The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07

Grain Gossip.
by special wire to T. ]. Myers.l
MINNEAPOLIS wheat stocks decreased 5000
Elevator stocks Of wheat in Kansas City
increased 81, 473 bushels last week and corn
stocks increased $50 bushels.
Canada Saturday were $4,000 bushels Of
wheat, 1000 barrels OF flour. 1000 bushels
Of corn and 5000 bushels Of oats.
A cable from Argentina reads az fol-
lows: weather 10 generally favorable
for wheat and corn Growing corn has
sufficient moisture and harvesting Of wheat
is restricting corn shipments ana prices
crop is also affected"
wheat in November compared with 10000
bushels q year ago. Since September l.
exports total 1e, 1888 bushels. compared
last year. On December there were ISL
600 bushels on shipboard but not learned.
Thirteen steamers with 1856, 12O bushels
were destined to Genoa, Italy. sss
Kansas City Produce Market.
Kansas City. Dec: 7-WHEAT-Cash
No. 3. ,.os@1.io: No. 3 red. Nos@I 10: No.
3, $1O9@1.09h.
CORN-Market unchanged. No. mixed,
&c: No. 3. Gle: No. 2 white. &c; No. 3.
OATs-Market unchanged. No. white.
47@47Ac; No. mixed. 431z@4sc.
HAY-Market weak. Choice timothy.
$15.5o@1s.0o; choice prairie. $12oo@l25o;
choice alfalfa, $15.O0a15.50.
WHEAT,Rsceipts $50 cars: .o.
onds, &c: packing, 201zc.
EGGS-Firsts. 31c; seconds, 24c.
POULTRY-Hens. 10c; ROSTERS, 1oc; tur
CLOSE: wHEAT-December. $osz@
1.0sH; May, N.141s@1.14A.
ORCN-December. S1hc; May, csc.
OATS-No trading.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago, Dec. .7.BUTTER-Market
steady. Creamery, 20a2c.
EGGS-At mark, cases included, 20Q29c;
ordinary firsts, 26@27c: firsts. 2S@29c.
POTATOES-Market steady. Michigan
and Wisconsin red. 35@4Oc; ditto white. IS
POULTRY-Alive. higher: springs, 12c;
fowls. 1oa3@11c; turkeys. 1sc.
New York Produce Market.
New York. Dec. 7-BUTTER-Market
steady. Creamery extras, 90 score, 800
CHEEsE-Market steady. State whole
milk, held specials white, 16@16kc.
EGGS-Market irregular. Fresh gather
ed extra fine. A@4sc: extra firsts. as@4oc.
ems. 13@ls,4c: fowls. 1s@14c: turkeys. 14@
15c. Dressed. quiet; western roasting
chickens, 141k@1Sc; fresh fowls. 12hQ17c;
turkeys, 12@20c-
New York Cotton Market.
New York, Dec. 7-COTTON-Spot,
quiet; middling uplands. 7.50. Sales, 1000
New York Sugar Nlarke:-
New York. Dec. 7-SUGAR--Raw.
steady: mOlasses, 324; centrifugal. 3.S9;
refined steady.
New York Money Market
New York, Dec. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
paper. 4A@5 per cent. Sterling exchange.
steady: 60 day bills, AS; for cables, 4Ss;
for demand. 4.s7.50. Bar silver. 5OAc.
rate, 31k; last loan, 3h closing bid 81;
last offered 3k.
New York Stock Market.
Wall ST., New York, Dec. 7.-STOCKS-
The Rock Island issues were again the
only features OF interest at opening OF
today's market for bonds on the stock
exchange. Debenture 5S advanced a point
with M point gain on the collateral West
inghouse convertibles also gained q slight
fraction. Mercantile marine As declined u.
Other prices were unchanged.
At noon interest continued to center
about Rock Island, which formed a large
part of the mornings operations Com
pared with July 50 quotations the collat-
eral issue was up points with refunding
A.. and debenture 3.
New York adjustments again were ac-
tive at further advance
Gains on the special issues included two
points for International Paper s. and IL
for Lorillard Is. Detroit. United Railway
As broke 3. New York City 31z OF 1854 81
and Flint and DereMarQuette g. 3.
Following are the o'clock prices issued
by the stock exchange committee: Last
sale: American Can, Is: American Cotton
Oil, "a; American Smelling preferred. 81:
American Telephone and Telegraph, 117k:
Atchison. soN; Bethlehem. Il; Brooklyn
Transit, 81; New York Central, 81H; North
ern Pacific, 80; Pennsylvania, 1854 Read
ing. 1874; Union Pacific, 111h; Utah Cop
per, 461k: New Haven. 81; Texas OIL. 12s1k.
st. Joseph live Stock Market.
ST. Joseph, Dec. 7.-HOGS-Receipts $500.
prospects steady. Top. 500: bulk Of sales,
$6.75Q6.95.
, CATTLE-Receipts LOO. Market steady
to strong Steers, $700@105O; cows and
heifers. S4.50@9.5o; calves. $60O@9.5O.
SHEEP-Receipts $500. Market dull
Lambs. $8.00Q8e5.
Kansas City Live Stock Market
5000. Market steady to 10c lower Bulk
Of sales, s.. S007.05; heavy. $695@7.05; pack
ers and butchers. $6S547.10; light $500
7C5; pigs, >6.0O@6.50.
CATTLE-Receipts 1900 Market steady
to 1Oc higher. Prime fed steers. $s.5o@1o50;
steers, <7.00@950; southern steers, $500
75O: cows, $4.1507S; heifers S6250S E:
stockers and feeders. S600QSz5; bulls, So
@6.6O; calves, $60OQ10.50.
10c lower. Lambs. $S00@S.65: yeariings,
S6SG78; wethers. &6.2546.25: ewes, sA506
Is; stockers and feeders, $a75078.
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