The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-16

ers, $5.25@6.25; lambs. 10@15c IoWa s.'
ewes. $6.25@5.75; good lambs, s77sa
/ 500. '''sg
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, July 16.-Butter-Extr.,
25Ac; firsts, 25c; dairy extras. esas
24c; dairy firsts, 20@21hc.
Eggs-Firsts, 16k @17c; ord,n.,,
frsts, 1914 @16c.
Cheese-Twins, 14@14kc; Youn.
Americas, lax @15c.
Potatoes-Recsipts, 125 cars: Vi,
ginia cobblers, s1.35@1.45 per Dbl :
Live poultry-Fow1s, 13c; duct,
13c; geese. 14@15c; spring chickens
19@21c; turkeys. lie.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, July 16--Flour ma,
ket quiet, steady.
Pork market quiet. Mess, slsMa
1850.
Lard market quiet. Middle wes.
spot, sS.00@S.1O.
Sugar, raw, market dull. Centrim.
gal test, $483@4.S6; Muscayado "a
test, $4.06@4.89.
Sugar. refined, market dull. Cut
Loaf, $500: crushed, $3.50: powdered
1920; graduated. $6.1O@6.15.
Coffee Rio No. on spot. rs 67nc
Tallow market dull. City, sic
country, 81 @61sc; specials, csc.
Hay market firm. Prime, 1880
1.371a; No. 8. $1.25@1.271a; clover
$1.30@1.32.
Dressed poultry market steady: tur
keys, 10000: chickens, l462lc.
fowls. 131h@1715c; ducks, tic.
Live poultry market easy. Geese
HOBO; ducks, 1s@1s5kc; fowls, $50
1shc; turkeys. 11@12c; roosters
lie; chickens. broilers, 21@23c.
Cheese market easy State milk
common to special, 121k@15c; skins
common to specials. 3@12c.
Butter market steady. Receipts II.
679. Creamery extras, &c: daiT
tubs, 27k@2Sc; imitation creamery
frsts. 22h @23c.
Egg market firm. Receipts 11,42s.
Nearby white fancy. 27@28c; nearby
mixed fancy, 1s923c; fresh, 20@24c.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, July 16.-Money on
call, percent
Six months, 3A percent.
Mercantile paper. 3A @31s percent
Bar silver London, 225sd.
Bar silver New York, 47Mc.
Demand sterling, s4.76 7-16.
Hogs at $500.
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CHICAGO, July 16.-Hogs sold a!
So per hundred at the yards todsg
the record for the year. Four car
loads went to an eastern shipper "
that price.
Horse and Mule Market.
ST. LOUIS, July 15.-Horses-Con
mission men advise that the old
French contract runs out on Friday,
and the new contract is at reduced
prices. This is an important item
for buyers in the country to keep in
mind It must be borne in mind how
ever, that animals must be first class
an dable TO pass inspection to com.
mand these figures. Horses that arg
rejected for army purposes and ara
forced into the domestic trade, stand
to lose lots Of money to the shippers,
for the domestic demand is at the
years low ebb right now. It is also
announced that the English govern.
ment has issued instructions limiting
the inspection to 100 horses.
Southern horses ..........S 60G1N
eastern horses ............ l2oUlsss
Extra good heavy eastern
dralterS ..... IooW1IV
Army horses ........... 1259190
Mules-A few mules were exported
to Cuba and few. went to Georgia
Limited numbers Of miners, prefer
ably Is to 1872 hands high, will sell
at this time to advantage If they havs
the weight and quality, but they must
possess these requisites.
Cotton mules, IA hands. Us 25Gll5
Good ordinary Is hand
mules .................. l30GlS
Good quality mules, 1914
hands ...............-... 15VQl"
Extra good quality, we'll N
built mules .............. 1S5I22
Stock Market Notes. !.
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NEW YORK, July 16.-Trading was
active and prices were higher all
around at the opening OF the stock
market today. Steel and industrial
stocks led an advance. United States
Steel was up u and u at 63A. Bald
win Locomotive opened Il up ana
soon climbed to Il, up at 72A.
New high records were made os
Bethlehem Steel at 1888: Willys-Orer
land at 1914, and Crucible Steel al
30, during the first hour.
Bethlehem Steel touched 1S6 short
Iy after II o'clock and a revival Of
the rumor that Charles NJ. ScnWa9
had obtained control of Crucible Stee,
sent that stock to 35h. Rock Islam
sold down 21s to IS, a new low. n.
r. and T. preferred also made new
low at ID. 49,,
Crucible Steel had advanced to S't3
at 1880. American Can also az.
vanced. The general list was "'
heavy in the second hour.
Can Prove an Egg Fresh or other"'~
Egg buyers, particularly the 'als.
hotels, are no longer wary OF
strictly fresh adage. a new eiesN
laao - Afiyo,, Hn~-t..a ,yt,af-oYif res the qua