Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-22
PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, February 20.-Wheat to-day
! showed some effects of the load OF long
wheat which had undertaken TO carry over
| the holiday; them unloading preventing
more than a &c advance, although the
! news an taYOrel a more substantial gam.
| Corn was higher and provisions 212q5c
lower Wheat gave no symptom at the
/ opening this morning OF weakness after It's
. three days climb. il started buoyantly at
from l3ssc 70 ,64c for May compared with
yesterdays close of 1914 d7G2sc, and large
business was done at those figures and
down TO l6&sc In the first half hour, ana
Z before the lapse OF another thirty minutes
% was bringing 07sc. An advance OF from
g % ld at Liverpool and decline or 10
On English cOnsOls were the most promln-
ent feature of the news which added TO
the favor with which wheat had previous
ly been regarded. There were some minor
reasons fOp the early strength. Chicago re-
ceiprs being % cars and the out inspection
( 1900. Argentina shipped only l52,OOO BUSH
els of wheat. against 10000 bushels the
week before, and compared with 9i.OOO
bushels the corresponding week or last
year Atlantic and Pacific coast ports
cleared 2l20.S95 bushels, compared with
2.U5lO0O bushels the week before and 3l49.-
| 90 bushels the similar week a year ago.
Minneapolis and Duluth receipts were 3Ol
cars, against $50 the Saturday preceding
But the offerings, which from ibssc up 10
Uls1c had been quite light, became heavy
at the latter price and exceeded the amount
wanted. The people who had been buyers
for the last three days sold freely around
/
looked atrifle tired In the end. May worked
down from use TO 762sg76l2c and closed at
16ad765sc an improvement for the day or
lac New York reported that no export
I business had been done to-day The At
| lantic port clearances of wheat and Hour
I for twenty-four hours were equal 10 zVV'UUV
| bushels. -
Corn was firm and the business done was
comparatively heavy, a great deal Oh even
ing up being done The strength OF wheat
and the extraordinary demand for corn
for export were both elements IN creating
| the frmness which ruled throughout the the
session. Export clearances FOR the week
We're 6.44i A2O bushels, which much eACeeus
the quantity exported on any PreN HyoI,
week in the history OF the trade. May
Ou-ned unchanged at 24l4c, advanced 10
/ 2ii.c and closed steady al 2i9sc. ,,
Oats were firm all day. indirectly through
sympathy with wheat and corn. , me
sEortS 10 even up their trades. Scalpers
did the greater part OF the SelllnS. May
opened a shade higher at lifs4l'72C' solu at
J l.teltl1Sc and closed at l'2c. -,
Provisions were dull and weak on the
/ larger receipts of hogs than expected anu
lower prices at the yards. PACKERS were
the chief sellers, most OF the support GOlil-
ing from the outside. The range OF prices,
| however. was very narrow. AZ the Ciose
/ Nav pork was sc lower al 81 95Q g.'2' MAY
ribs a shade lower at 81 O2l2 and May rioS
aIS 3sti ~ ioTv rsceip5s Monday-Wheat 20
cars: corn, $50 cars; oats, 25O cars; hogs'
/ 40 900 head. .,,
Flour. firm: winter patents - 5oqf %,
-+raights 81 OOd4 80. spring specials, - %,
| srrinl- PATENTS. 81 COG4 so; straights, IS 4Va
/ g &c: packers Sc C0d3 40 ..,----.-. ~ o.
Wheat. No. 2 spring, l9isd.51sc' NJ o
sp~iug. 1fac: No. req, S5i24ob12c o,,,l,
corn. No. ., 22&G23c; No. yeAoW' --Tie
Oats. No. .. lG2dlI; No. ? white, $40
lgi.c. No. 8 white, l60lSl2c.
Rye, No. ?, 1884 0&c o,1,oo.. No
Barley. No. ., sc; No. 3, Z+a5Zc; NO T.
FlaTscad. No. /. 7G977c.
Prime timothy seed, s. bO
Moss pork pen barrel, s. S54' W.
Lard per 100 lbs, 50 gig. "a
short ribs sides Ooose), 81 9oat ~,
Dry salted shoulders (boXedl, 412QfAc'
t,5Srf clear sides (boXed). 4I4q4-sc;
/ Whisky. distiuers' finished GOODS per
S' ST@ars cut loaf, soc; granulated, t64c'
s9Sinis-Flour. 5000 barrels; whea :
* 6G bushels: corn. $4,000 bushels; oats
mi 600 bushels; rye, 5000 bushelsi oa'ley'
SG.pments-Flour, 5000 barrels; wheat
! 111 bushels: corn. 10000 bushels' 0d ~
/ 5l7 600 bushels; rye, none; barley 0o'VOV
/ bushels. ,-.., +o-do1 the
/ bi,-rer market was easier; creamerIes' 10y
Che steady at 9laG1OHc.
I.ags steady; fresh, loo.