The herald., 1896-02-22
CHICAGO MARKET
The Days Transactions on the Board OF
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The Days Transactions on the Board OF
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CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-The uncertainty re-
garding the effect of the cold weather upon
winter wheat and the unwllingness OF
traders to carry stocks over the holiday
created rather O heavy wheat market to-
day, and prices at the close showed about
&c decline. Corn and oats were tirrner
and advanced T@Ac respectively. Pro-
visions also made slight advances; wheat,
which closed weak yesterday, was even
weaker when business commenced this
morning, and that in the face of conditions
, which looked steady at the very least.
Minneapolis and Duluth receipts. 326 cars,
were again smaller than on the similar day
of the week before, Notwithstanding the
fact of Minneapolis millers having been
paying prices, or within small fraction OF
it, for o week past-.to indulge freer snip,
ments from the country. The contlnued
cold weather caused some appre.
hension and had tendency
to hold short sellers in check
and encouraged many longs to hold on to
their lines. But the weakness in Liverpool
Z and advices from there that there was evi-
dence of rapidly increasing shipments from
Argentine had bearsh influence and
prices weakened gradually. There was
again marked scarcity of outside orders.
May opened lIclower, sold up to 65@65h,
off to 645ac and reacted to 64Ac. The
bulge from GAS to 65@651sc was due to
the later cables, which came higher, and to
strength was short lived and the price soon
went back to the starting point. The mar
ket ruled quiet but firm during the last
hour, May selling at G43s@647sc. closing
easy at 64Ssc, seller. Corn was but
slightly affected by wheat, receiving
fair support and smaller, receipts
also contributed to the strength displayed.
May opened &c lower at 297sc, but this
loss was soon overcome, the price
closing at 301%c.
Oats were quiet ard uninteresting, but
held firm in sympathy with corn. Open
ing unchanged at 20N to II May soon sold
up to 21lsc and closed at that figure.
Provisions were extremely quiet but the
strength of the grain markets and the
small run of hogs created steadiness
which was not disturbed by the small busi-
ness transacted. At the close pork was
unchanged, while lard showed an advance
of sc and ribs 2]2c.
The leading futures closed as follows:
Wheat. No. 2-February 62l4c; May. 64ssc:
June, 64ssc; July. 6aSc; oa<o Nav ao,<..
% Oats. No. 2-February, iS.lc; May. 211Sc;
July, 21Isc; September, 21ttc.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour was steady; winter patents, $500
3 80; do straights., $500 $50; spring pat
ents, So. lOt13.4,; do straights SO 500 30.
40. 9 spring wheat, 7 io11 ,9sc; No 3 do,
6l@64}sc; SOP red, 6t9se631se No; corn.
2SI4c; No. 2 oats. 1870; No. white. 21I5c; No.
8 White, 1870 !lIsc: No. Q Rye. 3sc; No.
8 barley, 25iaS37c lob; No A, fob.
seed, $50. 7o0p3. 75 mess pork per Dbl, s9s71a(0
$1,000; lard, per. LOO lbs, s5.4'; short ribs,
sides, loos g, 50. lOS5. 20; dry salted shouldsrs
boxed, 4a4015c; short clear sid s. boxed,
5I4095ssc; whisky, distillers' finished goods,
per gallon. $l.2z; sugars; cut loaf s. s7l4;
eranulated, $5.Z7ll; standard A, $5. 1873; No.
. yellow corn, 2"llc.
Receipts ard shi ipments were
Flour. bbls.. ..s......,..'........ 1900 O0Q
Wheat, bu. f...,'........ 1S,UO0 SZOOV
Corn, bu.. ..:::............. 199. 600 64.O00
oats bu ....................2l1, 81 900 $4,000
Rye bu OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000 1000
Barley, bu ................ $4,000 2p, 900
On the produce exchange today the butt r
sGee r% darGy G ssss Gsrs
fresh 1115@12c.