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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
9
Chicago June 29 renewed fear of pressure from a rapid 1915 crop movement caused wheat to slip despite an early rise. The market closed steady but 3 to 14% lower. corn down 3. oats mixed, with July firm while September and December deliveries sagged. Weakness came late as hedging sales and favorable weather forecasts weighed on bulls.
Minneapolis and Winnipeg vehicle activity numbers show Today last week and last year figures. Duluth and Winnipeg listings contrast weekly and yearly totals. Estimated receipts in Chicago for Wednesday list Wheat at 5, Corn at 85 cents, Oats 80 cents, Hogs 31,000 head, Cattle 15,000, Sheep 12,000.
Wheat prices today show a 25 cent contract estimate at 4. Estimated 25 last. Three year figures for Corn stand at 181 with contract 107 and estimated 180 last. Oats trade at 151 with contract 44 and estimated 156 last. The report lists year comparisons and market indicators for Chicago commodities.
Receipts and shipments figures for Wheat Corn and Oats are listed with today versus last year comparisons. Wheat receipts 412000 today vs 507000 last year. shipments 383000 today vs 354000 last year. Corn receipts 635000 today vs 653000 last year. shipments 416000 today vs 696000 last year. Oats receipts 383000 today vs 744000 last year. shipments 258000 today vs 707000 last year.
Chicago market notes show butter creamery weaker with receipts at 22 07. Eggs meet lower footing at 28 375 cases for the month, with firsts and dinary lines varying. Poultry prices fall for alive birds and fowls, with springs down to 20 23.
New York June 29 prices for poultry show dressed wet roast chickens at 18 to 22 cents, fresh fowls iced at 15 to 17, fresh turkeys iced at 15 to 17, alive western broilers 28, east 22 to 27, and fowls and turkeys listed with varying conditions.
June 29 butter prices show firsts at 27, 25 for seconds and 23 for lower grades. Caps, and othe r details unclear.
Chicago on June 29 lists Wheat values for No 3 red at 125, No 2 hard at 1.2834, No 3 hard at 1.26. Corn prices show No 2 yellow 0.755, No 3 yellow 0.755, No 4 yellow 0.7434, No 2 white 0.755, No 3 white 0.755, No 2 mixed 0.755, No 3 mixed 0.755, No 6 mixed 0.7414. Oats values place No 2 white at 0.481, No 3 white 0.4734, No 4 white 0.4714, standard 0.48. Sample grade 0.46.
ST LOUIS June 29 Wheat No 2 red new 1.18 1.15 No 3 red 1.11 No 2 hard old 1.25 1.32 Corn No 2 75 No 3 73 7614 No 3 yellow 75 7514 No 2 white 7714 No 3 white 76 No 4 white 76 Oats No 2 4714 No 3 48 No 2 white 4914 standard 49 4914 No 3 white 48 49 No 4 white 4714
Kansas City wheat and corn prices noted for June 29 with multiple grades listed. Hard wheat No 2 priced around 1.24 1.30, No 3 1.19 1.29, No 4 1.24, red wheat No 2 1.15 No 3 1.13 1.14. Corn prices show No 2 73.14, No 3 73, No 2 yellow 75, No 3 yellow 74 1 4, No 2 white 75, No 3 white 74. Oats listed for No 2 43 44, No 3 42 43, No 2 white 47 48, No 3 white 46 4634.
In Liverpool on June 29 wheat quotes for No. 1 northern Duluth 11s 8d No. 2 hard winter 11s 4d. Corn spot steady with American mixed new at 7s 11d.
Ul June 29 Peoria reports stable corn and oats prices with slight declines for oats. Corn prices for No 2 white and No 3 white vary around 7 1/4 to 7 1/2 cents, yellow corn near 7 3/4 cents, mixed at 7 3/4 cents. Oats unchanged with No 2 white and standard both around 47 cents.
New York reports irregular spot wheat with No 2 red at 1.3124 and No 2 hard at 1.3634 c.i.f. Export bids show No 1 northern Duluth at 1.36 and No 1 northern Manitoba at 1.34 c. i. f. Futures ease, July at 1.1254. Corn spot No 2 yellow 85 for prompt shipment. oats steady.
Minneapolis June 29 reports show wheat receipts at 243 cars down from 80 a year ago. Cash figures list No 1 hard at 136.14, No 1 northern 1.24 to arrive, No 2 northern 1.21 34, No 3 wheat 1.16 34 to 1.28 34 with varying bids. market prices steady to lower early.
