plng 10 cents a pound this one Item ulcne will add approximated l00,-000.000 l00,-000.000 to the farmers' Income. BAN K DEPOSITS LARGER Other flgmi-s of t'no week received by government agencies, tell of a continuance con-tinuance of the business revival. Deposits De-posits ln national banks, the federal reserve board reports, increased by more than $100,000,000. Stock market mar-ket activities resulted apparently in an increase of loans by national banks amounting to $20 000.00. Hallway traffic continued at about the same level ns during the receding showing one per cent. Indications are that the railroad will show net income at the rat of labout 4 per cent in April husliess. Such a showing would be much better bet-ter than thl average for last year, when there was no coal strike. Coul leadings, incidentally, are picking up i-lightly. CAR SHORTAGE LIKJETY I A heavi, grain movement Is recorded record-ed and a falling off of nearly 200 cars In forest products. Indications me that the building trades will experience ex-perience a shortage of cars in soniu sectlons which will develop Into a gen-uine gen-uine shortage with a revival of coal mining The roads report 2.6,000 Idle open-lop cars in good ordr on their lines. Gold Imports have dribblod down from from a torrent to a normal movement April importation being placed b t the department of commerce at 6Ughtly above more than $1 2,000.-000 2,000.-000 April export of merchandise stand up well with those during March The road building season has opened and thousands of workers who were unemployed lx weeks ago have con-n con-n Beted again with the payroll. FOREIGN EXCHANGE NI Y TORK, May 80. Foreign eat- change. rrc-ffular. Great Britain, de-ma de-ma 14 M H '-U . able, $4.46 1 -16; 60-day 60-day b'lls on bank", $4.424. France, demand 8 05. cables 4.06. Italy, demand .". 11; cables 6.1 1 Belgium, demand 8 31; cables 8.3li German-, demand 324.; cables .32. 1 rionann cremana. 60.iv; ciwiw, 36.64 I Norway, demand 18.46. Sweden, demand 24 7o Denmark, demand, 21 30. Switzerland, demand. if'0. Spain, demand, 15.82. Greece, demand, 4 17. Poland, demand. 4214, Czecho-Slovj kia demand. 1 90 Argentine demand. 36.62. Rrazil. demand, 13 fc7 Montreal 90 11-16 POTATO MARKET CHICAGO, May 20 Potatoes steady, receipts 67 cars; total U. B nhipmenta i 8 7 , Wisconsin sacked and bulk round whites $1G0(J1.60 cwt.; Minnesota ear kOd round whites $1.16 cwt ; Canadian sacked round whites Mo, 1 mostly $1.60 cwt. ; Idaho sacked russets. $2 00 cwt. 1 new utock strong Alabxina Backed BllM Triumph, No. 1, ' '.:. n ? :;, c wt Texas sacked Bliss Triumphs NoN. 1. $3 60 cwt; ; Florida Spauldlng Hose double headed barrels NO. I, $8,500)6.76; No. 2. $4 0054.26. METAL REVIEW NEW TORK, May 20. Copper has phown continued firmness during the pat week with today's quotation for for eleclrolyti. ranging fro 13 134 for nearby metal and up to 1S for for-ward deliveries. It l.s reported that some of the larger interests have no mtAl Tor sale below 134. iron firm. ah, . NEW YORK STOCKS tiiiohMsSr1 --ir a"S: ?.r -"""::-::::8 Amerioan 1 r ,t roundry 16 AnierUan Hide & lather pfd .'. ,. 