Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 15, Petersburg, Pike County, 23 August 1895 — Page 7

A TARIFF COMPARISON. Difference Between Ml(h Terlff end Low Tariff—Wage Redactions Under High, mod Wage Advance* Under Low, iUtht The McKinley bill was to be a wage advancer, mill opener and prosperity producer—so said the protectionists in 1£90. Instead It was a wage reducer, a mill closer and panic producer, although it had the ’ help of other j legislation to produce the panic of! 189a The whole McKinley period was ; one of wage reductions, strikes and i riots. Wages were reduced once, twice j or three times in thpusands of mills, j With one exception (the Fall River cot- j ton niills, which advanced wages less I than 10 per cent), there was not, in j the whole four years, a wage advance I worth mentioning in protected indus- j try. Wage reductions began promptly j and continued with increasing rapidity j to t‘ \ end of the period. Not a week went by without its list of reductions. | During the first two years the wage j earners made desperate efforts to re- ! sist the wholesale reductions, and at j one time the militia was out in four j different states trying to suppress labor riots, During the last two years the wage earners offered less resistance, although wage reductions came thicker and faster. The protectionists claim that the “shadow of the Wilson bill” was responsible for the trouble of 1893 and 1894, but the Reform club in 1893 compiled a list of wage reductions in over 1,000 protected mills in 1891 and o 1892—before the people had voted to turn the republicans out. Hence, to be entirely fair, we will compare some of the results of high tariff in 1890-91-92 with the results of low tariff since last August. Here are a few of the protected manufacturers who redueed wages or closed their mills during the first two years of McKinleyism, but who have increased wages during the first ten months of low tariff—both of these acts being contrary to their predictions and promises: 1 BFTHLEHF.M IKON CCL, BETHLEHEM, PA. Dec. 6, 1890, works May 3d. 1885, wages closed: 1.000men out. advanced 11 per cent: Jan. 20, 1891, wages 2,Q00 men affected, redueed 10 per cent. June 15. 1805, 5 per 5 after February 1. cent, to 10 per cent, second increase. WASHINGTON. WOOLEN MILLS. LAWKENCK, MASS. Dec. 13, 1800. mills 4 April 5, 1S95, wages Closed. of 4,000 men advanced. ACCSHNET MILLS. NEW BEDFORD. MASS. - Dec. 20. 1891. spin- Jan. 4, 1893, wages Hers and buck boys increased, struck because wages had been reduced. JOHN CHASE & SONS, WEBSTER, MASS. Dec. 25, 1890, mill April, 1805, wages of running on three- 300 men advanced 10 quarters time. per cent. CARNEGIE STEEL WORKS, HOME? Jan. I. 1891, wages reduced 9 per cent. » Feb. 21, 1891, 4,000 men out. April 9, 1891. wages reduced 5 per cent. Aug. 13, 189!, open May 14, 1895. wages hearth depart meat advanced 10 per cent closed. 300 men out. July 1,1892. 3.800 men strike against heavy wage reductions. Several weeks of riot and bloodshed. 1 ILLINOIS STEEL WORKS, CHICAGO, ILL. Jan. 8, 1891, work, except blast furnaces, closed: 1,500 men out. March 0. 1891. 2,500 men idle — refuse to accept reduction. June 20, 1895. wages July 2, 1891. reduc- of 7.000 men increased tion of 45 per cent.: 10 per cent, entire plant shut down. I Aug. 3,1892, men aceept a cut of 23 per cent. SANITARY WARE MFC., TRENTON, N. ’ Jan. 10.1891, reduction of 33hi per cent, proposed. April 30. 1891, pressers reduced 22 per June 16, 1893,10 to 40 cent.; men on strike per cent increase, many weeks. May 14, 1S91. re- ,i duced 7 per cent. LAUGHLIN ft CO., PITTSBURGH, FA. Jan. 15, 1891. Eliza furnace closed down. Jan. 17. 1891, an- April. 1895, increase other furnace closed. of 10 to 15 cents per May 14, 1891, one day. stack idle. BELLA1RE NAIL ft STEEL CO., BELLA1RE, O. , June, 1895, wages of 1.000 men increased 15 Jan. 15, 1891, idle per cent, several months. Juno 18,10 per cent.; Aug. 25, 1892, steel second increase promplant idle since July. ised Aug. 1. IRON WORKS, SHARON, SHARPESVILUi AND WEST MIDDLESEX, PA. Jan. 17,1891. six fur- . j Daces out of blast; 200 men idle. April 2, 1891, Rolling May:9, 1895, wages of Mill No. 2 closed. 1,500 men increased. Nov. 1,1891. mill idle some months. May 5,1892. two furnaces to be closed. PA. STEEL WORKS, 8TEELTON, PA. Jan. 17, 1891. after June 4, 1895, wages Feb. 1, will reduce of 4,000 men increased wages 8 and 10 per 10 per cent

