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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1915
Page
2
Reported by Bolles and Rogers. Hides listed by grade with No 1 cured at 12c No 2 cured at 12c No 1 green at 11c No 2 green at 10c No 1 calf skins 16c No 2 kip skins 12c No 1 horse hides up to 3.50 No 2 horse hides 1.50. Tallow No 1 8.5c No 2 2.34c White grease 0.5c, yellow and brown 3-4c. Wool clear bright native 2s 28c, braid light 17 1/4c, heavy 12c, light burr 16c.
Active buying indicated a lively export demand as wheat closed near session highs. Corn rose slightly, oats gained, and provisions advanced amid expectations of a bearish government report and rain concerns in Kansas and Missouri. Foreign interest rumored with France considering large imports and Liverpool cargoes proving insufficient to meet need.
Minneapolis figures show 166 today, 155 last week, 122 last year while Duluth logs 22 today, 38 last week, 41 last year and Winnipeg reports 23 today, 90 last week, 111 last year, indicating shifting vehicle counts across the region.
Chicago reports estimated receipts for Monday with grains and livestock totals. Wheat 110, Corn 227, Oats 87. Hogs 33,000. Cattle 16,000. Sheep 14,000.
Chicago market notes show wheat at 87 cents per bushel for today with an 18 contract note and 85 last year. Corn is 151 with 116 estimated and 151 prior year to price at 2 dollars. Oats run 58 with 6 estimated and 55 last year, 598 figures cited.
Total clearance figures show Wheat at 225000, Corn at 1000, and Oats at 99000. The data reflects quantities cleared from market activity, indicating small increments for Corn and larger volumes for Wheat and Oats across the period.
Wheat receipts tally 840000 today versus 1900000 last year. Corn receipts 648000 today up from 406000 previously. Oats receipts 256000 today below last year’s 2011000.
Wheat total today 1,020,000 versus 1,595,000 last year. Corn today 394,000, up from 371,000 last year. Oats today 402,000, down from 980,000 last year.
Kansas City cash grain prices list current quotes for wheat and corn, detailing No 2 through No 4 hard and red wheat figures, various corn grades including No 2 and No 3, yellow, white varieties, and oats of multiple classes with quoted prices in dollars and cents for Aug 7. Includes numerical spreads and unusual symbols from the source.
ST. LOUIS CASH GRAIN reports prices for wheat and corn across grades. No. 2 red wheat 1.17, No. 3 red 1.15, No. 4 red 1.08. Corn No. 2 0.844, No. 2 yellow 0.914, No. 2 white 0.447, No. 3 white 0.191. Oats No. 3 white 0.66, No. 3 0.50.
Receipts estimated at 25 cars on the west side and 13 on the east. Timothy market steady with strong feeding for good No 2 grades, slightly firmer for ordinary. Prairie dull, clover scarce, alfalfa limited but fair demand. Missouri Illinois growth dull. Prices: clover mixes and new timothy $11.50–14.00, timothy $10.00–15.00, alfalfa $12.00–15.00, straw scarce and firmer, wheat $4.50 on track.
New York wheat spot quoted at 122 cif for DEE and 12615 cif for No 2 hard. Arrivals planned for No 1 northern Duluth at 11114 and No 1 northern Manitoba at 11234 cif Buffalo. Futures firm with September at 11634. Corn spot barely steady at No 2 yellow about 94. Jake and rail August 20 shipment. Oats spot steady.
Minneapolis reports wheat receipts at 166 cars, up from 122 last year. Cash wheat quotes show No 1 hard at 151 34, No 1 northern 1414 1.5114, No 2 northern 187 14814, and No 3 wheat 1287 1444 as arrivals and prices fluctuate.
Peoria reports mixed grain quotes with No 2 white at 79 1/4 cents, No 2 yellow 79 1/4, No 3 yellow 79 cents, No 2 mixed 79 1/4, No 3 mixed 79 1/4, sample 75 percent, oats showing no activity.
In Chicago Aug hogs receipts 9,000 steady at averages with prices for bulk six to six ninety. Light hogs around six eighty five ten seven four? heavy six to six eighty. Pigs around six fifty seven fifty. Cattle receipts 200 native beef six twenty five to ten twenty five western steers six seventy five to eight fifty cows and heifers three ten to nine twenty five calves three seven fifty eleven twenty five. Sheep receipts six thousand firm with sheep six twenty to seven ten and lambs seven twenty five to nine fifty.
