New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-21
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

Chicago Aug. 20 lspecaD.-short sellers Of wheat
had another hard day Of IL. December. which clossd
on THURSDAY at 81 OF Is, got to ~ o. L. and closed
at 81 OO IS At night. IN the irTeelar trading On the
curb the price was over al OF again and sellers of
calls were asking 81 Il IS. The export clearances
from the seaboard probably influential as any
other one Circumstance. When NeG York reported OK
ports Of $1,000. Philadelphia. J23000; Baltimore
3,O00-almos 100000 bu hels in wheat alone from
the three Atlantic ports In day-shorts we're made
decidedly uneasy. Then cables were strong. Liver
pool closed at an advance eQui"dlent ~ 3 cents u
bushel on some deliveries; London reported an advance
Of pence per quarter every message from Great
Britain reported the weather wet. The spring wheat
movement was disappointing to that class which ha.
been relying upon the spnhg WcdO IyCIPls "UnSe'
the bull news fVm the Other SHE Although MInne,
sta has probably got all II it, spring grain out ana
although Tie lower edge Of the spring gram ben mas
been Harvesting LOW for d fortnight Minneapolis To-
dav had only l5j cars Duluth only "a. and here at
Chicago less than twenty cars of new spring wheat
There clearly eNuc}1c Nervousness mere ana
everywhere else because OF fear, that either Russia 81
Germany or both would spring some new pCIllfal
World n. wild A. did the car, ukase prohibiting
the export Of rye. Private LADIES an Doie cNF
dence Of the same anxiety abroad. Antwerp
Liverpool and Paris messages all referred q
the uncertainty Of GcrGnuy's action in the matter
OF reducing the cereal duties rs well as inc uhces-
EXPORT duty on wheat. \ cable dispatch was re-
oeiyed announcing that Russia had prohibited inc
export OF wheat which contained per cent OF rye.
II suggested that dealers had been trying 10 evade
the rye ukase by mixing little rye In their whe9t,
shippers expecting a separation 10 be made when the
SHIPMENT reached its destination. The top p1ce
II 0s IL for December was made when his cable was
first received Vessel room was chartered here ior
$4,000 bushels. The receipts here OF al grades
were 337 bushels the estimate for Friday 42o BUSH
els The business Of the day not nearly as large
a. the violence OF the nuctuatOn would suggest.
There was no "plunGng7 There is this 10 say Of
the business in these days however. Everybody now
seems to participate. New York Is no longer me
great buyer Of wheat: the West the great seller
Every class has been shaken mp in Its views. =
September corn touched go cents, dropped 10 80 L.
cents and closed at G7 IA cents. The crowd mere
Is more bea7fsh than ever. and thinks that IL mas
hutchinson and his NCw-YOrk crowd on the hip
Word has been passed around 10 boycott the sep
tember deal That has already been started upon.
Hardly any selling of september was done afte I
fhe first hour. except by receivers against casn
corn IT is claimed that II the Sep
tenher deal goes through Hutchinson and the
New Workers will get 100000 bushels cash corn,
with Altogether small short interest 70 proftabr
snueeze The corn weather continues good. little
oats was worked to-day for export from here The
mice was Jumped cents and everybody began pre-
dieting that the Germans would soon be ealing cot,
meal September touched 30, but closed az 81 lo
cents Pork to-day closed at cents over Wednesday
lard and ribs ut about the same price. september
nor5 closed al go 30 September lard at 90 629
10 IS September ribs At SO G2.