Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-16
MARKETS BY WIRE.

Whent Rallies Under the Ir1aence Of Spec
| ularion md Bad Crop Reports
| Corn and Oats FIrmcr-Pork
Dull and Lower.
| CHlCAGO-There was good trading In whea
on speculative account to-day and the feeling
| was little unsettled. A prominent local oper
ator was reported as having sold freely. also a!
having done some buying, and the crowd gen
orally was supposed to nave been the buyers
with fair buying by shorts during the day. The
opening was firmer with July A@lc higher, ad
vanced Hc more. then declined irregularly
again advanced to full top figures. and the clos
| ing was lac higher than yesterday Not mucf
was doing in May and June. The early strength
was due to speculative influences and assisted
by the nature of the crop reports, which say the
winter wheat does not show any Improvement
The Cincinnati Price Current reports slight i'm
provements in Ohio and the condition OF lndi
ana, Illinois and Kansas slightly lower.
| Corn was fairly active. though there were
periods when the market ruled dull. Fluctua
| tons were within L9ssc range. The feeling
was frmer, but the undertone was not strong.
The wet and colder weather had very stimu-
lating effect on values, but the very free sell.
| ing by large local operator had tendency to
| keep July down. The market opened H9Hc
| better than the closing yesterday, was easy for
time. selling of 1s@Hc recovered some, ruled
Oats were active and shade higher. The
more deferred deliveries were stronger. but adj
yanced H@Lc. May advanced 1c, which was
A yery light business was done in pork.
Prices were 1O@15c lower. the market closing
| tame. ........ -..
Trading in lard was moderate and the feel
ing unsettled. Early there was a little more
pressure to sell and prices receded 21z@5c but
at the decline there was little more buying
and prices rallied again slightly, closing
steady.
There was less doing In short ribs and the
feeling was easy. Opening sales we're made at
about Wednesdays prices. Later the feeling
was easy. and prices settled back 215@5c. rallied
again slightly and closed steady.
The leading futures rangea az follows.
WHEAT-No. 2 May, s51sdO41p5@D4e.
June, vS@aa1f fes20e51so; July, Sa1z@95Is9el99l
.sns, IassSsSSaoi 1Sis. YS' SiJsSSi5sS
i 's,ss; .ss,I Nay. June.
hex ssss' pss bs@ass aels sf III s6sls o
4 III Yssia Jas sis i sa sSsIs ia 2'ss sess '0s'
aLAip. per 100 bs,=Msy " zgfgs IN
40 i6dS S5a6' S7Sl' ''S' '''' '" y
June. y tog5 4O95 iOc5 i6I july s6 l7yls
Cash quotations were as follows Flour Arm
and unehangedi No. 2spIing wheat, Dage4el No.
0 spring wheat B0gs4ei No, 2 red, 05Gb4oI No,
sHpn s 9sgsAtsI y No. Sa.s cl NO rys "a h9s! e.
prime Timothy seed. 81 20 Mess pork per
bbi, si2 o2I1, Lard, per 100 lbs, 90 2b16 T1S.
Short ribs sides tlooss), s5 s5G6 4Oi dry salted
sides Iboxsdj, s5 iSG5 IS, Sugars unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was unchanged. Eggs, ll6Ilkc.
NEW VoRK-Flour dull and irregular.
Wheat-spot unsettled and dull, closing strong
Sys RI ops9H: psS %1U Sg snd 8 sD Ssrsgg SSSISg % ST
Barley malt dull. Corn-Spot moderately ac-
tive and weaker; options less active and un-
changed TO &c up and steady. Oats-Spot fair
ly active and firm; options fairly active and IT.
regular. Hay in fair demand and nrm. Hops
strong and quiet. Coffee-Options opened dull
and unchanged to points down, closed barely
steady, points down to 6points up; sales. l3,-
@ iSs5c; S4t JSIy' s isa5@ld scS: sspse%Ssr 1900 q
Is l0c: October, Is SOC; November, l5.5Oc; Decem-
Der. la4Sc; spot Rio lower and quiet; fair car
raw easy and quiet; fair refining, l4c; centrif-
ugals, 800 test sales. 900 tons Muscovados,
96o test at 47c SO test at 4s-l8c; refined quiet,
Mea sss qqRs
fair demand. Cottonseed oil firm. Tallow
quiet; city (2 for packages). 1894 9.l6c.
