Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-29
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Another Bulge in the Chicago Grain fit-
Everything Higher, But Top Prices
Not Sustuined-Hog Products

than Saturdays closing features, Uut 'ho n0
vance brought out free speculative offerings
under which prices declined l9l14c, then nuctu'
ated and closed about l1s@lHc higher than
| Saturday. The advance was attributed 70
about the same influences which have affecteo
the market of late. Advices from the North
west note very hot weather and further damage
| to the crou. At points in Northern DaKota Tue
| thermometer was 1859 and ll00.
Corn-There was an immense uaue Wisr na,,
| was exceedingly wild unsettled and very HTeg-
| ular, price changes being sharp ana IrequeuiiS'
| covering l192c range. The feellng pletaiI'
| ing was much stronger and QUICK Su.ance
was scored early in the day, but sharp preaS
| followed the market ruling easier, but closed
| firm. The early strength was due TO pad crop
| advices. The buying in of short corn, when Ine
| failure of local house was announced, Slso
| tended TO boom the market. There was lree
| realizing on the advance, large quantities OF
| long property coming out and prices receoeo &c
| from outside figures
| of the session considerable excitement pre-
vailed due to the announcement OF prom,
nent trader that he wished his trades closeo
cut This made operators wild to ouy, ana
first sales were at 6SGl5sc over Saturday close.
September and May were the most exclteo ana
showed the greatest irregularity. Sales for
September were lc apart at about the same
moment. July and August, while not traoeo
in very heavily sympathized with the other de-
liveries and advanced l1sc for July and nc ior
August.
Mess Pork-Trading was fairly active: Prices
advanced 50975c early. but settled back again
10@50c and closed steady.
Lard-Trading was very active Opening
sales were made at l212Ql5c advance. Later,
prices receded 5G715c and closed comparatively
steady
Short Rib Extraordinarily heavy trading
was reported. Opening sales were at lOc ad-
vance, followed by further improvement OF
PIC. Later prices settled back 215Q5c. AT the
middle of the session prices rallied 619glOc;
Toward the close prices receded 215Q5c and
closed steady.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT No. 2 July 931f@93s< <@9219@ @93c;
August. 9S5s0s4 zg9s@sS1Sc: September, s91sg
961s6941S S6951zc.
.GSg. a.;1gssss! SHlZ sspsen6sf z
o1Atfs@Sc. Z July. ssN@8sAeSs@ss1lc: Au,
gust. SS1dGS44 GSS@S5s6c; September, S2QSSsQ
MESS PORK, per bbl.mJuly, sl2 2SSl2 sa2; 25@ So
September. 81 25@Il 75@ll 25@l1 40
LARD, per 100 ns.-August 81 1906 l5g6 l0g
October. s6 S71f@6 4215@6 35@6 42h.
SHORT RIBS per 100 bs. August, IS 256
2716@5 25@5 %; September. IS 1905 40@5 50
as 40; October, IS 5o95 5219@5 4595 47kr
Cash quotauons were as follows. Flour
firm with 25c advance asked. No. spring
wheat 93c;sNo. 3 spring wheat, S3@S5c; No.
red, 94c No. 2corn 1890. No. oats, $3.50. No.
rye. 54c. No. barley nominal: No; faxseed.
81 S011. Prime timothy seed 81 42@1 43. Mess
pork, per bb1. sl2 25 Lard per 100 lbs. Sc 121z
Short ribs sides Qoosel,sS 2O95 30. Dry salted
sides (boxed), IS 6n@5 rs. Sugars unchanged.
No. 2white oats, 351sG5614c; No. do. $3.50
S5Ac.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was unchanged. Eggs l3@lS16c.
NEW YoRK-Flour very firm 5@15c up and
moderately active. Cornmeal-Ye elbow West
ern 60c. Wheat-Spot dull and 1@1lzc up,
closing barely steady; options advanced lsf92c,
chiefly December, on the general bull excite
and the West; the foreign houses became
buyers and reaction set in; the close was
barely steady at as92c over SATURDAY.; trading
Barley out of stock Corn-Spot firm: scarce
Sc higher and quiet; options remarkably ex-
cited on crop news and squeeze of shorts ad-
vanced S7sG4c. closed H99sc under best figures
steady; options firmer and quiet. Hay Steady
and quiet Hops steady and quiet. Coffee
Options opened steady and unchanged TO Is
ssies % 80 oOo bags including july % aoSiz P4f 45c
August, I7.l5@l7.25c September, l665@l6 75c:
October l6.05@l6.l0c; November, l5.70c;
December. l56gQl565c; March, 1890: April.
fair cargoes, 20c; No fat bean, 1sss@1s15c.
