The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-17

11-N 1s.02i I'm
, Potatoes-Receipts Is cars; MINI.
sofas, Michigans, Ohios and Wiscon.
sins, 9o9esc per bushel
Live poultry-Fowla. TIC; duek,
1s@1sc; geese, 12@13c: spring cbicI
ems, 1Sc; turkey4 1ec.
Now York Produce.
NEW FORK, March 17.-g1our man
ket quiet Spring patents, $5s0ae8s
winter patents. $S.50@6Sa
Pork market firm Mess. tas.Eo
94.e0.
Lard market easy. Ntddl. west SO.
81. 90 Clio.
Sugar, raw, market firm. Centr.h
gAl test, $6.64@5AS: Muscavado u|
test, S4.s706.12.
Sugar, refined, market strong. cut
loaf, $s.o5; crushed. $3.50; powdered
900; granulated. $6.e0@7.05.
Coffee Rio No. Z on spot, firm, sAt
Tallow market firm. City, SNs;
country, sA99c; specials. $40.
Hay market firm. Prime, Sl.4oa
Las; No. 8, $1.o5611s: clover. s5ce
S1.2o.
Dressed poultry market drm. Chick
ems, 1s@30c; turkeys, 259soo; fowl
10000: ducks, 2o@21c-
Live poultry market strong. Geess
l6c; duckY, zoe; fowls. 1s9191sc; tus
keys, 2sc; ROSTERS, 1291Sc: chick
ems, tic.
Cheese market quiet. State mill
common to special, 1661sAc; skins,
common to specials, 6@16Ac.
Butter market strong. Receipts H.
esA. Creamery extras. 35937i,se;;
dairy tubs, 2s@36hc; limitation cream
cry frsts. 26@26c.
Egg market firm. Receipts 1854
Nearby white fancy, 27G2sc; nearby
mixed fancy. z2@22c; fresh, 23i4924a
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. March 17.-Money on
call. 2 percent
Six months, percent
Mercantile paper, 1854 percent
Bar silver London, ~ 3-16d
Bar silver New York, SIC
Demand sterling, $4f6 61k
Horse and Mule Market
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March 16.-Horses
Eastern buyers were the strongest
contenders for the domestic line Of
stock and were after everything with
a half show Of quality that they could
pick up at a moderate price. The
southern market was much SINH
lar affair, most Of the stock on dis
play finding ready buyers.
The war horse agents did the bulk
OF the trading and furnished an out
let for the greater part Of the supply.
Italians were after the chunks for
which they paid the top price, while
French were equally eager for the
riding and artillery types. Two IN
spections were operated BY that gtv'
eminent, while Belgians also invest
ed in supplies. oe,,-
Heavy draft, extra. ....... -floVQ 40
Eastern chunks .---.-..-.- I4oeg!sv
Plain chunks .-.-...-..-.- oVQ!.o
Southern horses, good. $500 leg13o
Southerners, plain -..-.---- .ogiov
Southerners, common ------ avg %
Choice saddlers ...-.---.- 1ovg -og
Plugs oV ..
consigned for the domestic trade ana
consisted chiefly of cotton mules anu
big mules. For the latter type tnere
was q fairly strong inquiry ana
number sold to ADVANTAGE CoHon
mules with excessive quality 500 70
some extent, but prices IN most cases
were very low. A larger assortment
of little mules, 14-1 and up sui,ao.e
for the French contract. could na''
been used with good results
16 to 1914 hands. ...--...-si soggee
Is to 1914 hands. .--.~"--. 1Vvg1oSS
IA to IAN hands. .-...--- eogi ~
l3 to 1871 hands. -.~..-- aeg ~ ~
Cotton Report
TINTED Press Leased Wire serFlee.l
WASHINGTON, March IA re.
port by the census bureau today SHOWS
$40 active mills and 4.132, 1865 tons GOV
ton seed crushed in 1915, as compared
with 5,77s,665 in 1914. The hnteIs
obtained in 500 pound bales weIe
sso780 in 1915, as compared WIZ
$4,000 in 1914 and running na,es
were se5,274 in 1915, which 1noiuoes
500 6es tons of seed estimated 10 %
crushed and 121,6o6 bales OF nn'eIs
to be obtained after the date OF Inv
March canvass.