Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-24
MARKETS BY WIRE.
A Strong Feeling in the Wheat Pit, which Ii
intensified Later ON by a Drop in the
Visible Supply Esrimate-Other
Staples Featureless.

piciously regarded on account OF the small
warehouse stocks of grain in CONTRACT OHeI- iac
ings of May were light early, and the premises
| were again narrowed. c..L.-
At one time changes were made from Octooer
| to December at lc difference. Inc mafket
opened strong at about the closing quotatlolns on
of Saturday. Under good demand from III aIe :
| shorts and some investment buying tnere Was a
bulge during the first hour of the session OF S4c
| in December. few trades being made IN tnaG
month at as low as 797s@S0c together. SnortIy
before the close 1t touched Sic. fenulng tne
| announcement of the visible supply ngures
| business in the pit was rather light Tor tlme,
| and it was the posting of an increase Oh only
| l. 499 600 bushels when 10000 to Z,UOO,VV was
expected, that gave the market lts eloslne
| strength, 1t closed active and buoyant at net
gain for the day of ls4c IN September, lzsc IN
| October and year., &c in December and 3sc In
May.
Only moderate business was transacted in
| corn, fluctuations being narrow and transsc-
tions mainly of a local character. The feeling
early was comparatively steady, put iateg
somewhat easier tone was manifested: lnnu-
ences affecting the market were ID tne MAN
| local. A prominent local trader was mooer-
| ate seller of September and October to-day.
| The market opened shade under the closing
! figures of Saturday was steady for time, tnen
| sold off &c, ruled firm and closed steady,
shade higher than Saturday.
| operator bought that month every time the
| market weakened, and sold on all strong spots.
Prices were slightly higher early and the ad-
vance was fairly maintained.
Very light trading was reported in pork and
| the feeling was comparatively steady. Prices
| ruled J@i0c higher and closed steady.
Nothing doing in lard, and prices are without
material change.
ribs The feeling was steadier and prices ruled
5Gl0c higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT-No. 2 September. 7g1zGSO5sQ7914@
SO5sc; October. 1S5z@79A@7SA@7sz4c .Deeem-
Der, SO9Sl9791sgsO1sc; May. SS159S41sGsSA
SCoRN-No 2 October, 8lX9s2@8lss@s2c; No.
vember 3l3z@3l1sc; December, 3lss@3l5s@
3lA@Sl1Sc; May, 3SssGSS%c.
0ATs-No; October, is15@l9ze: December;
l95s@l98Ql9s49lss4c; May. 225s@24QZ14Q
MISS PORK, per bbL-october, SO S5@
10 950l0 S5Ql0 95: November, SO 20@9 30G9 2O@
9 so; January, 50 1899 l775.
LARD, per 100 bs.-October, IS S7h: No
yember, IS 1895 sO@5 1895 so; January, IS 75Q
SHORT RIBS, per 100 bs-october. 81 S2115@
4 S71SR4 S21S6A S716; November, 81 62114@4 700
4 6211a@4 6711l; January, 81 IS
Cash Quotauons were as follows: Flour
steady and unchanged. No. spring wheat,
793Sc; No. spring wheat 67@69c; No. 2 red,
7915c. No. corn. &c. No. oats, l91zc. No.
2 rye. 4l1Sc. No. 2 barley, nominal. No. l
faxseed. 81 %. Prime timothy seed, 81 2oG
l 26. Mess pork, per Dbl, slI co. Lard, per 100
5 TO- Shoulders (boxed), 81 S711@4 50. Short
clear sides tboxed), IS 2595 S715 Receipts
Flour, $1,000 barrels wheat, 81 900 bushels; corn.
S96 900 bushels; oats, 200 bushels; rye, 2l,OOO
bushels; barley, 5l,0O0 bushels. Shipments
Flour l9 600 barrels wheat, 81. 600 bushels; corn
3OS 600 bushels; oats, SO 900 bushels; rye, 5000
bushels; barley, AZ 600 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was active: fancy creamery, 2S@231sc;
fine, 15@17c; finest dairies, lSQ20c: fair to good,
sGlOc Eggs, l5@l579c.
NEW YoRK-Flour moderately active and
firm. Cornmeal steady; yellow western, 81 459
275 Wheat-Spot firm, moderately active
and M@34c higher; options dull, A@1sc higher
and strong. Barley quiet; Canada. 70@75c
asked Barley malt dull; Canada, S5@95c. Corn
Spot fairly active chiefly export, and steady;
and active; tptions quiet and frmer. Hay
qui t and steady. Hops easy ana quiet Coffee
Options opened steady and 5Gl0points down,
closed near months steady, far months barely
steady and l5Q25 points down; sales,
S5Sc OI5 October SoTemSer
1850 l575c; December, l5.50@l5.75c;
January, l5.559I5.75c: February, l5509l5.75c;
March, 15.5OQl5. 75c; May, l5.55@l575c; August,
l545Gl565c; spot Rio easier: fair cargoes, l91ac
SIC: eentrifugals, 96 test, 613c; refined, steady
and moderate demand. Molasses-Foreign
nominal; New Orleans dull. Rice steady.
