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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1919
Page
10
Markets reacted to war and weather with sharp gains in corn and wheat. Reports show industry expectations of smaller harvests and restocked supplies, while oats rose on corn strength. stocks drifted as traders priced in possible peace treaty progress and renewed demand for grains.
The week opened with strength in the box market as quotations rose a quarter per 100 pounds. Top price reached 19.20 dollars, up from 19.05 Saturday. City market lots remained light for hay and grain, with high prices overall. Loose timothy hay sold at 25 dollars per ton, baled mixed at 25, oats 0.70, and baled wheat straw at 8 per ton.
Prices paid cover wheat, hay, corn, oats, straw and mixed lots. Wheat No 1 tested 60 pounds or better $2.38, No 2 wheat $2.35. various hay breads from $10 to $25 per ton. Corn yellow $1.40, white $1.38, oats 0.66, shredded fodder $11, clover hay $19–$22, timothy hay $20–$25, straw $5–$20. Livestock quotes include hogs $16.10–$19.20 per 100 pounds, steers $17–$18, cows $9–$12, lambs $8–$10.59. Poultry and other farm products listed with multiple per-unit prices. Hides and related farm goods priced by Bolles & Rogers and Miller & Arthur Co.
April 1 market notes show Timothy hay prices firm with strong demand across lots No 1 hay quoted at 86 37 and various grades small changes for Clover and Alfalfa hay. Eastern St Louis reports horses and mules in light trading with Liberty Bond quotes closing at 9 60 on the day.
On April 1 in New York stocks edged lower amid Paris deadlock and war flotations. Local utilities and telegraph shares led gains while motors and rubbers rose. food stocks were buoyed by voluntary liquidation talk of Corn Products. U S Steel and related issues fluctuated with late rallies as leather and shipping demand held firm. Volume reached 750,000 shares with par value sales at 13,259,000.
Apr 1 Chicago receipts show dogs 38,000 with prices mostly 7i to 3fe higher. cattle 15,000, beef steers and calves up to 25 cents. sheep receipts 11,090 with lambs and ewes mixed gains. Also Kansas City and East St Louis reports with higher top bids and steady cattle and sheep markets.
Market report from New York and Chicago on April 1 shows butter steady with creamery prices up, eggs steady with receipts large, cheese easier, poultry steady with dressed and frozen varied, potatoes and sugar prices listed, coffee quiet. Includes a closing moral note about conscience and argument.
Whig letters discuss the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention at St Louis. Laura Ward Rally quotes the national president and explains the League of Women Voters aims to press Congress for the federal suffrage amendment while remaining nonpartisan as an organization yet within individual party work.
Federal Judge Hand ordered the dissolution of the Corn Products Refining Co. The company must sell most plants to competitors by 1921 after its monopoly finding. Valued at $5 million, it retains Argo Pekin Edgewater plants with remaining operations to be liquidated to reduce daily grinding capacity by 35,000 bushels. Bedford described the settlement as a fair compromise to end lengthy litigation.
An advertisement claims Neutrone Prescription 99 cures rheumatism gout and neuralgia by purifying the blood and strengthening the body’s natural defenses. It promises lasting relief rather than temporary ease and urges readers to obtain a bottle at Owl Drug Store and leading druggists.
National Starch Oswego and Novelty Candy Chicago and Jersey City plants were separated from parent company holdings. Judge Hand’s 1918 decree ordered distribution of properties to create actual competitors and address below cost sales aimed at pushing out rivals in the industry.
April 1 1917 declaration by owners of the Los Angeles Mexico Cattle Company property in Lower California continues to oppose leasing to Japanese. They will not lease under any circumstances where colonization is probable until formally assured the arrangement is agreeable to the government.
Rheumatism affects all ages and backgrounds and is tied to uric acid buildup. Cold damp weather closes skin pores, overworks kidneys, and lets uric acid accumulate, causing joint pain. A weekly morning dose of Rad Salts or Jad Salts, a lithia water drink from grape and lemon acids, is advised to flush impurities.
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