Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-22
WHEAT PRICES
Still ADVANCING
Buyers and Sellers Far
Apart at Opening and
Close Is Strong.

Close Is Strong.
Chicago, Aug. 22.-The recent eccen-
tricities of wheat carried the market
higher at the opening today and for the
moment buyers and sellers were pen
MES apart. Opening prices we're from
sc up for May to INC for December,
and in a few moments another cent
was superimposed but part OF this lat
ter gain was relinQuished on ensuing
trades. The advance was due to the
shyness of sellers. rather than to any
particular demand. AS has been the
case since the war began, the price
gyrations have been due largely to the
varying guesses as to the European
situation and the fairly general i'm
preston, in the face of influential ut
terances to the contrary, that war
means higher grain prices, regardless
of the difficulties of shipment and
| financing. Liverpool was higher; the
English crop was reported above the
average. and the potato crop abundant
An oversee authority estimated that
Germany and Austria Hungary would
l.,
barley and oats from abroad, while
English import requirements were
placed at 448.o00,oo0 bushels. The
market continued strong and closed
211c to 30 higher.
The volume of trade in corn was re-
stricted by detection of traders to the
wheat and oats pits, but prices were
sympathetically strong, The market
opened unchanged to &c net higher
and quickly added sc to 1ac to the
bulge. The close was strong. 1zo to
1 Nc over yesterday.
Oats opened sc to hc higher on re-
ports of seaboard acceptances and
early gained an additional Nc. May
touched 51Bc.
Trade In provisions was very light,
but prices were 21sc to 10c UP.
Grain Markets.
Chicago, Aug. 22-Closingi
| Wheat-Sept., 99Hc; Dec, $1.o4;
May. $11O%.
Corn-Sept, 79%c; Dec, 70%o
Oats-Sept., 45%c; Dec, 47Ac.
Pork-Sept.. $22.5o; Jan, $21.55.
Lard-Sept, $10.17; Oct. s1o.S2; JAM.
$1O.67.
Ribs-sept., .19.72; Oct, s12.27.
Minneapolis, Aug. 22-Wheat, Sept
s1.O6; No. hard. $1.141k; No. 1 north
ern, $1.Os1a @1.1Sh; No. 2 northern
$1.04@1.111a.
Seattle, Aug. 22.-wheat-Septem
and October delivery quotations:
Bluestem, 99c; fortyfold, &c., club, SIC;
fife, SIC; red Russian, S5c.
Yesterdays car receipts-Wheat 90
oats 8, hay 10. barley 4, flour 7.
Portland, Ore, Aug 22.-wheat--
Local buying quotations. Bluestem
CSC bid, $1.01 asked; club, $50 bid. 90c
asked; fortyfold SOC bid, 91c asked; red
Russian SIC bid, SOC asked; red fife
S7hc bid, soc asked.
Car receipts-Wheat 50. barley O.
flour 6, oats Z. hay 5.
Tacoma, Aug. 2.-wheat--Bluestem
a6@9Sc; fortyfold. 90c: club, sec; fife
Soc
Car receipts-Wheat 81, oats /. hay 8
Livestock Markets.
Chicago, Aug. -Hogs-Receipts
10000; steady. Bulk of sales, 1886 q
$40; light. $685. @9.so: mixed. 5000
9,35; heavy. $S.4599.3o; rough, $S45@
sos; pigs s7@s7o.
Cattle-Receipts 400; slow: weak
Beeves. $e.75@10.s0; steers. $1,000
$40; stockers and feeders, s5.60@s.10:
cows and heifers $3.60@92o; calves
! $775@10.75.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; dull, weak
Sheep, s51o@610; yearlings. $6Q7;
lambs, s6.5O@S.5o.
South Omaha, Aug. 22.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts 1000; lower. Heavy $4,000;
light. sSSO@9O5; pigs. ss@S.sO; bulk
$S.75@8.S5.
Cattle-Receipts 100; steady. Ma
tive steers. $7.75@1o15; cows and heif-
ers. seas: western steers. ss50@9;
Texas steers, S6@7S5; cows and heif-
ers. $6@S.
Sheep-Receipts 10o steady. Year
lings, $6@6.5o; wethers, $5.65@615.
Portland. Ore Aug 22--Cattle-Re-
ceipts rs; steady.
Hogs-Receipts, 49, steady.
/ Sheep-Receipts, 1885, steady.
Butter and Eggs.
Chicago, Aug 22.-Butter-Un-
changed.
Eggs-Unchanged Receipts s442
cases.