Sugar-Raw firm and fairly active; fair refining,
6ass maTom s test tes 60 sois soRs Ba9Sa
does, S9o test, 45sc; refined quiet and steady;
off A, 5 9-l6Q5s4c. Molasses quiet Rice scarce
and firm. Cottonseed oil dull. Tallow quiet
and steady: Rosin quiet and easy. TurpentIne
dull at 42@42%c. Eggs firm; fair demand;
Western, prime to fancy, lS@lS16c; do good,
17@l716c; do poor. per case 81 OO93 90: receipts.
5.4S2 packages. Pork active and firm: mess,
slS 00Gl4 90; extra prime, $40 000l0 So Cut
meats higher and active: picked bellies, 61I@
SIC; do shoulders. 534@6c: do hams, l0J1@l1c;
mIddles strong; short clear, Sc. Lard excited,
much higher with corn; active: W estern steam.
Sc S5; sales, 500 tierces at S6 3096 35: options
sales, ,2oO tierces; August. Sc S2@6 AZ closing
Sc 49 bid; October, Sc 6S@6 ". closing at S6 81:
Nvember, So n; December, s8 1895 So, closing
at S6 IS; January, Sc S8 Butter extra firm;
9th ers quiet and easy: Western dairy 6@llc; do
creamery. 99l7c; Elgin, FGl7Hc. Cheese
fat, 5G61Sc.
PHILADELPHIA-Flour frmer and higher;
western winter, clear, "a 1894 so: winter pat
ent, S. 00@5 20; Minnesota clear 81 O0G4 so;
do. straight. 81 COCA 80. Wheat opened lll15c
higher, but subsequently reacted 1lc and closed
barely steady; No. red. july. 9Sss69S1Sc; Au-
gust. 9614G97c; September, 9615@97c: October
971aQ9Sc. Corn strong and prices advanced
kets. based chiefly on hot and dry weather in
the corn belt; no mixed and yellow for local
trade 5Sc; No. mixed july. 50@5lc; August
501&@5lc; September, 5Q1a95Ic; October. SIG
with good local trade demand for car lots. but
nothing doing in futures: No. clipped, white.
43@4S75c; No: 2 white, 4S@4S1lc; do. clipped.
44c; No. 2 white July, 42@43c. August, 3S1S6
SOC; September S7A@S737c; October, S15G
3S1Zc. Provisions firm and in good demand
Mess pork, new, SO 5O@13 90: do prime mess.
new, So: do. family, sl4 OO6l4 so; hams
smoked, 111z312c. Lard-Wes estern steam, S6 81
Butter-Fancy goods scarce and firm; faulty
qualities dull; Pennsylvania creamery extra.
I7c; do. prints 22@25c Eggs scarce and firm;
Pennsylvania firsts, l71&@lSc. Cheese steady;
part skins, 5@6c.
ST. LOUIS-Flour very firm, but oujet.
Wheat excited and sharply higher; cash and
July, lower; No. red, cash. 921<c; July closed
at 92slc asked; August 92J6c asked; Septem-
ber, 933zc; December, 975s@91Sc. CorpENo.
2 cash, 4l15c: August closed at 43Isc: Septem-
Der, 44ILc bid; October, 44szc; May, 4S1<c. Oats
NO cash, Csc bid; August closed at 94c hid:
September, 34@341sc: May. S71fe. Rye higher:
No. cash, ole bid; No. cash, 47c. Hay weak
except for top grades; prairie, Sl0@ll for choice
to fancy; timothy, Sll 00@l1 90. Bran duII:
sacked lots. 65@67c. Flsxseed firm; cash.
81 28@1 q; August, 81 q. Butter easy:
creamery. l2GlSc; dairy, 6G12c. Eggs steady
at &c. Cornmeal higher; cash lois. So AZ
Bagging quiet at 615@Sc.
MINNEAPOLIS - Receipts Of wheat over
Sunday were 20 cars. Shipments, 81 cars.
There was a very fair demand for good milIinr
with the buying about equally divided between
local and outside accounts. Prices were strong
during the early part of the session but weak.
ened some later in sympathy with lower fin.
lures. The offerings were not heavy and most
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