The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Produce.


NEW YORK, February 4-Flour-Recelpts
3t,so2 packages; exports 629 obls. ald
8 29l sacks; sales 1850 bols; superfne
state s. 9O@S IS; good TO choice do IS 4O95;
common to choice white wheat western extra
81 4o@4 81; fancy DO "a ZOOS; common to good
ST Louis g. 90G5; patent Minnesota extra good
20 prime 81 4og4 ~; ehoiee TO fancy 81 55S5;
Wheat-heeelpts, $500 bui exports, 5000
bu. Sales. 3,44S,O GOO bu futures and l0SU0J bu.
spot. Options ruled easier throughout the entire
session, particularly toward the close. Prices
were lower by 5z95sc, leaving oil heavy after
moderate biz. Cash grades 14612c lower, clos
ing dull and weak. No. Chicago g0e; Canada
spring 9S54c. ungrsded red S913992e: No. red SO
csc store an eteTs 5 Sc ~. e a5oat'
February SSt4@JSgHc; closing SS54c: March 81 y
coke Gle sing Sg54c; = pill 90Is@9iI5e, c4oslug
@yZ5Ic closing 81 Sc; July 9lz99i54c, CLOSING
9ihc; August 9J3s@94 &C. closing 9t3sc; Dec. 9i3s
9@%c, elOtiDg 81 y55sc. COrD-keceipis 3l9W
bu; export, 2l,560 bu tales l,O96OC0 on; futuyes
and cash about 1%9, closing easy. Ungraded
6O@6114c; No. soc; steamer 59Go9J43 in eleva-
6I5I@62c afoat: steamer white and Yellow 6OI<e
in elevator. No. February $4,000 &C, closing
5gIc; March G14@6y15c cIosing 6Oz2c;
April 6f3sGt054c, closing 6g5se: May 695s@69.s3:
stocks of grsin in store February A: Wheat
1918 $50 bu; corn COS. l7S bu; oats l.34i 49l Ou
rye 1850 bu: barley III 80 bu; malt les 43i bu.
10000 bu futures and l27.OO0 bu spot Geues-
ally firm, closing weak and dull: mixed western
39641e: white do 42@l7c Hay steady but qu'et.
Rio dull l61zc, options easier and moderately
active; sales $500 bags; Feb,
p &c a12 eoc; May IL 55GI2 soc: June u $50
u 75c; July u O5Gl2 4Oc; August IL $50 - I5c;
September II 559ll soc; November IL i09
sli II; December; sll 35Gll 20. Sugar dull and
wholly nominal; refined quiet; off A 3-l6c;con-
fectioT eTs' \ 9ie: powdered 71497 gle; granu-
lated &c; cubes, 71447 Sc Molasses dull; Rice
firm. Petro cum steady; united o9Ac; Cotton
seed Oil steady, quiet. Tallow firm, 3-l6c. Rosin
steady. 1O41z@1l21zc- TuTpenr tine dull, 4Oc.
Eggs quiet weak; receipts 1,470 packages;
western 2l922c, PORK steady and liz moderate
demand: mess quoted at Sl59l5 80 one year
old. Cut meats quiet but steadily held. Lard s
as points lower, and only moderately active;
western steam spol eO,@o lOe; February $50
02c; March g6@S 02c; April, 07c: May S 5
@s l2e; June at 5 Jugs l9e; July 5 l5gS PC;
Cheese steady demand light western N$4gl2c
Copper quiet; lake sic GO. Lead firm; domestic
e. IS. Tin steady; straits 3654.
CHICAGO, February MOST Of the excite.
ment al the opening OF the Board was centered
in provisions. May pork opened at 81 CO.
against saturdays last price of sl4 621z. There
was an immediate drop to Ell 50 under selling
by prominent operator. When this figure
was reached the same operator 0hered 10 Ouy,
but there was little apparent desire TO do bust.
ness, and the pit soon became deserted. Short
ly before noon the pit again livened up under
POI X picked up to sl4 721%. At this figure the
buying ceased, and enough selling orders ap-
peared TO almost Immediately break May to
Sl4 65. Later there we're further efforts to mar
keI pork, and May again sold Off closing at sl4
5715. Lard was in moderate request; May
advanced from 20 to 9715c, ana closed at
9Oc. Short ribs were quiet; May sold at 759
soc, and closed at 721zc. The grain markets
were firm at the beginning, but weakened some
what on the receipt of news that Bismarck was
making pacific speech TO the Reichstag. In
wheat there were q few buying orders from
outsiders which were brought in by Saturday s
advance, but these were soon filed. The local
crowd was apparently loaded up and were
willing 10 sell. but the market was in too weak
q condition. May opened unchanged at SIZE,
but at the end of the firpt hour il had sold down
| TO S26S21Sc, and the pit was deserted. The
| announcement Of decrease OF 675, 900 bushels
where not over 100000 was expected, firmed
May up again 10 SEC. This reaction, however,
was shortlived. The market again become
weak, and May ssgged off TO size, where IT
closed, Corn not only had little activity of
itself, but appeard 70 be little affected by the
| action of other markets. May opened at 527s9
53c; sold of TO 525Sc; remained between that
figure and 521sc the greater part of the session,
/ and toward the close became quite weak under
| liberal offering, and sold of to and closed al
| SIC. Trading was local in character. there be-
| ing no outside orders to speak of. Oats were
| quiet and prices ranged within &c limit; May
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