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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
9
Market data shows a calm session with lemons to potatoes and fruit prices mostly flat. Quotes from growers and sellers include figs, peaches, plums, berries, flour and feed, dairy cuts, meats, and produce with several items unchanged from prior listings.
Cattle receipts 2500 with steady beeves 4.35 to 7.50. hogs 14000 with price gains 7.35 to 8.00. sheep 10000 with stable bids natives 23.10 to 5.10, westerns 3.25 to 5.15, lambs 4.50 to 7.85. Prices by class and region noted.
Cattle receipts reach 3 000 with prices from 4.40 to 7.50 for beeves and 2.40 to 6.30 for stockers. Texans fetch 4 to 5.65, westerns 4 to 6. Horse receipts 13 000 strong with light 7.50 to 8.05 and heavy 7.30 to 8.15. Sheep receipts 12 000 steady with natives 3 to 5.30 and lambs 4.50 to 7.75.
The New York market opened with profit taking and declines from fractions to a full point driven by bear pressure. Union Pacific and Steel were among firm performers while Union Pacific common weakened. Pennsylvania rose over a point as initial losses reversed in early trading. By noon Union Pacific drew interest amid talk of pending developments and heavy brokerage buying ahead of banking interests. Early afternoon saw no standout mover but a renewed rise lifted United States Rubber by four points as the list firmed then closed irregularly with a persistent bull tone acknowledged by traders.
Kansas City market notes cattle receipts about 2 000 with steady prices across segments. Native steers fetch 4.50 to 7.50 dollars, hogs average 7.55 to 7.80 for bulk, sheep listings rise to 4.25 to 5.25 for ewes and 6.00 to 7.75 for lambs.
A bold ad agency rejects time contracts and urges clients to switch if better results can be delivered elsewhere. It touts profits superiority, claims a high paid Copy Chief and a team who outsell rivals to justify keeping accounts only if performance stays ahead.
The report lists cash wheat and corn prices by grade, including No 2 red at about 1.01 to 1.02 dollars, No 2 yellow corn around 69 cents, No 2 white oats near 38 percent, and related figures for other grades and markets in Chicago.
Cattle receipts total 2 000 with ranges by class from 4.35 to 7.50 for beeves and 3.10 to 5.15 for stockers. Hog receipts at Hoge total 11 000 with light 7.45 to 8. Cowboys, mixed 7.35 to 8.08. Sheep receipts 8 000 with natives 3.20 to 5.20 and lambs 4.75 to 8.10.
Chicago August 13 price list shows cheese ranges for twins and young Americas, butter creamery extras and firsts, eggs at firsts and seconds, new potatoes by choice, market steady, live poultry prices for turkeys, ducks, geese, and fowls.
The Chicago wheat market opened at yesterday's close with light trading. Corn started steady to 3-8 cents lower on more rains in northern Illinois. Oats were lightly traded with some selling. Provisions were easier and slow. At noon September wheat edged down slightly, then closed sharply higher, gaining nearly a cent. corn and oats rose in sympathy.
Farmers anticipate a bumper harvest with rains favorable for harvest, threshing, and binding though cautious about possible unexpected weather. The report notes optimistic yields and early crop prospects depending on growing conditions and seasonal patterns.
Reports from La Crosse indicate optimistic views on the bumper harvest across Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota. Farmers expect yields surpassing 200000000 bushels with grain well filled and per acre production above prior years despite sporadic heat rain and hail. Harvesting is in full swing and railways pledge to move the crop. frost remains a minor risk with frost danger receding. North Dakota yields forecast around twenty bushels per acre for wheat and oats in some areas up to sixty to eighty bushels per acre.
The Boscobel fair faced heavy rain but will run through the week to compensate. Prairie du Chien La Farge game was canceled and Muscoda defeated Garena 5 to 3 before thousands. Attendees include Emmett Hagerty and local officials. Hibbing teachers appointed. Kennedy to marry next month. A C Wallin noted in telegram.
A string of social notes lists visits by Rev W Lawler and relatives at St Gabriel's parish house and Schroeder home, trips to Chicago and Milwaukee, and a lightning strike on the Philip Weigner home in the Third ward damaging the telephone and chimney but injuring no one. The round of travel includes Miss Minnie Hurlbut in Eastman, Miss Violet Gousma in St Paul, and Elmer Wright's month long Pacific coast trip.
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