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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1915
Page
9
Incomplete market note lists tallow types with prices 24c for white grease 5c for yellow and brown and 8c for wool clear. Mentions native wool at 25 to 28c and braid light fine at 17 to 19c for heavy. Some entries unreadable or corrupted.
Chicago July 16 reports bullish influence on wheat from threshing delays and stronger export demand. Corn rose with wheat. oats and provisions moved mixed. Primary receipts lagged behind last year as storms and dry weather affected regions, with foreigners showing good demand and seaboard activity rising. Estimated Saturday receipts include wheat 72, corn 183, oats 148, hogs 9,000, cattle 200, sheep 2,000.
Minneapolis figures show 129 today up from 125 last week and 126 last year. Duluth records 19 today with none last week and 80 last year. Winnipeg reports 102 today versus 53 last week and 143 last year.
Grain price figures for Wheat Corn and Oats appear with today and last year comparisons. Entries show contract estimates and totals for each commodity, though OCR artifacts and punctuation obscure some numbers and spacing.
Wheat receipts reach 372000 today versus 207000 last year. Corn receipts rise to 491000 from 400000. Oats show 485000 today and 535000 last year.
Wheat today at 299000 versus 1 627 000 last year. Corn today 562000, last year 505000. Oats figures incomplete with 460000 shown and last year 818.
The report lists totals for Wheat 252000 bushels Corn 142000 bushels and Oats 289000 bushels as part of a broader market clearance update.
Chicago market notes July 16 list No 3 red wheat at 1.16 to 1.16 34, No 3 hard at 1.27 1 1/4, No 4 hard at 1.20 1/4, corn No 2 yellow 78 1/4 to 79, No 3 yellow multiple values, No 2 white 78 3/4, No 2 mixed 78 1/4 to 78 3/4, oats No 2 white 55 1/4 to 56 1/4, No 3 white 45 5/8 56, No 4 white 54 3/4 55, standard 55 1/4 56.
Kansas City wheat and corn price table dated July 16 lists No 2 hard at 1.880, No 3 hard 1.30 to 3.14, No 4 hard 1.33, No 2 red 1.27 to 1.28, No 3 red 1.241 to 1.26, No 3 red new 1.15 to 1.16. Corn shows No 2 and 3 at 0.71, No 4 at 0.75, No 2 yellow 0.78 to 0.7814, No 3 yellow 0.77 to 0.7714, No 2 white 0.7714 to 0.78, No 3 white 0.744 to 0.77, No 2 white 0.5214, No 3 white 0.52, No 4 white 0.5. Oats figures: No 2 at 0.49 to 0.50, No 3 at 0.49, No 2 white 0.5214, No 3 white 0.52, No 4 white 0.5.
In St Louis on July 16 wheat and corn futures were listed with multiple grade prices. No. 2 red wheat ranged around 1.11 to 1.22 dollars while No. 2 yellow corn quoted near 79 and No. 4 white around 78. Prices varied by grade and color across wheat corn oats and white varieties with several decimals.
Minneapolis Minn July 16 wheat prices moved higher early as receipts reached 129 cars, up from 126 a year ago. Cash bids showed No 1 hard at 1.494, No 1 northern 1.39 to 1.49, to arrive 1.38 to 1.46, No 2 northern 1.36 to 1.46, and No 3 wheat around 1.31 to 1.43.
A July report from Peoria Illinois lists corn price quotes for No 1 white No 2 white No 6 white No 2 yellow No 3 yellow No 6 yellow No 2 mixed No 5 mixed with bid samples. Prices shown include 7734 for several white lines 7614 to 7714 for other categories and 7514 for samples.
Liverpool reports on July 16 with No 1 northern wheat Duluth at 11s 7d and No 2 hard winter at 11s 7d. Spot corn shows American mixed at 8s 3d in a brief market note.
Toledo reports Clover seed prime cash at 8.35 for Oct and 8.70 for Dec and Mar 8.70. Alsike 8.95 in Aug. Timothy prime at 3.10 for Sept and Oct 3.20, 3.10 for Oct. Continuous price quotes reflect futures and seasonal timing in this market summary.
New York grain markets show spot wheat irregular with No 2 red at 1.42 and No 2 hard winter at 1.51 ec i f, export bids for No 1 northern Duluth at 1.52 and No 1 northern Manitoba at 1.42 c.i. Buffalo futures firm, September at 1.1614. Corn spot steady No 2 yellow 0.954 prompt shipment. Oats firmer standard 0.6314, No 3 white 0.64 640.65.
