Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-20
MARKETS BY WIRE.

! wheat nervous ana Unsettieus OtOsink
Higher-Corn and Oats Lower-Hog
Products Steady. With an
Advancing Tendency
Lard and Ribs
Move Up.
| CHIcAGo-A nervous unsettled feeling ex.
| listed to-day in wheat. Trading was fairly act
i've but spasmodic. The governing power no
doubt was local speculation. The opening for
May was slightly better than yesterdays clos
ing advanced &c, ruled irregular and weak,
and finally sold of l5sc, then rallied sharply,
advanced SC, broke off &c, again advanced
ls4c, ruled irregular, and closed lMc higher
than yesterday.
| the change TO colder weather and IN the re-
ported decrease by Beerbohm OF wheat on
ocean passage. But the market advices were
| of an unfavorable tenor. On aIter opening II
was discovered that there was fair quantity
of wheat on the market, and, upon an effort
| being made to sell, prices quickly declined.
| Then when parties who sold early. undertook
| TO get their wheat back they found the offer
L ings light and the market quickly responded 10
/ the demand in the sharp advance noted. Inc
| improvement was helped some by report that
some wheat had been taken at New York fer
| Glasgow, and that there was better demand
for cargoes of California wheat
There was fair business in corn, the trading
| being more general than of late. The feeling
| developed was weaker and a lower range OF
| prices was established.
Oats were fairly active but weaker suffering
| a decline of sac, and closing STEADY and
| about Il lower.
A fair business was done in hog products and
| a steadier feeling prevailed than for several
| days past. Offerings were not very large and
| the inquiry was fairly active, local operators
| purchasing mess pork and outside parties tax
| ing moderate quantities of lard and short ribs.
Pork advanced 75@9l0c carly but settled back
| 215@5c, and closed comparatively steady.
Lard and ribs ruled 211&@5c higher and closed
| steady
The leading futures ranged as follows:
81 C9l; May, 81 ls5l@l i214gf Ossg@1 liz; July,
CoRN1No. z February, 3a@SSzsc; March.
S4%@SH4@S49s44c; May, S55aSS52sc: o=,>..
May, 2794@27A@2718@25Sc.
March, sll O5; May, slI 25@II 2716S11 l71l@
IL 25
LAgD. per 100 Ds.-Fehruary, So 5216@6 $50
May, Sc 6715@6 1905 65a6 67112.
March, S SoS5 So So; Nay, S g75SSS o65a5 s5G
cash quorauons were as follows: Flour
firm and unchanged; No. spring wheat,
2red, 81 OSS1 OSz4 No. 2corn, Ss7Sc. No. oats,
2515c. No. Frye. 43146344c. No. barley, nominal.
No. i fiaxseed. 81 IS. Prime timothy seed,
4S 1891 pe4 a. @ Hsss @ gSor fSs M e oose
So S565 95; dry salted shoulders (boxedl,
S 5OG5 6215; short clear sides (boxedl, s6 l213@
25. Sugars. cut loaf unchanged Receipts
Flour, 5000 barrels; wheat, 4,0oO bushels;
corn, 2l5000 bushels: oats. III, 900 bushels; rye,
| 5000 bushels: barley, 700o0 bushels. Shipments
Flour. 5000 barrels: wheat. 1900 bushels;
corn. 2l6,0e0 bushels; oats. $4,000 bushels; rye
| 5000 bushels; barley, 1900 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was steady and unchanged. Eggs
weak at 139l313c.
