Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-03
PRODUCE.


CHICAGO, April 1.-The great provision
sale in the Board of Trade which, for
twelve months, has kept the price of pork,
lard and short ribs under the domination
Of two firms, which loosened up today.
Cudahy & Co. and n. X. Fairbanks q Co..
who have since March, 1892, been IL com
mand of the provision market, have aodi-
Gated. They are satisfied seemingly with
the IS, 900, 600 which they are said TO have
cleaned up on their twelve months manlpu-
lation. The markets for provisions to-day
without the support those firms have been
in the habit of giving them were eXtreme-
" weak. There was a drop OF 81 per bar
rel in pork and 81 per 100 los. IN lard.
When the crowd saw that the market was
abandoned by their late supporters, there
was general rush to unload, resulting IN
the heavy decline referred TO. The big
drop in the price of provisions was the
principal feature Of the markets to-day
Everything else was similarly affected,
but not less depressing in extent than the
provision deal. Wheat opened little higher
on some bad crop damage reports, but hne
weather and some contradictions OF the
early report started rather free selling,
which soon made prices weak. The sno-
sequent break in provisions increased the
depression in cereals, and on the down
turn there was heavy liquidation, stop loss
orders and exhausted margins. During
the last hour the market was quiet ana
closed about &c from bottom figures. Corn
was weak and lower. Oats, good trade
early, became weak, closing lower.
Flour, unchanged. Wheat, cash, No. 2
spring 7214a735<c; No. spring zoe; No.
red 731Ia739Ic; April 514a759lc, closing at
Toxic: Nav 77a1S1Sc, closing at U4c; July
73Aa74c, closing at 734c. Corn, cash,
391Sc; April 394a401c, closing at $3.50;
May 405f age closing at 1890; July AGA
42Xc, closing at 4l3lc. Oats, cash. No
2, 29c; May 295sa30%c, closing at 29s4c;
June 30a90&c, closing at SOC; July 293ss
304c, closing at 29SSc. Rye, No. 2, 47c.
Barley, No. 2, &c. Flaxseed, 81 10. Tim
othy Seed, a 36a4 40. Mess Pork, cash
$40 1919; May SIC 15al7 0211, closing at
$40 %: July, SIC 15al7 1914, closing at
Sl6 S2&. Lard, cash, SO As; May 50 40a
10 So closing at SO So; July 80 3OalO 121S,
closing at 50 40; September 80 30al0 20, clos
ing at 50 Az. Short ribs, cash IS 10; May
IS 95a9 30, closing at 50 121S; July s. sos
10, closing at IS S714. Shoulders, 80 %
short clear SO 75a9 so. Others, unchanged
Receipts-Flour, $4,000 barrels; wheat
143 900 bushels; corn, 233, 900 bushels; oats
As, 000 bushels; rye, 5000 bushels; barley
$500 bushels. Shipments-Flour, 2S,00C
barrels; wheat. a. 900 bnshels;cor lS0,
bushels; oats, $4,000 bushels; rye, 6,00(
bushels; barley, $4,000 bushels.
New York, April Flour, receipts,
6S, 900 barrels; exports $4,000 barrels; sales
5000 packages; market dull but steady
Wheat, receipts Is, 600 bushels; exports l41 :,
900 bushels; sales, 1,lSS,C COO bushels fu
lures and "a, coo bushels spot; spot market
dull; No. 2 Northern S0aS0Ac; options
firm; No, red May 7516a76c, closing al
1910; July 774a77H, closing at 714c
September 7SS5a7S15, closing at 7o4c; De
cember Sl9IaS24c, closing at Size. Corn,
receipts, 1000 bushels: exports 5000 bush
els; sales, $4,000 bushels futures and p,
O)0 bushels spot; market quiet and steady
ungraded mixed 491Sa51c; May 4Sa4S9sc
closing at 4Sc; July IS 9-l6a4Jc
closing at 1870. Oats, receipts
173OOO bushels; exports, 1900 bush
els; sales 60 900 bushels futures and 63,O0I
bushels spot; market dull and weaker
May 3514c; July i5Hc; No 2 Chicago 3Sc;
No. white 3914c Hay, firm; shipping
7Oa75c. Hops, dull: State lSa2l1Sc. Gu
Meats, quiet Lard, dull and lower; west
ern steam quiet at Sl0 32H; April $40 TO
Nav, 80 20; July and September 80 so
Pork. quiet; old mess SIS 90; new do
SIS 50; extra prime, none. Butter, firm
western dairy Isaac; do. creamery 4a32c
Cheese. steady. Eggs, firm; western l5c
duck SSa36c. Tallow, quiet; city SIC
| Cottonseed Oil, dull. Petroleum, quiet
United 6S]4c Rosin, quiet and weak al
81 37@. Turpentine, dull at SIC. Rice