The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-02
PRODUCE AND ,rEIscnANDIsE.

NEW YORK, Oct. IL Especial Cot
ton, steady. Sales to-day lGl: ups.
1925, Orleans 10 GIG: net receipts 30, 1872;
exports to Great Britain l5.jl6; France
4,S9i; continent 20,9s6; stock 800, 70j.
Southern flour steady. Wheat dull. UNI
settled, a lower, closing higher: No. .
red, 1918, elevator; options advanced
$50 y. reacted and closed weak; No. =
red, Oct, lO1 &; Nov, lo2E; Dec. lO3K
january, lo5; May, l0SA.
Corn dull, closing easy; No. ,.
sos, elevator: options less active. Il 90
u down: Oct, 553s; Nov, 55ls Dec,
56ls: May, 5Gl@. Oats dull. easier:
options fairly active. easier: Oct, 1879:
November, ilA: May, 4GM. Hops
quiet, firm. Coffee, options closed
steady; October, $l7.90; November.
SlT.20@30; May, $i5.40; spot Rio
more active; steady; fair cargoes,
205l. Sugar, raw quiet, firm; re-
refined, quiet, steady. Molasscs, foreign
nominal; New Orleans quiet. Rice. fair
demand, steady. Petroleum dull, steady
Cotton-seed oil steady, quiet; crude.
a7@2S Rosin, quiet. steady: strained
common to good. l.4OGDl.3j. Turpcntine
dull, 39l%0Dll Wool steady, fair de-
mand. Pork quiet, steady. Beef dull,
steady; extra mess $50. Beef hams
dull easy. Ticrccd beef quiet. firm.
Cut meats steady, quiet: middlcs quiet,
steady. Lard stronger. shorts covering:
Western steam, S6.+5; city. ST: Oct.
S6.43 bid; Nov, S6.jj. Frcights dull:
cotton, Is Sd.
CHICAGO, Oct. l.-[Spccial Tho
wheat trading was good on speculative
account, and the feeling developed some
what unsettled. Prices again averaged
higher but advance not sustained. Course
Of I'D
traders to change to long side and most
of local crowd was bullish as the ad-
vance did not meet with any particular
opposition. but was rather helped along
by majority of traders. The early add
vance was accomplished without any
special effort, but there were rather free
offerings at top prices. parties who
bought the past day or two feeling in
clined to accept their profits. Cables
were little stronger and some bullish
news came to hand from northwest.
Opening was about the same to Il higher
than yesterdays closing, steadily adj
vanced Is, then eased off cent for Dc
cembcr and Il for May, fluctuated some
and closed about u lower for December
and y lower for May than yesterday.
Corn was fairly active and easier, Il
lower range being established on all flu
lures. Decline was due almost entirely
-
to free offerings Of heavy local S;pocu-
lator. who sold in the ncighborhood OF
half million bushels through brokers.
whiclr had very depressing effect on
values. First trades were at yester-
days closing figures, and under the in
tluenc" above mentioned. sold OF go
"a, ,askied a little, ruled steady and
c.oscd with @GpM lots
Pork -t,uitc good trade YVES re-
ported, Early prices were advanced
l0c. later prices receded l00l2ls. To
wards the close the market was steady,
with only 4 slight change in the prices.
Lard-.A fair trade was reported, prices
slightly advanced. Later the qnarllct
was slightly easier. $hort-rib sides
a moderately active business mas re-
ported. Early. prices slightly improved;
later. prices raceded 5h@5c, bnt,closcd
comparatively steady. The jeading
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