Hogs receipts 1,000, steady. Pigs and lights 7.15 to 7.60, mixed and butchers 7.35 to 7.60, good heavy 6.75 to 7.20. Cattle receipts 3,000, steady native beef steers 7.50 to 10.15, yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 10.00, cows 6.00 to 8.00, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 300, steady lambs 8.00 to 9.00, sheep and ewes 5.00 to 7.95.
Kansas City livestock receipts Aug 7 include dogs 500 steady with bulk 6757.30 and price ranges for heavy light and pigs. Cattle receipts 400 steady with steers to 10.00, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.50, calves 6.00 to 10.50. Sheep receipts 60 steady with lambs 8.40 to 9.00, wethers 6.50 to 7.00, ewes 6.25 to 6.85.
Omaha Aug 7 cattle hogs and sheep receipts on the market show hogs weighed and priced in a range from 5.75 to 6.60 for various weights with bulk around 6.60. Cattle receipts total 160 with steers 7.35 to 9.39, cows and heifers 5.00 to 7.50, calves 7.00 to 16.00. Sheep receipts 1,100 steady with yearlings 6.00 to 7.00, wethers 5.80 to 6.60, lambs 8.10 to 9.60.
East St. Louis reports Aug 7 with 1,000 hogs and 300 cattle. Hogs steady with mixed prices from 6.75 to 7.80 for various grades. pigs and bulk hogs range 7.15 to 7.60. Cattle receipts 300 with top at 10.15. sheep 300, market steady.
New York traders saw a broad selloff with light volume as demand softened. Railroads bore the brunt while war shares briefly staged gains before retreating. Crucible Steel led advances to a new high, and Bethlehem Steel suffered the largest drop during the session.
Aug 7 closing quotations show prices for major companies including American Beet Sugar, American Can, American Car and Foundry, American Cotton Oil, American Smelting & Refining, American Sugar Refining, American Tel and Tel, Anaconda, Atchison, Bethlehem Steel, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, California Petroleum, Canadian Pacific, Central Leather, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chino Copper, Chicago & North Western, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Denver & Rio Grande, Erie, General Electric, Goodrich, Great Northern, Illinois Central, Interborough Met, Inter. Harvester, Lehigh Valley, Louisville & Nashville, Maxwell Motor, Mexican Petroleum, Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Missouri Pacific, National Lead, Reading, Republic Iron & Steel, Southern Pacific, Studebaker, Tennessee Copper, Union Pacific, United States Rubber, United States Steel, Utah Copper, Western Union, Westinghouse Electric, Baldwin Locomotive, Crucible Steel. Prices appear in fractions and vice.
Prices paid for hay and grain include No 2 wheat 1.00, wheat 1.10, flour selling price 7.00, corn 0.856, old oats 0.52, new oats 0.3550, old baled hay 19.50 20.00, prairie hay 36.50 8.00, baled prairie hay 8.50 10.00, baled straw 5.50 6.00, shredded fodder 8.00, old loose hay 18.50 19.00, new loose hay 10.11, alsike clover seed 9.00 10.00, new clover hay 39.00, crab grass 7.50, clover hullings 10.00, clover seed 7.00 8.00.
Retail selling prices from Knollenberg Milling show high patent flour at 7.0 dollars per hundred. straight patent flour at 6.8 dollars. hard wheat flour at 7.00 dollars. bran at 25.00 per ton. shipstuff at 39.00 per ton. and corn meal at 2.00 per 100 pounds.
The report lists wagon hogs in choice quality at 200 to 300 pounds averaging 6.70 to 7.15 per hundredweight, wagon hogs 150 to 175 pounds averaging 7.00 to 7.15, and wagon hogs 125 to 150 pounds averaging 6.90 to 7.15 per hundredweight.
Prices listed for choice light hogs at 6.85 to 7.10, choice heavy hogs 6.35 to 6.60, rough sows and stags 6.10 to 6.35, steer flesh 6.00 to 7.00, fat heifers 6.00 to 7.00, fat cows 4.00 to 5.00, veal calves 8.00 to 9.00, bulls 4.00 to 5.00, spring lambs 7.50 to 9.00, sheep 4.00 to 5.00, ham 11-like. Poultry and eggs: hens 12 cents, roosters 1 cent, spring chickens 14 to 14 cents, eggs 14 cents, turkeys old gobblers 9 to 14 cents, young gobblers 9 to 4 cents, turkey hens 9 to 34 cents, geese 6 cents, ducks 8 to 14 cents per pound, butter stock 17 cents, choice country 25 cents.
