The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-12

oats-Spot was steady. Sales 10000 bush. track
ssS; , SO sn 2 white hi stc; ,. 10 90 do gsc' NO white
mixed. delivered, 2ac., track mix~i. ais2ic. Flu.
lures declined 80. Future sales 10000 bush, a.
NAV op;rfS0. ";gnt''' hs,;s,'. c'sif.0. N,gI,
Liquidation of long wheat by tired holders caused a
sharp break In prices to-day. The cables were disap.
pointing. and the peaceful political advices causcda
rallied. subsequently,, however. the tone beSsmc
weaker on renewed liquidation. and prices RAPIDLY
serves on March l at $4,000. 900 bush. against 1928.
0 Oooj 90" wo. . a ys1s s ss s,. saS '1 R.q,. "SS.n m ds 40 Rsr;in
sayanced slightly; The N~orthwe.tern receipts were
year sss cen Chicago ssa' r""el we'd Il IT, cars we against Sa' . last aSo ws ,sis
anu 55 last year. The Cincinnati Pricc Current ia Its
, wGssi Ss sr2e in% opersst iSa". The insnsn %'i on grow we.
ing wheat is uncertain; probably not preJudiclalt to
TO regions previously reported" Corn deciined in
sympathy with wheat. The export business wa re-
Farmers reserves on March ] as .ls,,oo6.o bush
Chicago received 100 ears; the receipts there to-mor.
Chicago received 10 car. and expects sas to.morrow.
Chicago. March II -" Nothing Ia more clearly demon,
Fact. for the past thirty days. than the fact that reo,
pie are not going TO buy more Of anything than they
the worlds wheat supply. which eliminated yestcr.
day by the G~oysrnmeni,. estimate Of only 81 600, 900
that the most enthusiastic believer In higher prices
T SSi,sic. T''s s,,u ,Si; NIsSssH''" the ,n evil as' r ,Ss
remains that there is more offered at the
the Spectator who usually carries the surplus mi it
IA wanted has been and ls particularly conspicuous
enough TO buy large lines down in tho sixties. and fol.
lowed the market up with a fair average. have been
TOO. appear TO have become discouraged. and large
lines o. what Ia generally known us wheat bought
market. scelpers and quick traders, who realize a
profit or a loss in = short time, were tho principal
market again when they discovered the apparent
endless line Of long wheat coming out. The condition
slmply got tired and discouraged, and there were few
eiysrs, the decline VIII undoubtedly continue til
ers win absorb the offerings. A much smaller amount
vrent has been very light since tho recent war scare ne
n Is probable that the decline will. bring buyers for
Will in turn buy in their hedges that they have sold
In this market. Corn has been steady. notwithstand-
early through commission houses. but not enough
pressure to overlap the demand. clearances continue
llHFssi over 0H''hAlf million bush to day receipts are
TIoUR-wAs dull and easier, owing to the break In
wheat, Sales $500 bbls.
Receipts .........' '.....'"''"..e.50 1897
Winter in bbls.: s~upernnc, 81. I0@s2. so; No. g extra.
o., bO9s 10; No. lextra. so. 800 Oh, 8Oi clears, ,8. rs
s'sS 90 mi i%'f fesa sa4 ' s,caSs r, aul RlA'fn% pss; 20 st' Sss.
Y 100 ms, 0b@7Oc,i shorts go nsl. 0oS 70c:s mid
coTros-spos cotton here Was unchanged, with sale.
Of 2.o6s, bales for export and 2ts for spinning. Mid.
leans and QUIZ, 7iac:. against e. last year. The
Southern spot markets were UNCHANGED. New or.
leans sold 1000, Norfolk 822. Mobile 500, Augusta
90, Savannah %, and st. Louis y bales. Liverpool
was UNCHANGED ON the spot, with sales OF 5000 bales;
futures there closed unchanged To = point lower. In
Manchester ysrnH were quiet hut stesdyl cloths quiet
and unchanged. The Bombay receipts for the week
were 81, 900, against 10000 last year; ship
ments TO Great Britain 5000. against H..
900 last year, and to the Continent 10000,
6s0 bales, against 963 last week and 36l last year;
Memphis 3i4, against ATT last week and 58i last year;
NJ, Louis 4DT, against 1Sl last week and liza last
year; Houston 2,O59, against 2,4l7 last week and s65
last year. Augusta shipped l ,73D, Memphis /, 1885. ST.
Louis |, 1897, aud Houston l,i8S bales. Houston ex.
poets tomorrow $500 to 5000, against 2,308 last
week and dsloo last year New Orleans expects
year: The port receipts were :, 900 bales, against
this week 90, 100 bales, asains. 7l,l60 thus
far last week. The exports from the ports were
2l,bbB bales. New orleans advance, ! points, hut
lost the Improvement, Futures here advanced 2 to y
points, hut lost the improvement, and closed quiet
at u net decline OF . tn I points, with sHlCs OF ga, 300
hnlna. The future Irnhlng ~ "a IA fnllnMA,