Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-06
PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, August 5.--The provision ,pit,
was the centre Of interest Oh lhe boiIu ~, oa
Trade to-day aud pork set the pace Tor
everything else traded IN ny dropping w
cents per barrel in price. II was IN We
nanickv cobdition in fact, aud 10 looked ior
Il time as if there wOulG be general slump
in everything traded In on tao hooc, Ont
the downward movement In pork was many
temporarily checked AID grams were
steaded before anything like sensational
brehk had been recorded in them. Inc
provision market opened cxciteu aau OK
ceedingly ragged, with oilers all inc way
between $ll ID and $ll 20, nearly every
broker in the market selling WINE taere
was no one 10 buy, The result was t1de
sellers continued 10 offer the pro 'tct down,
nut little or no trading took pace until
slo 90 was reached. There were not
enough BUYERS at this figure TO sustain the
market and the price continued To 20 down,
with some small temporary reactions
Lard and short lbs also syIupAthized win
porx in its WEAKNESS heat opeped low.
er. Liverpool was firm, but LONDON
hence lower: Paris was steady and berlin
= marks higher: the weather IN tne wheat
belt was good, crop reports were encourag-
ing and wheat was beiug marketed freely
There was active selling by early buyers.
Then there was weak news from Liver
pool. and New YorA failed TO export any
wheat From this there was rally, out
the market was rather dull ana steauy
during the last hour. Corn l0ined IN the
general downward movement, all tae op.
tions ruling lower. Oats were dull ane
weak during most OF the session. Flour,
steady and unchanged. Wheat, cash no.
spring ssxaS7sIc; No. 3 spring e5sSsc;
No. red ssilc: August sfkaSSc cosing
NJ S7I5c: September sTAaS7sIc, closing at
s1Lc: December sab a9O6c, closing al
S92.c Corn, cash 59ySc: August, ga
5sl>c. closing at 5Sc; September BOD
5655c, closing at 56Hc: October 535s a
sic. closing at 53iSc Oats, cash NO: :.
s11sc; August zI9sa2'$sc, closing At z. &c:
September 2TAa215sc. closing az 2tSsc'
ny 3Ojka3l &c, closing at Bio tle, NO;
2. axe Fiaxseed. at 81 20. Timothy SEQ
at al 25 Mess Pork. cash slO SOaiV . >, ::
September $40 32Hall Il, closing at sll 400
Octoher slO 4;Hafi 70. closing at tlO -.
Lard. cash Dc AZ: september 90 20: DC
tober Go T5xa6 G71S, closing at 90 %.
Bulk meats, short rios, cash 10 yla5 90 :
September IS 57I{a6 49, closing &c - 511s ;
October t6 10a7 81. closing &c 20. Others
unchanged. Receipts-FioUr, 20,OuU bar
rels wheat. Issi 90 bushels: corn, 3s3.-
o00 bushels: oats. 304. ,Q1 bushels. rye,
$, GOO bushels: barley, 400 bushels snip
meuts-Flour, 1900 barrels; wheat 4il,-
600 bushels; corn, li2.00o bushels; oats,
275, 600 bushels: rye, 5000 bushels.
Nsw YoGK, August 5.-t'iouF. receipts
IL. 600 barrels; exports 5000 barrels; mar
ket steady: sales "a, o)0 barrels. Wheat re-
ceipts. $1,000 bushels: exports none; ssles,
4.Os0, 900 bushels futures; spot market
lower: uneraded red qJcas 001f No. Chi
cszo 81 0b: M 2 Milwaukee 81 V5x; op-
tions weak; No. 2 August VIC; 'septcri-
Der o. l<aos5 10. closing at s1;tc; October .,
ao1l,c. closing at 9qxc: November ~
All t0jx. closing at 96s: December 81 ooA :
January 81 ok. Corn. receipts. 45.ON
bushels; exports 2.C00 bushels; sales 2Do,-
600 bushels futures, and ~, Oh bushels spot;
srot market dull and weaker; unsraded
mike. 1Oa12c: August 611fa5sc. closing ~
s7i<c Oats, receipts 1900 bushels; ex-
ports 1.0O0: sales 1l5,00o bushels futures,
and It's 600 bushels spot. market moder-
atelY active: August s4jlc; September
33lIc; October $3.50; mixei western sta
&C Coffee, steady, with little c5asge.
sugar, quiet. Molasses, arm ana quiet.
Rice. active. Petroleum, quiet. United
Coo. Taiiow, quiet Rosin, quiet Tur-