Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
MARKETS BY WIRE.
The Upward Movement In Wheat Continued
All the Early Options Higher-Crop
Advices From the West Conflict
IVvE IT,


CHIcAGo-Wheat was quite active again to-
day, and a nervous, unsettled feeling existed,
with further improvement in prices estab-
lished, but the full advance not sustained.
June advanced nc and closed &c higher than
yesterday July opened &c higher. further ad-
vanced &c after numerous fluctuations, and
closed &c higher than yesterday. Deferred
futures advanced 1z@ssc and closed from the
same to nc under yesterday. Local speculative
operations had about as much to do with the
changes in the market as any other influences
brought to bear on the market.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT No. July, 78E5@795s@7S9s@79c
765S97559@75Sc; December, 7S@7SX@Tf@
CoRN-No. 2 July l9s476@344 4@34Hc;
August, @347s@S424 4@3434G; September, $50
oHTss@No. s; : July, 22sz922sg s22sze; "a Au-
Mess Pork, per bbl.-JqIy, 81 60@l1 654
II 70; septeE ber. sl1 7716@ll SO@ll 7O@l1 50;
LARD, per 100 bs.zJuly s. 6096 6O@6 5574@
SHORT RIBS. per 100 rs July, IS SO@5 80
@5 75@5 so; August. 8 s719@5 S71@5 S215@
8715: September. S5 95@5 95@5 9O0a5 95.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
firm; spring wheat patents, 81 80; winters, 81 %
"a so; bakers. SO 06@3 So No. spring wheat,
Sic; No. spring wheat, 74975c; No. Cred, Sic
rye, 9914@3g13c. No. 2 barley. nominal. No. l
faxseed. 81 81. Prime timothy seed, 81 25
Mess pork per barrel, S1l 6001l IS. Lard, per
1OO pounds, S. 5211%S. Short ribs sides Qoosel.
S. 70@5 So Dry salted shoulders (boxed(,
So 1214@5 %. Short clear sides (boxed), s6 1215
@6 25. Sugars unchanged. Receipts-Flour.
5000 barrels; wheat 5000 bushels: corn, 222 600
bushels: oats A0, 0O0 bushels; rye, 900 bushels
barley, 1000 bushels. Shipments-Flour 1900
barrels; wheat, q 900 busnels corn 165, 900 BUSH
els; oats 10000 bushels; rye 600 bushels; bar
ley 6O00 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was firm; fancy creamery, 15111l6c;
fine, 15@l51Sc; finest dairies, l26l311Sc; fine 10@
l2c. Eggs firm at 12c.
NEW YoRK-Flour more active and 56l0c
higher certain desirable lots: least known
brands irregular. Cornmeal quiet. Wheat
Spot dull and strong: options active and irregu-
lar, closing firm and H@3sc up on early; un-
changed on late months; good buying by for
eigners and shorts. Barley malt dull; Canada,
active and steadier; options more active and
frmer. Qats-Spot moderately active; options
firm and quiet. Hay easy and quiet; shipping,
60c; good to choice. 75G90c Hops firm and
quiet. Coffee-Options opened steady, 1890
points down, rallied on buying order: closed
unchanged to points down; sales. 96.29O bags.
including June, 1500@l5 30c; July. 15l50l5.35c;
September, l5.65c: October, 1860 570c; Nov
ember. l6oSo9l56 o6 56Oc; do. l5Sogl5. S0c;
March, 157O0l5.9Oc; April, l57O@l5.75c;
spot Rio easy; fair cargoes, l75zc. Sugar-Raw
sparingly offered and strong; fair refining,
Z l-l6c; centrifugals. $50 test SC; refined,
500 test Bic: New Orleans quiet; open kettle,
good to fancy, 2S@46c. Rice quiet and steady;
domestic, 4zQ63Sc; Japan, 454@5Lc. Cotton
seed oil quiet; crude. 40c; yellow, 47@49c.
Tallow dun and easy; city, A+@4 5-lsc. Rosin