Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1914 — Wheat Hits Dollar Mark; Oats Go Up to 45 Cents. [ARTICLE]

Wheat Hits Dollar Mark; Oats Go Up to 45 Cents.

Wheat is worth a dollar a bushel on the local market today. It jumped from 97 cents yesterday to the one hundred in the morning quotation. The foreign war is responsible for the advance from 70 cents in the past month. Com, which was quoted 78 cents a ; few days ago, has fallen back to 75 cents. Oats continues to go up and today’s quotation on local market is 45 cents.