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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1915
Page
9
Chicago reports mixed grain action with wheat easing to 134 cents under prior close amid black rust uncertainty. Corn and oats move variably as traders book profits and export sales rumors surface, while mid day strength fades and US and foreign demand offerings emerge.
Minneapolis figures show 122 today, 171 last week, 115 last year. Duluth records 4 today, 43 last week, 41 last year. Winnipeg reports 37 today, 50 last week, 146 last year.
Wheat and oats price figures are given with current, estimated, and prior year comparisons. Wheat shows 17 contracts with 0 unlisted, 16 last year. Cort reports 144 contracts, 100 estimated, 145 last year. oats show 124 contracts, 45 estimated, 124 last year 145.
Readable lines show today and last year figures for wheat and corn, with numbers like 343,000 and 502,000 as current values and 197,000 and 310,000 as prior totals. Additional stray text includes fragmented dates and unclear references to totals and sources.
The report shows total stock levels with Wheat 199000 units, Corn 6000 units, and Oats 184000 units. These figures indicate current supply in storage facilities across the region.
Wheat shipments today were 213000 against 1318000 last year. Corn shipments today stood at 361000, up from 319000. Oats shipments today reached 368000, versus 625000 previously.
Chicago price table shows No 3 red wheat at 1.20 per bushel, No 2 yellow corn around 7 46, Illinois values for No 3 yellow 79 7914, No 6 yellow near 7 914, No 3 white 79 14, No 2 mixed 79 11 79 14, oats No 2 white 56 61 to 56 75, No 3 white 55 44 45 534, other grades around 56 56 14. The figures reflect multiple grade listings and standard oats values.
ST. LOUIS CASH GRAIN quotes July 15 show No. 2 red wheat at 1.27 1.28, No. 3 red at 1.11 1.22, No. 4 red at 1.08 1.09, hard at 1.42. Corn prices include No. 2 at 78 1/4, No. 8 at 78, No. 2 yellow at 79 1/4, No. 2 white at 79 1/4, No. 3 white at 79, oats No. 2 white at 64 1/4, No. 3 white 53 1/3, No. 4 white 52 1/2, standard at 54 1/4.
Wheat prices ranged with No 2 hard at 1.31 134 and No 3 hard at 1.28188. No 4 hard 1.2891 33, No 2 red 1.25 1.26, No 3 red 1.22 1.23. Corn No 2 7 514, No 3 7 514, No 2 yellow 7 714, No 3 yellow 7 644 77, No 2 white 77, No 3 white 76 7614. Oats No 2 50, No 3 .474 50, No 2 white 5215, No 3 white 5114.
Liverpool grain July 15 reports Wheat No 2 northern Duluth at 11s 5d. Winter No 2 at 11s 5d. Corn American mixed new at 8s 54d. Prices reflect market closures in Dublin era reporting.
Toledo July reports show Clover seed offered prime cash at 8.30 with December and March at 8.65. Alsike prime cash bids 8.97 14. Timothy said to be 2.95 cash for September 3.07 14 for October 2.97 14, reflecting varied monthly price points.
Hay receipts light with 7 cars west and 8 cars east of river. Prices steady to firm with good to choice grades in short supply. Prairie and alfalfa higher quality notes. low grades scarce and cheap. Clover mixed 16 to 17.50. timothy 18 to 22. clover new 9 to 11. alfalfa 10 to 16. straw scarce and firm at 6 to 6.60 delivered track.
In New York on July 15 wheat spot prices held firm for No 2 red at 1.00 and CIF bids. Export bids showed No 1 northern Duluth at 1.51 14 and No 1 northern Manitoba at 1.424 CIF. Buffalo futures were unsettled with September at 1.151 4. Oats remained firm with standard 63 and No 3 white at 62 74 to 63 14.
Wheat prices edge lower in Minneapolis after 122 car receipts, compared with 15 a year earlier. Cash bids show No. 1 hard at 1.00 ADA, No. 1 northern around 1.39 to arrive, No. 2 northern about 1.36 to 1.46, and No. 3 white near 1.30.
