St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-23
The COMMERCIAL RECORD.
light Trading, Except by a Few Local
Operators, Causes Wheat
to Sag.
Corn and Oats Quiet, a Much Stronger
Feeling Prevailing in bog
Products.
financial Operations in the Monetary
Cehters---The General Quota
tons.
epeeIal TO the Globe.

Special 10 the Globe.
Cp1n1Go. Get. 22-The wheat market was
O hard one to size up to-day. There were no
speeiallv new features in the news OF statls-
Ees. and the manipulators, II they nave
scheme Oh foot, have not revealed IL as !et.
Hutchinson and Fairbanks were on the noot
early, and watched the action OF the Market
most Of the day. Whether there is 70 Dc .
corner in December or not the crowd act as
If thew expect it. Those who were snort IN
his future made an early SCRABBLE for 1t, ana
The price went I'D to S1.17l2, when Lyon
was a sufficient seller to turn the tide, and at
II O'Clock the price was back to Sl.l5l2 a
.eduction of &c. The visible supply report
was no surprise, and gave an IN
crease for the week OF 712,VOo
pu, even less than might nave
been expected with exports completely drleo
M. The trading here has been largely car
fied into May, and the range in that 1utuIe
was much less than in December, ana pet
ter index of the market. May openeu a'
sl.14, sold at 81 .1414, back to Sl.l3S4' up 10
Sl.l4. back to 81. ! 2s4, and at p. m. resteo
lie under the close on Saturday, at S1.IS' AT
New York December started excited on ac-
count of the late transactions here on Satur-
dav. After opening nearly &c higher at
SI13Ia, there was q decline to point very
little over the close. The feeling at the sea-
board is still beariSh and the high prices
here are regarded as entirely forced. a COM
mercial paper of that city says that
liquidation is gradually eliminating the artl-
fetal character of wheat speculation, ana al
though values have not yet come down 10
level that admits of a renewal of the export
demand, there is less uneasiness respecting
the influence of the deal. Wheat closed fairly
active. with prices not far from the bottom.
Corn was heavy, and ranged lower, closing u
1.7sc lower for the nearer futures. Receipts
were 500 cars and 1O.lOO bu by canal. Oats
were quiet and q shade higher. Receipts,
Sl4 cars. Provisions were active early, and
sold at higher prices, but later became quiet.
Pork gained 5@7l9c, lard 5Ql2l2c, and ribs
2l2e.
THE GENERAL QUOTATIONS.
Wheat-No. 2 October closed at S1.14ls;
November closing at 81. 14I2; December
opened at S1-16, closing at 81. ION; May,
SII4, closing at 81. 1912. COrn-No. = Octo-
Der opened at 1880, closing at 42S4c;
November, 4312c, closing at arse; De
cember, 4OAc, closing at 40Isc; May closed at
39I4c. Oats-No October opened at 24ssc,
closing at 24Isc; November, 24ssc, closing at
24stc; December, closed at 25Isc; May, 29Ac,
closing at 29Ssc Mess Pork, per bbl-Octo-
Der closed at SIS; November opened al $l4.-
"
Ing at SI4.77I3; May, SIS, closing at SIS.
Lard, per 100 lbs-0ctober closed at SO; No
Sember opened at SS.47l2, closing at $500;
Decernber, Ss.27ls, closing at Ss.27I2; Janu-
ary. 50 30, closing at SIS: 25, Short Ribs, per
100 lbE-October opened al S7.S7l2, closingat
1915; January, s7.37l2. closing at $40:
cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady and unchanged. Wheat-No. 2 spring,
81. 13l2@l 14IS: No. spring, 87@96c; No.
6ais-So. i 2 24isc. Reno. 2, 5s@55Hc.
BpT d I 2 T NONE s Flsf SeS6s 81
Mess Pork-Per Dbl, SIS. Lard-Per 100
lbs, 50; Short Ribs-sides ge0se), g S7 sz5;
s37I2; short clear sides 9oxed,, $500
BIS. Whisky-Distlllers finished goods
granulated, Use; standard "A" use. Re
eeipts-FIour, 10000 bbls: wheat 1900
rye. $4,000 bu; barley. $1,000 bE. Ship
ments - Flour, $4,000 bbls; wheat 80, 900
bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats 10000 bu;
rye, 1000 bu; barley, $4,000 bu. On the
produce exchange to-day the butter market
vas firm, with some sales slightly higher.
Eggs-Choice, 19c.