Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-26
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Wheat Dull and Weaker-Foreign Advices
Unfavorable-Hog Products Moder-
ately Active and Irregular
Oats Strong and

oAts strong anu
Higher.
| CHIcAGo-wheat-Very light trade to-day,
| and the market was dull and weaker. changes
in prices, however. were only slight. The mar
ket opened about the same as yesterdays CLOS
ing, to a shade above, and under fair offerings
the market weakened, and prices declined &c,
recovered some ruled quiet and steaoy, ana
closed about 1sc lower than yesterday. Inere
was a dearth of outside news. and also business
doing on outside account. Operators generally
| inclined to await developments, and even local
traders manifested less disposition TO operate
than characterized their movement the past
| few DAYS. Foreign market adyices were gener.
ally of less favorable tenor.
| A dispatch was received from Toledo saying
that some mills are closing up on account OF
| the lack of demand for -four. No new crop
news received. Weather colder. and lower
| temperature predicted. The speculative offer
ings were larger during the last half hour OF the
| session, prominent local trader being credited
with having sold. and fair quantity was sold
| by the elevator proprietors against their nold-
| ings.
Corn ruled quiet and inactive during most of
| the session. but little interest being mani
Tested, values showing little change compared
with yesterday. The feeling prevailing was
comparatively steady Notwithstanding the
heavy movement. The market opened at yes
terday's closing prices, was steady for a time,
bushels of May by local commission house,
ruled easier and closed a shade lower than yes
terday.
Oats were fairly active, strong and higher;
prices advanced &c, and closing sales were at
intermediate prices. There was free selling by a
large holder and good buying by shorts and
miscellaneous traders. which caused the firm
ness. There was good selling on the firm spots
and fluctuations were numerous, prices for May
touching the extremes several times.
Pork-A moderately active trade was re-
ported. but the feeling was somewhat unset
tied. Opening sales were made at lOc advance
on the closing figures OF Monday, but some
realizing by longs caused reduction of l21z9
l5c. Toward the close the feeling was steadier,
and prices rallied slightly and the market
Lard-Trading was quite active and steady in
the day. Shorts purchased quite freely,
especially for May and July delivery and open
ing sales were made at 21lG5c advance. Later
there was more pressure on local trading &C
companied with reduction of 5Q71ac. The
market closed steady at inside figures.
active. Prices ruled 215a5c higher early but
the appreciation was not maintained, and the
market closed rather tame at about inside fig
ures.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHKAT-No. 2 March, s0k@SOss@SoGs0c;
May. Slasl1s@sQ119SO13c; July. 7s97s1s9
CoRSSNo. 2, April. 2sI@2S%G2S4@2sXc;
May, "s3s62szs9%5s@2e24c; July SlGSl1sGSl
@3lc.
sS@s si5.SsiAsnssSs}4e; July. ~sSszsszigS
: MISS PoEK, per enl.May, $40 s5alo $50
July, $40 571sGlo 75@1O 65Ql0 70.
LARD, per 100 ns:-May S. 3@s 25@
20 eS gulr VS. 6 s@s s9as sas $ asSs ESS sass a7 0
SHORT RIBS. per 10o bs.-May. IS 1870
5 l711@5 l5@5 l5; June. IS 2O65 2O@5 2OG5 70;
July, IS 25g5 2715G5 221zG5 2a
Cash quorauons were as follows: Flour
No. spring wheat. 7OG75c; No. 2 red, 7s115
@SOc. No. corn. 2s15c. No. 2 oats, 2l54c. No.
z rye. 42sc; No: barley, nominal. No. fax
pork, per bbl. $40 So Lard. per 100 lbs. IS Is.
Short RIBS sides Qoose), SIS l0G5 Is; dry salted
shoulders (boxed), 81 4004 so; short clear sides
(ooxed): 81 45ga SO. sugars-Unchauged. Re-
els: corn, $4,000 bushels; oats, l46 600 bushels;
rye, 1000 bushels; barley. 10000 bushels. Ship
ments-Flour,7 600 barrels: wheat, 5000 bushels;
corn, I94, 600 bushels; oats 1000 bushels; rye,
1000 bushels; barley. Ii, ,0O0 Bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was easier; fancy Elgin creamery 2i@
2412c; finest Weskrn. 21@23c; finest dairies. 2OQ
&c; fine, l4@l5c. Eggs. lS15Gl4c.
NEW YoRK-Flour dull and unchanged.
Whcat-Spot dull, lower and weak: options
Rye firm. Barley firm; Western, 45G62c.
