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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1919
Page
3
Sept 14 market report shows corn price declines from slaughtering demand, with September futures at 1.35 and December 1.19, while oats drop 2 to 3 percent and provisions vary. Prices hit season lows in Chicago and St Louis readings, with additional quotes for corn, oats, and pork, lard, and short ribs across multiple exchanges and regions.
New York on September 14 reports butter receipts at 11 748 with creamery grades higher than extras and firsts. Eggs show irregular receipts with fresh gathered extras around 55 56 cents per dozen. Cheese weak with 5825 boxes received and state whole milk flats at 31 31 1/2 percent. Poultry alive not quoted. dressed steady. Chicago reports unsettled butter with creamery around 47 55, eggs higher with firsts 44 44 1/2 percent, and poultry alive lower. Potatoes unsettled with arrivals 72 cars and mixed No 1 prices around 2.60 to 2.75. New York spot coffee bull market with Santos 4's at 26.
In St Louis dated Sent. 14 the timothy hay market remains firm with active local demand for better grades, while medium and lower grades stay quiet but steady. Prices: Timothy No. 1 26 66, standard 30 OB1I, No. 2 26 28, No. 3 23 24, choice 12 15, light clover mixed No. 1 29 30, No. 2 28 99, heavy clover mixed 26, Clover hay No. 1 42 34, No. 2 28 29, Prairie hay choice 28 0 97, standard 23 24, No. 2 20 21, Alfalfa hay choice 25 36, No. 1 33 35 standard 32 38, No. 2 28 30, Straw 7.50.
Prices paid for hay and grain reflect diverse grains, hay bales, and feeds from Knolenberg Milling, including wheat at 3.08 per bushel, corn at 1.80, timothy and clover hay at 30 and 20, cow and hog quotations, poultry prices, and various byproducts. Includes livestock and feed item quotes with multiple weight classes and regional market figures.
The week closed with pool driven gains and cautious optimism. Baldwin locomotive led activity as markets weighed steel oils and equipment amid wage and labor tensions. Strong rails and scarce grain cars supported prices while buy recommendations urged on Pacifics Great Northern St Paul Rock Island Canadian Pacific Southern Railway as well as Liberty bonds and packing stocks for dividends.
Market brief listing prime cash prices for Clover reed and Timothy bonds with 1917 to 1919 terms, Liberty bond final prices across series, New York money rates and mercantile notes, and cotton futures quotes for October December January March and May maturities with opening levels and prices. The items reflect Sept 14 and Sept 4 market activity in New York and Toleno.
Chicago and other markets show mixed cattle hog and sheep receipts with varied prices. Hogs top around 18.00 locally, cattle receipts near 2000 in Chicago and 6000 in weekly totals, lambs steady to higher, and East St. Louis and Peoria reports note higher hogs and mixed cattle sales. Obvious regional price differences reflect market breadth across the Midwest.
Long Commission Co notes renewed liquidation across markets with bear sentiment persistent. Cash corn pressed 5 to 10 cents lower as futures demand remained weak. oats fell to new lows on light receipts and profit taking by shorts capped any rallies.
Country offerings were limited but overshadowed by corn weakness. Oats may respond quickly to corn trend changes. Barley and rye weaker with corn. buying declined but solid from export-connected buyers, especially rye. Provisions opened weak then steadied on light offerings. shorts supported. Decline in corn kept prices steadier, with improved export demand expected next week amid quiet domestic trade.
Grain and Stocks by J. E. Hood & Co. discuss bearish corn amid wartime peacetime readjustment and lower living costs. Weather boosts new corn while old supplies dwindle, provoking market fear and repeated declines. Oats show opposite dynamics with heavy old stocks, while provisions face packer prosecutions and limited value. Watch conditions shift as the new crop risk looms and price trends hinge on corn.
Dr Hamlin visited Monday to check ill Vinal Nicely who is improving. Public school opened under Miss Opal Crane of Piladelphia. Miss Lois Horton hospitalized in Quincy for a paralytic stroke, improving slowly. Numerous moves and visits: Simon Scott and family become town residents. Whi Scott relocates to his father’s farm. Millie Samuel buys Will Scott’s property. Frank Grant moves to Burley Grants near Philadelphia then plans Davenport visit. Pete McPike’s Fresno relatives arrive in Pal myra via Kansas City. Lon Fichner injured by a corn cutter. Dr Orweil treats in Maywood then Quincy. Cars purchased, schools resume, and a picnic honors Miss Reniah and Miss Mary Banks returning from Washington.
Mrs Ray McCluns returns from Keokuk hospital after two weeks. Mrs Elmer Littleton back in Quincy for further treatment. Miss Mattie Wilcox learns of cousin Miss Mary Hewitt’s death near Mendon. Plasterers at M E church ahead of next month dedication. Saavis new bungalow nearing completion as one of town’s modern homes. Henry Rust buys Henry Hardy building east of depot, demolition for south town house. Glenn Strickler heads to Jacksonville to study at Illinois college. School adds a room to accommodate growing enrollment with 47 pupils in high school. Senior Ross Anderson and Edwin Spaulding among Mendon High seniors. Rankin Smith elected lay delegate to annual M E church.
The piece notes Anderson Dontey elected am al ternate for a forthcoming Charleston meet next week while Earl Wilcox left last week for Ne byaske to take a job with a force building elevators. S. D. trip details and other stray items appear among miscellaneous notes.
A physician recounts a case of long standing nervous dyspepsia cured in five days by a formula of thirteen simple herbs. He lists Rhubarb and Peppermint among ingredients and credits nature’s remedies over serums, warning of farmers destroying healing plants and stressing poison removal from the body.
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