The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-24
CHICAGO MARKETS.
The Boar, OF Trade.

Chicago, April =S.-Whea turned sharp
y today and started down al hot pace.
The market started al iisc decline. Shor5s
had apparently covered 70 their content
menI and there was much neariSh news
TO encourage sellers. The Liverpool cable
giving the op.ning OF the market de-
scribed IL as steady al I'd decline An
other cable said that Inillers were refas-
ing 10 follow the advance prices I'd lower
since the opening. Russian shipments OF
wheat and -four for the week were re-
ported 10 he . 40 90 bushels. and an ad-
dition OF the clesraBces from all the ex-
porting countries makes total Of S,Sss. 90
bushels. compared with the esgiusa ted
weekly requirements by the importing
countries OF {, -eo 90 bushels. The receipts
for the day az Minnea polls and Duluth
were ~ cars. compared with IN cars on
the corresponding day OF last wear. New
York dispatches reported thirty boat loads
OF wheat taken for export today. and
commission houses here had plenty Of in
Quiries from country millers for No. red
The opening OF May was at from @aac to
s0c. and July at from slisc TO sic. as conn
pared with the respective closing prices
OF sl&c and sz%c on the day before. A
few sales OF May were made as low as
5ac. The latter recovered to eo7sc and
July TO Sc before the second hreak began.
and at about the bottom OF which the
market closed. May declined 10 59i<c and
July TO 6esSc; the latest trading vas as1sc
for May and s37sc for July. Primary
market receipts amounted 10 1880
bushels, against $1,000 on the correspond
ing day of last week.
The corn market was weak at the start
under the influence OF the break In wheat
May, which closed yesterday at 4siSc, was
for sale al the start at use 10 4Il2c, and
sold as low as 4T4G47ssc before II had
any reaction. II reacted 20 +Is. dfGssc, but
rFsa l- "a
Oats were fairly active. The feature or
the market was the widening of the diff
ference between May and June. At the
opening May was selling at premium
OF i.c over July: at the close prices were
&c apart. caused by an Improvement In
inquiry for May. May sold from 2sse TO
gS7sc declined 10 2slsc and closed al ESs3f
2Ssse Julv ranged from 2Si6c 10 &c. rested
at oslo, izaSo lower than that of yes
terday.
The provision market was rather quiet
with very little disposition 10 trade shown
by the spectators. George Baldwin tsied
TO wake up some feeling on the bun side,
but received slender support and retired
Pork. compared with yesterdays close,
Is from sIzaSc lower. lard from sc TO 7l2c
lower, and ribs show losses about equal
10 the decline in lard.
Closing Quotations.
wheat-April $3.50: May, 5s5sc.
Corn-April, $3.50; May. 4Iisc.
Oats-Aprii. 2Sc: May. 2Si2H2Sasc.
Pork-April. $12. 80; May, $l235.
I.ard-April. $3.50; May. 1884, 96.aS.
Ribs-April, $3.50; May, $3.50.
Barley--5.9i5Sc.
Rye-65c.
F1aX-Si. 4iia.
Timothy-S5.i5.
Live stock.
Only a bout 2 go cattle were received to-
day. and the small supply prevented any
weakness. prices ruling particularly
strong for good fat beeves. There was a
fair advance and native steers sold all
the way from siG6 10 for very common to
strictly choice lots 4 large part OF the
sales were at Si95a5.50: cows sold at 81.
G4T, the greater part going at $..5, and
bulls sold freely at S225ai.T5- Texas cat
tie arrived freely. steers going chiefly at
s.. i0n475
The supply of hogs Is running ahead OF
last week, the arrivals so far showing
an increase of about 500 head Heavy
hogs sold at sl75a5.l0: light weights and
mixed hogs at 81 70ai9S, and pigs at 81. %
Gi50.
Receipts Of sheep are much larger than
last week, and lack OF demand is Civ
ing local packers an opportunity To de-
press the market The offerings include
a good many choice Montana sheep, such
as are selling around s25. as well as
prime Mexican lambs worth S.i0EI3.6n.
Sheep sold at from s2.25d2.50 for very
common. up 10 $50 for choice, and lambs
were salable al s.. S0l560
Receipts. cattle. 500; calves. 900;
hogs i1,0n0: sheep. 1900