The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-22
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.


Yesterdays Quotations Produce nt tho
Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, Fob. 81 -Flour-Receipts, 90
CAT packages; exports 1908 brls and %. 500
sacks; dull and unchanged; sales, 5000 brls.
Wheat-Reccipts. 100 bu; exports, 77.460
bu sales, |, l20, 900 bu futures and 246, 900 bu
spot. Cash loss active and easier; shippers
bought moderately; options opened strong and
soon advanced 4 All 10. but later lost the improve
ment closing steady with n small recovery;
speculation light No. 2 Chicago. 800 a 9lsc; No.
hard, g4sc; No. Northern. 90000sc elevator,
90 delivered; ungraded red. so 09lac: No. RED,
80 % sole ahoat, 90 D90bc store; No. red. nom-
nal 93c; No. 2, February, s9a 0s9 7-lG, closing At
S0ac; March, s0i 0S9ac, closing at $780, April.
900 a 9oae closing at 9ose; May. 0la 19iac. clos.
ing ut olsc june OIL SIG D9lAc, closing ut 9lac;
July, cole, closing Mt 00Ic.
Corn-Receipts, 1900 bu; exports 1G3542 bu;
sales COG 900 bu futures and $4,000 bu spot
Spot Arm and fairly active; options csc
lower; speculation only moderately active. I'M
graded, 20 GO peas; No; 3 Ssse; g. steamer t; Sssc
q February, 6ya 60c, closing ~ sole: March,
OH ID 59ac. closing at 59sc; April, 80 D59!c, clos
Ing at soc; Nav. SO s5oic, closing at 5ofc;
June So l5-l6a50Bc. closing at 59c; August,
Oats-Receipts, $4,000 blu; exports 90 bu;
sales, 200 900 bu futures and 1000 Blu spot;
37N41e; white Western, Al D4lc.
Hay steady: shipping, % ~ Goo.
Hops quiet and unchanged.
Goffee-Spot fair Rio nominal. Options Is
aD40 points lower and more active; sales, 1874 $50
bags; February, 1885 % IL 50c March, III 900
1200c; Apr III. 60 IL. Zoe; May. III. 80 III. Coo;
June IL 40 a IL SOC; July, 10 90 H. 05c; August,
10. 7O4l0 SOC; September, 10 ID 0lO.65c; Octo-
Der, 10 as n 10 SOC: November, 10 40 ID 10. Soc;
December TO- 40 ~ 10 600; January, 10 40 a 10 SOC.
Sugar dull: Porto Rico. Il-16c; refined quiet;
yellow. 54c coufectoners' "A, orc. MolasSos
dull; 10 test. zoe. Rice steady
Tallow more active nc ll.lGc. Rosin dull
Eggs steady and In moderate demand; re-
eeipts. 2 994 packages; Western, 22k 025c.
Pork dull and barely steady; cut meats dull
and unchanged. Lard points higher, closing
steady; Western steam spos, 500 % !. i0c; March.
1yT HS02c; April. 3 OIL % .. U3c; May, GA - 06c;
June, 8l44S Ice July, 8l406 Ice; August,
g. lS1S Zoe; city steam, Zoo
Butter steady but quiet; Western. IA ID 30c
Cheese hrm ana quiet; Western, III 1l2c.
CHICAGO. Feb. 2l--rhero was a continue
ton Of the slow and embarrassing deals la the
grain pits on Change to-day. All the markets
were largely controlled by q prominent operator.
Wheat opened TINS morning where IL closed last
night. and closed about where IL opened. The
range for The session was made OF lie. and the
Dit was dull at best. and lfeiess nj tmes The
operator mentioned was a buyer at 500 for May,
and tho price consequently kept slightly above
most Of The time. MAY opened at sole, sold at
e04c, and closed AZ 604 0S0fc; corn manipu-
lated largely by the same operator who had con-
troll or tue wheat pit. This trader walked into
the pit occasionally ana told the
they wsuts r. 10 80. ssll ~ SIG Ills
agents were sellers when 10 touched 5iio
Any natural action Of the market was impos-
elbls under the circumstances. Tho range Tor