, 1874-09-20

Wheat WAS lcss active and about 1c lower than
the point reached in tho afternoon Of Friday.
Liverpool aud New York were unchanged till
noar the close, when tho market in the latter city
was reported dull Our receipts showed slight
| increase, aud the shipping movement was
checked By the fact that there is loss Of about
&c per bu on shipping wheat to New York. Hence
| cash wheat dragged, No. z being only wanted to
I seller the month. rs bnTers only wanted round
lots. The primal cause that gave birth to tho
| weakness was the fact that tho market touched
| $1.00 yestefda: afternoon. That figure had
| been mentally chosen as 3 limit BY numerous
| holders, and ''seIl ut LOO" WAS the burden Of
80 many kilograms this morning to make it
| impossible to follow the direction in any
case. But tho Uranium on the month
was sustained, as October weakened in
! sympathy. under free offerings, chiefly from
local operators who expected larger receipts next
week, and consequent decline III prices. They
Bay that New York obBtlnateiy refuses to so up
that our market must recede when our stocks
grow little larger than now. Seller October
oneued this morning at 95l5c, reccded to 85}<c.
strengthened to 95;Tc, declined to 9454c, aud
closed at o51zc- Seller the month sold Ut $3.50
| $3.50. closing at 99c, Cash No. spring closed
at 99c; No. l do at S1-03 for new; No.
do at sec; and rejected at Soc in good
houses. Minnesota wheat was qniet and relatively
firm, at sl.04 for No. l, and 5l.0o for No. 2
Cash sales were reported of $40 bu No / spring
No. 2spring at 9921c; 1900 bu do at 991lc;
1.60O bu do at 99hc; 16,400 bu do at 99c; 500
bu do at 9s1sc; q. 400 bu do at es>4c;
1+ooo bu do o5,1, At 9s75s 6 aoa 24op o., ba No:
92c 400 bu do at 91c; $500 bu rejected
spring at 90c; 1900 bu do at $50; 400 bu No.
Northwestern (Alinn.) at 51.0t; 500 bu do old
Northwestern at s106; 400 bn do at s1.07;
(No. y at 51.06; 400 bu No. Z red at Csc Total,
ll2.500 bu.
Corn waa in good demand throughout, End
again s1G01c higher, the greatest appreciation
being in cash lots. Liverpool and New York
were both quoted tirmer, and tho Buffalo tele-
gram reported the article ecarco there. The
weekly statement does not show such 3 marked
decrease here as many had expected, but We
have scarcely 800, 600 bu in store. and receipts
continue light, with the prospect Of further
mand for shipment to-day, except for high Mixed
and the fact that fresh receipts commanded
premium indicated that some parties were buy
ing to hold till the end Of the month, in
taoee o espeeaon H a'' The s sa i
teress bought freely, to tho extent Of
the offerings, but there was less disposition
to sell than heretofore very little being offered
on country account. Seller October opened at
TIC, reccded to 77!4c, advanced to 1870. and
79Mc closing at the outside. Seller the year
sold at 7l1h@7214c- Cash No. closed at 80c,
hlgh-ln1xed Ut SoI9c, ana rejected at to1ac Cash
sales we're reported OF u ,9oo bu II mgh-ni1ed at
8o19e; Il Wo bu 10 ~ Sot4c Ply N IN DO at Soc;
2.00O bu NO. = at oU11c ~. .ooU ou 90 at 5oc;
10,6oo bu do at 79Ac;- 5,oo0 bu DO At 794c;
2,o0O bn rejected at 7sSsc SGoo @ bu DO at 1o74c;
LOCO bu do at 18!4c; 2,Uoo bu By sample at
TIC, free on cars - aoo ou 90, ear, At '6c on
track. Total, liz, 500 bu-
Oats were less active, but stronger, averaging
Ic higher than On friday, uhner eood de-
nand, chiefly for next month. Onr receipts
were again Light, and New York stronger; g7vlns
profit OF JGa'4c per on on shipment. ihere 1s
little more than zdo 0oo ba now u store here OF
which probably one-third does not belong to the
speculative grade and there are fe" oats East,
while country holders are IN no hurry to send
them i'll. At the same tune there are not lew
operators who profess to look for sudden col
lapse, as oats are nov selling At very nearly the
Batne price per pound rs wheat. aud IT il be-