Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-02-01
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VINDIoAToR OFFICE,
SrArrNTON VA ,Januarv 21ct

There has been but little change in the
grain market during the past week. Wheat
has been steady without material change in
values. There are some good lots going into
market B. F. Hildebrand, J. r. Kemper,
and Reeves MeComb are loading cars at Fish
ersville; J. Frank Wilson at Mint Spring; W.
Blown Patterson at Stuarts Draft, and w. G..
Gilkeson and H L.,,Wilson at Swoope's.
Corn and oats are without much interest.
except that there is some enquiry for seed
oats, especially for the ''White Welcome"
variety.
Cloverseed is not doing SO we'll as last week.
The offerings have been in excess of the de-
mand, and the result is slight decline in
prices.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Trade Review for the
week ending last Saturday. says the state of
trade is unusually puzzling, for, notwithstand-
ing the general complaint of dullness, the
volume of transactions is large, the payments
through the banks are larger than last year
as, also, are the railroad earnings, and the de-
mand for money is large enough to indicate
large business is in progress. Yet with all
these symptoms there is feeling, it says, of
disappointment since the new year began, that
is not wholly explained by the steadily de-
clining prices of products. The Review says:
'sThe decline in wheat continues, the price
having fallen 2sc for the week. The record of
ST. 20 for wheat October 9th looks rather alb
surd, in the light of subsequent events, but at
the prices reached this week, 933 to 935c there
has been some buying for export, though not
as yet for Great Britain. Corn has fallen cent
in spite of a large export demand, and oats are
shade lower. Pork products have also de-
clined, mess about so cents per barrel, lard 20
and hogs 10 cents per 100 pounds Cotton is
shade lower, with sales of 421, 900 bales
and coffee &c higher, with sales of 1888, 900
bags"
The Philadelphia Record, in its review of
the grain market for the week, says: s'The
price of wheat has been depressed by the eff
forts of the 4bull'' spectators to realize on
holdings in the face of weakened trade conf
dence in present values of the cereal, and the
continued absence Of export demand The an
able increase in the acreage of winter wheat
has helped to depress the market. Prices are
25 to SIC per bushel lower than they were
week ago. The interior movement has con-
tinued small, and the limited receipts of win
ter wheat have been pretty we'll absorbed by
millers."
Henry Clews & Co. IS European correspon-
dents cable on wheat SAT Paris, demand for
consumption very active; good business do
ing" cat Antwerp, stocks of wheat moder-
ate." Although not Immediate, tn e wants of
Europe for consumption will, it is thought,
be considerable
GRAIN MARKETS.
RICHMOND Jan. 3O.-Wheat-Lon $109,
good mixed. 94c. Corn-White, 4sc. Oats-good
Spring oats. 3lc.
CHICAGO. Jan. 30-Wheat-F February delivery
9411: May delivery, 9S4 Corn-May, 367s.
BALTIMORE. January 30.-Flour dull and easier
winter wheat-Patent $5,35a $780, Wheat
Southern, steady; Fultz and Longberry $50 ash O5:
No. 2 Southern. 99c. Western steady at de-
cline; NO. winter red, spot, 9O]1ca9Sslc. Corn
Southern scarce and nominal; white, 4laA4c. !;
yellow, 4Oa43c. Western steady.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Jan. A.-Beef
Cattle.-Prces of Beef Cattle ranged as follows:
Best......... S7ha 4.50
Generally rated first quality......... 400 4 3711
Medium or good fair quaity........ 325 a 3.75
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
Cows. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 225 a 800
Extreme range OF prices. 2.25 a 4.5O
Most OF the sales were from 2.75 a 4.3711
Total receipts this week LOG. Total sales SIG.
OF the receipts 123 came from Virginia.
The wholesale trade was fully up to that Of last