Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-15
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Wheat Still TumbIing on Benrish Reports
From Over the Sca-Corn and Oats
Lower-Hog Products Show
Declining TendencH.

steady, declined 5000, recovered some ana
closed about 15c lower.
The early decline was attributed to reported
further financial troubles in Paris oeslue
which there was a batch of news telegrapneo
from New York about New Zealand having D.
OOO O0O bnsbels of wheat available for export,
and shat India will within six weeks nave some
of her crop on the European market. AT the
decline better buying checked further depre-
| citation, and a rally followed, influenced some
| by rumors of export buying at the seaboard.
Corn exhibited moderate activity. and thougn
| trading was manly local the volume reached a
fair aggregate: Inc teeEnG was The market
opened at about the closing prices OF yester-
| dav. was steady for time, then sold OF ss413c,
reacted &c declined slightly and closed AQ7sc
| lower than Yesterday.
Oars were active, but unsettled, and prices
| considerably lower. Offerings were large, sew
erai heavy traders selling with increased free
dom. Prices declined 1a@ssc and for a time
| considerable excitement prevailed. AT INSIDE
figures buyers took hold freely, and reaction
of 1Ic followed on May, and the market closed
easy at sc below Yesterdays last sales.
Trading in mess pork was quite brisk early in
the day. and the feeling was weak. Prices de-
clined IO@l216c. At the decline some buying
tse Back again
nc, closing steady. Lard and short ribs SYM
pathized with pork.
The leading futures ranged as follows
WHEAT-No. 2 May, 9714@971z@96lZ97c;
June, 9S]4@9S14 4@s25s@Y3c; July, S73sGS734@S6H
@S71Sc; year, S01S@Sl@ @80sS@Slc.
CoRN-No. 2May, 36@361s s@355sG357sc; June,
oATs-No. q May, 25I@274c; June, $500
25AQ253s@259sc; July, 2515c.
MISS Pork, per bbL-May, So SO@12 $50
Z J7@l2 5aS 2S JgPe sl2 26@l2 3d. July sl2 S7
LARD, per 100 Ss.EMay, 81 oO@7 O5@6 971f@
z 90; June, 81 0713aD7 05; July, 81 0712@7 l272@
7 051&G7 10; August 81 1216@7 1897 l211@
SHORT RIBS per 100 Ds.-May. Sc S21S@6 s21S
4211@6 s21z@6 S71l.
but steady and unchanged: No. spring wheat
red, gIN@95e: No. 2 corn, s474ci No. 2
DoTni nominal a'' No. NJ a1ssed e 81 5e@i co. Prime
timothy seed. 81 S6@l 81. Mess pork per
barrel, So 209l2 25 Lard. per 100 lbs. Sc s.:
Short ribs sides Ioosel. Sc 2096 25 Dry salted
sides (boxed), Sc 621&@6 IS. Sugars-Cut loaf.
unchanged; granulated, unchanged; standard
A. unchanged. Receipts-Flour, 1,0OO bar
rels; wheat 81 900 bushels: corn, 100000 bushels:
OATS. g. OOO bushels; rye, 1900 bushels; barley,
$1,000 bushels. Shipments-Flour, 1000 bar
rels wheat. % 900 bushels; corn. $1,000 bushels:
pats, 5000 bushels; rye. 1000; barley, 2l,OOO
bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was weak but not quotably lower.
| Eggs firm at l3139l4c.
New YoRK-Flour heavy and dull. Wheat
Spot more active and lower; options fairly
| quiet. Corn-Spot dull and 1lc@1ac lower; op-
tions dull and 14@14c lower. Oats-Spot mod
erately active and H@19c lower: options A@ssc
| lower. Hay firm and IN fair demand; shipping,
| 65c. Hops firm and quiet. Coffee-Options
opened barely steady and 1920 points down;
! closed steady and l5@20 points below yester-
day; unfavorable cables; quiet; sales, 36 $50
bags, including March, 705@l7.l0c; April,
l7.00@l710c; May, l7.050l7. l5c; June, 17.20c;
July, 7.2O@I7. SOC; August I7:35@@l7.4Oc; Sep
tember, l7.453l7.5Oc; spot Rio easy: fair car
goes, l9c Sugar-Raw strong; fair refining, SIC;
centrifugals, 96o test, SIC; refined is with
out prices for the day; the trust held a
meeting, and decided not to offer stock to-day
lasses-Foreign firm; 500 test, DC: New Orleans
quiet. Rice quiet and steady. Cottonseed oil
firm; crude, 42c; yellow, 4Sc. Tallow easy: city,
47l6c. Rosn steady 1,,a and quiet TurpeHnTtine HTr.