MAHONING AND SHENANGO VALLEY IRON FURNACES, YOUNGSTOWN, O. Jan. 22, 1805,15 blast furnaces closed; 10,000 men out. June 7.1805, wages of June 11,1801. average 2,000 men increased-10 reduction of 10 per to 15 per cent, cent. April 19, 1891, wages June 15. 1895, 10 per reduced 10 per cent.: cent.; second Increase, several thousand men concerned. CAMBRIA IRON CO., JOHNSTOWN, PA. Jan. 22, 1891, wages , reduced 10 per cent.: 5,0'J0 meu affected, June 1, 1895, wages of May 30, 1891, wages 5,000 men increased 10 to be based on 2.600 percent, tons instead of on 1,800. * COCHKCO MILLS, DOVER, N H. Jan. 24, 1891, reduced Oct. 15, 1894, wages wages 4 per cent. increased 5 per cent. CRANE IRON CO., ALLENTOWN, PA. Feb. 2, 1891, wages June 12, 189>, wages reduced 10 per cent of 200 men increased 10 per cent. WBYBOS3ET WOOLEN MILLS, OLNEYVILLE, R. L Feb. 21, 1891, wages. decreased by a change April, 1895, an inof schedule of allow- crease in wages, ance. IRON FURNACES, NEW CASTLE. PA. Feb. 26,189), all em- May 2, 1895, wages ployes accept reduc- of 500 men Increased tVvn of 10 to 15 cents per 30 per cent,, day. COTTON MILLS, ADAMS, MASS. March 7, 1891, two May 6,1895, wages mills closed. increased. RIVERSIDE IRON CO., WHEELING, W. VA. March 12, 1891, nail May 10, 1895, wages factory idle some time, of 2,200 men increased 10 percent. MDGAR THOMPSON STEEL WORKS, BRADDOCK, PA. March 19, 1891, works closed. Oct. 25, 1891, scrapers’ wages reduced over #10 per month; May 11, 1895, wages ladlemen’s 30 cents per Increased 10 per Map - oant.: 5.000 men af>

