Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-26

OTHER PRODUCE AND PROVISION MAR
RETS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Aug. 24.-Flour-Quiet but
Wheat-Cash, lower; options, dull, with
weak, heavy undertoue and sagging tendency.
Cash, 1870 asked; August closed at 74isc asked;
September, 74ls&74l4c bid; December, 765sc;
May SOIsGSO5sc
Corn-Market lower; cash, 3lAc; August
closed BIC asked; September, 31ss 63It5c; Octo-
Der, 3I14c asked; December, 5Olsc nominal; year,
3O1sc asked; May, 3ZS4c.
Corn meal-LOwer at 81 6561 20.
Whisky-S1 OF.
Provisions Dull and dropping.
POrk-SI0 90.
Lard-Prime steam, s. 70.
Dry salt meats-ShOulders, 81 5004 sly longs
and ribs, SIS OOd5 121; short clear, IS I2Iaa5 373
BacOn-Boxed shoulders, 50 12l4; longs and
ribs, 50 75G % s.; short clear, S. 371A.
Hams-Firm at S11 25G13 Is.
closing to as dull and uninterestinR a yEeeS in
the wheat market as has been witnessed since
the new crop began 70 move. Fluctuations in
as news was so scarce that there were no dis
turbing influences. Local operators were Rgain
out fresh lines, both sides being quite willing,
apparently, to await Developments in the North
west. The near future of the market will IN
doubtedly hang on the character OF the move
ment Of the new spring crop out OF first hands.
Bears counting with great assurance on a
general let down IN the market as soon as the
weight of Northwestern wheat is felt. August
wheat was fully IS weak as more deferred futures.
Speculative trading was almost entirely local,
and largely in December. which hrmed up hS
R4c early, then broke &c and closed practically
at bottom, at N0T7Isc, which was sac below
yesterdays closing price.
Corn fairly active and weaker, lower
prices being established and the feeling was but
a continuation of that developed several days
ago.
feeling prevailed in the market for hog products
and changes in prices were slight, but toward
the close were advanced somewhat and closed
firm. Speculative offerings were light and the
demand from all sources was limited. Receipts
of hogs were moderate, with sales at further
decline, and n ports from domestic and foreign
markets favored buyers. Receipts of products
were moderate, and shipments of all kinds quite
heavy for, closing day Of week, Trading was
higher.
Wheat-No. 2, August, 76sSc; September, T6c;
December re: Nav s11kc
Corn--No. 2, August, 857sc; September, ss7sc;
December, 3Sl@c; May, 353ac.
Mess pOrk-September, So so; October. 50 IS;
Lard.Argust, s. 921l; September, s. s2l4;
October. IS 92l2; year, S. 72la.
Short ribs-August, 81 77I2; September, 81 IN;
October, 81 S2l2; January, 81 50.
Cash quotations were:
FlOur-Quiet and steady.
wheat-NO. spring, 761ac; No. red,
Gorn-No. 2. a82.c.
Mess pOrk-S9 50.
Iard-S5 g215
Short ribs-Sides, loose, "a 1904 so.
Dry sailed shouders-Boxed, 81 6215G4 70.
Short clear Eides-Boxed. IS I21aG5 ..
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 24.-wheat-Lower;
No. 2 red cash, 62laa62a4c; August, 6234c
Corn-steady; No. cash, 25c; August, no
bids nor offerings; September, 23c bid; May,
25c bid.
New YORK, Aug 24.-Wheat-Duu; spot No.
2, red, new. s4lsG,s4s4c. Options closed: Au-
gust S3Jsc; September, $685. October, SIC; No
Yember, s5l4c; December, S6Ilei January, 97asc;
May, Gle,
closed: August, 43c; September, 4294c; October,
4Sc; November, 1880; December, 1880.
Coffee-Options barely steady and unchanged,
to 10 points up. Sales, p, 500 bags; including
August, SIS O5; September sl4 95G 90; October,
SO 10; November, $50 10; December, SIS l5G
is 20 Spot Rio, fair caTgoes, 1Sl3c.
Sugar-Raw, unsettled and nominal; fair re-
fined, SC; centrifugal &c test, SIC; refined, firm,
fair demand.
MoIasses-Foreign, nominal; New Orleans,
Rice-stoady; moderate demand. Domestic,
406i4c; Japan, 4sG5lsc,