, 1873-03-23

Oh our floor to-day. whlo the SAME firm received
sn nor olde! to ship 40 bEls through to Glasgow.
dhus sa,1;al IN ono -, day Chicago acts as the
tho Golden State. Eran was lower.
Sales wcro reported Of GO brls white winter c1-
tras, on private terms 100 brlh spring e1tras at
$G.75; 100 brls do at $3.50; GOO blls do on pri-
Tate terms; 30 b.ls ryo at S4.o5; 200 brls do on
private terms. Total, lilo br1s. Also 20 tons
bran ct 5l0.50, on track. The following VAS the
closing range of prices:
fnr to choice white winter extras 900 91o6o
Red winter extras. 100 3 $50
Good to choice spr1og.e1tras.. coo q 100
70" 70 medium; 500 g 500
Good to fancy Minnesota. .-.... $50 @ 800
I opr1ng supcfnnes. es.-...-..........-.... $50 q SEQ
rye Hour. -.'..:'..'-....-....-...... ~ 80
1Jda;; !goo 9,t
Auddnnea 11t0 l&l5u0
| Wheat wcH irregular at an average decline OF
9l@19c from the closing quotations Of Friday.
The market WAS dull, with very little demand for
anything but the April option, which was atti-
fcially excited at times by cause purely local.
Liverpool was quoted unchanged, ard New York
was reported firm, with no change in quotations.
Hence there was nothing in the dispatches to
vary the tone here. aud tie market would hayo
been quiet, as usual on SATURDAY., but for local
speculative fever OF tho quotidi1n type. The
few car lots Of the lower grades, aud there
was no captalstio inquiry for No. 2, in
the absence Of call for 11ay options.
The courso Of the wheat market during the past
/ IeN uAyb uua DeGn IeMEFAADiS BtoauY, CQu5QeI-
ing that the pressure brought to bear upon it
WIS very strong, from both sides. large NUM-
ber OF puts were sold at tho extraordinarily high
price Of $500 per 1000 bu to deliver april wheat
at 31.2o during this week.. Hence the sellers OF
these privileges were interested in not allowing
tho market to go below 51.20; and whenever it
touched point Ehsde below that, 80 that
tho buyers Of the privilege could make
profit by taking hold, the sellers at once
bid up to etave Off deliveries. On the other
| I'm
| and possibly tried to move heaven,
| on their side and it was rumored yesterday
that they had chartered all She available freight
room in the harbor, for tho Eole purpose Of pre-
venting shipment by holders, and thus forcing
| drop by anticipations Of glut. We have good
| reason to believe TINT this Tunor was unfound-
| ed Now that the time for delivery on the above
named privileges is past there M may 30 = turn:
| $1.192l, advanced to 51.2055, and settled down
steadily to s1.20@1. .2015 during the greatar part
Of the regular session. closing at IL Seller
May averaged &c higher than April. Seller the
| s11o1101. 1884, closing At the outside. Strictly
fresh receipts OF No. 2 sold ut $1.20@1.2015, ac-
| cording to date. No: Hpring wes inactive and
nominal at $1;27@1 e No. do vas IN fsi1 "a ,d, g.
@l.05al for current receipts. Rejected spring
was QUOT at 931zcIo41%o. Cash salos were re-
| ported Of 1,600 bu; No. 2 spring fresh ct
?13o 7So bu do a. e1?eA Ai suo b. hp od6 do at At
AO3Sot w.
do At s1.los5; 1900 bu - So. spHng giIt gu edgeed ged
bu ut s1o7el; 10000 bu At ?1o7}5; 600 bu re-
eeted spPrng at 7s 2s91 a6o p bu do zo0 0u
Corn was dull aud werk, declining s@IAo
from yesterdays quotations, though reported
stronger in New York. There werc Z good many
anxious to sell and few willing to buy; the lead
ing cauee appearing to be the fact that largo
proportion Of the freight room in our harbor is
taken up, and :1ill not be available to relieve our
elevators at the opening Of navigation Tho
vessels already chartered aro understood to hnve
been taken for the purpose Of receiving and
shipping some 25U. 600 bu corn now on the canal,
ard to DO delivered hero on tho 10th Of April, OF
as soon thereafter as it can DO brought
here. Tho Indications arc that We shall
havo not less than 900 900 bu Of corn arrive
here By water within ono month after the open
lug OF tho canal, which Will be not far from us
much as can be taken out in that time, as the
unengnged freight room now hero is only SOC, 600
bu. Hence there In no prospect OF TeGcf to tho
now crowded elevators, ard holders Of receipts
| therein aro approhensivo Of further drop, es-
peciallv as offerings for summer delivery from
the country are again on tue increase. Regular
No. 2 corn or seller tho month, cold ut 3lt4@
Size; strictly fresh receipts ,s Of DO At 3s3Tg @
At 37N@a71lc,-all closing eteady at the
inside. Corn on track WAS iuiet ht 821Gc.
Cash sales wero reported Of 5,2oo bn 10. Fllt-
5000 br on track at 32ilc; 5000 bu regular at
81 9-1Cc; 10000 ba do at 9l@11c; {, GOO 1u 10 a:
s11zc; $500 bu rejected At 2s14c. Total, 7o,2oo
bu: ,<<a,>. ,ouox ..on.h
ported drmer in New Iork. Tbs market shared
in the dull feeling in corn, and buyers held on
80 persisten.ly that tho market 1gas merely nom
inal during great part OF the session. Seller
tho month, or regular NO. z, IVES oucfcu ot zo::
Beller April was quoted at 26@2G11c, closing dull
at the inside. Seller May sold at 2ytt4c aud
closed with SELLERS at that figure: FOR eello9
June SOC T2s D,d: strictly 1resn c !eceip1s OF 70.
opened at 2ic, but dccnnen 70 co2ac - ING ctose
Cash sales were reported o. wv nu a. 70. o. Iresn
ut 27c; 1,2oo bu 20 At 26;;sc; ~ 2'iuo ou 40 At
2Ss4c; 6oo ou 90 At 26Saci oo9 on % regular AZ
2Gc; ], ,2go ~ rejected ;e ut zae' 4'ooo Du DO a1
25E4c. Io1a4. ',Vov W. o.,.-,
st Gic for regular No. 2, to C515c Tor gll:-edged
oo55c, ana ooo pu ~ g. ooc.