April 13, 1SU2, fifty fected. workmen discharged. Aug. 6, 1892, two furnaces closed. LI'CT FURNACES, PITTSBURGH, PA March 13. leei. one | furnace closed. May 14, 1831, two •tucks idle. May 14. 1895, waffM Seat ember 15, 189S, increased 10 peroent one furnace idle some time. UK-HIKI, IRON WORKS. HARRISBURG. PA March 38.1831, works June. 1835. wages inclosed. creased 10 per cent READING IRON CO., READING. JfA. April 2, 1891. wages of 3.000 puddlers reduced 25 cents per ton. February 25. 1892, mill No. 5 idle; 800 men June 5,189*. wages of affected. 500 men increased 10 April 17,189?. general per cent reduction from 5 to 10 per cent July 18.1892, two furnaces closed; 150 men idle. DOWER UNION MUXS, PITTSBURGH, PA May 1. 1801. wages of 150 men reduced: 75 blacksmiths accepted cut of 20 per cent- 73 hammer men struck. May 14. 1895. wages August 41. 1892. re- increased 10 per cent duction of 10 per cent MCtfES T. STEVENS A SONS. ANDOVER, MASS. « May 7. 1891, working April 1. 1895. wages on half time. of 1.200 men increased •15 per cent IRON AND STEED CO., MINGO JUNCTION, O. May II. 1891, only June. 18>\ wages inone stack in opera- creased 10 per cent tion. ISABELLA FURNACE CO., PITTSBURGH. PA. May H, 1891, two May. 189«, wages instacks idle. creased 10 per cent NEDS ON MILLS. W1NCHENDEN, MASS. May 28. 1891, mills June 15, 1895, reduoclosed. tion of Aug. restored. t JAMES H. WINCHELI, A CO.. HAVERHILL. MASS. Aug. 8, 1891. closed March 10.1893. wages probable for three of TOO men increased 5 months: <V>0 men dfct: cents per case. LACK AW ANA IRON & STEEL CO., SCRANTON, PA. Aiig. 20, 1891, lower June. 1835, wages of mill shut down. 4.00J men increased 10 per eent COTTON MFG. ASS N, I'ALL RIVER. MASS. Sept. 3.-1891, wages April 22.189», reduoreduced 1<> per cent. tion of 1ISW restored. OLIVER iKON & STEEL CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. sf(pt. 3. 1891. plant to be closed until iron April. 1895, wares inbusipess improves. creased to $4.00 per - March 19. 1892,i 250 ton. furnaces idle. July .1, second inAug. li. D92, 10 per crease, the two cent, reduction in tin- amounting to 18 per ishifig department ac- cent cepted. HOWLAND PAPER CO.. MECHANICS FALLS, MB. Oct- 3. 1891, closed April. 189 , wages inpart of the time. creased 124 per cent BEAVER AND ECLIPSE MILLS, NORTH ADAMS, MASS. Oct IS. 1891, cotton April, 1895, wages inmill closed. creased 12 per cent UNION MILLS. PA8COAIG. R. I. Nov. 12. 1891, run- June. 1895. wages inning on short t,iine. * creased 5 per cent JONES & LAUGHLIN, PITTSBURGH, PA. Nov. 12,1891, reduced wages 10 per eent.; 503 men are affected. Feb. 29,1892,200 pud- May , 16. 1895, 4.000 tillers dismissed. men receive an inMarch 5,1892, 37 pud- crease of 5 to 10 per dling furnaces closed; cent, 200 men out Aug. 13,1892, closed; 4,009 men out. Mi REREAD BROS, ft CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. March 17. 1892, pud- May 13, 1895, 350 men dlers’ wages reduced receive an increase of from $5.59 to $5 per ton. 15 per cent STEWART IRON CO., SHARON. PA. April 7. 1892, furnace May, 1895, wages inNo. l out of blast. creased. IRON FURNACES, NEW CASTLE, PA. April 10,1892, notices May 2, 189 >, wages of of reduction in all fur- 500 men increased 30 nodes. per cent. NATIONAL TUBE WORKS, M KEESPORT, PA. April 25, 1892. works idle some months. August 11, 1892. re- May 8,1895, wages of duction of 10 per cent 5,000 men increased 10 in finishing depart- per cent, ment accepted. SLIGO IRON WORKS, PITTSBURGH. PA. April 26, 1892, mill May, 1895, wages inclosed; 303 men idle. creased 40 cents per ton. PENN. BOLT.& NUT WORKS. LEBANON, PA. May 5, 1892, 10-inch June, 1895, 1,090 men mill idle. receive 10 per cent increase. KNOXVIILE IRON CO., KNOXVILLE, TENS. May 15, 1892, idle June 12, 1895, wages some time. increased 10 per cent. CALUMET ft BE CL A MIN. CD.. CALUMET, MICH. July 15, 1892, three, May 27, 1895, -wages and possibly five of 2,500 men increased smelting furnaces 10 per cent closed. TILDES IRON MINES. GOGEBIC RANGE, WIS. Aug. 8, 1892, all mines, save the Ashland mine, under con- June 1,1845, 700 men trot of Wisconsin Cen- receive old rates, teal R R Co., closed; 2.000 men out CARNEGIE STEEL WORKS. BEAVER FALLS, PA Aug. 11. 1892, reduc- May 14, 1895, wages' tion of 10 per cent increased 10 per cent accepted. AMERICAN WIRE NAIL CO., ANDERSON, IND. Aug. <11, 1892, re- June 5. 1895, wages duction of 10 per cent of 1,090 men increased in finishing depart- 10 per cent ment accepted, SALEM WIRE NAIL CO., FINDLAT, O. Aug. 25,1892, closed; May 18, 1893, sever*. 400 men out r, thousand men receive Aug.. 27, 1892, Bell- an increase of 10 per aire, Ohio, furnace cent banked down: steel works closed.

