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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
2
Chicago market declines on heavy French import duties with December at 1.15 and May near 1.0054. Oats and corn weaken amid good weather and wheat weakness. Canadian wheat surplus forecast to reach 250 million bushels. Winnipeg carload arrivals expected to rise sharply. Hog prices fall. provisions drop as commissions buy on declines.
Minneapolis today reports 1 025 cases, 539 last week, 432 last year. Duluth shows 802 today, 328 last week, 360 last year. Winnipeg records 1 964 today, 1 538 last week, and 198 last year.
Estimated receipts today show Wheat 12, Corn 79, Oats 232, Hogs 25,000, Cattle 5,000, Sheep 12,000 for Thursday in Chicago, with figures listed for the expected market activity.
Wheat today at 87 in the contract market with 9 estimated. last year 156. Corn at 74 with 60 estimated. last year 67. Oats at 181 contract with 12 estimated. last year 173.
Wheat receipts today 2 639 000, last year 1 578 000, shipments today 1 309 000, 1 5 year 993 000. Corn receipts today 327 000, last year 390 000, shipments today 307 000, last year 1 005 000. Oats receipts today 1 404 000, last year 1 239 000, shipments today 1 379 000, last year 956 000.
Wheat No 3 red trades at 1.13 1.13 per bushel. No 4 red 95 1.03. No 3 hard 1.01 1.06. No 4 hard 96 1.00. Corn No 2 yellow 67 6744. No 2 white 66. No 2 mixed 66. Oats No 3 white 36 14 36. No 4 white 35 34 36.
Kansas City cash grain prices list wheat and corn values for No. 2 through No. 4 grades, both hard and red, with No. 2 yellow and white corn and oats quotes across several basis ranges. Prices are reported for No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 grades in wheat, corn, and oats, with various bid ranges provided.
Wheat prices for No 2 red No 3 red No 4 red and No 2 hard and No 3 hard are listed with cents per bushel. Corn and oats figures appear for No 2 No 3 No 4 and white varieties with accompanying grade numbers and ranges.
Wheat spot prices were weak with No 1 northern Duluth at 1084 and No 1 northern Manitoba at 10734 cif Buffalo. Futures fell with December corn at 112. Oats eased with No 3 white at 414 to 4244.
Minneapolis cash grain report shows wheat prices and receipts. No 1 hard 1.0456 to arrive 1.03345, No 1 northern 1.004 to arrive 1.03345, No 2 northern 0.9934, No 8 wheat 0.9634. Receipts total 1,023 cars, up from 432 a year ago.
Toledo Ohio report lists prices for clover and al sine hay with cash bids for prime and December March terms. Timonthy hay shows prime cash prices and December and March figures. The figures quoted include $13.00 and $12.65 for December and March respectively for clover and $10.25 $10.60 for al sine cash, and $3.75 $3.85 $3.87 for Timothy with December and March entries.
Chicago markets note Rye for No 2 nominal at 1.01 to 1.02 and Barley trading around 51 to 62 cents, with Oct prices cited. The brief market item records commodity quotations for rye and barley in Chicago.
Liverpool grain prices from October 20 show wheat at No. 1 northern Duluth 10 pence higher, No. 2 hard winter 12 shillings 3 pence, and corn American mixed new at 9 shillings.
On Oct 20 in Omaha Wheat No 2 hard closes at 1.00 to 1.03. Corn No 2 white and yellow bids range 64 to 64.14 with other Nos 3 at 62 and 24. Oats No 3 white trades at 34 to 34 1/4.
On October 20 in Peoria the corn market showed a 4 cent drop for No 3 mixed and better across all colors, with Nos 4 mixed quoted at 661445. Oats remained unchanged. The text notes prices for various sample categories and weights, reflecting a quiet trading day.
St Louis reports steady demand in Timothy and Clover mixed hay with prices for No 2 and No 1 grades rising. Clover and alfalfa scarce and firm with good to choice grades in demand, while common grades stay neglected. Straw remains scarce and firm around 6.50 to 7.00 for wheat.
Chicago dispatch shows hog receipts at 33,000 with prices 7.35 to 8.20 for various classifications, cattle receipts at 16,000 with beef steers around 6.00 to 10.50 and cows and heifers at 2.90 to 8.25, and sheep at 4.00 to 6.85 with lambs 6.65 to 8.90, overall weak versus yesterday.
