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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1917
Page
5
Brief notice seeking a free position with experience in Want Ted Situation and housekeeping. The ad requests a writer with three years of experience and two courier tasks.
A brief market bulletin shows Minneapolis grain prices for wheat and corn with various grades, plus flax and No 1 hard and northern wheat values. It also notes New York clearing house reserves, mercantile paper rates, and other Wall Street commodity figures including butter, raw sugar, and London money rates.
Chicago traders push corn and wheat higher on expectations of poor rains especially in Nebraska. May and July wheat quotes swing while corn faces selling pressure yet closes with gains as hog prices cushion declines. Oklahoma crop reports suggest March improvement shifting sentiment. overall day ends unsettled with mixed advances and declines.
Chicago prices for wheat corn oats and futures show No. 2 red wheat at 203.2 and 204.4. further quotes include No. 2 yellow and mixed grains. Kansas City and Peoria markets display varied No. 2 hard red white and mixed grain values with futures for May July. New York stocks slip with limited trading while several sectors rise slightly in early session.
Chicago reports a new high for choice hogs at 25.60 with weak demand. Cattle prices remain mostly nominal while sheep are diverted to killers. Kansas City and St Louis show varied hog and cattle receipts with overall steady to higher ranges, while Omaha notes steady hogs and mixed cattle and sheep values.
Chicago reports wheat vaulted to nearly 24 a bushel with May options near 2.98 percent amid record futures and strong gains for week. Corn also rose sharply and provisions climbed on record price levels while Argentina banned exports prompting price spikes. Traders noted potential rains easing conditions in Nebraska and Kansas and predictions of government crop reports due in April.
Wheat was irregular and selling appeared in new crop deliveries while buying was strong in September as foreign governments absorbed offerings. May and deferred months narrowed spreads, some export business occurred, and premiums remained high. Corn stayed firm with cash premiums over May amid limited country elevator supplies and higher export activity. Oats saw good cash buying with wheat softness limiting gains as technicals strengthened from heavy selling.
Waterloo market notes mixed bids for cattle hogs and sheep with prices for steers cows and hog weights. Grain and produce section lists butter lard potatoes and seeds with various wholesale and retail figures. Cloverseed prices show Prime cash and March at 10.90 and 11.60 for alsike and timothy.
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