Peoria Illinois daily cash grain quotes show corn prices with No 2 yellow at 78 cents, No 3 white at 78, No 6 white at 77, No 2 mixed at 78, No 3 mixed at 78, sample 77 3. Oats prices list No 2 white 45 4 and standard 54 1/4, No 3 white 54, No 4 white 53.
Chicago market notes show hog receipts 13 0005 with varied bids from bulk to heavy ranges. Cattle receipts 8 000 with native beef steers around 6 7 and western steers about 7 1 8 3 5. Sheep receipts 14 000 with lambs weak and ewes roughly 6 75.
In St Louis Mo on July 15 hog receipts reach 4000 with prices mainly between 7.00 and 8.00 for various classes. Cattle receipts 3000 show native beef steers 7.50 to 10.35, yearlings 8.00 to 9.65, cows 6.00 to 8.15, stockers 6.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 2800 feature clipped muttons 5.00 to 5.25 and lambs 7.50 to 8.15 with clipped lambs around 7.0 to 7.5.
Kansas City livestock market shows receipts of 3000 hogs with bulk price around 7.20 to 7.45 per hundredweight and heavy and light lines near 7.10 to 7.50. Cattle receipts 4000 with steers around 10.50 and cows and heifers near 4.50. Sheep receipts 1000 with lambs about 8.00 to 8.50 and yearlings 6.75 to 7.50. wethers 6.25 to 7.50, ewes 5.75 to 6.60.
New York July 15 Stocks showed a two sided movement early, with war contract shares stronger while railways faced selling pressure. In the final hour speculative favorites surged, led by Bethlehem Steel and United States Steel, as a flood of trading drove prices to near record levels amid corporate news and policy signals.
New York money rates and closing quotations from the Stock Exchange show Amalgamated Copper, Amalgamated Sugar, American Can, American Car and Foundry, and several major rails and industrials posting varied levels. Notable entries include Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Inter. Harvester, Pennsylvania, Southern Pacific, Studebaker, and Utah Copper among others with specific bid and sale figures.
New York raw sugar prices remained steady on July 15 with grinders reporting little change. Centrifugal sugar quoted around 4.83 to 4.86 cents per pound as mills balanced demand and production factors.
Farmers in Quincy note heavy rains ruined much wheat and hindered harvest. The new corn crop appears record breaking, though weeds worry farmers as ground remains muddy. A few days of sun could allow plowing. City market lot saw two loads of corn sold with best price 85 cents and a load of inferior grain at 80 cents. No changes at other markets.
Prices paid for hay and grain including numerous entries for wheat flour corn oats prairie hay baled straw shredded fodder and mill products. Notable figures show wheat at $1.10 per bushel flour selling around $7.00 to $7.70, hay prices ranging up to $20.00 for baled timothy hay and straw around $5.50 to $6.50 per unit, and wagon hogs and wagon hogs prices listed by weight.
Local butcher quotes show light and heavy hogs ranging from 6.60 to 7.10 dollars per cwt and fat cattle prices from 4.00 to 7.00. Veal calves fetch 8.09 to 9.00, lambs 7.50 to 9.00, and sheep 4.00 to 5.00. Poultry, eggs, and butter feature hens at 12c, turkeys with gobblers 9 to 14c, geese and ducks around 6 to 8c, and butter near 25c per pound.
Reported by Wm Malambri listing daily market prices for produce and fruits. Includes carrots beets cauliflower cabbage wax beans summer squash new potatoes cucumbers celery onions tomatoes sweet corn turnips and a variety of fruits like cherries plums apricots apples peaches pineapples bananas watermelons cantaloupes with prices per unit or per unit range.
Shelled nut prices listed include almonds and pecans at 7 cents per pound for meat and halves walnuts at 5 cents per pound. Popcorn shelled at 10 cents per pound.
A short market listing notes assorted figs and dates with prices: California figs at 10c per 10c package, imported figs at 25c for 1b, umbrella layer figs at 25c per Ib, and Haloch dates bulk at 16c per Ib with additional 26c for 2 Ibs.