Splendid Results from “Free Wool.” The great impulse and quickening which the Wilson “free wool” tariff and lower duties have given to American manufactories of woolen fabrics are daily becoming more and more evident. The demand for American raw wools un^er the new tariff has so increased that the price has risen about 2 cents per pound. During the eleven months ended with May last 185,231,341 pounds of wool (eleven-twelfths of which were by the Wilson law free of duty) were imported to meet the new and large demand of our expanding woolen industries. This vast amount exceeded by 136,-000,000 pounds the imports of the corresponding period of the previous year. In nine months ended May last 71,320,453 pounds of clothing wool were imported. The American people will save on their clothing and other woolen goods tens of millions of dollars every year through the operation of the Wilson tariff. Manufacturers are placed by it in the best position they ever occupied. Already labor also has begun tq profit by the Wilson tariff, and in forty woolen mills wages hrfve been reported advanced. “Protectionists” are dazed and dismayed by these splendid results of free trade in wooL—N. Y. Herald. False Predictions. Its foes are mad because the Wilson bill refuses to carry out their predicI tions that it would flood the country with importations. Through its provisions for free or low traw materials, it is giving our producers a fine foreign trade outlook.—Rome (X Y.) Sentinel

FARM AND GARDEN. EMPLOY THE CONVICTS. A BatSMtlon from Canada 'Worthy of Most Serious Consideration. One of the most serious problems before the practical prison reformers of the day is to proride profitable employment for the men under sentence. Idleness is bad for the prisoner, mentally, morally and physically. The Montreal Star suggests one way to get good roads, and at the same time solve the question, in the follow- j ing article: “Now, why not empty the prisons upon the roads? Not in any way or in any place that will make the prisoners feel the sting of disgrace. To pillory a man is a poor way to reform him. The chief end of the modern prison system must not be forgotten. We onght to graduate citizens and c not improved criminals from our jails, j But what better way to bring out his manhood than by letting him do work which he knows to be useful in the open air in a quiet country district where he seldom will see anyone and never anyone ivho knows him? Care should be taken, of course, in choosing the men for this work. It will not be expedient, to permit every prisoner sufficient liberty to do it as must be done here. We can have no chaingang ignominy about it. A chance to join these road-building parties might be made a reward for good conduct; so that it would have a double beneficial effect—one in the men who go and the other in the men who stay. The pub-lic-spirited phase of the scheme would appeal to some prisoners; for did not a prisonful down in New Brunswick ask leave to save a subscription out of their rations for the Newfoundland sufferers? The party could never be larger than the jail accommodations in the immediate neighborhood; and the fullest care must, of course, be taken to protect the. people from so much as the fear of trouble. A careful selection of the men to go would help to render this part of the task easy. The farmers would be rewarded with better roads; no industry would be interfered with, but, on the contrary, the marketing of the farmer's produce would be facilitated; the prisoners would be hugely benefited ip every way, and the greatest bar to prison reform removed. The extra cost, if anything, would be a mere bagatelle; and as there is no money to make roads, no one could object that men outside of prisons ought to be given the work. CHEAP GATE SPRING. One of the Few Devices of Its Kind That Has Given Satisfaction. A few years ago, I saw a description of a spring for a gate; I made one and applied it to* my gate, and it has given such good satisfaction that I send a drawing of it for publication. Take an old horse-rake tooth or a new one may be procured from a dealer in farm machinery, Heat the ends in the stove if not near a blacksmith shop; bend about three inches of one end back to go into the post on which the gate hangs, and bend the other end into the form of a hook. Fasten a rope or small chain to the gate about six inches from the back side—or further away if a stronger 3 spring is

A CHEAP GATE SPRING. needed—and attach it to the hook on the spring1. If at any time you wish to have the pate stay open, unhook the rope from the spring.—J. Ridley, in Rural New Yorker. Better Read Laws Needed. The road tax system of personal service or commutation is unsound as a principle, unjust in its operations, wasteful in its practices and unsatisfactory in its results. Some system should be devised, based upon property, and property owners should not be exempt on account of ape. As the case now stands, some families escape any road tax, year after year, all of the members beinp either too younp or too old, but they are abundantly able to do their share and use the roads quite as much or more than anyone. In the meantime their poorer neiphbors, tenants it may be, or younp men without land, must leave the crops in a critical condition, at the whim and convenience of the roadmaster, Often the worst piece of road is untouched and a bit suiting the roadmaster or, his friends is worked after a fashion.—Farm and Home. Cooperation In Fruit Culture. The possibilities of united effort in the line of fruit culture were shown in a recent article by a member of the Ontario Fruit Growers’ association. He recommended the meetinp together of ten. twenty or fifty farmers in a neighborhood. to form a “cooperatve society,” each one agreeing to plant within the next five years ten acres of orchard, the varieties to be few in number and all suited for ’shipment; to properly study and carry out the care of their trees, and when the time should come for fruit-bearing to unite in sending their apples forward under their own brand to the English market, having their evaporator for the windfalls, andv if necessary, their central frost and heat-proof storehouse at the central shipping point. The Horses Are Unanimous. ' Horses have said, since first the world began, “A hard smooth road's the noblest work ol —I* A W. JE ulietin.