Hay receipts show 25 cars on west and 25 on east, prices steady for high grade timothy and clover. Good prairie and well matur ed alfalfa scarce, mid and low timothy and clover mixed are weedy, dull for immature alfalfa. Clover not reported. prices ranged 16.50 to 18.00 for clover mix, Timothy 17.00 to 20.50, alfalfa 13.00 to 16.00, straw scarce and in demand. Wheat last sales 6 switched.
Toledo June 29 Clover seed quoted prime cash ranges with October December and March futures at 8.22 8.87 8.65 8.90. Alsike seed shows August at 8.90. Timothy seed prime cash 3.20 with September 3.45 and October 3.25.
Chicago market daily cattle hogs and sheep receipts listed. Hogs weak to lower with bids from 7.35 to 7.75 for various cuts. Cattle firm with native steers 6.75 to 9.75 and westerns 7.00 to 8.40. cows and heifers 3.25 to 9.40. calves 7.25 to 10.50. Sheep unsettled with lambs 7.25 to 9.60 and springs 7.25 to 10.75.
Hog receipts 7,500 slight drop. Pigs and lights $6.25 to $7.80, mixed and butchers $7.65 to $8.10, good heavy $7.70 to $7.75. Cattle receipts 2,400, native beef steers $7.50 to $9.50, cows and heifers $6.00 to $9.40, stockers and feeders $6.00 to $8.25. Sheep receipts 5,300, lambs $7.50 to $8.50, spring lambs $10.35 to $10.68.
Kansas City June 29 hogs receipts 15 000 lower bulk 7.40 7.50 heavy 7.40 7.45 light 7.40 6.14 pigs 6.75 7.50 calves 6.00 10.00 cattle receipts 7 000 steady steers 7.50 9.50 cows and heifers 6.75 9.40 calves 6.00 10.00 sheep receipts 6 000 steady lambs 8.26 10.25 yearlings 6.50 8.00 wethers 5.50 6.25 ewes 5.35 5.50
East St. Louis cattle 3,500 head including 800 southern natives market strong. Hogs 8,500 head mixed with prices 6.25 to 7.90. Sheep 4,500 head lower with clip muttons and lambs priced. spring lambs range 7.50 to 10.50.
Recurrent demoralization in foreign exchange kept the stock market subdued in New York on June 29. Paris, Reichsmarks, and lives all hit long reactionary lows, with London showing a slight recovery in sterling. Gold imports from Canada halted, rumors of French inflows unauthenticated, and several core issues tumbled including Canadian Pacific and Rock Island. U.S. government bonds and other securities also traded weakly amid broad market unease.
The New York Stock Exchange closing quotations list a wide range of industrials and utilities with prices. Notable figures include Amalgamated Copper at 74 3/4, U S Steel at 60, Bethlehem Steel at 167, General Electric at 169 1/4, and American Tel and Tel at 128. Other entries show Interchemical, Norfolk and Western, Reading, Studebaker, and Union Pacific among many more, reflecting broad market activity.
Mercantile paper 34314, sterling 60 days 4.72 25. Demand 4.76, cables 4.77. Francs demand 5.65, cables 5.64. Marks demand 8.114, cables 8.13. Rubles demand 3.774, cables 3.8. Bar silver 48, Mexican dollars 37. Time loans steady 60 days 2 1/4 2 1/4 90 days 2 1/4 2 1/4 6 months 3. Call money steady high 2, low 1 3/4 4, ruling rate 1 4, last loan 2, closing bid 1 3/4, offered at 2.
Butter steady to higher with creamery extras at 93 score and firsts at 26. Eggs show weak fresh gathered extras at 22 to 23 with nearby and hens, whites fine to fancy at 24 to 26. Cheese remains steady with whole milk flats and twins, white specials around 15 to 16 and colored at 15 to 15.5.
Raw sugar prices steady in New York with centrifugal at 4.89 and 4.12 for implasses, refined sugar showing steady activity. Market notes reflect minor price stabilization in June with limited movement across ordinary grades.
Local markets showed increased business as seven loads of corn and hay arrived with easy buyers. Corn sold around 80 to 82 cents, hay from 16.50 to 17.50. Hag and poultry markets unchanged. Knollenberg Milling Co cut prices by 20 cents per barrel yesterday. Wheat prices held steady with ten day levels.
The notice lists prices for apples at six to six and a half cents each, Jamaica limes at about 40 cents per dozen, red bananas around 20 to 30 cents per dozen, and Cuban pineapples offered at 15 to 20 cents each. The fragment reflects a grocery ad with varied fruit pricing.
