Evening star., 1917-09-06
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

| CHICAGO. September 6.@corn prices
eased down today on account of the
| failure of expected frosts. Inc pIunci-
pal sellers were houses with New i4rN aaN
connections Reports of increased de-
mand by distillers who hold govern
ment contracts was factor IN pre-
venting any radical decline opening
changed figures to 3. lower, with De.
f! cember at 1.12A to ll2h ana May a.
.oS to 1.os15. were followed by sNsne
rally. but not of lasting sort,
! oats sympathized with the decline OF
corn values Trade was moderately
| active.
Arrivals of wheat were not OF sufn-
cient volume to permit OF 1urnlsnins
supplies to any others than local mills.
! Similar conditions were reported from
/ Minneapolis and Kansas City:
| Provisions averaged slightly lower as
a result of declines in the hog market.
| About the only buying was on the part
of pit traders.
CORN Open: High. Low Close. Lose
4ay HeSs"Der a'.:.:... .:.. los 1857. 1.o7& 1osas
OATS x,y
| Special Dispatch TO The Star.
! BALTIMORE. Md. SEPTEMBER 8 q p.
| M m)-Wheat-Quiet; spot No. req soi.'
224; receipts. 27.777 bushels
| Commissioning: spot contract 2.06; re-
| ceiptS. 6,4SO bushels. 80.
| Oats-steady: new standard Wni.e, es
| s5ls: sale: new No 3 white, 64sa65,
receipts. 1854 bushels.
| Rye-Firmer: New No. western e1-
port. 1ss: receipts. 14,3Ss bushels.
| Hay-Steady.
| Grain freights-Not quotable.
| DAIRY MARKETS.
| CHICAGO, September 6.-Butter-
Firm: creamery. 3S1aa42.
changed.
| Potatoes-Unsettled: receipts, twenty
cars; Jersey, bulk. 115a1 20; Minnesota.
bulk. ! 05al.10; Wisconsin. GOAL: ~
! Poultry-Alive, unsettled fo"ls' % n
springs. "a.
Hutter-Firn7er: receipts. 9.s51 pack
ages: creamery. higher than extras 44a
44s4; extras (92 scoring), AZ Y a43 =
tirsts, 42a43A: seconds. 4oa4l =:
Esss-Firmer; receipts l7.l4i cases; eases
| rresh gathered extras. 44a45: extra
! nrsts, AZ 2i2a43'2; firsts 4oa4l =; sec,
| onds. 37a39. state. Pennsylvania ana
! nearby western whites. fine to fancy
5oa55: do. brown, 46a49.
| Cheese-Firm. receipts. 2,f3o poNss,
state fats, fresh specials, 24Aa24%;
do. average run. 23a24
| Dressed poultry - Firm; chickens
broilers. 22a30; fowls, 2oa27: turkeys. @
lSa32. Live. firm; chickens z'a-o'
n f5s1f 90. winter patents, 1920; win
ter straights. 1855; Kansas sIraisnts'
I1o aOa114O: all new nominal: other ar
ticles unchanged
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK, September e.-Go,.on Or.
| futures opened steady. octooer, laS'
| December. 90 95: January, 20se; March,
q 90: May. 21.05
There was a renewal of Liverpool
I selling in the cotton market at the
opening today. There also seemed 10
he selling here from southern sources
with the pressure in both instances at
tributable to hedging, and after START
ing steady at a decline of to IA points
active months sold 10 to q points
under last nights closing figures; ms
break carried October off to 20.95 ana
| January to 2O.T0. and the market then
steadied on covering. which was pro-
NOTED by complaints of too much ram
and weevil damage from some Sc
tions of the eastern belt.
| Covering became more active later In
! the morning. The relative firmness or
October attributed to the small supply
of cotton here available for delivery
on contract and reports of difficulty in
securing shipments from the south
were factors the advance. which
| carried october up to 21.3o and Janu-
| AIRY to 21.o7, or Is to Is points net
! higher.
NEW ORLEANS, September Cot
ton opened steady. Opening bid: oc-
tober. 2ol2: December. 2o.1s; January.
2O12; March, 2o.34. asked; May. 2o5o-
Around the opening today the most
active months in the cotton market
stood ] to S points higher. but heavy
selling apparently for hedge account.
caused sharp declines. At the end or
the first half hour of business active
months We're at a net loss of Is to ~
points.
A decided Improvement in the tone of
spot accounts from the interior stimu-
lated the demand. and in trading up to
noon prices rose to a level 2S to 80
paints over yesterdays close.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
/ CHICAGO. September 6.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts. 10000 head; tomorrow, 5000
head slow. 10 to IS points under yes
terday's average; bulk, 16.S5a17.90; light,
. Is 40a1S. 90: mixed, 1s.40alS.l5: heavy,
Is 30alS.1o; rough. 16.3oa1s.60; pigs,
i1l25a15.75.
Cattle-Receipts, 5000 head slow; ma
! tive beef cattle, T.5oalT.00; western
steers 650a1G25; stockers and feeders,
G00a925; cows and heifers. 4.65a12.S5;
calves. 11.75a15.To.
| Sheep-Recefpts 1900 head: weak;
wethers, 7.S5a11.30: lambs. 1125a17.25.
NEW Work. STTCAR MARKET.