The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-28
Chicago Markets.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-Corn started strong for the
day. but under heavy selling weakened, closing
Ss lower for May. Wheat and oats went down
with corn after the early advances. Wheat
finished unchanged for December and May oats
1sc lower Provisions closed with moderate
gains.
Another slight decline in the price of wheat In
augurated the days business. December sold
at 5314c shortly after the opening, and held be-
tween that and $3.50 for an hour The North
the most prominent bearish feature In the situa-
ton. once more contributed by their bulk to the
announcement OF short selling.
Minneapolis receipts 362 cars and Duluth 292,
making together 654 cars, compared with 955 on
the same day of the previous year. Foreign mar
kets were generally cabed weak and dull at
slightly lower quotations. Kansas City and ST
Louis report light export business IN wheat. The
trading during the forenoon was very light, both
on outside and local account. The primary West
ern market received aggregate somewhat exceed
ing l,OO0,OOO bushels but OF that quantity all
but 100000 bushels appeared IN Chicago. Min
neapoIis and Dulutn. ST. Louis, Toledo Kansas
City, Detroit and Peoria received together only
l00245 bushels. The feeling became irmer
when the small winter wheat market receipts
were observed and when the later cablegram
came in reporting a slightly frmer tone TO the
Decem Der rosa to 535ka53slc and touched IISc
higher than for an instant before the Duying
which started in consequence OF the small winter
wheat receipts and better tone prevailed to the
closing. Liverpool had exhausted itself. The A T.
lanLic port clearances for twenty-fouI hours were
disappointingly light. The market. alter acting
give way at that point In sympathy with Closing
weakness in corn, although New YORK advised a
fair inquiry for export and SAFES of seventeen
boat-loads After selling as high as 5334 q j31ac.
the price OF December got down to 5l1ac, where
it C osed.
Cora was weak at the opening at IA to Csc below
closing yesterday. May sold from 5U14c down to
soc. and then settled for an hour so at from
5011@505sc When wheat began to show a
bolder front. corn Jared in similar manner
and reacted to 3sc. Tennessee Offering corn
TO arrive in St. Louis. thing never heard OF be-
fore. It was said. The drouth district in NEBRASKA
was reported 10 be asking omaha for bid on old
corn and the railroad yards here were report,d
to be erammed full of loaded cars for which ther
was storage. Under this and other bearish n
formation, combined with liberal selling, the
market became very weak near the close, an d
dropped all the gain IL had made on the reaction
from the opening prices It got down to 497sc
for May. and closed at 497s(950c.
Trading in oats was of good volume. although
divided no principally in small packages. Higher
aud corn. Csrrington-Hannah bought quite freely
OF the May The remainder OF the trading was
scattered anon. local dealers and sealpers. May
started from 3S1a933s4e and gradually advanced
TO sac. 1t weakened with corn later and closed
at 331ac.
The provision market frmer and not much
could be bought with inducement IN shape of
higher prices to the sci er, shorts took some when
they found that country had some for buying
orders and none to sell he opening was weak
In 81 mpathy with weak ness In the grain mark cts
at the same time but the Gem ma at the decline
soon resulted in advance during which prices re-
covered all the early losses and added respectable
amount TO the closing prices OF the previous quo
tation. AT close, pork. lard aud ribs were each
lOc higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat No. p Short Ribs per 100 lbs.
Highest. Lowest Highest. Lowest
Sepu......5l3sc 505sclSept....
May...5S7sc 5S1sr Jan...... 1914 Sc 55
Lard Der 100 lbs-
6 cE.....sg g71s So % seDt......so3sc 4sYsc
jan. ~ 6712 81 so 0ct....... 501sc 4912c
Mess PORK per bbL- Dec-......z 93sc 4712c
Sept. May......50s4c 49$sc
Cash quotations were follows: Flour-Easy.
No. Spring Wheat. 5l@5215c: No. Spring
Wheat, nominal; NO. Red. 5l@5l1sc: No .
Corn. 491ac: Prime Timothy SEED, So 50@5 IS :
mess PORK. Dbl. Sl3Cal3 20: Lard. . 90 lbs.
So 4S@S 4712; Short RiDs sides. Noose). 81 2561
3o Dry saited shoulders fDoxed), SO 5O@6.62 II
Snort Clear Sides fboxedlS 81 5097 20: WHISKY dis
tillers nnlshed goods. y Rai. - 80: Sugars-Cut
Loai, unchanged: Granulated unchanged: stand
ard a. unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter mar
ket was urn; creameries. l5@z5c; dairies, lsa
2l Eggs-FIrm; l612@l71ac.
LIVESTOCK.
Hogs Receipts. 10000: Official yesterday.
1925; shipments, S209; left over about 5000:
quality shows some improvements; market slow
and weak. with prices l0Gl5c lower.
Cattle - Receipts. IL 900: market dull ana
weak; prices lO@l5c lower
Shesp-ReceipJs, 49, 60: market dull and weak.