, 1873-12-18

Choice 10 faIcy sprlng extras 90 q e.e5
Aledtum TO gDou uo..... 4.75 g 6.5Q
Good to choice Minnesota. ....,..... GOO q 7.91
IAient uo. s.uo eSls'no
Fair 10 choice spring, supernuo....+ 3.0o u i.00
common uo....-..... 10y e9 3.so
itys Nour.. 4.5g g Az
nuckwheat do.... S.25 g 9oo
Wheat averaged 11c lower, aud WAS weak,
though nctiyo during great pnrt Of tue eoss;on.
The further decline soomod to bo cllioily colt
sequence Of tho larger receipts OF tue past low
dnys and tho knowledge. that arrangements aro
being mado to scnd ina greater volume ~ soon
as posAible. St. Paul aud other points in the
Northwest havo already sont in considerable
quantities, some OF which Inns been crroncously
credited to Milwaukee and tic only thing tint
prevents thom from operating moro freely is a
scarcity Of cara nnd motive power. TAore was
no weakening In tho tone Of a1yices from Liyor-
pool Or Now York, and there was good shipping
demand for cash wheat, which undoubtedly pro-
vented tho speculative market from recedtng to
much lower point thnn 1t did roacl,
and induced comparative strength in tho Inter
part Of the session. It ronlly soeulB as though
lower prices are not necessity Of the situation,
"ens essa oss er fns as eg Gsss nee to ~ho IS aops
all tho Northwest will hnve to spare; STILL If re-
ccipts should pour III too rapidly they will un-
doubtedy crowd down the market. Sollor JAM
nafy opened at $l.351a, To9a,ed to Sl:l4g1. 5ose
s1.i6, ciusing oaBior ut si.1lS3. sOlior Fobrnary
tho month sold ut s1.1a@1.141l, closing at
sl.19k. No. spring, (caah3 opened at
m' m fsSsssd hcssss t2 s2 s '9a vts sl'"es $la5 IL!
for Northwestern receipts. No. spring closni
a. Sl.17 for straight, and S1.ls for Northwestern
receipts. No. spring closed at $1.09 and ro-
1900 bu No. !, part Northwestern Ut SLIT; 800
Blu do ut s1.1o15; 400 bu No. Northwestern ut
Rl.lB; 1900 bn No. 2 spring at $l.141S; $4,000
bu DO at NH; 1900 bu DO at 3l:l3N; ,9.2uo
bu do at e1.191x: 8,400 BIZ do at S1.l31{ 15.4D0
bu do al Sl.1s; 100 bu No. spring At s1.09'1;
$500 bu do ut sl.oo; 100D bu DO nt s'l0s; 3,uIl0
bn rejectea spring ut s103 1,Goo btu do ut $1.02.
Total, l4a, ,G00 bu.
Corn was more active, but weak during great
part Of thp session, and averaged 1Ao lower,
owing to later tlrlnneAs. liverpool was quoted
Shade easier, but tho chief cause OF tic de-
pressiou MAS sympathy with wheat, joined to tho
| expectation on tho part OF fow operators TINT
ket next spring than haa been calculated OIL.
| We may not lave much this winter, but it will
| not DO wanted. Theao operators say that tho
saving OF corn on The uon-feeding Of hogs ia
for tho dotloioncy III tho yield on the
| last croIB giving comparatively good supply
for consumption In the East mud In Europe.
| Then thoro arc good many others who do not
still inclined to think that tue recent sharp ad-
Gun be sustained tile xjnter, as much Of tic for
ward purchasing was done by country operators,
gho cannot keep on buying always. These nro
offer much, tlloir offerings are in exceas OF tIe
tlema.,d hence weasuoss. Thoro waa no news
from tho Erlo Canal to-day, and 10 Anlpping
dclnand here Of consequence. Seller January.
| 511lc declined to 5lc, rose to 515fc fell back
to 5111o, and advanced to 62o. aud closod at
61p4c. Boiler February sold at 52@53. sollor
May was neg1coted closing nominal ut about
$50. Cash No 2 closed al b11Gc. Rejected was
in far demand, and scarce, at 50c for old, and Is
0iGc for nov, Cash .alcs wore reported OF
1900 bu No. at Go; 5000 bu do at 5l54c; GOO
| bu do ut 6lkc; 10000 bu do at 51Nc; l2,H 400 bu
do at 61Ac; 700D hu do at sic; SD0 In rcjectoa,
old, at 5Uc 500 bu new do ut 4Go; 2,O00 bu ear
| at 5Oc delivered at Stool. Yards 800 bu new at
b5c. Oh track. Total, "a, QUO bu.
Oats wero dull Aud averaged 1ic lower, under
persistent effort to force down prceAi which
boing undertaken by tho leudng firm III tho mar
ket drove tho smaller oporators ont Of tho way.
| Ihoro was nothitE particular in tho character oi
aavicos from other IointS, and no lncreuso iE
the supply to break prices, while it il gonoraily
como hero before next harvest is sln1ller tlla'
the average III quantity. IEe n1arket WAS iir,t
at tho dccliue. Bellor tile month, or cash Ne. z
opened dull at 3714c. and eloacd Ut 372s693194c
Seller January opsnSd at 97s6c, roso to ssc, a!!t
closed Ut 37}sc. Seller February closed no'ninn
ut 9S}dv; md relocted ut 35No. CaAh sao.
wnro reported Of 4.2oO bu No. at 3734e; 3.oo'
pu DO at 3744e; buQ0 Du 10 ut 3f11ci .600 bl
No. white at 37s4c; 000 b'i do ut 37sko; G0o bl
rejected ut 354c; 6oo bli do u 9bc; 1,20o b1
white by sample ut 4lc. !otAt, If.uoo bn:
Rye was dull. AMI declined 2c Fer bu Ill sym
pathy with corn and barley. There Nas no do
maud, md tho (ew lots On tho market dragget
heavily closing at 76o for fresh rscolpls. Sale,
"o1c ~ ~ ooo " "a. w III oou a. "
- a915c; t,zuo w no a' t1G vi ana I H. ~ aus
nlar' 10 NJ iac. Iotal. " 2oo w. Inc Nauoha
in yory small! being laBH than a40, 600 bushels
ind OF this B0, 900 b,1al,oiB is frozen up the Er
1,"uaI Thn frrcrn dnmnnd /. a,orn +, vjow n
| the short croD in Erauce 1t s stated thut lii,
crop OF 1873 IN Franco iy barely enough for seed
Tho average crop IL about $4,000. 00u hocto'ro
I ri 600 DO0 huglicls) of which about g. 800 20
Ensheia nro 1,n,,aiy expnrtol to Gormnuy. til
! relnain,ior being rotainel Tor cousumrtiou ou
aeea.'
Barley was dull aud wcak No. 2 opened a