Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-17
Produce and Proyiriors

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May l6.-Flour quiet AM
UNCHANGED. Wheat opened s.rong, and ad
time, and near the clo.e advanced asaln, clio,
May closing at 92c; June So, closing at SO 4
n nc al, August ssSs' c ksa
clay closing 55Io: June 5lxa5EGo, clos
Ing 53kc; July SAX S55Hc, closing at SIC
Oats dull; cash 355ls; May 35Xc; June SIC
July s9 4, aS and
81 II. froyl'ions strung. PORK Sis 90. Lsfd
3 0O6s l2n. Dry salt meats, boxed shoulders
| s6 OO66 l2h; long clears, ST 621s; clear ribs
81 10; short clears $50. Bacon-boxed shoul
ders, S. so long clears. S. so; clear riba
S. so; short clears, SIS 75 Hams, $40 00a12 90
Afternoon b1aro: Wheat strong and higher
May 93c; June $3.50; July Gle: August 9O2Sc
December 9ihc Corn firm; May 55he; June
soc; July 551Sc: August 55i4c. Oats, nothing
done.
CHIcsGo. ILL May l6-Had the tore of the
markets. for the day been judged by the open
ing prices on Change me JOY of the profes
diff ,red from everything elss in having its
opening prices, which were go lower than last
night, the bottom for the Gay. Before noon.
however. there was such genera buliing of
the market that prices advanced Ike
from the op ening figures. 1t was as bulls ire
gard 1t an Their stride toward wheat. The a1-
vance was not on cables nor on foreign news,
but against 1t and in spite of 1t The bulge
here was largely due to few leading houses.
When the crowd was unloading yesterday big
fe lows kept still, and many thought they were
getting from under wheat, when the market
opened this morning about &c below where they
stopped bullying 1t TWO days ago. They put
these brokers into pit aad with help of crowd
who bid up to ges In again, prices were at-
SIC: resc ed and P ADVANCED 70 soSc. and
closed at e0'Sc. Corn was without startling.
features to-day; it showed weakness by declias
of 4 to &c from opening prics,
Ont ina Ua ~
l., corn rallied and sold at noon up to lsst
nights prices, whicr uere the highest for the
Reacted to ssxc and closed At SOC, July opened,
st $3.50. declined to 57kc and closed at 577sc.
The provision market was slow and without
special attraction to any class of opera.
moderately. Early stronger tone developed
but later it turned to weakpess, especially in
pork, which broke 15c from outside fs ures.
vsnced to sI4 20. broke to sI4 IS, and closed at
closed as s. so. One operator bought $4,000
pounds dn Of ho, = TI 81 July n ranged s5%
ssSc. December s1He. CornHMsy $50.
June 571sc, July size, august 67zlc,
August sss gp 81 a. Lasd, per 100 pounds june
So l71; July So so; August So SIX; September
s. SIX. Short ribs, June 81 60; July 81 SID
August 81 Tx; September 81 S. Cash quota
lions were: Flo .r- Quiet and firm. Wheat
No. 2 rec e5,. No. torn 5szE959c. Mess pork
per barrel SI4 %. Lard per / rounds s. AK.
short ribs, sides, loose, 81 go. Dry sailed
boxed, S. 0Oa6 IS. short clear slices,
box. d, So zoos is
firm at l5%c; options rather ca Ter and mooer-
Rteiy active, closing firm. Sales, So 40 bags:
Nav IL 60613 90: june II 90@l3 %; July I2 IS
Gl2 60; August II 5501l 80; September 10 $50
Il 30; october 10 1910 81. Sugar steady and
quiet; centrifug 5s; st. Oroix So test IL .16cf
refined quiet. Mjlasses dull. Rice steac1.
Petroleum STEADY. closed firm at SSzsc. Gotten
seed oil quoted at 39c Grade; 4ic refined,