St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-09
The COMMERCIAL RECORD.
Wheat Fluctuates Within a Narrow
Range and Closes Slightly Off
the Opening.
Corn Extremely Weak, Oats a Shade
Lower and Provisions Dull
to Degree.
Operations of the Money Kings in
Wall Street.-The General
Quotations. .

CHICAGO, June Sat the opening on
change to-day, prices for cereals and hog
products ruled slightly lower than the clos
ing price last night In-wheat the decline
was but lsc on the first quotaticns,an and liberal
buying by one or two large operators, fol-
lowed by tailers. soon put the price up 1Ac,
or slightly over last nights figures. When
the advance stopped, the crowd was afraid
to stand. and they ran from the wheat and
let July down from S55sc to s47sc. After a
gradual fall of a few points, rumor from
New York on crop figures sent July up to
e5s4c few minutes later, Washington
advices of an alleged reliable nature, stated
that the government figures would show a
slight improvement. On this the price went
straight back to S5Ac, swhere it
closed; August sold between s4A@
Corn was the weakest cereal on the floor
and no doubt helped to decline prices in the
other pits. The prime reasons for the soft
enlng were the very large receipts, the big
weather. June corn sold between $3.50
o3l2c and closed at $3.50; July sold down to
53Ssc, up to 53s4c, down to 5275c and closed
at 523sc. Oats were rather quiet and prices
about l2c lower. July opened at 3514c and
sold down to 32a4c, where it closed. Pro-
visions were dull, very little interest being
manifested in the market. July pork opened
sc lower at S14.01, and sold off to the clos
ing figure, Sl4. July lard opened at SS.62l2
short ribs closed at S7.60.
THE QUOTATIONS..
The leading futures ranged as follows
Wheat-No: 2 June opened at e5lsc closing
at S51sc; July, S5sSc, closing at S514c;
August s5l4c closing at s5Ibc; Deem
Der, S6ssc. closing at 96ssc. Corn-No 2,
June opened at 53c, closing at 52sSc; July,
53l2c, closing at $3.50; August, 54c, clos
ing at 53ssc; September, sac, closing at
5SSsc Oats-No. =, June opened at 33c,
closing at 32s4c;. July, 33Ae, closing at
32s4c; August 2SSSc. closing at 2SAc; Sep
TENDER, 27ssc, closing at 27sse. Pork. Mess
Per Bbl-July opened tSl4. 1919, closing at
SD; August, S14 221a. closing at Sl41O;
September, S14.3O, closing at S14. 20.
Lard Per 100 Lbs-July opened at S9.62l2
closing at SS.57l2; August, $50, closing at
OCTOBER, $50, closing at $3.50. Short
Ribs, Per 100 lbs-June opened at 81. go,
closing at S7.57l2; July, S7.62l2, closing
at S!.6O; August, S7.72l2, closing at
S7G7l2; September. $3.50, closing at S7.75.
Cash quotations were as follows: Wheat
Rye-No 2, 61@62c. Barley-No. 2, CSC.
Flax Seed-No. l, S1.3O. Timothy Seed
Prime, nominal. Mess Pork-Per Dbl,
S13.95@14. Lard-Per 100 lbs. $3.50.
shoulders Cboxed), S6@625. Short clear
sides (boxed, IS, 1O@9.15. Whisky-Distill-
ers finished goods per GAL S1.20. Sugars
Cut loaf, zA0SAc; granulated, Csc; stand
ard "A, 6l2c. Receipts-Flour, ,3,0O0bbls;
wheat, $4,000 bu; corn, 393,0 900 bu; oats
$4,000 bu; rye, 1000 bu; barley, 5000
bu. Shipments-Flour, 5000 bbls; wheat,
$4,000 bu; corn, 10000 bu; oats, 10000
blu; rye, 1000 bu; barley, 200 blu. On the
produce exchange to-day the butter market
was very active; buyers from Eastern mar
kets being quite numerous; creamery, 14120
!Sc; dairy, 12@16c. Eggs firm, receipts light;