Reported by Wm. Malambri, a local price list shows fresh produce with prices: carrots three bunches five cents, beets two bunches five cents, cauliflower 10 to 20 cents each, cabbage per head five to ten cents, wax and string beans per quart five cents, summer squash each five cents, new potatoes per peck twenty five cents, cucumbers large each five to ten cents, celery cabbage each ten to twenty five cents, young onions three bunches five cents, tomatoes per pound ten cents, sweet corn per dozen twenty to twenty five cents, turnips per peck twenty five cents.
A compact grocery price listing notes 10 oz packages of figs imported at 25c and umbrella layer figs at 25c per pound. It also lists dates sold in bulk Haloch at 15c per pound and dromedary dates in 10c packages.
A historical market list details prices for various nuts and fruits. Almonds and filberts listed per pound, pecans priced by pound or half, walnuts, chestnuts, and cocoanuts shown with per pound or per unit rates, along with cherries, plums, apricots, apples, peaches, pineapples, bananas, watermelons, cantaloupes, and other seasonal produce. Prices range from five to twenty-five cents per unit or measure.
Wheat gains as cash demand and shipper activity firm prices. Primary receipts 360000 bushels weekly, export brokers hindered by light stocks. Corn seen firm on cash demand and favorable weather. Argentine purchases exaggerated at about three million bushels. Oats suffer from rain. premiums softer in some markets. Provisions rise as packers buy ribs and shorts cover amid ample hog receipts. Overall market influenced by weather and shipping demand.
In St Louis on August 7 the horse market showed weaker activity with English war horse buyers absent. Foreign buyers offered steady demand for Belgian French and Italian stock, while most horse types sold well. Mules remained generally slow with only miners and large extra good quality offerings in demand. prices ranged with standard cotton and good quality mules cited.
New York trading on August 7 shows Mercantile paper at 314,334 and sterling 60 day bills at 170.75. Demand quotes include 476 cables, francs at 5.70 with cables, marks at 5.6714, lire at 5.28 with cables, rubles at 32 with cables, bar silver at 4714, Mexican dollars at 36:54.
New York August Caer market report shows steady to higher for creamery extras and firsts with mixed prices across eggs and cheese. Creamery items including higher scoring extras and firsts reflect demand. eggs show steadier with various firsts and seconds pricing. Nearby hens and browns listed with color and grade distinctions. cheese remains steady with whole milk flats and colored specials showing value.
A European singer credited a vegetable with remarkable digestive benefits and world fame. A French doctor touted its marvels and a company profited by promoting the veggie as a superior cooking aid. The Waw-Waw product spread quickly from obscurity to major hotels and homes across the country. ST. JAMES IMPORTING CO., 271
New York Poultry near York on August 7 shows dressed and live poultry pricing. Frozen roasting chickens sell at 18 72 cents, fresh fowls iced at 13 17 and 16 16 cents, live Western broilers and fowls range from about 15 14 to 19 cents, and turkeys around 12 to 13 cents.
Chicago market notes show butter prices weak at 20 to 24 cents with receipts of 7,441 cases and various firsts listed. Poultry values steady with fowls and springs cited, including 13 and 16 017 figures. overall market activity remains unchanged.
Toledo market notes list Clover seed prime cash at 830 with October 3.60 and December 8.55. Alsike offered August 8957 and September 8.90. Timothy seed prime cash with September 8.25 and October 3.10.
Liverpool reports wheat No 2 northern from Duluth at disposition sixpence lower. Corn American mixes with new eight shillings and pounds in trade.
Elgin Illinois August 7 Butter prices climbed with higher trading as 120 tubs sold at 25 cents. The market showed steady demand for dairy products in the area.
New York sugar futures strengthened with covering and buying pressure. Prices closed one point higher to nine points higher amid sales of about 1,690 tons. September at 3.59, December 3.38, March 3.16, May 3.17.
Kansas City market prices show butter firsts 27, creamery 25, seconds 23, packing 18. Eggs firsts 18, seconds 12 1/2. Poultry hens 1134, roosters 9, brooders 17 18.
New York Aug 7 Spot coffee quotations show Rio &s, 7/4sopantos, 4's, 034 in the latest market report. The fragment notes price movements but lacks full details.
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