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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
5
Uneasiness over wheat receipts amid railway strike troubles and embargoes pushed prices higher. Dec futures rose 1.5 to 2 cents with corn and oats gaining, while provisions advanced despite weaker hogs. Receipts and shipments for today show strong Canadian and domestic movement, with total clearances recorded for wheat, corn, and oats.
Grain and seed markets show mixed tones across Minneapolis Toledo St Louis Kansas City and Chicago reports. Prices touch No 1 hard wheat 11536 and No 2 red corn around 66 68 cents, with timothy clover and alfalfa varying by grade and region.
Mercantile paper quotes at 8073. Time loans 2143. Call money ranges high 2 low 1344 with closing bid 134.
Livestock price reports from St. Louis Chicago Kansas City and Omaha show hogs and cattle receipts and varied bids. Hogs steady to weak with mixed and heavy grades quoted. cattle mostly steady with light shifts. sheep and lamb markets mixed across regions.
Riverside school and Quincey city schools suffered from a grip epidemic with 39 pupils present of 119 enrolled. Teachers faced empty seats as illness reduced attendance across the section yesterday.
Adam Ker brink, a Wag driver for a local coal company, was arraigned on a state warrant charging cruelty to animals and fined $3 plus costs in police court yesterday morning.
New York trading opened with heavy declines amid renewed Washington Vienna tensions. Anglo-French bonds fell, United States Steel tumbled, and Bethlehem Steel and copper issues showed low quotations. Rails dropped as offerings increased. total volume reached 665000 shares while future selling of international listings reflected the British plan to mobilize American securities. Bank of England liabilities eased slightly with a tiny gold gain.
Weather and road conditions yesterday kept country loads from town. The local market had only hogs sold to butchers, two loads of scrap iron, and four loads of coal. supplies are largely weather governed.
Wheat price steady at 381.10 with flour at 6.4. Corn 18 60s, oats 30 34c. Straw and hay values listed: wheat straw 5.00, baled prairie hay 10.14, oats straw 6.50, shredded fodder 8.00, loose hay 9.14, alsike clover seed 9.10, clover hay 7.08, crab grass 7.50, clover hullings 10.00, baled straw 6.50, clover seed 7.59. High variability across fodder items.
Retail prices list flour and mill products. High patent flour 640.00. straight patent flour 6.20. hard wheat flour 6.40. bran 22.00 per ton. shipstuff 31.00 per ton. corn metal 2.00 per 100. retail wheat 1.15. chopcorn 1.65. graham 4.00 per cit. Woe.
Market notes list choice hogs from 90 to 300 pounds with prices ranging from 4.60 to 6.35 per hundredweight. Heavier hogs 200 to 300 pounds fetch 6.15 to 6.35, 160 to 200 pounds about 5.90, and 149 to 150 pounds around 5.75 to 6.00.
Chicago markets show butter steady at 24 30 cents, eggs steady with various grade quotes, potatoes mixed by region, and poultry mostly lower for alive stock. Kansas City notes butter firsts at 31, eggs firsts 29, poultry hens 10 to 11, turkeys 17, springs 12.
Several hog categories with weights and bid prices appear. Choice hogs average 200-250 pounds at 5.90 to 6.15 dollars. Medium hogs around 140-160 pounds listed at 5.75 to 6.00 dollars. Rough heavy hogs at 5.30 to 6.00 and pigs 90-125 pounds at 4.60 to 4.85 dollars.
Local butcher price quotes show choice light hogs at 5.00 to 5.85, rough sows and stags 5.60 to 5.75, fat steers 5.50 to 6.00, fat heifers 5.50 to 6.00, cows 3.00 to 4.00, veal calves 6.00, E 4.00 for bulls, spring lambs 6.00, and sheep 3.00 to 4.00.
A listing of prices for cured and green hides by grade, horse categories with varied values, tallow and grease prices, wool pelts and yearling rates, lambs values, and wool quality grading notes. Includes No. 1 and No. 2 classifications, per-pound adjustments, and currency in cents and dollars.
Fragmented OCR lists U S government bonds including 2s 3s and 4s with register status and coupon notes. Mentions Panama 8s and unclear depots or yields. Reading is uncertain but indicates bond registrations and coupon details.
The Cham ber of Commerce secretary reports receipt of a letter from George D Benson of Green Bay Michigan noting plans by business leaders there to merge several organizations into a single entity. He cites Quincy as one of two or three notably progressive cities considered for guidance.
Henry Ihrig owner of Houston Stock farm R FD No 2 Golden filed a certificate in the County Recorder offices via Jas Buffington yesterday confirming the farm name and ownership details.
Chicago reports a strong wheat session with prices at day’s high, 11%4 to 2c above last close. Bearish government data and embargo rumors spurred selling but demand remained buoyant and refiners hinted at reinvestment, with export trade quiet and government acreage data due tomorrow. Corn rose about 1.54 to 2.5c, aided by firmer futures and unsettled freight but oats lagged behind. Provisions stayed firm despite bearish hog sentiment, while a long list of fresh market items priced by weight and assortment followed.
Prices on the poultry market are steady with spring chickens at 20 cents per pound for broiling size and 18 cents for roasting size. Hens 17 cents, old roosters 12 to 14 cents, ducks 20 cents, geese 18 cents, turkeys 25 to 30 cents, squabs 20 cents, guinea hens 50 cents, rabbits 20 cents each. Storage eggs 30 cents, fresh eggs 35 cents. Holiday fruits and nuts on display with imported grapes, tangerines, satsuma oranges, pears, pomegranates, pineapples and nuts like pecans and pistachios. Vegetables include French endive, endive, escarole, celery, lettuce, cauliflower, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, spinach, horseradish, celery roots, parsley, watercress, radishes, shallots, carrots, sweet potatoes, onions.
In St Louis on December 16 dealers reported active demand for top Southern horses and heavy drafts. Eastern and Italian buyers showed strong interest while receipts were light. Mules, 800 to 900 head, remained largely unsold unfinished stock pushing prices down, with finished stock selling but scarce.
Levy of the Chamber of Commerce names a committee led by Mayor Abbott and members W. J. Singleton and W. A. Martin to confer with aldermanic and supervisor committees for state aid to improve the boulevard. A meeting will be held soon.
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