The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-01-25
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
Produce,

NEW YORK, January % -Fiouf-Receipts So
467 packages; exports Isis bbls; 6,233 SACKS
Heavy ana rather dull. Sales, 1920 bbls. Com
mon to good extra western andl State, 81 COG
40; common to choice white wheat western
extra, 81 35de4 co. fancy do 81 6594 %: COM
mon 10 good eXtra Ohio, 81 9O9i 30; common to
choice extra st. Louis, s. 90g4 40; patent Min
nesota extra, good to prime, 81 409i60; choice to
fancy do 81 659500 WheaJ-Receipts $500 bu;
exports, none. Sales 1872 900 bu. futures aud
1900 bu. spot. Options ruled very weak with
Tree selling by the long side, Prices are down
1sGlc, closing az the bottom. Speculation quite
moderate. Spot 1491zc lower but quiet No. 2
spring 9C54c; ungraQed red SOG9lc; No, red
914 G9054c elevator; 9I99l54c delivered; 90%cf. o.
b.; No. red nominal 931ac; No white NOM
inal; No. red January 9lk@9O14c, closing at
9l9934 closing 81 e; April 921s@929-l6c, closing
921Se; May % l8-l69933se, closing 921sc; June
% l3-l6@95Hc. closing 9l15e; December 800
exports $50 bu sales 10000 bn futures; $1,000
bu spot, Options opened 1s01zc better later de-
clined 1%954e, closing dun and heavy: ungraded
so Iz@6S19c' No 5995974c; steamer 5911e; No; 2
No January 6O1z96l1e, ciosing 6019c February
6id6l19c, closing Gle. March and April GIG
elssc closing 6l7s May 6lzs@6l54c closing SIG,
$40 bu; corn, l.6SS,435 bu; oats, 1,6SS307 bu;
barley. 12S 997 bu: rye, 12,5SS bu; malt, 1905
bu. oats-Recipts 5000 bu: exports none;
sales 2l0, 600 bu futures and 136 bu spot spot &c
better; mixed western $1,000; white do 40946c.
Hay quiet and steady: shipping 40c. Hops 10
light request. Coffee-sPot fair; Rio dun
at 17c. Options fairly active and decidedly
lower. Sales l29,250 bags; January II 80
IS csc; February Is 9c9l4 SOC; March 1S 600
- 95c April Is S5@13 zoe; May Is 2O@lS 55e; June
u 55c; September y l09l2 Zoe; October
II 959@l2 Soc: NOvem Der 129l2 zoe; December
u O5wl2 zoe: Sugar dull and nominal, fair REIN
ing quoted 51sc: refined dull. Molasses steady:
so test pc. Rice firm. Petro cum steady; un ted
soc. Cottonseed oil steady; quiet. Tallow firm.
Rosin steady Turpentine steady 42c. Eg IS in
Nasr .
western 2SH9241sc. Pork dull and rather weak
Cut meats firm; picked bellies T5sg713c; pick.
led hams loo; picked shoulders &c. Lard
spot zoe; February 5sg7 66c; March 65g
7Sc; May 1897 SIC; June S597 94c; city steam
!50e. Butter quiet and firm in prices; western
l5@34c. Cheese steady and demand light:
western 1lH@ll54c. Copper firm; lake 1910.
Lead firm; domestic 47s95c. Tin dull straits
S654c. Following was the visible supply OF grain
Saturday; January p, as compiled by the Pro
duee Exchange; Wheat 1881, $50 bu, decrease
6,SS2 bu. Corn 6,677 034 b. decrease 60 456 bu
Oats $3.50 500 bu, decrease 95,7Sl bu. Rye ST.,
ol5 ou, decrease 2,7Ol bu. Barley 1894 GIG bu,
decrease 129.S5S
CHICAGO, January 23.-Au the markets were
spiritless at the opening Of the board this
morning and soon developed weakness. Out
side news was scarce and outside orders scarce,
The local features were unexciting, but the
/ tendency OF the crowd was be5Iish on every
l thing. May wheat opened &c lower at S25sc,
was very dull during the first hour, and sagged
| off to S2hc. The announcement that the vis1-
bic supply had decreased $4,000 bushels,
4 caused reaction to S1szc, but it did not last.
/ The market again became heavy and Nav sold
/ down to and closed at S21lc. Trading was
/ largely OF scalping nature throughout the ses-
| sion Corn was weak Throughout the session.
There was little In the situation to encourage
| buyers, and local operators appear TO
regard corn as too heavy to carry
beally steady at saturdays closing prices.
/ $3.50: and steadily declined until the close.
which was at 525z9527sc. Provisions opened
| steady, hogs being higher. The market, how.
ever soon developed weakness. packers and
1 speculstors selling pork more freely than buy
ers was able TO take 1t, and having once got
I fairly started there was enough pressure from
other sources to keep prices mostly on:the down
grade the balance of the session. May pork
| opened at sl4,25, dropped to sl4.2O and closed
| at el4.25@l4.27H. Lard and short ribs sympa-
thized with the weakness in mess pork. The
former declined 71z@10c and the latter I09I2c,
| and closed at inside figures, with May lard at
| 1850 and short RIBS at 1910. The visible sup
4 ply of grain on January 81, as compiled by the
/ secretary of the Board of Trade, was follows
Wheat A., 36l, 600 bu, decrease $4,000 bu; corn
6,s9S,000 bu. decrease $1,000 bu; cats $4,000
| decrease 10000 bu; rye $1,000 bu, increase
1900 bu; barley 2,994,OOo bu decrease 229, 00C
bushels.