The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-01

rnRch for the bulls 90 market. Prizes
broke &c per b1saaf as soon as trading
commenced and although many bouEht
az the opening 1ecaAra the entire sur
roun1ings Of IRE market were 100 deter
naAr~1iy bearssa 20 encourage any heavy
purchases 4 general showerv condition
prevailed over the most drvssshy rso-tso.
OF the wheat belt IN Kansas and Nesrzs-
ka- with a low barometer ard conditions
11NoFaHsa TOR more rain II the same 10
SaliSiss~ Included in the exports from tAts
size, @sas.tse bushels waa the amount put
ahoa- for the importing countries last
week, and their requirements are only
sFs.ss bushels per week: thus they were
loaded I'D with 9sls.Ioo bushels more than
they consumed. The Liverpool market
vas trst quoted steady. hu. later weak
ana froFsa Ia 70 lid lower. The weather in
France was reported 30 be brilliant. and a
private cabsegra-n from there said the
wheat and -four market Vas rapidly de-
Ginning. Berlin was reported 5 marks. or
- Ger oushel bower for wheat. Receipts
AZ Minneapolis and Duluth numbered 50
ears, compared with ~ cars on Tuesday
week ago, and against only - cars a.
both places on the corresponding day Of
the year before. The total receipts az
primary markets were IS aa bushels,
while a week ago rs. 90 bushels was the
total received. and year a1o only ia
seaooard comprised $4,000 bushels OF
wheat and 75.eao barrels Of iour. or equal
together to A56.ssse bushels. July opened
with sellers al from Gal @6s7s and before
X reacted any K touched $50. II rose
from the latter point 10 s4ssc. with a
sale or two as high as s.iae. and then i
sagged gradually to about the lowest
figure made near the top. and steadied
itself around there for a time. About the
time of the receipt Of the Bradstreet
statement. the market was In shape for
another break. That statement made the
worlds decrease of wheat and flour for
the week only 2s40.oao bushels: the de-
crease Of ss77.aoo bushels In this country
being reduced by an increase In Europe
and aioat of 1.I2s.ooo bushels On that
the price of July dropped to Sc. The
closing cables from the continent indi-
Gated extreme weakness. Tht decline %
sc was followed by reaction TO 6Si2c
bid, near tina close OF the working of a
5a.e0 bushel cargo for export from here
There was pressure 10 sell again which
crushed the price to s3isc as the closing
bell sounded. but before the crowd go.
out OF the pit sSi2c was once more paid.
The principal business in corn in the
trading was In the way of a changing
over from May to July. July opened at
ssksc sellers. dropped of gradually 10
47a.c, recovered 10 4Tisc and closed at
Another active day was passed In the
oats market The tone of the market
was weaker and values declined May
started at 2sisc. sold at 2shc. declined 10
27S.c. sold again at sc and closed at
277sc. July ranged from 2Sl.q2sasc TO Z77sc.
resting at 2Ssc.
The provision market was again duh
and heavy. Pork for July declined from
$3.50 to s12.17ia and closed at So 27ia
against 81 47l- yesterday. Lard for July
closed 1oc lower for the day and ribs
12isc lower.
Closing Quotations.
wheat-April. slAc; May. &c: July.
esS Gssgc.
corn-April. 47sc: May. 47ssc: July.
f77sc.
Oats-April 27lkc: May. g77sc: July. esitc
Pork-April. sii-S7: May. siLsI: July
sl2.22.
Lard-April. sss7; May. sss7: July. ssS.
Ribs-April and May. s607: July. s627.
Barley-5iizc.
Rye-63c.
Flax-s143
Timothy-S o.
Live stock.
There was a very good demand for cat
tie and prices we're stronger than on yes
terday. Common TO choice native beef
steers weighing from e75 10 1900 pounds
were salable at s406, with good share
of the trading at s5a5.75. Butchers and
Gamers stuff was tn light supply and
IN fair demand at unchanged prices.
Cows sold at sl69G4.75. principally at
s. 33u275. and bulls sold at s. 20l4. . gem
orally. The receipts OF Texas cattle num-
bered about loo head and sales were
fairly large
With estimated hog receipts OF 2i.o0o
head and 500 left over from yesterday,
trade started up slowly and prices were
on an average of SC per 100 pounds lower.
and In some cases 10c off. making "a fall
OF I5c In two days. Toward noon trade
started up and a large part of the hogs
were disposed Of, the bulk fetching $40
ATS. Heavy sold at si.6Jlfiso. light at
ST. 50lI4 -. and pigs at s4a450.
With sheep receipts today Of 17.oo0 head
or more and a large number left over
from yesterday. sales were slow for the
great bulk of the offerings. which were
common in quality. but good fiocks were
steady. Exporters were not doing much
and the demand was chiefly from local
slaughterers. Sheep sold at $I.i5f2 for
inferior and common up to s4n40 for
good 10 prime, and lambs found buyers
at 81 7ssI5.e0 Some sellers called prime
Mexican lambs higher. the best being
scarce and active at $50. Very few
sheep sold higher than s25
Receip;s-Cattie. 30D: calves, 900;
hogs, 1900. sheep. 1900.