The morning news., 1894-04-28

tion at southern out-ports, $50, ss5 bales this
year against 5Si 454 bales last year. and 500 s7G
bales the year before last Crop brought into
sight during 23y days TO date 1901 200
bales, against 6,244 .276 bales for the same
time last year. and B. 624 563 bales the year re
fore last. crop brought into sight for the
week, 1920 bales, against j5i9l bales for
the seven days ended April q last year and
55sl9 bales for the same time the year before
Iast crop brought into sight for the hrst
twenty-seven days Of April. 21u.32i tales.
against E4lT bales last year, and 230 PA
bales the year before last. Comparisons IN
these reports are made up TO the correspond
ing date last year and year before last. and
not 10 the close OF the corresponding week.
Comparisons by weeks would take in 2i0
DAYS of the season last wear aud 242 days
OF the year before last, against only 239 days
this year
Grain, Provisions, Etc.
New York. April 27.-Flour barely steady;
demand moderate: winter wheat low
grades y 0lG93 IS; fair TO fancy s. As 2 70:
patents - l5lD3 IS; Minnesota clear a. 500
, 30; Minnesota patents S3 500 20. low eX
tras - 0GG2 70; southern nour dull and
easy; common 10 fair extras ~ ONt5 %;
good to choice extras G3 1904 20. Wheat
active, export lower. with options closing
firm; No. red in store and elevator, 5lA6D
6llaci ahOa 625ac; options opened active and
irregular with the close weak AT 40 de-
cline; No. red April 6lAc; May 6llac; June
62lac. Corn quiet but nrm: No. ., 4iG H'sc
IN elevator; 45045 'ac ahoat; steamer mixed
-
April 44c; May 4tlaC; June 45c Oats. spots
cull and unchanged; options dull and easier:
April 4OSlc, May $Tl4c July S5}sc; spot No. :
Ale; No white i2c mixed western 4O0i2c;
white western 4l045iac. Hay drm and in fair
demand; shipping 6lGD65c; good to choice s09
pOc. Beef quiet and steady; family Si2 0O8
St4 004 extre mess IS 0J6lS So Beef hams
firm at Sl7 so. Tierced beef firm, moderate
demand; city extra India mess $40 00602i co.
cut meats quiet and firm picked bellies 7i4C;
picked shoulders 6lac; picked hams 100
mid o-H uu1
easier; western steam closed steady; op-
tons sales none; refined quiet; continent
S. -; South American SS 65; compound S. i2Is
GL6 -. Pork steady; mess Sl4 0O0 Il 30; extra
prime S3 3d. Butter quiet; closed weaker;
state dairy, new l5nl9c; state dairy
old llWl5c; state creamery, new, l9V20@c;
western dairy, new, l0G nc; western
lasses closed nominal; New Orleans open
kettle, good to choice 30G3sc, dull, steady
Peanuts firm. Conee-options opened nrm;
l'6t3o points up; May Is i5G1lh 50; July Is 30
@l0 40; September Il 150H s.; December
Il lO0Ili 10; spot Rio dull aud steady; No. Z,
l6ac; sales none, Sugar, raw more active
and steady with the decline; fair refining
> 25l6c; renned dun and barely steady; of A
3sGG8 l6l6c; standard A 1 l-lGGb4l4c; cut loaf
4 lJlt@jc; crushed 4l3-l6G5c; granulated
a lltGD4$c. Freights to Liverpool easy; cot
lon steam lid; gram steam -2la
Chicago, III. April 21-Scalpers again
ruled the wheat market to-day 'fhe outside
world dld not appear to take any interest
DGElltNS
transacted could easily have been crowded
into half an hour Of fairly active sess ,on.
IL is beginning to he believed that the big
lines OF May wheat exist only in the imagn
tlon Of some people, and that no violent tuc-
tuatIOnS n thar option are going to be seen
There was a little widening OF the spread be.
tween May and July to day, which indicated
that some changing was being done, but
there We're no large lines turned
over. The general feeling after a
fairly steady opening, was one approaching
very closely to weakness Puts sustained
values for time, but when that demand was
satisfied, a further dropping followed, Just
before the close, there was u little drmer feel
ing evlnced. May wheat opened at 5Ssc,
ranged tetween that and 5sc, closing iaH&c
lower than yesterday at 5s4c. July closed
40 &c lower than yesterday. Corn yielded to
the fine weather. lower cables and good re-
celpts There was only s alpers trade go
ing on all through the session, No large lines
were either bought o. sold The range OF
prices was narrow, May fiuctuated between
aSlBc and Sslac, closing 38lac net loss
of asc for the day. Oats showed
much less of an advancing tendency
than even they evinced yesterday, and gave
evidence OF an entire disappearance OF the
fright shown by shorts of Wednesday The
amount OF business transacted was only
moderately large and good proportion was
in covering OF May. Provisions, after n
steady opening on change advices from the
yards as 70 the live hog market, product
became easier. on free offerings by some of
the packers The weakness Of grain was an
! other cause for the decline in provisions.
| Rios were slightly hrmer than pork or lard at
| the close which was 2Oo lower for May pork,
| DC lower for May lard and l0c lower for May
| yihs. there was good cash demand for
| product on all accounts,
! Chicago, April 27.--Cash quotations were as
| follows: Flour be trace was light and the
market dull; prices we're unchanged with the
feeling steady. Wheat-No. spring 5sc;
No. . red 5sc. Corn-No. ?, 3s03shc. Oats
No 2, 334@33Hc. Mess pork, per barrel.
Sl2 47I@l2 5O. Lard. per 100 pounds 81 606l
Z 65. Short rib sides s6 656D6 ~. Dry sated
shoulders boxed. S6 0CGD6 20 short clear sides
S6 & 1s6t7 l21a. Whisky. 81 IS,