New-York tribune., 1884-03-03
LIGHT DAY IN PROFESSIONS.
SELLERS IN THE MAJoRITY-LTTLE sPEcULATv
FEELING AS TO GRAIN.
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FEELING AS 10 GRAIN.
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CHICAGO, March 2.-The deliveries yesterday
did not disclose any secrets. They light This was
about as anticipated OF lard and pork They were fair
and those OF wheat pretty liberal There was not
much corn going around. The bank officials that 1t
was light first day OF the month The people who sold
puts last night are tonight badly Of pocket Those
who bought have their weeks expenses in their pockets
aud something over Jones, who took puts on 100000
bushels 57 cents within L cent Of last nghs
market he stood them. has In his pocket or on MS
books a neat q cent profit the whole lag Barring
provisions all the markets went to pieces There was
mild weather. and the freezing temperature as an argu
ment to keep the figures steady, no longer available
Wheat dropped 81 for May The receipts OF corn
were fair 1925 cars), and the inspection better
Word came from st. Louis that the receipts
there were large, and word nom Kansas
that there was plenty Of fine ready to be shipped
All the little Southwestern operators were sellers 30
these fellows who put last night to ride up had IN
stead-and much TO their ride down. There are
many radical people who talking sO-cent wheat ana
Ascent corn and for the month Of May, too.
Winter packing operations for 1ss3's4 now over
The quantity Of pork is fixed fact and can only pe
and demand. Exact figures cannot be gwen as STOCKS
have not yet been posted but PORK stocks VII shO"
small and guesser- the lard supply are widely az va
rance During the four months ending February ~ me
regular packing season. there were received az 1is o,n
the same time in 1sS2's3 and tho total ship
meuts for the periods footed up 6OE2Jo
and 36S $50 respectively; leaving over for pack
ing and city consumption 1.9S2.O6l this seasun,
against 2.JOj pos last season, decrease Of 523,l4I
The quality OF the live hOgs marketed th9 season vas
unqualidedly the poorest ever seen since the e-aDl-
ment o the Union stock Yards the average gross weight
being only 243 pounds which was II pounds per hog
lighter than during the packing season OF leS2-s3
all dull sessions IN the provision pt th' week
Yesterdays carried the palm There little or no cash
demand All efforts the part OF the Dus 10 revive
the dead spirit Of speculation were Idlre' anu YET
everything was I'm their favor The market, dun as 10
WAS was strong and closing prices showed an improve
meut over last nights closing Of l22a cents IN pork
and IA cents in ribs with lard Just the turn betteT
sales May delivery at range or lSO) = i-l ,
for pork 965 a972l2 for lard and 935 a94O for ribs
Pork stopped at 1910 and lard at 9.672. Hardly any
body believes that thr under the deal have any
notion OF reinquishiug the fight. May wheat barely
10 buy at that figure. Here the local sentiment Il de-
cidedly the bear side led by the heavy operators
who were selling quite freely to-day, and shorts were
the principal buyers some large selling orders were
here FROM the East, NewIOrk especially selling large
lines. ., ,..., NJ,
Nav wheat ranged al 97a9s cents, with little trading
at the extremes and closed at 81 H9sceuts Ihs was
2, under last nights closing prices Corn followed the
course OF wheat closely, enng at % = cents IOf MAY
declining 5Tli cents with liberal trading all through
and closing al 81 cents, 3 lower Tor the day The
wheat The shorts disposed 90 buy on weak spots
and sellers are inclined 10 stay the short side
long generally taking first profit that shows There
was some outside buying orders today for the long
futures chiefly the July "opton.' The shipping de-
maud low grades of corn continues good