, 1873-08-22


Wheat vas again active, but weak, being $40
lower on cash lots (No. q, and 1]5c lower On op-
tiona. Foreign advices wore moro favorable to
strength, quoting good demand in Europo,
there was further rise in lake froights, which
operated as q setback to shippers, aud tho an
nonncod rocoipta were very large, and much in
oxceHB of tie reported shipments. This mado
holders weak, and caused several operators to
soil short furiously, on tho principle that when
tho market Ia going down 1t is always going
still lower. The general impression among tho
posted ones Heems to bo that Liverpool cannos bo
deponned upon to keep up till shipments made
demand being but temporary, and mainly for old
wheat to mix with tho new Of the English crop,
to keep tho millcra going. Honco the shippers
are not operating on tleIr own account. aud or
doris Aeen. to be about exhausted, tho only iu-
This explains tho reduction in tue premium for
cash wheat to-day. Options were weak in an
ticpation Of further liberal supplies from tho
new crop, tho general opinion being that tho
the railroads for transporting it hither. Hence
q good many OF tho August hhorta arc hanging
OF till near Tue close Of tho month before thoy
fill In, Seller the month opened at
da fIss se 4 and aSS'32fd fs to 70 s
closing flrmor at e1.17. scllor soptomber sold at
$l.11@1.13, closing ut 91.llSl. bollor tho year
sold at 31.Q7@1.071. Cash No. spring opened
at Ellis, advanced to $l.19, and fell to s1.17,
5f29; No. spring closed at ii 70 md rojocted
do at 95c. Winter whoas was inactive. CaBl,
sales wore reported Of 1,Go0 hu No. spring at
S1.23 80, 800 bu No. spring at 91.10; 6,+00 bu
% at i is; 200 ba do at si.17G; 3a,206 bu do
SLIT; 90, 8U0 bu No. spring at s1.11; 800 bu do
at $1,10T; 400 bu do at $l.10; 400 lin rojectotl
spring Of o0c; 500 BY do ut o514o; 2,400 bu do at
05o. Total, 1.000 bu.
Corn ,ynA acfi vn md utrono nj ~, avo-oua ,3o
clino OF 74c from yesterday. Tho great element
Of woakneBa, early, waA tho yoluminouH re-
colptH, coupled with tho fact Tint ono OR more
cargoeH bought hero day or two ugo for ship
1narlct. owing to tho rise in froightu. But Liv-
erpool WAS announced stronger, aud tho further
decline brought out good many orders to fill
shorts, while the local operators Oh that sido
also took hold froely, il thoy thought that tho
downward movement could not last for ever. rhls
nlado tho market active, and 1rmor, though tho
ssps ior Sis9 nix mixed, Ivy Shich sA:s'' xss again
IN good demand, The establishment
the Wisdom Of tho net IL shown In tho liberal
demand for it from New England where 1t Ia
gonoIal feyorito for family, ube. soller tue
month, of cash No. 2, oponod at 379Go, advanced
9s1o; and seller October at 8896 @3996c, I'LL
cloping ut tho outside. High mixed closed at
sel9o, and rojoctca at $500, for now receipts;
at 3B1o; 2o 0t, b,l do at 3sllo; 10000 bu Ito at
881ao; 2G,a00 bu do ut $50 :; 5000 bu No. q at
3so; 5,oo0 bu do at 3711oj 25,0o0 bu dc at
37s4o; 49,2o0 bu. do nt57eGo; 5000 hu do at
atJ J61lo; 81 QUO bu do at Y5o; 400 bu no grade
at 500 18.000 bu No. ut 39o t; 81, 600 bn high
mixed at 389{o; $4,000 bu No. 2 ut 33}lo, aloat.
Total, 2B2, ,200 bu.
oatu were moro active, and averaged 1Go high
months delivery, which have recently been much
neglected. Tho dcmand waB principally to til!