Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-15
"Ex-dividend.
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Wheat Quiet and Steady With the July
Option Trihe Higher Corn and Oats
Unsettled and Lower-Hog

Products Weak.
CHICAGO The wheat market was
quiet to-day, and ruled steadier than for some
days. July is attracting the most attention,
prices of which fluctuated between 34c range,
and closed about &c higher than yesterday.
May fuctuated within l11c range, and closed
the same as yesterday.
A fair trade was reported in corn early, but
as the session advanced the market became
quiet and inactive. The feeling developed was
easier and transactions were at a lower range
of prices, closing Nc lower than yesterday.
Oats were weak, unsettled and lower on free
realizing, closing N@ssc lower than yesterday.
Hog products were moderately active but
irregular, growing weak toward the close and
closing quiet.
The leading futures ranged as follows
WHEAT-No May, ss@S8H @SeA@ @ssc;
June. 7z@SS@S6A@S7Ac; July, Sl5sgS2H@
6oSsSSe; 3dS!s,;s>Issy, NAY, a4sS@a476@a4sea4'So;
oXrswNo. 3 May, 24E@2g<@24l@2 &c: June,
@2414@244@24c; July, A1zQ241a@241s@
Mess PORK. per bbl-May, sl1 s21k@n s2k
oil 5O@1i 50; June. Sill 571&@il 625I9i $50
II 571S: July SlI 7215@l1 S2161ll 621StI11 6711I5
LARD, per 100 Bs.-May, S6 S5@6 8506 500
& 80; June,s s5@6 S5G6 sO96 80; July, IS 95@6 95
SHoAr RIBS, per 100 Bs.-April. IS s5;
May, s. 95@5 95R5 S716@5 80; June, s6 O21S@
0279Q5 9716@5 9711; July IS 10@6 1906 OOQ
o wa.
Cash quorarlons were as follows: Flour quiet
and unchanged. No. spring wheat, S6s4Q87c;
No. spring wheat 72@T8c; No. red, S65z@87c
No. 2 corn. 34c. No. oats, 2S24c. No. Frye. 45c.
Barley nominal. No. i fiaxseed. 81 81. Prime
timothy seed. 81 2S@1 81. Mess pork. per barrel,
sll 5O@l1 IS. Lard. per 100 lbs. s. TO- Short
shoulders tboxedl, IS s7@@5 so. Short clear
sides (boxed) IS 371195 So Other articles
unchanged. Receipts-Flour, 5000 barrels;
wheat, 5000 bushels: corn. lS9, 600 bushels; oats
220O0 bushels. Shipments 5000 barrels;
wheat, 9hOO0 bushels; corn, 2S90O0 bushels;
oats, $1,000 bushels; rye. 5000 bushels; barley.
1900 bushels.
NEW YoRK1Flour barely steady and quiet.
Wheat-Spot dull and stronger; options active
and es0Ac higher. Rye quiet. Barley dull.
dull and &c lower. Oats-Spot dull and steady;
options dull and easy. Hay steady and quiet;
shipping. s65 90; good to choice. $50 O0@95 90.
Cotfee-Options barely steady and unchanged,
to 10 points down closed weak at 15@25 points
down; sales. Il, $50 bags, including May, 1859
1856; June 1850; July, 16.950l7.0 .00c: August.
100c; September. 1z.05@l7.25c October, 17.2O@
H25c; November. i.30e; December, 1.20@
gSe LIES ia; January 1905 spSt yDst, Rio steady and
higher; light offerings; fair refining. &c; CEN
trifugals, 96o test, &c; refined firm and in good
demand. Molasses-Foreign firm and quiet;
SOP test. 27ci New Orleans quiet; open kettle,
domestic, 4sl@69Sc; Japan. 494@514c. Cotton
seed oil easy; crude. 4215@43c; yellow, Soc. Tai
low steady. Rosin steady aud quiet. Turpen-
tine quiet at 4S1lc. Eggs steady and quiet;
western, lO011s4c; receipts, 4,2A packages.
Pork quiet. Cut meats inactive: picked bellies,
IL pounds, 6I@7c; picked hams. l0Ql01le;
picked shoulders SIC. Lard easier and quiet;
sales western steam. 81 17155; city, So 20; April,
ID; May. 81 l3; June, 81 II; July, 81 10; Au-