714, American Inttrnat lonal Corp. Mhwioan ix)comotho ulu aSSSS SS3grto American Woolen Anaconda copper '" tr Atehlaon ,2 BatdWla l.oeornotlve Mfl! Baltinsors & ohio ... .. . . . . iiE Canadian Paolflc 161 'handler UotOM ;V hefari.ake fl Ohio .. ctC f;n;cag, Mil St Paul . " r;orn Products . 10, Crucible Steel v" Bi1q Mfl V-,Tnous Playr-Lakj . ' ji; General Asphalt cii Generat Klctrt . .27? General Motor- . ?V ooodrlch Co. . 41 ,:r,jl Northern r-fd 771. Great Northern Ore iiii Mllnols Central "rns Inspiration Cooper 4ia i. V. rulnencr . 10S I Int Mo,- Marine rfd . 0? International Paper S invincible Oil . tiu ttelly-flprlngfleld Tir nfi Kcnneeott Copper itu Loulavine fr Nhehvllia ill " Mexican Petroleum 13 Mlsml Copper tlx Middle States Oil g ' MM vale Steel . Si j Mlssonrl Pacific ." " New York ( cntral St71 5 S H Hartford . Norfolk- & Wcitern 107 4i Northern Pacific nft fjklalioma Prod & Ryf Pacific Oil . ... (,Lm Pan Amerlean retroleum cc'-' Pennsylvania . . j??! People'K Qua . ' Pure Oil ... Ray Consoiidated Copper !!"' " i Reading . g", Rep iron ft s;.eei 797! Royal Dutch N T 653; Sears Roebuck 77-. Sinclair Con Oil . . Z6K 8outWn Paclfi. . Southern Railway Standard Oil of N T pfd . 8tC Studebakei- rporatlon . ..1203; TcnnssM Copper .... i. Txas Co. . 4SV Texas & Pacific . 347 Tnbacco Products . 711 Transcontinental Oil . II " Cnlon Pacific t.nited Retail Store .... , 66i 0 B Ind Alcohol . 5474 United States Rubber . . . U Cnlted State? Steel ..tOlM L tab Copper . (574c Wc-f.tlngho.rne Electric ...... " . . KtK Willys Overland g American Zinc, Lead end Sm. .. '. Z0 BUtte find Superior 331, Gala Petroleum 5iju Montana Power . 'Z Shattuek Arizona to. LOCAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES. (As reporte-S by J. A. Hogle a Co A BANK STOCK8. ' I Bid" ! Aejked Rankers Trust J$160.00'$160 0 '1'imbia Trust J I 90 00 Dcaeret National 270 00 275 no First National of Oden . .. . '305.00 Posoret Salngs ,.. I'OO.OOl National Bank of Republic. .. 300 00 National Copper . . . ir.0.001 140.00 Beourlty State Bank ,. 100. OOj 110 00 t'tali Srate National .. . . 130.00 188 On Utah Savings & Trust. ... 9G.O0 105.00 nlktr Bros P.ankt-rn J34 no' 237.00 7. Savina-s & Tr.tst j 1 , f. no IND trSTRJAtT BTOCICbT I Bid JAskd Amalgamated Sugar 8.001 3 16 do pfd 6S.00, 69.50 Con Wajron C2.G0 65 On Home Fire Insurance .. S20.i)0 230.00 Ind pendent Coal ... ,4G 4S Moraan Canning 9s 100 no! 102 00 IS1 States Tel at Tel . ... 99.00 101 00 Schramm-.Tohnson 8s pfd 99 00 1 r 1 00 Standard Coal .6$ .6) Utah -Idaho Sugar ? 13 3 ro Utah Flr Clay SO fir, v, no Ctah Pr & Lt 1st pfd 93 001 65 00 C M- I 110 09 112.00 tj B Fuel 7s pfd .73 Wn'ker Bros Dry Gooda ! 200 r.n BONDS. ' I Bid 1 Aaked" s 1 1 atock r ts:a 1 fs no) 90 6 Standard Coal 6 !':'4 ..... . . 9:-.O0 t'tah Pr A Lt It" 5s 1944.1 91.00i 9:1.00 Utah Lt A: Pr 4s 1930 ... I S3.0f)l 87 00 Utah Socurltieu 8f 1922 ... 88 oo1 loo 04 1'tati-ldalio Sugar 7a 19801 94.00J 96.00 j FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS (As reported by J A lioaie A C0.1 LI8TBD I Bid l Aaked Argentine 7s 1923 lOU I 100Vi Belgium n41 . . 108 107 do 7Vis 1943 l"s 1081 Brc-i' Ss 1941 . 