Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
'T@day'@ Market Quotations
LIVERPOOL WORD
ADvANCESWHEAT
Influenced by Higher Prices From For.
eign Centers the Market As
sumed Upward Trend.

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sumed Upward Trend.
Chicago, March 2S.-Wheat rose in
value today. influenced largely by high
er prices at Liverpool, where the mar
ket was bullishly affected by chances
that submarine activity would inter
fere with supplies. War risk rates on
the Atlantic showed a material ad-
vance. There were also reports that
rains had failed to remedy damage to
the domestic winter crop, notably in
Illinois. Opening prices, which ranged
from &c to 1c higher, with May at
1.1014 to 1.105s and July at 1.0S14 to
LOSS were followed by moderate ad-
ditional gains.
Unsettled weather and consequent
prospects Of lessening of receipts
gave only transient strength to corn.
disposition to realize. After open
ing &c to 140asc higher, the market
sagged 10 below yesterdays finish.
Prices rallied later in sympathy
/ with wheat. The close was firm at u
to CSC net advance.
Buying on the part of elevator COM
panies put f1rmness into oats. Offer
tngs were light.
Provisions eased off on account of
selling by scattered longs. Ample sup
port, however, developed after slight
decline.
Chicago Grain.
Chicago, March 2S-Wheat: No. 2
red 113& 0117k; No. red 1920
115h; No. 2 hard, nominal; No. 8
hard 109%.
Corn: No 2 yellow 75@76; No. 4
yellow 6SA06912; No. A white 6S24
669.
Oats: No. 3 white 42a4 @43; stand
ard 4312@45.
| Rye, 95h.
Barley, 60@64
Timothy, 4.500S.00.
Glover, 1O.OO01S75.
Pork, 215O@23OO
Lard, 11.42.
Ribs. 1162@1210.
Chicago Provisions.
Chicago, March 28.-Butter: I'M
changed. Eggs higher; receipts 1866
cases; firsts 1914 0hc; ordinary
firsts 1874 01ac; at mark, cases in
cluded 1S@19c.
Potatoes: higher; receipts 80 cars
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Dakota white 9O@9Sc; Minnesota and
Dakota Ohios SS093c.
Poultry alive unchanged.
Liverpool Grain.
Liverpool. March 2S.-Wheat: No !
Manitoba, 13s I'd; No. 2 hard winter
lis, Sd
Corn: American mixed, los, sd.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City. March 28.-Wheat: No
. hard, 1O4@112; No. red, 1O7@
Ill.
Corn: No. 2 mixed, Gle; No. 2 white
6706719c; No. , yellow, 6912c.
Oats: No. . white, 451a@46c; No.
mixed, 40642c.
Rye: S3@84c
Hay, steady; unchanged.
st. Louis Provisions.
St Louis, March 2S-Poultry, un
changed except turkey, 13@21c; ducks
| 1712c; geese, SQ10c.
Butter and eggs, unchanged.
Peoria Grain.
Peoria, ILL.,, March 28.-Corn: No.
white, zoe; No yellow, zoe; No. 1
mixed, &c Oats: No. white, AK d
42c.
Toledo Grain.
Toledo, March 28-Clover seeG
prime cash 1925; March Ills; Apri
$50; October 8.55
Alsike, prime cash and March 9.35.
Timothy, prime cash and Marcel
$50; April 3.45.
New York Provisions.
New York, March 2S.-Butter, firm
receipts, 1901 Creamery extras, 361ac
frsts, 3512 G36c; seconds, 34035c.
Eggs, firm; receipts, 21.SS1. Fresl
gathered extras, 221a 023c; frsts
2Oa4 Q2112c; seconds, 2O62Ohc.
Cheese, steady; receipts. 6,757. State
} held specials, 18AQ18hc; do aver
age fancy, 18@18Ac; current make
average run, 17017Ac; Wisconsin
twins held, 1S@184C.
Live poultry steady but no price!
settled. Dressed firm; chickens, 100
zoe; fowls, 1412 02Oc; turkeys, eco
3Oc.
New York Sugar.
: New York, March 2S.-Raw sugar
firm; centrifugal. SO; molasses, 5.12
refined, firm; 10 points higher; cut
loaf, SIS; crushed, 500; mould "A,
$50; cubes, $50; powdered. 715
powdered, ITO; fine graduated, 700
diamond "a" 700; confectioners "a,
$50; No. l, 6.85.
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