Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-28
GENERAL MARKETS j..
Produce and Prnvi,io M.

ST. LOUIS, No., Anil 27.-Flour-Quiet and
weak, rsn glng from s. t0S$4 80 Wheat opened
strong and higher, bat soon eased off and
s5ss5xc; May az.sssszc, closing at s4Eci
June closing at s57.c July s2z.as44&c. closing at
ssoi August s249s4c, closing at s2Hc;
--suong, easy, closed easy; cash 5I@5lAc;
May 5QXa5lhc, closing 5OX,; July Oa@5o1lc.
closing at 5O%'. Oats frmer and higher;
G fssn da somn @a' s. sa g. reas aS 81 Sc
Provisions-Easy. Pors sl4 GO. Lard S. 40.
Dry salt meats. ooSed, shoulders, IS 7507 SIX;
long clears 81 I:l@7 81 clear ribs. So al 371l;
short clears, 81 50G7 62H. Bacon, boz ed,
| shoulders, S. SIX: long clears. 81 s567 SIX;
! q ar ribs 81 e0a7 IS; ehort clears, s. lsGS %
Hams. SO GOA II 90. Afternoon board: Wheat
firm, May S4sc; Ju7e SIC; July $50 Corn easy
| May tOYc; July 50hc; August 5H<c. Oats
Easy; May 3lhc; June 32hc.
CHICAGO. ILL, April a. Business on change
early to-day was very largely given to chang
ing trades. In wheat opening prices were a
surprise as they were ,. over closing last night
but before II m. quotations. were again ct
last nights figures and the pit quite Gull. Eve
ryone comedies that wheat is badly damaged as
crop. The post on of speculative trade to.
day was one of waiting. Some think that
discounted by the advance to present prices:
The radical bull element on the other haod
still claims that prices must surely
advance the startled Country will come in
and put wheat up to 81. The range OF prices
for she day WIS about lc. The opening prices
were nc over last nights close at s1Ac for May
and s2Izc for June. From the opening, prices
went Gown easily to Yesterdays figures. and
about noon rested at Sic for May and SIC for
June. Before the close of the session there
were mo- reports Of rain in the southwest, aud
prices closed at the bottom for the session, May
being at S0L and June at SoHo. Corn, like
whea opened nc higher than the close last
night, and the first action was an advance from
he riuo ylri n n RI fha ttroa
81 I'm. The NJ arket was irregular, but after the
fist hour there was q downward tendency.
May sold at b521c, to open up 10 5Shc.
and down to 54H ats at the close; June started!
at 55H, sold up to $50 and down to SAX at the
close. Provisions were dull but weak, trading
this morning being light and mainly In chang
There was a moderate pressure Of produce. but
It dia not become heavy until after midday
when food of long lard was sold by half a
has been the largest buyer for two weeks
past. May was weakest and broke from
81 s2k to 81 72Ka7 so and closed at 81 s2k.
Jnne broke loo and closed at 81 s59qsSH. A
fair trade was witnessed in short IIBs'f May
and July; The former sold at 81 l2SS@7 Tx a.d
closed at 81 Is. Mess pork declihed 1Oc; May
sold at slS 5oa1s 60 and closet at theaat.es
May, s0hc: June, slsc; July, exc; Decsm
JAY, sac; August. 54x. Mess pork period
h hay s 81 s. ss9 99e June ss' ss DIV 81 ~
August. ST 50. short ribs-Msg.ss IS; June,
81 %; July, 81 32h; August, 81 20. Cash quo.
tations were: Flourio egleeted prices steady;
Wheat-No. red $3.50: No. corn, 545zS
5oxc Mess porkper bb!. sl3 so Lard per
100 lbs, 81 so Short ribs, sides, loose, 81 l1S@
I Is; dry ealted shoulders. boxed S. 77a6 90;
short clear sides, boxed, 81 1907 IS.
NEW YORK, April 2T-Coffee-Spot fair; Rio
steady at 14xc; options firm but only moderate
ly active; eales 81 900 bags: MAY il 55e Ii 60;
June II lo0li 25; July ID 50610 65; August
10 20610 so; September 10 00610 05. Sugar
quoted ct 1915; centrifugal, 95 l6 Molssses
grades 4d5, refined qaiet and steady. Molas- |
SEES steady Rice sieahier. petroleum steady; |
at 81. Cotton seed oil 57-42a43 for refined.