St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
FlRMER FOR A DAY.
Light Receipts Of Grain Re-
suited in a Stiffening OF
Prices.
STRONG FOREIGN MARKETS
Also Had a BulliSh Effect
Provisions Show a Steady
Advance.
STOCKS MOVE UPWARD.
Vanderbilts and Chicago Gas
Among Those That Re-
cord a Gain.

CHICAGO, April 10.-Owing to light
Receipts the grain markets, although
very dull, were firm and the result of
the days trading was an advance of
3sc each in wheat and corn and NC in
oats. Provisions were fairly active
and higher, closing with a gain of 15c
in pork and 212c each in lard and ribs.
Wheat opened quiet and steady at
the point where it left off yesterday.
For May 547s was bid and a few lots
brought Lice over that. The general
feeling during the remainder of the
forenoon strengthened a little on the
bull side, but there was an absence of
orders from outside and also of desire
to trade among the local operators.
The quietnesS of the trade was its most
noticeable characteristic. The fiuctua-
tons were confined between 547sc and
55IsG55Ac. The resistance to any fur
Their decline was encouraged by the
figures of the days movement. The
primary market receipts amounted to
only 162 0GG bushels, compared with 342,-
600 bushels year ago, and the eX-
port clearanceS from the Atlantic sea-
ports to 44S,O00 bushels, including wheat
and -four The receipts at Minneapolis
and Duluth were only ia cars, COM
pared with 2S9 cars on the correspond
ing day of last year. The Liverpool
market was steady, but Paris was
quiet and weak. Berlin and Antwerp
We're about unchanged.
The inquiry for round lots of wheat
for Eastern and foreign shipment was
renewed again today, but buyers and
sellers views of prices differed and
none was sold. Some demand existed
for smaller parcels for country mills
in the Southeast and about 10000 bush
els of No. 2 red was sold Some No.
spring brought &c over May. The clos
ing price for May was 559551sc. Corn
was very much neglected, but was up
held by the small receipts and the
firmness of wheat Today's receipts
were 10 cars and 1O5 are the estimates
for tomorrow's arrivals. Liverpool
sent reports of higher quotations.
That market is becoming firmer on
the disappointing news from Argentine
about the corn crop of that country.
1t is now said that instead of a sur
MUS of 81. 900. 900 or 100000 from the
new crop there will not be to exceed
1900 600 bu available for export. The
range OF prices IOf My mere "aS fo7oS
and 457kc, with 453c the opening price
and 457sc the latest. In oats, in wheat
and corn few features were developed.
Trading consisted principally of ex-
changing from May to June at very
small difference. The feeling was firm
with corn. May started at 2S1sc, sold
up to 291sc, down to 29c and closed at
291se July ranged from 275sc to 271sc,
resting at the high price. Provisions
were steady early, although lower
prices were expected on heavier re-
ceipts of hogs than had been expected,
and a weaker market for them. There
was considerable changing from May
to more remote futures. There was
fair trade for local account, Armour
being prominent as a seller early OF
May ribs During the last hour Ar
mour bought July and September ribs.
This started shorts to covering, and
brought in outside buying orders. The
market closed higher. Estimated for
tomorrow: Wheat, II cars; corn, l05
cars: oats, 40 cars; hogs, $1,000.
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows: