The number of failures reported in the United States during the past seven days was 287, and for Canada 30, a total of 317, against 425 for the previous week, a reduction of 108. The greatest reduction in failures is at the East.
Money in Chicago is worth 5@6 per cent on call.
Eastern exchange is firm at 60@70c per $1,000.
4’s coupons, 1907 |Q. Apr.| 123¼ 4’s reg., 1907 |Q. Apr.| 123¼ 4½’s coupon, 1891 |Q. Mar.| 114⅛ 4½’s registered, 1891 |Q. Mar.| 114⅛ 3’s registered |Q. Mar.| 100
The Chicago grain markets were quiet on Monday. Wheat took the lead and the market closed about half a cent higher than on Saturday. Foreign advices were favorable; rain was reported in California, and the New York quotations were better.
Receipts of grain of all kinds were comparatively light.
Flour was quiet at the following quotations:
Choice to favorite white winters $5 40@5 50 Fair to good brands of white winters 4 75@5 00 Good to choice red winters 5 25@5 50 Prime to choice springs 4 75@5 00 Good to choice export stock, in sacks, extras 4 25@4 50 Good to choice export stock, double extras 4 50@4 65 Fair to good Minnesota springs 4 50@4 75 Choice to fancy Minnesota springs 5 25@5 75 Patent springs 6 00@6 50 Low grades 2 25@3 50
WHEAT.—Red winter, No. 3, 90½; car lots of spring, No. 2, in store sold at 91@91¼c; No. 3, do. 85@86.
CORN.—Moderately active. Car lots No. 2, 52½@52½c; rejected, 43@44; new mixed, 48@50c.
BARLEY.—No. 2, 55@60 in store; No. 3, f.o.b. 53c.
TIMOTHY.—$1 30@1 33 per bushel. Little doing.
PROVISIONS.—Mess pork, February, $14 75@14 78 per bbl; Green hams, 10½c per lb. Short ribs, $7 65 per cwt.
Lumber unchanged. Quotations for green are as follows:
Short dimension, per M $ 9 50@10 00 Long dimension, per M 10 00@11 50 Boards and strips, No. 2 11 00@13 00 Boards and strips, medium 13 00@16 00 Boards and strips, No. 1 choice 16 00@20 00 Shingles, standard 2 10@ 2 20 Shingles, choice 2 25@ 2 30 Shingles, extra 2 40@ 2 60 Lath 1 65@ 1 70
NOTE.—The quotations for the articles named in the following list are generally for commission lots of goods and from first hands. While our prices are based as near as may be on the landing or wholesale rates, allowance must be made for selections and the sorting up for store distribution.