The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-11
NEW YORK Markets

New York. April 10-There was consid-
| cradle excitement on the produce ex-
given out this afternoon, showing con-
| dition of III on winter wheat Although
| IL did not appear until O'Clock every
| trader was on hand, for rumors had been
conflicting all day and there was an idea
! II would be over 50. The actual figures
| therefore, being given below this point
| started an active buying movement, wnlch
ran prices UP. May touched ISssc within
/ ten minutes of the reports The eondi-
| ton in Ohio was reported at IS, which oc-
| casioned much comment among the bulls.
| as confirming the dispatches about a poor
/ ever, assert that conditions have improved
since the government figures were COM
piled.
F1our-Receipts. 500; exports. 11,aoO bar
! relS. Market very quiet; buyers have
| enough for the present and the declining
wheat market tended TO limit business.
| Wheat-Receipts, 2O0l; exports. S.lO.
| SPOT firm; No. red 169sc Options open
| ed stronger on covering and better cables.
| April and May were relatively higher than
| other months all day on fears of a squeeze.
/ The government report was the control
! ling factor, all sorts of rumors being
afoat. Finally prices sold off sharply
] closing quotations ranging from unchang-
ed TO nc lower, except April which was
17sc net higher; ON. 2 red April, asa 70isc,
closed 747sc; May, 1zi2q7S 5-l6c, closed
Corn-Receipts, 400; exports. 1000 Spot
dull; No. 2, 40c elevator. Options steady
at first, turning easier with wheat and
closing unchan ged to &c net lower; April,
&c, closed &c; May, s. 15-l6GS5c, closed S6c.
Oat+Receipts, 10000; exports, 500.
Spot dull; No. 2 Sic. Options quiet but
steady, closing unchanged to 1sc higher;
April closed exc: May. 2is.c, closed 2is. c.
BeeveS-Receipts, 100; slow; native steers
inferior TO choice, A.le64Hiz; oxen, $500
40; bulls. s275. European cables quote
American steers at Sd101zc dressed weight;
refrigerator beef AZ 7lfIA.c
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 5,7S5; sheep,
poor to prime, 50. e0G4.50.
Hogs-Receipts, Psi; steady.
Lard-Steady; western steam closed
$50; refined steady.
Petroleum-Dun; United closed $40.
Coffee-Opdons opened firm at 5G15
points advance; ruled generally firm on
Gales and strong statistical position in
this country and loval covering with few
sellers; closed steady at unchanged prices
20 net advance OF 10 points; sales. q, go
bags, including March, $10.45; May, 2e0Gp
1900. Spot coffee steady; No. Z, 1880.
Mild steady; Cordova, 16s4@1Sc; sales. p
00 bags Maracaibo p. /. 600 bags Caracas
?. L, 30 bags Porto Cabello p. l. 300 bags
Savanilla p. L Santos quiet; good aver
age Santos 15c, $40; receipts, 200 bags;
stock, $4,000 Hamburg quiet. Havre
closed steady at net unchanged TO y franc
advance; sales, 1900 bags. Rio steady;
No. 7, lie $3.50; exchange, Cd; receipts, 5000
bags; cleared for the United States. LOCO
bags; for Europe none; stock, 5000. Ware
house deliveries from the United States.
6,9i7 bags. including 5,5S bags from New
York; New York stock today, $40, S99 bags;
United States stock, 36S bags; afioat for
the United States, 160, 900 bags: total wis.,
BILE for the United States. 45O9SS bags,
against sS4, 544 bags last year.
Sugar-Raw firm; sales, 200 tons East
1ndIan Muscovado, SO test at SIC wharf.
Refined firm.
Cotton-Dull: middling, 77sc; net receipts
1,109; gross, 2. 7S5; forwarded, 249; sales,
3H, all spinners; stock, 1850
Dry goods-The character of the demand
continues more interesting than active, as
purchases are continued in a very conser-
vative scale. There are indications OF
Improvement abroad, but progress is slow
but certain. Printing cloths dull at 21lac.
Fall River, Mass, April 10.-Print cloths
steady at Ei5c; light sales Of odds.
Manchester, April 10-The market for
cloths and yarns Is quiet with very little
business doing.