Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-15
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Jnck Frost stirs Up the Grain Pit-Almost
Panic in Corn-May Option the Cen.
ter of Inferest-Top Prices

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tive to-day and prices irregular, ruling higher
at the opening, but Immediately declined, and
closed l1z@l1fc lower than yesterday.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
F, WHEAT-No. 2 September, 81 04@l OH9@
81 0l14@l OlAc; December, 81 06s4@l O714@
04A@l 04sss; May, 81 1Os4@l 1l@l 0S3s@l OSss.
CoRN-No. z September. 5l@5l@4916@49ssc;
October. 5lG5l@491S@5Oc; May, 5S14@56@524@
5S1sc.
OATs-No 2, September, 8sass@S794@s77sc
October. SS@SS@57A@3Sc; May, l13@41a040S
MESS PORK. per bbl.-october. $40 0O9l0 %
@l0 009l0 VIZ: January. Sl2 50@l2 5O@l2 lOQ
u 10; May sl$ 1o9la 1O92 7255952 5S7 s,0s 81
May, 81 l5@7 1897 121SG7 i25s.
SHORT RIBS, per 100 bs.-October. s. 57&@
@5 S75: May. S. 27tl@s a75I@6 25@S 271S. =
Cash quotarlons were as follows:
Flour steady and unchanged. No. 2 spring
No. 2 red. St or; No. Corn, 4sSSc; No. 2
oats.S7Ac. No.2 rye, 6l@6l15c. No.2 harley,771ac.
No: l haxseed. 81 A. Prime timothy seed,
81 25@l q: Mess pork per Dbl, $40 90 Lard per
So 40@5 so; dry salted shoulders boxed, s. ESQ
S115: short clear sides. boxed. s. S0@5 80.
No No white oats SS11Q3s11c: No. 5 white, $500
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was quiet and unchanged. Eggs 1870
17c.
! NEW YoRk-Flour-Receipts Is, 4s2 pack
ages; exports. 4, 3E barrels and 25l0 sacks; firm
and moderately active: sales, 1900 barrels
Cornmeal dull. Wheat-Receipts $500 bush
els: export, none; sales. Sl6 700 futures; 1900
spot; spot market dull. lower and heavy; No. z
81 O51s@l 661s f. o. b.; No. 8 red, Csc; ungraded
red, 81 0314@l 06; No. Northern, 81 Is; No. l
hard. 81 2O115; options opened l14@1Hc up. broke
2AQ3c and closed a: the lowest. The early ad-
dt,n nld tharr w
the decline later was in realizing and rumored
failure at the West. Speculation dull; No. :
red, September, closing, 81 041l: October. clos
Der. 81 0754@l 10, closing 07s4; May, 81 12l1
l 10, closing, 81 Il Rye firm and quiet; West
eT ern, d., 70@52c; Barley firm; CornIReceRtss s
oOC futures; 1900 spot; spot market
dull, unsettled and weak; No. 2
59c elevator, 5S@59c afoat: ungraded mixed.
5754@591Sc; options advanced l1@2c on frost
reports. declined 1880, closing heavy on
realizing and better weather reports; Septem-
Der, 575sc; October, 561s@5S34c. closing at 56?sc;
November. SIC: December, 571s@6S54c. closing 8
at 571sc; MAY. 5s18@6Nlc, closing at 5S1@c Oats
Receipts. 9S, 900 bushels; exports. 25 bushels;
sales, 10000 bushels futures. $4,000 bushels
spot. Spot market dull and heavy; options
4411lc; October, 44@ii1&c, closing at 44711c; No
yember. 4issc spot; No. white, 4414@441ac;
mixed Western. 40@46c; white do, 44Q52c: No.
Chicago. Acc. Hay steady and quiet; ship
Options opened dull and unchanged TO points
down, closing steady points up to Is points
down; Sales. q, $50 bags. including September,
Der, l6SO@I6.9Oc; December, 166Ogl6 75c;
January 16O0@l6O5 February. l500c;
March, 1554c; spot Rio quiet firm; fair cargoes.
2O34c; No. :. lsc. sugar-R.w quiet os and firm; firm;
fined active and firm Molasses-Foreign nom
inal. New Orleans quiet; common to fancy, $50
45c. Rice firm. Cottonseed oil firm; crude.
llxrr- Toll fir.r,.
