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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
2
Chicago wheat prices surged with December futures near 1.02 dollars as buyers entered the market. Reports note mixed sentiment, large export activity, and strong Minneapolis and Liverpool results, while colder western weather steadies prices and weekly stock data hint at declines ahead.
A late September bank statement lists assets including loans and discounts, securities, and cash items. It details notes from other banks, reserve agents, and a vast array of commodities and occurs with New York market quotes for flour, wheat, corn, and other staples, alongside Indianapolis market figures and cash balance certification.
Wheat futures moved with mixed signals as Chicago manipulation cited for openings, cash and near months steady around 1.02, May near 1.00. December slipped to 1.03 back, June figures fluctuated, and clover seed markets also softened later. Dry weather and depleted stocks buoyed maize while oats barely changed.
New York September 25 professional market operators believe a Standard Oil connected group dominates a stock market effort. Observers watch Union Pacific moves for signs of the supposed dominion. Reports also note copper and Westinghouse activity, foreign cash shifts, wheat and flour exports, and a steady money market with prime mercantile paper and sterling rates.
Fort Wayne wholesale and retail markets show varied pricing. Elgin creamery tubs 2 percent yogurt valued, dairy butter and process butter quoted, eggs, potatoes, and apples listed with per dozen or per bushel rates. Several figures for poultry, wheat, cornmeal, and lard included. Commission houses publish multiple price lines for meat, dairy, produce, and grains with regional trader references.
Chicago wholesale prices show hogs in steady demand yet cattle and sheep prices slide. Prime hogs top near 7.45 dollars with large arrivals and heavy shipp ing interest from Armour Swift and New Haven buyers. Cattle receipts around 50,000 with declines for many classes. sheep and lamb markets softer, though prime lambs quote around 8.40.
The report lists sheep buying at 2.25 to 3.90, yearlings at 3.85, with market activity slow and varying carloads. Prices for calves, pigs, and lambs appear across multiple cities including East Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Ogden with notes of steady to lower trend and several price points such as sheep and lambs around 4.00 to 10.05 and calves near 5.00.
Markets heavy yesterday as workers stirred with rush and receipts ran high all day. Potatoes arrived by wagonload causing a price drop from six fifty to seven. Creamery butter rose to about twenty five to twenty six cents per pound and apples fell to a quarter per peck. Farmers near finish of fall plowing. week offers first chance to bring products to market.
Local market men express optimism that trading will stay brisk beyond the unusually active period of the past month, anticipating sustained steadiness and stronger activity in the weeks ahead.
A list of fluctuating basket market retail prices for produce and dairy items. Includes green beans 12c per quarter peck, New potatoes 20c a peck, cucumbers home grown 6 7 1 8 a dozen, green peppers 5 for 3c, cantaloupes 3 5c each, peaches 1.40 1.65 a bushel, creamery butter 20c per pound, spring chickens 45c each, fresh eggs 39 per dozen, and other seasonal items with varied unit measures.
Receipts at the city scales yesterday show twenty four loads of hay five loads of oats and five loads of corn. Hay sold from 1 to 10 dollars a ton oats from 49 to 51 cents a bushel old corn 85 cents a bushel and new corn 60 to 65 cents per bushel.
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