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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
9
Chicago August reports indicate wheat rallied on miller and foreign buying, with September at 1.11 1/4 and nearby at 96 1/4 as market closed unsettled. Corn eased, oats mixed, and provisions fluctuated from a 2 1/4 cent decline to 25 cents rise amid harvest hints and profit taking.
Minneapolis today shows 121. last week 95. last year 119. Duluth today 17. last week 11. last year 21. Winnipeg today 21. last week 46. last year 50. Data reflects ongoing regional inventory and collecting trends across markets.
Wheat 469 cats, corn 289, oats 248. Hogs 16,000 head. Cattle 1,500. Sheep 7,000. The report lists major grains and livestock totals. Observers note strong market activity across farm categories.
Wheat shows 427 contract with 80 estimated, last year 520. Corn lists 198 contract with 170 estimated, last year 108. Oats at 185 contract. 1 estimated. Readings reflect today values and year-on-year comparisons.
Wheat shows 1 229 000 today versus 1 675 000 last year. Corn registers 612 000 today versus 424 000 previously. Oats priced at 23 000 today, down from 1 446 000 a year ago.
Wheat today at 492000, down from 792000 last year. Corn sits at 489000, down from 509000 previously. Oats price shown as 229000 this time, versus 1226000 a year ago.
Peoria August 12 Wheat prices for No 2 red winter at 1.14 34, No 3 red winter at 1.13 etc. Corn up with No 2 white 80 No 2 white 80 No 2 mixed 80 No 3 mixed 80 Oats up 4e with No 3 white 49 50, No 4 white 45 14 to 46.
Chicago market notes live on August 12 show Wreat No 2 hard at 120 124, No 3 hard 115 120, No 2 red 116 119, No 3 red 114 116, Corn No 2 yellow 214, No 3 yellow 214, No 2 white 8034, No 3 mixed 8014 8033, Oats No 3 white 60 62, No 3 white new 52, No 4 white new 504.
Kansas City grain prices Aug 12 show wheat bids for No 2 hard at 1.32 142, No 3 hard 1.20 1.39, old 1.40 1.41, No 4 hard 1.14 1.33, No 2 red 1.22, No 3 red 1.16 1.64, No 4 red 1.12. Corn bids No 2 7 6 7 1 4, No 3 7 c, No 2 yellow 79c, No 3 yellow 78 7814c, No 2 white 76c, No 3 white 50 76c. Oats No 2 44 0c, No 3 48 49c, No 2 white 61 6114c, No 3 white Gle.
Wheat and corn prices reported for various grades in St Louis on August 12. No. 2 red wheat around 1.23 dollars, No. 3 red 1.14 to 1.20, No. 4 red about 1.13. No. 3 hard near 1.20 to 1.21. Corn prices show No. 2 at 2.74 and No. 2 yellow around 1.14 to 1.16, No. 3 yellow about 0.80 to 0.84, No. 4 white around 0.78 to 0.79. White and gat options listed with minor variations.
Omaha price sheet lists No 2 hard wheat at 1.21 for 1 1/2 bushels and No 2 white corn quoted at 75 to 76 1/4. No 2 yellow corn around 76 1/4 to 76 3/4 and oats No 3 white at 43 to 53. Market quotes dated Aug 12.
Minneapolis market reports August 12 show higher early wheat prices with 212 car receipts compared to 119 last year. Cash wheat quotes ranged from No 1 hard at 1 55 to No 2 northern at 1 41 1/4, with deliveries and non wheat figures noted.
New York wheat spot firm with No 2 red at 1.23 and No 2 hard at 1.34 fob. Northern delivery prices cited for Duluth and Manitoba. Buffalo futures steady with Sept at 1.20 34. Corn spot steady No 2 yellow around .90. Oats spot firmer with standard 69 34 and white 69 70.
In Toledo market report Clover seed shows prime cash at $8.80 in October and $9.00 in December. Alsike seed lists prime cash at $9.20 with September and October figures $89.35 and $940 respectively. Timothy seed reports prime cash for September at $3,274 and October at $3,071.
West Side hay inspections cover 33 carloads with 6 Timothy 6 Alfalfa and 21 Prairie fields and East Side 23 cars with 19 Timothy 2 Clover mixed and 1 Alfalfa. Prices hold firm with Timothy Clover mixed scarce and sought. Prairie plentiful and cheap. Clover not offered. little alfalfa in good grades and demand fair. Timothy new 117, old 118. Alfalfa 14.50. Straw Wheat bid 4.50 track and 5 delivered.
