The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-05
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
United Markst Rssss Over 0as CS


/ consln WINES, 4gV4Sc; re0s 6oWAVCs
Michigan whites, 40@45c; red, $50
4Oc.
Live poultry-Fowls. 1Sc; ducks,
1s@14c; geese, 12@1sc: spring chick
4, ems. 1910; turkeys, 1s0i4c.
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK, Jan. b.-F1our-Ma
ket quiet. strong. higher.
Pork--Market quiet. Mess. 1s.eoW
20 90. !;
Lard-Market nrm. Middle west
spot. s1075@1o.s5.
Sugar, raw-Market quiet. Oentri-
fugal test, $4.o1@A0s: Muscavado 80
test. $3.3s@343.
Sugar. renned-Market quiet Cut
loaf s6.s5; crushed, 1915; powdered.
! s5.o5@5.15: granulated. $4.s5@b.O0.
Coffee Rio NO on spot. rs OF nc
Tallow-Marlret dull. City, &c;
country. sA66Ac-
Hay-Market dull. Prime. A.16;
No 8, s5@s711c; clover. soc Gs1-ob.
Dressed poultry-Market dull. Tur-
keys, 12@24c; chickens, 12h@25c;
fowls. 12h @17c; ducks, 1o@16c.
Live poultry Market quiet. Geese,
14h @15c: ducks, 151s@17c; fowls,
Ia5k 0151sc: turkeys. 1oc; ROSTERS, IL
@11hc; chickens. 131z@l4hc.
- Cheese Market quiet. State milk
common to special, 12@16c; full
skins, s1s1sc; skins common to
specials, 7@12ttc.
Butter Steady; receipts. 1901;
creamery extras. soc; dairy tubs. "a
a 32c: Imitation creamery .firsts, ESQ
25hc.
Eggs ~ Firmer: receipts. 1926:
nearby white fancy 47M49c: nearby
mixed fancy, s7642c; fresh ss142c.
stocks Opened Dull.
limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-Today's stock
market opened dull. with prices lit
tile OF. Amalgamated Copper sold at
!s3ls. being down Is: Bethlehem Steel
at 4sh: on y and U. 8. Steel at 50A,
down n. Union Pacific sold up Y
lat 11Tas.
IL a. m.-The market became quite
strong after the first hour. Activity
increased with the rise in prices. That
there was an absorptive demand was
conceded, although opinions differed
as to the cause.
Wheat Takes Squirt.
UNITED Press Leased Wire service.]
CHICAGO, Jan. 5-A sensational
rise in spot wheat at Liverpool and
deplorable conditions IN the European
market were given rs causes for the
Jump wheat took at the opening OF
the local market today. Wheat waS
MP ~ to points over yesterdays
clora at the start, marking $1.3T Tor
May and 31.24 for July options. To
ward the end OF the first quarter hour
| the price recaded 4 TO Il from the
opening. At the end Of the frst half
hour OF trading prices II receded STILL
| farther to 31.26is FOL. May and $1.z3&
for July futures. Corn and oats fol-
lowed in the wake OF the Wheat rise.
Widest excitement prevailed in the
DIT for more than an hour. Brokers
| dashed about screaming orders with
coats askew and hair disheveled, run
Ming into each other and sometimes
literally over each other. The excite
4 ment slackened later rs the market
receded slightly.
Legitimate Advance"
Hunted Press Leased Wire Service
] CHICAGO. Jan. 5.-The sensational
Il rise In wheat was halted by proht
/ taking before noon today and there
4 was recession of IN cents in May
futures and Is in July. May this
/ morning reached the record price OF
i s1.37 and July OF s12. Grain men
4 however, believe that the highest point
has not been reached and several trad
ers referred to the statement made
by Jas. Patten soon after the out
break OF the war that wheat would &c
to $3.50.
James Patten, who. made millions
from a corner years ago. and who Is
again in the market, was silent this
morning and his secretary refused ad
mission to his once He is erected
with having made $4,000 in one day's
trading last week and Of giving the
entir sum to charity.
At the Office OF Bartlett. Frazier
. and Company. where Patten makes
!, his headquarters, statement was
given ont today that no corner was
being engineered In either May OF
July wheat and that the advance was
perfectly legitimate, the result Of
enormous sales for export and the
realization on the part Of the trade
that little grain will be grown ir
Europe the coming year.
Corn and oats partook OF the
strength IN today's market. but re
ceeded faster than did wheat.
Horsemen Rob Bank.
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TULSA. Okla. JAN 1.-Two mer
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