St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-11
REGULAR TRADING.
A Shade of Improvement Fol-
lowed the Opening Of Chi
eago Change,
But Weakness Was Inherent
in Conditions and Declines
Are Noted.
The Only Decided Action Was
g Erg Products, Also at
G Loss.
Ca9 Inued Activity, With q
deavy Temper, in New
York Stocks.

CHICAGO. jan 9.-In response TO the com
paratve steadiness of the wheat market mere
foreign markets, as reported at the opening
came steadier III tone. The early trading
was done at not far from The same prices as
the closing quotations of the preceding afler-
noon. ana shade of Improvement quickly
succeeded The olening for May was al
93IS095l2C, and good buying. which lasted
for matt of ten minutes, made the price
EL2c.
In addition to the steadlness abroad, re-
ceipts al primary points were light. Inc
severely cold weather was another pulllSn
feature, for, although it had been preceoeo
by about an inch of snow throughout III
diana and Illinois, reports were that 1t had
about all blown Off the fields into
drifts along the fences. BradstreetS
weekly export figures were also
somewhat pullish, reporting clearances
from both coasts at 5.32l, OCO Lu. but modify
ing the fact by drawing attention 10 the com
parative bulk of this and last years visible
g.pply. making it is C0.03O bu more thisyear
than last and IS. COG, 900 more than on the cor
responding day of 1890. Beerbohms quoted
Il decline at Paris at from 10 to 20 centmes
in flour. and 20 to30 centimes in wheat.
The fact Of Partridge and other influential
lear operators having o cred so much OF
their short lines on Inc DTedk oI t1IS 4si>t wv
GaVS made the bulls cautious in their opera
tons under the apprehension OF the possible
selling again by the operators referred TO on
any material advice. After the early strength
ceased there was Il reaction TO 9Sc, but at
and below csc there appeared TO BE very
heavy buying orders. when made Inc
STAY of the price below the former quotation
only temporary Schwartz-Dupee. Mitchell
and Logan were the leading sellers AL
vices from Kansas City later SAID that I'M
favorable reports of the growing crop are
coming in, the weather having been very
trying on the plant. This caused little
more firmness, but the close was barely
steady at 93c, a reduction Of &c compared
with yesterday.
Corn was quiet ard easy. but the decline
was net important. The weakness III wheat
may have had some influence. The weather;
TOO IS sharp and frosty. and gives promise OF
better inspection. OF the 265 cars received
only six cars graded contract Cables were
steady for spot aud The near futures, but
weak on the distant futures. May opened
unchanged at $3.50 touched 41l2c, weakened
and closed at bottom figures, 4l1sc, loss
compared with yesterday of lac.
Oats quiet and easy. i'll sympathy with
corn, closing unchanged to Ac lower.
Hog products carried over some OF the bull
enthusiasm from yesterday to today; the ad-
vancing tendency of late has attracted out
side attention. ard The result was that bro
kers had lot of buying orders on hand at
the opening. Their execution put prices up
some above the closing figures of yesterday.
but the strength evaporated when these had
been filed, chiefly OH the larger receipts OF
hogs than expected and the fact that $4,000
were estimated tor Monday and 250,0O for
next week. The close was at or near the bot
tom prices of the day and the market was
easy and slightly lower than yesterday. Esti-
mated receipts for Monday: Wheat, l53 cars;
corn, 200 cars; oats. 40 cars: hogs $4,000.
The leading futures ranged as follows: