Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-11-16
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK. Nov ID.
Money on call easy at per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 2l.ll,>. per cent Sterling
exchange steady, with actual business in bank
ers' bills at 4s.slis.;4 for demand and $50
1854 for sixty days; posted rates 1870 1918 and
ises.r4Ss1s; commercial bills 4S5.
Silver certificates 6}3t id: no sales; bar sill.
yer. 625s Mexican dollars 81
United States government bonds SIS regular,
llile; 5s coupons, llS-s As regular III; AZ
coupons lli1a; rs regular. 9j bid: Pacific is Of
%, l01 bid
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. Nov. 15
Following were the quotations on the Board
of Trade today: Wheat November, opened
i5i4c, closed o5Isc; December opened s6I.c
closed a5>sc; May, opened 6li4c; closed 6Ussc
Corn-November. opened 5214c, closed 5.c:
December, opensd 5l1sc: closed 5J1s i; May
opened 5Hlc. closed 5JIsc. Oats-November
opened 2S.sc, closed .,9c; December opened
@14c, closed 23i!c; May. opened ;ay4c, closed
:S'4c. Pork-Novemuer opened s.. closed
8; January, opened SEED. closeds e4.lS
Lard-January, opened $40, closed SID
Produce: Butter-Extra creamery. &c per
H.; extra dairy. &c: packing stock. loo
ESgs-Frssh stock 2lc per doZ. loss of. Live
Poultry-Chickens, 5}acdt.Iac per Id: turkeys
sJBc; ducks. s0S9c: geese S5O0le6.O per doz
Potatoes-Burbanks. .5G5)c per bu.; Hebrons,
4sfbiSc: early rose i3niSc Sweet Potatoes
Cod, fair to choic., $50 G9.25 per Dbl; fancy
se.5si19..5 Honey-White clover, lib sections
new stock, l31s0l5c: broken comb. l0Q.l2c;
dark comb, poor packages; Sc; strained Cali
fornia, 5taGc per ID.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Nov l5
Live StOck-Prices at the Union Stock Yards
today ranged as follows: Hogs Estimated
receipts for the day, Bl0N; sales ranged at
ss.Aslo4.aD: pigs. si05lD4.55 light. sLl5di e. -
rough packing, si.151i70 mixed. and 81 $50
40 heavy packing and shipping lots.
Catt'e-Receipts for the day 10 go; quota
tons ranged at sj.5lD645 choice to extra
shipping steers. s4.501e56j good to choice do,
x3.%G4G5 fair to good, $,:sUl54IO common tn
medium do, s3O0a3.. 10 butchers steers, s.. OOta
800 stockers $2SOQS3.40 feeders, ST. a. 80
cows, S2.io03.20 heifers, sI.50G35 80 bulls, $22jG
3lO Texas steers, $2..5le4..5 western rangers.
and s.. 00it5 80 veal calves.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the day
15.000; sales ranged ut sl.50ft3O wester rms 81 50
O.. Texans, Sl..Jl13. ~ natives, andi ROO14 30
lambs.
Closing Quotations.
CHICAGO. Nov. 16.-Wheat, steady, Nov. 5sJs
May 6Oss. Corn, easier, Nov. 5iisc, May 1870.
Oats. easier. Nov. 2saic. Pork. lower, Jan. SIR
40. ard, lower, Jan. 81 Is. Ribe, lower,
Jan. &c 1917.
Ncw 1OTA MOuoy C1O610Rs
NEW YORK. Nov 16.-MOney on CALL easy at
per cent prime; mercantile paper. ex03H.
Tho Local Aarksss.
GRAIN, ETC.
Wheat-50c.
CoRn-new. 49045c.
Oats-31033c.
Hay-Timoshy, s1s@sls: uc,.nH S,o0sil !;
Wild. 5000; slough &5nS7; baled 80.
FRuIr AVN yEayrAerrs
Potatoes-40055c.
Oniona-30c pef Ou.
PRODUCE.
1utter..Fair to choice. lsc0soc; creamery. Sc.
Eggs-Freeh, 49,
Poultry-Chickens, 4Q6c.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Butchers pay for com fed steers
3A0the; cows and heffers. 2A03 calves
3kee4hc.
Hogs-@04kc.
6heeT-3C04c
Spring LAMB sx0sc pouni.
FUEL.
Coal-Soft. l0c.
Wo0d-t3.5O per cord.
The ARGUS. 10c . week, delivered
every evening at your door.