The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-06

Oats Business Scattered.
Chicago, March 5-Wheat was start
ed down by weak Liverpool cables to-
day, and as there was not sufficient
bull news TO cause a change of senti-
ment. the traders let it stay down,
May ending q cents lower. May corn
and oats closed unchanged and pro-
visions finished at Slight declines
The wheat market started weak and
4 cent lower than it changed yester-
day. Liverpool quoted reduction and
that settled the matter for the OPEN
ing here. The continental markets
were quoted firm in the morning and
New York reported some buying orders
from there at the start, but many of
yesterdays buyers Were sellers here
near the start today. The northwest
eIn receipts at Minneapolis and Du-
luth amounted TO 557 cars against 333
on the corresponding day of the year
before. The total receipts at all the
principal primary markets We're 297,-
GOO bushels. The shipments of -four
from the PRIMARY western markets
amounted to the equivalent of 49, 900
bushels. The exports of wheat and
flour from Atlantic ports amounted to
$4,000 bushels. The French advance
was generally reported to have been
checked and the fear Of crop damage
there seems to have been allayed.
Berlin was, however. strong and from
= to Y marks higher. The worlds
shipments to importing countries We're
much under the Setimated weekly re-
quirementS of the latter. The opening
price for May was 5412M5i5s cents and
Immediately at 54Ih cents. It ruled
trim time altprn a cd hptNx-aan
cents, buyers, and the same price, sell
ers, but recovered to 543s cents and
held around that during the greater
part Of the forenoon. 1T weakened a
little after Il o'clock and dropped by
degrees until it reached 541l @542s cents
with a sale at 81 cents. 1t was wob-
bling around the lowest price of the
days range, finally ending at 54as cents
at the close.
Corn was steady at the opening and
firm during the greater part of the day.
cash corn was likewise a shade firmer
and in fair demand at the advance.
TOdayS receipts were tWenty-SeVeu
cars against the estimates made yester-
day of $50, but for tomorrow seventy
five cars are estimated, and the latter
prospective falling off in receipts was
the chief cause of the general firmness
of the market. The amount of business
done in the pit was small May opened
n f17+ SeltS, uTpppeu 10 HIS cents, rose
TO 10 cents on the announcement of the
small estimated receipts for tomorrow
and closed at 447s cents
Business in the oats market was some
what improved. = weaker feeling was
prominent, Influenced by quite liberal
offerings by Patton Bros, and Bartlett
Frazier. Sales, however. were few and
scattered. May sold from 291s cents
- 29B@A cents, down to % cents and
Closed at 2g1k cents bid
There was an absence Of demand for
provisions and rather more for sale
ti;an was noticeable on the previous day
with the result that prices lost the slight
gain they made yesterday and went
back to where they left off on Saturday
afternoon The days decline in May
amounted to az cents and about 21s
cents each in lard and ribs. Hog re-
ceipts today We're 80 00G
Estimated receipts for tomorrow:
Wheat, IS cars: corn, 10 cars; oats. 81
cars: hogs, $4,000 head.