The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-15

CHICAGO. Sept Il The bears captured
the markets today and used the heavy r.
ceipts as a cudgel to pound prices down a.
follows: One-fourth ceat in wheat, Is.
cents in corn, y cent in oats, and 215S cent.
per barrel on pork.
Wheat started IN weak and failed 70 re-
cover the opening decline. Receipts OF
corn being qaite as heavy as had been
estimated yesterday had "a Oppressive effect
upon that cereal, and sympatheticslly
on wheat also. The LIVERPOOL market WAS
quoted rather weak, and y penny lower at
the opening. Berlin was said 10 be - mark
lower, aud Paris was quoted steady.
Chicago receipts were l55 car loads.
Minneapolis reported 2i3 cars, ana
Duluth $50 or total of 766 cars at the two
latter places, compared with 70S cars on
the corresponding day of last year. At
Minneapolis cash wheat WAS reported
strong at 56lz cents AZ the same time that
it was selling at 5515 cents for December
in the same market aud at 561z cents for
December here. The primary market re-
ceiptS were 10000 bushels, smaller than
they were yesterday, amounting TO So. SO
bushels today, against !, COS. 900 on the day
before.
The export clearances from the Atlantic
ports amounted IN wheat aud flour To 324 :
0J0 bushels. December, which closed yes
Terday at 571s cents opened with sellers at
from 500 cents TO 565s cents and gradually
settled To 5615 cents. lt was lifted tenn Dor
arilg to about the opening figures. but got
down again TO the previous lowest price
and huog there heavily for an hour alter
mating bstweeu buyers aud sellers at that
price.
Rosencrsns and August Brosseau were
sellers near the close when the wheat was
hanging around 56i5 cents. and they sue
ceeded with the he.p of the general crowd
which had then become unanimously bear
ish In closing the market at sos cents, the
lowest price of the day.
Corn started very heavy on the full
realizstions of yesterdays estimated re-
celDtS. The estimates were for 425 cars,
and 46S were received There was "A great
deal offered for sale by the prominent com
mission houses who had been prominent
In the buying for ten days previous. May
oDened with sellers at from az cents TO
545s cents, with a sale of one or two lives
at 5425 ceuts about the same Zine. IL ad-
vanced slowly until 1t reached 54$i cents,
and, after struggle at that price, II
finally succumbed TO the influence of to-
morrow's estimated receipts. broke to 5S55
cents and closed At 535s cents.
The oats market was active during the
early pArt of the session when there were
heavy offerings of long stuff. bat after the
few buying orders had been filed and
prices lowered the business became quiet
with only fair trade having been trau-
sacted. The decline in value, and the cas-
Ter feeling were principally caused by The
action of corn. May started from 3j5s TO
80; sold down to 35I5. AT noon It had ad-
vanced again to 3514, closing at 353s
The provision market opened weak at
from 597l5 cents decline all around in pork
lard aud provisions. There was strong
drive made at the market when corn was
showing weakness, and when the sellers
had succeeded in getting provisions on the
run theyskept pushing thsir advantage I'M
I'll closing prices. pork showed loss Of
27li5 cents in January pork, l2j5 cents IN
lard, and ribs l2H cents. The days re-
ceipts of hogs were light as had been esti-
mated at - coo, aud for tomorrow II, 600 i
the estimate. y slight rally occurred when
the shorts began 10 take profits, but the
raid was again renewed around the close
and the lowest prices of the day again be-
came current