Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-03
MARKETS BY WIRE.
More Life In the Wheat Pit, and Prices
Stronger on European Advices and

noloere generally. Inc deliveries on IAnuaEy
contracts were about 100000 bushels.
Stocks in country elevators in the Northwest
were reported to be about 9,9650OO bushels,
against a965OOO bushels last year. The report
of q cold wave coming may nave had some ef-
feet in strengthening the feeling, as severe
freezing weather at this time might do damage
to the unprotected growing wheat
There was a fair business in corn, within
narrow range. The feeling developed was rel
atively frmer early in the session, but extreme
figures we're not maintained, the market ruling
easier as the session advanced. Deliveries on
January contracts were moderate, 100000 to
10000 bushels going around. The market
opened at about Tuesdays closing prices,
was firm for a time, eased OF some, and closed
a shade higher than Tuesday.
Oats were quiet and steady. Deliveries on
January contracts were fair, There was mod
crate covering by shorts. and the feeling was,
on the whole, rather stronger.
steady feeling prevailed in mess pork,
though prices for January delivery averaged
lower.
An easier feeling was developed in lard.
Prices ruled Sc lower for the near and 21<c for
the deferred deliveries.
A fairly active trade was reported in ribs.
Prices ruled 7169l0c lower on the near and 215@
SC lower on the deferred deliveries, and the
market closed steady.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT-No. 2 January. 7SQ7s1s@T7546T7szc;
May, sS9SS7zgSSgSS1sc; July, sl7fGsl19Slss@
GoRN-No. q January 29sS@2K G2Sl l@29H 70;
February. 2sssG2s34G2s1SG@95sc; May. S2GS2H
onTs~No. q January, 2Oh@2OsS@2oZ@2
February, 2O3sQ2O9Sc; May, 2216Q22AQ2169
25c.
MISS PORK, per bbl.-January. % O21S99 100
l21S@9 10; February. So 2O@9 25G9 20G9 25:
May. So 6O69 6569 571{69 IS.
LARD, per 100 Ds.-January. IS SO95 S0Q
s T11G5 so; February, s. S5@5 S71195 $50
S711%E; May, S6 O596 O596 O216G6 05.
SHORT RIBS per 100 Bs.-January, S4 600
4 6014 55a4 IS; February, 81 65G34 671694 650
4 6715; May. 81 S71194 S71S94 S5Q4 s71SS
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady and unchanged. No. 2spring wheat, ,77szc;
No 3spring wheat 6oQ6Sc; No. 2 red TIC; No.
O. barley, ,5S960c No. / faxseed, 81 3411@5 Prime
timothy seed. 81 II. Mess pork, per bbl, SO 100
l21S Lard. per 100 lbs, IS SOQ5 S271< Short RIBS
sides Qoose), 81 55G4 65. Dry salted shoulders
(boxed) 81 l21S94 Is; short clear sides (boxed),
81 95G5 90. Sugars UNCHANGED. Receipts
Flour $4,000 barrels: wheat, 81 900 bushels: corn,
622 600 bushels; oats, $50 600 bushels; rye 1000
bushels; barley, 5000 bushels. Shipments
Flour, a. 900 barrels; wheat 10 900 bushels; corn.
100000 bushels; oats, 1900 bushels; rye, 5000
bushels; barley, 33. 900 bushels
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was dull and unchanged. Eggs, 17@
I7Kc.
NEW YoRK-Flour firm and fairly active.
Wheat-Spot dull and firm; options fairly
active, z@Ae up and steady; local trading.
Barley dull. Barley malt dull Corn-Spot
easier; free offerings and fair trading; options
dull, 1Sc lower and steady. oats-Spot quiet
and easier; options fairly active and 1S61zc up.