105 1 105'-i I Brltlcb 1927 93 j 95 Prov Buunos Alrt-s 6s 1H26 K6 96 Canadian 6s 1937 98441 99 do 54s l'.'2'J 100 101 do 6Vss 1927 9Vi 99'i Chile gov 1941 1W lOS Danish Con Mun 8s 1848 , 110 111 Dep Seine Franco 1912... 97i3 97 i French 8s 1945 104 104U do 74 191 101 101 do 6s 19!0 79 81 King Denmark 8s 1943 . HO'i IIP, 4 do 6a 1942 HR! 98S Jan 4s 1931 Cargo . . 7r,S 767. do 1st 4',s 192o 1 large 1. 90l? 90"i I do 2nd 44 1923 (large). S9Vs 8844 U K 64 192S . 108 c.i lOS-t do 1987 10241 102'. Newfoundland 64s 1936 .. 106 107 icing Norway Je 1940 ... Ill 1114 Sao Pauio Ss 1936 104 1044 Swed.sli rs 1929 101 102 Swiaa Ks 1940 1174 111 do 54s 1818 1024, 102 s;a- Queensland la i9' 110 1114 Csecho -Slovakia R 8s 1861 9641 99 UNLIBTTD Argentine 5 s 1046 ( T8 j 814 do t47 1 78 4 77 Brzl 4( 1900 irly rec loanll 49 ! 624 do 6s 1603 604 634 do 3s 1908 S6 I 67 Bueno; Aire Gi MZ-U ' b 67 do 5s 1915-44 umalli..! 62 654 Copenbaaen 4h 1901 . ,.. 7S 74 I Paris Orleans 6s 1966 82 85 Cuban gov s 1929 (large) 88 do (small) Ml M San Paulo 8s 1907 64 67 4 do 54s 1905 9 7:4 Buenos Aires 34s 1906 ... 474i 504 Japan 5s 1907-47 74 T8 Vorwav 34e 1902 58 SH3 do 1904 84, 9 S Paulo 8s (gldrs) 1936 .. 393 404 Japan 4s 1931 (smalll 74 7S do 4 4s 1925 2d series ..1 88 I 89 CHICAGO FA TV RES CHICAGO, May 20. The closing futures fu-tures ranged as follows. Open High Low Close Wheat Mas $l.J2Vi 1 40 1.25 4 I 11 m July 1.24 1-3 1-31 ! BSpl t 19M Ll 118 1.11 Corn Hay ti)' -1 "-i 6li Julv .64 4 -4i Sept. .40 .41 40 .407fe M-M Laid TuK n o 11 Ju Hn Sept. U.70 1 1.72 11.67 1 1.70 Ribs Tulv 12-00 1- 00 12.00 12.00 ePpt. 11.90 1 1.80 11-85 11.85 BANK STATEMENT NEW YORK, May 20. The actual condition of the clearing house bankt und trust companies for the week shows that they hold $5,621,450 In excess ex-cess of legal requirements. J"hls is tin increase of $31,384,030 from last week. LIBE7RTY BONDS NEW YORK, May 20. Liberty bonds closed' 34s $90.70. first 4s $95.60 bid; second sec-ond 4b $93.68 bid first 4s $99.86. second 4 899 70; third 4s $99 94. fourth 45 $99 80; victory 4 $100 78. victory S?s $100.00. RAILS LEAD IN BRIEF SESSION Oils, Sugars and Motors Stronger But Steels Are Irregular NEW YC.RK. May 20 Rails led te-daj te-daj s brief, but uctivo stock market to higher levels. Coalers, transcontinental transcon-tinental grangers and New Haven were one to thrve points higher. Oils ilsn cri rivored. some of the foreign groups as well as Sinclair, Producers & Refiners, Standard Oil of California and Texas Gulf & Sulphur rising 1 to 2 points. Sugars enhanced recent gains by 1 to 2 points and automobile Issues were prominent with further heavy accumulation accumu-lation of General Motor;. Indepon-' dent steels were Irregular on latest developments In connection with the' merger plans. Mldale falling 2 points Textiles and metais improved but tobaccos to-baccos were reactionary The cljylng was strong. Sales ap-1 proximated 800.000 shares- MININQ SBCUHITIES. (Aa reported by J A. Hoirle & Co I Bid I AsTe Alta-Mirh. 0! .06 Alta Con . 03 I .03 Albion Con f .09 !l0 4 Am Con Cop .01 014 Alta Tunnel 144 15 Bullion 02 .OZ gjR Hill fl3 .01 I Big Cot Coal 03 014 Beaver Copper 004 00 Bay State 01 I 03 Black Metal OS I .11 Bingham Galena 01 01 4 Central Bureka 00 02 Columbia Rexa'l 27 ITJ6 olorado Con . . . . 