Show FINANCIAL AND COMMERCiAL SECURITIES FIM FIRM FIRMON O ON LIGHT TRADING Alleged Conspiracy Against New Currency Law Regarded Regard Regard- ed as Myth in Wall Wal Street 11 Hy Iy Broi Wire SIr N ev York Jul July 23 J rt rt In It Its It financial w today tolay S MJ-S mn mt t of ot t thi hour tol fol- af afternoons afternoon's reaction ori on the tock stok stok price were n I lower l. with wih rather ut recoveries A aol and ni on Ui th te whole M Mn n tr firmness tendency tn ll the more striking In Sn nil Alt 81 be tle 11 M news newa told nf 81 renewal of o the tle l beat lut of oe a n week ago 10 o In the corn bIt belt Tb g nt r re- re vic Wu o of 13 the past week In the tho O belt l was wasn n. n n t unfavorable Y It t pronounced O lr t the weeks week C r rain tall fall tal not enough for tor corn com but tit t the tie Ih n of at high temperatures l ha-l further Injury Just what today's report of or condition In ILl t th tho hI belt el t In Involves C can cati 0 I be II u cr when their scope and niI 01 duration ero eo more moru Tho me government report Is Ic Ii that the wee week In the cotton coton belt f I I. I wholly It will ulli wi odd eill Interest to next weeks week's monthly estimate on n that crop crops crop's crp's condition g o of or stocks opened irr d With tl little c chance I n na markets a giving no definite I lead d. d Active fIlas f shares s Ila-s declined lu In th the early market nomo omo me lo Iou Iou- f tn Inu a full UI point but It trading then crew e very lg Inactive ct fO T There was Ir Irregular IJ recovery t nod nud In Inthe too the closing Lour hour tho market merely drifted Idly The Tie bl banks did not meL n large offerings 11 of at time money moncy and it I wes WAS Wl evident that they tbT were disinclined to put out Olt Inno sums uns for tor long period pe le e No 0 O In rates was wn made mlle jut but tio market marke on 1 the whole was WIS sentimentally firmer then than o It was yesterday r or the tho day before The out of ot town own ll banks stilt still l ll bavo a oa a good l many loan Joan o outstanding on call cal but no Df Iao offerings of or time money mony were wrt made malc today Tho 10 other development of or interest was wu a fall CoI of or U rent rot In the tho price of ot eight drafts on Lon Len Lo don Tile The Til offering of ot bi were verr benr heavy beaty the market maket wn was weak week thru throughout bout the tho th t Gay y with wih a good gool deal del of ot soiling Selling 1111 1 by largo lag and firmness In exchange f There was wa oo nothing In days day's news to commercial paper rte hot bat tb the broker brokeN found difficulty In placing largo e blocks block of ot paper with banks here heN arid and ant it wa was O evident that Interior Institutions were about th tho only ool buyers of paper In tb the market Very tr little was wee about In 10 banking circles cir dr dieM cles except t thC tho t extraordinary statement statement state state- ment t of Secretary r rW r regarding 1 the tho United t States 2 per cent bonds bonda The episode o wa vis 11 f x l for profound regret because th the tho secretary of the tho tr treasury sury n-sury has lias been regarded as ns one ont of ot the Ile 1 boys not sub subject lee t to delusion on tho thA machinations of IC banks That the unfortunate statement pub pub- this morn morning In ascribing the tho tP fill In Jn the 2 per r cents to t n a malignant con conspIracy of or banks with wih a R view new to discrediting tho the new DeW currency Int law aw Is I bud based on an nu I illusion there can eAn be little question The of ot such holdings the e pressure preSUre luch on hl 1 tt from the t he wholly confusing of th r bill hilts bills provisions pro pro- r visions Ioos rc the flatus of or th the 2 per cents and second on doubt ns na R to 0 what would odd bo be the Senates Senate's nates action on It In nil all 01 probability the selling clung was wu more mor Impulsive and ant Ibe lacuna decline mr note more then than actual circumstanced