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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
9
Roads soggy creeks out of banks cut farmers from city markets yesterday causing little business. Only three or four loads of corn and oats from the city market were sold. Hogs rose 5 cents per hunted weight, totaling a 25 cent gain over two days in price.
Chicago May 28 A 1915 harvest shipment start from Texas to Kansas City bore on markets as wheats closed heavy down four to four and a quarter cents. Corn and oats fell slightly with provisions steady. Traders cited weather prospects, lodging damage, and rain delays as reasons for the mood. British delays to oats and port congestion were noted but not cancellations.
Minneapolis reports 173 today with 99 last week and 117 last year. Duluth shows 17 today, 16 last week, and 22 last year. Winnipeg records 181 today, 212 last week, and 182 last year, reflecting regional movement patterns.
Chicago reports estimated Saturday receipts: wheat 303, corn 41, oats 12, hogs 13,000, cattle 100, sheep 2,000.
Wheat shows 138 contract 77 estimated 138 last year 173. Corn lists 75 contract 40 estimated 76 last year 318. Oats 83 contract 47 estimated 82 last year 132.
Wheat receipts today 592000, last year 519000. shipments 583000 today vs 458000 last year. Corn receipts 399000 today, 1170000 last year. shipments 503000 today, 668000 last year. Oats receipts 381000 today, 564000 last year. shipments 473000 today, 654000 last year.
In New York on May 28 wheat showed irregular spot activity with No 2 red at 81.52 to 81.54 and No 2 hard at 1.52 to 1.53. Export bids listed No 1 northern Duluth at 1.54 and No 1 northern Manitoba at 1.54 while May futures were weak at about 1.43. Corn was barely steady with No 2 yellow around 1.514, prompt shipment. Oats were easy with standard at 5.83 and No 3 white at 5.73 to 5.74 and fancy clipped white at 5.91 to 6.14.
Toledo Ohio reports seed price quotes with Clover seed prime cash at 8.00 for October and 8.50, Alsike at 7.85, Timothy at 2. B74 with September at 3.124, reflecting farm commodity values and timing.
Minneapolis wheat market notes receipts 173 cars versus 117 last year. Cash wheat No 1 hard 1.54 No 1 northern around 1.48 to arrive 1.487. References to prices and deliveries indicate a lower early market with varying grades and arrival quotes.
Wheat prices range from No 2 red at 1.44 to No 3 red at 1.414. Corn offers No 2 yellow at 77 and No 3 yellow at 161277, with white and mixed varieties varying. Oats list No 2 white 53 and other grades between 51 4 and 44, standard at 52 34.
Wheat No 2 red 1.41 142. No 2 hard 1.45 1.49. No 3 hard 1.41 1.49. Corn No 2 76 14. No 3 75 4 76. No 4 75. No 2 yellow 77 0 77. No 3 yellow 76 14. No 4 yellow 75. No 2 white 77 14 78. No 3 white 76. No 4 white 75 4 76. Oats No 2 51. No 8 49 4 50. No 2 white 54. Standard 53 44. No 3 white 52 53. No 4 white 51 51 14.
Kansas City market notes wheat and corn prices for various No 2 to No 4 grades and red yellow and white corn and oats with multiple fractional bids. Prices show slight variations across hard red and soft categories with values around 1.30 to 1.42 dollars for wheat and 0.73 to 0.76 dollars for corn per bushel and oats near 0.46 to 0.48 dollars.
Peoria Illinois May 28 market note shows corn prices with various grades quoted around 76 for white and yellow cereals, oats steady to 146 lower for No 2 white and No 3 white around 52 14 and 52 54 respectively.
Liverpool grain prices on May 28 show Wheat No 2 Manitoba 13s 0d and No 1 northern Manitoba 13s 9d. No 2 hard winter 13s 7d. Corn American mixed 8s 3d.
May 28 1928 Chicago livestock report shows hog receipts around 23,000 with prices easing to 5 cents lower in spots. Hog classes quoted from 6.00 to 7.85, cattle receipts about 1,000 with natives 7.00 to 9.25, westerns near 7.75, calves 7.00 to 9.75, and sheep receipts 6,000 with demoralized lambs at 7.50 to 10.25 and ewes 4.50 to 6.00.
St Louis reports 9600 hogs auctioned with lights and mixed loads selling from 6.05 to 7.95, native cattle at 7.50 to 9.23 for with yearlings and heifers 8.00 to 9.30, cows 4.60 to 7.50, stockers 6.00 to 8.25, and sheep at 5.00 to 6.00 for muttons and 9.00 to 9.75 for clipped lambs as receipts totaled 9600 hogs, 700 cattle, and 1900 sheep with a generally steady to lower trend.