03 4 0 C4 Crown pint . 04u 043; Ordlff .41 Cott King 00! .014 Cott Metals 00 1 Ra-' 1 40 3 00 Daly West 1 80 Dragon ... , . , 06 os Emma Silver . 02 .024 Kn-.plre Mines .03 03 Eagle & Bluo Boh 2 35 Eureka Mines .044 054 Ea?t Crown f.ilnt 024 04' East Tintie coal 004 r,o'.. East Tlntlc Con 0j 10 Eureka Lily OS .084 BUraka Bullion 06 Grand Central 0 Howell 04 04 U iron Blossom . 23 .244 Iron King gu 141Z Judge MS 2 30 2.30 Kennebec .... 04 06 Lclil Tlntlc . . 024 Leonora 01 .014 Miller Hill 00 01M May Day oi 014 Michigan-Utah 27 11 New Qulncy 02 03', North Standard 034 .03 onohongo . ooi; 00 U I'lutus 2 ;4 Prince Con . . . 06xi 07 4 Ploehe Bristol 004 .00'- Pl lea Mining 0 01 Provo 02 4 03 Reeds Peak 004 South Standard 10 .11 9"9 024 .03 Silver King Coaln 2.07 4 2 124 Silver King Con 464 41 Sioux Mines ........ .034 04 Silver Shield 00'- Tar Rabj oi .02 Tlntlc Central 01 Tlntlc Standard 2 024 2 03 I.'ncle Sam 01 t'tah Con 01 01 Union chief on 01 - Wet Toledo .02 03 Walker Mining 3.00 3 05 Woodlawn 09 Yankee Con ' 03 Zuma .84 ooli Day'a Sales. Alta Tunnel 2300 at 15c. Columbua Rexall 1000 at 27c. Colorado Con. 1200 at 6c. Crown Point 1000 at loon ni 4. 1000 at 4c. Cardiff 200 at 95c Eureka Lllv 2000 at 8C Iron King 600 at 1 lc. Michigan-Utah 1000 at 2Sc. 300 at 27 - New Qulncy 1500 at 8CJ 9900 at 3r " Vorth Standard 4000 at 8e 1 1 Ince Con. 6000 at G4c. ",ooo ai 800(1 at 7c. Sliver King Coalition 100 at $2 1ft Silver King Con. 100 at 484c. Tlntlc Standard 1500 at $2.03, 200 n 5 024 Walker C M 500 at 81 00. Zuma 100O at 9c 4 Ogden Cash Grain 4 i (Quotations Furnished by Glob Oraln & Mllllnn Co.l Values Include freight rate paid te Cad en. Utah Winter Wheat-No. Wheat-No. 1 dark hard $1.20 $1 ,30 No I dark hard 1.17 1 27 No 3 dark hard 1 14 1 24 tttsh White Wheat No. 2 soft white I 1.08 I 1 20 No. 3 soft white 1.04 1 17 No 1 hard white 1 1 09 I 1.12 No 2 hard white I 1 0C I 1.18 No .1 J'ard white I 1 03 1.16 Idaho Wlnt"ef""wheat-- No. 1 dark hard 1.24 1736"" No. 2 dark hard 1.21 1 33 N'o. dark- hard 1.19 1.30 No. 1 hard -winter 1 13 1 25 No. 2 hard wlnterr 1.12 1.22 I No. 3 hard winter . 1.09 I 1.18 I.J.i . Ji.i- 1 Kj.i .ng Vln-a f No. 1 dar knorthern . ...I 1 32 I 1.42 No. 2 dark northern .. I 1.29 I 1.39 No. 3 dark northern . . ' 1 2fi 1.3 No. 1 northern 1.20 I 1.20 No 2 northsrn I 1 17 1.27 No. 1 mixed northern -I 1.16 I 1.28 Idaho White Wheat No. 2 soft white 1.10 I 1.20 No. 3 soft white 1.07 1.17 No. 1 hard white 1.1 2 I 1.22 No 2 bard white l 09 1.19 No. 8 hard white 1.06 I 1 . 1 6 Idaho White" Feed Oats 38 bulk I 1.4841 1.5114 (With transit billing. llgVr .m :. to 16o less. If sacked 60 additional ) Faptern Corn No. 2 yeUow ..I 135 I 17 Xo -' mixed 1 1 33 1 1.35 (Above bulk. Sacked. 8c additional ) 4 4 Ogden Grain and Produce Market 4 1 The following prices were paid lo 'the farmers yesterday by Ogden commission com-mission houses Butterfat, 32c pound Eggs, $6 00 to $6 60 a case. Hay. $14 00 Wheat $1.05 a bushel. 