Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-14
MARKETS BY WIRE.
The Storm Knocks the Life 0uf of the
Wheat Pit-CoIaer weather Serves
to stllfen PrIces-The Pork
Morlrae W.. rae.l...

] Market Was Lifeless.
CHICAGo--The wheat market to-day was
very quiet and featufeless. Outside business
was restricted some by the interruption of tele-
| graphic communication. the wires being down
on account Of severe storms The visible
supply promised good liberal decrease, but
the figures were slow in coming in on account
of the difficulty with the wires, and the unccr-
tainty of what the showing might be made by
operators little backward about trading
The cold weather and the prospects Of lib
eral decrease in the visible supply had ten;
dency to create frmness in the market and
prices averaged slightly better, advancing %c
over saturdays closing, and closed nc higher.
Domestic markets were generally steady and
firm.
Corn ruled very dull, little interest being
manifested. and trading was OF light local
character. fluctuations being limited to q frac-
was no influence of consequence developed,
the cold weather not having much effect on
values.
Oats were slow and without new features Of
Importance.
There was only moderate trade reported in
the market for hog products and there were no
important changes to note.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT-No. 2, January, 774T@T@77; Feb
ruary. 7S1S97s1Se; May, S29S21S@Sl6@S2
CoRN-No January. 2SX@29nSX69c
February. 2sSS@asx@Sx@9&c:
OATs-No. 2 January. 20Ss@203S0201z z@201<
February. 2Oss@2O1<c; May. 23@2x@ x@22G31Sc.
MESS Pork, per bbl-January. 81 5OGDB so;
February. 50 5OQ9 550s 5OGe 5216; May, 50 s216
LARD, per 100 1s.-January. $ 1<@5 sO@
7716Q5 50: February, s. s21<@5 S565 s21S6
5 IS; May, Sb O5@6 O5@6 05@6 05.
SHORT RIBS. per 100 AA-January s. 50@
4 677SG4 50@4 671$; February, 81 6714@4 70Q
4 6715@4 70: May, 81 9O@4 9OGl s71S@4 3D.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet and unchanged No. 2 spring wheat,
1870; No. 8 spring wheat, 64@74c; No. red,
O.. z 2OatR
rye. 441<c. No. barley, 55657c. No. flaxseed,
81 34H. Prime timothy seed. 81 20. Mess pork,
per Dbl, SO 50. Lard. per 100 lbs, S. 771z95 so.
Short ribs sides COosel, 81 65@4 T5 Dry salted
shoulders fboxedl, 81 121S@4 25 short clear
sides (boxed), 81 9505 90. Sugars unchanged.
Receipts-Flour, 1900 barrels: wheat, 5000
bushels: corn. $4,000 bushels; oats, $4,000
bushels; rye, 1900 bushels: barley IS. 900 bush
els. ShIpments-Flour, 20 900 barrels; wheat
100000 bushels; corn, 367 900 bushels; oats u.s.
900 bushels; rye, 5000 bushels; barley, g.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was quiet; creamery, l6G25c; dairy,
u@2lc Eggs dull at lS@l4c.
PHILADELPHIA-Flourq quiet: Western win
As; winter patent, 81 5O@4 90; do do straight,
81 20G4 rs; do patent 81 S5@8 IS. Wheat
Options duh but firm; choice grades scarce
and firm, with fair demand from millers; fair
do, SS@92c; choice ungraded, in grain depot,
90c: No red. January, S01716lc; February, SlA
QS275c; March, S3@SS1<c; April, S4@S41Sc.
PPed 91s car IosS % sseaay put gn@sS @
local trade, 30G36c; No. 2 high mixed on track
and IN Twentieth street elevator, 871<c; No.
yellow, in grain depot 8711c; also for export
export elevator: No. mixed, January, 36Z
0S61zc; February. 365sG36Hc; March. 371s@
SsSc; April S71&@SSc. Oats weak, quiet and
lower; No mixed. in grain depot. 2815c; No. 3
white, 2S5zc; no short storage, 2S1Sc; futures
neglected and nominal: No. white, January
&A@29c; February. 29G29xc; March, 29@29kc;
September. 2szG29Sc. Provisions steady but
prime mess. new, Sll 90; do family Sl2 5O6l3O0.