war war- lint But lut it would hardly cr create ato an agreeable financial atmo atmosphere phero If it It whenever somebody's and aur consequent felling ceIling of t securities s caused aused n a decline we wc aro lre to hear Uie te thee f already nod and lod tiresome accusations of ot n a I conspiracy con con- piracy of or tho the mone money powers power LIVE TOCK STOCK MARKETS Chicago July Ho g Receipts t Jt m market stow slow oW to In Yn n a shade hado lower loner Hulk st Ight t. t 45 mixed heavy befiT r 8 3 1 tO PI pigs 6 60 7 O Cattle Cattle Receipts O market slow to weak wuk er cr r. r le Beeves ve Texas steers I western stockers dockers and feeders f 7 7 O 0 cow and helen 3 l. l calves 80 ioro l She Sheen nce 00 market t weak to 2 23 cents cute lower Native fh ep lp 4 western fir yearlings lambs native 60 7 western 6 jW Kansas City CUT July July t. Jo 3 Ho Receipts t market tead steady to strong Bulk Duk S heavy packers and butchers er light i pigs Cattle Cattie I Receipts e market 8 steady PrIme te fed ed steer J s dressed rt beet beef t steers I 3 40 western steers southern steers steer Itten 6 cows heifers SO SG st s er anti and feeders GuSCo bul bulls I. I C elves calves Sheep Sheep Receipts Receipts CO market C G to 10 cents 1 lower ower Lambs Lamb yearlings 4 50 v w rethers ther circa stockers stocker and f feeders ceders y SeouL l Omaha July 23 L Cattle Receipts 2600 m market higher Native steers cows a and aud nd western steers g 15 Texas steers tICU rn range cows COW and l heifers otters GI calo calves 70 1050 f Hogs Hogs Receipts market lower Heavy S Sf 84 light Sr S. S 5 pigs bulk bull 0 of ot f sales sale Sheep Sheep Receipts Receipts 10 market lower Year Yearlings lings j i R i to O lambs METAL MARKETS New eT York Tork July 23 Copper Copper l standard spot rot U. U bid Jul July If H AU August lt HOO 1400 Ho 4 September electrolytic 1 Ik lake IS 1525 CA CAsting t g. g HS London Lendon wt weak reak spot 65 05 t ls 19 futures 63 G l lOs s. s Tin ulet Quiet spot ami anil Jul July August 4 fOSTi 8 September London e nay ot 18 Its 10 futures I 10 lOi Lead FIrm Firm bid London Lendon 21 fl Cs ts Spelter Speller Steady London 70 20 Antimony Dul Dull Iron Steady Iron Stead Irn-Stead Steady and unchanged Cleveland warrants war war- r rants ants In London Ks s e MONEY MARKET 1 New York lork Jol July 20 honey IL-honey Money on call steady 2 t centS cent ruling rate bid ZY per ft SJ i closing bl 2 n offered 2 Time Tim loans steady sixty days 3 tH vcr per cent ninety ty 4 M six months C G. G Prime mercantile merante paper Sterling exchange o to easier for tor sixty day s1 lila bills and ant nt at for demand Commercial bills bill 13 Mexican dollars 47 Government bonds I Irregular Ia Railroad lra 11 bonds firm e STOCK qUOTATIONS ii 1 I L I Cl t 70 jO 70 i 70 ot C H 47 7 47 46 American Sugar L 7 2 21 Can 3 32 33 Preferred Cn W ut 9 n 45 4 4 Car 0 COl Cotton CoHnn 33 20 3 Ij m lea 01 t 33 2 21 American 40 9 t 32 31 D American 60 Amer t Refining Ma 61 6 63 10 WO IO lr 1 HI Tei 11 1 ISI lZ J 12 pl Tobacco Tel 3 1 4 MinIng 10 36 33 3 2 i C. C 10 1 VM H tS bS M 00 Atlantic 10 lW ZO I 11 BaltImore COut 8 Ohio 15 33 SIS 3 M 33 Steel t cl O 1 34 33 2 33 2 Brooklyn Rapid 1 fh 1 S' S Canadian 16 I. I 2 2 24 IH U 4 03 4 6 Chicago ill lk ireat 3 14 U H 14 U St St. Paul raul 1700 10 lW lo Mi lC 1 1 lo 11 Colorado 1 1 k INU 31 Consolidated Gas 11 Corn 7 It 1 10 11 Cr Hudson lt 1 10 0 21 11 Denser Rio Ro H Erie 2 l. l 21 Z t 3 Ua 43 4 IJ J t 0 35 H 41 14 HI 1143 14 ro ISI 1 1243 12 Great r ore or elf 11 0 U 6 36 Illinois Illinois' Central 13 t 2 13 IG 16 15 40 11 SO 43 r rl 61 l' l Int International J 10 11 InternationaL lan Ird 15 international 0 9 9 9 e International 6 60 2134 B 27 27 Southern Kansas City 8 IRel de Cit One S Va C 38 I 1 k 10 1 St St. 1 S. S s. s 1 Missouri thourl 81 1 S 1 Texas CJU 22 2 2233 22 Missouri l elc 3 32 n 33 National 1 18 7 lS 18 S 4 4 Nati tl itys r Lel or of 10 l 1 1 72 1 ew York Irl C Central t 33 33 C 