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ithe sax ! era^ 42 COMMERCIAL AND MARKET NEWS SPECIALLY REPORTED FOR THE CALL STOCK MARKET Local Stocks and Bonds SUMMARYOF- AVheat Markiet Continues to Rise HOLIDAYSEASON IS UIVIINTEREST! ING Quiet TMEMARKETS Wall street stocks higher.. Coppers steady- !barge ofBarley on Change Higher ' Sale Comstock Shares Slightly about' the ;same. - NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The stock market Cotton quotations ' ' — -> Local quiet. Comstocks stronger. ewes, against tons of the precedlaj \u25a0was affected by the approach of the.holi- earnings' for year :corporation • slocks ; Sheep (per ll») Wethers, Xo. 1, s}ie; **29 tons as 2.374 TRADING the net the of the >?ISCRLIiANEOUS .:,\u25a0''• \u25a0 ;\u25a0 A* be seen, the receipts ar» AFFECTING Silver, exchange. higher. week. can readily Con- FA..;* — Hongkong 1 4>ic. days gain Alaska,p, '.. and was dull and unintere*tins. approximate $13.{,000.0<M). a 'of. $41,000,000 a. MHiST |Pa<-:Aus -•— ' and. — very being busy their Line, \u25a0 r Local; Lambs (per lb) This year's milk lambs. 6@ light, farmers seedin? last yeav. '. .' \u25a0 '-". F'C. A; 154 clearings grain per cent over' tinued activity in Atlantic Coast over .- . -." :""-: «.'«l- 'iniilOl U'ai:' C 80rax. bank 21' • ; gronnti. rains, and have not had time "Tii«? American sugar, refining company's earn- MVfc. MtTm.105 Pac T&T;pfd ,— »<%, -"* r-\u25a0''•r -\u25a0''•- -- -' SUe . .— after recent Atlantic \u25a0.-\u25a0: \u25a0- lb) make shipments, and practically everything Louisville and Nashville and the. ings the last Himonths, il is'estimated, will N*A I'o com 4«!3 4S 1908.' \u0084'" Hoss (per Hard grain fed. weipbins 100 to Merger for - Salraon.llO llfi I ... to 140 lbs; lbs, 230 the- last week has come in for dealers* account. Proposed Copper and Coast Line collateral bonds \ secured by not show much variation from the l!>Oß."*net Wheat makes a further advance. 7»i@Sc;" 140 to 250 SSj^ic; hay been ' • to' ! lbs, _»3ic; common, "Receipts of fancy Llverroore ha*e profits. , ' ' \u25a0 Large barley 5J50 undesirable toss m>M stock kept alive : . \u25a0 Session' sale of made. h»% Louisville and Nashville \ - Moraine.- ' ' ..' 6c. \u25a0\u25a0 >-.V ia lisbt supply and this one commodity "The estimate for dividends in the United Board— \u25a0< s<& $1 more thaa last Various Railway Rumors In- conjecture over possible plans of financial -,a 'of $30.-. 14(1 White" and gray oats lower. in this market for per, ton States m>100» is;$;i95,0fi0.0(K), gain . Associated (Ml .....'. ••£,/ - quotations. 1 >medium \ and lower \u25a0 IT, ••••'"'! week's No. readjustments. (KtO.OOO ;over 190S. Tlie largest dividend payers Associated OH .'.. Bl.Si^ Hay and. beans unchanged. Butter. Cheese and Ecs* { supply ; grades of hay still in heavy and the for the year are Standard oil.,$30,335,353, and 30 Associated Oil ...........••••• Lire and meats firm. Business in egffs» and dairy produce was ot \u25a0. a are inactive, terest the Speculators The merger of a number of the so called 2(1 51-52 dressed character, market on same continue* dull and caus- steel, $:8».2W,H"-6. \u0084 i8.50 United States .• . Giant Powder' '. humdrum routine with retail trades- made at tbe present properties \u25a0- Provision market favors sellers. ing concessions to b<-> even Gus?enheim copper mininsr "The government .will probably soou issue .\u25a0•"•*) Hntchlnsoh Sugar, Plantation.... "».jw men taking Just 'about enough to tide them over the group, <-ent. bonds. Itis ex- 10 Eggs higher. Butter cheese unchanged. until The. dullness in*the street was prices to effect sales. prompted seme realising in $10O.CKK).OW> Panama «" per Onomea Siiftar .Co.-.......... ..-'51.7.%. and .yonday. Iv San Francisco is still very exempt. "The demand prospect. pected that 1hen-. will be made'tax and lOPaclflc" Coast. Ca5ua1ty....;.r.V.145.00.- Potatoes and onions advanced. reflected. on the exchange, where tradiu- under" to Tievr V«rk Mock LUt which has risen violently on the Valley. C0 extra egss. light. We are inclined tbe belief that tlu< thus lie attractive to Investors. It is also ex- 30 .Spring Water ....... \u008449. oO tliecall was confined to' fresh which great are commencing t<» U. I". Hnttoo 4- Co.. 490 California street, The bearing cf this project on the larger pected that in order preserve the market . r>o Spring Valley :Water C0 •«•:'; Cranberries declined. were higher on some small sales at 54 a number nf automobiles to. l>(> ........ fj* turkeys plentiful '^ie Vic. show their efTevt on tbe consumption of hay in taembers of the New York stock exchange, fur- oftcopper producers, which was Ktandiug of the 2 per cent 'bonds a lax of- lVi :_\u25a0'!