Hogs receipts 11,000 weak at 10c advance, bulk 6.70 to 7.30, light 7.10 to 7.85, mixed 6.50 to 7.80, heavy 6.35 to 7.30, pigs 7.00 to 8.00. Cattle receipts 3,000 firm, native beef 6.10 to 10.25, western steers 6.70 to 9.00, cows and heifers 3.10 to 9.10, calves 8.00 to 11.65. Sheep receipts 17,000 weak, sheep 5.90 to 6.65, lambs 6.75 to 8.05.
Hogs receipts 4503 high. pigs and lights 1.35 to 7.90. mixed and butcher 7.60 to 9.90. good heavy 6.85 to 7.40. Cattle receipts 1900 steady to strong. 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 8.24. native calves 6.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 1800 steady to 10c lower. lambs 8.00 to 8.85. sheep and ewes 5.59 to 7.25.
Kansas City meat market report shows hog receipts about 4,500 with higher prices, hogs trading around 6.75 to 7.55. Cattle receipts near 3,000 with steers at 7.00 to 9.95, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.70, calves 6.00 to 10.25. Sheep receipts about 4,000 with lambs 8.25 to 8.75, yearlings 6.75 to 7.50, wethers 6.25 to 7.00, ewes 6.00 to 6.75.
East St Louis on August 12 reports receipts of cattle and hogs, with mixed and heavy hogs at around 7.60 to 7.85, pigs near 7.85, bulk near 7.60, and cattle receipts about 2,000 with a steady market and top price near 10.15. Sheep receipts also about 2,000 with a steady market.
Liverpool grain notes from August 12 show No 1 northern wheat Duluth prices and mixed American bids in shillings, reflecting a concise early market tally.
August 12 New York stock scene shows disappointment at small rate increases allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Canadian Pacific and Soo declined 2 to 4 points, with pressure on other major issues. War specialties led the day, with Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Willy's-Overland, Studebaker and Allis-Chalmers reaching new highs or notable gains as 910,000 shares changed hands. London and continental exchange slipped, with demand sterling at 47334 amid heavy bill offerings.
The New York Stock Exchange closing quotations list last sales for major issues. American Beet Sugar, American Can, American Car & Foundry, American Cotton Oil, American Smelting & Refining, American Telephone, Anaconda Mining, Baltimore & Ohio, Bethlehem Steel, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, California Petroleum, Canadian Pacific, Central Leather, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago & North Western, Denver & Rio Grande, 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 Seed, New York Central, N Y N H & Hartford, Norfolk & Western, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Ray Consolidated, Reading, Republic Iron & Steel, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, Studebaker, Tennessee Copper, Union Pacific, United States Rubber, United States Steel, Utah Copper, Western Union, Westinghouse Electric, Baldwin Locomotive.
New York on August 12 reports mercantile and foreign exchange rates with sterling at 60, day bills 469, demand 473.75, cables 474.50. francs 58114, cables 58014. marks 8174, cables 82. ریubles 3434, cables 3534. rubles demand 3434, cables 3534. Time loans Easter 60 day bills 214, 90 day bills 214, six months 314. Call money steady high 2 low 4. Ruling rate 134, last loan 134, closing bid 1144 offers at 134.
Omaha stockyards report for August 12 shows hogs receipts at 9000 with higher prices, range for heavy hogs around 6.25 to 6.70, light hogs 6.50 to 7.30, pigs 5.75 to 7.15, bulk 6.50 to 6.75. cattle receipts 2300 with steers 7.00 to 9.75, cows and heifers 5.85 to 7.65, calves 7.00 to 10.00. sheep receipts 15000 with yearlings 6.25 to 7.00, wethers 5.80 to 6.40, lambs 8.40 to 8.75.
Local market prices show No 2 wheat at 1.03 dollars per unit and wheat at 1.10. Flour selling price 7.00. Corn 0.85 to 0.86. Old oats 0.52, new oats 0.35 to 0.50. Old baled hay 19.50 to 20.00, prairie hay 6.50 to 8.00, baled prairie hay 8.50 to 10.00, baled straw 5.50 to 6.00, shredded fodder 8.00, old loose hay 18.50 to 19.00, new loose hay 10 to 11. Alsike clover seed 9.00 to 10.00, new clover hay 9.00, crab grass 0.50, clover hills 10.00, clover seed 7.00 to 8.00.
Retail prices for flour and mill products listed. High patent flour 7.00, Straight patent 6.80, Hard wheat flour 7.00, Bran 25.09 per ton, Shipstuff 32 per ton, Corn meal 2 per 100 pounds. Wagon hogs, choice quality 200–300 lb avg 6.70–7.15, 150–175 lb avg 7.00–7.15, 125–150 lb avg 6.90–7.15.
