The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-18


was quiet from the outse&.
When 1t was said that foreign trad.
ers were taking large supplies, that
was practically all that could be said
about the market, as this was the
only life to the market. Five inspec.
lions were going on and these trad.
ers took their usual large supplies at
steady prices. All types Of war ami
mails are selling high and these are
the types sellers are advising ship
pers getting on the market at present
Southern horses ...........$ 6061l0
Eastern horses ............ 12511S5
Extra good heavy eastern
drafterS ................. loo02lo
Army horses ............. 115g1S5
Mules-Buyers were looking for the
very best types of big mules on the
quality order and would not look at
anything that did not carry plenty of
quality. There was no call for Of
kinds or inferior mules and these
kinds should by all means be kept in
/, the country in the existing conditions,
Cotton mules, 141a hands. 100@125
Good ordinary, 15-hand mules 130@15O
Good quality mules. 15a
hands ~. -. ..s.a !...... l3Oqlso
Extra good quality, we'll
u $50 -
bred mules .............. ls0Qzzo
War Helps Farmers.
" United Press Leased Wire Service.l
I CHICAGO. April 17.-Europe' great
war has enriched middle west farmers
to the extent OF approximately $780,
00O, 900, which they would not have re-
lceived had 1t not been for the wa.
This extra has gone chiefly to growers
| of grains. What spectators have
made because Of the war, perhaps new.
| er will be known. Fifty millions u
dollars, 1t is conservatively estimatei
THAT wouldn't have been forthcomins
via increased prices. had it not been
for the war, have been poured into tho
Golfers Of 1.-THE packers. Prominent
grain merchants today declared that
/ the $2O0,000,OO0 extra" received ny
the farmers for their bumper whea''
corn and oats crops, can be ready
accounted for by merely citing the oh'
| instance in5regard to prices on casn
wheat They pointed out that wneas
now is selling and has been for montns
at from 35 cents to so cents higher
than 1t would have brought but for ta'
war. Millions upon millions OF ousn'
els were sold at these advanced prices.
An authoritative canvass or gram
brokers and men In close touch WIN
the packing industry, brought QUA
these figures tonight.
Excited Stock Market.
NEW YORK, April 1f.-Wall strees
has seldom Witnessed such a spec'aau
lar stock market as witnessed tne
week closing today, when inacti'ius'
for months suddenly shot up Ten.
twenty and even thirty points In
many minutes. Famed by rumors ..
lucrative war orders" the STOCKS y.
steel. equipment and motor concerns
advanced many points while stanua.u
issues like the railroad and big lnuus'
trials. were carried up to ne" ~"
levels on the rising market
| Bethlehem Steel common was sun
strong feature, reaching new his
price at 155, but It had plenty OF co.n
pany. American Locomotive Oh
day opened up eighteen points aoo,
the closing price the previous MS
and for the week showed net eaa
OF over twenty-three points. the SUI
den activity in American Locomo'n
was on report that It had secured oo a.
ammunition order worth s6o,ooV,pyss
which would net the COMPANY pro-.
of twenty-five per cent. BALDWIN
connective also jumped up 15h POM
during the week on a rumor OF -
100000 war order from the hussI
government. New York Air Brake a.
Pressed Steel Car shares were aiso
| fluenced by the connection orr
orders with their companies. the 10
or going up over twenty-five p POM,
and the latter showing gain OF II .
points for the week. "A
What truth there is in the fiool
war order r1mors. was not tracea n;ns
but investors evidently were pias
the market on the strength OF UPS
OIL Burning Engines. ,,.1
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