Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-13
CHICAGO.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

Hueuce OF large Duylng ORDERS from the
country, everything sold up rapidly. Lat
or, however, the longs and scalpers sold
heavily AMI prices fell back somewhat low
or than the opening. Wheat was active
and somewhat irregular, fuctuating abont
1880 during the session, but was in the
main weak and at the close DE-
cember was about 1c lower than
at O'CLOCK yesterday, January about go
lower, February 70 lower and May about
"a lower. Early in the session there was
some hrmness, and at one time prices of
the leading futures advanced fully &c over
yesterdays closing figures at 1 o'clock, but
there were quite free deliveries of cash
wheat, which soon weakened the market
and when corn and provisions broke wheat
followed, selling down 14c from the
highest point, changed some and closed
rather easy. A rumor that the visible
supply would show an increase OF nearly
100000 bushels during the week, also
caused depression. On call there was a
good demand and prices were frner and
| 4@35c higher. Trading was principally
for May delivery.
In corn the market was active and m
settled and the feeling irregular. There
was evidently more disposition to realize.
The national crop reports in their latest es-
Inmates places the crop a few million
| bushels short of it's previous report and
sets the average per acre at twenty-bhres
bushels of all kinds of corn giving no es-
| innate of soft OR Damaged corn. The
| aggregate acreage planted TO corn is esti-
mated by the national crop bureau at 66,-
100000 acres for all states. The receipts
were reported at 34S cars, and the ship
ments were light. The weather was clear
and pleasant. The market opened at
about the closing figures on 'ohange yes
terday, rallied 4c, 1c and
thea declined 114@115c from outside
| figures under rather free speculative offer
ings, fuouated and finally closed about &c
higher for the new deliveries and 35c
lower for May were the closing figures yes
| tsrday. No. and high mixed met with a
fair demand. Rejected was Irregular. New
sample cora was rather slow sale. Old
and dry corn sold readily by sample at q
large premium over new of the same grade.
| On call the demand was active ani: offerings
liberal. Prices we're frmer and I4915
higher except for May, which weakened
considerably toward the close.
Oats were strongly on the down turn,
and after it once started broke with rush
to the extent of over 1c per busheI for cash
and all futures, and little effort was made
to check the decline with the reduction to
other markets helping to this lower range.
No. white was going at No. 2 price.
Samples were plenty, and
as buyers were scarce at
the higher rates. all the No. 2 and much
of the No. which had to 60 in store to
find sale, and the premiumEin the sample
market has been largely lost. On call
there was fair demand and prices were
trife higher. Trading was principally in
the May option.
Rye was firm at the opening, but
weaker feeling was soon developed, and
prices weakened off 4@12c
per bushsl for all futures,
but on call the demand was
moderate and offerings fair. Prices were
trife higher. Sales were largest in the
May options.
Barley was offered at decidedly lower
prices for No. cash, and for all futures,
with the usual buyers holding back and
forcing decline, while lower grades were
exceedingly dull, and it was next to an
impossibility to find sale for the same.
Samples were very slow and it was diff
cult to work them off at any price and par
ticularly for poor and dark grain.
! The call was firm and quiet.
Flour was more than usually quiet, and
the feeling was one of depression, with
home buyers only taking small and broken
lots and shippers and exporters buying
= little but common TO fair grade stock. Rye
: -four dull. Buckwheat flour can hardly be
, sold at all. Bran and all millstuffs in light
supply and going at steady prices.
Provisions exhibited considerable &C
: tivity to-day, but the feeling was
unsettled and weak during the greater
= portion of the session, and a further ma
terial reduction in prices was submitted
4 to. The receipts of hogs were quite large,
the quality good, accompanied with a
I slight reduction IL prices which eHcour-
aged spectators to enlarge their offerings
of product for future delivery. Liverpool
!. advices were unfavorabe to holders, quo
a tations being reduced Cd on lard and
i bacon, Eastern markets were easier
in general way and prices favored buy
: ers. The receipts of product were liberal
> and the shipments smaller than during the
previous days of the week The shipping
demand was moderate and orders caiefiy
b for small quantities.
In mess pork the offerings were free and
the demand quite active, mostly from
: shorts. The market opened weak and
s prices were 15@2Oc lower, but
T under the influence of a
It fair demand the reduction was covered.
c Later however the feeling was weaker and
/ prices gradually declined 25@35c and
o closed comparatively steady. The ship
=, ping eemand was moderate. On call there
n was an active demand and the market was
d irmer, prices were 5@loc higher. Trad
. ing was largest in the February option
y Quite good business was reported in
n the lard market, but the feeling was weaker
e and prices ruled 15@ zoe lower per 100