The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-03
COMMERCE..
Review of the Local Grain, Produce, and
Provision Markets


INDIANAPOLIS. April 2.
"Trade would doubtless be good if we had any
thing like spring weather." is the common re-
mark with the wholesale men; yet a majority of
the merchants say that the sales of last month,
after all the growing of bad weather and dull
trade, aggregate favorably with the volume of
sales in March, 1882. This remark more especi-
ally applies to dealers ia boots and shoes, hard
ware merchants and dry goods men, the latter
seeming to be quite well satisfied with their
March business. The fact is, every season the
amount of dry goods sold, which formerly were
purchased in the East, is increasing, and with the
largest open stocks in the country, and prices
low as can be made at the seaboard, freights
added, there is no reason why :hs should
not be the natural result. 1t is now an undis-
puted and MISUNDERSTOOD fact that dry goods
of all kinds can be bought just as cheap in Indi-
annapolis as at the seaboard, and being of less
mixed character, or, in other words, selected
with especial reference to the requirements of
the Western trade, the advantages ara obvious.
Stocks of prints, dress goods, fine and heavy
brown sheetings bleached shirtings, tickings.
chevtots, drills, notions, etc, were probably
never larger or more complete than they are ut
the present time, while prices are on the whole
unusually steady. Grocers report trade rather
handto-mouth in its character, still, collections
are reported fair, and prices generally steady;
all grades OF sugar remaining unchanged. Corn
syrups have shown much strength and de-
cided upward tendency. and the feeling in the
coffee market also is bnoyant and strong, al
though at the moment there is nothing OF i'm
portance doing either in Rios or mild grades.
Produce men are having fair trade. Apples
and eggs. prices rule weak. with large supply.
Choice butter in good demand.
GRAIN.
The local wheat market opened tame and IN
interesting. the attendance on Change was
small and bidding slow. Holders talked about
S1.O9 for No. 2 red track, but $l.oSi s was the
highest bid, and 81 IL for No. . Mediterranean.
Corn was off; prices weaker than Saturday
No. white, 51c high mixed, soc, track; mixed,
5oe; sonnd ear, 46c; rejected, 47c; nnnerchant-
Oats-No. white, 45e, track; mixed, 42lsc,
track.
Hay-Slo so for prime timothy.
Bran-$l5, on track,
Middliugs-$ 60l7.
Shipstuff-S1575.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, April Irregular wheat was quiet
and subject to slight fluctuations, closing 1ec
better for May, and l. ssc better for July than
the closing figures Saturday. Sales ranged at
$1.o5 01o5l9 for April, $l.Iols0l.1o7s for May,
$l.l1 5s01.12 for June. Sl.1OA01.113s for July,
81 o4A01 o4lS for year; spring, 1.O7s4; winter,
Sl.O9ia. On call, sales OF 10000 bu regular at
Ice lower to lac higher, the latter for July.
Corn was quiet, averaging easier. Sales
ranged at 81 5s0 52lsc for April, So a057lsc for
May, 81 0577sc for June, 5SlQ059lsc for1July.
On call, sales of $4,000 bu at lsc lower for
April, and Ice higher for May.
Oats were active at slight decline. Sales
ranged at 40Uii 14cfor April. 435s a 45c for May,
43Ss044 l4c for June; 42Ss 1434c July. 1890
Sac the year. On call, sales OF lO5, 900 bu at lsc
lower for June and July.
Pork fairly active, and prices advanced 5O10c
Sales ranged at SlS.27 42G 10 80 cash, S18.27ls0
1880 for April. $lS.4501S.55 for May,
Sl6 671a01S. for June, $19 85 0lS9o for
July. S1S.S001S 80 the year. on call, sales of
$3.50 brls at iac higher To 7lec lower, the latter
for July.
Lard active and higher Sales ranged at
IL 37la al l.40c cash, ll.35 011.45e for April,
11.50011 .60c for May, II. 50ll. 6212c for June
ll.6001l 65c for July, ll.67le the year. On
CALL sales OF 5000 tics at .02 a l7l9c lower, the
latter for April.
THE ENGLISH GRAIN MARKET.
LONDON, April 2.-The Mark Lane Express, in
week, says: 'The possibilities for favorable
harvest now very much greater than at any
period since the beginning of the cereal year.
No fresh feature Ill the wheat market is reported
since the Easter holidays. The demand is feeble,
and prices tend downward. Foreign wheatS are
uominaily unchanged, and there is but a scanty
demand. Flour is III liberal supply. Maize
cheapening. Barley Quiet Oats dull. Cargoes
off the coast are neglected. Eleven cargoes have
arrived, four were sold, nine Withdrawn, eight
remain, and about twenty more due. Sales of
English wheat the past week, 81, 505 quarters
at 42s, against 35,379 quarters at ass 10d for
the corresponding period last year."