5 3-l6c. Rosin quiet; strained. common to
good. 81 409I 45 Turpentine steady; 1850
4lc. Eggs quiet: Western, 1S1a@2Oc. Pork quiet
and firm: mess Sl1 25@l2 Is; extra prime. $40 so
OIL 90; cut meats fairly active and steady; mid
dies, dull and steady: Lard dull and easy;
Western steam, S6 So; sales, 500 terces; OPP
tons, sales 1000 tierees; ootober Sc S. Noyem- M
Butter quiet and weak; Western dairy, lOQl4c;
do creamery, 12@2216c. Cheese quiet and light
trading; light skim, 434@6c; Ohio flats 6Q7a4c.
PHILADELPHIA-Flourf firm. Wheat opened
firm at 1@l19c higher, but subsequently lost
terday on options and 15@1c lower on spot lots;
No. red. in export elevator, 81 0034; No. 2
red, September, ss11e@l 90; October, 81 oO4
s. O4@f O5. CONCEPTIONS opened strong and
1@l1@c higher, but subsequently reacted to
within Nc of yesterdays closing, and lett on
weak: car lots scarce. and advanced &c, with
fair local trade demand; No. Mixed in
Twentieth street elevator. 6Oc; No. yellow,
in Twentieth street elevator, 6l15c; ungraded,
in Twentieth street elevator, 6l15c; No. 2 high
high mixed, in grain depots 6I15c: No. 2 mixed,
September, 5619@57c; October, 56@@57c; No
vember, 5619957c; Decemb9r, 561aQ67c. Oats
and closed weak; car lots for local trade dull
and barely steadv: No. 8 white, 1870; No. 2
white, regular, 4418c; No. ? white, September,
49ze: 9siD; pece%6ers tSI 44@4sHc Eggs quiet and and
barely steady: Pennsylvania firsts, 22c
LOUlS-FIour unchanged. Wheat opened
excited and higher and still furter advanced,
but later prices brokt and with few huctua-
tions declined sharply and closed nc lower for
December and 15sc lower for May than yester-
day: No. red cash, 81 00A; December closed
81 O415 bid; May, 81 095s. Corn was also ex-
but prices soon declined and with various
fluctuations closed about steady and a fraction
better than yesterday; No. cash, 4Ic: October,
4e 1se NAY Sd cOe M.S oats sfeRas R9s
dull: Gle asked. Barley steady; Nebraska. esq
zoe: fancy Iowa, 75c. Provisions firm: Pork,
$40 25@l6 so. Lard, &c for better grades case
for strait steam.
tion of poor wheat on the market to-day. and,
although the number of car lots offered from
sample tables was large. many of them were
too poor to meet the demand and they went
slowly. Another thing that made the market
drag was the decline in futures SO rapidly after
the opening. Receipts of wheat were 2S9 cars
the last "a hours; and shipments lO5 cars; Du-
luth reported 239 cars arrived there Closing
quotations-No. i hard. September, 81 OF; on
track, 81 O3; No. Northern. 9614c: October. &c;
on track. &c; No. 2 Northern. September, 92c;
on track. 93Q94c.
cINClNNATI-Flour in fair demand and
f1rmer. Wheat firm; No. red. 81 90. Corn
firmer; No. mixed, 5l11c. Oats firm; No. 2
S9Hc. Rye stronger; No. 2. SIC. Pork quiet
at $40 IS. Lard tirmer at s8 10. Bulkmeats
and bacon steady. Whisky active and firm;
sales l,09S barrels finished goods on basis 81 l3.
Butter easy. Sugar strong. Eggs in fair de-
mand and steady at l5c. Cheese firm.
BALTIMORE Wheat-Western quiet and
weak; No. winter spot and September, 81 90;
October, 81 0015@l 003z; December, 81 041z@
l O4% Corn-Western quiet; mixed, SPOT and
September, SIC; October, SEC asked. Oats very
firm. Rye firm. Hay inactive. Provisions
active. Butter quiet. Eggs weak at 1S@19e.
Other articles unchanged.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. firm. Wheat firm;
December, 9916c: No. 1 Northern. 81 OF. Corn
steady; No. B. on track. 401ac. Oats steady;
2, in store. and September, 66@67c. Rye firm;
No. l, in store. CSC. Provisions quiet Pork
January. sl2 III. Lard-January, S6 Is.
ToLEDO-Wheat active, weak and lower;
cash ST 0O1l September, 81 OH; December
81 O41s; May. 81 091z. Corn active; cash and
Oats euiet cash, 39c. Cloverseed steady: cash,
and October, 81 40; November, 81 Is; Decem-
ber, 81 so.
DuLUTH-Wheat opened strong and higher
but slumped OFF &c during the day. Closing
prices: September, 81 o.; October, 81 04; De-
cember. 81 o.; cash wheat, No. hard closed at
81 O4; No. l Northern. CSC; No. Northern.
$3.50.
EASING UP.
Eastern Financiers Think the Worst of the