The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
CHICAGO MARKET REyIEwEB.
Speculation IN All ArtIcs.- a. sIi I'D fame
NO Very Interesting Develop
menf- Made.
snec,.l 70 the sen.sne.

CHICAGO. Feb 2L-it has been another dall
week on 'Chs1Re- Speculation in al articles has
BEEN tame, and The markets have developed very
few new features Outsiders have entirely with
drawn and Ioosl traders doing little that on
many days the scticn ishsrdly sufficient TO enable
brokers TO scaD out commissions. The general
siagnation in financial and commercial circles.
which is reater now than az any time this year.
forms al excuse FOR inactivity in produce. besides
The boys are tired OF fighting each other. They
want country lambs to work. Hence. breakers
are directing al thsiy efforts toward bostering up
tie markets and giving Them show OF hrmness
IN order 10 attract such operators for the county
man never comes in except as buyer.
Wheat hiss ruled about steady, advancing tribe
one Cay and having the gain wiped out the next.
The email decrease in the visible supply was Just
atout what had been expected. considering TIE
blCCkaded condition Of the railroads. and IL bal
10 eject But stories OF winter wheat nelcs being
covered with ice, the purchase OF 900 krupp guns
ey Russia. ana the decline in English cons0is.
winch was Interpreted a. meaning more war seem
10 give the bulls the advantage far as news
went. There was, however, an absense OF spec1-
lsiiye buying by those who were willing aud able
to iske gram OF the market lt is impossible 10
sumUla'e and sustain sny large advance without
this. Cables too. have cone in weak and lower.
ana although Cealers here keep declaring that
week, and must come no America - rsf II eTnar
continue to fall of. ard foreign market, seem
gisdually working back 70 the low point az which
theN were before the last up turn. The largest
purchaser Of the week bas, perhsps, been Charlie
Criiiepden, and gossips have il that he was acting
FOR Sic. Kent. who is going to work the long
SIDE for turn spaiD.
The activity in the corn market has been lin
iteC TO single little squirt. which was caused By
the dits overy that although the visible supply
here showed nearly half q million bushels IN
crtsfe, tie New YORK statement footed MP de-
crosse Of over 500 COO bushels. This SET pztrldxe
TO covering his short" stuff, and staIt.l some
ccod "long' buying 6y Jim Love and J. I Lester
Sin6e thtD however. The feeling has been easier.
snd very little OF the early advance remained a.
TIE close. Everybody prefers waiting until n i
seen how much corn comes In when The railroads
get into working order, and what effect IL has Al
present the situation IS regarded by conservative
iTeGsIs 6s very strong
The visible supply is about half what it was
year and country sdvices say there u less corn
cribbed than for many Yeas past, while quota
tons nearly 15c lower than at this time in lisa
''If anyone could tell what the size OF receipts
will be between this time and May he would
know Just what TO do with the market. for al TIE
uncertainty lies in that direction" said broker
TO-DAY.
Provisions have been left to themselves ihis
week. The crowd has been buying little sil the
time and so prevented much Of decline but the
packers and big dealers have not been the floor.
The fact that everybody is loaded up and anxious
for bulge except the men who own the product
is considered the worst feature OF the market.