Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-09
Articles Open. High. Low. Close.
Cash wheat, No. 2 red, 96c.

CHICAGO, September S-Wheat closed
to-day at decline of &c in December, the
active future. The decline was due to
short selling and realizing and was in
the face of very urgent export demand.
Corn was weak at about 1ac decline. Oats
declined 1sc; pork zoe, and ribs 5Q7c. Lard
was only a shade lower.
Wheat opened strong at from 9eAc to
s612c for December, compared with $3.50
at the close yesterday. For twenty min
utes it struggled upward and at the end
OF that time it had reached 96Bc At
around $500 people who had been selling
Ior scalp We're compelled to buy, but
about that time heavy holders of long
wheat loaded the market with all it could
mold and continued selling until the pre-
vious addition to the price had been driv-
en- out and decline of rs established. the
price having receded from $3.50 to $3.50.
Liverpool opened at about sd higher
and somewhat later advices showed an
other Ad advance. That was the reason
Tor the opening strength. Paris also
showed an advance and foreign crop ad-
vices were all of gloomy tenor.
chicago received $50 cars of wheat. but
only ten of them was contract quality, and
eight of that small number was spring.
Minneapolis and Duluth got 50 cars COM
pared with 800 the corresponding day of
the previous year.
Corn was irregular. The market onen-
ca hrm en- the dry, hot weather and con-
tlnued crop damage reports, the reports
to-day being the worst so far RECEIVED
Sllght advance, which was lost how
ever, when the weather bureau predicted
rains in the corn belt and general
break in the hot spell. A slight recovery
ensued later with wheat. Atlantic port
clearances were $4,000 bushels and New
YORK reported strong foreign demand
1,329 cars. December ranged from 33ac tc
32$4@Bc and closed bid at 1aG5sc below
yesterdays close.
Oats were firm, almost holding their
l.
corn at one time. Provisions were yery
quiet. w.
Estimated receipts Thursday-wheat Anf
cars; corn; 1850 cars; oats, 425 cars; hogs
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour, firm.
o, Wheat; No; spring, $500; No spring
corn corn No. and No. yellow, 3Oa4931c
QZ5c; No. white, 201aG2212c
Rye, No. 2, sic.
Barley, No. 2, nominal; No. 8, s1a45c
No. t. 301b03tc
Flaxseed, No. /, 81 osa1 os.
Prime timothy seed, 81 20.
Mess pork, per Dbl, IS COOS 65.
Lard, per 100 lbs, 81 75
Short ribs sides Qoose), S. O0d5 TO-
Dry salted shoulders boxed, 51aG&c.
Short clear sides (boxed), 57s@6c.
Whisky. distiEers' finished goods, 81 %
Sugars. unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the
butter market was firm; cheameries, 1.
Q11c diaries, 9d15c
Cheese, steady at 96915c
EGGS, easy; fresh, 1212c.
Receipts-Fiour, Is 900 bbls; wheat, AT.
90 0od bu; corn 1daooo oats. $4,000; rye
shipments-Flour 1000 bbls: wheat. 1os..
10000.
NEW YORK. September s-Flour. re-
ceipts, 2l,I00 bblS; exports 50,7700 bbls,
firm and fairly active; Minnesota patents
% 4Oq5 80; do bakers, 81 1904 20; winter
10; do extras. So 5OdS 90.
Wheat, receipts, 10000 bu; exports. 115.-
$50 bu: spot active; No. 2 red. 81 %. Op-
tons fir mand closed only sake net high
er; No. 2 red May, 81 0ol4d1 Of. closing al
ing al 81 0234; December. 997scQ$1 00s4. clos
ing at 81 CO.'S.
Corn, receipts, SAB, 700 bu; exports. 214.ooc
Blu; spot, steady; No; ,, S65sc Options
September closed at 365sc; December at
3S$sc.
Oats. receipts, 2s,1oo bu; exports. 1850
blu; spot, firmer; No. 2, 24AG1ac. Options
TENDER closed at 24c; December AT 25s.cl
Hay and tallow, duh.
Hops and pork, quiet.
Hides, leather. beef. cottonseed oil, tur-
pentine, rice and molasse-, firm
Wool. strong.
Cutmeats and rosin, steady
L0i u, NOslSiI steamed. % ~. re-
fined, steady.
Coffee, options opened steady at m
changed prices and closed firm with prices
unchanged to points net advance. sales.
1880 bags.
Sugar, raw and refined. firm.
BALTIMORE, Nd, September S.-Flour
strong and higher; western super. s. o0G
8 so: do extra. 50 75G74 65: do family. 8. s.
as 20; winter wheat, S. 3ed5 Go: spring do.
IS 65Qo 50; spring wheat straights. IS 5oG
5 81; receipts 14640 Dbl; exports. 6a5 Dbl.
Wheat. firm: spot, 81 oo5sG1 Of: Deem
Der, 81 olisQ1 OH: steamer No 2 red. sss.
G97c: receipts, 3S3 l39 blu; exports, a25.
bu; southern wheat by sample, 9ScGS1 %:
do on grade, 9ScGs1 OF.
Corn. firm; spot, 3sAGAc; October. Soc
December. new or old. 35iz 36ssc: steamer
mixed, S6AGlsc; receipts, 1851 $50 bu: ex-
ports. 1851 bu; southern white corn, SIC;
do yellow. 3Sc.
Oats, firm; No. white. 24@lkc; receipts.
S., lis bu.
Rye, iirmer; No western. 5sAc; re-
ceipts, 1922 bu.
f31T 1f1adT; CHOICE timothy, SO Q0a1s 8