The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-18

animation, and the same may pe SAID o.
the clothing trade, though both are
anticipating brisker trade in the near
future. Boots and shoes, while moi
marked as last week by exceptional large
sales, have been fairly active, and the
footings for June 90 lar make q very
satisfactory showing.
Iron Is in peculiar condition, mill
work, owing 70 strike, being ont Of the
Market In the other lines the tendency
OF buyers Is to hold of for lower prices,
and the effect st the two causes is 70 make
IN inactive market.
In. breadstufs the week closes with q
marked advance and strong market.
Wheat sells at 81 % for No. 9 red winter,
and family hour hAs advanced to IS so and
S. 50. This 10 probably owing 70 local
scarcity, Corn, which fell in the early
part OF ~ week, has recovered, but oats
and rye continue dull. Barley is prac!i.
cally out Of the market.
Whisky has remained steady during the
week At 81 06. Provisions have been Qsiet
un Il the past two days, when they have
taken q sharp upward tendency. Toe
stock Is much reduced, and large sals Of
clear ribs TO day tended to strengthen the
market,
Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 1.-THE past week has
been better for growing crops than for
activity in the general market, and orders
from outside Of the city are coming too
slow to suit jobben. There is, however,
no weakening in the prices, and dealers
say the quietuess is only temporary and
that even now trade 10 brisker than in
former yesrs. The cleGrtngs show thiF,
for they gain week by week, Thirty.nine
millions have gone through the clearing
house this week Saturday being estimated.
Eastern exchanges are very weak, there
being seyenty.fve cents discount. Money
is fairly loAnSble at good rRtes.
Dry goods are firm In price, and grocer.
les are strong with an upward tendency,
Fruits very active, with the demand
keeping even pace with the supply.
Dairy products very firm for the time oil
the year. Eggs bring fifteen cents per
dcEen.
Hardware is rather inclined to weak
ness, butt active,
Oh change there Ia fair activity, but no
great excitement II seems to be the
policy ot a large msioriGy OF the operators
to await the development oil the season,
So many conflicting stories are Ehoat 40 to
the quality and quantity, that 1t is almost
impossible to separate the true from
tho bogus. II is said on one hand
that the Mccormick harvester agents
have, according to their annual
practice, gathered reports from all
over the country. They do this from
purely business tssSons, and without any
motives OF prejudice The result OF their
inquiry 10 thH they will make 10000
reapers this year, ~ Nnst 81 900 lsst year,
Their reports show that The winter wheat
crop In Southern Illinois will bs only
from so to 10 per csnt . cop. In parts
OF IndiRua there will not be over half
crop. As 10 spring wheat, there was
tremendous breadth Gown all over North.
ern Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Dakots,
and large increase In the latter two di.
visions. The reports represent that the
crop 10 universally In splendid condition,
and say that unless something unexp pected
occurs, 1t will be the biggest crop oil spring
wheat ever eeen in the country. The
indications are, according 10 this report,
bhAt tuG WluhVI NuSab Will NV buuW q ues
crease Of 10 tn 80 per cent.
The other crops seem 10 be In excellent
condition, particularly grass, On the other
hand this view Of the crops is vehemently
opposed by the people who claim 10 have
complete and reliable information. They
claim that there is no good winter wheat
that Calitornia's crop will be zoo, 900 tons
short; that in the older localities there Is
Q great decrease In the acreage Of spring
wheat, and that the fight among the rail-.
roads for freight ahoWs the actual condi.
tions OF things 10 be very bad.
There Is no clear way out OF these mesh
es OF contradiction, and II only remains 10
consider the facts. Wheat was rather
weaker the entire week and closed pretty
active, hut lower than last week. Corn
remains frm, and like oats, Ia standing up
well under the heavy receipts. Provisions
have been gradually filming up without
any very great sctivity or demand. New
samples ot wheat have been received from
Texas and will bs coming in soon from
the southern part Of Illinois. The
sales Tor the July option this week have
been made as follows: Wheat, 81 l0t4
| 1871; corn, SAL I45i; oats, 1871 ,30f
pork, $l6 25al6 80; lard, $40 72AAll There
was gain In excess of the receipts over
the shipments, the aggregate Of grain dur.
ing the Eve days being: Receipts, 3,8l5
bushels shipments, 2, 2,754. 900. The inCreRs.
ed receipts over lsst year are quite marked,