Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
Market Quotations
WHEAT LOWERED
ON CABLE NEWS
Depressing Influence of Adyices From
Abroad Was Early Noticeable
Feature of Market.

Chicago. Sept. Glover cable quo
tatlons had depressing influence to-
day on the wheat market here The
opening, which ranged from "a to 124 c
lower. with December at 1.49 to 1915
and May at 1.49 to $50. was followed
by an additional setback and then
something of a rally.
Later the market hardened. owing
largely to gossip that Liverpool quota
lions had been lowered to facilitate
European buying OF wheat cheaper in
the United States. The close was firm.
l.501s for December and Isl for May,
Is OFF TO l4c up, IS compared with
yesterdays finish.
Corn weakened with wheat. On the
decline, however, commission houses
turned to the buying side After open
unchanged to q a &c lower. the mar
ket showed a slight recovery in cases
where declines had gone furtherest.
Crop damage reports tended later
10 bring about an additional recovery.
The close was firm at Il c off to 3sc
up. compared with yesterdays finish.
Oats sympathized with the weakness
OF other cereals. Most trading was in
the May delivery.
Lower hog values pulled won pro-
visions. Buying was only OF a scat
tered sort.
Chicago Grain.
Chicago. Sept. 21.-Wheat: No red,
1.52; No. 8 red. 1.4001.51; No. ? hard,
1544 d1.545s; No. 3 hard, 1.350L521a.
Corn: No. yellow, 870S7Ac; No. 4
yellow. SIC; No. 4 white, S20S3c
Oats: No 3 white, 45& @461ac;
standard. 461a Q47c.
Rye: No ., I201a 01211a. Barley,
SO0114 Timothy, 3.5005O0; clover,
110001400. Pork, $500; lard, 1477;
ribs, 144O01475.
Chicago Provisions.
Chicago, Sept. 21.-Butter, higher;
creamery, 29@33c.
Egg receipts. 6.404 cases; unchanged
Potatoes, lower; receipts, 40 cars
Jerseys, 1150150; Ohios, 1150125.
Poultry, alive, lower; fowls, 1815c;
springs, 19c.
Liverpool Grain.
Liverpool, Sept. Wheat-No. 2
hard winter, 13s, Sd; No. l Manitoba.
las, ID
Corn-American mixed. los.
Kansas City Provisions.
Kansas City, Sept. 21.-Butter, eggs
and poultry unchanged.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City. Sept. 21.-Wheat: No.
, hard 1.4901.60; No. red 1.5401.6O. !
white S46 &c; No. = yellow 841a 0S5c. |
Oats: No. 2 white 47012c; No. q
mixed 45047c
Rye 1.200121
Horses and Mules.
East st. Louis, Sept. 21.-Horses
and mule market unchanged.
St Louis Provisions.
St. Louis. Sept. 21.-Poultry IN
changed except chickens 15@17c; tur- /
keys Csc.
New York Sugar.
New York Sept. 21.-Raw sugar.
firm; centrifugal. 5.77; molasses, 4.87; .
refined. firm, 10 points higher, cut loaf, .
775; crushed, $50: mould "A" 40: /
cubes, 40: xxx powdered CTS; /
powdered. GO; fine granulated. $50; (
Diamond "A" $50; confectioners "A"
s so: No /, 6.45.
New York Provisions.
New York, Sept. 21.-Butter, steady; /
receipts. 1O.180: creamery extras. 3334 /
a 34c; frsts, 321a a 331Ac; seconds, 81 /
d32c-
Eggs, steady. receipts, $4,000: fresh I
gathered. extra fine. $50: extra frsts, (
35037c, frsts. 32d34c.
Cheese. firm: receipts. 1000; state. ,
fresh specials. 1919 @20c; do, average ,
fancy, 1914 6191zc
Live poultry, firm; broilers, 21c; /
fowls, 2015c: turkeys, zoe.
Dressed. quiet; chickens, 220 SOC; /
fowls. ia 2312C: turkeys, 254 Soc