Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-07
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce ana Proriaions.

ST. LOUIS, Mo Feb. 6-FIour-Qulet and
steady. Wheat fl .ctuated in small range in
ABROAD No. . red, cash, slGSl14c; March,
closing at Size; MAY SS6S3Ac; C osing at
s3}sc; July s0%aSo3sc; closing lat sO1sc;
August SJ1Sc. Corn slightly easier, cash 46l<
May 48HS485.c, closing st $50;
Oats barely steauy; cash 3OESol4c; May 3jH {,
81 CO Provisions firm. Porz, new, SIS %;
Lard 81 As Dry salt meats, boxed, should
eTs, s. 75G6 20; long clear 81 S71I al so;
clear ribs. 81 5OS7 62H;, short clears s. 75a
IS %; clear ribs s. S755Gs IS; short clear SIS 60;
Hams steady at ) 50Gl2 100. Afternoon
lard-Wheat weak and market off case;
s25s july, 7gHc Corn lower; February, 4sc
March, 46%ci May, 422sc. lOats easy; May,
3 &c.
CEICAGo, ILL, Feb. 6.-Most of the excl e.
mgnt the opening of the board was centersd
in provisions. May pork opened at sl4.;0,
against Saturdays last price of Sl4.52H. There
was an immediate drop to $l4 %, under selling
by prominent operator. When This figure
was reached the same operator offered to buy.
but there was little apparent desire 10 sell, and
the pit soon became deserted. Shortly before
noon the piE again livened up nnder heavy pur-
ChaseS by small operators, and May pork
picked up 20 Sl4.72H, at this figure buying
ceased, and enough selling orders appeared 10
almost Immediately break May TO Sl4 s.. Later
there were further efforts to marEet pork, and
May again cold off, closing at Sl4.571z. Lard
was IN moderate request May advanced
from S7.e2 TO s7.92H, and closed at 81 80. Short
ribs were quiet. May sold at SI7567s0 and
closed at SI721s. The grain markets
We ened somewhat Oh receipt Of
news that Bismarck was making a pacific
speech to the Reichstag on which there were
few buying orders from the outside, andw hich
were brought in by Saturdays advance, but
these were soon filled. The local crowd was
sppareIu loaded up, ard were willing to sell,
but the narket was In too weak condition
May opened unchanged at S23Ec, but at the end
of the first hour 1t had cold down TO S2GS2Hc,
and the pit was deserted. The announcement
of q decrease of 6I5 coo bushels in the visible
supply Of wheat where not over so 900 was eI-
pscted irmed May up again to s2%c. This re.
action, however, was short, as the market
again became weak and May sagged eff TO
s &c, where It closed. Corn not exactly HAD
little activity of Itself, but appeared TO be it,
tie affected by the actl n of the other markets
May opened at 52zEG53c, and sold on 70 52H,
and remained between 81 and 521tc the greater
part Of the session, and toward he close be-
csme quite weak under liberal offer
ing, and sold of to and closed at So.
Trading was local in character, thers being no
outside orders to speak of. Leading futures
closed as follows: Wheat-No 2, Mach 76kc;
47c; March 4lsci May 52s; JJ july
rusry Sl4 22X; MAY $i4 AK. Lard, per
100 pounds, March 81 70; May 81 80; June 81 IS.
Short rios-Februsrys7 IS; March 81 SIX; May
81 T2X Cash quotations. were FIour-Dull
WheGt No. red 7s1{G79Hc. No. corn. 4Sc.
Mess Pork. pr barre, Sl4 3o6l4 40 LARD, per
100 pounds 81 77k67 so. Short rib sides, loose,
81 IS. Dry s-lted shoulders, boxed, S. C0R6 05;
short clear sides, boxed. s. oo6s o.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Coffee-spot fair Bio