Report lists prices for hides and wool including No. 1 cured hides at 12c, No. 2 cured hides at 12c, No. 1 green hides at 11c, No. 2 green hides at 10c, No. 1 calf skins at 15c, No. 2 hip skins at 12c with deductions, horse hides prices, ponies and glues at 1.25 to 1.50, tallow No. 1 at 54c, No. 2 at 24c, white grease 5c, yellow and brown 3 4c, and wool grades with various cents per pound.
Prices paid for hay and grain list commodities with bid figures for wheat flour corn oats prairie hay baled prairie hay wheat straw oat straw shredded fodder loose hay timothy seed red clover seed alsike clover seed new clover hay baled timothy hay baled threshed hay crab grass clover hullings clover seed and other straw. Entries show a range of prices from 0.86 for corn to 20.00 for baled timothy hay with various seeds and hay products listed.
Retail selling prices list from Knollenberg Milling Co shows High patent flour at 7.90 per unit, straight patent flour 7.90, hard wheat flour 7.20, Bran 27 per ton, Shipstuff 32 per ton, Corn meal 2 per 100 lbs. Wagon hogs, choice quality 200–300 lb avg at 7.00–7.25, 150–175 lb avg at 7.10–7.30, 125–150 lb avg at 6.75–7.15.
Local butcher quotations show light hogs at 6.85 to 7.10 per pound, heavy hogs at 6.33 to 6.60, sows and stags 6.10 to 6.35, fat cattle 6.00 to 7.00, 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. Poultry and dairy prices list hens 12 1/2 percent, roosters, spring chickens, eggs 14 1/3c, turkeys 9 1/4c, 9 1/2c, geese 7c, ducks 9 1/4c, butter 19c to 25c.
A historical price list shows diverse produce with quantities and unit costs. Items include artichokes 5c each, large asparagus 75c per bunch, green beans 7c quart, beets 10c per bunch, carrots 10c per bunch, cabbage 5c per lb, celery 15 20 25c, cucumbers 10 15 25c, cranberries 1c quart, cauliflower 10 20 25c, mushrooms 65c per lb, peppers 5 10c each, tomatoes 10 50c per lb, onions 5 7c per lb, potatoes 10c per lb Florida, 25c for 3 lb, etc. Ends with onions Spanish 5c.
Advertisement lists strawberries from Florida at 50 cents per quart, imported Almeria grapes at 5 cents per pound, winter Colorado Bartlett pears at 5 cents each, grapefruit at 5 or 16 cents each, and California oranges at a dozen for 60 cents. Limited supply noted.
The ad lists Cocoanuts at 5 to 15 cents each, Walnuts English per pound at 25 cents, Brazils 20 cents per pound, Almonds 20 cents, Filberts 20 cents, Pecans 20 cents per pound, Chestnuts Italian large 20 cents per pound, Peanuts roasted 15 cents per pound and raw 124 cents per pound.
Shelled nut meats including almonds pecans walnuts and popcorn priced per pound. Almonds and pecans listed at seven cents per pound for shelled halves with other varieties noted in casual pricing.
A catalog of dried fruits including figs and dates with various packaging options. Figs in 10 oz packages priced at 10 cents, pulled mon bons imported 1b, umbrella layer figs imported 1b at 25 cents. Dates listed include dromedary package 10 cents and Halowh bulk 1b lic 2 Ibs 25q.
Long Commission 60.5 Daily Market Letter reports wheat strength in Liverpool faded under selling by commission houses and local bears. July futures off 3/4 to 1 1/4 with old wheat premiums up. corn and oats follow declines with liquidation and strong cash demand offset by packer buying. Export clearances total 175,000 bushels. Atlantic exports ~25,000,000 bushels since March. Provisions recover from early weakness as meat demand holds, lard weak, hogs at 31,000 tomorrow.
June 29 Louis market reports varied demand for horses and mules. Sellers say quality drives price strength but overall levels are not as high as in peak times. Eastern and southern horses quoted around 125 to 210. mules show good to extra quality bids from 150 to 225 for different sizes and builds.
Indianapolis June 29 Hog receipts 900 and cattle steady with hogs at 7.90 top. Market notes indicate strong demand and steady trend for cattle as hogs show slightly higher activity. Prices reflect local trading conditions in Indiana livestock market.
Fragmentary OCR note suggests a loss item described as a watch or parasol. The line references an advertisement to The Whig. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to identify who reported the loss or when it occurred.
Fragmentary report notes Bas king involved in events in Munich on June 28. No further readable details present.
The Bavarian Canal society gains attention as a notable early expression from German rulers about expanding Germany's boundaries after the war. The king praises German arms and foresees more favorable sea connections for the south and west, signaling a strategic shift as hosts discuss postwar gains.
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