The Kansas City market shows hogs at 7.20 to 7.75 per hundredweight with various loads, cattle ranges including heavy and dressed beef steers at about 7.25 to 9.25, cows and heifers from 5.00 to 9.25, calves 6.50 to 10.00, and sheep with lambs around 9.00 to 11.50 and yearlings near 6.00 to 9.25 varying by grade. multiple figures reflect steady to higher values across hogs cattle and sheep.
East St Louis May 28 hogs 8 500 head market 10c higher mixed and butchers 7 85 8 00 rough 87 00 72 5 good heavy 7 85 7 95 light 7 90 8 00 pigs 6 25 7 95 bulk 7 85 195 cattle 1 000 market steady top 5 25 a sheep 1 700 market lower
Chicago dairy and produce prices show butter unsettled at the creamery with receipts totaling 2 277 266 cases. Eggs command higher prices with 16 1 4 18 ordinary firsts and 17 1 8 firsts. Poultry and fowls decline with varied quotes.
New York May 28 Dan s Review reports steady expansion of industrial operations driven by wartime demand. Domestic conditions gain strength with gold flows and strong banking, though foreign risks temper enthusiasm. Purchasing power rises as unemployment falls and grain traffic prospects prompt transport firms to expand, boosting iron and steel.
In New York on May 23 stock dealings showed record dullness with total turnover near 170000 shares. Early hour activity reached about 60000 shares, then lingered, while gains favored only smaller secondary issues like motors and specialties. Rumors swirled over the Lusitania note response and British reverses, limiting trading. Canadian Pacific slid three points as a barometer, and United States Steel barely rose despite a public address by Chairman Gary.
Closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange list last sale figures for Amalgamated Gahan Pee wee Am. Beet Sugar Am. Can Am. Car and Foundry Am. Cotton Oil Amn, Smtg. and Refy Am. Sugar Refng Anaconda Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn Rapid Transit California Petroleum Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chesapake and Ohio Copper Grand Trunk Western Go Mo and Ste Denver and Rio Grande Gen. Electric Goodrich Co. Illinois Central Inter. Harvester Lehigh Valley Louisville and Nashvill Maxwell Motor Co. Mexican Petroleum Mo. Pacific National Lead New York Central Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Ray Consolidated Republic Iron and Steel Southern Pacific Studebaker Tennessee Copper Union Pacific U.S. Steel Union Rubber Utah Copper Western Union Westinghouse Electric.
May 28 New York Mercantile paper Sled Sterling exchange quoted at 60 days 476.25 demand 478.50 cables 479. Francs demand 542445 cables 542% marks demand 83 cables 83g Lite demand 580 cables 579 Rubles demand 3944 cables 3944 Bar silver 4962 Mexican dollars 38 Time loans easier 60 and 90 days 23 245 six months 3Ga Oty Cash money steadys high 2s low i roling rate last loading 2 closing bid 1445 offered at 2.
New York market notes show butter and creamery items with price ranges and classifications. Extras, firsts, seconds entries, and nearby hens products are recorded, including whites and browns and irregular cheese pricing across state and local producers.
New York sugar market summary shows raw sugar at 4 89 cents per pound, centrifugal. molasses at 4 12 cents. refined steady with no notable changes.
Wheat May closed four cents lower at 1 434 cents while May delivery sagged from yesterday’s gains. Reports cite southwest sentiment shifts and German naval actions depressing prices. hot demand for No 2 hard wheat waned. Corn May steady, July and September down 0.14. Weather unfavorable, Iowa reports planting delays, and corn prospects look light post-planting. Oats range narrow with slight May buying and July selling. Provisions weaker as hogs ease yet demand from packers offers mild support. Primary receipts 379,000 bushels. export clearances 353,000. North America weekly exports 1,336,000 vs 53,000 prior year.
The May 28 poultry memo lists Western frozen roasting chickens at 17 to 22 cents per pound, fresh fowls and feed at 16 to 17 cents, and turkeys around 15 cents. Alive and weak prices for Western chickens and broilers are shown, with fowls at 17 cents and turkeys at 12 cents.
ST. LOUIS PRODUCE. ST. LOUIS, May 28. Poultry prices noted: chickens 13 to 18 cents. spring chickens 25 to 30 cents. turkeys 12 to 13 cents. ducks 8 to 14 cents. geese 7 cents. Butter creamery 26 to 27 cents. Eggs 16 to 35 cents.