4 1 DAILY OGDEN BANK REPORT; i The volume of rmalncAs transacted by banks of Ogden May 19 wu $1,-205.332. $1,-205.332. BUTTER AND EGGS CHICAGO. May 20. Butter lower. creamery extras 34c. seconds 2S 29c; standards, 34c Eggs, higher Receipts 33,145 cases; firsts 14 fifty; ordinary' firsts 81 tj -2Vt, TTibccllaneous. 2i923; storagu picked extras 26,c storage packed firsts, 26c. Poultry, alive lower, fowls, 25c, broilers 40 fl 4Sc 4 4 I- FOREIGN LIVESTOCK 4 CHICAGO. May 20. (U. S. Buroau of Markets.) Cattle Receipts. 500. compared w ith week ago; beef steers j 1015c higher; she stock moatly, steady; canners weak; bulls 164f25c lower, veal calves unevenly steady to Gc higher; choice calves up most; Btockers and feeders dull weak to lower, top beef steers for week $9 25: week's bulk prices beef steers, $7.76 ft" 1 8.60, stockers and feeders $7 oOtJ 7.7$; feeders $"00$f 8 50, butchers she stock $6.90 7.15; canners and 1 --uiters $3.90 !, 4.75; veal calves $9 00 'si 9.70 Hogs Receipts 8000; market steady to strong with Friday s average, quality qual-ity considered; spot 6 r 6c higher, , top $1100, bulk tl0.50Oi0.85; shippers ship-pers look about $14.00, hold overs) light pigs 6trong; mostly 9.6010.00; IO' king sow3 weak inRM5c lower. Sheep llfccelpts, 3600. five doubles! choice 90 and 85 pound shorn lambs' $12 75 13.00, sheep nnd spring lambs quoted firm; compared with week ago. fed lambs and fat sheep mostly $750 to $100 lower: spring 60iQ75 lower; feeder ends nnd culls 26'8i60c lower; closing top spring lambs $15.00, feeders around $12 25: bulk shorn I lambs $11.60 12 50; bulk fat ewes $5 0n??7.00; extreme heavies down to $4 00. KANSAS CITY. May 20 (U S. Bureau , of Markets ) Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 560; for week; beef steers 10i?? 16c lower, she stock weak to 50s lower, low-er, common and medium grades off mJbstj ' mneraand bulls steady; calves mo tly steady; In between grades lower; low-er; stock cows and heifers, feeders and stock calves mostly 25 50c lower; low-er; stock steers IScOf 1.00 lower. Hogs .Receipts. 1,000; active to packers and shippers. 5(gl0c higher than yesterday's averages, bulk choice 190 and 250 pound weights $10.60 10.75; mixed 250 to 300 poundors 110.458110:56; hulk $10.45 10.75. top $10 .6, throw out .sows $9 25 9.60 Sheep Receipt, 260, foil week spring lamba about steady, Arizona 114 60; athcr killing classes $100 1.25 lower OMAHA. Neb. Mav 20. r J s Bureau Bur-eau of Markets.) Hogs RoeelpLs 7.000; market active, mostly 10c higher, high-er, top $10.60; bulk of sales $10.36 10.60 w Cattle Receipt? 76: compared with week ago, beef steers 26 35c lower; she stock 50c lower rows off most' bulls fully 5c lower; veuls 2560c higher, stockcrs feeders 25 fa 40c lower. low-er. Sheep Receipts, goO; compared with week ao; lambs $100 1.50 lower, other spring and yearlings 75 1.00 lower; feeders 50 76c lower- I GRAIN CHICAGO. May 20. Reports that the condition of the new crop In the southwest 1h not as favoruble as expected ex-pected gave the wheat market a rather bulling tinge hero today The rainfall was said to have bten Insufficient during dur-ing the past six weeks in certln sections sec-tions of the country. The early trading trad-ing was rather light, hut the market showed a rather firm undertonu with