Hogs receipts 3600 market 30 to 40 cents lower. Pigs and lights 6.00 to 8.00, mixed and butcher 7.58 to 8.10. Cattle receipts 4700 steady. native beef steers 7.50 to 10.95, yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 10.35, cows 6.00 to 8.00, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 7.75, native calves 6.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 2700 steady. lambs 8.00 to 9.00, ewes 5.00 to 6.50.
Kansas City market notes Oct 20 show hogs 12,000 head, prices 7.75 to 8.20 for heavies, 7.60 to 8.20 for lights, pigs 6.50 to 7.50. cattle 11,000 head steady with steers 6.50 to 10.30, cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.25, calves 6.00 to 10.50. Sheep 12,000 head steady with lambs 8.25 to 8.50, yearlings 6.50 to 7.25, ewes 5.50 to 6.00 and 5.75 to 6.50 for wethers.
New York Oct 20 war shares dominated the session with latent strength as Bethlehem Steel rose to a new high of 529 1/2. Studebaker gained to 176 3/4 and American Woolen, with gains in American Locomotive Baldwin Locomotive American Car and Foundry and Lackawanna Steel. Total sales 920000 shares.
New York money market notes mercantile paper at 3 314, sterling 60 day bills 4 66 50 demand 74 68 cables 4 68 50 francs demand 5 86 cables 5 85 marks demand 82 34 cables 82 14 lire demand 6 36 cables 6 35 Lebice demand 33 cables 33 34 bar silver 49 V Mexican dollars 38 5 Time loans easier 60 90 days 2343 six months 3 Call money steady high 2 low 1 34 ruling rate 1 34
New York Oct 20 butter and creamery extras listed with 92 score at 28 cents and 2814 29 cent firsts, 2644 27 or 29 cents seconds. Fresh gathered extras 35 to 36 cents, extra firsts 33 to 34 cents. Hennery whites 51 to 52 cents, browns 38 to 40 cents. Cheese firm with state whole milk flats white and colored specials up to 11 to 14 cents. average fancy 14 to 14 cents.
Chicago market notes show butter and eggs steady with receipts of 6 196 cases and 210726 ordinary firsts 25 2514 for firsts 2002614. Potatoes steady with 80 car receipts from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota whites 40748 and Minnesota Ohios 43 48. Poultry alive higher with fowls 13 springs 14.
Omaha market report shows hog receipts about 4700 with price ranges 7.00 to 8.75 for bulk and light pigs around 7.90. Cattle receipts near 7500 with steers 6.75 to 9.75, cows and heifers 5.50 to 7.00, sheep 2100 with yearlings 5.50 to 6.75 and lambs 8.25 to 8.75.
East St. Louis on October 20 reports hog receipts around 9,000 with prices 20 to 25 cents lower, ranges for mixed hogs from 7.50 to 8.25, and pigs from 6.25 to 7.50. Cattle receipts near 4,500 with a slow market and top price about 16.20. Sheep receipts 2,600 with a steady market.
At 3 30 yesterday 102 loads passed scales at the local market with more expected. Apples led sales while new corn brought varied prices from 60 to 65 cents per bushel with several loads listed. Old corn sold around 72 to 75 cents per bushel. Oats held steady at 35 cents per bushel. Hay sold in lots from 10 to 14 dollars per ton. Live stock prices ranged from horses at 3 to 4 dollars and various fats and wool prices listed. No nuts on market yet. first shipment due in about two weeks.
A list of commodity prices includes No 2 wheat at 7.20 and corn at 0.80. Prairie hay ranges from 8.00 to 8.50 with baled hay at 8.50 to 10.00. Oats and straw quoted from 6.50 to 7.50. Clover seed 9.00 to 10.00, clover hay 7.00 to 8.00, crab grass 7.50, clover hullings 310.00, and other bundled or new hay items shown with various prices.
The Knollenberg Milling Co reports retail selling prices for flour and mil products. High patent flour is $6.20 per unit for straight grade. Patent flour at $6.00. Hard wheat flour $6.30. Bran $24 per ton. Shipstuff $32 per ton. Corn meal $2 per 100 pounds.
