People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1896 — Wheat and Corn. [ARTICLE]

Wheat and Corn.

Closing prices of wheat and corn at the following cities named were: Wheat —New York—June, 64%c; July, 64c; September, 63%c. St. Louis —July, 54%c; September, 55%c. Duluth —July, 57%c; September, 57%c. Minneapolis—Cash, 55%c; July, 54%@ 54%c. Baltimore —July, 63%c; August, 63%c. Toledo —Cash, 64%c; July, 57%c. Milwaukee —Cash, 56%c; July, 57%c. Detroit —Cash, 64c; July, 60%c. Corn —New York—July, 34%c; SepJune, 32%@32%c; July, 33@33}ic. ChlcngO Produce Hirfet. The following quotations are for large lots only; small quantities are usually sold at advanced prices: Beaps—Hand-picked, 82c per bu; fair to choice cleaned, 75@8Cc. Lima beans, California,. [email protected] 2 per lbs. Nfew Potatoeji —Triumph, [email protected] per brl; 75@85c per bu; Peerless, 52.00 @2.25 per brl; 70@80c per bu. Potatoes —Burbanks, 20@22c; Hebrons and Rose, 18@20c; mixed, 10@15c. Sweet potatoes, 25@30c per bu. CheeseYoung America, 7@7%c; twins, 7c; Cheddars, 6%@7%c; brick, 6@6%c; Limburger, 9y 2 @10%c; Swiss, 12@ 12%c. Eggs—Salable at 9c per dozen when cases are returned; cases included, 10c. Butter —Creameries, extra, 14%e per lb; first, 13y 2 @l4c; second, 10@12c;-third, 12c; dairies, extra, 12c; first, 11c; second, 9c; imitation creameries, extra, 12c; ladles, first, B%@9c; second, 7c; packing stock, fresh, 8c; grease, 4@sc. Live Poultry—Turkeys, fair to good, 6@Bc per lb; chickens, [email protected]; spring, 12@14c; ducks, 9@10c;„ geese, [email protected] per doz. Wall Street. New York, June 10.—The stock market opened active, with a sagging tendency. The market steadied for a brief time around 10:15, and some recoveries ensued. The improvements, however, were short-lived, as renewed offerings by the traders deipressad prices to the lowest of the morning. The market lapsed into dullness after 11, but a better tone was generally in evidence. A single transaction was made in silver certificates—sloo,ooo at 69 s The market at midday was steady. Money on call nominally 1%@2 per

cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4@5%c per cent Sterling exchange Ann, with actual business in bankers’ bins at 488% for demand and 487% for sixty days. Posted rates, 488 @488% and 489 @489%. Commercial bills, 486%. Silver certificates, sales SIOO,OOO at 69! Bar silver, 68%. Mexican dollars, 53%. Government bonds steady. Closing quotations were:

Atchison 13k Am. Cot. 0i1.... Ilk Am. Tobacco v .. 64k Bay SUte gA.. 2? Balt, and Ohio.. UU C. B. and Q 75?* C. C.,C.&Bt. L. 32k Can. Southern.. 49« Con. Gaa 154 Cordage. 5 Chicago Gas 66k Ches’p’ke&Ohio 14k Del. « Hudson.. 126 D. L. & W 16»l Dis. & C. Feed Co 14k Den. & R. G. pfd 46 Erie 13k Leather 8k Leather pfd 63k Gen. Electric... 81k Hock. Valley.... 15k Illinois Central. 92k Jersey Central...lo3k Kan. &Tex. pfd 22!* Lead 28k L., N. A. & C L.,N. A.&C.pfd .... Louis. & Nash... 47k Linseed Oil L. E. & W L. E. &W. pfd.. 69

Lake Shore .. ..150 Manhattan Con.lo3V Missouri Pacific 20k Mobile & Ohio.. ... North Pacific... 4 N. Pacific pfd... 13k N. Y. CentraL.. 95 Northwestern ..101k N. American.... 4k Omaha 40k Ont. & West’n.. 13k Pacific Mail 28k P.,C.,C. &St. L. Reading 7k Rock Island .... 08k Southern Ry.... 8k Soth’n Ry pfd.. 26k Sugar Reflnery..l2ik St. Paul 74k St. Paul pfd Susque. & West. 8k Tennessee Coal. 20k Sontb’n Pacific. 18k Tex. & Pacific.. 7k Union Pacific... 6k U. 8. Rubber.... .19 West’n Union.. 84k Wabash ....... <sk Wabash pfd.... 16k W. & L. Erie.... 9k Wig. Central

Government bonds stand at the following bid prices:

Registered3a 94k Registeredss... 112 k Registered4s.... 108 Currency 65’97.100k Coupon 4s 109 k Currency 6s ’98.103 New Conpon 45..116k Currency 6s ’99.105

Live Stock Chicago, June 10.—Cattle—Receipts, 13,000; calves, 375. Sales were brisk on a basis of [email protected] for common to extra steers, with the bulk of the trading at [email protected]. Most of the Stockers and feeders now offered are selling at [email protected]. There was not much change in the cow trade, and prices were largely 40@50c lower than a fortnight ago. Inferior to the best sell at [email protected], the larger part of the sales occurring at $2.50@3. Bulls sell at s2@ 3, with an occasional sale at $3.25, and calves sell to the number of 500 to 1,400 head daily at [email protected], the offerings being moderate most of the time. Hogs—Receipts, 42,000. Sales were on a basis of [email protected] for droves averaging 250 lbs and upward, $3.10@ 3.35 for mixed lots and butcher weights, [email protected] for light and [email protected] for pigs. The offerings were largely choice in quality, and the bulk of the hogs crossed the scales at [email protected], mixed and selected light going mainly at $3.25 @3.35. Sheep—Receipts, 24,000. Trade was slow at [email protected] for inferior to choice sheep. Exporters were poor buyers of heavy, and common flocks were hard to sell. Natives went largely at s3@ 3.75. Lambs were in moderate demand at [email protected], and spring lambs sold at s2@3 for poor to common up to s£@ 6 for good to prime. Only a short time ago fancy export sheep sold at $4.25@ 4.50.

New York. New York, June 10.—Butter Receipts, 11,117 pkgs; western dairy, 8@ ll%c; western creamery, 11@15%c; Elgins, 15%c. Cheese —Receipts, 3,637 pkgs; large, 5%@6%c; small, 4@7c; part skims, 2@4%c; full skims, l%@2c. Eggs—Receipts, 14,022 pkgs; state and Pennsylvania, 12%@13e; western, 12c. Coffee —Quiet.