St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-05
WAITING AND TALKING.
Saturdays Wheat Market Devoid Of
Any Features Approaching SEN
satiOnalism.
The Closing Prices We're by Far the
Best Quoted During the
Day.
Financial Operations of the Big Money
Manipulators---The General
Outlook.

CHICAGO, Aug. S.-There was regular Sat
urday market in wheat A good deal of wait
ing and talking and not very much brisk.
heavy business. Opening prices for August
and December were same as last nights clos
ing. The first action was slight decline on
the Increased receipts The receipts, 379
cars, were about forty cars over the liberal
estimate made yesterday. The grading gave
136 cars of new No. winter. There were
no cables to influence either way, so the
market turned down on very fine weather
everywhere, the heavy receipts and selling
led by Jones-Kennett. The bull news of the
day consisted of any amount of talk about
the cash demand, with some crop news
from California and the Northwest. 1t was
stated that buying prices at country points in
the Northwest were marked down sc
bushel by millers. Later dispatches said
that London was taking bakers -four freely.
New York cleared but 1900 blu Of wheat
and at the close reported boat loads taken
for export. Statements about cash bushes
here were conflicting. Prices ranged as fol
lows: August 1854 to 7612c, to 767s, to 1855, to
76s4c; September, 76Ia to 76ss. to 765s, to
76l2c; December, 1888 to 1915, to 7sss@7S12,
to 7SAc; May, 825s to S27s, to S2s4c. The
wheat market was strong at the close on the
York had buying orders here for
cash wheat after that market closed
1t was estimated that the buying for export
reached 100000 blu of cash wheat, and that
l2@S4c premium over July was paid for
much of it. Closing prices were the best for
the day. Corn receipts, 7O3 cars. Market
weak and prices lower. Trading was heavy.
Trade in pork and lard was limited, but in
ribs fairly heavy. Prices ranged lower, and
closed lO120c lower for pork, 212c lower for
lard and 712@10c lower for short ribs.
THE QUOTATIONS.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat-No September opened at 7612c,
closing at 76ssc; December. 1850, closing at
z9ssc: year, G6Ac, closing at 764sc. Corn
No. September opened at 36c. closing
at 35s4c; October, SEC, closing at 80 a4c; De-
cember closed at 35l2c Oats-No. 2 Septem-
Der opened at 2llsc closing at 2oa4c; Octo-
at 24ssc. Mess Pork (per bbD-September
opened at 5000, closing at S1O.53; October,
$40 52ls, closing at So, IS; January, $3.50,
CLOSING at ssa5 Lard e go 100 ln
at SO. 22ls; October, $6.25, closing at
Sc. 20: year, $5,971a, closing at s5.95,
Short Ribs (per 100 lbs September opened
s515 ce elGs1s at at s5s7 9 9snns4y
opened at s4.sals, closing at $3.50
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dull and unchanged. Wheat-No. 2 spring.
77Ac; No. 3 spring. none; No. 2 red,
Rye-No. 2, 43@43l2c Barley-No. 2 none.
Flax Seed-No. 1. sl.29@l.3O. Timothy
'seed-Prime, SLAB. Mess pork, per Dbl,
Sl0.50@10.55. Lard, per 100 lbs, S6.15
@6.1712. Short ribs sides Qoose), $500
$40. Dry-salted shoulders (boxed), un-
changed. Short clear sides (boxed) I'M
changed. Whisky istiilers finished goods,
per gal. S1.02 Sugar-Cut loaf unchanged.
Receipts-Flour. $4,000 bbls; wheat 1856 600
bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats, 247,U0 bu;
rye, 5000 bu. hipments-Flour, 15.O0U
bbls; wheat, II 900 bu; corn 222, 900 blu;
oats, 135, 900 blu; rye, 10000 blu. On the
produce exchange to-day the butter market
was active and unchanged. Eggs quiet at
lie.