CIGAR-CASE BEARER. Danger to the Orchards of the Country from n Sew Pest. A comparatively new pest of frail trees is the insect called the cigar-case bearer, which last year probably tanked next to the bad-moth in New York in destructiveness. Owing to its 6mall size and peculiar habits, the in* sect in any stage will be rarely noticed by a fruit-gTower, and yet the second one of the curious suits or cases which .. the little caterpillar wears is conspicuous enough to reveal its presence to the casual observer. It appears as a moth from about the middle of June until about the middle of July, and lays its eggs on the leaves of fruit trees. After a couple of weeks these hatch to minute caterpillars, which at once eat through the skin of the leaf and mine in the tissue, leaving a tiny transparent line behind them. After a couple of weeks or more they cut small bits out of the leaves and roll them Into minute tubes or cases within r\ i ^

CIGAR-CASE BEAKER. which tbey^pass the winter. They cease to feed about the middle of September and do not begin again until about the middle of April, having passed the winter attached to the twigs of the tree. After feeding awhile they make a second and larger case, shaped like a diminutive cigar, and from which they can stretch forth the forward part of the .body and, eating a circular hole large enough to admit the body, commence to.eat out the substance of the leaves, leaving the lower^ and upper skins intact. It still retairfs its cigar-shaped home and retires into it- when at rest or disturbed. In June they cease to feed, fasten themselves to the leaf and in a short tiroie enter the chrysalis stage, from whjieh the moths issue. These cigar-like objects can .be seen moving over the leaf of a plant, although scarcely more than one-fifth of an inch in length, and when disturbed the little creatures retreat into them. The first indication of the insect’s presence occurs on the swelling buds of apple, pear or plum trees. Two or three have often been seen on a single bud busily at work eating holes in them no larger than a pin. The work on the expanded foliage is seen in skeletonized dead areas, which have near their center a clear cut round hole through one skin, usually on the under side of the leaf. The caterpillars also often attack the growing fruit The Cornell station says that the insect can probably be kept in check by two or three thorough sprayings with paris green, if used at the rate of one pound to two hundred gallons of water. The first application which may be effectively combined with the Bordeaux mixture for the apple scab fungus, should be made as soon as the little cases are seen on the opening buds. A second and perhaps a third application may be necessary at intervals of from four to seven days on badly infested trees. These sprayings will also check the bud moth. It has also been found in Canada. that a kerosene emulsion spray applied at the same time as directed for paris green is a still more effective check upon the case-bearer, and will probably be so on the bud moth. In pear orchards this insect and the psylla can be checked by a spray of the same emulsion when the leaves age opening. It should be; remembered that a fruit tree ought never to be sprayed when in blossom, and that success in any case will depend almost entirely upon the thoroughness with which the work is done. —N. Y. World.

ORCHARD AND GARDEN. The skin of the banana makes a beautiful fiber from which fine cloth may be manufactured and the juice of the banana makes good vinegar. How many bushels per acre will blackberries yield, we are asked. They can be made to yield 100 bushels under favorable circumstances, as we recent* ly stated. The fruit growing possibilities of this country are immense, and it may almost be said that no sec tion has yet fully reached its limit of fruitgrowing possibilities. People sometimes write us that spraying for apple scab has not been effective, and in some instances we have ascertained, upon investigation, that the spraying was not thorough enough. The tree should lie thoroughly drenched with the Bordeaux mixture.—Farmer’s Voice. Butter Fat* from Whey. A new source of butter has been discovered by the Cornell college of agriculture. It is found in the whey, a waste product in cheese making, which has heretofore been only led to hogs, and not thought very good food for them. The discovery is a method by whieh the butter fats, always present in the whey, can be separated anu used__in making butter. The separator machine is used. The saving will be sufficient in a larg e cheese factory to pay for a separator in a short time. It means a saving to New York , dairymen of fully 81,000,000 worth of butter per year. The but ter made by this process is said to be of excellent luality.

