14

Jan.

72 35

Dec. 124

June

Jan.

322 Feb. 52

Metropolitan Street..

Mexican Central (Bost. Ex.) 100 Low

Mexican National Ctfs...

Michigan Central..

Minneapolis & St. L, new.. 100 Low

Minneapolis & St. L. 2d pf 100 Low

Missouri, Kansas & Texas. 100 Low

100 High.
Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High.

100 Low
100 High.
100 Low

14 Jan. Mar. 28% Dec. Jan. 45 Aug. 22 Mar 33 Dec. 464 Dec. 52% Apr. Aug. 18 June 24 Nov. 32

29% Apr. 404 Sept.

25 Jan 32 Aug

150

100 High.
50 Low
50 High.. 166%
100 Low
100 High..

Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High.

100 Low
100 High..
Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High..
100 Low

100 High.

Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High.

New York Air Brake...... 100 Low

do 100 High. N. Y. Cent, & Hud. River. 100 Low do 100 High.. N. Y., Chicago & St. L... 100 Low 100 High. 1st pref. 100 Low

do do

do

do

do

N. Y. & Harlem....

do

Jan.

June 44 Aug. 49 Dec, 80 Feb. Aug. 1621 June 1672s Jan. 176 Jan. 125% June 1918 Jan Feb. 17328 Dec. 180s Dec. 187s Nov. 145 Dec. 1974 Apr. 30% Aug. 31 Dec. 23 June 37 Jan. 522 Dec. 62 40% Nov. 46 May 94% Aug. 89 Dec. 79% June 92 Jan. 106 Dec. 107% Jan. 96 Feb. 103% Nov, 16 Aug. 21% Feb. 26 Mar. 22 Dec. 15% Aug. 15 Mar. 28% Apr. 44 Sept 39% Aug. 40% Jan. 284 Feb 25% June 75 Aug. 88% Feb. 99 Apr 103 Dec. 83 Aug 92% Nov. 109 Sept. 1141⁄2 Dec. 115 Jan. 106 Feb. Dec. 20 June 37 Jan. Apr. 53% Feb.

do 100 High.. 80 Jan. 81

2d pref. 100 Low

do 100 High.
50 Low

20 Aug 24 Feb. 35% Apr. 43% 285 Feb. 295s 50 High.. 300 Feb. 325 Dec. 352s Oct. 390s Mar. 420 N. Y.. Lack, & Western..100 Low 100% Aug. 1198 Jan. 120s Apr. 12914 Jan. 130 do 100 High.. 120 Mar. 128s Nov. 138s Mar 135 Jan. 122s N. Y.. N. H. & Hartford..100 Low 160 July 160 Feb. 1788 Jan. 198s Jan. 207 100 High.. 186 Feb. 1852 Sept. 201 Dec. 222 Apr. 215 N. Y.. Ontario & Western. 100 Low 12 Apr. 13 Apr. 18% Jan. 18 11% Aug. do 100 High.. 16% Nov. -20% Sept. 19 Dec. 27 Mar 32 North American Co.......100 Low 3% Apr. 3% Aug. 4 Jan. 13% 6% Jan. 6% Aug. 74 Dec. 6% Feb. 17% Nov 22 Dec.

93% June

31%

63

60%

Apr.

85

May

79

June 90

Jan.

99%

22
312

Dec. 14
Aug. 120

88 Aug. 92
99% Feb. 115

Feb. 105

9 Aug. 11 Feb.
15
Jan.
17%
67% July 67%

Sept, 124

Apr. 110
Scpt. 230
Mar. 120
Dec. 144
Ap. 11%

Aug. 97
Dec 112

Feb. 120

Apr.

Sept 133

July

Sept

Dec. 57%

Sept.

Feb.

June 100

Feb.

Sept,

28 Sept. 404 Feb. 320s

Sept. 1764 May 1854 Mar. 198
Nov. 1872 Dec. 199 Dec. 212

Jan. 2004

Dec. 205

Jan.

May 2094 May 212

Apr.

34% June 38 May 46 May 52
481% Sept. 54

Feb.

79 Dec. 841⁄2 Apr. 822 Sept. 89

Nov. 62 Nov. 78

Dec.

Feb.

91

June 90 Feb

904 Dec. 103% Dec.

57

Nov. 58% July 57 May 62 Jan.

69

Sept. 68% Nov.

60% Oct. 83 Nov.

/ Apr. 9 Apr. 11% Apt.
12 Nov. 17 Sept. 19% Dec.
4% May 22 May 421 Mar
do 100 High..19% Nov. 48% Dec. 63% Dec.
100 Low 124 Dec. 11 Apr. 35% Jan.
100 High. 14 Dec. 22% Dec. 61 Aug
Pref. 100 Low
30% Dec. 32% Jan. 651⁄2 v Mar
36 Nov. 61% Dec 78v Nov.

do 100 High.. Old Colony R.R. (Bost. Ex.) 100 Low

170
100 High. 180
100 Low
100 High.

do

Pacific Coast Co...

do

do

1st pref. 100 Low

do

do

do

do 100 High. 2d pref. 100 Low do 1100 High.

