The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-22

lower. Bulk. .s.150s.5o: heavy. $s.4t
06.55; medium, $6.2506.60; light
Sheep receipts 5000: market
steady. Lambs, $8.25Q8.75; ewes
$5.2506.O0: wethers. $4.00@8.25.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA. Dec. Cattle receipts
$500; market steady. Steers, $3.50
9.25; cows and heifers. $3.5O06.50;
stockers and feeders. $6.O0@7.15:
calves. $700@s.50; bulls and stays.
s3.75@625.
Hog receipts $4,000; market 5@1oc
lower. Bulk. $6.15@6.35: top. $6.40.
Sheep receipts 500; market
steady, Loo lower. Yearlings. $1,000
7.35; wethers. $5.7o06.50: lambs,
$8.5008S5: ewes, $5.50@5.70.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO. Dec. 21.-Butter-Ex-
tras. s4c: firsts. 31033c; dairy extras.
10000; dairy flrsts. .23024hc.
Eggs-Firsts. 10000; ordinary
firsts. 27@2sc.
Cheese Twins, 1611016xc; Young
Americas. l7A@17hc.
Live poultry Fowls. 9011hc;
0ASnop 4f12Ct 6OC6cs x1W4f1ACe
spring chickens, 12Hc; turkeys, 1Sc.
Potatoes-Receipts 81 cars; Mime
sofas. 70376c; Wisconsins, 6S@71c.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22-F1our mar
ket quiet, unsettled.
Pork market steady. Mess. 31S.75@
1900.
Lard market dun. Middle west spot.
$9.75@9.S5.
Sugar. raw, market quiet. Centrifu-
gal test, 34.Ss; Muscavado 80 test,
Sugar, refined. market quiet. Cut
Loaf. $685.; crushed, $6.75; powdered,
$6.0596.25: granulated, &5.95@6.2O.
Coffee Rio No. on spot, 7esc.
Tall0w market dull. City, Sc; coun-
try, S@8Hc specials, SNc.
Hay market weak. Prime, $1,000
1.25; No. 8, sSc@t1.O2h: clover. soc
@s1.15.
Dressed poultry market firm. Chick
ems, 15@20c: turkeys. 1602Sc:
fowls. 13@171kc: ducks. 10000.
Live poultry market unsettled.
Quotations nominal.
Cheese market quiet. State milk
TO specials. 13@1734c;
skins. common 70 specials. 5@15c.
Butter market easy. Receipts 5.375:
creamery extras, 36A.@361sc; dairy
tubs. 22@ 33c; imitation creamery
firsts. 23@24c.
Egg market unsettled Receipts g.
4s4. Nearby white fancy. 5o954c:
nearby mixed fancy, 3303Sc; fresh,
32h @3Sc.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-Money on
call, percent.
Six months. 3@3N percent.
Mercantile paper. 3A@3h percent.
Bar silver New York, N4Ac
Demand sterling, $4.73h0473A.
ot. Loul Hay and Straw.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 21.-Hay-Prices
howed no change from those ruling
asst week. High-grade hay Of every
description was scarce and quotably
teady and firm; but the market for
Medium and common grade hay OF all
.inds was quiet and easy. Movement
vas best in clover-mixed and clover;
imothy met slowest demand.
Clover-mixed. No. 2, 81. OO@13. so. |
70. 1, $14. 00@14. so. Timothy, No. ,,
AO.oo, 4NV- - pAo .OVV1 f.OV, NO. IL
15.00117. SO. Glover. good No. 1. /!
7.5o Alfalfa, No. 3, 81. 50@12. 90;
10. 2, 800: No. l, SIC. 00@17 80.
Straw-Scarce but quiet; wheat, Sc |
Long Commission 60. Grain Letter.
CHICAGO. Dec 22.--Wheat--Ma-
icrally higher cables made commits
ion longs feel that they would have
! good place to take profits and such
elling early today caused a good set
Jack. 1t has been TAR easier to trace |
he selling than the buying, but there |
8 good reason to think that wheat Is !
icing absorbed by millers and export
rs. After an advance to new ligh !
evels. the market dropped to 11s |
ents under last night. Some reason !
BILE reaction may be expected, and !
hose who have bought wheat for In i
estment will And 1t profitable to
old for ultimately higher prices.
Corn--Heavy buying on resting or
ers the last few days in corn, has i
cen credited to eastern houses on +
peculative accounts. Strength in
1heat induced rally by covering OF
horts and yesterdays buyers were
rofit.taking this morning. The larg
r lines remain intact and help keep i
he market firm in spite Of greater