Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-19
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Dizziness Still Pervades the Wheat Pit, bat
Prices Shade Better-Corn Stronger
Oats FeatureIess-HoE Pro-
ducfe TnNna

| putting out fresh lines of short wheat, at the
same time when the higher prices we're reached
there was enough wheat placed on sale to pre-
vent further advance, but the closing denoted
a rather strong feeling. The opening was about
| Nc lower than yesterday, advanced H@9sc, re-
acted a@7zc, advanced 1Sc and closed a shade
| better than yesterday.
Corn was traded in to fair extent. the mar
ket at times being quite active. The prevailing
| better tone was manifested. The market early
| sympathized with wheat some. and later the
| smaller estimate arrivals for tomorrow had
| strengthening lency. May and July were
the favorite no.. hs The market opened at
| yesterdays closing prices, was easy tor time,
| selling of some rallied and advanced KQ9sc,
ruled steady, and closed 1s91zc better than yes
| terday.
There was large business in May oats early.
but only a moderate trade in other deliveries.
| The opening was rather stronger, hrst sales 1or
| May being the same as yesterdays close. A
| fractional advance was recorded, but 1t only
| lasted short time. Later weak feeling de-
veloped, and prices receded Z9ssc. Prices
| closed the same as yesterday.
Only moderate activity was shown in pork,
! and the market at times was dull. Prices held
| steady and hrm after temporary weakness
early, outside figures ruling at the close.
| The lard market was pervaded by general
weakness, and deliveries beyond March closed
| 21c lower. Trading was only moderate, and
the close was dull and heavy.
There was fair trading IN short ribs, but the
market closed dull and barely steady with May
8 shade lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
| WHEAT-No. 2 May. 771s@7ThQ764@U5s
July, 76@7BsS@ S@7534 4@761zc.
CoRNSNo Z February, 27ss@N34@Hk@zs4c;
May, &5z@SO9@ss9SOc; July, 301x93O1sGSO19@
| 3054c.
0ATs-No. 2 February, 1sss@lss4c; May,
2l@2l@2O5s92lc: June. 2O5E@2o34 82OszU2Os4c.
Mess PORK, per bbl-March, So 70G9 7211S
| @9 6718Q9 72155; May $40 OOGl0 0O@9 921z4
10 90; June, So g714QlO 055s 95@lO 05.
LARD, per 100 Bs.-March, IS 7715@5 tn;
May, s. 9095 1906 sO@5 30; June, s. s5@o IS
SHORT RIBS per 100 ns.-March, a 65a4 7Oa
4 65Q4 20; May 81 sO24 SO@4 1894 80; June,
81 S594 S.
Cash quotauons were as follows: Flour dull
and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat. 75c;
No. 2 corn. 2sz@zIc. No. 2 oats, l974@lsszc.
| No. rye, &c. No. barley, 55@5Tc. No. / fax
seed, 81 SO. Prime timothy seed. 81 1901 20.
Mess pork per bbl. 50 7O69 rs. Lard. per 100
lbs, IS 77H. Short RIBS sides Qoose), 81 7094 rs
Dry salted shoulders (boxed), 81 1894 25. Short
clear sides (boxed), "a e5@6 CO. Sugars, cut loaf
unchanged; Receiprs-Flour 1900 barrels:
wheat 1900 bushels: corn, Sll.OOO bushels; oats
2Sl 900 bushels; rye 5000 bushels; barley l0l 900
! bushels. Shipments - Flour, 5000 barrels;
wheat 24,0OO bushels; corn, $4,000 bushels;
oats, lSl 900 bushels rye, 1000 bushels; barley
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was steady and unchanged. Eggs
lS1zc.
NEW YORK - Flour weak and moderately
active. Cornmeal quiet ard steady. Wheat
spot opened weaker and closed steady and
options moderately active early, L6Hc down
on large increase on passage; advanced %@Hc
on local buying and closed barely steady. Rye
steady. Barley steady, Barley malt quiet
Corn-Spot weaker and moderately active: OPP
tions fairly active and unchanged, &c up and
firm. oats-Spot weaker and fairly active;
weak. Hops quiet, barely steady. Coffee-Op-
tions opened steady and unchanged to points
up, closed barely steady and unchanged to S
points np: sales $5 ESQ bags including February,
1890; March, 16206l630c; April l6.20egl6. Csc:
Nav, l615Gl625c; June. l6l5@l620c; July, 1905
@l6l0c; September, l5959l600c; October, Is. .9Oc;
November. l5S5c; December. l5S5c; spot Rio
firm and active; fair cargoes, zoe; No. z I734c.
