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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1915
Page
9
Report lists prices for hides tallow wool and skins with varied grades. No. 1 cured hides at 12 cents and No. 2 green hides with deductions for No. 2. Horse hides priced up to 3.50. Tallow No. 1 at 5.5 cents, No. 2 at 2.4 cents. Wool clear bright native at 25-28 cents, braids 18-19 cents, heavy and light burries cited with lower rates.
Heavy arrivals expected in Chicago push wheat prices down again with a net decline of about 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 cents. Oats drop about 1 to 1 1 4 cents while provisions vary from 2 1/2 percent off to 12 1/2 cents up. Traders anticipate large Monday receipts unless weather disrupts. Export orders near limits spur rallies that fade under high premiums and tight supply. Corngains ease with warm weather. oats face hedging pressure. hog prices influence later upturn. Northwest car lots show varied activity across Minneapolis Duluth and Winnipeg with notable weekly and yearly comparisons.
Estimates for the day show Wheat at 85, Corn 151, Oats 000, Cattle 200, Sheep 3000. Chicago market figures list today wheat 119 contract 8 and 459 last year, corn 122 contract 92 and 53 last year, oats 40 contract 1 39 last year. Total clearance Wheat 209000, Corn 116000, Oats 1000. Receipts Wheat 510000 last year 1912000, Corn 489000 last year 336000. Shipments Wheat 772000 last year 1077000, Corn 344000 last year 467000, Oats 409000 last year 878000.
New York Aug 6. Coffee markets show spot quiet with Rio No7 at 74 and Santos No4 at 946. Traders monitor futures and export demand as steady adjustments occur in the U S coffee trade.
New York sugar markets show stable activity on August sixth with Rawatgar at 4.39 per unit for centrifugal and molasses at 3.52, with refined goods remaining quiet. The note highlights subdued price movement across the primary sweeteners.
Wheat prices for various U S No 8 and higher grades shown as No 2 hard and white types while corn yellow white and mixed categories are listed with bids. Oats No 3 white and standard quotes included.
Aug 6 grain prices list in St Louis shows Wheat No 2 red 1.15 to 1.16, No 3 red 1.07 to 1.15, No 4 red 0.98 to 1.07, No 3 hard 1.20, No 4 hard 1.18. Corn values include No 2 0.80, No 2 yellow 0.81 to 1.14, No 2 white 0.79 to 0.68. Oats figures: No 3 white old 0.60 to 0.64, No 4 white old 0.60, No 4 new 0.43.
Kansas City Aug 6 Wheat to No 2 hard 1241.81 No 3 hard 81.24 1.28 old 138 No 4 hard 106 1.21 No 2 red 1181.20 No 3 red 115 LAS No1 red 1051.07 Corn No 2 7307544 No 3 74 No 2 yellow 79 No 3 yellow 764407714 No 2 white 16144077 No 3 white 76 Oats No2 45774614 No3 44 45 No2 white .55 No3 white 53 54
Omaha market report lists wheat No 2 hard at 1.22 to 1.40, corn No 2 white and yellow ranges noted, oats No 3 white quoted around 0.51 to 0.54. Mixed bid readings reflect typical late summer activity in grain futures.
An August market note from Toledo lists Clover seeds with cash prices of 8.30 for October and 8.90 for December, along with 8.80 for August and September. Alsike seed shows 9.00 in August and 8.80 in September. Timothy seed is offered at 3.37 for September and 3.17 for October in prime cash terms.
Minneapolis August 6 wheat market shows lower prices amid 98 car receipts versus 101 last year. Cash No 1 hard 1.50 to 1.56. No 1 northern 1.40 to 1.50. to arrive 1.25 to 1.40. No 2 northern 1.36 to 1.42. No 3 wheat 1.27 to 1.39.
Fragmentary OCR text from Peoria shows assorted color coded numbers and oats indicators with mixed and inactive notes. No coherent event or outcome is present and essential entities are not identifiable.
Spot markets show wheat No. 2 red at 1.22 cif New York and No. 2 hard at 1.26 cif. New York to hive No. 1 northern Duluth St 1/1 and No. 1 northern Manitoba at 112? Buffalo. Futures weak with September at 1.34. Corn No. 2 yellow spot 0.90 lake and rail Aug shipment. Grass prices firmer with standard 67.4, Mo. 3 white 67, fancy clipped white 75.
Chicago hogs receipts 25 000 weak mix bulk 6 20 6 95. heavy 6 00 6 46. pigs 6 50 7 50. Cattle receipts 2 000 firm native beef 6 25 6 75 western steers 6 75 8 50 cows 3 10 4 75 calves 7. Sheep receipts 8 600 strong sheep 6 20 7 10. lambs 7 25 9 50.
