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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
10
Wheat futures eased with May at 1.7456 and July 1.4742 as German submarine activity and discord between Washington and Berlin weighed on sentiment. Corn, oats, and provisions also declined amid ample hog receipts and expectations of larger corn supplies. shipments and daily movements shown for Chicago and Northwest points.
Chicago reports varied wheat and corn bids with multiple grades listed for No. 2 red to No. 4 mixed. St Louis Omaha and Kansas City market quotes show regional price differences for wheat corn and oats with spot and futures data. Liverpool and Peoria offer international and domestic snippets including No. 2 white and yellow wheat prices and cash bids.
Bradstreet’s reports consumption still covers tax production and exceeds prior strength with many lines overloaded. Signs of slower pig iron demand amid higher prices, holiday buying surges, and overstocked countryside markets appear, while rails seek cars and wages, dividends, and security investments push higher.
Long Commission Co. reports that sinking of the Caledonia and grain embargoes at export stations will tighten ocean freight and insurance costs. The note argues fertilizers point to higher grain prices as railways ease congestion, with wheat set to rise and corn uncertain. Oats and provisions are expected to follow as demand increases.
Chicago receipts show hogs steady to higher with light and heavy ranges noted. Cattle demand remains firm with western steers and feeders at strong prices, while sheep and lamb values vary. St Louis and Kansas City report hogs lower and cattle steady, with Omaha showing higher sheep and steady cattle totals.
Seed market listings show Chicago prices for Rye No 2 at 2.47 dollars, Barley seed 32 dollars, Timothy 5.50, Clover 12.717, while Toledo reports December Clover at 10.75 and 10.90 for January, Alsike December 11 and March 11.19, Timothy December 2.47 and March 2.82.
New York on December 9 reports irregular and heavy market trading led by foreign relations and external considerations. Money conditions eased with call loans at four percent. Canada added a large gold shipment bringing totals over 50 million. Volume neared 1,000,000 shares, shipping stocks strong, munition issues fluctuating, Paris 6s at new lows, and government bonds varied in price.
Friday clearings reported by the Quincy Clearing House Association show activity for the day. Comparison notes reference the same day last week and the same day a year earlier, with limited readable details available.
The Chicago market ledger lists butter creamery at 94 37 1g, receipts 2274 cases. potatoes 27 cars. poultry prices for alive fowls and turkeys. hogs and cattle quotes from G B & Q yards. local butchers quotes. dairy and milling product prices. and general market quotes for hay, grain, seeds, and feeds with regional price spreads and device listings.
Mixed listings show prices for several grain contracts including No. 2 and No. 1 futures, with figures such as 25.50 and 19.50 cited amid scattered names like St. Louis and Taos, indicating a disjointed ledger of commodity quotes and contracts.
Threatening weather kept Friday market receipts small. Hog prices were down 15 cents per hundredweight locally. Six loads of corn hay and oats arrived, including two loads of new corn at 3 and 90 cents per bushel. One load of oats at 55 cents per bushel. Three loads of loose hay at 10.50 per ton.
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