& Cofee@options ions opened bar barely ee steadV u I55aO
points down; closed steady, l0@2O points down;
sales. 3l.750 bags, including January. l560c;
February. lS559l560 60c; March, l66O9l5.6 &c;
April, zoe; May Is OQl5 75c; June Is Csc; July
l56Oc; August 1565c: September 166O@l5,7 ,75c;
October, 1560@l5.70c; November. Is. 60c: spot Rio
steady and quiet; fair eargOes, 1876. No. Z. l7c
Sugar-Raw quiet and steady; refined in good
Rice quiet and steady Cotton seed oil frmer:
crude, 2615127c. Tallow quiet. Rosin steady;
strained, common to good. 81 209l 221<. Tur-
pentine steadier at 445z@45Ac. Eggs weaker;
quiet and firm. Cut meats quiet; picked bel
lies. 51l651Sc, picked shoulders, 4zc; picked
hams, S1<c: middles slow; short clear, SIS S5
Lard easier; dull; sales $50 tierces western steam
S6 Is closing at s. Is bid: options sales 500 ierces
January, S6 1l@6 Il; February, S6 28 bid; March,
S6 80; MAY, $6 40 bid. Butter quiet and weak;
Elgin 2SG29c; western dairy, 96l8c; do cream
cry, l3@27c; do held. l06l8c; do factory, 6QlSc.
Cheese quiet and easy; western, SQlOc.
PHILADELPHIA Flour barely steady.
Wheat firm; fair to good milling wheat 7S@S5c;
choice and fancy longberry, SS@937zc; un-
graded, in grain depot, SIC; do choice. in grain
Tnary, S25z9SSc; March, S8I@s4J<c; Apri, s4s<
@S51&c. Corn-No. mixed firm; car lots weak
and irregular: speculation quiet; No. yellow
in grain depot, 29c; No. yellow in do. SIC; No.
depot, SSe: No. 2 mixed. January. 36@361%c: Feb
ruary, 361z@361Sc; March, 96346S7c; April. 37@
3Sc. Oats-Car lots declined Z@Hc; No. 2
mixed. Csc; No 3white. in Twentieth street ele-
vator, 2s1kc; No. 2 white IN do, SO1Sc; do short
storage, SOc; do prime to choice in grain depot.
3l@Sl1Sc; futures dull and weak; No. white,
January, 29H@30c; February. 2911@3Oc; March,
2s5z@3I1zc; April, 3O@SQ1Sc. Eggs steady; Penn
sylvania frsts, 25c. Receipts-Flour, I,5OO
bushels; wheat 500 bushels; corn, IS, 900 bush
els; oats, 1900 bushels. Shipments-Corn,
1000 bushels; oats, l6, 600 bushels.
MINNEAPoLIs-The regular monthly de-
nverieS of wheat are light to-day here as well
as elsewhere. The amount was about 250000
bushels during the morning hour devoted to it.
The spring market was strong with no large
lines of wheat for sale and fair buying demand,
the market ruling about Sl6GS2c much of
the time. There was subsequently considera-
bic for sale at SIC, while bidders were about
Sl1S@S2c on the split News from the country
showed light receipts at country elevators and
moderate shipments. Closing quotations: No.
] hard. January Soc; February, Sic: May sac;
on track, Sic; No. Northern January, T7c;
January and February, 75ci May, 7916c; on
track. 76l77c
ST. LoUIs-Flour quiet and steady Wheat
higher market opened strong and ruled fairly
active. closing Z0%c above Tuesday: No 2red,
cash. 7Sc; March, S01sc, closing at S01Sc asked;
May. s15s@S2ssc, closing at S21Sc asked; July,
7SG7sSSc, closing at 7S1sc. Corn strong; No. 2
mixed, cash, 251z@25sSc; January, 55@25s<c;
February, 261f@26Ac; May, 2SsSQ&5<c closing
at 2S5sc asked. Oats higher; No. 3 cash, Ice
bid; January, 1977zc; May, 2l7sc and same bid for
more. Rye quiet and unchanged. Barley
Nothing done. Flaxseed, 81 80. Provisions
quiet. Pork, 50 62H.
MILwAUKEE-Flour dull and steady. Wheat
quiet; No. 2 spring on track. cash, 74@75c;
May, nc; No. Northern, Sc. Corn quiet;
No. 8, on track, 2716@2Sc. Oats steady; No. 2
white. on track. 2216@23zc. Rye quiet; No.
l in store, 45c. Barley quiet; No. q in store,
f7@z71<c. Provisions quiet. Pork, So O5 Lard
IS 971z. Cheese unchanged; cheddars, 90e16c.
ToLEDo-Cloverseed dull and steady; cash
and January, So IS; March, SS As.