The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-02

III. IS6 bags; anoat Tor the United states.
| ga 100 bags; total visible for the United
States. 455ssS bags, against 445,167 bags last
! year.
Sugar-Raw firm; sales. 26o bags; centri-
fugal IS test. 43-16c; refined quiet.
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotatfons at ST. Louis, Baltimore,
Clcinnnti and Other Places.
ST. LOUIS April Flour dull and un-
| changed. Wheat opened higher on an I'M
| expected show Of strength in Liverpool a
cold wave in the West and smaller North
| trading. and the market for futures closed
| SOLO above yesterday. Spot dull and nat
No. red. cash. sc, elevator, nqssc, TRACK
ciaedly strong, especially May. which closed
1s@1<c higher than yesterday. Spot higher:
No. 2 mixed. cash, 26lsqe6ssc; May. 267suz7c;
July 27%Qg7sc. Oats-Futures frmer, with
| a better demand. Spot dull and steady; No.
2, cash, 1870; May. 1910; July. ls$4c Rye
nOmna s Corn pu meal le & Bran easier.
track. Flaxsesd steady at sec. Timothy seed.
r prairie. S.a5as; timothy, ssals this slde.
sIsaay fT s s Ws5Sy Pork c asss
standard mess. jobbing. new. $S.62la; old.
| $s.121z- Lard frmer; prime, 499c: choice.
5S7lzc; ribs, $500; shorts, $500. Dry-salted
! meats-Boxed shoulders. 4.50c: longs. 4.75c;
| ribs. 4.75c: shorts, 4.S711c. Receipts Flour,
CATS. ECO pu Standardization, 5000 brls:
wheat 20O0 bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats, ~
900 bu
| changed. Receipts 1870 brls. Wheat dun
spot and month, 721xq72&c; May. 69AQ6slsc.
Receipts, $40 blu. Southern wheat. on grade,
SAC: May, 34Q34lsc. Receipts. 1899 bu; ship
ments. 131.14s bu.. Southern white corn. S4isc
bid; yellow. 35Q36c. Oats easier; No. white
steady STEADY No. s' Western. 45@isc. Hay steady
| and unchanged. Grain freights steady and
unchanged. Sugar, butter, eggs and cheese
steady and unchanged.
TOLEDO, April 1.-Wheat higher and
firm: No. 2, cash. roc; May. nAc; July, 67Ac.
Corn dull and steady; No. mixed. 31sc;
mixed. M.sc; No. white, &c; May, alkc.
Rye quiet; No. 2, cash. Csc. Glover seed ac-
tive and steady; prime cash, $4.4O; April,
bu; oats, sos blu; clover seed. Az bags. Snip
ments-Flour, 5000 brls; wheat, 5000 bu;
corn. $500 bu; rye. 1000 bu; clover seed. l.
276 bags.
CINCINNATI. April l. - Flour steady.
Wheat lower; No. red. 72%c. Receipts,
l.5oo bu: shipments, 1000 bu. Corn stronger;
Rye saesas No. Sats se rm Lara active &c
| Bulk meats lower at 475c Bacon barely
steady at 5.5Oc. Whisky quiet; sales 545 brls.
cry, &c; Ohio, 15Ql6c; dairy, lie. sugar firm.
Eggs steady. Cheese steady.
DETROIT. April 1.,Wheat stronger; No.
! white. nc; No. 2 red. &c; May. 7lisc; July.
Oats-No. 2 white, 22lzc. Rye-No. q S11sc.
Clover seed. A40
BOSTON, April 1.-The American Wool
and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow OF
the wool trade: The sales in the three
pounds, 1,7H,5OO pounds domestic and 75S.5O(
pounds foreign wool. Little change can be
discerned in the situation as described al
tions pretty we'll distributed through all
classes of wool. there Is practically, no de-
mand, the fitfui. scattering trade which OBJ
tains from one end of the week to the
other to the contrary Notwithstanding. No,
only is there no demand, there is no strik-
ing de to sell os se e
sible opportunities of trade go by. rather
than take the chances of bad losses is char.
acteristic Of this epoch OF our commercial
history. 1t is distrust that is doing more
to postpone business recovery than any
| other impeachment There appears to be nc
particular scarcity OF money among those
who are usually fairly Wen provided. but
there Is the most marked Discrimination or
the part of these to invest good money II
1t for merchandise to an extent beyond the
simplest individual or family requirements
Safs s5nr pea naaa against i ssss pounds
year ago. In Boston the sales for the
week were 1,751 900 pounds, i.336,OO0 pounds
QOmeStlc, 4lo,VOO pounuS iofciSh.
oils.
OIL CITY, April 1-Credit balances, s12s
Certificates opened at $l-2s; highest, $.S0;
lowest, $1.29; c.osed at $l.30. Clearances, 1000
brls: shipments, GA. US brls; runs. 1898 brls
strained. $50: good. N.s5. Spirits of tur-
Tnrpenne r a1 sSf $780, T Trsn .R sS
NEW YORK. April Petroleum firm
of turpentine steady at 2S1sQ2sc.
CHARLESTON, April 1.-Rosin steady at
H.25@l4o. Spirits of turpentine firm at 2a1sc
SAVANNAH. April l.-Spirits of tupen-
tine firm at 251kc. Rosin firm.
Butter, Eggs and Cheese.
ME psck Yeak M APE sIesss
creamery, BQ2lc; Elgias, 2lc. Cheese-Re
ceipts. S.io3 packages. Market quiet; large
sa S ssm sma a s0c kF part Rssi%s sqS
| packages. Market steady; State and Penn
syivania, l2c; Western, 11q111xc; Southern
101xG10%c.
PHILADELPHIA. April 1.-Bu.ter quiet
fancy Western creamery, &c. Eggs firm
fresh Western, 12c. Cheese unchanged
CHICAGO. April l-Butter-creamery. Ia
zoe; dairy, 1oQlsc. Eggs firm at sa1o1sc.
NEW ORLEANS, April 1.-Cotton quie
and steady: middling, 7%c; low middling
| y-l6c; good ordinary, lAc. Net receipts
| 1,19S bales; gross, 1891 bales; exports 10 the
continent, 80 bales; coastwise, ali bales
sales. 1900 bales; stock, 22S. 175 bales.
MEMPHIS, April l.-Cotton steady; mid
ding, 9-16c; receipts, 376 bales; shipments
l10s bales; stocks, E,nS bales: sales, 1,40I
bales
NEW YORK, April Lection closed
| quiet; middling uplands. TIC; mddling gulf
| SAC: sales 1855 bales.
Dry Goods.
NEW YORK April 1.-More buyers were
in the market and inquiries were in proper
ton, but the demand as to quantity was
disappointing, as fuller sales were expected
The feeling In the market is sympathetic
with the cotton market, which shows a ten.
dency to advance that Is depressing, the
| bear element being in the ascendency. Al
the best, however, ii was a slow market
Printing cloths steady but very dull at 21kc
FALL RIVER, April Print cloths quie
and steady at 21c.
Metals.
NEW YORK, April 1.-Pig iron weak
Copper steady Lead easy; brokers', Sc; ex-
change, 305G3.10c. Tin easy; straits, IL 35Q
13.4sc. Plates weak. Spelter quiet.
ST. LOUIS, April LEAD depressed and
lower; sales, five cars Missouri at 275c: 1O{
tons Missouri at 272kc. Spelter dull at 3.9Oc