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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1919
Page
11
Chicago and Minneapolis grain quotes show corn prices mixed with February and May futures edging higher then retreating from days highs. Oats follow with modest advances then declines as uncertainty over February hog values looms. cash feeds firm briefly before easing. Cotton futures in New York open steady then close unchanged with spot prices around $29.05 middling.
Reported hog cattle and sheep prices with receipts from St. Louis Waterloo Omaha and Sioux City markets on January 18 1919 including hogs at 16.95 to 17.20 dairy and butter notes and cattle calves beef steers and feeders with varied wholesale and retail price ranges across the markets.
Livestock prices and receipts listed for geese ducks hogs cattle and sheep at St Joseph and Sioux City auctions. Hogs top around 17.65 per hundredweight while cattle calves and sheep show varied bids and steady trends. New York money and government bonds noted with assorted hide prices and mercantile rates.
Rapiag downward swings in the corn market this week follow reports that Great Britain and France axed large food contracts with the United States and that corn prices at home and in Argentina may align. Quotations compared with a week ago were down 6 to 8.5 cents. futures varied from a 1.80 decline to a 35 cent rise. Bearish sentiment dominated corn after the food contract news and the U.S. Food Administration statement on reducing living costs, tied to offers to sell wheat to domestic millers and to licenses for Argentine imports. Oats weakened with corn as provisions stayed low amid big hog receipts. London money rates stood at 3 percent discount for short and 3-month bills.
Chicago market reports show hogs steady to firm while cattle receipts and values drift lower for the week. Prices include hogs at 17.00 to 18.60, butchers around 17.50 to 17.60, and packers near 16.00 to 16.50. cattle receipts about 2,000 with steady to lower prime steers and mixed calves. sheep receipts 1,000 with fat lambs mostly lower and yearlings firmer. Kansas City figures mirror lighter hogs and steady to lower cattle, with hogs around 17.00 to 17.60 and cattle at 15.00 to 20.00 for prime steers. Liberty bond prices from New York show varied yields across several series.
Markets report mixed prices for butter eggs and poultry across cities including Chicago Kansas City and New York. Butter steady to unchanged with receipts around 2 820 cases. eggs and poultry show stable to unchanged quotations while reports note arrivals and varying grades for milk and stock.
New York traders opened dull, shares retreating in oils copper and speculative issues. United States Steel and other industrials slipped to lows in months while oils and motors bore steep declines. Bonds held steady as markets closed unevenly amid light action and weekend settlements.
Washington January 18. Testimony before the house interstate commerce committee warned that government operation of stockyards would stifle livestock competition and force producers to accept packers’ prices. Brown said packers would buy directly from producers, harming buyers’ competition. Brown cited the federal trade commission and noted stockyards as “the babies” of packers.
The firm notes nineteen years of operation, seventeen as a corporation, paying preferred dividends each December 1. It reports 1918 sales of 14.4 million and December business at 2 million, indicating rapid growth and expansion needs. Investors are offered 750000 of gilt edge preferred stock, with 10 percent payment due with subscriptions and bank draft.
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