Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-26
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Free Selling Causes n Break In Wheat,
Which Bad Crop News Fails TO
Counfernct-Corn,O Oats and

| y,
but the most urgent orders were soon filed,
| and with rather free offerings a weak feeling
| set in. Operators soon after the opening be-
came impressed with the idea that some one
was selling wheat very freely and loading up
| the crowd, and this started general desire to
realize 1t was thought that parties who were
| reported as being strong bulls the past few
days had started to do some selling to-day, but
whether this was for the purpose of breaking
prices in order to get better hold on the mar
| ket or for the purpose of unloading it is diff
| settled,
The opening sales for July were 1S@c under
| the closing yesterday, held steady for awhile,
and then declined to point &c below outside
prices. fuctuated some and closed about ls4c
| lower than yesterday. May closed about 2Hc
| lower. August closed about 2ssc and Septem-
Der about21sc lower than yesterday. All sorts
| OF bad corn news was again received from
various winter wheat sections, good deal Of
repetition of the past few days.
The leading futures ranged az as M3 folloTs; gozao..
June: !@119s71 N0s515c; July, seN@s74@
Com = No. z May. ss1<@ss%@sgA A@ssAc;
June 5JI1e aS1d@S5A@aaAQaSAc; July. a47sg341z@
OATS NO. 2, May, 2sA@2s1z@27A@NNc;
June, Jun, 274@2714@S7s0269sc; July, NQN@26H
MESS PoKK, per Dbl. . June sls oogls o5:
@lS 35@13 15@l3 80.
81 tAs@ ass per sS TO .55s Ss5gne So l2Ss l2 J11y
g. 42% 53sN' 1'00 z47a@' S'' september 20 Az"@
SHORT RIBS, per 100 bs.-June. IS 25@5 25;
j. July ", 50 S72195 4ogS s7hg5 S715; September,
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour dull
and unchanged; No. 2 spring wheat, 94146995c;
NO spring wheat, S0@S2c; No. 2 red, 9415Q95c;
No. corn, $3.50; No. 2 oats. 271sc; No. 2 rye,
81 4S; prime timothy seed. 81 30. Mess pork,
Short Tib sides Goosel. S IS; dry salted shoul.
ders (boxedl. S. l045 20; short clear sides
tboxed), IS 7o@5 80 Sugars, cut loaf, un.
changed.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was easier: fancy preparation, 14@l5c;
fine, 6Qsc. Eggs, l21@l3c.
NEW fORK-Flour dull and irregular. Corn
meal quiet, steady. Wheat-Spot dull and
lower: options fairly active. sf@Hc down. and
veal weak Rye.y Bye easy WestsEn. 5s1S5slc; Barley
Corn-Options dull, lower and steady Oats
Spot dull and weak; options dull and heavy.
Hay far s-da ds%aud steady; shipping $40; good to
choice, sOgso: Hops firm and quiet. Coffee
firm 5@20 points up; sales, 39 500 bags including
May, at 11OO@17 l0c: June. l6.65@l6SOc; July,
!6.70c; August, l85O@lG 55c; September 1850
Jaauary, fSo5e; MsTen ses%0e 1545e ts0@lSa2f; Apr
15,4u; spot Rio quiet and steady;
fair cargoes. zoe: No. l. fat bean, Is0lsISc,
Sugar-Raw firm and fairly active; fair retn.
5000 tons; Muscovado. $50 test at 4Zc; re.
fined firm and in fair demand; off A, $500
6%c; granuated. 6l-l6c. Molasses-Foreign
Sa to .nsy s e ass'd ks. s'r G,Gsi s5s
steady; domestic. 5G6ssc; Japan. 5G6c. Cot
tonseed oil quiet; crude. 33c; yellow, 371Sc
Tallow steady; city. 44c; Rosin steady;
tine quiet and lower at 3715Q375zc Eggs firm;
Western. l5A@l5Hc; receipts. 5Ol4 packages.
Pork dull; mess, s13 759l4 Is: extra prime, SlI.
Cutmeats dull and easy; picked bellies. 51@
Mddes 9e sSor essr 40 So ham' Iagd s.s1
and dull; Western steam, So 3211@8 35s Op-
tions-Sales. 1000 tierces; June, So IS; July.
SO At; August, IS 81; September, So 81; Octo-
6er s6 a. But Buttef@Ghoiee sc5Iln steady and quiet;
do factory, 4gl0c; Elgin, l5Ql6c. Cheese firm;
part skins, 406Hc.
