The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-12

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creamery extras. 3ohc: dairy nh.
,.23A 030c: imitation creamery f, rats
257a @26c. = -
Egg market unsettled. Receipts !.
348. Nearby white fancy, 3sm4oc.
nearby mixed fancy. 25Q33c; fresh
27033o.
Omaha Butter.
OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. 12.-Butter. "a
cents.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Bar silye,
New York, 66Ac.
Demand sterling. SAFE 11-1s.
EIoln Butter.
NGIN, H., Aug. 12.-Butter: ali
sales were at 2911 cents, an advancs
of one cent.
st. Louis Horses and Mules.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. u.-Horses-A
right fair supply showed up for the
Thursday trade. Ring selling started
shortly after the noon period and
there was fair demand for all classes
offered. All stock from the common
est army reject up to the kinds biz
order buyers were after and sold
readily. Generally values were on
pretty steady basis. Best horses Of
fered brought from $147,50 up to
$162.50 per head.
Heavy draft, extra .........$175@ 2s
ESa stern ohunlya 1h0m1Qy
Southern horses, good 80. S5@1ss
Southern horses, plain .,..,. COG IS
Southern horses, common !. 400 IS
Choice saddlers ............ 100@20o
Plugs 50 %
Mules-The trade was about all
that could be expected. A lighter sup
ply, which included not near enough
OF French pack types for which the
market is very good. Four to eight
year old of this class standing 1+s
to 1871 hands, found ready outlet in |
this quarter throughout the week.
during which time 316 head changed
hands.
A fair southern trade appearing,
moved the better grades of cotton
mules and these brought right fair
prices. There was also light call
for good sugar types. Other KINDS
did not sell well. Dealers had very
little trouble in moving the stock:
16 to 1914 hands ......S15O@27OI
10 to 1871 hands ........... 12561so
IA to 141z hands ........... 6O912o |
13 to 1871 hands ........... 45g 70
Plugs 2og 10
stock Market Notes.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Stocks
were up when the exchange opened
today. Marines were higher by q
quarter at %. United States Steel
opened at e8. Tennessee Copper was |
up y at 25A.
Announcement that the feder-l
mediation board had told the railroad
trainmen mediation had failed in the I
big controversy, caused hardening
tendency during the early part OF the |
second hour. Activity in coppers
dwindled perceptibly. The market
closed firm.
Daily Stock Letter.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE New
York Evening Sun financial review
today said: Price movements exhie
tied great irregularity with the trad
ing active in spots only. Heavy inf
tfal dealings were reported in Read. |
ing which opened at small advance
from Fridays closing and then SOLD
down ". Traders were inclined 70
cover in many parts OF the list ana
to a great extent the general move
ment represented little beyond ad'
justments of speculative accounts III
cident to the end Of the week.
Steel sold off fraction and tine
coppers were firm, buying OF the lat
ter being encouraged by the reports
of large foreign inquiries in the mar |
ket for copper metal. Profit taxing
was in evidence In the munltion
shares, but sales were well absorDeu.
Transactions in the copper STOCKS
In the last hour were active on an
range of prices, marked
being recorded by sew
eral.
New York stocks-ciose.
[ Furnished by Long Commission Co-
4O3 Main. Telephone No. 1901
American Beet Sugar. ......... 80
Locomotive ......... ~
Tel. and Telg. Co. lSoa
90"
Baltimore & Ohio. 30
Pacific .Itsy
Chicago Milwaukee G. st. Paul SeN
Erie, common ................. ooy
Electric ..............los y
Illinois Central ................i oi ~
Missouri Pacific ............... ~
Northern Pacific Live :,
paad;ne 101B
. an,,hI;,, Tron r. Steel com AN
uo,,tharn pacific eSb
.12Sh
1rnion pac,f,c 1875
United States Steel, Conn.,. 81"
Cotton -
Dec. .................. 14.32914."
Topeka Capital: No paper is so cru