•-• Spring Valley Water C0....'..... ...'.... 49.»i»* Dressed and easy.' dozen. The bujter market was still somewhat : combination per 35,. $4,00u Sacramento, &Ry unsettled,- reporting ! this city. This is strongly the ease. witb> tho nish the following list of bond and Etock sales in cent will-be placed upon "the new if K. G. s*.......'.102.25 with* receivers -it firm -or an; definitely reported time • - livery ami carriage companies. whi> at one \u25a0 — \u25a0 stables yesterday: to.be circulation. The circulation t«x ;-: Street '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0'..' easy, according as th«;ir individual holdings were used for bank .-.\u25a0:. ! con- formation, was left to specula- cent, the arrange- 27 S 37.50 small or large. very firm at tIH» re- r^lncing their stm-k. thereby reducing their process of on the 2s is half of 1per -and Hawaiian C.:& . > Foreign 'Futures. .CBevse ruled sumption of hay. One of the largest carriage Saieti [ STOCKS lliigtiilx>w | Bid |Ask. practically People's ."'. "5..5 cently quotations, the being s'.eu- tive surmise, without stimulating any ment noted would exclude the 3s fl.ooo Water Co.' 5s '.. .. LIVERPOOL" revised market companies sold «nt at auction la«t week, not -and — " deiiy supplied descriptions. }\u25a0!.% from use for circulation place them on a \u25a0 •* .' May. with all the business Allis <'halmors..: | .' l.'i'-i great activity. \u25a0> - - Wheat Dec. March.' exchange of fresh extra eggs beicsr able to longer make pay. I>o ) I I Mi 55 parity with the 2s. — California Stock and Oil Exchange , Opening ...\;8 v S 7 10 On the 30 cases ••The f"r the last week hi* im- j pfd settlement effected government report estimated f.,-i". -,: Ask. 2% were sold, jroinir at 54c and at SIV-jc a export demand i:.:W):Am»l <V»pper ...; 8S S>i}t Announcements of a. "The cotton— Bid. Ask.) . Bid. — 10. proved, owing to the shipment of- 350 ton* mt BS»4 *~st\ crop 10.085.000/ bales confirms the -> general ,—[Nevada 30 dozen. Am Bi^i t?ug»r..| 1 4«i\^ 47 by the Pennsylvania with its engineers of Amaurot ... —75 Co.. ""— 10.500 hay on a contract for the i*>st at the Hawaiian enough '\u25a0Receipts pounds ; opinion that not cotton has been raised• Amy • Fa Petrol. .*'7S — - were 21.400 .of bntter. islands, the ccntraet was let to our r»o pfd ! i P2'- 93 influence, in view of the im- . -.. 2.251-N — .Wheat March-June. pounds and for which i was a helpful year to supply the world's demand. The Apollo 15 ]6!l'araffine 1.10 Dec. of cheese 1.020- cases of eggs." :«K> Am «'3ii Co ..i 14«i| 13%{ I4»t| 14' this . .... ... Opening .....23 70 24 65 established firm last August, this b«Mii« the first delivery. S.'{ XT i attached to demands by railroad value of the crop is; however, greater than that Assy Oil tc.51.00 51.50 I'almer S9 »2 .......... The followingare officialquotations hay for 7<«t Do pM !82 portance .... the This was baled and held for them sev- ! 82V<1 S formulating. the bumper Crop- of "-15.500.000 bales raised Bay City, 1« .Closing v: ......:....:.. 23 60 aZi 60 by tbe sales, bids and offers on tbe fioor of mouths*, rOO'Ani & Co 7-_"4l 72 72S| "2 of ..1.05 Piedmont J» — \u25a0 eral therefore has ia nowise affected j 8 to Car F\v 4 employes known be last year. This Is more good. fortune for the Blue Moon.. .. 6.50 9.00 Flour „. \u25a0 dairy exchange/- Trices In tbe street, while. s«»- It I Ho pfd.....' I ! ]]lS*4ill9 directed agrain to 31 32— Final ....... Opening 31 90 31 00 generally the present market. Oil.. ' t>9 Attention vras- the farmer, who bids fair to be. the wealthy mal- Cal Oil &G. 60 Premier <58 73 ..V... erned by the exchange quotations, rauso light, also lAm cVrttoa 1 68> 4 — ~ Closing 31 53 31 90 to owing to the various "The demind for alfalfa U as are '\u25a0 Do pfd i Ecck Island stle of the Frisco by the re- efactor of the future.". Caribou."... — 15.50 Producers .. 2.00 — ."...'...-...• ... .'.. Jrom.l^c 2c higher, receipts. Straw bus been ia little better demand ! IIOS'^IKC - Claremont.. 2 05 Record ......4. 80. charges —to be added. KKVAmer Hide /fc L.l 7>j 7%] 7\ S port that tbe Chicago. Rock Island and Pa- creamery per and firmer." i Do pfd ;..'!...;.! !45 Conilition of tlie Treasury Del Rey .. IB 18 SF & McK.27.25— 28.50 CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE . Butter Fresh extras. So^c lb.\ Bran— $23.50<52» for red and $20@30 per toa 45=54 treasury bonds to — '\u25a0 firsts, 29e, See | 25}fc 2<i', cific railroad had sold. WASHINGTON, condition of tbe Eldorado 25 Saver Dough .. 3.00-— steady; do 31c. steady; do seconds. SooAro Ice 26«* 26 Dec.