Rosn firm. Turpentine dull at 46c. Eggs
ceipts. $3.50 packages. Pork dull. Cntmeats
dull and weak; picked bellies. 516951Sc; do
shoulders, 5Hc; do O. hams, sNgloc. Middles
Western steam SO an; sales, 900 tierces; op-
tIons. sales, $50 tierces; June, SO IS, closing at
SO 53@6 55 July. SO 63R6 65: August, 90 79616 Is;
6sist ~ Snd w.sS 70 g
do creamery. 69l7c; do held, 5GSc; do factory,
1900; ElgIn. lSc. Cheese weak and more
active; Western nominal.
PHILADELPhlA-Flour quiet Wheat dull
and weak; rejected. 72G7se; fair to good
red, in export elevator. DC; No. 2 red, May,
9lsl@921lc; June, sl1f@0214c; July. SlG92c;
August, sOgslc. Corn options dull but
shade lower; No. yellow, on track, CSC; No. 8
mixed. on track, 381<c; steamer No. 2mixed, In
Twentieth street elevator. Ale; No. 2 mixed. in
june, 1oIc; July. iCNaiic; August. ilZgn2c..
Oats. cariots steady, but local trade demand
light; No: 8 white. &c; do clipped. 3t94c; No, 2
White Ss3c DO elipPsd Ss S; sS9rgs @
aZc; June s31SG3ic; July. SslSgs4c; August,
3OSG3lc Butter dull and weak; Pennsyl vauia
creamery. extra, l7c: do creamery, extra, l7c;
do prints. extra, 2la26c Eggs hrm; Pennsyl-
vania hrsts, l4@l416c.
ST. LouIs-Flour easy but unchanged.
Wheat opened higher, but dnder very free
selling declined rapidly and sharply; reacted
later, then cased of again and closed weak
e2c; July. s71IG1sdc. closed at sssEc, asked;
August, s9l4GS711o, closed s7he; December.
Sg5Io bid. Corn opened higher; then declined,
but closed 10 above yestnrdny No. 2 cash.
SlIzc, May. S2fc; July 82Jlag32skc, closed s21Sc;
August, 82kc: Oats very. dull. and prices
nonninaii No. 2 cash, 1910 bid; July, 25s{o bid.
Rye quiet, 63c. Barley dull; sample lots.
25c. Flaxseed nominal, 81 49,
Bngging and cotton ties unchanged. Pro
visions very quioti Job lots pf pork, yl3 Lard,
car lots, butcher grades. % 1000 90.
BALTIMORE - Wheat-Wcstern easy; No.
2 winter red. spot and May, el94G02cj July.
D01lG10lc: August, 500 asked. COTn-Wcstern |
rasyi mixed, spot, &c; May. 4lkci Juno. l014c,
July, 401f0i094o; August, 4014fg4lci steamer, |
80l1 GpiOc. Oats weak. unchanged. Rye quiet;
prime 10 choice, 6ins2c, good TO fair, 5sdo0Oo.
Hay dull; prime to choice timothy sl2 60Gli3 90. |
fairly active. Butter weak, but un. |
Eggs strong at l3c. Coffee dull; |
Iilo cargocs. fair. io74c, No. 7. l7s4Golsc.
MlLWAukEE-Flour quiet. Wheat unsettled |
but 10 hlgbsri No. spring. on track, cash, $50
lpOci No, ] Northern. plc. Corn scaroei No, |
J. on track, g1c. Oats unchangedt No. q white, |
IN track 2D16Q30o. Ryo Arm; No. /, IN store,
Nc. Barley higher No. q In store. 4gs4B4sc.
weak. Pork, 6l2 TO- Lard, 80 30.
Cheese steadyi cheddars. loc.
MINNEAPoLis-Fsceip Of wheat were ib3
,ars, shipments, % cars. Tho demand for No, |
Nofthorn cash wheat was fair, Closing duO-