The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04
GRAIN AND PRovIsI0NA
CHICAGO.
me leduIn9 futures RANGED aS folio w..


May ............ 4G0 AGO h2iS Az
July ............I 4.e2,h ,Ss,hI * - ~.
-. --A-,;s,
.i0"so' Aprli o'-Wheat opened strong
toudy una continued so for nearly two
hours. 1t turned suddenly AMI radically
weak. closing with 10 ,oss .tA,,, a.. no,i,.
cot, es s,.,-' o. M ~ - ~ an ''i "
gum VI 'tHt-ec' me weakness was caused
by the Modern MIXERS crop estimate and
was somewhat ren,arlahl, ., ,.,,,. =, ,ho
4"'' liiat only rev days ago the crop
was estimated at a much larger figure by
Thoman, The othar narl,a,s 49, -.
,,op, th. h,,.i,,,I,s, ''- 80 80 Mo'e weak
cats declined Ac and provisions 7lsdl 2loc
india bidding for two earpoes Of ,,,l,-
<ornia vb,,,, ~, 80, 20. ~
~. mo- S,,''' oil coast IN England was
the reading OF a cablegram which had
much to do with n strong dcsiro Ia ,u,,.
MAY ubeot ,,h,,,, .,,-.,s ~ ""'
cause of it-I.iverpool quoted an advance
OF Id per Genital zach Tor May and July
futures at Sid gain tor September. Spr,lg
wheat going from Chicago for mlllers' uso
III Kansas, and red winter wheat at a
great premium over the May price from
Detroit to Jacksonville, III. wero such
p.cturesquely original oharac;eretics of
tnIs session tl4iIe that they had more
Than a passing interest in the current OF
the traders thoughts Argentine ship
monts We're again very small bun This mas
become so common an occurrence az 10
excite but little comment. May wheat
opened at II 3-Sg7ll2, as against 40 7-SaH
at the close YESTERDAY IL rose in The
course of The first hour ito 7la, The char
acter of the early news kept the market
strong until about forty-ave minutes from
the end of the session when "A hearish cs-
innate of the growing winter wheat croD.
issued by the Modern Miller of 81. Louis,
knocked the recently erected buli.sh SEN
tin:ent completely on its pins anI again
.-ly. ,-,ta
scGmpering around unbrldled IN. estt-
mated winter wheat crop by this author
lily is ssi,ooo.o 600 bushels, against 10000 900
mate u sssSosS Sus T'H for t0 lhe coming @T
private reports from this State we're eon-
woud all be be total los. e The Eae County, GtP
milling demand was Vas again good Cd and IN J.
eus rbe eo say yse sEu'nwvsI WeTe h IN r
bushels. Noitns Was ' reported sold ip' Tor
broke onciy n 76l. oed IN ms priG PHI,
Ia n ~ ,ssIoeed az "a y M ''''''
Corn was week; only at the opentne was
s synsa tf w aSp wSea s s was lnrens on
M pers silently ali dav CountTy roads ne11
ner si5 -, h. ,,,; ~ roats
M ready s al work 20 Re in foX e9s ana farmers al
9siys ,e ~ a., IN ~. ideI,s'
re iher free sniiinp i,w Inntss md pu throgh
svmnoti1v usith tbo hreai in nv 49, en-; ~
Provisions were 9Te' decidedly as Wax wax all day
The cash demand was poor. At the i close
May pork was l2!ac, May lard nc and ribs
a99It noe l9wr rr,e,n, N,onc,ywbeo. ,s
cars, corn 80 cars. oats 2s5 cars. hogs 30 %,
"e Sasb quotations were as follows.
Fioi,r.oniat' w,n,cr ,ta3am,s ION. rn.
winter stfaigfis 4.06Sl4 20: spring cDeeiajs
5a,5o; spring, patents, a.9Soodi.io; ptraghis
Whcat-No . sprlnP, en-, gl7o,,. No
RED s6isqsgi5. '''''''9' ''"''''s' Nv
CornENo. 9. 2r4a2is..
2liiS,ooil. No white . n ,siiT,o, u"
Rye-No, 2, SIX. ~ 'N'-''
Barley-No. 2 nominal: No. 8, (. o. b..
i5iaSseed No / 7ii66i77@
Tinnothy seed-Prme. 2.65i5.
Mess porkNPer barrel, s.S0sis.s5.
iard-Per 100 pounds, AIS.
Shor. ribs sides-i .oosc i5O6a-5
Dry sailed shoulders-Roxed 5Q5k.
Short clear sdesS-Boxed, IA64s,.
gallon, l,ls ,,o, XXI n,.,,,a., co
Receints. Shipments.
Flour, barrels :....'..'. d'o0o Zoo
E Wnnaf; ehhsheis '''' ,o S ~, % 0oo
oats, bushels ...........l52eoo 10000
Rye; bushels hg9 4on
st. Louis. Aprl s.--Flour dull ana
mandi spot lover: No. . roll, cash, ,eie-
Jtiy ~ bid. Corn-Futurea duIl, weak
and fraGtionally lower; spot lower; No. /,
cash Pig asked: May % 3-S asked; July 2294
aslied. Oats dun and weak, not quotably
lower; No Q each nomnally IS; May 1914
llIv isil Did. Rye nomnhlly 81. Barley
UNCHANGED Corn meal li0fl
i al. Bran dull and weak; sacked east
track nominally $3.50. FLAX seed noml-
l'n"; ',rone timothy S. 5oaifo 90; prairie