NEW YoRK-Flour firm and quiet. Wheat
spot quiet and stronger; options quiet, firm
moderately active; options fairly active and
firm. Oats-Spot quiet and weaker: options
dull and 1s@l4c lower. Hay steady and in fair
demand. Hops firm and quiet. Coffee-Op-
tions opened steady, 5 points down to 5points
up: closed firm 5@l5 points up; firmer cables:
sales, 10000 bags, including February. at l5.95ci
May. I595@I6 l6c; June, 16 I5@I6 zoe; July is 20
@l630c; August, 1890: September, 1850
l65Oc; October. l635@l645c; November
1850; December, l645c; spot Rio steady;
Tsned Tsf fAFg0s quiet % anS Sugar steady as~ dH Mo
lasses-New Orleans quiet Rice firm. Cotton
seed oil steady and quiet; crude 40c: yellow. 4Sc
Tallow easy and dull; city, 55l6c. Rosin steady
4754@4Sc. Eggs-Better demand and frmer;
western. l3sz@l4c; receipts, ZlS7 packages.
Pork more active; old mess, Sl2; new mess,
sl2 5O@l2 75: extra prime. So O09l2 %. Cut.
shoulders, &c: picked hams, 95z@l0c. Middles
steadier; short clear, IS 40. Lard steadier and
quiet: sales western steam, 81 90: spot closing
snafy @ aPS Sd s March &c G q fsE Sid kp4 IS si EeS g
asked; May, 81 OO@7 0S. closing at 81 03
asked; June, s. 04: July. 81 06 asked: August
81 o.; September, s. 90 asked. Butter in mod
crate demand: western dairy, l3920c; DO
creamery, l6@29c: Elgins, 30@Slc. Cheese
quiet; western, l01&Gll18c.
ST. LoUIs-Flour stronger ard higher, bu
trading light. Wheat-The market was weak
and declining early influenced by easier mar
kets at all points and dull cables but the an
nouncement of l0c advance in flour by the
Millers' Association and sudden sharp rise in
Chicago started reaction that carried May up
l5sc above yesterday, but July responded very
81 OO7ss: closed at 81 OF asked; July, $50
S51lc, closed at S61sGS6lyc asked. Corn lower;
No. mixed. cash, 2624 4@2Tc; March. % 4@275sc,
closed at 271zc: April, 2S34c; May, S0GG3014c,
closed at Sl3sc bid; August, S219@32tSc bid.
Oats lower, but in demand closed firm; No 2
cash, 2234c asked; May, 275s92754c. Rye lower;
No. 45]9c. Barley-None wanted Flaxseed
quottablbe bs, at 81 30 PnTeyisions-Pork, p sll 50.
Shoulders s. l21IG5 25: longs and ribs, Sc 90
at Is: short clear, S. %. Bacon - Boxed
shoulders, S. %; longs and ribs, Sc 1906 S71%%:
short clear, s. lO97 1219.
PHILADELPHIA - Flour dull, but firm.
W neat negiecUeu DV sDeculaUOrS ana prices OF
options closed nominally A@1ac lower. Corn
ruled firm under light offerings but specula-
tion was very tame, an6 shippers were holding
off. Oats-Carlots steady, hut quiet Provisions
dull. Pork-Mess. new. sl5; do family, SIS 50:
hams. smoked. ll@l2c. Eggs weaker: Pennsyl-
yania firsts, I3H@l4c,
CINCINNATI-Flour steady. Wheat dull;
No. 2 red, 99c; receipts, 800 bushels; shipments,
5000 bushels. Corn dull and heavy; No. 2
mixed. S3c. Oats weaker; No. mixed. &c.
Rye dull; No. 2 5314054c. Pork dull at Sll 20.
Lard quiet at S6 90. Bulkmeats and bacon
quiet. Butter steady. Sugar firm and quiet.
Eggs dull Cheese firm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. steady. Wheat firm:
cash. 945sc: May, $3.50; July, 9i11c. Corn dull !;
No. 3, 29@2914c. Oats quiet: No. 2 white 271S6
2Sc. Rye easier; No. l, 445sc. Barley dull;
No. 2, SIC. Provisions firm. Pork, sll O5.
Lard, S6 6I18 Cheese firm; cheddars, lO1lc.
BALTIMoRE-Provisions quiet and steady.
Butter barely steady; western packed, l6620c:
best roll. l3GlSc; creamery, 22629c. Eggs easy