St. Paul daily globe., 1886-10-05
WEAK AND LOWER.
A General Decline in the Speculative Mar
kets On the Chicago Board
of Trade.
Fine Weather and Higher Oonsols Pro-
voked the Free Selling
Of Wheat
The Visible supply Increased some
what Less Than Was
Expected.
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cn;c,po Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Grain and Fr0NaSa""S-
CJucAGO. Oct. ALI the speculative
markets ruled weak and lower on 'ehanse
to-dav. There was only fair degree OF
activity in wheat trading. The fine weather
and higher consols provoked free selling.
The market opened 3s@15c lower fell back
&c additional rallied H@3Sc, but again
became weaker and closed on the regular
board &c lower than on Saturday. oh lne
afternoon board there was shade nrmei
FEELING The visible supply reports showed
Pm increase of /, ,720, 900 bushels, whlch was
rnma,vbst less than expected. There was
a weak opening i'll corn under heaVy
pressure to sell and the decline brought out
considerable long property, causing
decline of 1c. The decrease OF 6OO,OOo
bushels in the visible supply aided IN STEADY
ING the market and prices closed at l
O'Clock SIC under Saturday and recovered
an additional &c in the afternoon. OaIS
felt the influence OF the other markets, de-
clined 15c. rallied and closed about &c un-
der Saturday. Provisions ruled easy
Mess pork declined 1219@15c. rallied 100
IOc and closed steady. Lard was quiet
and steady.
TEE QUOTATIONS.
Flour was quiet and unchanSed,
The following are the current prices for cash
properties: No 2 wheat, 72G721sc: NO. : red,
751%c. Corn-Ne. 2, 35c: No. oats nc; NO
rye, 4s1$e; No. barley, SOC; No. l 1aK seed
SlOIsl; good to choice timothy, SI-'lGI'o.
Mess pork-SS. .7G@S.75. Lard-99- W. onort i'il
rib sides Qoose), S6.70; dry salted shoulders
fhoxed). S5.7O. Short clear sides (boxed),
S7.O6R7IO Whisky, Sis; sugars un-
changed. The following shows the range or
prices for option on the regular BOARD
closing at p IN. Wheat-oc1oeel, Iosta.
72l<c. closing ut 721sc; November, 74$sc;
closing at 94Hc; December. 76c, clos
ing at 761zc; May, $3.50, closing at o@2sc'
C0rn-OctOber 35c. closing at 55c: NoVem-
her. SIC. closing at 373zc; December, 3!%sc,
closing at 373sc; May, 417sc, closing at 4l%sc-
Oats-October. 2314 C. closing at 241ac; NoVem-
her 95s[c closing at 2515c; December, 261ac,
closing at 2614c; May, 30$4c, closing at 3O1sc.
Mess pork-October, $3.50, closing at SS-I9;
November $3.50, closing ct $50; January
SO. 95 closing at S9.921a-
The Afternoon Board-The markets all ruleo
steady this afternoon. The following were
the closing figures at 2:50 O'Clock p. IN:
Wheat-October, T21sc; November, "a 5-l6c;
December, 761sc; May, S2$4c. Corn-Octo-
Der. S51Sc; November, Sc 13-l6c; Decemoer'
B75Sc; May, 4154c. Oats-October, Zfc; NO
vember. 253lc; December, 26$sc; May, 81
u-16c. Pork-October and November, SO. 1879;
January. $685.. Lard-October and No
yember, S5.771l: January, $5.92. Snort Rlo
Sides-October, St. 80; January, S5.oO. he
ceipts-Flour, Is, 900 bbls; wheat, i9,OUO pu'
corn, $4,000 bu; oats, 10000 bu; rye,
1000 bu: barley, $4,000 bu. Shipments
Flour. 49, 900 bbls; W heat, $4,000 bu; corn,
$4,000 bu: oats, 10000 bu; rye, none;
barley. g. 600 bu. The following is the re-
port of the visible supply Oct. 2, as compiled
by the secretary of the Chicago board of
trade: Wheat, 51,22OOOO bu; corn, lS,3s5,OOO
bu; oats, 4, 965, 900 bu; rye, $4,000 bu; bar
ley 53S, 900 bu. Compared with one week ago
the figures show an increase of 1,720,OOO Du
NJ wheat q6. 600 bu of oats and $4,000 bu of
barley. and a decrease of 604, 600 bu of corn
and $4,000 bu rye. The stock of grain in
store in this city Oct. 2, was as follows:
Wheat. $50, 600 bu; corn, 4,931, coo bu; oats,
L,l36 900 bu; rye, 2O5, 900 bu; barley, 7l9,OOO
Du.