The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-31

CHICAGO. March 30.-wheat advanced i
cent per bushel today on a very moderate
amount OF buying. 1t closed with net gain
off to 81 cent. There is now no doubt of con-
siderable injury having been done TO wheat In
many sections. There was much testimony
tn that effect and the result was firm mar
ket, Corn and oats were fairly firm, but very
dull Provisions were strong and quite active
Ia spots with higher prices in the end.
Although the cold had greatly moderated,
wheat opened firm and "a higher than it
closed yesterday The numerous dispatches
which had come TO hand before the session
opened reporting frost damage in more posi-
tive terms than before. were the cause of the
opening firmness and continued governing
factor in the market during the remainder OF
the session. Liverpool responded to the de-
cline here yesterday by sending quotations
"a lower. The receipts here were % cars.
Minneapolis and Duluth reported Do cars.
Clearances from the sea board were light,
amor nting from the four chief Atlantic ports
TO only 230.OO0 bushels. Business was fairly
active and the shorts after hesitating about
fifteen minutes became active buyers. The
general tone among the longs was one OF con-
fdent firmness, and the price had an upward
tendency for the first quarter OF an hour.
May opened at COZ cents, worked off 10 1926
cents sellers and then gradually rose TO GUS;
IT reacted to COX cents, advanced TO I'll ana
held firmly around 6l2s and 6C34 with an APP
parent reluctance on the part OF the sellers TO
part with much. IT became ftrmer again ana
half an hour from the close was back up TO 81
cents. The closing cables were lower. Ber-
lin quoted a decline of y mark and Paris
decline of % confines in flour futures and
from 5 TO 70 centimes in wheat. There were
no reports of fresh cash business here or at
New York. The market here was quoted bU2s
to t0f4 cents at the close.
Corn was dull but firm, and the frmness
was in the main ascrbed TO the improvement
In wheat. The opening price for Nav WAS -, u
cents; ii rose by small steps 10 373i and during
the greater part of the session it was alter
nately 371& 3s5z BUYERS and the same sellers.
The price rested at 81 u cents tor May. which
shows no change for tie day, and 3SH cents
for July, which is an improvement OF a cent.
Trading in oats was very light. There was
but little disposition to sell and even less to
buy. The cash market was lower. During
the entire session prices on all futures were
higher. May started steady at ,l3s cents, sold
up to Biz cents, back to 3lss cents, and closed
at that price bid.
There was firm feeling in the provision
market after a preliminary decline. Tie
packers appeared anxious for a break at the
start, but wien they had secured the decline
there were brokers from commission houses
pre- AIRED to take ali that was offered The
small stocks, estimated at 1000 barrels of
pork. 900 tierces of lard, and 100000 pounds
of ribs was factor, and probably the princi-
pal motive behind the buying orders. Com
pared with last night, May pork is ~ cents
higher; May lard cents higher, and May
ribs 10 cents higher.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat.
80 cars: Corn, 2i0 cars; Oats, 10 cars; Hogs,
15,WO head.