PHILADELPHIA - Flour quiet, but prices
firmly held. Wheat options dull and closed
nominally at 1zc lower; cash wheat steady under
small supplies but demand light; rejected,
72@7Sc; fair to good milling. Ss@S9c: prime to
choice, 9i@98c; No. 2 red, May, 92Q921Sc; June.
and July. 9211@9Sc; August, 937IG9411c. Corn
Of No. for local trade dull and 10 lower;
lower grades very scarce and prices largely
nominal; No. white, in Twentieth street ele-
vator, 4zci steamer at 39c. in export elevator;
depot, a8c, quoted at 4oa4osc in % export II eeVal r
tor; No. mixed. May, 4Os2@41c: June, 4O1I@
4O74c; July. 4O1s@ANc; August, 4l1I04lAc.
Oats-Car lots shade frmer. though quiet;
No: white, 35@2S1sc; No. 2 white. regular, 3GlI
@36J5c; No. Q clipped white, 86c; do choice, SIC;
futures Nc higher: No. white, May, $500
3615c; June. 3413qS4s4c; July, S419@35c; Au-
gust, Slh@32c. Eggs firm; Pennsylvania frsts,
ST. LOUlS-Flour dull and weak. Wheat
opened lower. huctuated till the noon call, after
which the bears rnIded tho market and
knocked prices down over &c, JULY 21sc: Au-
gust, 22sG254c and December 2sSc below yester.
day; No 2 cash, s1A@97Ac; July closed at
Corn opened lower and weak and went further
down in sympathy with wheat, and closed ga
lSc below Yesterday; No cash, 3l1x@3l%c;
July, .os Slssc; August, SlA4Slnc asked; septem-
bid; July. closed at 26c. Rye-No. 9 sharply
higher; selling at 54@57c. and Coo bid at close
gsTley-Nothing done Bagging steady. at ed
Q819c. Iron cotton ties, 81 30@l IS. Provis-
ions dull, and only a small job trade done;
standard mess pork. sl2 80.
MINNEAPoLIs-The receipts of wheat for
the day was ia cars. with "a shipped out.
Millers were again very slow BUYERS, only one
appearing to be picking up anything and only
a small way. There was fair demand for out
side account during the early part of the ses-
sion, but with the exception OF buying to go
into store by elevators the demand was nothing
extra; elevator companies were willing to pay
lc under July for No. Northern. and took
considerable wheat. Closing was: No. hard,
Nav, 9l3xc; June, 92c; July, 933Ic: on track
93c; No. l Northern, MAY, Ole: June. 9l1Sc;
July, 9S14c: on track, 9214@9215c; No. North.
ern. Nav. SSc: June, S9c; July, 90c; on track, IS
@9Oc
BALTIMORE - Wheat-W easy; No.
winter red, spot and May 925z@93c; July and
August. 9314@93ssc; September, 93116@9351c.
Corn - Western spot steady; futures easy;
mixed, spot, 4lh@4l5sc: May, 4ls694115; June
and July, 4O1s@4GAc; August 4O5s@4O5sc:
VI llnf VI
d361ac; do mixed. 34@S5c: graded No. 2 white.
36c. Rye firm: choice, 63Q65c; prime 6i062c:
good to fair, $4,000. Hay dull; prime to choice
timothy, sl2 50@lS 90. Provisions fairly active.
Butter dull ard quiet. Eggs firm and scarce,
at l412Ql5c. Coffee nrmer; Rio cargoes fair,
CINCINNATI-Flour firm. Wheat in moder.
ate demand; No. 2 red 91c; receipts, l, $50 bush.
els; shipments. 1,500 bushels. Corn weaker.
No. mixed, SIC. Oats weaker; No. 2 mixed
S0@3054c. Rye dull; No. 2 Soc. Pork steady at
SIS o. Lard quiet at IS rs. Bulkmeats easy;
short rib, IS 2S; Bacon steady; short clear.
finished goods on the basis Of 81 02. Butter
dull Sugar quiet and firm. Eggs steady at
12]lc. Cheese firm.
MILWAUKEE - Flour dull. Wheat easy;
No. spring, on track, cash, 91Ge2c; July,
92c; No. i Northern, VIC. Corn dull; No.
track t aoc. Rye firm; No, l. in store, $40
50c. Barley easier; No. 2 in store. 601aQ5lc.
Provisions quiet. Pork, Sl2 90. Lard, S6 10.
Cheese steady; cheddars. s@s11c.
.ToLEDo-wheat dull and lower; cash and
May. 96c; July. 95c; August, 93llc. Corn weak
and and lower; cash and May, s61zc; July, s514c.
sssaas SGss cash. So s 5ssebs1 s'sfIis'd dull bat