The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-14

e2c.i No. = do. Gle; rejected white. 1000 at 2i9
2ac! track miaed, 5000 al 2iS24c,i track white.
s ryIoV 10 o. Zoo Ss sssh' n. f rasSrs. advanced +e' Future
Ma, ..n o%etTi':'' m e.. ls rs { c' s;s. S' n,
Wheat declined at the opening this morning on lower
Iiverpcol cable. and The smallness Of the exports
soon recovered. however. and an advance followed on
a publish Illinois state report. .unfavorable crop Ad.
The Illinois state Department Of Agriculture reported
heavy DAMAGE TO the winter wheat. amounting to so
at 100000 bush, against 2s.6oo.ooo las, year.
Liysrpool declined I'd to I'D: Berlin declined sc.
reported the exports Of wheat from both coasts
Of ssa. '%'e ' l.S9":ssd last las. week nos (. 1 sas s ! S .Has;
l1si Sssri since July ! the sIports have been
same time last season. The Argentine shipments
last week were gld,ooo, bush, aS.inst is2'OO0 in
Jan. ! the shipments have been $4,000 against
6.lpp.o0O in the same time last season. Corn ah,
p"%l was steady The h experts from ms country
'hs prsrio @s'y week and i'aos.'e9 as" ia., y ".ap'' SIM s,na N
July ] the exports have been los. 1S3.s37 bush.
a Sie,aS' ",'s %shipnten tn ' iss, 's Week t'S msr ls't ts .rSSSn' bu sss
AGAINST 10000 In thc previous week and 100000 last
same time last season. oats were nrmer. Chicago
received 10 ears ~ corn and H2s of oats.
II very nrti'e one In the wheat market. The
early rErt was noted by war scare-. the elimination Of
Government report. The report was more bullish
than expected. hut the war scare did not materialikc;
the bulls who expected large laying by the outside
P,nollc IN general on the Government report we're
who have been long on wheat since the sixties. were
among the sellers ThurylGy ard Friday. This created
est The low price brought ont a good cash
demand and also large orders from tho North
had been made At higher prices as a hedge Against
cash wheat. causing a sharp reaction the latter half
traders short, The cold wave predicted as adv ancins
from the Northwest and the very curious Illinois
% N, shnri Interest 20 protect their contracts to-day.
The estimate Of $4,000 sown lest fall seems to us
acr-s were harvested. and the hest Information goes
The newspaper report Ia undoubtedly incorrect. as Il
states In one iustanc. 10 v cent. damage. aud In an.
sown wheat by tho chanssabIs weather during the
winter. but we do not believe the extent can 10
u nrmer feeling for July wheat and narrowed the
d!n"rrnce lrtwecn this month and May. Market for
Moniay viii bring higher cables and more crop dam.
~" reports, which would likely cause q higher open.
good Investment demand for corn. based on the low
gg'ncs S snS s sSs h1 tor ne s.por's' the latter assresa'ins
FLoum-was quiet but steady. Sales $500 bbis.
receipts g,siI t.27o
EhpOIts ..... ..............,,. 2.760 1870
Corros.sp0t cotton here was unchanged. with
s Middri Ga up Spla "Sis" 7 i9c '. .sSins; en 7I lit ! ,or i .n,n ysaf;
New orieSgs and GGI,: 7Sc;c against : doiac las,
S,soo. Memphis 800, s.. Louis sos. Mobile 500. So
vaunnh il8, Augusta 10. Norfolk 40. and Galveston
III bales. Liverpool advanced l.92d. on tho spot,
with saleS ~ 1000 bales; futures there advanced d
points, cloAins nrm, New Orleans advanced . points,
but lost part u tbs rise. Augusta received to day
300 bales, against al last week aud |, lNB last year;
Memphis 22u, against GD2 last week and 452 lat year;
Houston 1871, against A.2p3 last week and i,S73
last year. Augusta shipped to-day 2O2. Memphis ! ,ll0
and Houston 2, 1n8 bales. Houston expects on Mon.
day 800 10 1000 halos, against I,2sO Last week and
LIZA last year, New Orleans expects 1000 to $500,
against b,0s7 last week and 5000 last year. The port
receipts to-day were II Goa bales, against 10. 728isst
week and 1907 last year. The exports from the
states that rain has fallen In almost all districts dur.
Ink. the week and that the temperature has been
higher; that In some sections particularly In the Gulf
states, the precipitation has been heavy. and as a re.
suit OF the excessive rainfall o%vcrnows have occurred;
that In Texas the moisture has been %tenencial. hut In
the western and southwestern. portions Of the state
moro is needed; that some cotton has been planted
IA Texas, hHt .gcncraily farm operations have
been delayed by tho wet weather. that the Mississippi
River at Memphis is hut nine tenths OF a foot below
extreme high. water mark and rising. There came
into sight during the week sI,SDs bales. against So.
EHD In the same week last year, making the total in
slight '~,hlTIlN bales, against y. ISL go at this time
last season, The e exports from the ports thus far thi,
season have been 1891 ,hst hales, against =, bOs Ip7
In the same time last season. The total worlds yisi.
bic supply IL now 8,Bbh, 8BA bales. including g. gel OH3
American, against $500, 09O a year ago, OF which
3,lu., $50 were American. Futures hGVa advanced d
To u pOints, closing steady after sRlcs OF 81 900 bales,
Tnr future trading was ~ follows: