, 1870-03-25

-.-'A .
tha se.soh, though il grin tho purchases we1e
p1inciE ally speculative III PROVISIONS the in4ui
~ was Largely for shipment. All closed rather
IIisLwincs wcfs dul' at }<c dec1ins. Sales
! We q cor,ined Il to 1so brls al H'}Ie 2us ths mar-
| ket cIueed With rellern at that hg1re. New
FORK was c1on weaker tlsa chiago.
Dressed hogs vert almost inactive anil l1o-
taiioas sre Itde better han nominal 4 :ot4l
OF 19 bead were sold, a -. .5o@i0.oo. Thu re-
4 ported receipts we're only Isl, and the "a 1son
| il practically closed
| Provisions were strong. asd moro sctiroin
rnand for meats, which moved upward sxk@hc,
and closed st1uag: the inquiry was principally
| for export Arcporzed 1dvance Of 6iGals in
4, Liverpool, and corresponding hEtnsr feshng
in New io5h. caused lAn1 to BE- efqally buoy
ant. and sales were fully lie per h higher than
ycstsrdaE Ncss pork shared in tho excite
| neut, sd@zndng about Soc per brl. The ful-
loving we're tlte clo-ing quotations: Mess
! pork strong It ezo.oo for regular branis, aud
| S26.5O Offered for choice brands; lard steady
| rough sides, EIe; do shnrt ribs, 13A@i3Hc;
sweet picked hams strong 81 14Sc; crosses.
! S9l1c: tAllow. 9{afslc. Sales we've male Of
20 bsis mesa It S.d.as: 100 hrta st +ad-0o;
,, seller Apri1. At saa.s0; 100 bzIs do It $500:
/! 100 tcs 1arl at 141:e; 100 tcs do At Aac; 200
tcs, seller April, Il 1ztse; 1o5 tcs, eeilss May,
!! 1t 1454c; 80 tea country sseale1 At 1916; A.
tes country ketled ii H;tc: 100 tca ureet
| aazc; 20.o 900 his do 1t oltc; 33 bo1es do at
9s2c: COO ll,a rough stie4*, at TIC; 80 boxes
; eho1t rite 1t 1ahss:c; 2! rkss hrs,wn grease at
715c; los brls city tAlo1 at Sc: 70 brls country
i do at SIC; l brl do At size: 5UO0 hogs bl.d-
/, b1alilcls At 1c each.
The demand for tlour Today was light, and
Transactions vere reported: White Winter
/ Eas1as-l25 bris; brands given. on private
! Crescent a. =i.75; 100 hrls not nanel At
{ sI.s7hsi 2o0 brts do At 500: 1ol brl- do At
| 1880; 1U hrls do At 81 20: 100 brls do At
$3.50; LEO brls on Private terms. Ensound
| Spring Extras-50 brls not namod At sass:
| 100 h1ls do at 50. Spring Supe1hnss- 800
brls not named At $3.50; loo brls do At 53.25.
/! Cntsn1nd Spring snperNnes-500 bz!s not
/ named at "a. 2ltp3-30- Rye Flour-100 bsls At
| S4.oo. BuckuheAt Floul--l0 brls 1t 500.
| Total, l ,9S5 btls.
! Wheat was irregular; &c higher than the
prices of 'ChanGc yesterday. but lower than
| the afternoon quotations, which were hulge1
! up by shot excitement over a reported Ad-
! vauea in Liverpool The reaction WAS d1e to
| continued weakness in Now York. ana to the
| deeire Of MANY 10 uuload, who had dsouyht uu-
| der the excitement Of yesterday. Tho move
| mcns was almost entirely speculative, aud 40
! Light was the inquiry for cash grain that fresh
1seeints fs1 to l, within lc Of The prse Of rsgn;
the middle Of april The market opened
down stairs at 753tc, fell TO 75lc at II O'Clock,
declined to &c after u o'clock, and closed
frmer with huye1s ut 75t%c when Liverpool was
! quoted .s i'd better sales wesc reported Of
! zoo bu No. ! spring al sc 700 Lu No. , spring
at &c. 400 bu do At 7Ga<c; 500 bu do at 76tsSc;
3,GCu bu do at I6<c: 1.2N b11 do At &c; Is, 900
bu do At T5lsc: 10,0tp hu do At ;sHss; ON ba
| do 75ile: 2h0o0 bu do At 7s!,sc; sl.aoa 'ha do
At F9l1xc: 1900 bu do it 69i.c: 1900 bu do al
Gac: 400 hu rejected spring At G4c; l.705 bu
do at 63.ae: 4uN bu do At G31li l.SN bu do
! At 6sc: ,2oo bu do At 6ls5c: Total 156.2n
bu. Seller April hola At 756D7j:s5r: seller May
A.; At Soc; and seller June at S2:ar.
I Corn was steady under 3 continued de1aand,
the market on old being kept up by tho short
! interest, who sold some time ago in the belief
that corn could not hold up permanently, and
have held off 81 long that they are now
| pos4ible- HoldcnH have remained firm, hither-
! 10, in the expectation that the short crop aud
Light stock in store, would tempt corner on
the part d come one, and numerous parties
the upward jump. There il no means Of A.
cc1talnG how many shorts 1re ont. H tho trans
| nctiols arc widely ecattered, some Assert th.t
the amount is quite email. New corn Is now
within 21s@3c OF the pElce Of old, and
= Tather l;ol,, un,Iv So N gT.,1a rni.s
f;rrn csnccafir IN rrceii'is Il, shoe Kn.l 1sIanl
| E,ar,tnr Hh;h 80 I.;3.ia ~ s,. h,nnasnt
,ionr. ~ ,stn ,hnro ,nd ~ ms,ro;t M anpa sr
neIt mnnthfs daivcr@ 80 MN ,ess thSn
1900 :" ~ ,jev H. 5,,.,i... o1,.a, ~ 7a;1E
7astc for N, ,erni,r. 7axn,7Ic a. str;ctIy
f-ssh rscainta A. . ~ a. AZ, .n.l s,u.n7,I.
for no grade Sales wcro 500 hu No. at Hi4c:
10000 bu do at 7?.4c: $500 bu new at 7tlc;
| ~ IN ~ e cae an ~ - ~ cIil, an ~,
new 1v samnlr At .s, TntsI Si ,ofl In.
Sc1lcr Ami Vii !, az and s,ii., Mnv NJ ~.
n.t. - .4,,n -. l. ~. a"I I,i;,.a
.,s usss ,a;. we're au .sc aesnn y ssMrs-
| Tie nnarkes or,ened viii frsa aeitens ~ a7L,r
.nf m hurcrs md cIosa,1 III ,,nn,;r, II tnxars
ut a7c. Sales were renorted ] Of !. zoo Iu At ;0c:
| l.h0O bu a So: i 200 In Al 3ys:c: 601 bn At
ss:se, 400 bu At :ssc: 200 hu 4, :s7sie; 1,2oo
37c. Total "a. 500 bn. ssiier Anril sold At Y7
6a7lfc: reljer lsst b,1f do Al 1oI@syye:
and seller NAV at 40c.
I've WAS very quiet, but !,;,c higher, being in
light supply, and closed firm, with buyers at
TIC prices raid. sales were; 400 bu No. =
l.GC0 bu do st 66c. Rejected was nominal at
62EaeSc. ..-...-.,. -.
Harley vas more active, but ealea were chiof-
y by sample. sales were: l5,ooo ID canada va
on private terms 100 bu by SAMPLE At s5G; aoo
I wv NN
SIC; 200 bu No. III Northwestern =. SIC
Total, 1910 bu: No was qnotab!o at 5e IN
other houses No. ) At 36d35c; and rejected
At s09sic-
Tho demand for seeds was neaF1c, but
prices ruled firm and unchsngcL We quote
timothy at s5.ofa 5.50 clover at ss5oe43. 3.6o,
and Hungarian at sl'Ds5l.G'. The supply Is
TAR;
lhe BOOKS n1 re Board o. Trade sho" ~
present memhersmP OF LIZ, o. shotn Sae
hASe entered sinSe Aplll +, l9t'y. Inc pfesent
meEbeseMpis Is - uure tAan tAen. tnese
figures may oe accepted IS genera average,
they Indicate ah ennre change 9, memnelsmp
every four and 'lah Eeara. winch u eneesiose
the Average term o. We On ChAnee; NrPe"
posed to submit to the Doara. At shH Ensuing
annual mecting, nc r.sr:.etE Of raising tho
membership Zee from rs to slo0. II this
motion Re carried it will probably hare the
effect OF decreasing the membership. some-
What, but will undoubtedly increase the aver
age duration in much sreater proportion.
The remarks made In this column Of this
mo-. relative to Chicago and Milwaukee
No q epYius il Now York, were technically cor
net thoueh We admit that there arc e1cep.
tions 70 tbs. rnle Of eosslisy. The reason fos
this INEQUALITY lies in the 1-rt that tho inFpoc-
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