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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
9
Chicago buyers pushed prices up as French government bought 100,000 barrels of flour at Minneapolis. Trade cited government crop estimates seen as 100,000,000 bushels too high and rains reducing winter crop acreage. September wheat premium over December widened amid wet weather, corn rose, oats gained, hogs supported by futures mood.
Minneapolis shows 163 today and 4355 last week with 167 last year. Duluth records 16 today 40 last week and 28 last year. Winnipeg reports 28 today 38 last week and 39 last year.
Wheat 427, corn 196, oats 185. Hog receipts 16,000 head and cattle 4,000 with sheep at 2,000 reflect livestock and grain volumes reported in the season's market summary.
Wheat 367 today 54 contract and 360 estimated versus 688 last year. Corn 210 today 191 estimated 210 versus 80 last year. Oats 175 today 2 estimated 175 versus 584 last year.
Wheat production this day is 1,306,000 versus 2,092,600 last year. Corn today 536,000, up from 410,000. Oats today 536,000, down from 1,860,000 last year.
Wheat today 648000 compared with last year 160000. Corn today 497000 versus last year 325. Oats today 270000 versus last year 1241. The figures show current day totals and prior year comparisons for major grains.
In Chicago on August 11 butter and creamery products rose, with egg receipts totaling 12,334 cases at the mark. Firsts and ordinary firsts priced around 15 17 and 16 1/9. Poultry in alive inventory steady with fowls and springs around 16 0/17.
Chicago cash grain figures list Wheat No 2 red at 1.19 1.34, No 3 red 1.13 1.16, No 4 red 1.11 1.12, No 2 hard 1.28 1.24, No 3 hard 1.17 1.19. Corn No 2 yellow 0.14 0.82, No 2 white 0.50 0.67, No 2 mixed 0.80 0.81, Oats No 4 white 0.58, new No 3 white 0.49 0.54, No 4 white 0.48 0.54.
St Louis cash grain quotes dated Aug 11 show wheat prices for No 2 red No 3 red and other grades with various bids and bid ranges. Corn bids include No 2 yellow No 3 yellow and No 2 white with multiple price points. Oats quotes list No 2 whiteNo 3 white and standard futures notes across several months.
Kansas City cash grain market report lists wheat and corn bids with multiple grades. Prices show No 2 hard around 81 cents, No 3 hard near 60 cents, No 2 red about 94 cents, No 2 yellow near 79 cents, and assorted oats and white corn values across grades.
Omaha August 11 Wheat No 2 hard 1.16 to 1.40 dollars per bushel. Corn No 2 white 0.75 to 0.75, No 2 yellow 0.75 to 0.73, No 2 0.74 to 0.74. Oats No 3 white 0.14 to 0.42.
Toledo seed market notes price quotes for Clover seed prime cash and futures for October and December as well as Alsike and Timothy seed with September and October bids. Prices include Clover 38.50 cash 8.70 October 8.60 December Alsike 9.15 cash 9.20 September 9.25 October Timothy 32.21 cash 2.90 October.
Hay inspections show 17 cars on each river side. Timothy in moderate demand, high grades scarce, medium and common stock quiet. Prairie dull, alfalfa arriving sparingly with limited demand. Clover scarce. new clover mix and timothy quoted at 11 to 16, alfalfa 12 to 14.50. Straw wheat on track at 4.50.
Minneapolis August 11 wheat market reports higher wheat receipts at 163 cars versus 167 a year ago. Cash wheat prices show No 1 hard at 1.5875 and No 1 northern around 1. skupaj. No 3 wheat trades near 1.2914.
Peoria market prices show wheat gains across several grades with No 2 red winter at SL 13 and No 3 hard at 1.15, plus No 3 white at 80 cents and No 2 yellow at 50 cents. Oats advance 16 1/2 cents with No 4 white at 14.45.
Chicago stock report shows hogs with receipts 17,000 and prices from 6.25 to 7.85 for various classes, cattle receipts 16,000 with native beef cattle 6.10 to 10.25 and western steers 6.75 to 9.00, cows and heifers 3.10 to 9.10, calves 7.75 to 11.50, sheep receipts 18,000 with weak prices 6.00 to 6.90 and lambs 7.00 to 9.25.
