The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-29
DAILY RANGE OF PRICES.
Furnished by Long Commission Co, 4O3 Main.
CHICAGO Feb. 30

Live poultry-Fowls, 15c: duel,
tic; geese, 12@l4c; spring chicken
TIC; turkeys, 100.
Potatoes-Receipts 10 cars; Nina
sofas, Michigans, Wisconsins, Daks
tas and Ohios, $685. per bushel.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK. Feb. 29.-F1our man
ket easy. nominal.
Pork market steady. Mess, $.o.75A
21.O0.
Lard market firm. Middle west SPOT
So @10.40.
Sugar, raw, market steady. Centdn
gal test, $4.S3@5.O2; Muscavado d
test, $4.12@4.25
Sugar, refined, market firm. chi
loaf, $40: crushed, 1925; powdereL
$685.; granulated, $6.25@6.55
Coffee Rio on spot, steady $50.
Tallow market steady. City, SIZE
country, 81 @SAc; specials, gAc.
Hay market dull. Prime, $1.2561.@.
No. g., $1.O0@1.0 5; clover, 90cGs1.ls
Dressed poultry market firm. Chick.
ems, 1914 @2Sc; turkeys, 20@3Oc;
fowls. 15@19hc; ducks, 15@21c
Live poultry market steady. Geese
100; ducks, 21c: fowls, TIC; turkeys
zoe; ROSTERS, 12c; chickens, 16c.
Cheese market firm. State mild
common to specials, 15@1S1ac: skims|
common to specials, 6h@16Ac.
Butter market easy. Receipts 10, 4O1|
Creamery extras, S5@S6c; dairy tub]
81 @S5hc; imitation creamery frsts|
23h@24hc.
Egg market firm. Receipts 9,1s,l
Nearby white fancy, 31@32c; nearby
mixed fancy, 24@26o; fresh. 26926kd
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-Money ol
CAL. TX percent
Six months, 3 percent.
Mercantile paper, 3@31a percent
Bar silver London, rs 1850.
Bar silver New York. $3.50
Demand sterling, $4.76 ZIG.
81. Louis Hay and Straw.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2S.-Hay-Price4
unchanged. Market is well cleaned
up Of the better No. 2 and No. / grades
CT all kinds. and. with the help Of
light daily receipts, the quality of or
binary and common hay Of every de-
scription has also diminished perce9'
tibly, but there is still considerable
OF latter kinds of timothy and clover
mixed and in small quantities of Glow
or and alfalfa on hand. Market as q
whole shows no improvement.
Clover mixed, No. /, $12.O0@13.M
Timothy, No. 3, $11.00; No. 2, s11.5
@l4.5O; No. 1, ST.. O0@1S.00. Glover
No. 2, $1,000. Alfalfa, No. 2, $14.ood
1880; No. l.; $16.O0@1s.50
straw-Quiet and easy. Wheat
s6.O0@7.O0.
St. Louis Horses and Mules.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-liorses-
The weeks trade was unusual!
strong in all quarters. Southern ant
eastern buyers were more active thai
they have been for some time ant
there was an urgent request for wa
horses. French n Italians were eas
er buyers, while Belgian buying sup
piled outlet for quite a number. UNI
ed States cavalry buyers were on th'
market Thursday, taking 26 head. AL
active market, with a strong foreisl
demand is the prediction for this week
Heavy draft, extra ..-....-.$lboql 10
Fa stern chunks ........... 140@1S'
pIatn cbunks ........ S5612,
Southern horses. good ...... 1l5@IS
Southerners, plain ......... 75qlV
So,,tberners common ..... 400 G.
Choice saddlers ............ 1OOG21t
pi,,es So q
Mules-Mule men are greatly gu
ccuraged over the way things turne'
out the past week and shippers ar
better pleased with the returns the!
got. However, the situation does no
recommend plungtng or careless spec
ulation, for conditions r a little III
certain right at present and a goo'
liberal run is likely to overstock 'n'
market again. o-
16 to 1871 hands ............$l3oW+