The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-11
HITS THE HIGHEST
WHEAT SCORES THE BEST RECORD
OF THE YEAR.

December Closes nc Chicago 1t 30 TO Genus
aud a. New York ut 80 SIS eents-Liver-
poors Advance and Northwestern Re
celpts Start the Chicago Market Soar
ins-MIriers are in the Market for What
They Eave to Have-New Iork's Big
Trade Bradstre reefs Supply - Govern
ment Crop Report.
Chicago, Nov. 10.-Strong bull incentives
il. the form of a 1 pence advance at Liv-
erpool. double our advance yesterday,
and receipts in the northwest OF only 764
cars against 1872 last year. caused an
advance of 11kG17s cents IN wheat at this
mornings opening.
Wheat reached the highest price Of the
year at 1890 p. m. today and almost the
top price for several years. December at
the hour mentioned was selling at STA
cents. which is clean advance OF 2ss
cents from yesterdays close.
Other products sympathized fraction
ally.
Bull news came from all quarters OF
the globe, principally India. Russia and
Argentine. Millers are bidding 10 cents
over the December price in ;his market
for No. red wheat. December closed at
S05s cents. or within g cents of the nigh
est price Of the day.
Corn and oats sympathized readily
with wheat, but provisions are lacking in
energy, because Of larger hog receipts.
CASH
Chicago. ov i0.-Wheat-Cash: No. 2
red. So cents. No. red, S01S4 cents; No.
2 spring, so cents; No. 8 spring, 1880
cents; No. hard winter. 1880 cents:
No hard winter, 7512@78 cents; No. /
northern spring, 81 cents.
Corn-Cash: No. 2, % cents.
Oats-Cash: No. 2, 1SX@1sA cents
CLOSING.
Chicago, Nov. 10.-Wheat-Close: No
vember, so cents; December sos cents:
January. SIS cents; May, S4A@S47s
cents.
Corn-November. ISIS cents: December
261s cents; May. 29ss929A cents.
Oats-November, 10 cents: December.
1874 @191s cents.
Pork-November, 500: December. 500
January s7.92k@S.00: May. 1855.
Lard-November, $4.10@4.121a; Janu-
ary s4.321s; May S4.5712.
Ribs-November, $3.50; December $3.50;
January, 1885; May A15G4.171a.
Butter-Firm; creameries, 1913 cents;
6airies 10a17 cents.
Cheese-Firm, Sa.@9 cents.
Eggs-Firm; fresh, cents.
WHEAT AT NEW YORK.
New York, Nov. 10.-There was a big
trade today and an undercurrent of bull
sentiment that lifted December wheat 10
SO cents. which is the top figure for the
year. The bears made several attempts
20 hammer the market down, but news
and sentiment were too strong for them.
New buyers stepped in on every weak
spot and prices were rushed higher each
time, until near the close the top notcn
was reached. English cables were very
strong and foreign houses had big buy
ing orders, both here and at the west.
Cash wheat was scarce all over the west.
and helped advance options. Argentine
reports came very bad, indicating consid-
cradle damage from locusts. Spring
wheat receipts continue very small.
Transactions in futures aggregate 1880
600 bushels The range on December was
from 81 1.16c to SO C, closing at SS5sc,
against s57sc last night.
LIVERPOOL WHEAT.
Liverpool. Nov. 10.-Wheat-Spot firm;
moderate; No. red spring, Is I'D; fu-
lures opened easy with near ard distant
positions Id higher; closed quiet with
near and distant positions 1Aa2d higher;
business about equally distributed; No
vember Is I'D; January. February and
! March Is I'D.
AVAILABLE SUPPLY.
New York, Nov. 10.-Special cable and
telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreet's
covering principal points of accumula-
ton indicate the following changes in
available supplies last Saturday as COM
pared with the preceding Saturday:
Wheat-United States and Canada
east of the Rockies, increase 1881, 900;
af1oat for and in Europe. increase 1.400.
OJ0 Total increase worlds available, g.
351, 900.
Corn-United States and Canada east
of the Rockies. increase 1900.
Oats-United States and Canada east
OF the Rockies, increase 1,045c0
The more important increases in avail
able stocks of wheat last week, not IN
cluded in the official visible supply state
ment, are ASS, 900 bushels at various Man
itoba points of accumulation and at Fort
Williams, Ont: 325. 200 bushels in North
western interior elevators, $4,000 BUSH
els at Rochester, n. Y, and $4,000 bushels
at New Orleans. Corresponding Gecreas-
es, included 174,000 bushels in Chicago
private lavators, $1,000 bushels at Cleve-
land and q 900 bushels at Burlington. Ia.
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.
Washington. Nov. 1o.-The returns TO
the department of agriculture for the
month of November as 70 rate OF yield
make average or corn 27.3 bushels, which
is above the yield indicated by the con-
dition OF figures in October. Last year
the preliminary estimate OF yield was
26.2 bushels. The rate Of yield in the
large and principal corn states are as
follows: New York. II: Pennsylvania,
81: Ohio. 39.9; Michigan, 81; Indiana,
324; Illinois, 40.4: Minnesota. sos: Iowa
81; Missouri, 26.5; Kansas, I'll; Nebras-
ka. 37.2.
The average yield OF buckwheat is 1871
bushels per acre. against pol bushels last
year and ISL for the year 1894.
The average yield per acre OF pota-
toes is ss.s bushels. which. though not
phenomenal is nevertheless above the
average for the past ten years.
The average yield OF hay, as indicated
by the preliminary returns, is l36 tons
against 1.0S last year.
The average yield OF tobacco Is sfe
pounds per acre. against 743 pounds las:
year and 733 pounds in the year 1894.
The European agent notes the .ack OF
trust worthy estimates Of the Russian
wheat shortage. The advance in price.
which Is expected to be fairly maintained
VIII result in increased acreage in Great
Britain. Wet weather in October
throughout central Europe was unfavor-
able for the potat0e crop. A good corn
WELD has been realized on the lower
Danube.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS..
KANSAS CITY.