The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-02
The leading futures ranged as follows


Lard-March :. .... . 05 90
July :. ) % 3 20
Short Ribs-NIarch FL. 4 571a 524
May .......... VIZ 0lE
July .......... az 6iE
The following were the receipts and
shipments of the principal articles today:
Articles. Reefs Ship'ts.
Flour. barrels :. -. 6,000 5000
Wheat, bushels :. -. 10000 100000
Corn, bushels :. 80. 10000 $4,000
Oats, bushels :. .... 100000 100000
Rye. bushels :. ..... 1000 3,0OO
Barley, bushels =. :. 10000 2o.OOO
On the produce exchange today the
butter market was steady; creamery ia
dc; dairies, 10M16c.
Eggs, firm, 0@l01ac.
NEW YORK.
New York, March 31.-Wheat-Re-
ceipts, 5600 exports, $1,000. Spot, dull;
No. l, hard, Toe f. o. b., atloat. Options
opened steady and advanced on predict
ed cold wave small spring wheat receipts
and lighter worlds shipments than eX-
pected. declined under lower cables and
exhaustion of buying orders, ruled dull
all afternoon, closing 5-Sc lower on April,
other positions unchanged. No. = red,
March, 20 7-S@71 1-Sc; April and May,
roc.
Hides and leather-Quiet.
Wool-Quiet.
Pig iron-Heavy.
Copper-Easy; brokers, $1O.75; ex-
change, $10.62 1-201O.75.
Lead-Steady; brokers, $500; ex-
Tin-Firm; straights, $1345@13.55;
Cotton seed oil-Quiet and about
steady; prices nominally unchanged.
AVAILABLE GRAIN SUPPLIES.
New York, March 31.-Special cable and
teegraphic dispatches to Bradstreet's,
covering principal points of accumulation
indicate the following changes in the
available supply last Saturday, as COM
pared with the preceding Saturday:
Available supplies:
Wheat, United States and Canada east
of the Rockies, decrease, 100000 bushels;
afOat for and in Europe, decrease, L.
10000 bushels.
Corn, United States and Canada. east
of the Rockies, increase, Al 600 bushels.
Oats, United States and Canada, east
of the Rockies increase 065,O0O bushels.
The more important decreases in avail
able stocks of wheat last week not re-
include 356000 bushels in Chicago pri-
vate elevators and $4,000 at Louisville.
There were no corresponding increases,
the largest, 5000. at New Orleans. 81,
600 bushels at Fort William, Ont, on
Lake Superior, $4,000.
SUGAR.
New Orleans. March 31.-Sugar-
Firm, open kettle. 2 3-4M3 13-16c.
Whites, 5-16@4 9-16c; yellow, Al
4 Slice; seconds, 2 1908 13-16c.
Enthusiastically; open kettle none in
first hands; centrifugal, 6M11c.
New York, March 31.-Sugar-Raw
firm; fair refining, 3-4c; centrifugal 96
test. Bloc. Sales, $500 bags Cuba
centrifugal 96 test, 4 3-16c; 1900 bags
Cuba, 1-2c.
COFFEE.
New York. March 31.-Coffee-Op-
tons opened steady at unchanged
prices, ruled weak under cables pointing
to large crop of Rio and Santos coffee,
closed steady at unchanged prices to 10
points net decline. Sales. $3.50 bags in
Guiding April, 12.S5m12. 9Oc.
Spot coffee-Rio quiet; No. z. 10 3-4c.
Mild-Quiet; COrdOva, 16 3-4M1Sc Sales
600 bags Maracaibo p. t.. 5000 Central
American p. t.
Santos-Quiet good average Santos,
1890 refs per 10 kilos. Receipts, 5000;
stock, $4,000 bags.
Hamburg-Quiet, sales 1000.
Havre-Closed steady unchanged to
1-2f net decline; sales, 10000 bags.
Rio-Quiet; No. Z. 14,450 refs per 10
kilos. Exchange, 8 7-Sd. Receipts, two
Io al 70 Init
States. 2000; for Europe, none; stock,
$4,000 bags.
Warehouse deliveries yesterday from
New York. 21,331; New York stock to-
day, 261 ,731; United States stock, 237,-
49, afloat for the United States, 234 :
100; total visible for the United States,
All ,5S6 against 450,776 bags last year.
ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, March -Flour-Dull and
unchanged.
Wheat Market strong early, but de-
clined; closed 1-Sd1-4c under yesterday.
70M72c, track; May, SO 7-SM59c; July,
SOC
Contributes, dull and easy; No. 2,
mixed, cash, 26 1-4c; May, 26 5-Sc; July,
81 1-2Q27 5-Sc
Oats Steady; No. 1, cash, IS 1-2c;
May, IS 3-4NllS 7-Sc; July, Is lie.
Rye-Steady Mt SIC.
Barley-Nominal.
Corn meal-Saleable at $1.35M1 40.
Bran, 4o@4G lie, track, and very lit
tie to be had.
Fla seed, S00S2c.
Timothy seed, $2.50M3.10.
Hay, cotton ties and bagging-Un-
Butter-Table grades, lower; creamery,
15M21c dairy, 12M17c.
Eggs-Quiet at 3-4c for fresh.
Pork-Lower; standard mess, jobbing,
new, $S.45; old, $500.
Lard-Quiet; prime steam, SS.45;
choice, $3.50.
Bacon-Boxed shoulders, S5.25; longs,
$5.37 IL; ribs and shorts, $3.50.
Dry salt meats-Boxed shoulders,
$3.50; longs and ribs. $4.75; shorts,
$4.S7 -.
Receipts-Flour. 1000 barrels. wheat