Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-15
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
17RAIN AND PRovIsIoNs.

GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO, October 15.-Fine weatner
crop had bearish effect today on corn
prices. Shorts, however, covered on DE.
clires, and brought about something Oh
a rally. Announcements later that cur
duced by the food administrator tended
to discourage bulls Opening quotations.
| which ranged from Is to NC lower: with
December at 1.12h to 1.12A. and May az
1os1s to 1.0sA, were followed by MOD
crate transient upturn.
| Oats showed considerable strength
despite the relative weakness OF corn.
Offerings of oats were light and readily
absorbed.
! Demand from packers lifted provisions.
Lower quotations on hogs were ignored.
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| OATS
nsy '.: 49,: So 81 s IS. 81 s sss
NEW YORK. October Is Flour
steady; spring patents. lO.S0al 49,
winter patents, 1065a10.s0; winter
straights, 1o.s5a1o.65; Kansas straights'
1115a11.4O. Pork easy: mess 48.ooa
! 1850; family 1890; short clear, 47.00a
1900.
Lard weak; middle west. 22.90a23.00.
Hides steady; Bogota, 80; Central Am
! erica, 371a.
Leather firm; hemlock firsts, ST; sec
onds So.
Paw sugar quiet; centrifugal, $50;
molasses, 6.02: refined steady; cut loaf,
9.s5; crushed, $50; mold A. S.S5; cubes,
fine graduated, S35; diamond A, s.35;
confectioners' A, SIS; No. l. $40.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. October Is q
pm. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES No. red soft,
2.22 spot No. 2 red western, 2.24.
Oats-Steady; standard white. SAY
sales No. 3 white. "a; receipts, 1878
bushels.
Rye-Steady; No. 2 western export,
| 1.S6a1s7: receipts $3.50 bushels:
No. l timothy. $500; No. 1 clover,
mixed. 23.00.
Grain freights-Not quotable.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO, October 15.-Hogs-Re-
| ceipts, $4,000 head; slow; bulk. 17.20a
1895. light. 16.35a1s.4o: mixed, 1e.75a
1856: pigs, 1175a1575.
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000 head: weak;
native steers, 7.00a11.40: western steers,
6.15a1425; stockers and feeders. 6.20a
11.5o: cows and heifers, 5.O0a1215;
calves. 9.50a16.00.
sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head: slow;
wethers, 9.00a12.S0; lambs. 12.15a17.90.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK, october l5.-There was
a renewal Of general active buying at
the opening of the cotton market today.
with an advance of 40 to u points.
This carried nearly all the active
months into new high ground for the
season, December selling at 1927 and
January at 200. The advance was
checked at this level by heavy realiz-
ing.
December, 27.01 to 27.26; January, 26.97,
March. 1886: Nav, 2703
NEW ORLEANS. October 15-Cottor
bulged 60 to II points in the early
trading here today in an effort by bull
ish traders to discount cold weather in
the belt over the holidays. Killing
frosts in the eastern portion of the
country We're regarded as serious.
Shorts bought covers on a large scale.
only moderate offerings met the de-
mand.
Futures opened steady. Opening bid
October, $500: December. 1899 asked
January 26.05; March, 1925; May, 1888.
DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO. October Butter
Steady: creamery, 40isa43H.
Eggs-Higher; receipts, 1882 cases:
tirsts. 81 lass Y: ordinary firsts. sea
3612: at mark, cases included 36a37 II
Potatoes-Lower; receipts, 125 cars;
Wisconsi-. Minnesota and Michigan.
bulk. 1.30a1.35; do, sacks. 1.3Sa1.4O.
Poultry, alive-Lower; fowls, 16ka
81: springs, 1871.
NEW YORK, October 15.-Butter-
Steady: receipts. s,067 packages: cream
cry higher than extras, 45a451t cream
cry extras ts2-score), AN; frsts. 43a
44A; seconds. 41ha421s,
Eggs-Unsettled: receipts, 9,753 cases.
fresh gathered extras, 45a46; extra
firsts. 43a4412; f1rsts 40a42; seconds,
3Si2aS9; state. Pennsylvania and near
by western hennery whites fine to
fancy, 62a66; state, Pennsylvania and
nearby hennery browns, 4Sa54
Cheese - Unsettled; receipts 3.17l
boxes: state, fresh specials, 25k; do.
average run, 25a25A
Poultry-Live, unsettled: no prices
quoted. Dressed, firm: chickens, 23a36
fowls, 21a30; turkeys, 24a3S