Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1920 — BEST FLOUR DOWN 25 CENTS [ARTICLE]

BEST FLOUR DOWN 25 CENTS

Chicago Market Affected by Foreign Financial Depression—Drops 50 Cents a Barrel at Minneapolis. Chicago, Feb. 6. —The Chicago flour market felt the effect of the international financial depression when the best grades of flour declined 25 cents a barrel. Flour that sold at wholesale soy sls a barrel on Wednesday dropped to $1475. Carload lots fell from $14.75 to $14.50. Minneapolis, Fei). C. —Flour dropped 50 cents a barrel in the local market, the collapse in foreign exchange and the slump in the wheat market being given as the causes.