The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-22
COMMERCE..
Review of the Local Grain, Produce, and
Provision Markets

Review of the Local Grain. Produce, and
Provision Markets.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 20.
The week closing to-day can hardly be said to
have fulfilled the expectations of merchants in
ITS volume of trade Colder weather seems to
be the stimulant now needed to give life to
trade. However, specially active business
need be looked for until nearer the holidays In
certain branches of trade, in staple articles,
there is fairly active movement. Dry goods
men speak of their trade quite satisfactory.
No very large quantities are taken by any one
buyer, but all stocking up TO fair extent,
and the distribution in the aggregate is not be-
hind last year. The fall trade has not altogether
come up to expectation, but very few of our
jobbers make any complaint, and the general re-
suits so far will compare favorablg with pre-
vious seasons No large losses by failures have
been incurred, and collections throughout the
country are good. The Boston papers report
that with the aid of steam, the mills are now
running on fun time, and production is up to the
full average. Prints continue to move rather
slowly from agents hands I'D there is disposi-
ton TO make concessions in order to clean up
dark work. Several specialties, including Pacific
cretOnnes, Windsor and Cocheco foulards and
Merrimack rajah cloths have been reduced in
price without leading TO many large sales. job
bers say that they have disposed OF about as
many prints as usual, but the increased demand
for heavier dress goods has probably lnterfered
with the general distribution of cacOes. In
wooden fabrics there is not as much doing as
there OughttO be at this season. Suitings, fan
nels and the various soft goods for ladies' wear
lind satisfactory sale, but clothing woolens,
both heavy and light weights are decidedly
slow. In the grocery, produce and provision
markets there is nothing new worthy of special
mention.
GRAIN.
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The Board of Trade Price Current says OF wheat:
'These be the days of unleavened bread, with
bitter herbs accompaniment, TO the average
bull. The bovine lament finds expression in the
following: we have met the enemy and we are
undoubtedly THEIRS horse, foot and dragoons;'
also, in the poetic statement, That If we 80
soon done for why were we ever begun for
The curtain falls at the end of the week on a
very much demoTallzed market, sellers offering
No. red at 81 f. o. b., the lowest point touched
during the present year. 1t would be as difficult
to find bull at the present writing pro-
slavery advocate, and yet we believe there were
some In these parts during the past summer,
New York drops &c, Baltimore 19c, and Chicago
exhibits further decline of &c." We quote:
No. Mediterranean, track .$1.03
No. Mediterranean, track. .--........ 100
No. Mediterranean, TRACK. 9S44
No. red, track. Observation-Disclosures. 80
Mixed, track. --..-..-.--......---. 80
Understandable, track go. .-...-....-.- 65
November, track Observation-Disclosures 100
December, track ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LOO
Corn-The friends of this cereal, like thse of
wheat, are few and far between. Ali grades are
oil, and the markets in such a condition that no
one wants to touch it at any price, for the pres
emit Markets at seabOard are either dull and
nominal or show sharp decline, New York
breaking off le3 from yesterday. We quote;
Yellow, track Observation-Disclosures. At
High mixed track Observation-Disclosures 46l9
Mixed, track. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 6l9
No. 3, track. Observation-Disclosures. 40
Rejected track Observation-Disclosures. A
Sound ear, track OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 46
Oats rather steady, but demand confined to
small lots and local consumption. We quote
No. white, Observation-Disclosures. 29l9
Rye-No. 2, nothing doing.
Bran-Quleti $l2.25 bid; held at $13.
GRAIN IN STORE.
Oct O. 1888