The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-11
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.

Yesterdays Quotations ON Produce at the
Two Great Business Centers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Flour more active.
mainly for home use; prices ruled strong; re-
ceipts, 2l,852 brls; exports, 2, 122 brls and 10.
229 sacks; sales. 23.O00 brls
Wheat-Cash lots shade stronger, but quiet;
shippers are kept out by the extreme views of
holders; options opened firm, and advanced q
&c, later weakened, and reacted pic, closing
stronger; receipts, 40, 700 blu; exports 2s6, $50
blu; sales, 10, 400. 900 bu futures and 10000 blu
spot No. spring, 9Osc; No. l hard, 964c ahoat;
No. spring, 862c; ungraded red, 8409ic No. 8
red, 88c; No 2 red, 893 q 892c In elevator; No. l
red, 924c; No white. 884c; No. 2 red. December,
89sc; January. 90s 090sc. closing at 90sc: Feb
ruary, 80 % 92Sc, closing at 924c; March, 93s %
94sc, closing at 93sc; April, IS 7-l6c May, 96s q
81 Bloc, closing at 97c; June, 97i 097ac. closing
Corn s0sc higher, closing with slight re-
action receipts. 37,400 bu exports, 2,270 bu;
sales, 800, 600 bu futures, $4,000 bu spot; un-
graded, 46049c No. 3, 47c afloat; steamer. 46a
047c elevator; No. 2, 48e elevator. 48a q 4Ssc
aaoat; No. 2 December, nominal; January. 49, a
48ac, closing at 48ac; February. 40 TIC 049ac,
closing at 49ac; May. so 52ac, closing at SIC.
Oats a shade easier and fairly active. Re-
CENTS, 55, 100 bu exports, 40 bu; mixed Western,
34037c; white Western, 35 042c.
Coffee-Fair Rio firm at 144c; options 10 a Is
points lower and active. Sales, SO, 600 bags;
December, IL 35 a IL 45c; January, IL 80 q IL 55c
February, 1235012.55c; March, 124O012 6Oc;
April, IL so q L. Zoe; May, IL. so 012. 75c June
II 65 a IL. Toe; July IL. 75c. Sugar firm and quiet
refined steady; G, 4a 043c extra c, AZ 04kc off
A. 81; standard A, 5sc; powdered, 81 q &c; granu-
lated Is Ice; cubes, &c; confectionery A,
5 1916 5sc. Rice steady and quiet,
Talow steady. Rosin quiet
Eggs stronger and in fair demand. Receipts,
1881 packages; Western, 233 027c.
Pork 6rmer and active; sales, 1000 bbls; mess
$11 623 a IL for one year old; woyear-od quoted
picked shoulders, &c. Lard a shade easier and
moderately active. Sales Western steam, spot
6 45c; to arrive .45c, cost and freight; January,
6.4506 47c; February, G. 53c; March, 6. 60 G. 62c;
May, G. 7506. 76c; city steam, 6.25c.
Butter firm and quiet; Western, 12029c; Elgin
creamery quiet; 30031c Cheese quiet and firm.
Copper dull.
CHICAGO, Dec 1O.-The prevailing tone in
the wheat market, taking the day as whole;
was strong. The cables reported an active and
firm market at Liverpool, and under this impulse
Maysdelivery opened at Sc cents per bushel or
&c higher than last nights closing figures. After
advancing to 863c the market broke off to S52c
rose again to S6ac, fell off again to 85sc, but in
the final dealings advanced to 5000 and closed at
that figure. The export clearings from three
seaboard points aggregated 420. 600 bushel yes
terday. which was one Of the chief elements
of strength shown by the market. The aggre-
gate trading of the day was large. In corn the
trading was active and prices averaged and closed
higher. The receipts were fairly large and the
estimated arrivals for tomorrow still larger
The shipping demand was good. but mainly for
the lower grades The oats market was dull
and weak ike cash market especially ruling
weak. Prices ruled 02c lower for cash, but the
distant options showed little change. Trading
in provisions was quite active. The falling off
in the receipts of hogs and the poor quality of
the arrivals impaired strength to the general
market, and there were more buying orders from
the outside. Mess pork opened 1919 per
barrel higher, followed by reduction of TIC.
Later the market was again stronger, advancing
l2A a 15c and closing at nearly outside figures
Lard was q 05c higher per 100 pounds, while
short ribs advanced 10015c. Flour was steady
and unchanged. The leading futures ranged as
follows: