Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-12
GENERaL Markets
Produce and Provisions

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Nav ll.-Flour very strong
ranging from 81 50 to 81 so. Wheat opened &c
session, aivsnclng tnrouE bout aud closing Inc
o IL: owe resterday's close the advance was
caused b. cold weather In tho northwest, and q
general bulish feeling. No.2 red cssh s99s91c
May closing at S9hc, June c'osiDg as soc b d
Jml7 s6's6sS,sc, closing Ssk7: AUGUST S61sd
ss1c. clo.Ins ssHc; December 9l7sG921sc, clns
Ing 9?tc bid Corn opened strong; closing 10
$50, juno 521a58kc, coslag 5s1lc;
July $50. @5tc, closing 54xc; Au-
gnss 'aHs ,35:c: closiog 51I :; year AZ.
ss1tc. Lead offered common and refined s. CO
90 nmeal higher, s. 10. WHISKY advancigg,
but still 81 II. Provisions firm. PofH
sl4 Is. Lard. 81 1907 s7H. Dry s al
long clesrs, 81 80; c,esr ribs, 81 67hg7 "a;
short clears, 81 S71a@5 10. Bacon h jKsd
shoulders, Sc SO long clears. s. 80; clear RIBS,
l. Oo
CHICAGO, ILL. Msy 1l.-Bu>iness on
hspge 10 day We Of much more healthy spee'
uiative character than on yesterday; there vas
less nervousness and more deliberate b1sfDg
on the strength Of the situation. Government
report which went 1T all over the couutry yes
terday brought in good many buying orders
for whs.t l. was this and gooo buying by
ID al professionals that advanced July from Sc,
cpe iog cure, to $3.50 in the frst hour of the
,ssion Trading was quite rye In volume
and the market b .d ct ona undertone. PIECES
y.
est figures touched during tie ,essioD,
She. Cold rains In the northwest
were reported. and operators believed In lsrge
shortage in the winter wheat crop. Coyn mar
krt also was strsng and opened at an advance of
&c hc. May was strongest because Of cover
Ing of short con. Cribbers who had long sold
foI Ma, against corn which they owned are now
buying In their shorts and selling II ore de-
ferred deliverie,. Exporting houses are look
ing for large orders for cash torn. Receipts
here were smaller than expected. aud large
o. maj -
TO give very strong tone to the market. May
corn opened at SIG and held from 57xc up t,
$50 and closed 50; July opened a.
5ec and aud sold up ~ SIC ana closed
was reflected in OATS. which touched the high
est price us IA, reached, and closed as or
shout the top. Trade was quite active. 10
oontir ueo, ena abe days trading was under
the average volume, still the m rket wac firm,
in fac: much frmer than operators e1Decie'
p s1d Better hogs ssTs aad at
July ork opened at sl415, Id up TO Sl4 96 and
closed at 81 27x.. Jnly Lac ope e. al $ 20 AM:
sold up closing asnse 50 SH July
At 81 TO-. the highest 20 n. of the sess,4.
Iesding futures Closed a. follows: Wheat-Msy
s5xc; Jupe S6Hc; July sThc; December H 4
Corn-May 67'lc; june apd July 51nc; EHenst
sl4 IS; Ausu.t sl4 As Lard.Jale $ 50;
July s. S2h: August IS e7h; October IS 40.
snort rIDe-S bIz: June July ~ ~; august
81 Tx; December 81. s2h. Cash quotations
were: Flour quiet but firm, and advanced 10
to Is cent. per barrel generally. Whest ban !.
Cora 5s1Ic. Mess PORK, $l4 Is. Lard, per 100
pounds s. l2h6s % Short ribs, sides, iloose,
IS IS. Dry sailed shoulder, boxed. Sc 00a6 a.
short clesr sides box. d, s. Ot@s 10 =
NEW YORK. May l1.-Cofee-Spot fair; Rio
firm at 15<c; options opened lower and
closed steady. sales, s., 800 bags; Ma II $50
10 Is; june p 65@I2 St; July IL 65all S.;
Auyust 10 t06lo 10; September II 55eIO II;
october Il 3o6lU 40. Sugar Quiet; lominaIs5
refining quoted at 4L3: cenIirugal 7 lScs
molasses grades 404xc; reineo quiet. No.
lssses Dali. lotion reed oil quoted 3s er1dA;
IS refined. 8
Tho unf1ss Marker. 70