The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-05

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Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, May 6.-Butter-Extr,.
ESQ; firsts, 26@3e11c: dairy extrs:
2Sc: dairy frsts, 22024Ac.
Eggs -Firsts, 1s@1Shc; ordin.r,
frsts, l63b0i7kc
Cheese-Twins, 1874 016ho; Youn,
Americas. 1871 016Ac.
Potatoes-Receipts, 80 cars; W,a
consin whites, 85~4oc; reds. S0@sSc.
Michigan whites, 500 0c; reds. 500
500; new potatoes, Florida hastinrs
No. I. 36.36 per DOL; No Z, $A.25 -,
Dbl.
Live poultry-Tpwls, tb3xo; duch,
13@13e; gssss. 30toc: turksva ia
New York nsodves.
NEW YORK, NAY 6-Baour market
dull. but firm.
Pork narfst STEADY. lE,ss, s1aooo
1880.
Lard marhst nkm made ve..
SPOT e1o.Oo01o.10.
Sugar, raw, mafksk saslsr. Csntrl
fugal tsst, eA7o: Aos>Avalo % tsst
sugar. >rannsd. nazaDt arm. ca.
loaf. $3.50; crushed. $40; powdered
$6.O0W6.10; gTAn,1aatsd, e0.o006.ob,
Coffee RIO No. Z on sput, 7%c.
Tallow uasa1Est (u1se. City. ekc
country. d3l@6No; spedih, 10.
Hay market dFm Prime, &.16. No.
Is. e5o0%1.oo; olovr. 9oc091. O7,s.
Dressed poultry market quiet
Chickens. 16@11Mu; turkeys, 40
21o; fowls, 14U31c; DUCKS. 1l02ac.
Live poultry market unsettled Quo.
t1Hons nominal.
Cheese market quiet. firm stats
milk. common 70 spectAlA 15@17No;i
full skims. SOTO: skins common to
specials. s0141ic.
Butter mar1set firm. Receipts H..
49,. Creamery extras, ale; dairy tubs,
2S @S0c: imitation creamery hrsts,
21.h @2ac.
Egg market steady. Receipts rs.
I6b2. Nearby white fancy, 23@23hc:
nearby mtrsd fsncy, 20021c; fresh,
19@221ko.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Mary 5-Money on
Ecan. 4 percenk
. si1 months. sNwoh percent.
Mercantile gaper, sh percent.
Bar silver New York, SOC.
Demand sterling, 3479A.
St Louie hay.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 4.-Markej
steady and scarce: receipts at st.
Louis, > ears; at East st. Louis. 7
cars. Choice timothy, $3.50 No.
timothy. S19.o0011.00: No. 2 timothy,
SIT oo1fS.00: No. 8 timothy. $4,000
II 90
Stock, Market Netss.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, May 6.-The stock
market opened fairly strong today,ar
though some railway stocks were on
\ to \ point War stocks" opened
| y to point higher. Steel was up y
point
In the nrst hour. trading was com.
partively light, but prices improved.
On higher lsvels. stock was well sup
piled and rising price movement was
eA sstsiehem Steel led . sharp rally
in the market around noon, selling up
ditional war orders. Volume OF sales
smaller than Tuesday.
Kansas Wheat
! limited Press Leased Wire eervice1
! MANHATTAN, Kan, May 5.-With
a bumper wheat crop in sight, Kan
sas is still talking about the last one.
/ Statistics issued today by the agricul-
| tural college to be presented at the
Panama Pacif1c exposition, show that
Kansas last year produced more wheat
/ than Argentina or Canada: twice as
| much as any other state. and 13 per-
cent more than any other state has
ever produced in single season. The
yield tota1ed 1S0,924,sS5 bushels.
Farmers are still hauling in some
OF that crop and getting $3.50 a bushel
/ or about 800 load.
| Horse and Mule Market
!! ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 4.-Horses-
A good delegation of purchasers from
| the eastern states were on hand and
! they took large supplies at steady
! figures. The southern trade was only
! fair. However. there was life enough
| to it to make the demand a benefit to
the market and add materially to the
/ trade in general.
| War horse buyers were out early
and began operation on about the
/ same basis as last week The four
european HdIons Duy1ng nOIseS ON
| the market were in for good, big
supplies and found no trouble in being
supplied Five inspections were held.
| the French having two separate in
spections. Practically the same types
are being taken and the prices ranged
high as they always have.
Southern horses .......$ so911o
Eastern horses ........ 12501s5
Extra good heavy eastern
drafters 1s5621o
Army horses ........... 115@1s5
Mules-Buyers wanted good big
asimals with plenty OF quality and
class. The common kinds were left
in the barns without a bid and sellers
were unable to move a single head
that did not carry an over-abundanoe
Of quality. Prices on these kinds are