The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-31
eRA1g ANr PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO

CHICAGO
wheat showed uoca strhugth around the open
ing to-i5y sud --ata some advauce, but SIT
shore ~as aoIhinr lis ciIcr in -rdlng. LQcn
business >d|' az srd there is ,cercely an
outside s5alc wa''a n,ra gerel ts hullish
q, Isl -- "r Quotations c2m1 lover with :
!, .ta'er..,.- tHN. p. scarcely enough bUa
pess ooot % Sea - MAJ, quotations. Domest
!aerkcts era ,auerslly strong and Icpof3 goo
buying at 0seapoard. Early strength
departed before noon, however, and early ad-
vance lost. Late cables were all lower, and
buyers drew out with liberal offerings. and
lower offerings made. Corn opened quiet and
was stronger for while, but like wheat turned
weak later and declined, closing at inside fig
ures Oats dull and featurless, closing q lower
Hog products opened frmer and closed at about
Inside figures
LEADING FUTURES.
Leading futures closed:
Wheat-No 2 December, $3.50; January, $3.50
Co Corn - December, S97sc; January, 39a4c; May
42Sc
Mess Pork-December, 7lO January. 1O22h
May. l0821s
Lard-December, 5.9o; January, o.Sop; May
Short ribs-December, eos; January, 51o
May, 5.52R,
Cash quotations
Flour Barely steady.
No. spring wheat, S9ss @S9alc; No. . red, 9o'sc
| No. corn, 392SG 30l2c.
Ness Ness pork pork 745az5o
Short ribs sides, loose, 5O5D5 10.
Dry sailed shoulders boxed, 437h@4.50.
| Short clear Sides boxed, 5.45@5.5O.
ST. LOUIS.
Flour-Firmer and unchanged,
i observation-disclosures weak ana 1Se on, ralileu
| stihy became strong ard advanced hMSr on
bullish advlceS but reacted and all advance ana
l4c more was lost, the close bring &c lower than
Yesterday No. red cash. SSs 9ESSG Pa
Corn-Market very duh at start, but the ad-
vance in wheat had strengthening effect which
finally gave way to weakness, and the close was
| &c below yesterdays last figure No. 2 cash,
S65S@361c year, $3.50 asked; January, -;
MAY, 3S1%c bid.
OatsNMarket dull andweak No. cash, 3O3sc
Cornmeal-21 5@2. 10
Whisky-steady LIS
Iron cotton ties-l .3591.40
| Proyisions-Very dull
Pork-Oid, 8 62H; new, 1O.62Ig,
Dry salt meats, Observation-Disclosures, 377&
longs and ribs, 80; short clear, 5.52h: .;,,
612l2 short clear. 6.25.v
| Hams-900G10.5
/ NEW ORLEANS.
| Coffee-Steady. Rio. ordinary to fair. 16hc
| Sugar-Markct strong for open kettle;fully ran
! to prime, 2 Lice: good common 10 good fair
| 215@2as; centrifugal active, higher, off white
| 8 7-l6@3l2: Gray white, 81 Tor best
choice yellow clarified, 3 7-6c; prime, d.,
8 l5,l6@ssc; off do, 1-16GSAc; seconds
Molasses-open kettle srong. Choice, .32c
strictly prime. 3Oc; good prime, 2S(g29c; prime
| 2is27c; good common to good fair, 23G25c' Ter
menting, 3@5c lower than sound goods centrltu
gal, strictly prime, 1S@l9c. good prime l6@l7c
fair prime lg@ll; syrup, 2i@2gc. o,>a,,<
Rice-Steady. Ordinary to prime 3@@4S,
Whisky-Quiet, L04@l.SO.
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat-Nothing doing. No 2 cash, &c BID
Corn-Market weak, lower NO z cash 32!4C
bid IS asked; December, 34S bdJanuary, 30 bid
Pork-Cash and d cember, S75.
Lard-Cash and December, so.
Dry salt meats-Partl cured shoulders, cash
362 short ribs sides, cash. 575; long clear, cash
515; short clear sides, $40.