Local butcher quotes show light hogs at 7.40 to 7.90 per unit rough sows and stags at 6.00 to 6.50 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 34.00 to 5.00 spring lambs 10.00 to 11.00 sheep 4.00 to 5.00.
Market prices show hens and roosters at 7 cents, spring chicks at unspecified. eggs at 23 cents, turkeys with old gobblers 9 1/2 cents and young gobblers 14 cents, turkey hens 9 cents. Geese 8 cents, ducks 9 1/2 cents. Butter packing stock 18 cents, choice country No 1 25 cents.
William Malambri reports new parsnips and carrots priced per peck, garlic per pound, spinach per peck, and assorted greens. Prices include cauliflower, parsley, horseradish, sweet potatoes, eastern and California tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, cabbage, celery, cranberries, and other produce with varying per unit costs.
A regional listing shows casaba melons bananas lemons limes and pears with per unit or per dozen pricing. It lists peaches grapes apples and quinces with varying weights and regional origins such as Colorado Wenatchee Osage and Florida. Prices range from a few cents per item to about thirty cents per dozen or basket.
Fruit trade items list figs and dates with a brief note about pricing 10 cents. Mentions California notes and small trade phrases typical of a local advertisement card from a newspaper page. The fragment hints at a sale or display with pricing in cents and a dated local context.
No. 1 cured hides fetch 15 cents and No. 2 cured hides 14 cents in the reported listing. No 1 cured calf and No 2 cured calf each 16 cents. No 1 cured kip 16 cents and No 2 cured kip 14 cents. Prices cover green and other cured hides amid market notes.
English walnut meats half pound five cents pecan meats half pound eighty cents almond meats pound seventy five cents roasted shelled peanuts pound twenty cents.
Heavy receipts in the northwest and favorable weather forecasts pressured prices in wheat and corn. Winnipeg faced similar pressure as spring wheat demand softened. Unsettled foreign conditions and new French import duty added bear factors. Oats showed some recovery after early losses while provisions slid on strong hog supplies and lower pork values.
ST LOUIS October 20 horses with strong demand for southern types boosted by active war horse buyers. Eastern division dull with few buyers while English French and Italian horses fetched vigorous demand and Belgian inspection did not occur. Mule prices showed variation by size with cotton mules in demand and larger miners selling slower amid quoted ranges for various heights.
New York reports firm prices for raw sugar on October 20 with centrifugal 4.39 and molasses 3.62. Refined sugar largely unchanged to up to 10 points, including cutleaf 6.05 and mould A 6.70. Cubes 50, powdered 5.40 and 5.35, fine granulated 5.25, Diamond A 5.25, confectioners A 5.15, No. 1 5.00.
Kansas City market notes show butter creamery firsts 27 seconds 26 packing 23 eggs firsts 2414 seconds 1914 poultry hens 12 roosters 9 broilers 15 all figures from the 1914 listing reflecting day’s trading and stock.
Coffee traders report steady activity in New York on October 20 with Rio No 7 futures at 744 Santos No 4 and AiKe among notable prices and unsettled notes reflecting market ties to spot demand and supply dynamics.
Hog receipts totaled 9 000 with prices 25 cents lower and top at 8 10. Cattle receipts near 900 with market steady to slightly lower. Location Indianapolis Ind. Auction market report for hogs and cattle on the given date.
In Elgin Illinois butter quotes for October 20 show 27/4c with live poultry prices in New York not settled. Dressed western fresh chickens in barrels quoted at 14/4 23 and fresh fowls iced at 13 AT4. Frozen turkeys listed at 18 22A.
No action taken to appoint a successor to Sir Edward Carson who has resigned as attorney general. The Premier Asquith remains absent from the House of Commons due to illness, with a doctor finding him better after a late Tuesday night visit.
Mail advices received today from the state department report conditions around Aguas Calientes Mexico are quiet and improved. Vegetables and fruit are plentiful and comparatively cheap, with corn and beans in fair supply though priced high.
ST LOUIS October 19 prediction that all steam railroads in the United States would be electrified in the next few years was made by M W Storer of New York in an address at a luncheon for members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers at its national convention opening today.
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