Highest of zll in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov*t KepBrt It

SAID BY THE SCIENTISTS. A French medical authority asserts that death caused by a fall from a great height is absolutely painless. The mind acts very rapidly for a time, then unconsciousness ensues. Astronomers calculate that the surface of the earth contains 31,625,625 square miles, of which 23,814,121 are water and 7,811,504 are land, the water thus covering about seven-tenthS<rf the earth’s surface. y Ai.fred C. Lane writes that ten miles above the earth the cold is far below zero, while ten miles below the surface everything is red hot. This latter is not so certain. It is thought by some that the heat of the earth may be wholly due to absorption from the sun, and so may decrease after a certain depth has been reached. Music relieves muscular fatigue in man, says Prof. Tarchanoff, of St. Petersburg. who has been experimenting on the subject from a purely physiological standpoint. It helps to drive out carbonic acid in dogs and increases their consumption of oxygen; it also makes them perspire. He thinks it may be regarded as a serious therapeutic agent. ‘ ' NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. When flying at its highest speed the house ily makes 600 strokes of its wings per second and the dragon fly 11,500. A glow worm has a brush attached to its tail, because it is necessary that the back be kept clean in order to show its light. . The song of the English male skylark is best when the female is on the eggs. At such times he soars to great heights and sings rapturously. One of the most remarkable features of earthquake pulsations is their great duration. The originating earthquake may last, but a few seconds, while the ground at a distance may rock gently through a small angle for hours. It is not generally known that, size for size, a thread of spider silk is decidedly tougher than a bar of steel. An ordinary thread will bear a weight of three grains. This is just about fifty per cent, stronger than a steel thread of the same thickness. TIPS ON AMERICANS. George T. Angell, the well-known friend of dumb animals, is seventy-two years of age. The Most Sensitive Thing on Earth Is a human nerve. Thisin a state of health. Let it become overstrained or weakened, fnd the seusitiveuess is increased tenfold. or weak or overwrought nerves, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitter'S is the best tonic ill existence, since it invigorates and qhiets them at the sametime. It also possesses superlative efficacy indvspepsia, constipation, malarial and kidney complaints, rhuematism and neuralgia. Epocns of faith are epochs of fruitfulness; but epochs of unbelief, however glittering, aro barren of all permanent good.— Goethh. THE MARKETS, TOM 26* © ll 50 New York, August 19,1895 CATTLE^Natlve Steers.I 4 50 ©* 6 4i> COTTON—Middling. 7*© 7* FLOUR—Winter Wheat. too © 4 3S WHEAT-No. 2 Red..•. .. © CORN—No. 5. 43*© OATS—No. 2. 26 © PORK-New Mess. .. 11 00 SI’. LOUIS. COTTON—Mlddlinc. © BEEVES—Fancy Steers. R 00 © Medium. 3 50 © COGS—Fair to Select. 4 35 © SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 2 0> FLOCR—Patents. 3 35 Fancy to Extra do.. 2 90 i WHEAT—No. 2Red Winter... 6 * a 7H 5 85 5 10 1 85 3 15 3 45 3 20 *66* 85* 20 42 8 00 12 00 13 50 15 10* © to •* o © CORN-No. 2 Mixed OATS—No. 2 . RYE-No.2. -10 TOBACCO—Lugs. 300 Leaf Burley. 4 50 HAY—Clear Timothy...,.. 10 00 BUTTER—ChoiceDairy. 12 EGGS—Fresh ... .... PORK—Standard Mess.. ... BACON—Clear Rib .. 6*© LAUD— PrimeSteara. 43 CHICAUU CATTLE—Shipping..... ?75 $8 HOC*S— Fair to Choice. 4 40 © SHEEP—Fair to Choice........ 2 75 a FLOUR—Winter Patents..... 8 25 © Spring Patents.. 340 © WHEAT—No. 2 Spring. 65*© No 2Red... 65*Q CORN-No, *. 39 O OATS—No 2. .. O PORK—Mess (new). 9 87*© 10 00 KANSAS Cl I’Y CATTLE—Shipping Steers.... 3 75 a HOGS—All Grades. 4 4 ) © WHEAT—No.2 Red. 69 OATS-No 2. CORN—No 2.. .. NEW ORLEANS FLOUR—HighGrade . 3 50 © CORN—No. 2. 49 © OATS—Western. . 28 HAY—Choice. 17 0J PORK—New Mess . BACON—Sides.. COTTON—Middling. 7 LOUISVILLE WHEAT—No. 2Rod (new) ... 69 CORN—No 2 Mixed... 38 OATS—No. 2 Mixed. 23 PORK—New Mess.... 10 25 BACON—Clear Rib.. 7* <jt COTTON—Middling.. a 23-4© « no 5 (H 3 50 3 75 4 0> P.6* 66* 39* 20* 5 55 4 75 70 19 54 375 50 © 29 © 19 00 © 10 62* © 6* © 7* © 70* © 39* © 24* © 10 75 ‘X 94

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