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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1917
Page
10
Chicago market summary notes corn prices rising Friday on robust cash demand and bullish government wheat price signals. Oats gain. wheat, corn, and provisions show moderate to strong strength with light receipts and ongoing local administration influence on trading.
Chicago and other major hubs report mixed wheat and corn quotes with No. 2 red wheat around 2.20 to 2.22 at Chicago and St Louis, while Minneapolis cites cash No. 1 northern at 2.35 to 2.40. Oats vary, with white and mixed grades around 5.6 to 7.0, and rye around 1.78 to 1.79. New York spot wheat firm at about 2.27 for No. 2 red. corn near 2.15 to 2.21 for No. 2 yellow.
In St Louis on Sept 1 hay prices remained steady across grades with strong demand for timothy and clover mixed. High grades held firm while ordinary types moved slower. prairie and alfalfa supplies were limited with sales at full prices. Noted sales included Clover mixed 22-24, Timothy 26, Prairie 24-28 and two cars of wheat at 750 per ton track.
Long Commission Co reports a firm day with corn and oats advancing while cash markets show strength both domestically and at outside points. Frost predictions for early next week buoy prices, with hogs rising, provisions steady, and packing houses selling on rallies amid light pork demand.
Hogs advanced another 25 cents Friday as fifteen farmers brought their produce to the city market. Hay sales included one load loose mixed hay at 17 dollars, four loads at 19 dollars, and five loads at 20 dollars, plus one load of threshed timothy at 12 dollars. New cuts sold at 48 cents per bushel, with two loads at boe. Hides price set to change today.
A dense listing from local markets covers milling offers and retail prices for flour and milling products, grain, hay and seed, plus detailed hog, poultry, hide, and livestock quotes. Notable items include high patent flour at 12.40 per cwt, corn meal 0.90 per cwt, and hog prices ranging from 12.65 to 18.60 per hundredweight depending on weight class.
Prices listed for Clover Reed and Alsike hay from Toledo Ohio note a range of prime cash values. Timothy and Timoth poet cash figures appear, with monthly figures given for Sept Oct and March. Other numbers include 12.98 13.95 18.80 13.85 and 12.35 12.25 12.3.
New York sugar markets show unsettled conditions with centrifugal at 7.02 dollars per hundredweight and refined at 8.40 to 4.60, molasses quoted at 0.14 and cents per pound ranges noted.
New York stock market closes mixed after a volatile day led by heavy losses in U S Steel while rails and shippings recovered some. Trading showed total sales of 910000 shares with Liberty bonds heavy and par value 3600000.
Hogs receipts in St Louis Chicago and Kansas City show gains with tops around 13.83 in Chicago and mixed results elsewhere. Cattle receipts are mixed with native beef steers around 8 to 16 dollars in St Louis and Omaha steady to higher. Sheep receipts feature lambs around 11 to 17 dollars and stable to firmer in several markets.
Markets across Chicago and New York report butter Egg receipts and prices with creameries firm to higher, while eggs show irregular receipts. Cheese and poultry prices range with alive and dressed fowl values noted. coffee futures steady in New York with No 7 grade listed.
New York reports all exchanges will be closed today and Monday due to a holiday. No trading will occur on the floor or in after hours markets as authorities announce a temporary halt.
A short note notes that a man’s patent leather shoes suffer wear as the patent term ends, marking the moment when the pattern of ownership alters and the maker’s rights lapse, leaving the buyer with ordinary market availability.
Miss Deena Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs A Thompson and Hugo S Massie son of Mr and Mrs George Massie were married Thursday morning at 10 30 in the bride’s parents home on West Main street Canton Ill pastor Rev B H Cleaver officiated in a double ring ceremony. The couple plan to reside in Denver after October 1 with a westward honeymoon stopping in Kansas and at Yellowstone Park.
The remains of Chris Felsman of Rock Falls Til were brought here Thursday. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock in the Christian church and interment in the Coatsburg cemetery. Mayor Wolfe returned from Quincy Wednesday evening much improved from a recent illness. John Kramer and John Felsman held a public case Thursday Aug 30. Mr. Kramer is moving to Coatsburg and Mr. Felsman will move to Quincy soon. Miss Caroline Holmes of Augusta is visiting Mrs. C. F. Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bross and family motored to Philadelphia Mo last Sunday to spend the day with Mrs. Bross's parents. Woodrow Asher was taken to Blessing hospital for treatment of his eyes. The Misses Mable Ham of Barry and Clive Cantril of Macomb were guests of Doris Lambert last week. Miss Anna Golden of Kespohi Mohrenstecher Quincy is spending her vacation with Mrs. J. R. Lambert. Miss Mattie Brown of Quincy and Helen Obenlander of Galesburg are visiting Mrs. Olive Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kramer are moving to Keokuk this week. They will make the trip in their car. Mr. and Mrs. C. Allen and family and Mr. and Mrs. Fred White and family motored to Industry Tl last Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Fries, former residents.
Plainville and surrounding areas report a weekend of visits and travel. Mae Monroe Myrtie Sturtevant Rosa Seeley and Clyde Seeley spent Sunday with Harry Wheelock. Eldon Bowker and wife Frank Cochran and daughters Nelle and Julius Whitcomb visited in Quincy. Alberta Schmalshof of Richfield returned home from a visit with grandparents C. P. Wagg. Myrta Sturtevant and Leslie Fahs attend a teachers institute in Quincy this week. Mildred Seasley attends in Pittsfield Illinois. Dell Martin hosted a gathering for son Dewey of Canton Missouri. Clarence Baker of Perry Ti is in town on business. Ellis Benson and wife Cary Carter and their spouses spent Sunday in Paria Missouri. Wagg family and Seeley relatives plus Alberta Schmalshof visited in Quincy. Mrs. Nelle Schmalshof and her two daughters of Richfield visited Mr. Schmalhof’s parents. Mrs. GPL Wary noted as ill for several days.
Chicago September 1 Charles F Merrill secretary of the Board of Trade died Friday of angina pectoris. Merrill was 66 and served as board president in 1911 and since then as secretary.
Bradstreet's notes Governmental buying and moderate expansion in regular fxl business. Light east retail trade and exceptionally good crop reports. Activity in industry and stock liquidation. Concern over excess profits tax and fall trade expectations shape current conditions. War demand remains large but normal channels show progress as fall nears. House trade in staple lines expands conservatively. Retail trade ranges from fair to good.
Letter from B F Harris of Champaign to Gifford Pinchot outlines a plan to boost U S meat and wool output during World War I. He argues for a government minimum price to encourage hog production, cattle management, and sheep farming, emphasizing profitability, farm fertility, and broader agricultural stability.
A letter from B F Harris to a Illinois State Council of Defense member expresses commitment to end dependence on farms and farmers and to aid their economic and social betterment. The writer offers help to the council in its efforts and signs sincerely.
Mrs Florence Sears returns to Kirksville after a two week visit with relatives near Deer Ridge. Robert Allen and William Fuller came back from Kansas City. Milton Mawkins and family host Mrs Hawkins sister and daughter from Iowa. William Miller travels to La Belle to meet Mrs Dolph Shumate visiting in his home. Automobile prices rise but many good used car bargains appear in The Whig Want Ads.
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