The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-10

Cheese-Twins, 15A @15,zc: Young
Americas. 15AQ15hc.
! Potatoes-Receipts1 10 cars; $685.
per bushel.
Live poultry-Fowls; 17hc; ducks
16@1sc; geese, 10@12c; turkeys, Is
019c.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, May 10.-F1our mar
ket quiet, unchanged.
Pork market steady. Mess, $25.5Og
$500.
Lard market easier. Middle west
spot. s13.25Q1335.
Sugar. raw, market quiet. Centritu,
gal test, $6.37@6.52; Muscavado SO
test, $5.62@5.75.
Sugar, refined. market quiet. Cut
loaf, $3.50; crushed, 1886; powdered
$775@7.s5; granulated, $7.65@7.S0.
Coffee Rio 10. on spot. 9Ac.
Tallow market quiet. City, 10Ac:
country, 1OA @1OAc; specials, lie.
Hay market strong. Prime, s1.50;
No. 8, $1.05@1.15; clover, 60c@s13o
Dressed poultry market dull. Chick
ems, 16@30c; turkeys 20Q3sc; fowls,
i. 16@22c; ducks, csc.
, Live poultry market dull. Geese,
11912c; ducks, Long Island, 14@16c;
fowls, 19@19hc; turkeys, 22c; roost.
ers. 13c; chickens, broilers. 3393sc.
Cheese market strong. State milk
common to special 5@19hc: skins,
common to specials. 5@14Ac.
Butter arket firm. Receipts 1861
Creamery extras, 31@31Ac; dairy
tubs, 271x@31c; imitation creamery
firsts, 2s@2shc.
Egg market nrmer. Receipts o2s3S.
Nearby white fancy, 24h @25c; near.
by mixed fancy, 22H @24c; fresh,
211A @24kc.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, May 10.-Money on
call, 2 percent.
Six months, 3A@3h percent.
Mercantile paper. 303h percent
Bar silver London. 361ad.
Bar silver New lork, 76Nc.
Demand sterling, $4.75%.
St. Louis Hay and etraw.
ST. LOUIS. May 9.-Hay-Clover
mixed. scant Nc. 2 at $13; No. 2 at sl4
to $3.50; No. 1, light mixed at SIT to
$3.50; high, do do, at SIS; timothy,
common No. 3 at $40: No. at $11 to
s13; scant No. at SIS to $3.50; No.
at SIC to $3.50: good No. at SIT;
scant No. at $3.50; ordinary No.
at SIS; No. 1 at $3.50; No. at $40
to $3.50; alfalfa. No. at s12 10
$3.50; scant No. at $14: No at
SIS; common No. 2 clover at s1s;
| good No. at 1880
Straw-Scarce and firm at Sc. so per
ton track for sound wheat.
st. Louis Horses and Mules.
ST. LOUIS. May 9.--Horses-Orer
y ings were liberal. All eastern sorts
sold at strong figures. the big end go
ing In range of $3.50 to $1S5, big
drafts selling upward OF $500. Only 2
few Of the big types were offered.
however, the majority being on the
chunk order. Southern demand was
shade weaker.
! Foreign trade was active. French,
Italians and Belgians were all out for
supplies, the former appearing with
two inspections. and trading in this
quarter was better than on the previ-
Gus Monday.
Heavy draft, extra .$175-225
Eastern chunks ...........i. 4 150-1So
Southern horses, good ....... S5-12o
Southerners, plain .......... So IS
Southerners, common 1880. 40 10
Choice saddlers .......... 100000
Plugs s. %
Mules-Approximately 800 head o.
mules were on display. The market,
despite the unusual pressure, was
quite strong. The market was espe-
cially strong for war mules, which
trade is largely responsible for the
heavy run experienced. In the neigh.
borhood Of $500 head OF mules arrived
on this market last week, being one OF
the heaviest May runs on record, ana
a great proportion Of that supply
found outlet through foreign trade.
1G to 16k hands ......... .s150-2I5
Is to 1914 hands -. ..-..... 125-l9o