Hogs receipts 11000 strong up 15c to 2c. bulk 7.20 to 7.65, light 7.55 8.00, mixed 7.15 7.90, heavy 6.80 7.65, rough 6.80 7.00, pigs 7.00 7.90. Cattle steady with 1000 receipts. native beef steers 6.60 10.40, western 7.15 8.35, cows and heifers 3.20 4.92, calves 7.00 10.50. Sheep 4000 receipts. lambs weak, sheep 5.60 6.75, lambs 6.00 8.30.
Kansas City market notes hogs receipts about 1,000 higher sellers bidding 7.30 to 7.55 for heavies 7.15 to 7.40, lights 7.30 to 7.60, pigs 7.00 to 7.25. Cattle receipts 600 steady with steers 7.00 to 10.00, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.75, calves 6.00 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 1,000 steady with lambs 7.90 to 8.25, yearlings 6.50 to 7.50, wethers 6.00 to 6.60, ewes 5.75 to 6.35.
Hogs receipts 5200 up 10 to 25 cents. pigs and lights 7.25 to 8.25, mixed and butcher 7.30 to 7.85, good heavy 7.20 to 7.5. Cattle receipts 2700 steady. native beef steers 7.5 to 10.35, yearling steers and heifers 8.0 to 9.65, cows 6.0 to 8.15, stockers and feeders 6.0 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 1300 steady. native muttons 5.0 to 5.25, lambs 7.6 to 8.0. clipped lambs 7.0 to 7.5.
Omaha stockyard figures July 16 show cattle receipts at 5 500, heavy and light hogs and pigs with bulk prices around 6 85 to 7 00 per cwt, cows and heifers at 6 00 to 8 75, calves 7 00 to 10 00, sheep receipts 13 700 with yearlings 5 25 to 6 50, wethers 5 00 to 6 25, lambs 7 00 to 8 50.
At East St Louis Livestock market on July 16 cattle totals reached 2 500 including 1 700 southerns with mixed bullocks and heifers as well as cows and calves trading steady to higher across classes. Hog prices showed strength with bulk ranges around 7 20 to 7 90 per hundred weight and sheep market steady with clipped muttons at 5 00 to 5 25 and lambs at 7 50 to 8 15.
Murky trading in war related shares dominated the market with Bethlehem Steel advancing to new highs. Crucible Steel, Baldwin Locomotive, General Motors, Willys Overland and American Can surged in late trading as war contract stocks led gains. U S Steel and other war issues contributed to the rally with notable advances and higher turnover.
The New York Stock Exchange closing quotations show Amalgamated Sugar at 74 3/4, American Can at 24 3/4, American Car and Foundry at 60 1/2, American Cotton Oil at 8 3/4, American Smelting and Refining at 80 1/4, and American Sugar Refining at 109 1/2. Major rails and industrials such as Anaconda Mining, Bethlehem Steel, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, California Petroleum, Canadian Pacific, Central Leather, Chesapeake and Ohio, Chino Copper, Chicago and North Western, Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul, Denver and Rio Grande, Erie, General Electric, Goodrich, Great Northern, Illinois Central, Interborough Transit, Interharvester, Lehigh Valley, Louisville and Nashville, Maxwell Motor, Mexican Petroleum, Missouri Pacific, National Lead, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Reading, Republic Steel, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, Studebaker, Texas Co, Tennessee Copper, Union Pacific, United States Rubber, United States Steel, Utah Copper, Western Union, and Westinghouse Electric are listed with bids or closes.
Sugar futures in New York opened four to six points lower, then improved toward noon on reports of increased betting among holders of raw sugar. Raw sugar steady, centrifugal 4.83. Molasses 4.06 to 4.09, refined steady.
New York July 16 coffee prices steady with Rio and Santos quotes noted. Spot market quiet as No 7 and No 4 futures show limited movement in Santos, Brazil origins and New York berg prices.
Local markets showed unleaded yesterday with demand nearly met. Prices ranged 84 cents per bushel for corn, 49 cents for oats, and a load of loose hay at 15.50. Hogs advanced by 10 cents, with no other significant changes reported.
A list of prices paid for hay, grain, and milling products. Notable items include new wheat at $1.10 per unit, flour at $7.00, corn 85c, oats 48 50c, prairie hay 86.50 to 8.00, bale hay 8.50 to 20.00, straw 6.00 to 7.50, shredded fodder and mill hay in various ranges, and Timothy seed 33.50 to 4.00. Clover seed 7.00 to 8.00, patent flours 7.70, bran 27 per ton, shipstuff 32 per ton, corn meal 2 per 100 lbs. Wagon hog prices listed by weight class up to 300 lbs.
