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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
6
Chicago buyers saw higher prices for prime cattle with a top 7.50 for yearlings and 6.70 for heifers, while undergrade steers fell about 10 cents. Hogs held steady as receipts rose. lamb prices hit a yearly high at 8.35, but overall market softened. Cattle and hog totals: 29,000 cattle 41,000 hogs 18,000 sheep.
Logansport stock market lists hogs at 5.60 to 5.75 for various weights and steers from 3.75 to 4.50 per hundredweight. Country produce shows butter and eggs around 12 to 25 cents, with potatoes about 60 to 75 cents. Regional corrections cite multiple firms including McCaffrey Co and J. H. Foley Co along with Royal Centre and New Waverly daily updates on grains and poultry.
In Chicago trading on March 30 wet winter wheat weather in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma weighed on values with May wheat near 93% to 93 1/4 cents and a closing lower. Corn rose as wheat softened while oats and provisions showed mixed to higher moves amid bullish corn factors and steady receipts in Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth.
Trade reports show scarce sheep and lambs with not enough to set new prices. Buyers noted larger receipts could have moved at satisfactory prices. A few clipped sheep sold at 5.00. lambs up to 8.00, yearlings 6.50, and old sheep 5.50.
Chicago market readings list spring wheat No. 2 at 97 cents per bushel No. 3 92 and 1.05 for other grades No. 2 red 92 4% to 93% cents No. 2 corn 65 to 64 cents No. 2 yellow 65% to 64% No. 2 oats 52 to 53 cents Timothy seed 4.65 dollars Clover contracts 24.00 Pork 13.62 to 13.75 per barrel Lard 8.45 Butter 22 to 28 cents Creameries 22 to 28 cents Dairies 20 to 26 cents Eggs steady.
Indianapolis March 30 hog receipts 2000, cattle 650, sheep 50. Prices firm with a 10 to 15 cent advance on wholesale hogs, sales mostly at 6.10 to 6.15 per hundredweight. Good cattle in demand locally with steady prices. steer trade steady, heifers weaker, feeding stock inquiry strong.
New York March 30 The dry goods market opened quiet for the week. Orders by mail were generally light though they came from all parts of the country. Wool dress goods for fall are in better call and high class worsteds better but low lines for spot use or fall are very quiet. Cotton goods show little or no increase in activity. Cotton yarns opened the week very quiet. Raw silk is easier in foreign markets but generally unchanged here and in light demand. Jobbers reported a fair trade.
New York on March 30 reports a quiet open with futures down 56 points and slipping to a 100 point intraday loss as European cables press selling. Close was 10 lower with 13 000 bags traded including March at 5.65 to 5.75 and other months quoted between 5.70 and 5.95, spot steady for Rio and Santos values.
Live stock prices list good to choice steers and weights from 1,150 to 1,300 pounds. Prices shown include 6 35, 6 65, 6 75 and 6 25 to 6 75 per hundredweight for various grades and weights.
Buffalo on March 30 reports cattle receipts at 3,500 with strong demand for export steers at 6.50 to 7.00, shipping steers 5.75 to 6.50, butcher steers 5.50 to 6.50, heifers 4.50 to 6.00, cows 4.00 to 5.50. Hogs receipts 13,000 with mixed, medium and heavy at 6.30 to 6.35, Yorkers 6.25 to 6.30, pigs 5.15 to 5.85. Sheep and lambs receipts 12,000 top lambs 8.75 to 8.90, yearlings 7.50 to 7.90, sheep 4.00 to 7.25.
Flour steady in Cincinnati on March 30. Wheat No 2 red easy at 98 cents. Corn No 2 mixed at 65 64 cents. Oats No 2 mixed at 53 44 to 54 cents. Sugar firm.
Toledo reports cash and future prices for clover seed with March at 13.85, March 13.35, April 13.10, October 7.50. Timothy prime 2.15 and Alsike prime 12.40.
Loganport Grain Market reports a daily price, wheat at 89 cents, new dry corn at 80 cents, with Bishor Elevator Co. providing corrections. Subscribers are urged to call office or phone 312 to request desired information for buying and selling guidance.
Walton residents traveled to Kokomo and Deer Creek while funeral observances marked the week. Maurice Vernon visited Claire Kepner. Nora Apple spent Sunday with her sister. A daughter blessed Mr. and Mrs. Manford Coleman Sunday morning. Chas and Thomas Lowry of Logansport visited Walton. Joe Bauman entertained his sister in Plymouth. Wm Wilson and wife attended a funeral for his nephew at Onward. Otto Munson and wife attended a funeral in Lincoln for his great uncle Hiatt. Mrs. Dora Drake and Mrs. S V Sillasby visited Mrs. C Duckworth in Logansport. Walton Odd Fellows members attended Mart Geward’s funeral at Deer Creek. Mrs. Nelson joined dinner with Mrs. Vernon. Carl Phiele hosted several families for Sunday dinner.
A meeting at the bank Saturday night organized a baseball team. Officers elected: Rev W C Grinnell president, Theodore Sweet secretary, Jesse Hand treasurer, Jesse Conn field manager. Ground committee consists of Henry Lutes Theodore Sweet and Jesse Hand. T J Beckley is quite ill with the grip.
Declining traffic from interurban competition trends toward tearing up the suburban Pennsylvania tracks between Jeffersonville and New Albany. The Louisville to New Albany segment remains in use by the Monon route. Tracks have sat unused since the war. the city plans Sixth Street improvements and the railroad, earning little revenue, resists the assessment.
The regular meeting of Wabash Valley lines officials was held here today. General Manager Emmons, Transportation Superintendent Gunn and Superintendents Raver and Hardy attended. They visited the park and arranged to open it about May 1.
William H. Godman files a suit in Ft Wayne against the Ft Wayne and Wabash Valley for 5000. He alleges he was thrown from a car at a railroad crossing and has suffered hemorrhages since the accident.
S Rosenberg freight agent at the Vandalia has returned from a tour of the South visiting Galveston Houston Brownsville and other Texas cities. He speaks enthusiastically about the climate and business climate in Texas.
Twelve switchmen have been laid off in the past month with five released Saturday. They were not regular men but on the extra list. Only two crews work Sundays instead of three, with one crew taking a vacation every third Sunday.
W B Ford a Logansport visitor. Dean McDonald visiting relatives at Peru. Born to Charles Fry and wife of Star City Monday two sons. Leona Hendee entertained friends at dinner. Chas Berkshire of Logansport visiting relatives here. Lewis Washburn of Marion visiting Del Hendee and family. Marie Gruwell of Logansport visiting old home. Presiding Elder Carrick of South Bend attended baptizing at M E church. John McKain and son Reid of near Flora visited sister Kathryn Harmon. James Gangwer family of Medarysville visiting. W C Monroe of Waldron speaker at Crawford Industrial School in Zionsville Baptist Church. Judge Vinton of Lafayette guest in city.
List of names of patrons with letters remaining in the Logansport post office for the week ending March 23 1908. Advertised letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington DC if not called for within ten days. Postmaster J M Johnston notes to ask for advertised letters when calling.
A distiller, who built his fortune in an inland town, relocates to the metropolis. He explains that spending money there is justified as the city consumes four-fifths of his output while he begins a lavish entertaining spree.
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