The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-25

CHICAGO, March A-The absence Of foreign
hews and the fact of the short day being
wedged in between two holidays made bust
hess on Change easy ard rather weak, the
closing being steady with scarcely any change
from the Thursday afternoons quotations.
Corn averaged weak and closed with a gain
Of only "a cent Provisions were weak and
closed 10 cents lower for pork, unchanged for
sard and ~ cents lower for ribs.
Wheat started easy and dull. The weather
WAS cold and raw in this vicinity and the tenn
oerature in the far north and west OF the
British provinces was down to II below zero.
There was Discrimination to believe that the
cold had damaged wheat so far, although in
Nebraska "A degrees of frost was registered in
northern part Of the state this morning. The
Milwaukee signal service said: Severe cold
wave tonight and Sunday; temperature will
fall to zero in northwest part of Wisconsin
and to 10 above in the southwestern part; low
temperature probable several days. All that,
however, did not appreciably affect the trad
ers, who were much more impressed with the
very favorable crop prospects indicated by
the Illinois state report. There We're no mar
set cablegrams, foreign markets being all
closed. May wheat opened at 5734 cents, as
compared with 5fs4a511s cents at the close OF
Thursday. In the course of the next twenty
minutes IL sold off to 511@ cents. which was a
return to the lowest previous price of the
season, II having touched that point February
is last It became firmer after that, selling
up to 571s bid later in the session.
At the latter point Poole-Sherman sold
about 100000 bushels, supposed TO be the long
wheat of some customer, and that caused a
reaction TO 5755a5734 but the possibility of
damaging frOsts before Monday exercised a
Sigh ly restraining influence upon sellers and
# became slightly firmer again before the
close. The estimates on the visible supply
varied from .. 600 to l,500,CD0 bushels de-
grease. The market closed up firm AT 57a4 to
BIZ cents for MAY and $685. cents bid for July.
Corn was weak with no buyers except those
who had previously sold short. The receipts
were 3i7 cars for two days and the local crowd
were inclined to sell. Bartlett-FraZer were
buyers in conservative way. May opened at
from 81 to 3714ah, and for a long time held
between 81 and 37a1s, but toward the close of
the session it dropped to 36k cents. In the
last few minutes the firmness of wheat caused
some more covering of shorts and the price
recovered to and closed at 81 4.
The oats market WAS equally dull If not
more so than corn and wheat. The cash mar
ket was also dull and somewhat lower, due
principally to the receipts of two days brought
INTO the market and TO the usual Saturdays
limited demand. AT the opening May sold at
s0}5 cents. 1t hen sold at 3U3S cents, and at
the close :J5s was bid.
Provisions were rather weak. but the change
In prices at the close did not vary very rad-
cally from Thursdays closing prices. Pork is
10 cents lower: lard unchanged and ribs ~
cents of Receipts of hogs for the day
amounted to 5000 head and yesterdays re-
ceipts were 2l.5I2. Baldwin a seller of
ribs for May at the opening and the Anglo
American Packing company sold pork.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat. 81
oars: corn, 1S5 cars; oats. 200 cars; hogs, 1900
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