Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-10
GENERAL 81 ARKETS.
Produce ana Prorls,ons

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 9.-FIour-Duu and
easy, but quotabiy unchanged. WheaI opened
higher for fuTuTes. Outside marx cts and Eu-
roDean cables improved IN tone, and there was
more ircllnaGlou 10 be one long aide; May de-
livery opeuad sc better. and after ranging be-
tween sl16elAc during the first hour ad
vanced 10 S2Hc, fell bsck to Slh6 s2c After
noon Call rallied to SKA s21<c, dropping back
later to Slzs;, bit again reacIing. and closed
H6;S5 avoye esterday; No. red, cash, 795I6
$685. March s0Hc bid: May sl3sGs21I6sIkc,
G osing at S2GS2Hc; ia y 791<9 i95<c, closing
at 791c. Corn higher; the reaction IN wheat
AND higher mari eta elsewhere sire" gthent
feeling and advanced prices; cash 45G45&c;
February 45c; March 454c; May 463<046Hc.
closing ST. 4SsIc. Oats-Ihe mar ct was
quiet bat pIi5es finn; cash 294c; May
29Sc. Cornmeel firm and In densnd at g 556
10. Wbissy steady at 81 % Provisions con
tlnUe du and hardly any tnin d ing beyond En
order business. POrs new mess, SIS co. Lard,
prime tt=Em, S 40. Dry salt meats, boxed,
shoulders, 81 20 on o,ders; long clear 81 SIX;
So %. Bacon, boxed ,shouid s. So so; long clears
IS 256S 80; clear ribs s. 371lSS4 A.; srort clear
IS SOFAS SO. Hams steady at SO 506I2 0c.
Afternoon Board-Wheat market firm: March,
S9xc bid; May, s2Hc; June, s2I<c; July, 791zc
bif. Corn easy; February, 44l4c bin: Marcn,
45H6451<c bidi May, 46Sc. Oats his her; May,
19H6SOc.
CHICAGO, Ill Feb. 9.-After q steady de
cline for three days snd heavy short selling of
yesterday the crowd were In humor Of buying
for an nptur Tns weather was very cold
throughout the west ana northwest, and the
local receipts were light. Botn wheat and corn
opened 4, higher. May wheat opened
ar s0ze and advanced immedi tely to
sOzEc There was little decline from early
prices when the announcement of Bensley
Bros. failu. G was made, but It IS tIifling
May wheat declined from 03<6S05So to S03zc,
but Immediately recovered and advanced TO
SiKdSlxc. The decline was C used by thort
selling by scalpers Oh The t1eory that hig line
would come over board. When The stuff failed
to come out the shorts be- an to buy back their
property, and this wa what caused the i'd
vance. Toward the close prices again wsax-
ened slightly, May closing at Sic. Corn
was fsiTly active to-day and the
feeling On the whole somewhat stronger;
May opened at 50Kc and rose almost instantly
TO 1NzSc. he tendency was upward from the
start until the Bensley failure was announced,
when the scare caused drop of a few points.
May touching 5Gxc. As soon as the d1lr was
ovet The demanI WAS a. ain felt and prices
moved upward until 5ll4c Was reached, when,
rs In wheat, 8 slight reacri n occurred and MAY
closed at 5lkc. Provisions were steady, but
III changes Ia prices were email and mostly in
favor of holders. The receipts of hCgs were
fAir and prices lower, but had little effect on
the va ues o hog products, and q tn ugh open
sales were ab ut the lame figures as yesterday
close they soon novel upward. Pora advarc
log 10 ,lo 20 and short tits to 81 so and closed
steady with most OF the advance maintained;
May PORK touched 81 40 and closed az sl4 BIZ