An old promotional copy urges readers to apply Sloan's Liniment to sore muscles joints or rheumatic areas for quick relief. It claims immediate pain draw and penetration without rubbing in and promises 25 cent bottles with money back if not satisfied. It lists uses for colds swollen joints lumbago sciatica and similar ailments.
Prices paid for hay and grain list includes Wheat 1.47, flour selling price 8.10, corn 77 8K, oats 58 0.60, prairie hay 12.00, baled prairie hay 350 10.00, wheat straw 5.50, oat straw 6.50 7.50 shredded, fodder 8.00, loose hay 17.30 18.00, baled mixed hay 18.00 20.00, millet hay 10.00, baled millet hay 10.00, Timothy seed 3.50 4.00, red clover seed 11.00, Alsike clover seed 9.00 10.00, new clover hay 15.00, baled timothy hay 13.00 20.00, baled threshed hay 6.00 8.00, crab grass 7.50, clover hullings 10.00, baled straw 5.50 6.00, clover seed 7 8.
Knollenberg Milling reports current market prices for flour and mill products. High patent flour 3.10 per unit, straight patent flour 3.10, hard wheat flour 8.10, bran 27 per ton, shipstuffs 32 per ton, corn meal 2 per 100 pounds, all exclusive of absolute taxes.
The report lists wagon hogs prices for choice duality and quality grades with averages across weight ranges from 80 to 308 pounds. Prices cited include 7.15 to 7.40 and 157.30 and 8.90 to 7.30 in various weight bands.
Local butchers publish prices for hogs cattle and sheep with ranges for light hogs heavy hogs sows stags fat cattle heifers cows veal calves bulls spring lambs and sheep indicating market levels and variability across categories. Prices show varied fat and lean premiums and indicate values from year to year in the local market.
Mixed poultry rates show hens at 13 cents roosters 7 cents spring chicks 19 cents per dozen turkeys various prices geese 7 cents ducks 10 cents per pound and butter stock at 18 cents per pound. country choice No 1 at 24 cents.
Reported by Wm Malambzi showing a dense list of fresh produce with prices. Items include artichokes large each. asparagus various bunches. green beans per quart. beets carrots cabbage lettuce celery cucumbers peppers tomatoes peppers and more with prices ranging from a few cents to a dollar per unit or per unit group. Notable entries include strawberries Florida 50 cents per quart and oranges California 15 to 60 cents per dozen.
Reported prices cover cured hides listed by grade with per unit costs and deductions for No 2 hides, horse hides values, tallow and grease rates, and a range of native and braids wool prices. Nuts and peanuts quoted per pound with English walnuts Brazils almonds and pecans also listed.
The list shows almonds pecans walnuts and popcorn priced by the pound with almonds pecans and walnuts at 75 cents per pound and shelled popcorn at 10 cents per pound in a small reader notice.
A compact price list shows figs and dates with assorted weights and prices. Includes 10 oz figs at 10 cents, pulled mon bons figs imported at 1 lb per 10 cents, umbrella layer figs at 1 lb, 5 cents, and Haloch dates bulk at 1 lb for 15 cents, plus smaller packages priced at 2 pounds for 2 cents.
In St Louis on May 28 buyers were mainly eastern and southern horse traders, with large sales of war horses and two inspections taxed. Prices remained strong for horses, especially eastern draughts, mules of good quality 14 to 16 hands sold well, while high demand was limited for southern stock.
Hay receipts were reported at Sears on the west side and 24 cars on the east side of the river. Prices remained steady with fair demand for timothy and clover mixed grades, while common No 2 and 3 sold slowly and prices were unsettled. Best alfalfa offerings were scarce with fair sales, clover mixed and timothy popular. prices ranged for various grades from 12 to 21 dollars per ton.
Omaha Neb May 28 Hogs receipts 6100 higher heavy 7.40 7.45 light 7.45 7.55 pigs 6.75 7.50 bulk 7.42 7.50 Cattle 200 steady steers 7. (text garbled) cows and heifers 6.00 8.10 calves 8.25 10.75 Sheep 600 steady yearlings 7.00 9.00 wethers 7.50 8.25 ewes 9.00 av 10.15
New York market notes show mixed coffee bids with Santos No 4 93 percent futures and roaster activity quiet. Observers track March to May price shifts and speculative trading as traders weigh supply demand signals.
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