The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-21

thlcaCo, August 20--pork made n new
low record today. September sold ut $50
Rumors that orders for gold Importation
had been countcrmandcd and lower Wall
street prices weakened wheat after A ia
Norable opening. the closing prices for
september showing lac decline. Corn
was sNinpathctically weak and closed l..
lower, oats remained UNCHANGED
An impetus given to wheat bv tho on
Easement of gold for importa don as re-
ported yesterday afternoon was continued
al the opening THIS morning The starting
prices Tor September aud December were
each Hsc per bushel higher than tho clos.
ing rates OF the day before. one of rho
chlel FACTORS of the opening hrmnesS was
me strength displayed IN the foreign mar
kets. Liverpool was quoted as opening
,itm nj I'd per ccu}ui advance and Lon
uon 80 per quarter higher for parcels Of
iHi,mericln WheaI A Paragraph from die
Liverpool Corn Trade News was being
paraced near the opening. which said
that the general impression there Is the
SIC or this years American wheat crop
was that II would bc about 400 nh.pDO bush
els ana That wheat would he bs per qtNLr-
ger (oc per hushcp higher in the United
klngdom. The Northwestern receipts
commenced today to eXh3hlt a contrast to
those OF the corresponding time Of the
year before. There Is sull some OF the
great crop left, but the daily exhibit Of
M,ineap''is aud Duluth receipts win new
efthelcss show a great discrepancy this
| season rs compared with last Those two
cities received 2Sl cars today After the
| curly advance business got slow and
| stocks getting weaker there was about
| as much effort TO sell as there had been
| to buy early ana NIL tho Improvement WAS
| lost rumor that gold cugag ncnts =.
| Importation had been countermand !
| end.
Corn was very dun aud easier prices
| were stronger early. influenced largely by
wheat. but were also helped 10y reports
| that tho crop was hardly 50 promising rs
| a month ago But after the first bulge
| tine market began to- decline.
| oats We're firmly active aud for tho most
| port ruled easy. although around the
| opening. when shorts bought In some.
| there was tcndancy to DO better. Sell
| Ing bccamo more general later and prices
| fell of and closed just where they did
A small sized raid on September pork
! early in the day Wa. the chief feature Of
| the trading in provisions. After Toe had
| been Clipped Off by II few small sales,
| John Cudahy's brokers got at IT with
| their sledge hammers and smashed the
| other l0c off in about two blows. THIS
| brought the price down to $50 barrel,
| the lowest point ever reached. The Last
loo was recovered again ami the days loss
| in September pork was loc JnnuHE
| compared with yesterday LETT ON 2'2c.
| Dnrd and ribs were moro favored. the fair
| support given these commodities counter
| acting the effect Of weakness IN the PORK
| and closing prices were unchanged To s'sc
| higher. IN,
| Esimatcs for tomorrow: Wheat. lo
| cars; corn, 40; oats. 1875 cars; hogs, ls'ho'
| hcld. .,,
Cash quotations were as follows:
| Flour-Dul and easy.
| Wheat-No spring ~ 3-s: No. spring
| 52isG53; No. red SIS 7-SUda rs .,o.,
| Corn-No. .. 22A; No yellow 25r -
Oatg-No ., i7iFdl7 5-s, No. white ( o
| aI4a23. No. 8 white q.
| Kye-No. .. 81 o,
Barley-No. nominal. No. FOB %
| 80 T q h lSi.W22.
FLAX setd--No. l. t61iG6is.
Timothy scoi-prime 2.7lis,.
| Mess pork Per bbl 9la5 95.
Lard per 100 lbs i2'a
i short rih, sidcs--Loosc 3.25dS 10.
| Dry salted shoulders Box@i 344n4.
J Sh0r, clear rs-lioNed l-Nn3N4;
Whisky Dsttlcrs' finished goods Eel
| gallon. l.lo
| - lAnnnal. ELililn.