, 1874-01-23

| whao+ was veoA and moderately active. at
m areraoe sa advanca Of 80 ner bu. The market
usa o.ed ~ iowar snd hnvers held of in New
vart or 4t Sch denrassed tie tone here, but with
| ont ca,.inc anv break The fact seems to be
| that the chronic short sellers lost so much on
the rise since the panic as to have become un-
| usually cautious; hence they offered to Bell
! much more sparingly than usual, and buyers
had moro confidence for that reason, nofwlth-
/ standing the weak tone elsewhere, especially ~
| our receipts were light, owtrg to the weather,
aud our shipments respectable in volume. Tnere
"as no shipping deuland OF consequence, and
vet cash wheat advanced more than options.
| The reason for this was that there was more
capital on the market prepared to buy cash
| wheat against options sold for future delivery.
| Tie present weakening in Europe is undoubted-
ly due to tue fac4 that the very Liberal cous'sn-
| now in sight, and buysrs a1e less disposed
to take hold Till tile available volume OF grain il
/ somewhat reduced; especially as the adoption
| OF the conservative policy will probably enable
| them to buy to better advantage bye and bye.
Seller February opened this mo1nn. at Sl-24,
advanced to 51.2i35S. dec ned to 51.2355 rose 10
| Sl231s, fell off to Sl.23AG, and improved 10
$l24 at the close. Seller March sold ut Sl.26}@
@l.2716, closing at the outside. Seller tue
! montI,. or cash No, spring, sold at $l.2216@
1881. closing at s122M. No. sprlug "as
Quiet at S1.2315. No. spring closed At S1.l714;
a,,I rc;cctei Do at sl.l3 tu North Side houses,
81 ii elsewhere. Cash sales were reported OF
| 8 G(lD In No. l spring at Sl.23L; 25 600 bu No
! .urnc at 81 23 H. 500 bu do ut $l.22A; 81, ,2G0
bu do at 22; 1G 900 bu do at 223s IL, ,40u bu
| do at 81 .22h G,SUu bu NO. 8 spring Ut =l.l7I;
OU0 bu reected spring at LIZ; 2, BUD bu do IL
Sill. Total, al 400 bu.
Corn was acuye aud irresuarly weak declin-
| 1ng &c per bu from yesterday. There WIS no up
naIe eut reason for weakness, as Liverpool was
reported stronger, Nav Ynrk WAS firm, aud our
| retelpts we,e smalIer than before; while tLe
weather outlook il uot favorable to planting next
snrnc Tbere was. however. Whisper to tue
onttcd that marxet as 1s per quarter iuwer.
WreIhrr tl,is ware the case or not, it is certain
that several Of our largest holders acted III If
| they were satisfied with the prices current, aud
thourh tue shut III, crest took hold freely at the
decfloe forced by competition among sellers.
Ti,cr. vas good dcal Of turning over from
| February iuto Match; but almost no ehipomg
demand for tue speculative grade, AMI only q
;pLt iuoniry for new. on tie mart of local DIS
tiilers. Seller February opened u; 6uc. advanced
~ GI,l:c t,crIue1 70 5yi<c rose to 59Nc. roceupd
~ ~ ;mr,royeil tn tnlIc- and closed at 55A/c.
se,tor IL rch sofI NJ 51Ia Ic closing at 5yzsc
Si1. M.r an,l 81 t5SGG7,. clos;,,,r ot f51Sn
80. ~ ~ sa.er tha mint sotd
at mi M95yl6c. closing at So, New
NJ Q ci,,esn a. Sic. and new rejected at 49c,
Ca,h sales we're 1et}ortei Of ST, ,00U bu No. old
intore Ci,auge at 5yI5c: 5.UuD b,, d. at 59;Ac:
tHb tst, ftIn,f uf
o,ouo ~ W ~ ~, 3'7s cnm ~ -, ~ o174a :nn
55 opo bu 10 ~ ooei fuo W oo ~ o'/.et t.ooo
bu DO new. at bic; 6oo bu olu, ae1eeled, at oac;
$500 bu do at 551lc; S00 blu do Ut 53c; 4Oo bn
new do at 5Uc; Il xU0 Lu do at 49c- Total Vi, ,6U0
hn
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1ne present unseasouaoie "eatno. 10 t. soIy 49,
favorable TO 1ne " eo ~, trsua1 1 n',
country. ~ not onis a1ol :. w. e.i; ~ ~,
tue country ioaos' pus !. 1lno W;.,s s1su1E, d ~
makln9 tne ne" eolu to' sois u naua
weather our feceaPts 81 cofn "ou1o unuoap.eus
% 1uilS ~ 4alEe aa ~ sua pa ~ .u
the ta14ns on IN me volume u ali'~i7 no'
oelng que lo oreah ~ pir:es' o-
oats "ele tuote ~ acA, a1a a1a s.esus ~ - n7,
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