42 Jan. 45 Sept. 77

do

do

do

do

Pitts.. Ft. W. & Chi,

do

Pressed Steel Car..

HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES OF STOCKS, 1896-1901.-Continued.

1897.

Stocks.

Par.

Pacific Mail S. S. Co..... 100 Low
do
100 High..
Penn. R. R Co. (Phil, Ex.) 50 Low
do
50 High.
100 High..
100 Low
100 High..

1896.
15% Aug.
31 Feb.

394 Sept.

49% Aug

51% May

544 Apr.

59% Sept.

3

People's G.L. & C.Co. (Chi). 100 Low

do

Peoria & Eastern......

Pitts., Cin.. Chi, & St. L.. 100 Low

24 Jan. 21 Apr. 35 Dec. 25 June 30% May 46 Dec. 55 Jan. 57 Nov. 492 Nov. 55% Apr. 61 Jan. 124% Sept. 137x May 61% Dec 70 Jan. 140% Dec 1612 Apr. 91 Nov. 862 Mar. 902 Dec. 81% Oct. 95% Jan, 97% Dec, 112 Nov. 1291⁄2 Apr. 1111⁄2 Apr. 1202 June Jan. 5 Apr. 3% Oct. 4 May 5 June 14% Jan. 71⁄2 Nov. 8% Aug. 5% Fev. 7% 18 Dec. 50 Sept. 11 Aug. 111⁄2 Mar. 38% Jan. 43 184 Feb. 39% Dec. 63% Dec. 88 40% Aug. 44% June 57 Mai. 80 59 Feb. 70% Oct. 841⁄2 Dec. 100 150 Aug. 150s May 1688 Feb. 180 100 High.. 166 Dec. 17228 Aug. 176s Dec. 190 100 Low

do 100 High.. Guar. 100 Low

do

100 High..

61

Aug. 58 Jan 54

321⁄2 Sept. 30 Mar.

Jan.

do

Pref. 100 Low

75

Dec.

70% Sept. 72% Mar.

100 High..

91

Sept. 89% Nov 89 Apr.

Pullman Palace Car Co...

100 Low

138

do

100 High..164

Aug. 152 Jan. 132 Nov. 156
Feb 185 Sept. 216
July 207

Jan 176 June 195%

Jan.

Reading Co..

50 Low

2%

Jan.

16% Apr. 15% Mar

do

50 High.

29% Sept.

50 Low..

381⁄2 Apr.

50 High..

57% Sept.

222 Apr. 17% 35% Sept. 29 Dec. 175s Oct. 182 Dec. 185 Jan. 1868

Pref. 100 Low

do 100 High..

16

100 High.
Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High..

181⁄2

Feb. 32 Aug.

39

118

621⁄2

Jan. 122
Nov. 51%

70

Feb.

65

Dec. 215 16 Dec. 8% June 114 33% Sept. 27 Feb. 24 60% Dec 49 Aug. 79 Aug. 70% Feb Feb. 14 Jan. 23 25% Jan. 43 Jan. Feb. 25% Sept. 44 Nov. 80 Jan. 258 May 50% Mar. 66 Jan. 80 46% Feb. 61%1⁄2 Dec. 69% Aug. 9012 Nov. 954 108 Sept. 116s Mar. 11643 Mar 1282s Jan. 130 Dec. 128 Dec 135s Nov. 136 Aug. 56 May 58% Dec. 592 Jan. 60% Sept. 65 Apr. 66 3 June 5% Dec. 3 9% Sept. 84 Feb.

Oct. 204 15% Dec. 23% Jan. 25 Jan. 36 Mar. 424 Dec. 54% Dec. 68% Apr. 71% Dec. 82% Dec. Oct. 22 Dec. 23% Sept. 38 Jan. Jan. 38 Mar 39% Dec. 61% Jan. 1868 Jan. 193 Aug. 215 Oct. 2008 Dec 200

Dec. 225 Oct.

15

Sept. 24

Jan.

26

Dec.

58

Dec.

49

Jan.

65

May

Dec.

Oct.

Oct.

38

May 384

May

55 Oct.

54% Dec.

63 June 55

Jan

6412 Dec.

78%1⁄2 June

10% July

13 Dec. 9

June

11% June 17

Dec.

do 100 High.

20

Sept.

231 Jun.

Apr.

6f Mar.

8%

9

Aug.

941 Nov

14%

37 June

522 Mar

64

May

Dec.

59% Dec.