Local butcher quotes list prices for hogs cattle and calves, with light hogs at 6.85 to 7.10 per unit heavy hogs 6.35 to 6.60 rough sows 6.10 to 6.55 fat steers 6.00 to 7.00 fat heifers 6.00 to 7.00 fat cows 4.00 to 5.00 veal calves 8.0 to 9.0 bulls 4.00 to 5.00 spring lambs 7.50, sheep 4.00 to 5.00 ham 14c. Poultry and eggs rates include hens 11 to 14c, roosters 7c, spring chickens 14c, eggs 15c, turkeys old gobblers 12c, young gobblers 14c, turkey hens 21/4c, geese 6 to 14c, ducks 8 1/2c, butter 17c, packing stock 17c, country No 1 25c.
Reported by Wm. Malambri lists carrot bunches five cents, beets five to ten cents, cauliflower ten to twenty cents, cabbage five to ten cents per head, wax and string beans five cents a quart, summer squash five cents each, new potatoes twenty five cents per peck, large cucumbers five to ten cents, celery cabbage ten to twenty five cents each, onions five cents per three bunches, tomatoes ten cents per pound, sweet corn twenty to twenty five cents per dozen, turnips twenty five cents per peck.
A compact ad lists figs and dates with multiple price points. Figs are offered in 10 oz packages at 10 cents, with imported varieties and bulk halo dates shown in small print. Some items use abbreviated spellings and unclear typography, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper ad.
Market catalog lists almonds fifty cent per pound and walnuts at twenty five cents per pound. Pecans offered halves and whole at various prices. Cherries pineapples bananas peaches and other fruits priced per pound quart or dozen. Nuts include filberts brazils chestnuts and chestnuts priced accordingly.
Bolles & Rogers report lists curing grades and prices for hides including No 1 and No 2 cured and green hides, calves and kip, horse values, glue and pony ranges, tallow, white and brown greases, wool pelts and shearlings with per unit prices and quality-based grading notes. Wool and lamb values shown with quality grades and weight-related pricing.
Long Commission Co reports sharp gains in wheat driven by cash demand from millers and exporters amid unsettled winter weather. Corn ranges narrow with bear sentiment, while oats rise on unsettled weather and strong cash demand. Provisions show irregular activity as hog prices edge higher with better cash demand.
In St Louis August 12 inspectors report horse trade activity driven by foreign buyers who purchase cheaper animals. Domestic sales lag with few Eastern horses moving at low figures while Southern and Eastern draft and army horses show limited demand. mule trades focus on quality with extra good stock selling 150 to 225 dollars.
Butter steady in New York creamery extras quoted at 93 score, with firm eye on prices around 24 to 27 cents for firsts and seconds. Eggs firm with fresh gathered extras 24 to 25 cents, whites fine to fancy 33 to 34 cents, hennery browns 26 to 30 cents. cheese steadier with state whole milk flats and colored specials at 13 to 14 cents.
Butter un changed creamery various grades receipts 0488 cases at mark ordinary firsts 16 1714 northern 17 14 southern 17 17 4 Poultry alive higher fowls 1314 springs 17 18
In New York on August 12 raw sugar and molasses futures show modest gains with refining and centrifugal prices climbing. Centre quotes indicate refined sugar at 6.70 and molasses at 6.60 with small increases overall.
A fragment lists commodity prices including cubes at 6.25 and 6.04 for powdered sugar. Other entries show 5.95 powdered, 5.90 fine granulated, 5.80 diamond A S.80 confectioners, 5.70 A, and 5.55 No.1. The data appears as a price list with multiple sugar forms and grades.
In New York on August 12 poultry prices show dressed chickens at 13 to 16 cents per pound with latest bids for fresh fowls iced at 13 to 16 cents and turkeys at 15 to 18 cents. Alive birds steady with western broilers around 18 cents per pound.
Kansas City market data lists butter with firsts at 25 cents, seconds at 23, packing at 1814. Epes firsts 18, seconds unspecified. Poultry figures include hens 12, roosters 9, brooders 15 with August 12 as the date of report.
New York on August 12 reports coffee spot steady with Rio at 7s 7c and Santos at 4s 9 4. Trade sources note consistent bidding and narrow range as buyers show steady demand amid supply news.
Douglas Arizona August 12 church groups using wines for sacramental purposes will not receive renewed supplies until a test case clarifies the state prohibition law. Railroad attorney Eugene S Ives told R N French, representative of the Roman Catholic church here, that railroads will not accept shipments containing alcohol into Arizona until the law is properly construed by the courts.
The body of Mrs. Carrie FE Jenks was washed ashore at Corona del Beach in San Diego. She reportedly came to San Diego about ten months ago, possibly from Chicago. An autopsy will determine if she was dead before entering the water.
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