, 1876-03-12
RREAQSIuEES.


FLOUR-Was quiet and unchanged. Tho demand
ws very Light, but holders firm In their views
iu sympathy with wheat, better export demand be-
ing also reported from New York. Sales wero noted
Of 200 hrls winters private tets; $50 bxs spring
extras, partly ut a and brs spring super
dnea II oa Total ,l6a brls. The market closed NOM
nay at tho following range Of prices Choioa winter
extras, go; common to good do, s475@s50;
spring extras, $i039440; good do, 5a9I75; chocs
do. s500G3.a5; patents do, sG.59@7.25; Minnesota
$.75@G.25 spring aupcrlnes. $3.O0@3-50; rye -four
s4.1t&4.e5; buckwheat do s3.oo93.5e.
BnAS-Was in 4 better demand, and shade ar1uer
but with advance. salos 20 tons ut 5000 on
track, and frco OIL board cars.
CoRS-MEAL-SaIea we're u tons eoarse Mt s1jso on
truck
WuEAT-Was moro active aud stronger, the bulk OF
the trading being done ut 1c advance from the closing
than usual from outside, chiefly to ill shorts aud
good many contracss were covered during tho se4snn,
wnile @ t tsss Tas mora doing ~ changing wheat over
about The other trading chiefly for May, and
tho feeling was much more confident thAa for several
days past. New York was reported firm, md Liver
pool WAS quoted inpruving Gil caryocs od eoast"
the re being inactive. soae private a41yices quoted
New York dull and Liverpool oul; steedy hut the gen
eEal opinion hera seemed to be that tho feeling the
other side ot the Atlantic improving. This .s,s
accounted for by the ground That the volume
OF wheat atloat for Great BraEain is unusually small
not more than enough fer ten days consunption and
that rhe needs Of sran oriusn &C., will absorb at
pE1 WEeAE now IN {fnn81t
black Sea pt,fts OF c5ursc there is good deli OF
wheat stored England. but the expenses Of taking
1t out are great enough to make worth tho while Of
consumers 10 Lid up q ahi!ling Or two Per quarter
on cargoes when they run short The long Operators
here claim that most OF the IS CO. COO bu OF Grrat
Britains Present shortage will be wanted f,on the
United statcs They asy TOO, that tie argument that
our wheat s poor IL good nothing Our wheat s the
best OF Last years crop after California "a out or te
MARKET hud Will bc taken uccoroingly. There yss
fair shipping inquiry On Saturday for the lower
grades, the prices Of which were higher. Seller NAY
Sf03a It the closo. Seller April sold ut w. yJoz;c:
aEu seller the month"; regular No. spring 1t tS.f
59c both ciohlng at the outside Car.loa dYtel nor
longer ago tdca last Tuesday commanded NC premium
oEef regular. cash aales were reported of o. 400 bu
No spring nt 98}<@99kc; 409 bu No. 8 do frryulur,
at e2Hc; 1000 bu do frcah rccespts> at E;kaSi1yc.
1,4oV bu rejected do ur.sh rrceipte} at ~; ind
Law tn by Sample at 74{5sSc. Total lc4 gu bu
A1SSfs0TA WHEAr-Was in good demand for No
and sAmntes but dull M. /, which was offered at
x..a ~itnont buyers at over 5112H. Sales were re-
ported Of 700 bu No. ut &c for to oc storags
aud log In special Tin and so bu by sa.uple At
$l.EN91.l7i3. Total $500 bu-
COttN--Mas du. with little change il ptices. Thera
~as moderate demand early, anti slight iuuproya-
ment III tone but when the posting showed that ID
car 1918 had been fecciyed-most Of which Ras. good
enough to apply on contracts-buyers fell back and
thenceforward little done. The adFites fr0n.
other points contained no important pugs. hnt
the greater strength in Wheat helped n s,,s
tam corn, and sellers anxiorB to l;sposs
Of their property ut less thau full previous
rf!eee epecdsy "a It Was expected tha. the stcr Of
Friday evening will causs decsc1sc fn the volume Of
receipts this weax Se!ler Nay opened 1t 47c deciiaeu
to 46c, md closed at 4Gz<e. Seller uri sd rt 43t
@4aAc, closing at the inside. Seller June vas uuier
at 4h]:946Hc; and SELLER 1uy At 47k@4itc. Sajles
ths month, OF regular No. 4, ssh dull 1t xA@s3hc;