3 21 21 N. N Y Norfolk Y k Western 0 1 ll orUI 6 Pacific 1 lr lCJ Pacific Mail 21 Jal 2 UI 11 lH III Peoples Gas lt h. h C. C 0 k St. St L. L Coal 0 10 19 1 19 10 1 I Pressed C 4 33 23 4 Pullman Car 1043 10 IS 16 Ct 2 cx J l 19 C A el t. t ro 24 H It i 24 u u. u 10 6 r 65 j A Rock Cu In 1734 17 11 17 1723 1 23 33 St St. I. I S San ao 21 2 6 I Seaboard lr J ir Line 70 1 19 1 19 19 13 4 j 2 41 H. H U Steel Iron lo 25 1 Southern Pacific r t 33 9 Souther 10 Hi 33 24 l' l 3 S is 78 S Tennessee feTed 6 30 Q 3 4 fexas k Pacific 2500 16 IG 16 60 H Preferred 84 8 SI 81 1 United States 61 United States ItaH 6 60 f 60 States tn Steel 43 59 50 r S c IG Utah r 6 n 44 Virginia Carolina Orr S Wabash O 23 2 7 Western 20 COi 40 tJ ester Union ut 8 3 63 4 6 83 63 6 6 f Wheeling houi k lt hake J Erie Eie I. I 5 Tota sales sars or the doT 7 shares OF TilE IE TREASURY W Jul July The T condition of nf tM the States treasury a at t tho beginning ot of busl busi- flees ONS lay to-lay was t balanco S lu in general 0 receipts yesterday Total payments l 91 DefIcit this fiscal year ea tol Deficit at this time ut last year j The C figures I rf for tor deficit are ae exclusive ot of canal and public debt bt transactions CHEESE AND AD EGGS New ew York July 23 Bitter 2 Butter Unsettled receipts re ye- York tubs tub tul creamery ter D extras ost taco rac- tory current make mak make i second 21 Cheese Steady and unchanged receipts boxes cases casel IK Firm Eggs LIS In and receipts Z Chicago July 23 Butter Butter Unchanged d. d Eggs Eggs Unchanged Unchanged receipts 3 CB cases COFFEE MARKET New ew T e York Tork July 20 A rally rn In Harre and Hamburg after an nn easier caster opening bad a stimulating lating effect coffee market marlet notwithstanding ing In Brazil opening opening steady at al an ana a advance of ot 1 to 4 points Prices continued to gain Close firm at nt an advance of 16 to 19 cost cst and freight offers lower and receipts larger In 10 Brazil July old October 93 i l December January Januar 9 March MArb 9 60 96 May 1 Spot pt steady No 10 7 Rio Illo lo 7 7 54 No 10 4 Snubs Santos SAntol U Mild l dull dul i- i 1 16 SEW NEW E GRU GRAIN New e York July 20 Flour Flour Flour Wl Wheat Spot at Spot firm No 0 2 red rd 9 t No o. o 1 northern Duluth 1334 Futures Future easier eule at start atarI stat but rallied on covering closing H 54 lower for tot July and H ff ft H higher for other months July 96 6 Set September m er 94 December 9 EVAPORATED FRUITS New York July 29 Evaporated apples quiet steady prunes firm apricots and peaches quiet raisins LINSEED Duluth Jul July 29 LInseed Linseed 14 1411 July JuIT I liO 10 September l October 1 bid ber asked December O 5 asked SUGAR MARKET IARI ET J ew York July 29 Ra Haw sugar steady mus corado 30 centrifugal 1 7 stead S. S Refined steady POTATO MARKET Ci Chicago Ics o. o July 29 Potatoes unchanged re ye- c so 5 ears cr GRAIN AND PROVISIONS 1 Chicago July 23 That Th That t the l ld of ot corn this Ui season AeSOn would fall tan short hl half bait a million bus f I of ot what bad bc been n Op expected cht swept prices pice today tod I skyward Although h tho the topmost I Tel reacted reacted- WI not fully held tho tb market d clos-d excited aul lul I at l a a. tuly net nt advance hel of ot l 1 fl to 10 21 t t. t L how showed cd a gala gain o of and Ant d Nt Mt nate A at rise tse of ot O s 1 1 cents I at t the finish varied l from t 6 i cents centa off oft to an upturn of oe 5 S cents Speculative trI trade trad lu In corn om was wa th the bl Ia 1 many months TI The country especially boulb In a ole andy not paralleled Dam Damage a ii al t ready great nt from heat and nd drought and onI threatening Jr to become worse wore with wih tim tho eM crop now no at ot n about ut the tie critical period ul had bed arOnel widespread sost Ilou lou This feeling manifested maui mani tested Itself from the tho thc slut toa today and took tok M its the tle hours hour pf passed parsed td with wll no I sign a of ot any ani- 1 reaction