Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-31
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

New YORK, Oct. -.
Money on call easy at ! per cent. Prime
mercantile paper t4D:ps per cent. Sterling ex-
change duh with actual business in bankers
for sixty days; posted rates 4s.Ia0iss and 4sSls
GfS9; commercial bills 4SJa
Silver certificates 6iIa; no sales; bar silver
6ssSs. Mexican dollars 81.
United States government bonds SIS regular,
usG; SIS coupons, 10; As regular rs; as
coupons. 1lp4; rs regular, 50 bid; Pacific 6's
of 81, lOl bid.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.
Following We're the quotations on the Board
of Trade today: Wheat--October. opened
5l1sc. closed 5l;sc; December, opened 5alsc,
closed 525sc; May, opened SIC. closed 57s4c:
Corn - Oct )ber opened &C, closed 53c.
December, opened 50Iac. closed 53c; May,
opened 59i4c closed 5llsc. Oats-October,
opened c, closed 2Sisc; December opened
29l4c, closed :el4c; May, opened 3214c, closed
S:a4c. Pork-Octoper, opened Sl2.O5, closed
Sl2.05; January. opened Sll Is, closed
Slls0. Lard-October, opened $3.50, closed
$3.50
Produce - Butter: Extra creamery. &c
per ID: extra dairy, a0c; packing stock. 1.1sGD
l3c. Eggs-l. per doz. loss off. Live poultry
Chick MS, old. tic per ID; spring. &c: ducks,
.lsdsc; turkeys, 6gsIsc; geese, 6fl1c per doz.
55Qt5Sc; Rose. 45dJ0c. Sweet potatoes-Jer.
seys. S200Ga5o per Dbl: Illinois, 81 .0CGl -.
Apples-Common to choice, $l.009t2.5C per
Dbl. Craaberries-Cap. Cod, choice, S.5O
0s.O per Dbl; s2-2j1l.a 10 per l-bu box. Honey
White clover, lib sections, new stock, 1917
poor packages, SC; strained California, 5000
per IL.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO Oct m
Live Stock-Prces at the Union Stock Yards
today ranged as follows: ,gs-Estimated
receipts for the day, 21,0); sa.es ranged at
S22.2a5iIl31 pigs S4iO1L60 light, 81 1904 30
rough packing. SiatGi.10 mixed. and S4.35Qp
04.'5 heavy packing and shipping Its.
Cattle Receipts for the day. 13.0)o; quota
tio.,s ranged S5.6O66.21 choice to extra
shipping steers 81. i0G,5i0 good to choice do,
S,S56t4.D fair TO good. 81. iJlti.2U common to
medium do, $5.ljQ:S15 butchers steers. $.2oD
2.95 stockers, S2.S13.6J feeders 81 2J62. 80
cows. S2.i0G3.D heifers S jOds3.50 bulls 81 :O05
$40 Texas steers s2.15@i.iO western rangers
and SsO155O veal calves.
Sheep Estimated receipts for the day
T,0UO; sales ranged at $l.jOG13.0O Westerns 81 "a
G2.15 Texans, $.s5dE3. ~ natives and Sa00i.OO
lambs.
Closing Quotations.
CHICAGO, Oct. 81 Wheat, easy, each, 51asc,
Dec, 529s. Corn, lower, cash, 517sc. May 5O,.c
Oats. lower, cash. 2skc. Pork, firm, Jan. I'll s2X
ard. steady, cash, $685.. Ribs, steady, cash
SOLO.
New York Money Closing.
New YORK. Oct. 3l.-Xoney ON call, easy,
per cent prime; mercantile paper. ass03X.
The Local marx 40.
eRAN, E70.
Wheat soc.
Corn-naw. 45c; old, SEC.
Oats-a7Q30c.
Hay-Timoshy, S1s1S1s: upland. SlO0yll
Wild. $3.50; sloueh. e5a$7; baled. %.
rRUTT AND vBoRrABLDs.
Potatoes 45c.
Onions-30c per bu.
PRODUCE.
Butter-Falf to choice. sOc; essamsry, s4e.
EgRs-Rreeh. TO
Poultry-Spring chickens, &c per pound.
LIVE STOCK.
Csttle-Butchefs pay for c,rp fed steer
4n4kc; cows and hsifeIs. 2k0S calves
3k05:.
Hogs-4@4k..
Sheep-3cDA<c
Spring lamb 3M0ec pouni.
FUEL.
Cnal-Ncst. 1Oc.
Wood-&3.50 per cord.