Local market quotes list hogs at 6.35 to 6.85 per pound for choice light and heavy hogs, fat cattle at 4.00 to 7.00, veal calves at 0.38 to 0.90, spring lambs at 7.50, and sheep 4.00 to 5.00. Poultry and eggs show hens 12c, roosters 7c, spring chickens 16 to 14c, eggs 14 1-3c, turkeys up to 19 1/4c, geese 6 1/4c, ducks 8 0 1/2c, butter 19c, other stock 25c.
Report by Wm. Malambri lists fresh market prices for fruits and vegetables. Items include carrots beets cauliflower cabbage wax beans squash new potatoes cucumbers celery onions tomatoes sweet corn apples peaches pineapples bananas watermelons cantaloupes and other seasonal produce with per unit and per quantity pricing.
Shelled nut meats with prices for almonds pecans and walnuts per pound. Watensit and watermelon listed as 75 to 76 cents per pound, while popcorn shelled is 100 cents per pound.
A terse market listing shows assorted dried fruits and nuts with prices per pound or package. Figs in 10 oz packages at 10c and 25c per pound, imported. dates, Haloch, sold in bulk. 2 lb units priced at 25c. Umbrella-shaped products and dromedary listings appear as part of the same bargain page.
NorTS. Cocoannuts each 56 10c and Bc Walnuts English pound 25a Brazils pound 20c Almonds pound 25c Filberts pound 0c Pecans pound 20c Chestnuts Italian large pound 20c Peanuts roasted pound 16c TOW pound 12%4c.
Prices for hides and skins listed by Bolles and Rogers include No 1 cured hides at 12 cents No 2 cured hides at 12 cents No 1 green hides at 11 cents No 2 green hides at 10 cents No 1 calf skins at 150 cents No 1 kip skins at 12 cents with usual deduction for No 3s No 1 horse hides at 300 dollars No 2 horse hides 3 50 with ponies add 1 glues
Receipts of wheat rise modestly but quality remains fair with tough damp grain due to persistent rains across the wheat belt since harvest. In Minnesota a heavy storm aided a bullish tone per the Modern Miller while most selling reflects bear pressure. Corn shows good cash demand and mild gains amid favorable weather. oats hit by heavy rains, delaying harvest and firming prices. Provisions stocks were bearish, yet hog-rib support limited declines as cash demand improves.
Bradstreets notes in New York that growth is widening across industries with strong steel work, war orders, shipyard activity, and better crop prospects. Commerce shows freer goods distribution, rising plant construction for war output, and resumed western implement production, while labor demand grows and railway freight varies. Bank clearings total 3.3389 billion dollars for the week.
The report shows currency prices in sterling and francs with bids for day bills and cables, including 8.3 percent and various demand figures. It lists rubles and marks, Mexican dollars, and silver value, alongside government and railroad bonds described as steady or irregular. Time loans are noted as steady with rates for 60 and 90 days and a call money market described as steady with a ruling rate around 14.
New York July 16 Butter steady creamery 92 score 27 to 28 cents firsts 24 to 26 cents seconds 23 to 24 cents Eggs firm fresh gathered extras 24 to 25 cents extra firsts 22 to 23 cents firsts 20 to 21 cents seconds 18 to 19 cents hennery whites fine to fancy 27 to 28 cents browns 24 to 25 cents Cheese steady state whole milk fresh flats and twins colored specials 15 cents ditto white 14 to 14 3/4 cents ditto colored average fancy 14 to 14 3/4 cents ditto white Mu 9.
Chicago July 16 butter steady at creamery 22 25 14. Eggs higher with receipts 18 907 cases at mark 14 17 14 old pay firsts 10 14 16 and firsts 17 44 17. Poultry alive lower with fowls 12 14 and springs 18 21.
New York July 16 Poultry prices list dressed and alive stock. Western frozen roast ing chickens at 18422, fresh fowls iced at 1844 17, fresh turkeys iced at 15 16. Alive weak western broilers at 20, chickens 22 27, fowls 15, turkeys 11 2.
In a brief market tally from Kansas City, creamery items report firsts and seconds across July listings, with eggs showing 17 firsts and 12 percent second rates, poultry including hens 12 and roosters 9, and turkeys at 13. The fragment notes multiple categories with varied quality grades.
Paria Press reports from Amsterdam summarize Austria notes to America and editorially recalls that arms export restrictions under The Hague conventions prevent Austro German access to war materiel from the United States.
Parts of Villa and Carranza factions expect a major clash near Torreon. Villa concentrates forces at the front and has received hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the United States in recent days.
The Daily Mail reports from British headquarters in France that French troops are arming with a short trench knife to fight in narrow trenches, replacing the bayonet fixed to rifles for greater manueverability and close combat effectiveness.
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