The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-26
CHICAGO MARKETS
The Beard OF Trade.

~tt oSES4 "a
CnscSgo. Sept sS-T-he cable news this
morning rather grated uron he sssscepti-
kEisaes Of he bls.s IN ehe wheat market
ms early ca0seg-2zns oaosss6 Liverpool as
opening unchanged n price. with = terd-
eseE 10 Decline. and some dispatches re-
ceiFed a little later even reported prices
I'D scwer That was al ehat was needed
70 create Sosus weakness here. December.
which Closed yesterday a. s5isc, opened
"FeA sellers at from $50 down 20 So sc.
aaa TIE cater price became the Joint from
wn4Sa the bulls and the bears made alter
nate 1gzves a. each other during the first
elo1r OF the forenoon II had n SEp 10 s4s.a
II the first forty rasrrlses them reaction
20 eSsse. Minneapolis and Daiuth received
az ears. against sal on tie corresponding
cay o. the Year before The general tenor
or the aHlyices from Minneapolis, however,
was that farmers deliveries IN she North
west aoSd De mach increased next week.
TIE export c,sa1Sknces for the day from
riae Atlantic ports amounted In wheat
aud flour - @-s,eo1 bushels Those in The
crowd who had been tempted by the ap-
parent weakness OF the market IN he first
sloyT % the session 10 sell somewhat short,
h'eea Tho uneasy and began gradually 20 buy
Ua1h~ Not nIldsfE II easy To G0 50, their
anxiety Increased until every one wanted
wheat. and rapid advance from 64l@c 10
eossc followed. A private csosegram quot
iils IAveT-cooS III lower had helped 20 de-
press the market, and when the pubic
Closing shares e.goted / shilling advance
in the price az -four and wheat only from
40 I'D lower for red. that dsd much in
creating she revtslSgon OF feeling ST. Louis
was the first 10 give Indications OF reeos-
cry. report8ils shat cable bids there were
no lower than yesterday ana that the
feeling was gaming IN strength and they
sent buying orders The Nortawes, also
advaced cent or SO. Prices ruled strong
TO the close. December Closing al es-c
Corn was quiet and weak chiefly in
fiaegoed by the feeling In whea.. The
close was steady at practically unchanged
prices.
A quiet market in cat. was apparently
almost entirely governed by wheat. the
Closing being at &c advance.
Trading In provisions was only mode
rately active. Offerings were quite free.
and this, with the easy feeling manifest
e. by grain, caused decline
Closing Quo tatious.
"Aeas-Septemher. sslsc; December.
cor@septesnber. RIGGING: December.
22i4c.
oats-september. 1889: December. i79
like
Pork-September. $500: December, sso7ik.
l.ard-September. S. -. December, ssS.
Rihs-september. s.25. January. sS.51ls.
Rye-34lsc.
Barley 25G55a
Flax--lG7ils
Timothy-s25o.
Live StocA.
Eatle-Common steers sold around So rs
$3.50. extra cattle. S5Q5.i0 stockers and
feeders. s.. 50lS.s0 Western feeders. ssIs 80:
best calves. sG.io; grass steers. s2.45a,3; COWS
and bulls. S1.5oq22
Hogs-Heavy, s2.e0q2io: common lots
sold around $50; prime lights as high as
s3.45 Sales largely al s2.954l3o5 for pack
ers; s3-i09,3 - for shippers.
Sheep-Some thin 51-pound California
lambs sold at s.. 81 but very few sold be-
low 30. and prime stocks sold at si.4oaf
4.5o. with a few extra lots az s47a. Prime,
$50 to l45-pound native sheep brought So 10
cas-; Western, s759l2.aa: feeding, log
ESQ; feeding lambs, Sc. 2a6i3.5o
Receipts-Cattie. ESQ; hogs. 2i.oO.
sheep. 1900.