ST LOUIS Aug 6 Hogs receipts 4000 steady pigs and lights 7.15 7.65 mixed and butchers 7.35 7.65 good heavy 6.75 7.20 cattle receipts 1000 steady native beef steers 7.50 10.15 yearling steers and heifers 7.50 10.00 cows 6.00 8.00 stockers and feeders 6.00 8.25 sheep receipts 3500 steady to xic higher lambs 8.00 9.00 sheep and ewes 6.00 6.25
Chicago live stock prices show hogs at 7.60 failing to change overall. Opened five to ten cents lower at 7.60, later closed 10 to 1 cent lower at 7.60 with light and mixed lots varying from 6.15 to 7.40 and heavy from 6.40. Cattle 2,000 steady at 10.25. Sheep 7,000 higher at 6.90 to 9.00.
In Omaha Nebraska on August 6 the market showed varied cattle hogs sheep and yearlings with steady to firm ranges. Hogs traded around 5.75 to 7.00 for bulk, cattle saw steers 7.35 to 9.35 and cows and heifers 5.80 to 7.50, and sheep and lambs moved between 5.80 and 9.00 with sizable volumes across 6,000 hogs and 600 cattle noted.
Kansas City market notes hog and cattle rounds show heavy hogs at 6.50 to 7.10 with 2,500 head. bulk buyers offer 6.75 to 7.38 for pigs and heavy hogs. Steers fetch 7.00 to 10.00. cows and heifers range 4.50 to 6.50. calves around 6.00 to 10.50. Sheep sales total 1,500 with lambs 8.40 to 9.00 and yearlings 6.75 to 7.50.
In Kansas City on August 6 butter and creamery prices show first and second quality levels with firsts at 25 for creamery, packing at 18, and eggs with firsts at 18 and seconds at 124. Poultry hens listed at 111 4c, roosters 9c, broilers 1% to 18.
New York stocks closed higher led by railroads and steel. Bethlehem Steel gained ten points to 311 while Crucible Steel rose eleven to 89. General Motors climbed to 198 and Willys-Overland to 143 as steel traded at 733⅔, a peak not seen since 1912. A late selling wave eased some gains but the market recovered. Bank cash built on weekly inflows and gold imports hinted at about $3,000,000 more cash.
A compendium of bond quotes shows U S reference 2s with registered and coupon options, U S 3s at .5.100%, U S 8s with coupon details, and Panama 3s with coupon at 100 percent. The figures include prices like .9714 and 222109 for registration, reflecting a snapshot of debt securities in circulation.
New York stock exchange figures show closing quotes with American Beet Sugar at 36, American Can around 64 cents, American Car and Foundry about 62, American Sugar Refining 110, Anaconda Mining at 69.55, Baltimore & Ohio 8034, Bethlehem Steel around 30014, Brooklyn Rapid Transit 8558, California Petroleum near 17, Canadian Pacific 201, Central Leather 0.0062, Chino Copper 45, Chicago & North Western 12376, Denver & Rio Grande 5B, General Electric 6.46, Great Northern 123, Illinois Central 0, Interborough-Metropolitan 0, Lehigh Valley 0, Louisville & Nashville 119, Maxwell Motor 0, Mexican Petroleum 195, Missouri-Kansas & Texas 65.18, Missouri Pacific 2.5, National Lead 0.05, New York Central 0.02, United States Steel 727, Utah Copper 66.54, Western Union 52.00, Westinghouse Electric 1234, Crucible Steel 5.20, Allis Chalmers 88.
New York money rates show Mercantile paper at B44, sterling 60 day bills at 476.25, cables 476.82. Various currencies include Viance and Av rate, ruble at demand 3214, bar silver and Mexican dollars noted. Call money steady high 2 low 13.5 percent, time loans steady with 60 day 2, 90 day 2.343, six months around 2.
East St. Louis HL August 6 hogs 4000 head market steady mixed prices 7.35 to 7.65 heavy 6.75 to 6.72?0 rough 6 to 6.10 bulk 7.35 to 7.65 cattle 100 head market steady top 10.15 sheep 2200 head prospects higher
Chicago produce desk reports weak butter prices for creamery butter at 20 to 24 cents. Eggs rise with receipts of 9,993 cases, market firm with range 15 to 17 cents for ordinary first and 17 to 19 cents for first. Live poultry lower with fowls 13 cents and springs at 16 to 17 cents. some garbled text remains.