Hogs receipts 5100 and 10 cents higher with pigs and lights at 7.25 to 7.80 cents, mixed and butcher grades 7.55 to 7.80, good heavy 6.75 to 7.35. Cattle receipts 3300 with native beef steers 7.50 to 10.15, cows and heifers 6.00 to 10.00, feeders 6.00 to 8.25, native calves 6.00 to 10.75. Sheep receipts 2800 steady with sheep and ewes 5.50 to 7.25 and lambs 8.00 to 5.90.
Kansas City stock list shows hog receipts at 6000 with prices around 7.00 to 7.50 for various weights. Cattle receipts near 7000 with steers around 7.00 to 9.95, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.40, calves 6.00 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 4000 with lambs 6.50 to 8.90, yearlings about 7.50, wethers 6.50 to 7.00, ewes 6.35 to 6.85.
Hogs receipts 7500 steady light prices from 6.70 to 7.30 for pigs bulk 6.35 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 2060 strong with steers 7.00 to 9.75, cows and heifers 5.85 to 10. Calves 7.00 to 10. Sheep receipts 11500 steady with yearlings 6.25 to 7.00, wethers 5.80 to 6.40, lambs 8.40 to 9.0.
Indianapolis August 11 receipts 6500 stock market steady to 10 cents higher. Top price 7.75. Cattle steady with about 600 head noted.
Broad advance in railway stocks led by Canadian Pacific and allied issues as gains narrowed after heavy European selling. United States Steel slipped from record levels while Bethlehem Steel and Willys Overland posted new highs. Total U.S. stock volume reached 975000 shares as London and Paris exchange rates fell despite gold transfers.
U S ref 2s and 3s notes appear with registered and coupon notes. Prices show around 100 and 110 percent for various issues, including U S 4s and Panama 3s, reflecting recurring coupon and registration statuses.
The New York Stock Exchange closing quotations for August 11 show last sale figures for many issues. Notable entries include American Beet Sugar 583.4, American Can 6248, American Car and Foundry 6248, Bethlehem Steel 0.295, General Electric 8714, Reading 4.0, Studebaker 6.9, Union Pacific 14218, United States Steel 113, Southern Pacific 3 4, and Western Union 50 with numerous other names and prices across utilities, railroads, oils, and metals.
New York money market offers steady rates with time loans at 60 days 244 and 90 days 24403. Call money remains steady with high 2 and low 14, ruling rate 145, last loan 134, closing bid 114, offered at 134. Cables and metals prices are listed with figures for sterling francs pesos and Mexican dollars.
Market report lists butter creamery quality with 27 firsts 25 seconds and 23 rackines while eggs show 18 firsts 12.14 seconds Poultry section notes hens 11144 roosters 9 and broilers 17 19 with unclear rest of figures due to OCR errors.
Prices paid for hay and grain include No 2 wheat 100 dollars, wheat 1 10, flour 7.00, corn 85 86 cents, old oats 52 cents, new oats 35 50 cents, old baled hay 19.50 20.00, prairie hay 76 50 800, baled prairie hay 8 50 10.00, baled strain 5.60 66.00, shredded fodder 8.00, old loose hay 10.50 19.00, new loose hay 10 11, Alsike clover seed 9.00 10.00, new clover hay 9.00, crab grass 7.50, clover hullings 10.00, baled straw 5 50 6.00, clover seed 7.00 5 00.
Retail selling prices listed by Knollenberg Milling include High patent flour seven dollars per bag Straight patent flour six twenty, Hard wheat flour seven dollars Bran at twenty five dollars per ton Shipstuff thirty two dollars per ton Corn meal two dollars per one hundred pounds.
Market notes list wagon hogs of choice quality with weight ranges 200 to 300 pounds at 6.70 to 7.15 dollars, 150 to 175 pounds at 7.00 to 7.15, and 125 to 150 pounds at 6.90 to 7.15.
Quotations from local butchers list prices for hogs light and heavy, sows and stags, fat steers and cows, veal calves, bulls, spring lambs, and sheep. Poultry includes live hens and roosters, turkeys, geese, ducks with per pound rates, butter stock at 17 cents, and country butter at 25 cents.