modtrato buying by commission houses and short coverings The May delivery, de-livery, which broke at the start, soon recovered Ita loss on scattered buying, but the bulk of tho trado. which was of a local character, was in the new crop deliveries- It wa estimated that arrivals hero today wore 220 ears while tho deliveries deliver-ies on May contracts were reported us 430,000 hushels of wheat. May started start-ed to lVfcc lower at $1 S8 4 to $1 39 while tho deferred deliveries vailed vai-led from unchanged figures to c up. with JulvTi $1,244 to $124. The market underwent slight cnlns all iiround then experienced somewhat of a setback. Tho May delivery continued under pressure and broke sharply toward the finished with the other delherles moving mov-ing !n (sympathy The close was weak. to 4c net lower, with May $1.35 to 31 30 and July $1.23 to $1 23 Corn and oats were dull, but somewhat some-what firmer due more to lack of pressure pres-sure than anything else Tho sentiment senti-ment is generally rather bearish and the markets are regarded as oversold in some Quarters. After starting unchanged un-changed to c higher, with July 64c to 64 c, tho corn market scored flight gains, then suffered a slight reaction. Later the corn market rallied somc-whut somc-whut on reports that rains were needed need-ed In parts of the corn belt and closed firm with values averaging J8c to net higher, with July 644o to C44c Oats varied from unchanged figures fig-ures to cc higher at the start, with July 39Vfec to 39 4c. and then cased off. Provisions were higher; Iti line with higher values for hogs OMAHA. Ma 20 Wheat. No 2 hard. 11.2501.87; No 2 mixed $1.13 Corn. No 2. white. 643 644.c. 'o. I mixed. 64c. Oats, No. 8 white, 36 36 4c No. 4 white, 35 c. KASAS CITY. May 20. Cash wheal No. 2 hard, ll.1601.4J; No -1 red ll.Sf01.5T, Corn. No. 2 white. 67c; No. 2 yellow yel-low 59c; No 3 yellow GSC Ha.i unchanged. MINNEAPOLIS. May 20. Flour unchanged un-changed to 15c lower. In carload lot-family lot-family patents quoted at $S.268 60 a barrel, In 98-pound cotton sacks Bran $21 00. CHICAGO. May 20 Wheat No 8 hard $1 36 1 S6. Corn, No, 2 mtved. 62! No 0 vol-1 low 6 2 4.62,c. Oats, No. 3 white. -940c Ryoe. No. l 1.0S Barley, nominal. Timothy seed $4.50 6.00. Clover seed $1 2.00 fa 22 00. Pork, nominal. Lard, $12.16 Rlue, nominal. NTTW YORK SUGAR NEW YORK, May 20. The raw ' t-ugar market was steady and un-1 un-1 hanged with no sales rvported. Sjioi ! Cubas were quoted at 2 15-82c cosl and freight, equal to 4.07c for cen-IfugeJ, cen-IfugeJ, with June shipment offered at ';c. cost and freight equul to 4.11c The raw sugar futures market was steadier on covering for over the week and, but the volume of business was light Closing prices wero 1 to 2 points not higher. July 2.6 5c; September Septem-ber 2.85c; December 2 90c; March 2.87c. Thoro was no changes in refined sugar, but there was a better Inquiry reported. Fine granulated 6.80 6.60c Refined futures nominal Closing. Jul) 3 9oc. September 6 10c, December 6 00c LONDON RATES LONDON. May 20 Bar silver 37 d per ounce Money 14 percent Discount rates, short and three-month three-month bills, 2k per cent. ( |