Prices for cereals and forage listed with quantities and ranges. No 2 wheat at 1.00 and 1.10 per unit, flour at 7.00, corn 0.85 to 0.86, oats 0.52 old and 0.35 to 0.50 new, baled prairie hay 6.50 to 8.00, baled straw 5.50 to 6.00, old loose hay 18.50 to 19.00, new loose hay 10 to 11, alsike clover seed 9.00 to 10.00, crab grass 7.50, clover killing 10.00, and other crop prices.
Retail selling price for flour and mill products from Knollenberg Milling Company includes High patent flour at 7.60 for straight patent flour at 6.80 and hard wheat flour at 7.00. Bran at 25.00 per ton and shipstuff at 32.00 per ton. Corn meal priced at 2 per 100 pounds. Wagon hogs, choice quality, 200 to 300 pounds average 6.70 to 7.15. Hog weights 150 to 175 pounds average 7.00 to 7.15. 125 to 50 pounds average 6.90 to 7.15.
Market list shows light hogs, heavy hogs, sows, fat cattle and veal with quoted ranges. Beef prices include fat steers and heifers, cows, and bulls, plus lambs and sheep. Poultry and eggs rates cover hens roosters spring chickens turkeys geese ducks, butter prices noted for packing stock and country grades.
Report by Wm Malambri lists carrot three bunches for five cents beets three bunches five cents cauliflower various per item cabbage per head ten to twenty cents wax and string beans per quart ten cents to twenty cents summer squash per item one cent new potatoes per peck two cents cucumbers large per item five to ten cents celery and cabbage per item ten to twenty five cents young onions three bunches one cent tomatoes per pound ten cents sweet corn per dozen twenty to twenty five cents turnips per peck twenty five cents
A compact list shows fruit prices including figs sold in 10 oz packages at 10 cents, 2 pounds of pulled mon bons figs at 25 cents per pound, umbrella layer figs imported at 25 cents per pound, and dates such as dromedary 10 cents per package Haloch bulk at 15 cents per pound with 2 pounds for 25 cents.
Shelled nut meats listed with prices in pounds and cents. Almonds Valensit per pound 75c Pecans halves per pound 75c Walnuts halves per pound 75c Popcorn shelled per pound 10c
A historical listings page shows assorted produce and nuts with unit prices including cherries, currants, prunes, plums, apricots, apples, peaches, pineapples, bananas, watermelons, cantaloupes and various nuts. Prices range from a few cents per unit like 5c for coconuts and 10c for melons to 40c for larger quantities.
Weather conditions improve but market decline remains limited as winter wheat belt resumes threshing. No. 2 hard bid reduces to 10c over September, with August 15 delivery at 14c over. Argentine shipments remain robust but limited by rising freight costs. Corn and oats show firmer premiums and quiet activity amid liberal country sales and stop loss orders. Pork, lard, and ribs move with uneven receipts and steady cash demand.
New York prices for butter creamery extras 92 score 25 15025 25 25 firsts 231425 seconds 2214 eggs steady fresh gathered extras 3025 extra firsts 12 2 4 firsts 420 seconds 16 18 nearby hen ery whites fine to fancy 31a cz edibles, browns 254 28 cheese steady whole milk data fresh colored specials 13767 114 ditto white 1334 14 ditto white and colored average fancy 1314
New York on August 6 reports dressed poultry steady with western frozen roasting chickens at 18 to 23 cents per pound and fresh fowls iced at 11 to 16 cents. Alive birds show firm quotes for western broilers at 19 cents and chickens at 22 to 27 cents, fowls at 16 to 16 cents, and turkeys at 11 to 12 cents.
Indianapolis stock market bulletin notes hogs at 10,000 head with prices 1 to 25 cents lower and top at 7.55. Cattle listed as steady across 30 cars.
Reports show Kansas City receiving 2,500 hogs and 500 cattle while St. Joseph records 6,000 hogs and 500 cattle in latest livestock receipts. The figures indicate demand and supply levels across regional markets with hogs outnumbering cattle in both towns.
The river is at flood stage for the fifth time this year in St Louis with forecasts showing a rise to 31 feet by tomorrow, about one foot above flood stage, according to the weather bureau.
Albany report says the Massena plant strike at Aluminum Company of America has been settled per an industrial commission announcement. The brief item notes a resolution reached today by officials and workers.
A fragmentary notice suggests a personal lost item ad in Tha Whig titled Lost Ad. The reader is invited to report a missing parasol or similar item described as a match result or moment of loss. The exact details are unclear from the fragment.
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