The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09
Late Market Quotations
Long Commission Co: Grain Letter.

Long Commission Co. Grain Letter.
Furnished by Long Commission Co.
4O3 Main st. Telephone No. 1901
CHICAGO. Oct. 9.-The unexpected
action OF the Germans in reviving their
submarine policy, this time on the At
lantic seaboard, resulted in sharp
price losses in our markets. Aside
from this episode the market condi.
lions We're bullish. Cash wheat was in
good demand from the seaboard, sales
being reported from Chicago. Omaha
and the gulf at premiums unchanged.
or as In the case OF Omaha, the high
est on the crop, The government re-
port is expected to repeat it's estimate
OF last month. War markets, such as
wa are having, are subject to wide
fluctuations. with varying success on
the part OF the various sbelligerants.
The outcome of the whole matter will
be a serious shortage in supplies of
wheat and materially higher prices.
Corn-The market sympathized mod
erately with wheat, but met good buy
Ing support and held steady at about
! cent decline from Saturdays close.
Bulls continue to have the advantage,
because they are able to merchandise
cash corn at prices showing good pro-
fits and the country Is not offering in
sufficient quantity to prove an effec-
tive obstacle to higher values.
Oats-There was evidently a larger
long interest in oats than in corn and
prices broke faster in the former The
present large visible supply Is the only
bear argument and it Is generally
known and well advertised. Canadian
farmers report an excellent demand
for oats the price in Alberta being 40
cents a bushel on the farm. Shortage
Of the Canadian crop will eventually
prove bullish factor in this country
Chicago Estimates for Tomorrow.
FURNISHED by Long Commission Co.,
403 Main. Telephone No. 1901
Hogs. $4,000; cattle, 5000; sheep,
$4,000: wheat. 233: corn. 271; oats,
725.
Liverpool Close.
Wheat. 1921 up; corn. unchanged.
cIearanees.
Wheat and flour, 1,26S, 600; corn,
100000; oats. 100000.
Northwest Wheat Receipts.
Minneapolis, $50 cars; Duluth, 223
cars; Winnipeg, 1876 cars.
Kansas City Cash Grain.
Furnished by Long Commission Co.,
403 Main. Telephone No. 1901
KANSAS CITY, Oct 9.-Wheat-
No. 2 hard. $1.56@1.62; No. 8 hard,
$1.54; No. hard, $1.37@1.51: No. 2
red, $1.5S; No. 8 red, $1.47@1.54
Corn-No. 2. SAC; No. 8. 830S4c;
No. 4. s1k@s2c; No. 2 yellow. sec;
No. 8 yellow. S5c; No. yellow, 8311s
@84c; No. white. s51sc: No white
84h0S5c; No. white, S3@S4c.
Oats-No. 2, 441s045Ac; No. 5,
431k@44Ac: No white. 4611c; No.
8 white, 45h046Ac; No. white.
Az @45c.
st. Louis Cash Grain.
Furnished by Long Commission Co..
403 Main. Telephone No. 1901
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 9.-Wheat-
No. 2 red, new, $1.5301.59: No. red,
new, $1.52@1.57; No. 2 hard. old, $1.59
@1.6O.
Corn--No. 2. ss@ssc; No. 8, s714c;
No. 2 white, sec; No. 3 white. $40
S71ac
Oats-No. 2. ACC; No. 2 white, 4sc;
standard, 47A@47hc; No. white,
fOWftS, 4NO. WAitC, 1UCs
Chicago Live stock--ciose.
FURNISHED by Long Commission Co.,
403 Main. Telephone No. 1901
CHICAGO, Oct 9.-Hog receipts
10000; market active, &c lower. Mixed
and butchers, S9.0009.95; good heavy
s8.95@e.90; rough heavy. $3.50
go; light, $9.10@9.90.
Cattle receipts $4,000; market
steady; top $11.35.
Sheep receipts 10000; market
shade up; top 1925. Lambs. top
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-Hog receipts
$4,000; market slow, steady. shade
lower. Mixed and butchers. $1,000
1000; good heavy, s9.4O@s.sO; rough
heavy, $9.00Q9.2o; light, $1,000
1000; pigs, $6.75@S.90.
Cattle receipts $4,000; market
steady. Beeves. $660@11.35; COWS
and heifers, $3.50@940; stockers and
feeders, $4.75@7.75; Texans, S710@
S.25; calves. $s.o0012.5o; westerns,
36.1599.40.
Sheep receipts 10000; market
steady. shade higher. Native. $1,000
7.65; western, $7.00@S.25; lambs,
$7.25010.25; western. t7.50@10.3o.