Reported by Wm Malambri with prices for assorted produce including carrots three bunches five cents, cauliflower ten to twenty cents each, cabbage per head five to ten cents, wax beans six cents per quart, summer squash five cents each, new potatoes per peck two cents, cucumbers large five to ten cents each, celery ten to twenty five cents, onions three bunches five cents, tomatoes ten cents per pound, sweet corn twenty to twenty five cents per dozen, turnips per peck twenty five cents.
Imported fruits list shows 10 oz figs at 10 cents, mon bons and umbrella layer figs at 11 5 cents, 25 cents for Ib umbrella figs, and dates with Halowh bulk at 15 cents per Ib with 2 Ibs for 25 cents.
The listing shows assorted nuts and fruits with per pound or per unit pricing. Almonds and pecans range around 20 to 25 cents per pound, walnuts 20 to 25 cents, cocoanuts 5 10 15 cents, with fruits like cherries and oranges priced by pint quart dozen or each, including cantaloupes and watermelons in small coin denominations.
Reported by Bolles and Roger’s quotes No 1 cured hides 15c No 2 cured hides 12 13c No 1 green hides 13c No 2 green hides 12c No 1 cured calf 16c No 2 cured calf 15c No 1 cured kip 15c No 2 cured kip 14c dead green 2c per lb less ... horses varied by size glue and pony 1.00 to 1.50 lambs pelts and wool grades priced. Wool and grease values listed with ranges for white and brown grease and tallow figures noted.
The Wheat section notes a surge in selling after a gov ernment crop estimate suggested a billion bushels, but short covering began as shippers struggle for prompt supplies. It cites the Price Current Grain Report predicting nearly 57 percent of top winter wheat may fall below No 4 and acreage abandonment ranging from 12 to 53 percent in Missouri, signaling potential shifts in local opinion on wheat value.
New York prices and grades for buttercreamery extras and eggs are listed with various scores and firsts. Cheese and dairy items are shown with irregular and state whole mill fresh flats including colored and white varieties.
New York grain notes show spot and No 2 hard wheat at 1.30 1/4 to 1.30 4 1/4 dollars per bushel with arrivals from No 1 northern Duluth reported around 1.18 4.5 dollars. Market data reflects steady bid levels amid August trading.
A young singer with indigestion consulted Europe’s top doctors. A French specialist praised a vegetable with remarkable digestive properties and the singer created a sauce rich in that vegetable. The sauce reportedly aids digestion, substitutes other sauces, pleases great cooks, and suits hot and cold meats, fish, salads and soups. A company formed to manufacture this sauce named Waw-Waw. ST. JAMES IMPORTING CO., 27
Manitoba market notes indicate futures steady on September and August shipments with corn strong at 1.19 dollars and oats holding firm. Spot prices list No 2 yellow and standard oats around 68 to 73 cents, with 404 rail shipments and notes on clipped white oats.
New York markets show chilled roasting chickens at 13.97 cents per pound and iced fresh turkeys at 15/16. Western broilers range 16 to 19, and fowls around 15 to 14, while turkeys list at 12013 in unsettled trading.
Kansas City reported 176000 hogs and 7000 cattle today while Omaha logged 8400 hogs and 1900 cattle, reflecting seasonal livestock movements and market activity across two major western markets.
New York August 11 coffee market update shows Rio 7s at 67gc and Santos A's at O34 amid ongoing price fluctuations. Market observers note steady demand from roasters and traders tracking futures for July and August adjustments.
New York raw sugar remains firm at 4.77 cents per pound, centrifugal grade steady. molasses at 4.00 cents, refined sugar also firm as markets hold.
Kee Owayng, commissioner to the Panama Pacific exposition, told immigration congress that the United States is the only great nation not to abuse China. He praised U S friendliness while condemning the Chinese exclusion act as unjust, a treaty breach, and a source of friction between the two countries.
A major railroad company announced a new order affecting Chicago and Ohio operations. Officials said the move aims to streamline routes and improve efficiency. Further details and implications for passengers were not immediately disclosed.
Orders valued at $3.5 million cover 17,000 tons of rails 1,000 rail cars and 2,000 steel hoppers. Equipment to be produced in South Chicago Gary and Pittsburgh mills, boosting employment by about 3,000 workers.
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