The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-04
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CHICAGO MARKETS.


CHICAGO, Aug. 3--As has been the reg
l!ir custom Of late. wheat started strong
az an advance on the previous days clos
ing price. and. fer the same reason on
Former occasions. the strength OF some one
or other OF the foreign markets This
morning IL was Liverpool which, before
trading commenced here. reporfed an ai-
vance Of 2izd per GENITAL for September de-
livery. or the equivalent of Sc per bushel
since Friday last The advance here in
the same time, taking 76c as The price this
morning, has been lac per bushel. Just one
half that at Liverpool. The first trades IN
September were chiefly at .sI.e, but the
advance broush out very heavy offerings
and quick break to s5Asc resulted II
soon recovered again TO ssc and during the
next hour IL fuctuated between .5s.c and
.sisc. The Russian shipments TO Europe
last week were much heavier than had
been looked for. and made the total from
the chief shipping countries TO Europe
o.iHS.ys bushels. against 5. s5l 90 the week
previous. and t.ss.so bushels the CORE
spending week last year. The quantity on
ocean passage increased 5000 bushels
Chicago receipts were 31 cars of which 81
were from this years crop. Minneapolis
and Duluth reported 81 car loads received.
against 40 cars the year before Liverpool
stocks OF wheat have reduced I.sis 900 bush.
els since July l. Dispatches from New
, iork kept increasing the number O boat
O'Clock the number had risen 10 1l2. and
they claimed i00 bought yesterday, making
~ Tor the two days. or the. equivalent Of
t'S4is. Va tiat phStness was
wheat bought for shipment at Chicago.
The bulk OF export takings were credited
TO the continent but the United Kingdom
was likewise In the market and took spring
wheat The closing cabsegrams were
strong-Paris 70 confines higher for -four
and from Is Centimes to q centimes fer
wheat, while Antwerp showed another q
centimes rise for American red wheat. and
Liverpo VI cse>eu with net gain OF I'd per
GENITAL. The primary Western receipts were
49, 600 bushels. against 500, 5li bushels a year
ago Bradst-eet's made the worlds vis-
sble s.. sa bushels more than Il was last
week but TO that has to he added an In
crease on the Pacific coast during July OF
l.lS5Gbp bushels. Exports OF wheat ard
flour from Atlantic ports for the day were
equal to $40 600 hu she's. Toward the end
the amount OF business cone for export had
expanded To 10 boat loads at the sea board
according 10 some reports and to 400 900
here, which merely gives an indication OF
the vast demand as II appeared to the ma
cutting no figure. September touched the
highest feure for some time. reacting only
lac September onened i9F7s.c higher at ri?
76i.e e. sold off To Isl T.5Asc advanced to 77tsc
and closed with sellers at &c
Corn continued 10 rule strong. Influenced
by the advance in wheat and the dry. hot
weather that still prevailed In Kansas The
srket for oats was relatively not as ac-
tive as would - expected There was
quito n good independent inquiry from the
outside SIS well rs local people
Provisions opened strong az lnc advance
each for pork and lard. and Ti.c FOR ribs
due, II was said to hog receipts being 90
less than estimated