The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-23
THE INDIANAPOLIS JoURNAIs oCroBEE o. 1885.

No 2 red, 92l 094c; No. Q red. 97c elevator; No
white, Csc: No. 2 red October. Gee, closing at
95ic: November. 952 097ac, closing al 95sc; De-
0$L0Os, closing at 99le February, $L01s a 02..
closing at 81. oil; April ST. 04s a l054, closing
81 O4a; May. 81. 05s a ]. 06s, closing at ST. 05s
Corn-Spot firm options weaker; receipts. 80,
420 bu exports &C. 5Sl bu; sales. "a 400 Du futures,
3Sa 600 bu spot and to arrive ungraded. 43 5l3c;
| No, 3. 4o4c; November No. 2, bic elevator.
| 524c afoat 504 a50ac c. +. andi. No 2white. 81 q
! 5lac; new mixed. 43 a. 5c; No. October, 50aa %
5lc closing at 50sc; November, 90 750sc. closing
| at 50sc; December, 46s a 49sc, closing at 4Ssc;
January, 46sc, closing at 46sc: February. 464 q
| 46ac, closing at 46lc; May, 46a 46ac, closing at
| 46c.
| Oats were a shade stronger and fairly active;
receipts. 65 $50 bu; exports. 200 blu; mixed West
| ern. % a &c; white do, "a az 9c.
Hay was II. fair demand and steady.
Hops were steady and demand light.
Coffee-Spot fair Rio quiet, SIC; options dull
and rather easier; sales, 1000 bags; November,
I1007 l5c; December, 715c; January, 720c;
February, IL 25c; March. 1900 1885, May, 74cc.
Sugar-Refned steady; cut-loaf and crushed,
| TIA TIC; graduated, 6 9-16c; cubes, 6sc. Mo-
lasses were dull and unsettled. Rice was steady
and moderately active
Petroleum firm; United closed at 81 09a.
Talow was firm and active at 5 1-16 05se. Rosin
was steady. Turpentine was dull at 36c.
Eggs were firm and in fair request; receipts
3,170 packages.
Pork was dull; mess, SO so 010 Cut meats
steady; sales of picked hams at 81 a 8ac; fresh
shoulders. Acc; smoked bellies, Tie; middles,
nominal; long clear. 5sc. Lard opened shade
higher and closed weak. with the advance lost
and less doing sales of Western steam, spot at
SIS g. 27ac; to arrive, 23kc; off grade, $780,
November, Soc 20; December, 62I 06 24c
January 626 06 28c; February. "a 06. Soc.
! March, 6 42a6 .43c; city steam, G. 1006l5.
| Butter was firm and in fair inquiry. Cheese
! was quiet
Lead was firm Other articles were un-
| changed.
CHICAGO, Oct 22-The wheat market tend
| ed lower again to-day. declining the after
| noon board to Sic, which is the lowest point
| reached during the present decline, and is TIC
lower than the highest figures reached last
week. The decline has been unusually
| we're one, ard has caused very many small hold
| ers to throw their wheat on the market which
has aided in depressing values. Three four
OF the large local houses either acting for them
selves or for outside parties. have been Offering
large lines of wheat supposedly for the short
account, for three or four days and have met
every advance with large offerings, under which
| the market has steadily declined, closing lower
each day, with one exception, since Oct. ID when
/ the highest price during the present crop
| year was reached. The market opened nervous
and unsettled this morning. at 87sc for Deem
ber rallied quickly to $780, sold off again to the
| lowest point, and then, under fair buying
shading off rapidly toward the close of the regu-
| lar board to e7s "a 87ac, closing at that figure.
The feeling was again very weak in the after
noon, December declining to ste, rallying
slightly, and closing at G7s 873c. The receipts
| continue quite large at Northwestern points,
| and the export demand continues light. There
| was large export shipment reported for Spain,
| but it was not corroborated and while the rumor
steadled the market for a time, prices
| fell back again on the failure to verify it. The
cables quoted steady foreign markets, with car
| goes passage more firmly held. The large de-
| veries from farmers hands in this country,
| however, was the principal reason urged for the
continued decline in values. The trading in corn
| showed little more animation and prices we're
| quite steadily held, closing generally shade
| higher than yesterday. Oats ruled dull and
easy, closing shade lower In mess pork prices
advanced 5 &c early receded q a sc and closed
steady. Lard was .02s % 05c higher, with fair in
| quiry.
| Flour was dull and weak, exporters holding
off. Southern winter wheat -four, 81. IS as; Wis
consin. 81. 20 So; Michigan, 81 so 90; soft
spring wheat, SO. 1904; Minnesota bakers, 49, so
04.5O patents, 3d.. as 70; low grades So 03;
rye flour, So 80 03 60.
Wheat fairly active and unsettled; the
market opened a &c lower, rallied &c, fell off
&c, owing to the report that the Minneapolis
millers had again reduced the price of wheat.
| but under free buying the market again adj
vanced, but eased off again. finally closing weak
and &c under yesterday. The sales ranged:
October. 85s a S6tc, closing at S5sc; November,
85s 86ac, closing at 85s 0S5sc; December S7s
$780, closing at 87s a s72c May. 94s 96c, closing
at 94sc: No spring. 854 a 85ac; No 3 spring,
~ a 75c No 2 red. 90c; No. red, Soc.
Corn was quiet but steady and shade firmer.
Cash, 40ac; October 400 040sc, closing at 40s a
4Osc November. 800 a 39sc, closing at sole; the
year, 36s a &c. closing at 36sc.
Oats were dull and easy: cash, 24ac; October,
24a @24sc, closing at 24ac; November, 25s a 254c;
May, 293 0294c. Rye was quiet; No. 2, 61ac.
Barley was quiet; No. g &c
Flaxseed was weak; No. l, ST. IT,
| Mess pork ruled firm early, and a TIC higher,
reacted u a DC, and closed steady; cash, So IS d
1871; November $8 22A q 8 30, closing at So 250
S.27a; December, $S 30 q 8 30. closing at 49, 800
| 1921; January, &c. l2R 1920 closing at g. 1910
| 8. 15c. Lard was in fair demand and steadier,
| and prices were .02a a 05c higher; cash. s. 80 d
| 5 924c; November, 5900592dc; December
90c; January, g. % a &c, closing at g. 95 al 97Jc
| Boxed meats were steady; dry sailed shoulders
3 40 a. 50c short-rib sides, 5.l2a 05 l5c; short
| clear sides. s. 35 05 Acc.
j Whisky firm at ST. IL.
| Sugars were steady and unchanged.
| On the Produce Exchange butter was in light
! supply and in good demand; creamery 16026c;
| dairy, ID q 1Sc Eggs 174@l8c.
On the afternoon board wheat was weak and
| 46sc lower. Corn and oats were unchanged.
| Pork was 2ac higher. Lard was irregular and
! .02ac higher for October and January, and 02Ac
lower for November and December.
Receipts-Flour, 49, 600 brls; wheat, 81, 900 bu;
corn, 209 600 bu; OATS $4,000 blu; rye. IL 900 bu;
barley 6l.0O0 bu. Shipments Is, 900
10000 bu; rye, 5000 bu; barley, $4,000 bu
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