200 hogsheads Demarara; Muscovado 80 test, at
45sc; ], 257 bags centrifugals, $50 test 55Sc: a
cargo ofcentrifugas, s60 test. 9ze; refined quiet
and easy: confectioners A, &c; granulated-
5l6c. Molssses-Foreign firm: New Orleans
firm. Rice firm and in fair demand. Cotton
seed oil strong. Tallow frmer. Rosin firm.
and frmer; Western, l53z@l6c; receipts. S,S8
packages. Pork quiet and steady; mess old
$40 S9lO I5i do, new, SO 75Gll 60; extra
Pasd Pned gs S 20 DoEsd SsI;ss asslVe sHd [@
picked shoulders, 451@45sc; picked hams,
G<@9c. Lard, opened weak, closed steady; spot
ern steam, IS 177l; sales, $50 tierces: options,
sales, $3.50 tierces: February, Sc l5; March,
IS 1906 Is, closing at Sc Is asked: April, So l9
asked; May, So 3@6 25 closing at 50 "a asked;
asked; October, S6 5O@6 81 closing at S6 81.
Butter quiet free offering; Elgin, 28Q
2S%c: Western dairy, Sg17c; do creamery,
l2G27c; do held, S@l5c; do factory. 5@lSc
Cheese firm and in fair demand; Western,
S4lOc.
PHmADELPHIA-Flourw weak with light de-
mand Wheat steady; rejected, 6O@7Oc; fair
to good milling wheat, 7S9S5c: prime to fancy,
\
No. red, in export elevator, 7Izzc; No. red,
February, 7915@S0c; March, S015QSlc; April
Sl15@S2c; May, S21z@SSc. Corn-Spnt and Feb
mixed. track, SOC: No. high mixed and yellow.
Bic; No. mixed, short storage in grain depot.
33c; steamer. in export elevator, 35c; No. 2
mixed, in grain depot. S715c; No. 2 yellow,
March, 35SG35lzc; April. 351<@S5Hc; May, 35115
@35s4c. Oats-Carlots weak: No. 8 white, &c;
No. white, SOC; futures quiet and steady; No.
2s1&c; April. 2S1lG2s15c; May, 2S@2S15c Eggs
steady; Pennsylvania frsts, 14Gl413c.
ST. .LoUIs-Flour unchanged Wheat opened
fraction lower. but soon recovered, advanced
A@ssc and closed l-l69Ac above yesterday:
ing 76c bid; June, 753z@76ssc closing at 761Sc;
July, 735sG735zc. closing at 1870. Corn
Smaller receipts and better cables stiffened the
day a2G ess saS o2sS %S % aS9ys sosnr
at 261kc; July, &c; August 275Sc. Oats higher:
No. 2 cash, 201zc bid; May, 2O1592OsSc. Rye
dull. Barley quiet; sample lots of Iowa, 35c:
Minnesota, 4S65lc. Flaxseed salable at 81 3O6
32 Provisions very quiet, only job trade
done. Pork. SO OO9l0 l214
Observation-Disclosures of wheat for the
past "A hours were l25 cars and shipments were
81 cars; the demand for cash wheat was fair
and came mostly from local millers; it was not
so active as it had been on some previous days
but was enough to clean up all good samples at
what was considered fair prices compared with
sales for May. Closing quotations: No. hard,
February and March, SOC; March, 7Sc: on track,
Tc; No. Northern. February, S41zc; March,
742zc: May, 767s@761<c; on track. 7515Q76c; No.
Northern, February, 751Sc; March, TIC; May,
74szc; on track, 7214G74c.
BALTIMORE - Provisions steady; mess pork.
old, $40; new. SILL Bulkmeats-Loose should
ere, Sc; long clear and clear rib sides, SIC;
sugar picked shoulders 51Sc; sugar cured
smoked shoulders, 615c Hams. 10s4Gll1Sc.
Lard-Refned, 71xc; crude, sc. Butter quiet:
Western packed, 16Q2lc; best roll, I6@lSc;
creamery, 26@28c. Eggs firm at l31$Qlic.
Coffee firm; rio cargoes, fair, 1870.
MILwAUKEE-F1ouru unchanged. Wheat firm;
No. 2spring, on track, cash, 7297Sc; May, T316c;
No. l Northern, SOC. Corn steady; No. 8, on
track. 2615@27c. Oats quiet; No. 2 white. on
track 2215c- Rye firm; No. l. in store. 43@4SAc.
Barley easy; No. 2 in store. 405ze. Provisions
unchanged. Pork firm; cash, 50 20 Lard,