Dec.
Feb. 24 Dec. 56%
64 Sept. 75

21% Dec.
8 June 21

36

June

Jan.

Dec.

July

701 Nov. 75%

Jan.

78 Dec 88 Mar.

12 Dec.

12 Api.

22% Feb

28

Dec.

14% Dec.

27% Dec.

351 Nov. 44

Jab.

1 Apr.

2% Aug.
5 Feb.
6/2
13 Feb.
8% Dec.
12 Nov.
14 Nov.
22

3 Jan.

7 Aug.

7%

3% Apr.

Aug

14 Sept.

Dec 74 Mar. 18 Dec.

184 Aug.
17 Jan.

13 Jan.

23% Sept

2 Dec. 3 Jan.
11 Jan.
10%
12
35 Dec. 44/4

40% Aug.

Aug.
Apr.

6 Sept 412 Mar. 15 Nov. 10 Jan. 8% 27 May 30 June! 29 May

June

Nov.

45% Dec. 63%

June

7 Apr.

12 Sept. 101 Dec.

Apr. 10

May

10% June 18 Jan.

23% Dec.

35% June

22 Apr.

100 High..
Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High..
100 Low
100 High. 12
160
100 High..
181

23 Mar 40% Jan.
38% Sept. 43% Dec.
58% Nor.
17 May
35% Sept.

49% June

674 Jan.

65s

80s

5

14%

Jan. 155 Jan.
Aug. 160
Apr.
8% Mar. 12 Dec. 13%
Aug. 20% Dec. 25% Mar 26
May 145 Oct. 117% Dec. 45%
Dec 1942 Feb. 242
173
Feb. 135%
Dec. 16% Jan. 38 Jan. 61
Dec. 36% Dec. 73
Apr. 70%
Dec. 10
Mar. 25

17 Mar. 36 Jan. 49 Oct.
38 Dec. 126 Sept. 104 Feb
Apr. 80s Aug. 111
July 105 Dec 150

73%

Dec.

Feb.

Jan 23 Jan.

Dec. 52 May

Mar. 117 May

Jan. 129% Jan.

July 6534 Jan.

Dec. 109% Dec.

174

June 12

Apr

45

do

Pref. 100 Low

do 100 High..
100 Low
100 High.

do

do

Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High.

do

United States Express Co.. 100 Low

United States Leather.... 100 Low

100 High.

71 Dec. 564 May 65 Apr. 89 Mar. Apr. 23* Mar. 384 June Oct. 36% Feb. 511% Dec. 45% Mar. 66% Dec. 74% Mar. 842 Jan 38s Apr. 45s

Dec.

July

51⁄2 July 64

May

do

do

do

100 High. Pret, 100 Low do 100 High.

11% Feb. 10
41% Aug. 50

Aug.

87 May

Apr. 53 Mar.

69% Feb. 72

Sept

75% Dec.

United States

Rubber.... 100 Low

14

Aug 10

do

100 High.

29

do

do

Pref. 100 Low
do 100 High.

June 74 Mar. Jan. 64% Dec. 65 June 84% Nov. June 144 Mar. 37% Dec. 21 Jan. 25 Jan. 482 Aug. 57 Apr. 44 50 July 60 Mar. 99% Dec. 74% 76% Jan. 113 Dec. 121 July 1044

Jan.
June 7
40 Nov 19

Feb. 19% June

77% Feb.
75% Dec.
44% Jan. 76 May
81% Dec 133 May
70% June 81% Jan.
85% Dec. 991 May
45 Mar. 53s Jan.
594 Dec. 100 Apr.

16% May

692 May

794

Nov.

834 Aug.

July

12 Oct.

Jan.

34 Jan.

Dec.

47

Oct.

Jan. 85

Jan.

United States

Steel..... 100 Low

24

May

do

100 High.

55

Apr

do

Pref. 100 Low

69

May

do

do 100 High..

Wabash Railroad.

100 Low

42

do

100 High.

8

do

Pref. 100 Low

11

do

do 100 High.

do

Wells, Fargo & Co....... 100 Low 100 High. Western Union Tel. Co.... 100 Low

101
724 Aug

do

100 High.

90%

6%
Aug. 4% Mar 64 Mar. 61% Dec. 14
Nov. 94 Sept. 9% Aug. 8% Jan.
Aug.
1112 Apr. 1414 Mar 19 May
16
19 Feb. 24% Sept. 24/4 Aug. 25% Apr 27
80 Aug.
978 Jan. 1128 May 120 Dec. 120
Feb. 120s Jan. 131 Dec. 135% Sept. 140
75% May 824 Mar. 82 Dec. 77% June 81
96 Sept. 95% Aug. 984 Jan. 882

NOV.

June 130s Jan.
Dec. 1998 Dec
Jan.
Jan. 100% May

Mar. 101%

Apr.