Hams, l0156l2c. Lard-Western steam, S. 37%
at Soc. Butter dull and unsettled; Pennsyl-
vania creamery, extra, 26GNc; do prints extra,
2SQ25c. Eggs dull and weak; Pennsylvania,
frst. I69l7c. Cheese. ..70S1kc; full skins. 21<63c
Receipts-Flour. $500 barrels; wheat, 900 bush
Shipments-Wheat. LOO bushels; corn. 1880
bushels; oats, Is, 400 bushels.
NEW YoRK-Flour dull and heavy Corn
meal dull. Wheat-Spot dull aud frmer:
options dull, H@1<c up and steady Rye strong;
Western, 57@60c; Canada, 5766Oc. Barley
steady. Barley mali quiet. COrn-spot dun and
easier; options generally steady and dull. Oats
Spot frmer and quiet; options quiet and ia
changed, 10 points mp, closed barely steady
59l0 points up; sales, l,500 bags. including:
January, l60Oc; February l6sOGI6.OOc;
March, I6oO0le1oc: May, l6OO6l6 l5c;
isoo6ls o5c; october, 1sOOa N1eber, November,,
l6.00c; December, l6.0O@l6.05c; spot Rio, firm
and quiet: fair cargoes. 1870; No. 2. l71<c.
heads jamaica, 81 test II8e; rerned firm:
fair demand. Molasses-Neu Orleans quiet
Rice STEADY and quiet. Cotton steady and
dull. Turpentine quiet. Eggs easier; Western,
l6Gl615c; receipts, ,665 packages. Pork steady:
mess. old, So 75E1l0 25: do new. $40 5O1Il 90:
extra prime, So 25@s 70 Cut meats weak.
Middles quiet Lard hrmer and quiet; sales,
go tierces: western steam, S6 10; options sales.
go tierces; February. Sc q, closing at IS q;
January. $6 Il; March, s. % bid; April, So 80;
others weak. Elgin, 2s@&36c; western dairy,
SGl6c; do creamery, l2@265Sc: do held 9@l7c;
do factory. 5@16c. Cheese quiet and steady;
western. SGl0c.
ST. LoUIs-Flour very quiet, but holdings
changed. Wheat higher; the opening was at
advances Of HGHc, and the market closed "a
sc higher for May and nc bid for July; No.
red, cash. TIC bid; May. SQ3S@Slc, closed at
bid. Corn higher; No. mixed, cash. 2515c
bid; February. 257s@261Sc. closed at 261Sc bid;
March; Mar 269S@Gc. closed At &c asked: May, 27I
29Q2s1sc, closed at 2911% %@299sc bid. Oats irmer
but no tradings; No. 2 cash, 2l@2l16c bid: May,
2lNc asked. Rye-No 2 &c bid. Barley
z so; timothy, S. 0O@13 90. Bran, 4364SJ<c.
Flaxseed, 81 30. Butter unchanged EGGS
Improved demand at l1zc for good. Cornmeal,
81 55Q1 So
MINNEAPoLIs-Local receipts of wheat for
the past IS hours were 438 cars with 20 shipped
out Millers complained that prices of sample
wheat were too high to make -four and sell it at
current quotations They held back from buy-
ing, but without any apparent concerted &C
tiOn. There were a few orders from outside
millers, but mostly limited below the prices
asked Altogether cash wheat moved slowly
and near the end of the session the tables were
well covered with grain of all descriptions vet
unsold. Closing quotations: No. ! hard, Janu-
ary 79xc; February. sue; May S31<c; on track
SO4Slc; No. Northern. January, TIC; Febru-
ary, 7S1zc; May, Sl1Sc: on track. 781fl19c: No.
Northern, January, 75c; February, 751<c: May,
7Se; on track, 74976c.
MILwAUKEE-Flour dull and steady Wheat
easy; No spring, on track 7S17074c; May,
751sc; No. Northern, S21Se. Corn quiet; No. 3,
on track. N@21zc Oats steady; No. 2 white, on
track, 2212c. Rye quiet: No. L in store 45l<c.
Barley easy; No. 2 in store 44c. Provisions
firm. Pork, 50 621k. Lard. IS so Cheese steady;
cheddars, 9@91Sc.
BALTIMoRE-Provisions quiet Butter dull;
creamery, 24927c. Eggs quiet: western, l4@
1916. Coffee quiet; Rio fair, 1870,