Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
GEEESkL MARKETS.
Produce and Provisions


ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April n.-Flour-Quiet and
unchanged. Wheat opened with free selling
and declined &c, when rally carried the
price o,hazl, higher than yesterday. No ?
red, cash, S22Ic; May sladS2hc, closing at
o2Hc asked: June sl3I6sl5sc, closing at s2;;
July TX GTs5sc, closing at 1875: AuSust III
closing 49,; December Sl}4 ds3c, closing at SIC
Corn opened weak but rallied, closing &c above
yesterday; cash 4s<o4s1lc: May 49, G4S1sc,
closing at 4sHc; June axe, closing at 4S1sc
nominal; Joly Essa4s]zc, closing at
esS6 a' s oa' ''f %sg and O.a aEs@5
Cornmeal at s. So. WHISKY at 81 IS Pro:
visions strong and higher. Pork Sl4 %. Lard
81 Is. Dry salt meat, shoulders, boxed sS $ 81;
short clears. 81 4OG7 SO. Bacon, bow ed, shout
ders, Sc 81; long clears, 81 sOa! 50; clear
Tbs sac 81 short clears s. lgSS l
active but wess; sc lower; May Sl7Sc: June
Size; july 7S7Ic; December S23sc. Corn lower;
NAV 47Ia4sc, July 4T4a4S:. Oats easier May
S01ac.
CHICAGO, ILL, April lI-This was another
field day in whe II. The crown started to play
the market for a reaction of lc after the &c bulge
Of Tuesday. The opening was 10 under the
closing price, and with realizing on one hand
and covering on the other the price of May
vibrated and held an hour between TIIc and
axe, but all the while under the closing points
of last night. one operator turned buyer q
line, and some outside orders helped to start
the price upward. About IL O'Clock MAY
touched 7s'Ic, or Sc higher than the lowest
point of last week. From this there was see-
action to Ike, and then came the second rally,
about noon, and prices soot up &c In very
short time, and touched 7sHG7s%c. This gave
7shc. During the last fifteen minutes
of the morning session the third
| bulge came, and the price went to .shc
All Important shorts were now supposed TO oe
covered and the local crow were loaded up
heavily before the close of the afternoon sss'
sion. Wheat declined &c, closing at 1S&c for
previous. Local receipts Of corn were little
| larger than expected and the opening prices
vera lower than last nights closing. AS In
wheat there was realizing eaily and prices de
clined lightly from the opening. During the
| forenoon reaction came and corn started up
with wheat bat /. was slower, the price range
In May for the day was IL and from 5eis to
$3.50, closing at SIC, WAS the came as
last night. There WAS q closing up of
| gap between May, June and July, June sold as
| &c under May and July abreast with May,
| while last night May was &c p :emium over de-
| ferred futures. There was some unlesoing by
| longs in corn, while the m irket was held up in
| pork by unusual strength in wheat. There was
| less excitement, and a decihed falling off in
| went to cover yesterday, hepce the demand
frsn III at source was less urgent. Bulls were
in the pit selling all the crowd would %d6
from Si4 PIX to SIS %; bulge to sl4 AZ
| followed in up grade. 1t WAS nut ced that long
| stu fl came out freely and an impression pre-
|
| enable them to sell more of their holdings Re
cession to 81 12h followed advance and last
sales got that figure, being lie les than az
| yt sterday's close. speculat rs are still unable
to tell whether It is deal or squeeze. Lard was
more active, stronger and advanced l7].c and
closed ,dI Isss than han m ys't ssHr
at 81 1901 Is and cI2,ins At s. I24 RI,
l. aiding futures closed: Wheat-No. 2, Anril
H&c, May 7sI4c; June 79hc; July N3c.
Corn No. ., May 63c; June July 321Ic; August
| 5Sc. Ness pork, pei barrel, May June Sl4 12h
July .sj4 10. Lard-May 81 I621; June 81 6j;
July 81 72I Shcrt Tibs-May. 81 l21f; June,
81 90. July, 81 FIX; August, 81 IS. Cash quota
No. 2 red s21<c. No . corn sac. Mess
pork per bsrrel. $l4 2'6H 80. Lard. per 100
| pounds, 81 g.. Short ribs .ides, 81 l2h. Dry
salted shoulders, boxed, S. 15G6 90. Saort clear
| sides, boxed, 81 56G7 60.
steady; choice So 5O93 so; fancy 81 0064 10;
extra fancy 81 25a4 80; winter wheat patents
81 5Oa4 s. Min esota palen. process 81 75s
white hit 6iSsa; yellow &C. oass in fair demand
and prices higher; No. 80 640c. COrnmt al
easier at s. 20. Hay drmer; Prime SIG 6oa
90 e EnoSe fa OU Uaees w. hog pro
| ducts steacy with fair demand. Pork, Sl4 S711.
Refined tierce lard 81 90. Bulk meats-shoulc'
So ls fsaF aRG f ong
Whisky steady at 81 O5@l 81; Coffee Tine mar.
ket was strong ana hlgher, hlo wac
| quoted at I2Gl6i3c. Cotton seeu products dull
| and Nominal. Sugar easier: open kettle,
prime, l5-l6c; fully fair, 10 l6c; choice,
| ll-l6J; centrIfugals. plantation granuateo
exc; choice white, 6I4e6 5-l6c; off white6 lie
| a6Hc; choice We low clarified. 55sc; prime vel
| low clarified 5s<65 1856; of yellow Clarified
| 5 IL -l6a5lc; secon DIS 411G53Sc. Molasses quiet
buI steady; opsn-kettle choice S3935c' strictly
prime 29G30; centrifugals, strictly prime, 20
a22ci prime to good prime, lsc.
NEW YORK. april I1.-Coffee-Spot fair; Rio
| quiet at l4nc: options 8 shade higher, but
very quiet; sales 81 500 bags; April II 40sll D. j
| MAY II 35Gll 40; June II l06l1 20; July 10 40;
| August 10 80. Sugar in fair demand and firm,
| with fair refining quoted at S.l6; molassss
| grades 4a4ss: pernambuco, sS-,est, AZ; refined
nrm; centri'ugals qqiet, z; 81; white extra II
mould 4 I; standard A SKI confectionery
A Ga; powdered I; granulated A 6I; cubes Z.
| Molasses steady. Cotton seed oil quoted IS.
| Crude SSh a 39h, refined.
Live Stock Markets. -
| ST, LOUIS, No., April misunderstanding