Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
GENERAL n ARRET5
Produce and Provisions

! ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April Electromagnetic
ana easy but UNCHANGED. Wheat lower and
opening was real y 'xciLiGg and advanced !
by heavy selling OF one parry. This was due 10
It por! ed financial embarrassment OF Pre- mi
enI trader. The break in the market else
where caused decline here, but hetvy bdyinS
of large short held the marke bnt 1t again de-
cllned and theo clo'ed %6l7s below yesterday.
No. 2 red, cash, 81 re- May e27s a sac, closing at
s33; June s}Eds4hc, closing at e3aci
July s. $50 cosing g,.bI az rsnae ' 81
Ike; owing tOLleading short effort to settle
sett:t ment was effected to SIC, afterwards the
market declined; casn at 5l'ac; MAY 5lG
GJ2i<C, closing at SIG; jane 5O1<G5l3sc,
closing at 5Oac; Juiv 5OaG52Hc. clos
ing at 5OsSc;Aug st 5litc ask d. Oats dan
and lower; ca 33rc; May 3lH63l25c, clos
common and refined 81 90 G rnmeal a.
3 6OG2 G5 WHISKY 81 90. Provisions
lrm. PORK sl4 50. Lard s. 2ja7 80. Dry
salt meats. boxed shoulders s. so; long clears
81 p; clear ribs, 81 IS; snort clears, 81 So. Ba
con, boz ed, shoulders, Sc 81; long clears, 81 81
a S5 CT ar ribs ST al 50; short clears S. 10
Afternoon board: " heat frmer; May
s3hc June S3i[c, July SPEC, December Siac.
Corn higher May 5lHc, July 5Oz.c Oats firm
er; May 3llaC.
sharp break TO day. Il was not occasloned
BIZ any change of conditions or any fresh bear
atEuments, but was simply the reaction tf an
over-6ulged market. z OCCASIONAL bears VINO
were whipped rom 70c 10 SIC, and who turned
in with buyers sserdsy, we either content
10 do nothing this morning or fastened to tell
Great n e sHosS ANU VINO bought al the way way
up wanted to realize. Tho result was
sudden let down which Is regarded as only
temporary By the advocates s6 Of stu higher
DOWN - s01sc. then up to Size, and then
dropped second time still lower. going to
S0i4c Lower sales were mostly 1T SOAGoJ
the closing price at O'CLOCK beng at former
figures. Corn, Ike wheat, opened higher than
the close lass night, and some Outside buying
orders caused May 10 sell at the top prices for
hour, however, corn broke nearly IS
bad in proper ion as the wheat market.
May went down TO 55ssc. June from IS to 54s{c,
ana July from $50 TO 545Sc The decline was
prospects OF liberal receipts to- morrow, esti
mate being l12 cars. Receipts this morning
were but 81 cars of wnichIbut eight cars were Of
No. , grade. Closing prices for futures were
from = TO &c lower than last night; May closed
5j51c. Receipts OF nogs were liberal, and prices
5Glec lower carry. but reacted and closed
aggregate. Offerings and demand for
pork were about even, and the marke. held
steady between Sl4 o56H 90 but closed a.
81 G2H. Lard exhibited more activity. Several
large firms who were short went in ana bid
prices for MAY from s. 771.d7 so, closing figures
were 81 ~, gain Of 1t5c. Short ribs advanced
tersay One packer sold 100000 pounds.
May sold at 81 l7Ha7 80 and closed at 81 TX :
leading futures CLOSED as follows: Wheat
May sohe; June SEC; July sac;
Dec smber sac COrn-May t57Sc;
June SIC; July 551sc; August 55Sc;
Mess p )rk, per barrel, May Sl4 OK; June Sl4 ),
July sl4 Is. Lard = May 81 77Hi June
81 SEX; July 81 IS; August 81 g.. Shf rs
ribs-May, 81 27}5, June, 81 35 July, 81 AK /;
August, 81 so. Cash quotations were:
Flour, smaller sales with prices drm and IN
cha ged. Wheat No. , red Sc. No. , corn
$50. Mess FORK, per barrel, Sl4 l21lGl4 Is
Lard per lG1 lbs s. 75S7 80. short ribs
sides 81 25G7 So Dry sailed shoulders, boxed
s. 1876 90. Short clear sizes, boxed, 81 7OI-
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