The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-25

$500 = ASA@s = IA = 4AS = :
Ldvespooa market was quoted - opening
easSzr and i-4d lower.
ThA CnczmatS Price Curr~uk reanaxked
thar III sT<eri0r offerings continred
6Enag and tkns mf1IesS' snppases we're ren-
erHily iow. xew Yerk reported aome barr
ing q whenz On foreign account, and aenk
buying orders here "a In own acccun<-
This scAlptng crowd were Ioolktng for .
rsAction frun tie receuf hsavy feeling.
but esery outside order % seu one thou
Sand bushels vas followed upon ifs exc
eutdoa BIZ > bunch Of small bttes o. ol4er-
ings from the local sca1perx Tn price
was down sgain 70 "a $50 about two hours
from tho opentng. The total receipts a<
the primary mnFkets amounted 70 x3seoo
bazsfnis. compared with M7.aS on Thur
day Of Iase week and z7s.eoo bushels On
tia corresponding day Of last year. Ex-
port cieax4nces from che Aslantac ports
In uAhsat And G3r ampun2ed to 2ss,eg0
bqsheis. Tia days neus did not arouse
the ccuru&0 Of bosderS Or bring IN fresh
buying oroesA May began 10 tumb2e
again ~ o'clock and sold down 20 81 3-sc.
ctuuanx ~ - I-4c. new to~ record
Corn opened with = good demand 1t
from Is s-4(1E s-sc for May. After hang
ing around Is s-lc and later inzproving TO
- f-sc. Il sank hack - the close 20 Is l-ac
The cash market wns firm With No. yell
May delivery. 1t has been selling II q
discount OF 5 l-Acl Export clearanoes were
l5s.ooo bzsheha OF which 1890 bushels
went from N<x Or3eanA
Oats were firm early on buying by
country commission houses and shorts.
May opened l-Sc higher ct - s-sc and
touched - 7-Sc The market turned easy
later with corn and closed at y lie. The
trading was not heavy either way.
The weakness Of the provision market
to-day was very pronounced The packers
are becoming discouraged by what they
consider the prospects for continued lib
eral receipts Of hcEs although for yes
tertiay. today, and eetimaned for tonsor-
row. there appeared soene prospect OF the
movement becoming far lighter. Com
pared with yesterdays closing prices,
pork - sc lower. lard 71-2c lower and
ribs 10c lower.
Csosing Quotssiess.
Wheak-January. sic: Nay. ALTO.
Corn-January. Sc; May. Is 1-2c.
Lard-JanuAry. $50 1-2s May, 81. 60 bid.
Porik-,JAnaaxy. slass: May. Sl0a0.
oats--January. Is l-2c; May, . Lee.
RiSs-January. t5sS; May. $50 IL
Bariey-55c.
Rye-S0c
Flax-$1.421- Ia
Timothy-$s.7Q
1--we Stock.
Tbs supply Of cattle was not large. 1900
head. but there were too many Of them
There was very little life in the trade,
and In almost every instance buyers were
able 70 get liberal concessions from yes
terday's prices. Dressed beef and ship
ping steers sold principally at s.. 5O1475,
and prices below Sis bought the bulk OF
the cows and buiis Extra helfers and
export bulls are still quoted around 1856
and inferior stun was offered at $l.2sa
l5o.
The continued decline In the product
keeps the hog market pointing DOWN
ward I. fell on 10c today, or $s.6sa34.s5
for common 10 choice no to 200 pound
hogs. and to <ssoes44o for poor to prime
heavy. The circumstances of unexpected
iy light receipts did not count for any
thing.
There was an unchanged market for
sheep. Sales were on q basis OF S2Qs7 70
for poor to choice sheep. and $sG4.S0 for
lambs. Fancy sheep are quoted as high
as "a and fancs- lambs at $a.SsQ41.
Receipts-Cattle. 1900; calves, 100; hogs.
$4,000: sheep. 12.ooo.