St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-24
QUIET AND STRONG.
That Was the Condition of the Wheat
MARI on the Chicago Board
Yesterday.
A Slight Advance Caused by Reduced
COnsol Quotations and Pur-
chaaSeS for Export.
Corn Developed No Special Features,
BuL Was ~teady and
Firmer.
Transactions in the Financial circles
of Wall Street. g eneral
Quotations.

C41cAcO Dec. 23.-The wheat market was
ouiet and strong throughout to-day. though
trading st times was on a moderately liberal
scale The starting price for May delivery
was SAC. or nc higher than last nights clos
ing figures. advanced 1S0Hc, fell off &c, but
rallied OH good buying and free covering by
shorts to S55zc, te off slightly, rallied to
S55z685$4c and closed for the day at 5000
Size The advance was attributed in part 10
the decline in consols and the good export
buying owing to greatly reduced STOCKS
abroad. Corn was rather quiet but steauy
and closed a shade firmer without developing
any special ieAtures of interest. Oats were
dull and firm, The receipts of live hogs were
larger and it had weakening influence OH
provisions Mess pork opened dull o9IOc
lower, and declined 1o@l21&c additional RAJ
7150loc and closed steady. Lard ruled 27&g
&c lower. Short ribs were considerably "eaAel
and declined 1N9I5c.
THE QUOTATIONS.
The lefding futures ranged as fol-
lows: Wfeat-No. ? December opened at
rae. ct sing at 7715c; January opened at
TIE closing at 7T5sc; February opened at
1S14c. closing at 7o54c; May opened at oflsc,
closing at 50 &c. Corn-No.2 December opened
at 36$sc. closing at 361ac: Janu~ry opened at
3f5zc closing at 365gc; February opened at
Bic. closing at 371gc; May opened at 1850,
rlosinp at 423S@423sc. 0ats-No. December
epeued at 257sc, closing at 251sc; January
opened at 251sc. closing at 25Isc; Ma opened
At Sic closing at Sic. Mess Pork-De-
eember opened at SLIGO, closing at Sill Is; jan
lary opened at SlI-25. closing ar Sll.3O; Feb
.uary openedLat S1l.4U, closing at sll-4O;
Nav opened al SIl.S5 closing at S1l7719.
Lard-December opened at Sb.llLa, closing at
e6171%; January opened at $500, closing at
S62.J5; February opened at $3.50, closing at
$3.50; Ma opened at S6.5G19, closing at
S6.571S Short Ribs--January opened al S5.5
closing at $3.50; February opened
at S567% closing at $3.50; Ma
opened at S5.T1%. closing at So. 75.
Cash quotations were as follows: -Four
Quiet and unchanged. No. spring wheat,
T7Lc: No. spring wheat, nominal; No.
red. 7Tslc: No > corn, 3614c; No. OATS gee;
No. rye. 53c; No. = barney, SIC; No. fax
seed 9s619315c; prime timothy seed, 81 55Gl So
Mess pork. SIl.25GlI.5U; lard. $6.lG1a; short
ribs. sides, loose, S5.65G15. 81; dry sailed
shoulders. boxed. S4SO0+S5; short clear
sides, boxed, S696.06. Wniskr, 81 Is. Sugar,
cut loaf. 61S@656c; granulated, 6Q61sc; stand
ard "A. 55lc Receipts-FIour 81, 900 bbls;
wheat 900 bu; corn, 13I,00e blu; oats. Co.
600 bu: e. 1000 bu; barley, $4,000 bu.
Shipments-FlOur. 1900 bbls; wheat 14.00O
bu; corn $4,000 bu; oats. $4,000 bU: rye,
900 bu; barley IS 900 bu. On the produce
exchange to day the butter market was
easier: ere; merry, 2U@-6c: dairy, 2O0@2c.
Eggs, 22@24c.
PITIF BERKEY. Pres. +. W. ANDERSON, Cashier
1hk ct. PAUL NATIONAL cana
CAPITAL. 100000
Corner 18th and Jackson streatl