The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-21

Yesterdays Quotations on Produce as the
Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 --Flour-Reeeipts, IT..
612 packages; exports, 1885 brls and 22,572
sacks; steady; sales. &C. 700 brls. Common to
good extra Western and State. So 80 03.4O good
to choice Western and State, s3.5o050o.
Wheat-Receipts. 2 200 bu; exports. l67. TAG
blu: sales, g. 224, 900 bu futures and ZIG, 900 bu
spot Options advanced 0sc early, and after
few light changes closed firm at near the top.
Speculation quite moderate. Spot about 3c
better, leaving of firm after an increased export
business Ungraded red, 500 a 923c: No. red,
s93c elevator, 9OA 09osc afoat, 9oc {. o. b.;
No / red. nominal, 95c; No red. February.
nominal; March. s9i s92c, closing at s92c;
April. 90s 090lc. closing at 905c; May. 9ls
@9lac, closing at 9lsc; june Oh 091 1876,
closing at 9l4c; july, 81 d9l4c, closing at Gle;
December. 81! 094ic, closing at 94sc.
-Corn-Receipts, 10. $50 bu; exports. 20. 831 bu;
Gales 800. 900 bu futures and $4,000 blu spot
Advanced a trfe on both cash and options, clos
Ing firm. Ungraded, So colo; steamer. 5s2c
elevator; No. 2 Gle in store; No. 2, February,
Coz 06Ic, closing at Gle: March, 5y3 a $685. clos
NAV. 59a5ssc. closing at 5s8c June, SO 059ic,
closing at 59sc, August, 595 a 6Otc, closing ct
Coo: September. 6oa 06O4c, closing at 6Osc.
oats-Receipts, 10000 blu; exports, 900 bu;
sales lao UUO bu futures and 1l6. 900 blu spot.
Market q &c higher; mixed Western, 3S04lc;
white Western, Al a 47c.
Hay steady and quiet.
HopS quiet and steadily held.
Coffee-Spot fair RIO, l6c. Options SOLO
points lower; sales. so. 900 bags; February IL so
0l2 95c; March, IL 3O0l2. Acc; April, IL. % q
II zoe; Nav, l1.00 IL 05c; June, IL 80 a IL 95c;
July, IL 40 IL SOC; August IL Is d II. Csc: Sep
.e1nber lLO00ll.l5c; October. 10900u Ooc;
November, 10 50 Pill Doc; December. 10 so a
IL OOc. Sugar quiet and STEADY; refined steady.
steady.
Taiow dull and weak; quoted at 4s04sc
Rosin quiet ana unchanged.
Eggs dull aud easy; receipts, 1.52l packages;
Western, 254 acc.
Pork steady but quiet cut meats dull and
heavy. Lard 203 points higher; firm but
sO7Ic; February, s O6c; March, closing Sc; April,
SO2 as O4c; May. 8 05 G6 O7c; June, 8l208 13c;
July, 616o 08 lSc; city steam, spot, quoted at
77Oc.
Butter In fair demand; Western, 1493oc.
Cheese quiet; Western. III a lie.
CHICAGO. Feb 2O-The grain and provision
markets on Change started fairly active and
generally firm. Before noon there was . reaction
which caused grains to sell lower than at the
sose on Saturday. The unsettled European
condition" was talked in the grain pits, ana IN
the wheat crowd there the fresh bare
ground and cold weather argument. There was
no surprise In any OF the visible supply figures
Annc1nced. Nav wheat cpened At 81 &c, declined
TO 50t Bic, reacted TO 5ltc, and closed at SO2c.
Trading WAS largely controlled by a prominent
operator who had bought wheat on Saturday I'M
above that figure Corn receipts to-day were
4O2 ears This caused some weak ness 10 the mar
kst shortly after the opening Later IL was
discovered that the stock of corn at
New York had decreased nearly 600. 600 bu, and
prlees were advanced slightly. Then came the
visible supply figures, shaving only 80. 600 bu do
crease for the week, and the trader who has
made the local markets for n week past became
n seller. and pricss reacted May opened ut 81 A.,
sold mt SIT a. bllc. ihsn mt E3hc and closed NJ
bla or &c lower than the closing price Of last
nur ha Ma nd Inn -
together. sold at 3it 13lic alternately. Before
fhs clnse the market weakened With other grAins.
and May closed AZ lower. NJ 3lA, and June Ia
lever, nc 3iic. Lard furnished the sensational