The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-19

hais-hcur. A weak feature es shs earl
Der news was receipts ~ So cars ~ Asrr-
ear-osis ard nalnfh- Primary rnarkaE r.
esIpEs were zt1ss bushels. Tne export
caeAranees were rather heavier rfaa for
Tea Gays haek- amounting 81 wheat and
four TO E6. SOC hasfsAss ~ Increase Of
s@s.sa bushels ia th@ Amount for cream
Passage. ard a. ssssnates. frsereass %
Eshvss@ bushels n the English visible SUP
pay cams I'm on TIRE latter half ~ the ses-
SION ard deer@nes the feeling os bearisss-
Hess that h@d already sskea possession
81 the crowd May wfaea. which opened
~ from Sa.e 10 ss-<c. had got as iow az
6Ssc b. f2-1 O'Clock TIE strong corn
naagkeS casfsef reaction In the Iass hour.
May closing at sSIc
Corss--The market was q. It's Errnext az
ter vhea, had reached frs weakest. ard
a. no PERIOD Of the day was il conspicu-
oszsly weak. Shortly after the opening IL
sold az I've below Saturdays closing. but
during the remainder % the dag ihe early
sellers had no chance 20 get their corn
hsez except at a toss. Offerings were
hgnt ard the heavlest dealers were OF
TIE bull side The MARKET reached it's
greatest strength after ths publication Of
the visible supply statement. which show
ed decrease Of 81 40 bushels compared
with an Increase Of 80 90 bushels a year
from whence shipments 70 Chicago had
previously been quite free were now get
ing from lffiirc more than the Chicago
price from Eastern buyers exporting via
East Boston and Newport News was also
strong element In producing ffrTnness.
May opened at Sc. improved TO ssisl+Ss4c,
dropped back TO klsc. and then gained an
ADVANCE, which became fast and furious
toward the end, the price reaching is7sc
and leaving OFF AT 4essn sgsar
oats were nrrncr, Sympathy with corn
and q decrease OF 81 pso bushels IN tbs
visible supply caused the firuaer feeling.
Offerings were taken quite readily by th-
crowd May started AZ 2szse sold al ssl.
ulsAc. np TO z,ixc and closed at that price.
Provtsions-The range for MAY pork
was from So as AZ the start down 10 sri.T5.
with ffiss the closing price. The respec-
tive declines for the day are 7isc In pork
and RIBS and SC in lard
Closing Quotations.
Wheat-March. A5sc: May, 5tsc.
Oass--Mareh. 2sise: May esa4d2sSc bid.
. Pork-Maneh. si1 80. May. sIiss
Iard-March, sss7Is, May. $50
Eios-siarch. &.7:,s; May. ss.s7l.G5se.
Bariey-5siec
Hye-59ac
Fiax-Si. 4oGfi 81
Timothy-S.7s&6.1.
Live stock.
Choice To extra steers were quoted at
tDf5ns.s5. and common 10 good AT sid5-I5.
Sales were largely at $i.75fl5.75: cows
heifers and bulls and Texas cattle were
steady To strong
There was rot much change today In
the value OF sheep or kmbs. Receipts
were more liberal than for some time
past, but there was good demand and
prices did not suffer. sheep being saiaole
at G-7sf14T5 for poor TO extra. and So 5e6T
$50 was the range of quotations for
lambs. Very few sheep sold under s. %
and IL did not take a very good quality
In lambs 10 bring S..
Hogs-Heayy. steady; others, generally
SC higher; light si2oel4so; mixed. 81 $50
Aea' heavy. s4.3oQ4.7s: rough. s.. 6ofp4 NJ.
Receipts-Caitle, lA,e0a: calves. 800; hogs,
5000; sheep. 1900