The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-17
Late Market Quotations

4 cloycr-mixed, 4 clover ana
falfa. Under only moderate ns
and pretty good general guerln
the market for all grades ana usinaad
tons ruled strong and f,rm uescri
Clover-mixed: No. IL car oala
car heavy mixed at $40 wy
mixed at $50, / do at sal. Va .ar lls
lhresned--1 car at s23; No. a 1ny
at $26. 2 at $27; standard-i IL
$50; NO. IL car at s32, 2 a. 20,
cars choice at $3.50, two s =. sSsi
alfalfa-standard--l car AZ s coz
$37; Mo. 1---2 cars at sac 700,
pratrie-No. ri car at s24
No. Ii car at SIG. :"
/. s .ia Sales: cars WI
New York Money Market 4
NEW YORK, Jan. IT, - n.u
sterling. $3.50. u'
Liberty Bond Market
NEW YORK, Jan. 17-rnN
bonds were quoted TODAY az ,on os
3hs. $500: 1st As, $3.50: anS
$3.50; LIST Ans, $3.50; End IN
9i.2o; Bird AIS, 93.42; 4th h
si:1o; - Victory SAs, $3.50; vieal
Ans. 1882. ~"
Stock Market Notes.
United Press Leased Wire ser,.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Prices ",
somewhat irregular at the oman
OF the stock market TO-DAY T1
Steel opened at 1O4ss, off il; MI
stores. ssh. up "; Crucible. 2ol /
n; General Motors, 31ok, up n
American Wooden, $50, up 2: III
Rubber, 125A, off n; Marine N
ferred, 96A. unchanged; RepuNj
l09. up / ~: Studebaker. 1924 I
"; International Paper, S15s, up nj
Mexican Petroleum. 1907 up h
Southern Pacific, 100, up II.
A vigorous bear drive during Il
first half hour drove prices of N
ing issues sharply downward. III
eral Motors broke 10 points from !
opening to 500; Crucible. H. TO
Mexican Petroleum, 3 to 1877; PIED
Arrow, to CITY; American Wood
3 to lat. and Texas Co. 3 TO 194n
The market closed strong.
The selling pressure lifted tows|
the end of the first hour and issu|
which had been depressed the nd
In early trading snapped back shsI
ly. General Motors recovered 10
and Steel comomn above 105. q
chile gained 4 from 1877. TobaI
Products sold at 90, up ! h.
American Hide and Leather Il
ferred was steady at 1l2. and BethI
hem B gained u TO 94I.
In the last half hour the gene1
moved up on short covert
under the leadership of steel CD
mon, which advanced to 1868
Crucible rallied to 2e2, Mexid
Petroleum to 1914, Baldwin to 1lsl
International to ITO, q
Wooden to 149A.
Daily Stock Letter.
United Press Leased Wire Seryid
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-,rhe N
York Evening Suns financial reyis
oday said:
There was a good deal of short Cd
,ring in the first fifteen minutes Of 4
hort session of the stock market .
lay which carried industrial pria
Onward a point or two. The demo
tration which was followed by s
Jack was reflected as efforts Of
'ears TO feel out the technical positlG
hey succeeded in neutralizing goo
art OF the initial gains but they b
0 give way quickly and the adyant
vas resumed even more vigorous
han before.
Trading was not particularly q
ressive save in the case of The lar
r short interests who had somethil
1ore than the spectre of the usus
lue Monday to take into their ca
ulations.
The steel group with the exception
{ Crucible and some of the motors
nd oils made good showing through
ut. Coppers were firm, also numer
US individual issues scattere'
the list. The general zen
ency in the second hour was towarr.
igher levels, although not a few ORA
arily active stocks found 1t none 70
lsy to achieve full recovery from th
ear drive of the first hall hour.