A grocery pricing list shows various nuts with unit weights and prices. Items include Cocoanuts Walnuts almonds filberts pecans chestnuts and peanuts roasted or raw with per pound costs indicated in cents or fractions.
Market notes show prices for hides split by quality, horse hides and ponies oiled at various rates, tallow and white grease quoted with cents per unit, wool values for clear bright and various grades including braid light fine heavy and burries with several percentage ranges and deductions.
Wheat extended yesterday’s strength but profit taking eased gains as bears grew bolder. Light receipts and poor quality amid confirmed black rust in South Dakota threaten quick market turns, with export business mostly for deferred shipment and cautious weather outlook ahead of threshing. Corn eased after early wheat gains, with July down and later months lower, despite bullish western belt conditions and heavy cash demand for 150,000 bushels. oats rose to a new high before retreating on profit taking and mixed country reports. Provisions showed firmer tone with improved packer buying ribs and cash meat demand, aided by southern trade gains and anticipated profitable pork and rib margins.
News from St Louis notes the old French contract ends Friday and new contracts offer reduced prices for first class horses. Army inspection limits to 100 horses nationwide while domestic demand is at a yearly low. Mule exports to Cuba and Georgia small. farmers seek 14- to 16-hand cotton mules priced for weight and quality.
July 15 reported steady government and railroad bonds with mixed currency quotes. Time loans remained steady with 60 days at 2 14, 90 days at 2 34, and six months at 2 0, while 60 day and other bills showed varied figures across dollars and precious metals.
New York market notes show butter steady with creamery extras, various score figures, and firsts, seconds listings. Eggs remain firm with fresh gathered extras and firsts while nearby hens show color and grade differences. Cheese prices trend weak for state whole milk with flats and twing varieties and different colorings.
In Indianapolis stock market update hogs totaling 4,500 head rose 10 cents with top at 7.00. Cattle were 600 head with steady prices in the market.
Stock market notes from Omaha Omana show hogs receipts 3,800 higher heavy six sixty six and three quarters to seven dollars ninety, light seven dollars forty five to seven sixty five, pigs five thirty five to six seventy five, bulls six seventy to seven twenty five. Cattle receipts 1,800 steady steers and cows and heifers six to eight seventy five, calves seven to ten. Sheep receipts 1,300 steady yearlings six twenty five to seven, wethers twenty six to six seventy five, lambs eight to nine twenty five.
East St Louis market shows hogs up to 4500 heads with 5 to 10 cent gains and varied classes steady. Prices range heavy hogs 7.00 to 7.60, light 7.80 to 7.00, sows and pigs mixed. cattle 2500 strong prospects steady with top around 10.35, sheep market lower.
New York market notes from July list dressed western frozen roasting chickens at 18 223, fresh fowls iced at 13% and 18, alive irregular western broilers at 22, chickens at 22¢ 27, fowls at 15, turkeys at 11 12.
Fragmentary New York market notes mention Rio No 7 736347 Santos No 9 and quiet trading sentiment. Readable items reference cigarette related topics and local price cues without clear contextual details.
In Chicago on July 15 the butter market shows lower creamery at 22 25 percent and higher egg receipts with 11 743 cases noted. Poultry prices for live fowls and springs are unsettled with limited quotes and a remark references V 174 ordinary firsts.
Kansas City July price listings show butter at 27 for firsts 25 seconds 23 packing 19 eggs firsts 17 seconds 1244 poultry hens 12 roosters 9 broilers 17 19 turkeys 13.
Mrs Thomas A Edison of West Orange New Jersey says her husband will serve as chairman of the new advisory board of the Naval Bureau of Invention if he does not devote too much time. She notes he now works from eight in the morning until midnight and agrees to the role for his country.
A fragmented note reads that a missing watch and parasol trigger a delayed reunion with a past love. The item is linked to a referenced advertisement for The Whigs, hinting at a cultural or social tie.
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