Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-23

Will d coueiuerdoie proportion OF Inc cars
inspecting. those grades going in store
and slow on track. Samples were less
called for and the range of prices was
lower. December closed at 1890,
and in the afternoon weRt up
&c, closing at 10 cents. The
other futures weakened a triie. The
oats corner promises to be an entire sue
cess. Many of the shorts are covering at
the prices quoted to-day rather than stand
their chance with large short interest
standing out at the close of the month.
Barley was hardly mentioned to-day.
The trade is wofuliy dull with no call for
cash OR disposition to operate for futures.
Rye was quiet and slow with fair call
for cash but speculation neglected. There
is no special change frcm yesterday to
note in prices.
The demand for hog pro-
ducts was fairly active, and the
offerings were moderately free. Prices
were weak and lower on all descriptions
during the early part of the day, but dur
ing the latter part of the session the feel
ing was stronger, and portion of the de-
cline was recovered and ruled compare
lively steady to the close. Shipping de-
mand moderate. The receipts of product
were quite liberal, and the shipments of
all kinds quite large. Foreign advices
were reported weak and lower. No quota
tions given for bacon. Eastern markets
without material change. The demand
for pork was moderate and the offerings
fair. Prices declined 1OG12bc
early, but rallied 5G7Hc and
closed steady. Cash quiet and steady
December in fair request. The inquiry
for lard was fairly active and offerings not
very large. Prices favored buyers and de-
clined 21aG5c per 100 pounds. Cash
quiet. December sold moderately. In the
afternoon both lard and pork were steady,
the latter being rather dull, however. Hogs
were weak at prices SC lower to-day, and
30. 900 were received.
Considering the feeling in other markets
provisions have held up remarkably we'll.
Many provision men anticipated a
break to-0ay, hui tne week ends
about where it began as far as
prices are concerned. An unsettled
and weak feeling prevailed during the
early part of the week, and lower prices
were accepted in all the leading articles,
but within the past two or three days more
strength was developed, and higher prices
realized, though trading was largely of a
holiday character. The falling off in the
receipts of hogs attracted some attention,
especially among spectators, but as prices
therefor showed very little improvement,
buyers of product were not disposed to
follow any material advance in the prices
of product. Shippers were favored with
fair number of orders, but
many of them at limited figures which
tended to restrict business to some extent.
The weather was wet and unfavorable for
removing green and partly cured product,
and this also interferred with trading in a
moderate degree. Shorts purchased quite
freely at the reduced prices which ruled
early, and provided for q large plumber of
outstanding contracts. The receipts of
product from the interior were quite large,
and shipments of all kinds liberal and
widely distributed. The export demand for
hog products was only moderately active on
the open market yet there was considerable
lard and bacon purchased in quiet way.
The domestic demand for hog products
was only fairly active. Orders from all
sections appeared to be lighter than during
the week previous,
The inquiry for mess pork was active
early in the week, and the offerings were
free. Prices receded cog SOC on the whole
range. At this reduction the demand was
urgent on speculative account, and prices
rallied again 3O@ 35c and ruled compare
lively steady to the close. A speculative
trading conferred largely in contracts for
February, March and May delivery. The
stock on hand is estimated at 100000 to
10000 barrels.
The inquiry for lard was quite brisk
during the week just closed and the Offer
ings liberal. Prices declined goa 25c per
100 pounds early in the week but the re-
duction was recovered again. Shipping
demand fairly active both on foreign and
domestic account. Speculative trading
conferred largely in contracts extending
from January to June delivery. The re-
ceipts from the interior were large and the
shipments liberal. The manufacture and
movement for the week shows slight re-
duction in the stock on hand which may
be estimated at 1900 to 10000 tierces,
about one-haf contract.
The receipts of live hogs during the past
week were 155,6OS against 26s,231 for
the week previous, and 1883
for the corresponding week last year. The
quality was quite good, rather better than
during the week previous. The market
was active from day to day, though the
feeling was somewhat unsettled and prices
irregular within small range. Packers
bought rather freely, but shippers pur-
chased sparingly. The falling of in the re-
ceipts was attributed largely to the re-es-
Enlistment of old rates of railroad
freights. The receipts of hogs at other
western packing points are fair, and the
quality good.
Packing operations were conducted on a
moderate scale during the past
week, as the receipts of hogs
were smaller. The weather was not very
favorable, and packers evinced no particu-
lar desire to prosecute packing operations