Cottonseed oil dull. Tallow dull; city 41S@
4 9l6c. Rosin dull; strained common to good,
81 02112@1 o5. Turpentine lower at 4S@4S15c
quiet Cutmeats steady; picked bellies 634c;
sales do, re; picked shoulders, nc; do.
hams, l01Ic. Lard frmer and quiet; western
steam, S6 S711S; September, s6 q; October, Sc 30
@6 81, closing at IS 80; November, s6 20;
December, Sc Is; January: IS is; February,
S6 q; March, S6 25@6 q, closing at $6 80 bid.
Butter-Fine. in demand and firmer; western
dairy, 94l21ac; do creamery, 12G24c; do held,
14620c. Cheese strong and quiet; western,
6Sz@Sc.
changed and steadily held. Wheat = Options
dull and quiet; good grades scarce and frmly
held, but lower grades very dull; ungraded, in
grain depot SEC; choice do do, SSc; No. 2 red,
September: e. LSo2gGSoa4c; October, slGSI4e; No
Corn-Options inactive. car lots barely steady;
No mixed. in grain depot, 401Sc; No 2mixed,
on track, 4l15c: No. mixed, September, 4OlL6
4lk1c; October, 40A94OSsc; November. 1870
4O5sc; December, 39@4Oc Oats-Car lots firm,
but demand only moderate; No. white, 25c;
No white, &c: choice barley oats, Soc; options
quiet and steady; No. white, September, 26s6
@27c: October, Z7A@271lc; November, 2S1zg
29G; December, 291z@30c. Provisions-Jobbing
quiet at former rates Butter-Table grades
firm and in good demand: Pennsylvania cream
| cry, extra, 23c; do firsts do, 26@2Sc. Eggs
SCeaQy, 4OOQ demand 1Or fresh stock: Penn
sylvania frsts. 2lc. Cheese firm, fair request;
part skins, 6QT19c. Receipts-Flour, / 800 bar.
rels; wheat, 600 bushels; corn, Is 600; oats.
1880, Shipments-Wheat.9 g. 400 bushels; corn,
| 4,300; oats, S,400.
ST. LoUIs-Flour quiet and easier. but no
material change to note in quotations Wheat
Cash quiet: options higher; the opening was
easy and A@Zc lower on larger receiuts but
firm cables and stronger markets elsewhere
caused reaction of ss@15c, though this was
nearly all lost: the feeling became stronger and
the market finally closed 5s@Ic above Satur-
day; No. 2 red, cash, fS1Sc nominal; Septem-
Der, 7S1S@7S54c, closing at 79c bid: October.
77szc: December. 7s7s@797Sc, closing at 795S:
May, S3@S35sc, closing at SS54c bid Corn firm:
No. mixed, cash. 1880 bid: October 295Sc'
closed at 3Oc bid; December, 2T14@2S5sc, closed
at 2S5sc bid; year, 2S1lc, closed at 2Sskc bid;
January. &11zc, closed at 2S3sc bid; May, 3OsS6
307lc, closed at SO5sc. Oats firm; No. cash,
October, lSc bid; January, 2Oc bid. Rye S71S0
3S1zc. Barley quiet; Minnesota, &c: Iowa, 45c
Fiaxseed lower at 81 20@1 2l. Provisions quiet
and firm.
MILwAUKEE-Flouru unchanged. Wheat firm.
cash, 731Sc; October, 74c. Corn dull: No. & 90
G321zc. Oats steady; No, 2 white, 22@22hc. Rye
firm; No. !, 44c. Barley firm; No. 2 September,
6Oc bid. Provisions steady. Pork-Cash SlI 90:
October, Sll 05. Lard-Cash, S. 90; October IS o.
Cheese unchanged cheddars S11aQSAc.
CHICAGo-Wheat, H,l97,00O bushels. in
crease L499 900 bushels: corn. II 662O0O bush
els, decrease, 100000 bushels; oats, 5929 600
bushels, increase 1900 bushels: rye L 1872 600
bushels, increase, $1,000 bushels; barley, AIS 600
bushels, increase, 81, 600 bushels.
TOLFDo-Cloverseed active and firm. nasb