The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-12
Late Market Quotations

Heavy draft, extra ....... .$17o6M
Eastern chunks ........... 7bn19:
Southern horses, choice -. 13561H
Southern horses, good 49,. S561m
Southern horses, medium :. Goa i,
Southern horses, common 400 "A
Plugs ............ ........ 25a M
Mules--Rece4pts showed remart
able increase over last week and al
offerings with size. fat and uualt,
sold as high as they ever have on MI.
market. 1t is not a question, dealer
say, of selling mules, but OF gettins
them, as they claim they have order
for great many more than are com
ing in at this time. Outclassed. mi,
and small mules are hard to sell AT
profit in fact, 1T is hard to get bs
on them. Best demands is for good
cotton mule Is to 1872 hand, but Their
is ready outlet for nice sugar muis
16 to 1862 hands. War mules wers
somewhat slower the current week
The shortage of stock cars probab),
kept the receipts down considerable
16 to 161s hands ......... .$2O0@2;
Is to 151a hands ........... 15012a
IA to 141a hands ........., 9011B
13 to 1874 hands .......... SOGl@
IL to 1919 hands .......... 9O1l4
| ST. Louis Hay Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 11.-Hay-N
/, 81 cars fresh arrivals inspected, a
cars were timothy, clover mixed
prairie, clover and 2 alfalfa. Marka
ruled firm to stronger on good aual
ity timothy and clover mixed supp,
was limited and good general de
mand of note; common, grassy and
tbreshed quiet and easy. Prairie II
scarce, with good grades readily sal
able and firm; common, weedy and
coarse stock slow. Good clover als
| wanted and strong; common qualu
dull. Alfalfa supply is limited, as alsq
Is the demand for it, but prices OH ths
| better hay inclined to be firmer. while
ordinary and common stock is SLOW
and easy. Sales: Glover mixed-Ms
l2-1 car medium mixed at S27.5O,
car light mixed at $28; No. II cal
heavy mixed at $3.50; timothy-Na
p cars and part car common grass
at S24; No. FL car and part cal
grassy at sat- car at $3.50, 4 can
at s2s, at $3.50; Standard cars
at 500, l switched, 2 cars at $3.50,
delivered to East Side, l at $50; No
Is cars ordinary at $50; quote at s3l
| @31.50 for high No. /; prairie-Quots
no grade and sample grade at $20G.
1880. No. 3 at $23@24.50. No. 2 al
$25@27.50, No. / choice at $2S@2Sa.
80; clover-1 car ordinary No. / (al
sike) at $50. / car high No. / at ss
switched: quote in extremes of quail
| ity, No. at SGT to $3.50, No. 1 to
choice at $50 to $1,000: alfalfa
car standard at s32; quote nominal
range, No. at s27@2s.50; No. at
S29@31, standard at S31@32. No. II
to choice at s32.50@ so to $34@34@|
Daily Stock Letter.
Hunted Press Leased Wire Servicei|
| NEW YORK, Jan. 12.--The New
York Evening Sun financial review to
day said:
| AS result Of the intelligence from
| Washington that the administrator
was preparing legislation looking Y
the regulation of security issues. i'm
plying control Of industrial concord
by government, building constructio4
and public improvements gave an ap
pearance of unwonted activity for !
Saturday market in today's short ses
sion.
| u. S. Steel receded about two point
to below 90 and Bethlehem Eseel
\ lost something over point. going be
| low 95. Trading was rather thin
There were a few distinctly veal
spots such as United States Industra
Alcohol, Me>,can Petroleum, Genera
| Motors and the tobaccos.
| The rails were neglected. sue
/ trend as there was toward lower
lvels.