New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-01
THE CHICAGO GRAIN M4RKETS FIRM
A FALL IN HOG NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN wHEA1
IIyEIIER-THE STOCK OF PROVISIONS.
IRY rELEiRAPH II THE rRIBUNE.I

A FALL IN HOG Observation-Disclosures IN WHEAT
LIvELIER-THE STOCK OF PROVISIONS.
IBY rELEGRAPH ID THE rRIBUsEI
CHICAGO, July 3l.-Twenty thousand hogs
arrived in stockyards this morning and In conse-
ouence the price hog product the Board dropped
The price of pork tumbled per barrel and lard
and short-ribs 20 cents per 100 pounds
The pro phecy that the advance OF last week In this
prce OF live hogs increased number here
this week being realized The shipments OF meat are
heavy but is the manufacture OF the $4,000 hogs
which arrived yesterday. Fever than 1000 vera
shipped and many were left over as were boughs
by Eastern shippers The quality OF the hogs continues
good showing that there is exhaustion OF the supply
and not marketing their animals In
any great haste or before they are fuily nat
tened. Indeed the chief complaint Of the
packers now Is that it hard TO gcs
lean hogs aud the animals too round and
heavy to put up foreign style OF meats nov
most In demand Nearly 100000 pounds OF meats
were shipped to-day; less than 100000 pounds Oh
lard.
Rouse the Baltimore man. has been cutting consider
able of a figure wheat the past few days lie 'scalps
bushels nonchaantly the ordinary trader
scaps 250O00 pockets eighth or quarter OF cent
profit or runs at little decline Just like tine fellows VINO
handle only "fyers" To-day be sold heavily through
his brokers' C. A. Mar & Co., ana Mitmin Brfdgman
but what he sold was taken by George c. Walker Co.,
who are trading for that other great "scalpor'-A
greater than Rousse-"Sid" Kent
The trading about the wheat pit was
title liyelier than 1t has been More business
was coming the wires, that is more bust
ness was filed for the company TO send. Tbs
was not anywhere apparent than the telegraph
tables the operators. clerks and boys were mex
trcably tangled up in business than they could
handle. Az many dispatches received inquiring
about prior related to business Thereceps
OF new wheat were larger to-day and the receipts
of corn hundred OF the former aud sl2 cara
Of the latter inspected Cash winter wheat dropped
In consequence from 81 OF TO 81 O6.
The grain markets. considering the increased receipts
and, compared with ordinary days. the small volume
OF business, were hrmer The range Oh
ductuation In wheat narrow-within . Genus
and In corn no wider. Cash corn, like cash wheat was
more affected by the big receipts dropping e and cent
per bushe. July oats dropped again. Inc July opuo"
touched 27ia cents, but closed at 2Sie. Inc bos.oh
failures depressed the market little. Wheat closed
cent under Monday nights figures, August at 81 Ola
and September at 81 03os Corn closed Is cent under
Mondays price, August sos cents and September as
5OIa cents August pork closed Al Sl3 As and Ausas'
lard at $50.
In few DAYS now no later than August at any rate
the stock OF provisions Will be maze paoc The guam
uty of PORK in store here mas not onaseu
much IN the last thirty days On June
30 there were In store l93,s9S barrels ana
Il IL not believed that this has been decreased
more than 10 900 barrels. If even that much Inc sup
ments OF lard have, however, been numerous aud tns
toek has been decreased IL Is generally supposed apou'
40 600 uerces. On June 80 there were reporea
G0e I0 tlerces of tue contract grad. IL Is oomnohy
asurrd that tue August report Will snow o0ooo eross
ar rnereabou IL the re port shows greater reuneou
A. IA likely that there will follow some specuiahso
excitement. II, for instance the stock 'nouu oo
small IA $4,000 tierces sudden ana eohsiuet'DsV
advance would be nkely TO lake place; fne stock =.
meals has also been considerably reduced, pis .ns
nr,aiua reduction mas been fancy cuts and nos
~ ,he snernatye snort rios sun snort nos have been
reduced, il believed from So,ooOsVVV W oes"s~
25OOO, 900 and 3O,0O0,0oo pounds.