The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-15

CHICAGO. March n.-Wheat had a tired
feeling today and closed u cent lower than
yesterday, after range Of but "a cent. Cables
We're discouraging, the weather fine and de
nand light, but firmer northwestern markets
prevented marked decline. The session was
ieatureiess and May closed al the bottom.
May corn and oats are each cent lower
provisions We're fairly active and were alter.
hately weak and firm several times, ending
with slight gain in prices.
wheat opened dull, with very little DISPOSE
on the part OF local speculators TO enter into
Tesh transactions, feeling which, In the alb
sence OF news, continued throughout the day.
orders from outside were few and far between
and such as were received were for such small
amounts generally as to have little effect upon
prices. For two hours the fluctuations in MAY
wheat were between the range of 5s5z and 5S7l
cents, with the bulk of the limited sales untiI
Ihiooay between those Slightly divided ex-
tremes Liverpool early ca5legrams reported
that market quiet at former prices The
northwestern markets We're again firmer than
those elsewhere, but the price sank In the LAT,
Ter half of the session to 58la cents and could
not be lifted again for more than q few min
utes at a time. The fine weather continued
10 be q bear factor and after lazily advancing
several times fraction from the bottom Nav
closed wearily at 5s1s cents
Corn was extremely dull and rather weak.
Inc feature Of tOdays business. apart from
tne small amount of trading, was the selling
py receiving houses against purchases in the
country. Inc moderate receipts today and
SIN smaller arrivals expected tomorrow,
were presumably the cause of the buying, and
1reer receipts at country points with an alb.
sence OF demand from the seaboard or other
eastern points, undoubtedly Influenced the
selling. There was a good trade around the |
opening, and for about fifteen minutes there |
after, at from 3S1s to 3SA cents After that The I
TaoSng almost ceased until within few min |
utes OF The close When there was down ward |
tendency to prices with no apparent rallying
power to any extent. The market rallied
niue III the last fifteen minutes of the session,
and stopped with May but Il cent from the
bottom
Oats participated in the general duIlness
ana followed corn in its fluctuations. BUYERS
were lew and sellers about equally scarce,
Tro'lslonS were frreguiar, but in fh, main |
weak The receipts of hogs mum bering 80. 900
instead OF 20 900 as had been estimated. with
oo,oV looked for tomorrow, was the chic
source of the generally weak feeIinp There
was lively rally after an early break. but as
IL Was entirely due to the covering of a con-
s'derable line OF short pork by Steever. SUM-
posed 10 De for the account of the Cudahy
facKlng company, and of about one million
POUNDS OF ribs by the Chicago Packing com.
pany, When those parties withdrew the mar
&c e1reheWed lts early weakness. Fair demand
leveloped at the decline and the close was
1rm. Compared with last night Nav norE l.
cents higher, May lard cents higher and
Nay ribs unchanged,
estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat
% cars; corn, 100 cars; oats. l27 cars. hogs
{, 900 head e0'