Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-03
GENERAL MARKETS
Prodnor and ProvIs,ons.

ST. LOUIS, No, Feb. 2.-Flour-F. nm and
In fair demand, Wheat opeoed lower and sd-
range and closing lower. No. red, cash, 4
dSlc: March slasl1lr closing st size; May
s24as3c. cosing at s32&c; July 1917 GS0H, clos
ing at7sZc. Corn steady; cash 465I G47c; Feb
al A &c; May 4s5SfG4s1lc, closing al 4-1Sc bIds
0ats-Easy; cash 3On301<c; May SIX @3esec.
Cornueal So 45. Whisky 81 Os. Provisions
firm PorE--New SIS 90 Lard 81 25S7 80. Dry
salt meats, boxed, shoulders, s. $50 TO- long
clear s. I5G7 so; clear ribs. 81 50S7 62H; short
clears 81 62HG7 SIX. Bacon, boxed, shoul-
s. ;5a8 As; short clears IS 5CSS8: s.. H5m 1s
were steady at so 506l2 90. After loon
board Wheat-Weaker; February 1870 bid
March Sic asked; May s2ac; June sS1&c July
4Szc. Oats lower; May 3U}Sc bid.
CHICAeO, ILL, Feb. 2-The markets were
stronger 10 day, the moving influence was
hiSOer prices of provisions Where local stocks
of lard were eXpt ctgd to be $1,000 ufTces the
official monthly stateme Mt made them only 49,
900 tie ces, and by clerical error ribs were
found TO BE- over S,G0O,Ot0 too many. MAY pork
opened l03 htg~ at Sl4 IS, advanced to Sl4 TX,
fell back to Sl4 571, and got up again to Sl4 65.
Trading In pork and ribs was light, Tran sac
tions In lard over topped everything ell. on the
list; May OPT ned st 81 SIX; one broker bought
from 20 COO to 25C00 terces. ta ing 10 0G0 at one
bid p ice being from 81 S56s 20. May wheat
opened at Sakc, IL went to s2Zc and fell bsck
t. size, but for the greater part of the slime It
WIS bteduy 6EOUnu ola QcEC. NOfu Wbb
In Sympathy with piOyisiors;, May opened At
53c. There was early advance TO 63l<
65S1zc, but d. ciined to 52X653c and
held rather steadily at these fguree.
Leading futures closed as follows: Wheat-No.
2. March 761Ic; Nav Size; June s2Ic. July
s2Sc. Corn-No. 2, March 47EIc; May 52Hc
June 52Hc; July 5SHc. Mess pork, per
barrel, Nav 81 So. Lard, per 100 pounds,
March 81 TX; May 81 90; Short ribs Fetru-
sry 81 575I; March 81 62lz; May 81 TX
Cash quotations were: FIour-SIeady; No.
corn, 4sc. Mes Pnrk-Per barrel, S14 y56l4 co..
Lard-Per 100 pounds 81 6O97Ss2H. Snort
rio sides, loose, 81 60; dry salIed shoulders,
boxed. s. 05E6 10; short clear sides, baked,
81 95Rs 90.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Cofee-spot fair; Rio
dull at l6c; options % to 40 points higher, FIRM
and moderately active; sales IL 500 bags;
February u 656l2 Is; March i2 356l2 50;iApril
l2 20al2 80; MAY IL COAL IS. June II 9O9l2 10;
July Ii 6561i IS; August II 4i@ll So; septem-
o Il 10; December II 00all rs. Sugar dull ana
noLCinsliy unchanged; refined dull; white ex
u 'C"6 SO l6d614o. Mo!a.ses nominal; 80 test
22Ac. Cotton seed o. quiet, steady and IN
chsngeu.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Fe :. 2-Corn quiet and
weak; mixed and white 64:; yellow 65c. Hog
PRODUCTS irmer; pork SIS 90; lard 81 2j. Bulk
neats-Shculders IS l21<; long clear and clear
ribs 81 SIX Bsco a-shou ders S. ISL ng clear
excited 424a5Hc. SuzM, inactive de-
naud; open kettle. str city prime to choice,
s.; pri e., 49, 6645sc; fully far, 4 1i-l694Kc;
Ger trifugals, choice write 1666Xc; of
white 6i$963<c; choice vel ow clarified 50 a
3 Is l6c; prime yellow clarified 51<15 l3-l6ci
$50 nds 1895 e-l6c. Mo,asses. strong, open
kettle, fancy, Ssc; choice Ssc; strictly sprime