Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-07

GENERAL MARKETS.
Produoa ana Proxisiona.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 6.-Flour-steady, rang
ing fro 81 3o64 20. Wheat opened firm, ad-
&c lower than the prices of last evening.
No. . red. cash, S0xR SOHc; May sO6s03Sc, and
closing at soc: June 79z. 6s0c, closing aI 1870
July 76l1676Hc, closing at 76l4c; AueusG 7644 a
ing sOAc. Corn opened firm ana losed sc
over; cash 4IG471zc: May AIS d4Sc, coslng
At !53sc; June 47&f4IHci July t5361941s9e,
S1l630xc; Ma 2s11c. Lead-Ths market was
lower, common quote1 at 81 r, fined 81 o
c m meal s. 0. Whisky 81 90. Provisions
meats shoulders ,boxeo, S5 75G5 SIX long Cleare,
sc 9067 90; clear ribs, 81 0597 10; short clears,
81 35@7 a. tcon, boz ed shoulders, Sc 81 long
clears 81 6567 TO- clear ribs, 81 ia 7s13; short
II co.. Afternoon board: Wheet steady; May
sUHc; July 7656c. Corn lower; May 473.c; July
E'sc. Oats dull.
CHICAGO, I'LL. April 6.-Opeling of trade
on 'jhange today found the grain m 4rkets
generally fem and higl er, AID provisions weas
and lower and exciiet. There was tremen-
July, and one operator took about 100000
pounds at 81 OK In very few mi uIes he
passed around his card for the crowd TO put
down all the JalY they wanted at 81 0567 OK.
A single firm sold b m l 500 600 pounds, another
100000. and the r. st of the crowd put dow
enough to make hls tot i purchases In this style
500 600 pnunds. The market afterwar Is weak
e ed to 81 G2-s, but closed at c7h In
the grain nits May deliv ~ openedi'sc higher
for VIII, at, &c higher for corn and &c higher
for oats. During The e st hour all grains had
an upward tendency, wheat adva- ced &c ana
touched 76?sc for May. Corn pushed up &c
and touched SIC for same north. Before NOON
a reaction followed and whe9t sold back to the
opening point 751<c. Corn dropped sc under
opening at 52sS Wheat am corn continued
to decline, and the final prices for the day
were shade fellow last nights closing, being
52hG52Ic for corn, snd 75%G75zIc Tor wheat
The market was the result of feelings Of local
operators There was fairly firm closing late
yesterday, higher prices on curb and light
,eceipts to day. These things with belief
tn It certain bu Is aye only waiting favorable
opportunity to badge the market wa, the resul.
of covering 50 sthat everything weaken ed
gradually and dragged down until the close.
Pork was fered more freely than buyers were
disposed to take II and q weak feeling devel
oped June was the weakest and broke to
3O1lc, while May only dropped 2Hc. Shorts
took hold at the decline and reaction of TO
121zc was recovered Trading was moderate
and mostly by saalpers and aside from price
changes the market had no feature of Interest.
aiding futures closed: Wheat-May 75'4c;
June 16sc; July 1910; December 5sc. Corn
Mess pork, per barrel, May sS13 80; June
sI3 80; july, sl3 379a. Lara May, 81 SO; June,
81 52h: july, 81 57A. She tribs, May, Sc 92H,
June, 81 10 July,S OK; August, 81 Is. Cash
quotations were: sIour,, steady and I'M
changed. Wheat, No. red, s,11c. Corn No.
2, 5I3.c. Mess pork per barrel. slS Sob 30,
Per 10 81 ~ Ro6f fD
81 40s7 4.
NEW YORK. April 6-Cofee-spot fair; Rio
quiet at l4nc: options opensd i'm, cllsing
IL 15a ii GO. May II O5alI 70; June 10 s5a 10;
July 10 506ll %; August 10 20610 SIS. Sugar
steady and more active; fair refining quiet st
41c; Bah,s 4hc; Pernambncn &c; molasses
Grades 4d4Ac. Centrifugal SO test 3 1916;
refined steady and unchanged; yellow ls
axe. Molaises steady.