In prices j Estimates made by bT leading eX export experts rt Indicated c total corn crop crp might be b. b bushels bushel which not DOL long Instead of ago age had hid been u expected et ll by many persons Otter Other Ue AU authorities au an- 1 1 said I Ol the tiie present pro Tro prospect ct was WI for 2 2 LI with lb chances of ot the amount bung cut cot r later latr it r to bushels bushel Shorts In la corn savagely competed with b new acir buyers buyer but It was wn not oot until Just before th the clo c that hat owners owner let Jut go 10 with wih sufficient freedom free c dom dew to cause any onT considerable setback December Dc De i cember the tho most active grain which sh showed shooed cd th the greatest activity touched 63 a gain of oC 3 cents over last lut ul h hut finished nl at II e 62 i. The TheMay May delivery ll ry In which business 8 was compart- compart cents lively Jy restricted mado made an extreme utrero rise rie 0 ol ot 3 i j ull rallied with Ith corn com the theory beIng r that thul there was we WI not net nt a I nn normal I price relation belo bela being r kept up between the tho two cerel cereals Another sourd of or strength was wa the 5 scarcity of acceptances ct by O owners Or r Fine weather In the northwest j and the lle of export however acted as S n R drag on wheat I Oats though active and strong did not Dot keep bp pace race with corn com The Tho z ap appeared to be an al t al aggregate to of oe hedging sales lal from the J northwest Cs I. I averaged higher r. r Influenced by bY corn January pro luct teemed to f 1 l thc tb effect ef et c. c feet most moat mos Leading rn ranged a as a follows W 11 1 EAT CAT I Open I High I Low Lw I Close COIO 1 Jul July Wil S 53 33 i September 1st S. S 4 I M December 19 Wl wu hay Mav 11 jW tIa 93 m. m Jul luly 61 63 Se 6 H I 6 w 6 63 6 a 60 24 December 6 May hay 1 64 tG 63 6 6 OS O.'S July 40 September I 33 41 U I fO If 41 December I r 4 n 43 4 U May ly I 46 4 43 41 1 11 MESS 1 OUK ler Per bbl ht Jul July m 2223 2 September 21 2112 I 14 2130 10 I 2730 19 1313 13 19 1920 1933 1915 1324 LAUD ler Per IW HO U n Its September It 11 6 SO 11 1234 TJi October 11 1 7 11 90 0 11 K 5 II 1165 January 10 1065 CS 10 1003 es 10 1070 O SHORT ler IVr 10 I lbs I tL 10 I a 1 1 I II 1 U I I ii Octo October cr I I 1 1162 t i I 1 1133 I 1133 13 i January 1007 4 1015 10 t Cash Orn C 17 quotatIons quotation lO No 0 were f 2 as s T follows I g No o. o 2 3 white f S' S 06 No o o. o 2 3 f i i No 0 3 1 No 0 3 J white 1 I M No 0 o. o 2 S yellow clow ii No o 4 4 No 0 i t white No So i 8 yellow elow Hye itye No 2 t 61 y 84 at 3 73 Clover Nominal l TJ u. S. S S' S STEEL If L T. T 1 w Nc-w ew York July 29 The 21 Th The statement of ot the tle United State States Steel corporation for tor th the tt I three month ending Juno Junn Jun 30 Ia hat t I 1 sued I today al 1 waa 58 altogether In that total earn esro earnings m. m i lags ings amounted to and n net t Income f e-f f 1 61 rero welt well in sides ot of the most fa- fa estimates The Th quarter r show bown a I gain ar In t total Ul earnings s over the prec quarter lat r of oC 6 aol and m In net nel of or S 51 ts while the surplus U is by Compared with wih Corre Quarter of 1311 1313 total earning are aro Increased l II ty r n net nf t Income by and ot the fuat quarterly rl b by the h unusually u large suns sum of l that hat item a 3 ear a SC f 1 dwindled IO I c i to Today's statement shoves th the tue largest total earnings i of ot any auy similar period d since oce the tho ter ending S September pt 30 3 1907 19 The Tho To usual quarterly quarterly terly s of ot 1 p per percent cent on 00 the tie preferred pret shares har s find anI n 1 1 per cent on ott common were de declared Ico I de- co dared these Items Hems an out of ot 2 12 i 6 C I COTOS COTTON MARKET 1 New e York Tork July Cotton Cotton closed cord steady at atan lt an nn advance of or 2 to 10 points Closing olds bids July Joly 1069 Au August ut 1163 September 1 1133 October Oc October tober |