Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-17
ARTICLES.
Cash quotations were as follows


Flour unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat.
81 O014@l 0o74: No; spring wheat. ss@soc; No;
2 red. 81 0015dll O034. No. 2 corn. 5614c. No. 2
g; eats ss 4ac % No. rye; 6ac; No; / hax;sed,
pork, per bbl, SO 75Gl9 S71&. Short rib sides,
loose. SIS 80; dry sailed shoulders. boxed,
S. 621aG5 70: short clear sides. boxed. So 65.
No. 2 white oats, 45c; No. white oats, 43c.
NEW ORk-Flour-GeneraIly dull and nm
changed. City mill fairly active. Sales, a, $50
barrels Cornmeal quiet and steady. Wheat
Spot market 2@1c higher, firm and dull; No.
red, u G65s@l 9GA in elevator; 81 CS@d 0sA
sc aGa1 anrradea Sage 2ed c Fl & No r1d Ns2SS NsS
ern 81 O91199; No. hard, 81 151@@i l574. Options
more active at A@1sc over yesterday. Light
interior movement, and freer buylng orders
red on nosps Msen &c No
vember, 81 o.: December. 81 O74@l OS2s;
closing at 81 0S; January, 81 OS5s@I %, clos
ing at 81 0S34: Nav, 81 ll@l closing at 81 IL;
July 81 041l@1 Oial. closing at 81 O41z Rye quiet
nominal; city. 81 COOL 10. Corn-Spot market
dull, &c higher and firm: No. 2, 57l4c in eleva-
tor. 57Q571ac afoat: ungraded mixed, 6@573Ic.
falling off of interior movement: October, clos
ing at Size: November. 5795754c, closing at
5734c; December, 5734@5S79c. closing at 5S77sc;
May. 5s3495gAc; closing at 595ac. oats-spot
active. Options strong: October, closing at 1916;
November. 4614@471sc, closing at 471sc; Decrin-
her. 47h@4Sc. closing at 4Sc: May, 5O95O9sc,
mixed Western, 45als5dc; white do. E1a55c;
No. Chicago, 47c. Hay quiet and
firm. Hons In fair demand and strong.
Molasses-Foreign nominal; New Orleans
steady and quiet Rye fairly active. Tallow
firmer; city 81 for packagesl. 474c. Eggs quiet
and firm; Western, 2215@23c; receipts, $3.50
packages. Pork quiet aud steady; mess. sll so
z arll and weak. Middles steady and dull. Lard
stronger and quiet; Western steam. s6 4c15
bid; November, IS 45. closing at So 46 bid: De-
cember, So As. closing at So 81 bid; January,
March, So 92 bid. Butter firm and in good de-
mand; Western dairy. l0g loo; 10 creamery. ID
light skins. 5@7I4c; Ohio fats. 61laS1lc.
ST. LcUIS-Wheat-The opening was irmer
at 1I@ssc up: Buying orders were good; in
sympathy with higher outside markets values
strengthened. Later there was reaction,
sagging prices. followed by recovery, but the
close was weak at advances of 1S13Sc over ves-
terdays final figures; No. 2 cash, yS1s s1991lc;
December, 81 OIL; May, 81 OF asked; July. 925sc
Corn-The market opened L@3sc above yester-
days close. advanced gradually. weakened. but
soon reacted and closed &c above vesterd iy's
latest prices: No. 2 cash, 4Sc; MAY 1870. Oats
MAY active and sharply higher; May. 381Sc
6l15" bid. Barley steady, but light trade; Iowa,
5OG65c; Nebraska, &c. Hay quiet and un-
changed. Bran steahy 73c. Flaxseed higher,
81 43. Butter firm for better grades: quotably
and quiet. Provision quiet: fair demand for
small lots. but no speculative movement. Pork,
$40. Lard. s6 90. Dry salt meats and boxed
shoulders S. 70; longs s. 50: ribs, S5 so: clear,
S. 75@5 80. Bac"n-Boxed shoulders, 6Oc: longs
and ribs. S. An: short clear, So 5O66 621S;
sugar-cured hams, $40 5Oll2 so.
PHILADELPHA-Flour qniet but steady.
Wheat-Strong and advanced &c under bullIsli
street elevator. 81 Oh; No. red. October,
81 Ol759l OF; November. 81 0214@1 0274: De-
cember. S! O414@l 0424; January, 81 O534Ql O61l.
Corn-Car lots and options advanced 1ac in SYM
pa:hy with the Improvement in New YORK and
Chicago. Ungraded white in twentieth street
elevator, SIC; No. white. in grain deDot 57c;
S1 ag4 octoSe4 @l1sa - sssIn NS
53c: December. 5714@5Sc: January 56057c Oats
strong and advanced l6l54c on options and 80
4c on car lots, due tn speculation based on the
short crop; No. white. Soc; do choice sic; No.
white, 471a95lc; choice No. white. 4211c: No.
clipped wn1te, 52@54c: No. 2 white. Octo-
Der, 49950c; November. 4995Oc: December. 497S
@49Ar; January. 4913650c. Eggs scarce ana
firm; PENNSYLVANIA firsLs. 2}023%c.
0RE-Wheat-Western firm; No.
winter red. spot and October, 81: December 81 03;
May, 81 % bid. bid; CoTn-Western firm; mixed
uary, 54@5411c; May, 57@571sc-. oat active and
hiuhar: Western white 4504716c; do, 10 mixed, |
44Q45c; graded. No2 white 471Sc. Rve firm; prime |
strong and higher; prime to choice timothy. |
Sl1 500l2 Provisions firm: Butter firm and |
unchanged. Eg.s firm: cIoice and fresh, 210 |
&c. Coffee quiet; Rio cargoes fair, DC; No u, |
l7c
MINNEAPOLIS-Spot wheat sold steadily FL |
the morning, and there W, r. MAJ cars offe ed !
by sample. Ghe nquii was not orisk enough ]
to clear up offerings early and there were sew
eral classes of wheat hard to sell. especially
among the off grades and the poor No. 2
Choice No. hard sold well. Closing quota
tions: No. hard. October, 80: No. Northern.
October, e5Ac; November. $500: December,
975sc: May, 81 e31ss; on track. 971599Sc; No.
2 Northern. October, &c; December, 951sc; on
track 93@931zc.
ClNClhNATt-F1our freely offered and easy.
Wheat in good demand and firm: No. red, 99c
6S1 90. Corn strong and active: No. mixed,
Oats stronger and higher; No. 2
mixed. 44Q4oc. Rye scarce and higher; No. 2
69c. Pork tirmer; family. sl1 Is Lard firm at
S. 20. Bulk meats and bacon firm. Whisky active
and firm; sales l.096 barrels finished goods on
basis OF 81 13. Butter barely steady. Eggs
barely steady at l7c. Cheese firm.
MILWAUKEE, - Flour unchanged Wheat
firm; No. 2 spring, on track, cash, 96G9sc;
December, 9814c; M. 2 Northern, 81 co. Corn
firm; No. 2 on track. sic. Oats higher; No.
On track, 44@45c Barley quiet; No. z in
store, &c. Rye frm; No. !, in store, SIC. |
quiet. Pork-January, slI so. Lard
January s6 5215.
DULUTH-Wheat opened stronger. but lost
most of the advance. closing NJ higher than
Closing quotations were as follows:
October. 81 0334; December, 81 043I; May,
II 104: No. hard, 81 0311; No. Northern,
,714c; No. Northern, 92c.
The MERCANTILE AGENCY