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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
10
Limes in Jamaica priced by the dozen at 40a. Red bananas offered by the dozen at 20c and 30c. Pineapples labeled Cuban and extra fine priced per fruit from 15c to 25c.
Market list of cured hides, green hides, calf skins, hip skins, horse hides with prices and deductions. Tallow, white grease, yellow and brown grease values. Native wools, braids, heavy and light burries. Nuts and seeds including cocoanuts walnuts almonds filberts pecans chestnuts peanuts and popcorn per pound figures.
Reports from St Louis show mixed grain trading with futures wavering as exporters and buyers react to weather shifts and currency pressures. Wheat shipments, oat futures, and corn prices move amid bear sentiment and hedging activity. Hog and cattle markets also advance slightly on steady demand while livestock receipts near 7,900 hogs and 3,800 cattle.
Wheat components show No 2 red at 1.28 and No 2 hard at 1.28. Corn readings include No 2 yellow 75? 76 and No 3 yellow around 75 14 75 34. Oats values list No 2 white 49 14 and 49 4 with other white grades. Barley feed at 68 4 69 and malting 69 72 with screenings around 62 to 67.
ST LOUIS June 30 Wheat prices No 2 red 1 14 4 1 15 No 3 red 1 12 Corn prices No 2 75 No 3 74 144 No 2 yellow 76 14 No 3 yellow 75 44 No 2 white 77 14 No 3 white 76 54 Oats No 2 47 14 48 14 No 3 47 14 48 14 No 2 white 50 standard 49 15 No 3 white 46 34 49 No 4 white 48
In St Louis during June the market quotes wheat and corn prices by grade. No. 2 hard wheat ranges from 1.24 to 1.32, No. 3 hard at 1.22 to 1.32, No. 2 red around 1.10 to 1.15, with similar variations for No. 3 and No. 4 red. Corn prices show No. 2 at about 0.73 to 0.73, No. 3 near 0.72, No. 2 yellow 0.75 to 0.75, No. 3 yellow around 0.74, and various white corn values around 0.74 to 0.75. Oats levels for No. 2 between 0.43 and 0.44, No. 3 around 0.42 to 0.43, white oats No. 2 about 0.47 to 0.48, and No. 3 white near 0.46 to 0.48.
Wheat spot irregular No 2 red 1.32 14. No 2 hard 1.38 1 export futures steady July 1 43 7 Corn spot steady No 2 yellow 85 cents prompt shipment Oats spot firm standard 55 No 3 white 54 14 fancy clipped white 55 14
June market notes show eight cars on the west side and ten on the east side of the river. Timothy and light clover mixes sold slowly, with scarce good alfalfa, prairie, and cheaper odds. Prices ranged with No 1 hay at 15 to 16 dollars, clover mix 16.50 to 18.50, timothy 17.50 to 20.50, alfalfa 9 to 12, straw steady and scarce, wheat at 6 switched.
Peoria reports show corn unchanged with No 2 yellow at 74 and No 3 yellow at 74 34 per bushel. No 2 mixed at 74 and No 3 mixed at 97 334 for blown markets. Oats quoted at 4714 to 4734 per bushel.
Minneapolis wheat market reports higher prices amid increased receipts. Cash wheat values show No 1 hard around 1.37, No 1 northern about 1.25 to 1.45, and No 2 northern near 1.22 to 1.33 per bushel. Prices compare favorably to levels a year ago, with varied figures for different grades and arrival statuses.
Hog receipts reached 28 000 with gains up to ten cents. Mixed hogs ranged 7 25 to 7 85, heavy hogs 7 00 to 7 75. Cattle receipts 16 000 with most bids 10 cents higher. native beef steers 6 85 to 9 90, western steers 7 25 to 8 45, cows and heifers 3 35 to 9 50, calves 7 25 to 10 50. Sheep receipts 14 000 unsettled. ewes 5 75 to 6 85, lambs 7 00 to 9 35, springs 7 00 to 10 50.
Kansas City report lists cattle yard action with 4,000 cattle, steers at 7.50 to 9.50, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.50, calves 6.60 to 10.25. Sheep at 6,500 head steady with lambs 8.10 to 10.00, yearlings 6.25 to 8.00, wethers 5.25 to 6.00, ewes 4.75 to 5.50.
Omaha live stock market figures show hogs at 7207.30 dollars for mixed and bulk moderate. cattle demand higher with cows and heifers trading around 6.00 to 8.25 dollars and calves near 3.00 to 10.00. sheep supply 7,000 head with yearlings at 7.00 and lambs reaching 9.00 to 10.00.
East St Louis market figures show 3400 cattle with 1700 southerns steady, hogs at 8500 up 5c to 7c with ranges from 6.30 to 7.85, sheep around 3000 steady while lambs and muttons vary. beef steers fetch 75 to 190 dollars, lambs 7.50 to 10.50, spring lambs 7.50 to 10.50, hogs mixed and heavy priced across brackets.
New York June 30 irregular and halting stock market driven by increased foreign offerings and weakness in foreign exchange. London and Paris demand heavy selling of bonds while Germany liquidates via Holland. Highlights include Baltimore and Ohio convertible 4s sales at 115000, total American bond turnover near 860000 at par. Sterling steady after slipping below 4.76. ruble exchange at 38 per dollar with 28 percent discount.