Barley malt quiet; Canada 7215@S71fc. Corn
Spot moderately active; &c down and weak;
options down and weak. Oats-Spot generally
steady and quiet; options moderately active
and steady. Hay quiet and steady. Hops
quiet and easy. Coffee-Options opened steady
points us; sales. 36. 500 Bugs. including March.
1LS54l79Oc; April, I35@l745c; May lT25c;
June. l6.S5@l6.95c; July, l6.70c; August 1850
@l6.65c; September, l6. SOQl6.45c; October, 1906
Gl6.l5c; November, 15.75c; December, l575@
l5.S5c: spot Rio firmer, moro active; fair car
goes. 2O13c; No. Z fiat bean. ls34@l9c. Sugar
Raw quiet and lower; fair refining, 44c; cen
Muscovado, $50 test, 45sc; refined quiet and
lower; mold A, 3,l6c; standard A, l.l6c
confectionery A. SIC; cut-loaf, nc; pow
dered. CSC; granqlated. S-l6c; cubes
cargoes of Cuba sold at 2l115c for 800 test; New
Orleans steady and quiet. Rice steady and
quiet. Cottonseed oil strong; crude, 2Sc; yell
low, SS55@Sic. Tallow firm; Rosin quiet;
pentlne dull and lower at 42c. Eggs firmer;
Western. l4szGl5c; receipts, 5000 packages.
Wool quiet and steady: domestic fleece, 800
firm; mess, old $40 25GlO Is; do, new, sll 5oai2:
extra prime, $9@l0 Cutmeats strong and in
good demand. Middles quiet; short clear, IS So
Lard easier by and points. through realiz-
ing, and less active; Western steam, Sc SIS and
nominal; options steady; sales, $500 tierces;
April. S6 49,; May. Sc 1896 So, closing at S. 4S@
49, June, Sc 81; July Sc 6O@6 s. closing at s6 SO
as 20; August, IS 65 September. Sc 7296 70.
closing at S8 n; October, Sc 1896 "a Butter
easy and in moderate demand: Western dairy
SGlSc; do creamery. l3Q25c; do held, 7@i5c; do
factory. 6@lsc; Elgin. 2692M Cheese strong
and more active; Western, l0Ql015c.
PH1LADELPH1A-Flour firm, with a fair de-
mand for desirable spring wheat patents; only
moderate inquiry for other descriptions. Wheat
firm. with fair inquiry for desirable milling
grades; rejected, 6O@7Oc; fair to good milling
wheat, 7d@S2c; prime to choice. S5@9lc; un-
graded. track, Soc; No. red in export eIe-
vator. SAC; No. red March, s334@S44c; April,
S47&GS5c; May, S572@S6c; June. S515GS6c Corn
track. 3Sc; No. mixed. track, 3315c; No. yell
low, track, 35c: steamer, in Girard Point ele-
vators, 333lc; No. mixed, in grain depot 35J5c:
No @zsd March S'gSSs April S6eSSc
but quiet; No. white, 30@S2c: futures quiet,
but steady; No. white. March, 3Ol<d3Ic;
April. SOa301sc: May, 2s3s@2s34c; June, $500
29szc Eggs scarce and higher; Pennsylvania
hrsts, l6c
ST. LoU1s-FIour firm but unchanged. Wheat
Notwithstanding various bear influences,
prices opened l-16c better and advanced &c
more. but later on, free selling and weak mar
closed A93sc. July ss@15c below yesterday;
No. 2 cash, firm at 7671c; May, 777S@
7Sc; closed at 775sc; July, 75ss9761Sc; closed at
fraction, then declined and closed slightly un-
der yesterday; No 2. cash, 25G2514c; May, 2611@
263sc: July, 271d@275sc; August, 2Sssc. Oats
No. 2 cash. in good demand. but none offered;
Rye-No sales, 4019@4O34c bid. Barley quiet;
45c. Flaxseed steady at 81 TO- Pro
visions steady, with fair jobbing trade. Pork,
$40 30.
MINNEAPoLIs-Receipts of wheat for the
day were l36 cars, with 19 shipped out. Cash
wheat was not in active demand and some
holders pronounced it a hard day to sell wheat
The buying was principally by local millers
though some wheat was taken for other ac.
count. Closing quotations: No. hard, April.
7915c: May, Sic; on track, S016c; No. / North
ern, May. 791Sc; on track, 7g4c No. North
ern. March and April, 76c; May, 7771Sc on track,
76G7Sc