The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01

IA to 14h hands. ri
Is to 1871 hands. d
rugs q
st. Louis Hay and Straw
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 3l.-Ha,
oeipts Of So cars included ~
thy. 10 clover-mi1ed, 2 clover
alfalfa Prices remained uneh.
o.: medium and common quality
thy and clover-mixed, whils
higher grades ruled steadier.
,nand showed some increase
ping inquiry again being }
Glover still quiet and easy. N
only spartngly offered. Alfalfa n
high grade salabIe on firm m,
but ordinary No. 2 and low qu1
quotably slow and weak.
Glover mixed. No. 2 at sad
s14; scant No. / at s14.5O; No.
SIS; high No. 1 at $3.50.
Timothy, no grade at SO: N
(red-top mixed) at $12; scant /
at $13; No. 2 at $3.50; scant \
at $3.50 to SIS: high No. at
Alfalfa. fair No. 2 ct ST;
range at $14 to $3.50 for No. h
to SO for No. 2 and $50 to 8
to S23 for No. ! to choice.
Clover Quotable at SIS to ;ls
No. 2 and 1850 to $3.50 to-
for No. l to choice.
Straw-Unchanged at $3.50 PEI
for wheat or oats.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK. Feb. Mooney
call. 2 percent.
Six months. 81 percent.
Mercantile paper, 3h percent.
Bar silver London, 81 5-1ed.
Bar silver New York, 76Ac.
Demand sterling, s4.76.
Cotton Market.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Serr
NEW YORK, Feb. IA S
such as the cotton exchange
never seen in It's entire history b
at the opening today when
futures crashed 325 bale to
cents . pound and March broke
on the bale, selling at 13& cen
Wayerins repeatedly; repeated; prices 81
ally worked upward, May Sc
around 16 cents and March at
q. the end Of the first hour.
Futures were or s11 to sl2 Oh
bale in the early afternoon. N
was on 2S4 points at 1902, May
=. 1886 and July 2e6 at 1912,
Loss Of 11,4 cents.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The wheat
ket opened today at $50 for Ma
loss OF INK cents over last nj
close. Shortly afterward It reco'
to 1913.
July wheat opened at 40. d 10
e7s points.
September wheat opened at IL
IL cents.
Corn followed wheat in the tn
May opened down 3ss at SO cents.
dropped Sss to 95 cents per bush'
Oats also dropped. May OF
down rs at IS cents and Jul!
3A at so cents per bushel.
The sudden decline Of grains
ttealp falt IN the provisions. May
opened down So at s27.15.
Fifteen minutes after u
opened, May wheat held It's rec
and sold at 1853. July wneal
vanced IA to 141A. while sepe
showed a gain Of three points 70
Holders were in a panic at tne
ing and grain was dumped into 70
faster than the sales could be
tered. Many small spectators
wiped out in the first few minus
trading.
The larger traders. however,
showed their hand and their y
orders helped steady the narAs'
prevent a selling panic. the %
continued very weak and nervous
istering fluctuations OF two On
points between trades.
Minneapolis Wheat.
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, rev,
MAY wheat on the chamber "
merce opened this mornins ..
cline OF IA cents. July iost 70
from last nights close.
New Hog Price RECORD;
CHICAGO, Feb. 1-Hos piN'
tablished a new record TO-DAY
to- nrice at the opening OF 'ae
ket was 1920 per 100 Poun''
highest since the civil war 80
Yearling sheep opened al s 10
hundred weight, the hishes'
known here.
close Of Grain Market, !.
CHICAGO, Feb. line gs
bet closed with wheat sho"'r =,
stantial recovery from the ., ~,
ures of the session Ma! nos
1871 AZ cents above the o.
,,,t Z cents below last nights
INV closed at 1417s. rs ap NO.
oneninr and FIVE cents below w -
DAVIS close. September az tat NJ
was 13aE. 3A above the opehi''
az below last nights close,