Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-30
ARTICLES.


Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour frm and unchanged. No. spring
| No red, 9515956c: No. corn. SIC: No Ga 5.
4404il4c: No. rye, lie; No. barley nominal;
No; l ha1seed. 81 10; prime Timothy seed,
o ss gsS ghors eo rb sdes 5 mse5
"A 50Q4 80: dry salted shoulders (boxed), 81 o.
@4 10; short clear sides tboxed), 81 95@5 %.
ard A. sc. On the Produce Exchange to-day
Eggs 2l022c ''
NEW YORk-Flour very active on export
and home trade account with an advance of
5@l5c asked for Cornmeal firm and quiet.
Wheat-Spot market nc higher; strong mod.
crate trade export: No. red, 81 OSlI Og1s
elevator, 81 OS4@l lis afoat slIlO3k9l Il TO- 6 !:
No; No. 2 4 81 q; ungraded red, SocGsI 0gS: red, SOC
hard. 81 10. Options active and N@l5sc
higher; closed strong; No. red. 81 OS@
! 09%. closing at 81 o914: February. 81 OS@
closing at 81 6sI May. 81 u 9l6@1 Oe75s. closing
at 81 o6125; June. 81 03A@1 OI. closing at 81 o.:
July. sec@sl oO19, closing at VIC; December. 9SI
@9sAc. closing at at 991ac. Rye quiet and steady;
Barley malt dull and nominal. Corn-Spot
market higher strong and quiet: No. . 62%0.
6SAc, eleyator; 63hgelAc afioat; ungraded
mixed, 620Q6i%c; steamer mixed, 625Ic; op-
tions advanced 1s@3lc: closed strond and fairly
active; January. 63g6S1Sc. closing at Sc; Febru-
ary,62Ls@62hc, closing at 621sc: March. 6l@62c:
5974c. Oats-Spot market active and higher;
ontions fairly active and hrmer: January,
52asi;, S2Mc; FsbrgaEy. laiI:. Sc; May 5l4952sc
@5S1zc: mixed Western. 5Oa5ic: white %
do. 5S@6U14c; No. 2 Chicago, 5SL@5S3Sc
Hay fair. demand firm. Hops easy and quiet
Tallow scarce. finn, slightly bioher. Eggs
weaker; Western, C; rece pts, S.9S1 packages.
Cut meats less active, steauy: pIckled bellies
51s@5 3-l6; middles, dull. weak. Lard frmer,
and less active; Western steam, S. % bid;
Inn nfs Lrn1nr
So o. Butter quiet.and weak; Western dairy
12@19c; do creamery, 17G2615c; E.gin, 27@27%,
Sheep fair, demand strong.
ST. LouIS-There was more excitement on
the floor of the Merchants Exchange this
morning than for long time past, and the
shorts rushed to cover with startling rapidity.
For long time the tone has been decidedly
bearish. The prospects for the July crop wefe
was certain to decline. Last week the price
dropped to Csc and further decline was pre-
dicted. The market has been greatly oversoid
in anticipation of the decline and few shrewd
traders had taken advantage of it. Receipts
have been light and stock has been run
ming down. The market shot up
asasSas faDsy MAY sS wheat The aP S%Pns mark, sy large
highest IT has reached for many weeks. Flour
higher; xxx. 81 s0@3 90; family. So 10@3 25;
choice. S. 404Q3 30: fancy, 81 00@4 10; extra
fancy. "a 4O04 %; patents, "a 6oGS0. Wheat
opened 1zg5sc. lower, closed 11sG21sc higher
than yestorday's close; No. 2 red. cash, 973I3
SOC: May, 967ac@sl closing at 99 &c: July S6@
SS1ac, closing at s734c Did. Corn opened at
cash, 400 @i915c; May. 49ssG5Oac, closing SOC bid;
July closed at 5Ozsc. Oats quiet and tirmer;
No. 2 cash, ACC bid; May, 46@461lc. closing at
Hay dull for timothy; steadv for prairie; timo-
thy prime to gilt edge 80 50@l1 40 prairie. IS 90
@9 CO. Bran irmer at Gxc. tlaxseed 81 10.
northern roll 12dl4c. Eggs steady. Cornmeai
firm at 81 65@2 10. Provisions frmer. Pork,
$40 CO. Lard, IS 5O@5 s.. Boxed shoulders,
sS IS; longs and ribs, 81 s.; short clear, 81 95.
S. 3715Q5 40; short clear, S5 81.
MiNNEAP0liS-By the time the sales of spot
wheat had fairly begun to-day there was an
improved demand for futures. with which spot
prices sympathized. The inquiry Is growing
for wheat to ship to country mills. shown by
the free shipments and the buying on the floor
here. Farmers are said to be holding on to
their wheat for rise in Indiana. Ohio ana Illi-
nois, SO thar many millers find il close work to
supply their local -four trade with enough to
satisfy their demand. The average sales of
sales, With local miliers the leading buyers
Closed: No. hard, January, g3c; on track
9312c; M. ! Northern, January and February,
&c; May 9o1sc: on track, 9219e: No. NPrth-
ern. January, Ss1ac; on track. o9090c.
PHILADELPHiA-F,our firm. wheat-Op-
tions strong; milling grades dull; No, red, new
February. 81 OlGli O11d. March, 81 03@l O311:
April, 81 05@l O554. Corn-options firm and
elevator and grain depot, Gle; No. yellow. do
do, &c; No. mixed January. 60Q6lc: Febru-
AIRY, and March. 6o@601Sc; April. 6015@6lc.
Oais nrm but quiet: No. 8 white, SEC; No. 2
white, January. 52lG52hc; February 5211@
524c; March, 53Q531<c; April, 53A@5S11c.
Butter dull and weak; PENNSYLVANIA creamery
extra, 26c: do. prints extra. 2S032 Eggs un-
settled, loweriP iPennsyivanis frsts. 2lc.
ClNCiNNATl-Flour in far demand Wheat
scarce and stronger; No. 2 red, &c. Corn firm:
No. 2 mixed. 5211Q53c. Oats barely steady;
No. mixed, H35c. Rye firm; No. 2 76c. Pork