Dec. 11

Jan.

26

June

Sept. 23

Jan.

Dec 46% June

*All assessments paid. (a) First assessment paid. (b) Second assessment paid. (c) Third assessment paid. (d) Fourth assessment paid. (e) Fifth assessment paid. ↑ Trust certificates. § Trust. Ex-rights. Reorganization certificates. (v) Voting trust certificates. (c) Company. Assented. (n) New stock. (x) Ex-dividend. (s) Small lots. (1) Stock cornered.

The Produce Market.

PRICES OF MESS PORK FOR 34 YEARS.

The following table shows the lowest and highest cash prices for Mess Pork in the Chicago market for the past 34 years, and the months in which extreme prices were reached:

1868 January 1869 January.

Range
for the entire
year.

$19.62 $30.00
27.00

Months the highest prices were reached

[October.

1872 March.

11.05

16.00

July

13.622 April.

1891 December.

7.45

13.00 May.

1875 January..

17.70

23.50

October,

15.05 December.

1876 October..

1893 August.

10.25

21.80 May.

January.

1894 March.

10.67%

January.

7.2714 13.75

December.

14.57% September.

12.872 May.

January.

1880 April.

9.371⁄2 19.00 October.

1897 December.

1881 January.

12.40

20.00

September.

1898 December

7.75

12.70

May.

1882 March.

1883 Sept. and Oct.

10.20

20.15

May.

1900 February.

10 10

16.00

1884 December..

October.
December.

The following table shows the lowest and highest cash prices for prime steamed Lard in the Chicago market for the past 34 years, and the month in which the extreme prices were reached:

Years.

Months the

1868 January.

1869 Octo. and Nov.

1870 December. 1871 Nov. and Dec.

1872 December..

1873 November.

Range

Months the highest prices were reached.

February.

April.

1891 February.
1892 January
1893 August.
1894 March.
1895 December.

Months the

lowest prices

were reached.

1885 October....

$5.822 $7.10

1886 May..

5.822

1887 June and Oct..

6.20

1888 January.

7.25

1889 December.

5.75

1890 December.

5.50

5.47/2

7.05

6.05

10.60

6.00

13.20

The following table shows the lowest and highest prices for No. 2 Corn in the Chicago market for the past 34 years, and the months in which extreme prices were reached:

PRICES OF OATS FOR 34 YEARS

The following table shows the lowent and highest prices of Oats for the past 34 years, and the months in which the extreme prices were reache:

The following table shows the highest and lowest prices for No. 2 Spring Wheat in the Chicago market for the past 34 years, and the months in which extreme prices were reached:

THE WORLD'S WHEAT CALENDAR.

With Amount of Wheat Harvested Per Month Throughout the Year.

The harvest of the wheat crop of the world is going on constantly.

.88% December.

It changes its location with the changing seasons. The following presents briefly its course of travel, with approximately the total amount of wheat, in bushels, produced by the countries named, based on returns for 1901:

May-Morocco, ; Algiers, 25,000,600; Tunis, 6,400,000; Tripoli, -; Central Asia, 9,645,000; China, --; Japan, 20,000,000; Texas, 6,062.021. June-California, 34,743,111; Spain, 108,000,000; Portugal, 8,000,000; Italy, 147,560,000; Greece, 3,000,000; Oregon, 17,158,065; Alabama. 1,155,256; Georgia, 3,042,167; Kansas, 99,079,304; Colorado, 7,531,756; Missouri, 31,137,097.

July-France, 304,210,000; Austria-Hungary, 184,216,000; Roumania, 72,386,000; Southern Russia, 401,722,000; Nebraska, 42,006,885; Minnesota. 80,102.627; New England, 209,889; Upper Canada, 22,194,000. August-England and Ireland, 55,581,000; Belgium. 12.920.000; German, 91,817,000; Holland, 4,300,000; Denmark, 3,000,000; Poland, 14,409,000. Manitoba, 52,094,000; Lower Canada, 16,000,000; British Columbia,

September-Scotland, ; Sweden, 4,310,000; Norway, 300,000.

October-Northern Russia (the whole European Russian crop is given with Southern Russia); Siberia, 16.November-Peru, ; Southern Africa, 2,000,000.

504,000.

December-Burmah,; New Zealand, 6,733,000; Chile, 9,000,000.
January-Australia, 56,610,000; Agentina, 74,753,000.

February-India, 245,751,000.

March-Upper Egypt (the whole Egyptian crop is given under Lower Egypt).

April-Lower Egypt, 12,000,000; Mexico, 9,000,000; Turkey, 22,000,000; Persia, 15,200,000; Asia Minor, 30,000,000.

ACREAGE AND CHICAGO CASH PRICE OF WHEAT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1866-1901.