Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-29
WHEAT RECEIVERS
FORMER Decline
report That There Was Less I.ikeli.
hood OF "A Break With Germany
Prices Advance.

Chicago, Feb. 29.-Assertions that
the new German note opened way to
avert break with the United States
helped today to rally the price of wheat
The market, however. continued nerv-
GUS The opening which ranged from
&C OF to like advance, with May at
. LOS TO 1.0912 and July at 105 to 1.0712
was followed by general upturn to
2lsc above yesterdays finish, and then
material setback.
Reports of foreign buying of future
deliveries here and that there had been
huge -four sales at Minneapolis, led to
lurther advance. The close was strong,
"a @3$sc net higher with May at
LIZA q y and July at 1095s.
/ Corn rose with wheat, after opening
3s to 1Ac lower
/ Crop damage reports from Argen-
tina counted later in favor of the bulls
! The close was strong at rs to csc
! net advance
Oats took the same course as other
grain.
! Strength of hogs and grain gave a
| lift TO provisions. Demand for pork
/ was the greatest in years.
! Chicago Grain.
| Chicago, Feb. 29-Wheat: No. red
1.1012 OLE; No. red 109@11O; No
hard 1.l0@1.1112; No. 3 hard 1061a
! 6109.
! Corn: No. yellow 734c; No. 4 yell
low 664@ 6912c; No. white 66@69c
Oats: No, 8 white 4O4 @34c; stand
ard Ala @42*c.
! Rye: No. 2, 90c; barley 60070c;
timothy 4.50@8.OO; clover 1O.O0@20.00.
Pork 19.25@2O.5O; lard 1890; ribs
10.S7@1137.
Chicago Provisions.
/ Chicago, Feb. 29.-Butter, unchang-
/ ed.
Eggs, higher; receipts $3.50 cases;
firsts 2l1a ordinary firsts 2O1a; at
mark, cases included, 1921.
Potatoes, higher; receipts Is cars;
Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and
Dakota white SSG95; Minnesota and
! Dakota Ohios S5@90.
Poultry, alive, higher; fowls 16;
! springs ZEE.
Peoria Grain.
Peoria, Ill, Feb 29-Corn No. 4
white 651a; No. yellow 65G65A;
| No. naked 656651a.
Oats: No white 4O1a.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City, Feb. 29-Wheat No. 2
hard, 1.02h 61.O7; No. red, 1.O461O7.
Corn: No. 2 mixed. $751; @67c; No
white, 6S@6S12c; No yellow, $50
691a.
Oats: No white, 4564Gc; No.
mixed, 42M44c.
Rye: S70SSc.
Hay, unchanged.
Minneapolis Grain.
Minneapolis, Feb 29-Wheat: May
11114@1113s; July LII, No. 1 hard
1153s; No. / northern 1.117s M114$s;
No. northern 10S$s
Corn: No. 3 yellow 1906.
Oats; No. white 4012 M40$4.
Toledo Grain.
Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 29-Clover seed
prime cash and February 1900; March
1202"; April 1860: October $40.
Alsike prime cash February md
March 975.
Timothy prime cash February and
March $50.
New York Provisions.
New York, Feb 29.-Butter firmer
receipts, 10,403; creamery extras, 36c;
frsts, 33@3512c; seconds, 30G3212c
Eggs, strong; receipts, 9,1S6; fresh
gathered extra, 27@2712c; extra f1rsts
2612c; frsts; 26c; seconds, 25@2512c
Cheese, steady; receipts, 1851
state whole milk fats held colored
specials, 1Sd1SAc; do white, 1Sc; dc
colored average fancy, 1712@17&c;
do white, 171a@17Ac; fats current
make specials, 17@174c; do average
run 16@16&c.
Live poultry no quotations; settled
dressed easier; chickens, ITO 29c;
fowls, 1412 61912c; turkeys, 26G30c.
Omaha Grain.
Omaha, Feb -Wheat-No. , hard
l1.020104.
Corn-No white, 65m6512c: No.
yellow, 65G 6512c; No. 3, 6412 465c.
Oats-No. 3 white, 4064lc.