The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-24
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO

Dizziness and weakness is leading feature
trading in all parts on board today. Near al
proach Of the holidays ana Discrimination @.
operators do more than even up lines whicr
already are responsible for state Of affairs. Til.
intensified by the fact that at close Of bushes
Thursday board adjourns until following Nor,
day ana operators deem it imprudent to hay
out unprotected lines in meantime either sho
or lolg. rs entire i.uotion might be revolution
4l.d il intyLLCl.
Wheat dull and weak from opening till clos
There seem attempts to check weakness by cir
culation of crop damage reports, but had lit =
or no effect Late continental cables were a
weak and lower. Receipts OF corn was 200 car
in excess of the estimates and the improvement
in the grading continued. This caused depres
sion in longs, threw holdings over weakness i'll.
creased as the session progressed and closed al
about the bottom figures of the day. Oats were
dull and without feature. The light receipts III
hogs, together with higher prices at the yards,
lent temporary strength to the market for ho2
products at the opening, but it slowly sagge
off closing at about the lowest prices OF the da.
LEADING FUTURES
Leading futures closed:
w
May, g6Ac.
Corn - December, 4lAc' january, fl'Sc; Ma!
41Ac.
Oats-May, 325Sc
Mess Pork-Decembcr 40 JANUARY, 1882
May, l1.05.
6.42l2.
May, 562R,
Cash quotations
Flour-Easer but not Quotably lower
No. spring wheat, 9O]sc; No, red, VO56c
No. 2 corn, Ale.
Mess pork 7.7O0LSO
Lard, 605@6O7l2.
Short ribs sides, loose. Ojl515.
Dry sailed shoulders, boxed, 4.37la@l5O.
Short clear sides, boxed, 5.45@5.5O
ST. LOUIS.
Flour-5tcady and unchanged.
Wheat-Opened Ssc off from yesterday, &c
clned 5s@%o more on bearish adyiceS rallie
and closed 4@3Sc above the bottom. No. rec
cash, 92l2c; December, 922S@92hc; May, 1858
bid.
Corn-Weak: loose decline at opening, sol
down 1&@lc further and closed weak with ver,
little recovery. No. 2, cash, 3755@3Sc year 373sC
January, $500; May, $3.50.
OatS-Active and lower at $3.50.
Commentaries, 20.
Whisky-Steady, LIS.
Bagging-5A07h
Iron cotton ties-l.35O140
Provisons-Very quiet and Il shade lower.
Pork-Old 900; new, ll.CO
Lard-5S0
Dry salt meats, boxed-Shoulders, 800; long,
and ribs, 5521a; short clear, 500.
Bacon Observation-Disclosures, 52j; longs and ribs
6.25; short clear. 6.37h.
HamS-9.00G105O
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat-Nothing doing.
Corn-About steady. No. ., cash, 35Ec bic.
January, SEC asked.
Pork-Cash and December, 500
Iard-Cash and December $50.
Dry salt meats-Partlg cured shoulders, cast,
rs; short ribs sides cash, 525 long clear, cash,
5.25; short clear sides, $50.
NEW ORLEANS.
Coffee-steady. Rio ordinary to fair l4H@
161ac: quiet
Sugar-Market fairly active for open kettle
Strictly prime, u Ice; fully fair top prime, 21a
az 9-16c: good common to good fair, 214@2 : l6c'
centrifugal, eff white, > 7-l6@2 9-l6c; gray, Go.
3 5-16@33Gc choice yellow, clarified 1908 7-nc;
prime do. 3 3-16@3 j-l6c; of do, l-l6d3 bic
2A@3c.
Molasses-Open kettle strong. Choice, sc
strictly prime, 3Oc good prime 2S(G29c; primo,
26D27c good common to good fair 22@25c for
23@25c per gallon, lower than above
strictly prime, 1S@l9c fair to prime
lO9l4c; good prime, 16@l7c common to goo
6@9c; syrup, 2l@29c
Rice-Steady. Ordinary to prime, 3G@lsI.
Whisky-Quiet, 1.O4@l.SO.