St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-26
IN NARROW LIMITS
Wheat FIuctuated in a Lively
manner and Closed q
Tpifie Weak.
SHORTS ON THE DEFENSIVE
Dry Weather Is Cause OF the
Firmer Feeling--Prov1s-
ions Unchanged. :.
SHORTS ON THE DEFENSIVE
STOCKS FULLY RECOVER.
Prices Trend Upward ON All
Shares but the Coal
ers.

CHICAGO, April 20.-Wheat f1uctu-
ated frequently today within narrow
limits and finished 1sc higher for May.
The fir1ner feeling resulted largely
from the dry weather Corn, oats and
provisions closed with but little change.
There were the same characteristics
to the market news concerning wheat
today as on the day before. The
foreign reports were good, Liverpool
being quoted I'D higher for California
and I'D higher for red winter. The
primary market receipts were largely
in excess of the movement at the cor
responding date of the year before,
and there was no material change from
the previously prevailing dry weather
conditions. The market acted very
nervously, with frequent changes over
a range of about &c per blu. The
short sellers were for greater part Of
the forenoon on the defensive, and the
price during the greater part of the
time maintained itself above the level
of yesterdays closing quotations. The
Price Current leaned rather toward
the opinion that wheat in some sec
tons was suffering for want of
moisture, but indicated no general i'm
mediate need Of it. A few light show
ers, were discovered to have fallen in
Southwestern Kansas and that was
made the basis of several attacks up
on the market by the bears.
The Minneapolis and Duluth receipts
were 500 cars against 145 car loads a
year ago. The quantity received at
the primary markets was 226,G0 bu
Krith htr
Export clearnces of wheat and flour
from the Atlantic ports amounted to
$4,000 blu. The opening price of May
was at an advance Of from CSC to 1zc
at 60Hc and July made a similar gain,
starting at from 611ac to 615sc. May
sold many times over the range OF
60Ac to 60Ac and July between Gle
and 61Ac, the most general values be-
ing about midway between the eX-
tremes. In the end July closed at
61Ac and May at 6Oc.
The corn market was quiet and firm er
on the average. The receipts were
1S9 cars, and 300 are estimated for to-
morrow. Primary mercantile receipts
were POS, coo Blu, against 3G7, 900 blu on the
corresponding day the year before.
Some buying by elevator representa-
tivss, which is supposed to represent
corresponding sales of cash corn they
had made. The opening price of July
was 4Sc. 1t sold as high as 4SA and as
low as 472l, and the latter price was
bid at the close.
A fairly good business was transacted
IN oats; The bulk: of the trading was
done in the way of exchanging from
May to the more deferred deliveries.
The latter were proportionaliy firmer
than the nearby months. July closed
Is to &c higher and the others steady.
May opened at 1875 to 2S34c, advanced to
1880, fell off to 2S34c, and closed at
2Sbc. July ranged from 281zc to 283sc,
and rested at zSss@2S1zc.
1t was dull day in provisions, and
they were firm, for the most part
weak. The run of hogs was 22,G00.
Packers were inclined to sell the prod
ucts early in the session, but gave a
firm tone to the close by bidding
prices up to q. recovery of an early de-
cline Of 1212c in pork sc in lard and sc
in ribs. The closing prices were prac-
tically unchanged.
Estimates for Friday: Wheat, 81
cars; corn, 800 cars; oats, 220 cars;
hogs, 10000
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows