Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
Articles,
Cash wheat, No. 2 red, 92c.

CHICAGO. October 14.-Corn led the
grain market to-day. 1t sold at the low
est point in points and carried wheat and
oats with 1t. Changing from December to
longs resulted in decline of 1A@asc.
December wheat declined AGAc, bullish
foreign news steadying the market to a
fe ndiairi extent: Oats closed a4c lower;
PROVISIONS were helped by an improved
cash demand and closed at 21a65c higher
About all the strength the wheat market
showed to-day was confined to the first
lew minutes trading. December started
at 91&@7sc, with one or two sales as high
as 92c, as compared with yesterdays clos
ing price of 913sc, and for about half an
hour the price held at about that figure.
opening influences affecting wheat were
the higher cables and the revised estimate
by the Hungarian minister Of agrucul-
ture regarding the worlds wheat and rye
production. Liverpool before the opening
here had advanced 5sG11sd over yester-
days prices, while Paris was unchanged
to ID centimes higher. The Hungarian fig
ures made the worlds wheat production
for this year 203 1000 bushels less than
last. The worlds rye crop this year was
estimated at 100000 bushels short of
last year. The Northwestern receipts
showed a rather marked falling off. The
total at Duluth and Minneapolis was ISL
cars against 1,O46 a week ago and S37 a
year ago Chicago receipts were also very
light, 165 cars. The effect of all this was
offset in a measure by the Cincinnati
Price Current which said that rains had
so improved the outlook that an enlarged
area was practically assured. Although
the opening was strong there, quite a
number of holders were willing to take
their profits, and selling or this sort was
sufficient to start the market in the oppo-
site direction.
Very bad reports concerning the Rus
sian wheat production came in while the
market was weakest, but it's effect was not
noticeable. BroomhalI's special CORE
spondent said the Caucas province would
NOT import o oyer "A coo 600 bushels of wheat
against 100000 bushels last year. Very
lite life was shown after the opening fur
ry. Realizing sales by longs. coupled
with the weakness in corn made combi-
hatlon which the market could not over
come, and there was steady drift down.
ward. The decline was not rapid, as the
trade was too light to warrant much
movement The early selling by the longs
sumply supplied the more urgent of the
shorts, after which the market was left
largely to its own resources. The exports
OF the day We're equal to $4,000 bushels
against 1,03S000 blu. last year
December gradually Settled down to
SO5sa 12c. and closed at 9012@5sc bid.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour, slow.
Wheat: No: spring, S51kc: No. spring,
Sl@S5c; No. red 931aG9412c.
Corn, No. 2 and No. 2 yellow, 25Gkc.
oats, No. 2. 1Sc; No. 2 white, 22l5c; No.
white. -201ad2112c.
Rye, No. ,, 45@Ac.
Barley: No. 2, nominal; No. 3, $50 Oc
No. 4. 26G37c.
Flaxseed. No. 1, 81 O3G71 o.
Mess pork, per Dbl. 81 75a7 So
Lard, per 100 lbs, 81 25d4 271sc
snort ribs sides, loose. "a 4504 IS.
by slated shoulders boxed, 4a4a5c.
Short clear sides. boxed. 47sG5c
Whiskey. distillers' finished goods. 1 %.
Sugars, unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange TODAY tho
butter market was steady; creameries,
15G2112c; dairieS, 12619c
Cheese, quiet at SdS1ac.
Eggs, firm: fresh, 141ac.
Receipts-Flour 12G00 bbls: wheat. 100
600 bu; corn, 42o, coo: oats, $4,000; rye $4,000;
barley, 10000.
Shipments-Flour. 1900 bbls: wheat.
1000 bu corn. 1913, 0O0; oats, S95. 600; rye
1900. barley, 1000.
Estimated receipts F'riday-Wheat. 90
23.000 head.
NEW YORK. October 14.-Flour re-
eeipts, 25.912 bbls; exports, "a. 500 bu; weak;
50 4oa4 50: winter straights, 81 6oa4 70; do
extras So 2Na3 60; do low grades, 100
Wheat, receipts. 1885 bu: exports. III
l5S bu; spot, weak; options opened firm
and closed at %01Ac net lower; No. . red
May closed at 921sc; October closed at
s4%sc; December closed at 937sc
~ Corn. receipts. E0; 800 blu; exports. 81
W pu; sales, $4,000 bu futures, 160. 600 bl
spot; spot, weak: No. . 31ssc. OPTIONS
declined and closed at 1d1sc net lower:
May closed at 355sc; October at 30lsc: De.
cember al 31ssc
Oats. receipts, III 900 bu: exports. 81 10,
bu; spot, weak; No. 2, 221aGa.c. Options.
dull and weak, closing at l4G5sc net low
er; December closed at 2314c
Hay. pork and turpentine, easy.
Hops. hides. leather. cutmeats. rosin.
rice and molasses, steady.
Wool and beef. firm.
Lard, firm: western steamed. "a 70 asked;
October closed at 81 81; refined, steadier.
Tallow. slow and nominal.
Cottonseed OIL quiet.
Petroleum. nominal.
Coffee. options opened steady and closed
quiet and net unchanged to points ad-
vance. Sales, 1850 bags.
Sugar, raw, quiet; refined, firm.
BALTIMORE. October 14.-Flour dull
and unchanged; receipts, 1880 bbls; ex-
ports. $500 bbls.
Wheat, steady at decline: No. red spot
October. 9ol2c: December. $50 G96c; steam
er No. red. 9012G%c: southern wheat by
sample. 91G97c: do on grade. 9112G96bc
Receipts, $500 blu; exports, 132, 900 bu.
Corn, weak; mixed spot and October.
31d1sc: new or old. November or Deem
Der. 301sG31c: steamer mixed, 296kc,
southern white corn. 34G35c; do yellow.
s4G36c; receipts. 36.T1 bu; exports, 5s.99s
bu
| Oats. firm; No. white. 2sHazc; No. !