The New York Stock Exchange closing quotations show Amalgamated Copper at 7 1 2, American Sugar Refining 107 1 2, American Car and Foundry 45 1 2, American Can 60, and various others including Bethlehem Steel 168 1 4, Chicago Great Northern 125, Colorado Petroleum 14, General Electric 2 1 4, Reading 60 1 2, Union Pacific 127 3 4, United States Steel 109 1 2, and Westinghouse Electric ex-dividend at 98 3 4 with many major rails and utilities listed.
New York June 30 mercantile paper 84 314. Sterling 60 day bills 4 72 demand 4 76 cables 4 77 francs demand 5 73 cables 5 72 marks demand 81 cables 8 11 47 lires demand 6 23 cables 6 20 rubles demand 37 14 cables 37 5. Bar silver 48 Mexican dollars 37 Time loans steady 60 days 2 14 214 90 days 2 14 2343 6 months 3 Call money steady high 2 low 1 34 ruling rate 2 last loan 17 percent bid 1 by.
New York June 30 butter lingered barely steady with creamery extras at 93 score and higher. Eggs showed weakness with fresh gathered extras and firsts around 18 percent, while cheese held steady across varieties.
Farmers in Adams and nearby counties occupied in the fields led to a slack market day with little business on the city market lot. Flour prices showed no changes beyond yesterday's decrease, and no other local markets reported shifts.
Prices for wheat flour corn oats prairie hay baled hay straw shredded fodder loose hay timothy seed red and Alsike clover hay clover hullings clover seed and crab grass listed with bid and asking amounts. Trade figures show various per unit costs and bale values across different forage and seed products.
Retail selling prices for Knollenberg Milling products are listed as High patent flour 7.70, Straight patent flour 17.70, Hard wheat flour 7.00, Bran 27 per ton, Shipstuff 32 per ton, and corn meal 2 per 100 lbs. Wagon hogs, choice quality, 200–00 pounds average 7.00–7.25. 150–175 pounds average 7.10–7.30. 125–150 pounds average 6.75–7.15.
Choice light hogs $6.35 to $7.10 per unit. Choice heavy hogs $6.35 to $6.60. Rough sows and stags $6.10 to $6.35. Fat steers $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.
Readable market list shows hens roosters spring chickens and eggs with per pound prices. Turkeys geese ducks and butter prices listed in cents per pound with stock quality grades.
Reported by Wm Malambri a detailed price list for fresh produce including artichokes asparagus green and white, green beans beets carrots cauliflower cabbage celery cucumbers cranberries eggplant endive garlic horse radish kale lettuce mushrooms leeks oyster plant parsnips parsley peppers tomatoes potatoes onions and shallots with per unit per bunch per pound or per peck prices in cents and dollars for California and Texas Florida and Arkansas sources. The list shows varied prices such as 10c for beets new 5c for cabbage new 10c for celery heads and 15c to 20c for lettuce.
Strawberries, fresh Florida, limited supply, quart 50c. Grapes, imported Almeria, pound 5c. Pears, winter Colorado Bartlett, each 5c. Grapefruit, each 5c and 1c. Oranges, finest California, dozen 1c to 60c. Lemons, imported or California, dozen 20c and 25c. Apples, western box stock, each 1c.
A compact ad lists several dried fruits with prices: figs 10 oz package 10c, figs pulled mon bons imported 25c, umbrella layer figs imported per pound, dates dromedary package 10c, Haloch dates 15c per pound, and an item labeled 2.ths 254.
Wheat markets show only a temporary break with later gains from shorts and millers amid rain fears in the west. July premiums rise on harvesting delays as Illinois and Indiana supplies tighten for July contracts. Cash premiums remain strong due to milling shortages. eastern harvest delays threaten quality. Corn outlook improves in Illinois and Indiana but remains below average west of the Mississippi, with light near-term movement and very low stocks anticipated. Oats demand stays keen. foreign demand active and some southern oats moving to Atlantic ports. Provisions carry costs discourage large deliveries, with modest outside buying tied to reports of large foreign meat orders.
The market featured balanced representation from eastern states and nS horse dealers with little activity. After the session it was a draw about who benefited most from offerings as prices stayed near yearly lows. War animals saw the most trading, with governments absorbing large supplies and dealers disposing of fresh arrivals and holdovers to meet demand.
Southern horses and eastern draft mules dominate the frame with extra heavy mules and miners mules. buyers shift to quality types and local sale, market not rising. Cotton mules around 14 hands bring 25 to 150, good ordinary 11/2 hands bring ~180 to 150, extra good quality mules quoted 160 to 180, market advisory urges sellers to market quality or hold livestock.
Berlin officials deny any intimation received about the contents of the forthcoming German note in reply to the American note regarding the sinking of the Lusitania. The statement comes from authorities in Berlin and London.
Washington notes that those drafting the document have not yet fixed its tenor. The remark signals uncertainty about the final stance and raises questions about upcoming changes or clarifications before completion.
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