ern, 14c; receipts, $500 packages Pork firm;
old mess. sl2 70: new mess, SlS 80; extra prime,
sI2 70. Beef dull; extra mess, S. 1907 co.
sales picked bellies, IL MS, &c: picked should.
ers, SIC; picked hams, 934@lOc. Middles firm;
short clear, IS SIS. Lard easier and quiet; " est
March s. Ss; Aprfi, s. s.; MAY, 81 $l@7 So, clos,
| ing at 81 "a bid; June. 81 3567 Sc, closing at
81 SO; July, 81 So bid; August 81 3T@7 IS, closing
at 81 40 bid: September. 81 40 closing at 81 AZ.
| Rutter in moderate demand and weak: West.
| ern dairy, l5Q2lc; do creamery, lS02I12c; Elgin,
| 2SG2S1Sc. Cheese in better demand and steady;
| Western, S12GllHc
ST. DoUIs-Flour quiet and unchanged.
| Wheat lower; all early influences were depress-
ing: outside markets were declining, cables dull
and lower, weather fine and no signs of the
cold wave; there was plenty of May for sale aVd
it declined over lc, while July lost only sc ii
was in demand; from the first decline there was
a &c reaction in May, but the close was nc be-
| low yesterday; No. red, cash. 931s09314c C;
May. 921s@931sc, closing at 931SG9Hzc bid: June,
903sc, closing at 9O2sc asked; July, Sl5s@S2c,
closing at Sl%@Sl7sc asked; August, S032sc; year
! 79156S0c, closing at 1870. Corn-Trading was
confined to Nav, which weakened off frac
ton, but closed firm at 81 2mixed, cash, 29c
| May, 305S@3lc, close Sic. Oats N demand and
firm; No2 cash. 25szc: May 261l l6267sc. Rye lower
and dull: No. 2, 4215c Barley-No buyers can
be found. Provisions quiet and easier.
CINcINNATI-Flour steady Wheat firm; No {
red 95697c: receipts L 500 bushels; shipments 5Ol
bushels. Corn in moderate demand, No. 9
! mixed. S463415c. Oats quiet; No. mixed, 26G
26l<c Rye dull; No. ,4Sc Pork quiet at So 621I5
Lard barely steady at Sc s.; Bulkmeats and
bacon quiet and unchanged. Butter easy
Sugar strong and higher; hard refined, 71ld
SIC; New Orleans, 5AG6c. Eggs quiet at ll@
| ll12c. Cheese firm
| PHILADELPHIA-Flourd dull and weak Wheat
dull weak and lower. Corn-spot steady, but
quiet; nothing doing in futures Oats-Demand
| for car lots fairly active, and prices ruled
steady. Butter dull and weak; Pennsylvania
| creamery extra, N@2Sc; Pennsylvania prints
extra, 29@SOc. Eggs dull; Pennsylvania firsts
1876.
MILwAUKEE-Flour dull Wheat easy: cash
S6sSc; May, SSc; July, S7s4c. Corn steady; No. 8
| 3I1%632c. Oats steady; No. white, 2716@2Sc
Rye quiet; No. l, 433z@44c. Barley firm; No
2, 571Ic. Provisions unchanged. Pork, Sl2 17155
| Lard at S6 80. Cheese quiet; cheddars. 1l@l2G
BALTIMoRE-Provisions firm and unchanged
| Butter-High grades easy and quiet; western
packed, lS623c; roll, l5@i9c; creamery, 2662Sc
| Eggs easy at l3c. Coffee quiet; Rio, fair, l9c.
ToLEDo-Cloverseed firm and higher; cash
March, IS 90; April 81 80; shipments, 395 bags
PITTSBURG IRON.