The herald., 1896-10-28
CHICAGO MARKET.
The Days Transactions on the Board OF
Trade.

CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-Everything was
again wheat at the opening of the market
today. The most depressing features were
the early cables and the northwest re-
ceipts. After the advance of / cent here
yesterday, Liverpool was expected to show
steadiness at least and the weakness of
that market was q decided disappoint-
ment. Northwestern receipts were re-
markably large, 1918 cars as compared
with 1887 last week and 1881 las year. At
the starting of the regular trading there
was no buyers of December at over 70A
cents and so anxious had some people
in the crowd become to sell-having stop
loss orders at about 20 cents, that sale
or two rs at 67Is took place in the opening
of tO% cents. If it had not been that about
1.50O.OO0 bushels of hedges against the
wheat in the Pacific elevators had to be
bought In. in consequence OF having been
burned by yesterdays fire, the weakness
would doubtless have been intensified. AS
it was, the later Liverpool cables noted
decline of about 1l@d per GENITAL and that
caused drop in the price of December to
$685. cents after having had a short reac-
ton from the opening. figures to 7Ols cents
eral selling for foreign account and during
the first hour such sales are believed to
York also poured in selling orders, as did
the other leading markets and the trade
was simply swamped with the offerings.
Another disturbing factor was the high
money rate at New York. John Cudahy
was a steady and persistent seller espec-
ialy on the soft spots His , tradings hays We
has generally been on the right side of
I'm marke a Times sial in perect avail
anche. Prices continued to go downward
during the last hour. under heavy liquida-
tion, December finally reaching 69A cents.
This was the turning point and December
had recovered to G9% at the close, though
remaining active and nervous to the end.
Il tnll Ftp,fr t,n
course of wheat Oats were quiet but strong
holding better than wheat. or corn but
this was more on account of limited trad
ing than from any Independent strength.
A fair amount of speculative business was
done in the provision pit, but there were
more sellers than buyers most or the
time.
The leading features closed as follows:
Wheat-No. 1 October, 661a; December,
6S2l May, 1888. -
May, 27%a2s:; . ,a,-
May. 2las. ,
Cash Quotations were as follows:
Flour-Weaker.
No 2 spring wheat, $751;: No. 8 spring
wheat, 6oa64; No. 2 red, 9a4@7oh.
No. No oats i7$; No. white 19a21A; No.
white. 16iR@19la.
No. rye. 35.
2s1sSs6. @ 0'''e'' "o'"'''"'' ->' o. -''a ->0' T.
No. flax seed, 691s.
Prime Timothy seed. 2.45.
Mess pork, per barrel 7o0G7.05 lard, per
1000 pounds. 4.0d4.00h; short ribs 0oose)
s.65M3.s5.. dry salted shoulders, (boxed),
4.00Gl4.00A: short clear sides. (boxeO
4.00T4 4.Ooh: whisky. distillers' finished
goods. per gallon, 11S
Articles Receipts. Shipments.
Flour. barrels. ........... 1000 10000
Wheat, bushels. s.......... .155 OO0 219.0 600
Corn. bushels. .......... 10000 765 900
Oats, bushels. 520,OOO 453. 600
Rye bushels ........... 26.o0n -
Barley. bushels. .1S6,O00 141 900
On the produce exchange today. the hut
ter ar|Set was steady. creamery. 9T1S:
dairy, 9G17. Eggs We're steady. fresh 171h.