, 1880-05-16

| planting, but welt-postcd parties in the trade
| eay that they do not look for reall.
1arre receipts during the next two months
Mess pork closed 15Dl71ic lower, at s10421@
| 1045 seller June and s10.55@10.57A for July
Lard closed nc lower, ut $6,o2A seller June and
| Sga5O6.g73 for July. Short ribs closed at So 20A
! Q0,s2M for June. Spring wheat closed &c lower
| at S1.16 for May nnd *l.l1A for June. Corn
closed &c lower. at ;,7e bid for May and 3614c bid
| for June. Oats closed firm at 1890 for June,
| 2SHc for July, and II &c for May. Rye advanced
| 1c, closing ut SC. Barley closed higher ut 66c
| for extra . and Soc for No 2. Hogs were active
and stronger ut 80 for light and atS4. 100
| 4.65 for heavy. Cattle were active and easier,
| with sales ut s25oDt.90.
No noteworthy changes we're apparent In the
| market for domestic aud foreign dry goods.
business remains qufo1- ITS is to be expected at
this stage OF the season, and the steudiness of
values remains undisturbed. Boots and shoes
are in light request at nOminnly steady prices.
There Is q continued good demand for straw
goods and millinery. Groceries met with a good
inquiry, and were steadily held. Sugars continue
fairly active; coffccs and tens quiet In the
butter market there was not much activity,
and aside from choice grades tho feeling was
weak. Cheese is dull and declining in sympathy
with the New York aud Liverpool markets.
There was easy market tor both kinds Of
dried fruits, and rAisins and pruncs were quoted
lower. Fish were quiet and StcAdy. Prices OF
oils were unchanged. Pig iron was inactive,
and prices were to great exteEt nominal. Coal
sold in q small way at previous quota tions
Lumber wis quiet ut the sale docks. The yard
dealers did fair business in filling country
orders. No important change In quotations Wns
reported, though it Is generally understood that
ynrdmcn nrc cutting prices. Wool was quiet
and difficult to quote in the absence of sales.
Droom-corn was unchanged. Seeds we're little
better than nominal. Tho offerings and demand
were light, the sea son being about over. Hides
were steady. The higher grades Of hay ruled
firm, being scarce and in good demand. Po-
tntocs we're quiet and unchanged. Poultry sold
freely at easier prices. The trading was chiefly
in chickens, other stock being dull. Green
fruits were steady, except berries, which
weakened under free offerings.
Lake freights were fairly active. Charters
were reported ut 41z0i5sc for corn to Buffalo,
and it was understood at the close that the In
side was the latest rnte. Lake and canal rate to
New York WINS quoted at 10SG1l1e on corn. 1t is
not unlikely that some Of tho vessels lately re-
ported for corn will load wheat
Some Of the vessel-agents were indignant
Saturday over the report that grain rates were
shaded Ac for the purpose Of getting tho iu-
surunce on a cargo. It was claimed that 4s5c
was paid early for corn vessel, and that this
rnte might easily have been obtained through
out the session If every ono had wanted it.
Where so many In the same crowd serve two
masters Is 1t not odd that any Of them
should complain when d fellow'-agcn seizes IN
opportunity to favor the side that pays him
best? Marine insurance and vessel agencies
are autagontstic, and one cAn scarcely be cx-
pccted to unite the two and always do them
equal Justice. If the principals are satisfied,
why should outsiders vail about it?
4 gentleman from New York Il member nf
the firm in that city supposed to control the
wheat deal, and the heAd Of the Chicago firm
which Is popularity supposed to be running the
deal at this end Of the line took dinner
together last Friday. The scene was F!
wcll-known restaurant, and seated ut an
adjacent table another gentleman
who thought that he WAS possibly |
going to gain an insight into the true inward |
ness of the wheat deal. He listened intently all
through the seance, and was rewarded by hear
ing full discussion Of the relative merits of !
the High Schools Of Chicago and Brooklyn. |
" Only this, and nothing more
Our item In regard to cargo OF No. wheat |
being drug in New York at S112 has elected |
some remark. 1t turns out that the cargo In
question was sold late on Friday ut s1.14&, after
Sl.19 had been bid here and refused. Also, TINT
during the first half of last week
at sl14. Also, that another cargo was,
with difficulty, sold at $112 last Friday, and to
millers at that, exporters not wanting the wheat !
It ia well known that the market in New York is
q very irregular one, and may often be honestly
quoted couple of cents apart by different par
ties at the same instant
We note that London samples Of No. spring,
No. spring, aud No. 2 Northwestern wero on
Change Saturday. They appeared to be not far
from equal to the corresponding grades here.
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