The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-13
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS


Bears Force n Stronger Decline Than
on Any Day of Their Campaign.
New York, Oct, 12.Much parade waa
made yesterday of tho alleged conversion
of some of the leading bear operators on
the exchange to the bull side Of the mar
ket. Todays developments prove that
there is very large and aggressive con-
tingent still left in the market The
operation known In Wall street parlance
as testing the market had for several
days failed to cause any marked move
mcnt in either direction. That is to say,
short selling by the bears had failed to
induce any large liquidation and pur-
chases by the bulls had equally failed to
invite any large followers. Skilled OBJ
servers had arrived at the conclusion
that the market was due ror a period Of
dullness, barring the development Of
some markedly significant news. The
hardening of prices last night and tho
further advance this morning looked like
f. termination OF tho bear campaign. Yet
in the two final hours of tho market tho
bears succeeded In working Il sharper de-
cline throughout tho whole list than has
been accomplished on any day of their
campaign. Closing bids:
Balti. g. Ohio. 14s. Lehigh Valley. 2Sk
Chesa~ & Ohio. 2lls N. ]. Central. 924
Del & Hudson. lib N. Y. Central .1nGa.
D., l.. 4 W......153 Pennsylvania ..Ilta
Erie.............., 1874 Reading. I'd pr. 2aS4
Lake Erie s. W.. III. St Paul. ..... psb
General Markets.
Philadelphia Oct. l2.-Flour steady
held. winter superfne. s3a3.25; do. ex-
tras. 50 25aa7 Pennsylvania roller, clear,
$i25G44O; do. straight A.45H4 co. western
winter. clear. s4.S0G4.4o; do. straight, $3.50
GAGS: city mills. extra. S325936O. Rye
flour quiet and steady at $3.50 per bar
rel for choice PENNSYLVANIA. Wheat duh;
contract whest. October, 93Aa93Hc.: No.
Pennsylvania and No. 2 Delaware red,
spot. 9ihG9i5sc, No. 9 red, spot. 94iQ
9i34c.; No. red. May. SZIac.; do. October
0lqsc. do December. S37sc. Corn dull
steamer corn, spot, S9iall30c.; No. 2 yell
low. for local trade, Doc; No. mixed,
October and November. Sl@3l1ac Oats
quiet and steady; No. white. CARROTS,
TNG2sc.: do. clipped, CARROTS, Csc; No. 3
white, 25A425a.c.; track mixed, western,
a2uAiaa track white. 26G32c. Hay In
good demand for desirable grades choice
trTothy. Sl2al2.5o for large bales. Beef
firm; beef hams. s25.50I26. Pork quiet:
family sl2.5OGl3. Lard easy; western
steamed. $40. Butter quiet; western
creamery. liQ22c.; factory, a413c. FL
gins. &c; imitation creamery, 12a1Gc.;
New York dairy. 12Ulac.; do. creamery,
ltps-c', fancy prlhtS JoDblnB at 2Ju2bc,;
do. fancy, wholesale, 22c. Cheese quiet;
large white sac. small white, &C.; large
colored, sac: small colored &C.; part
skins, GiamIc.; full Skins, 3la@4c. Eggs
quiet; New York and Pennsylvania 100
lshc.; western, fresh. 161sdtl7c. Potatoes
steady; Jerseys, s2g225; Long Island.
1225a25o sweets. N5olpl6 IS. Tallow dull;
city, 31ac.; country, 3EM35sc. Cottonseed
oil steady; prime crude 2Oiag2lc. do. yell
low, 2al2alsc. Rosin firm; strained. COM
mon to good, N.iO4l45 Turpentine easy
at S4a34t2c. Pig iron warrants easy at
sSsoW7, Lake copper unchanged at $ll.l5
Gll25 Tin quiet. but firm. at s13.7Calas0.
A15aA9O}4. Tomasna-, per box or
rrate, as to quality 75c.1 sl. Long Island
and Jersey cabbage. per 100. s405 Coffee
closed dull: November. $50; December,
$40; February. $3.50; Aprt. $3.50; May,
$3.50; August. $685. September &s.s5aI