The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-12
CHICAGO MARKETS


CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The damage by
frost to the Argentine wheat crop sight.
and Liverpool quotations reduced from Id
to lid per GENITAL. were the features OF the
news that opened the wheat market here
from lie to lisc per bushel lower than IL
closed the day before, there being plenty
OF May offered at the start at sss.gss,sc.
The late advices from Argentina yesterday
were such as TO cast some doubt on the
report that there had been any considera-
Bile damage In Argentina, and this was
ceived at Liverpool The result was
good deal of liquidation on the part or
longs, VINO loaded up on yesterdays bulge
The receipts were again diseouragingly
heavy In comparison with those OF the
year before and caused further weakness
In the course of the forenoon Severe frost
that might harm much more important
crop tnan that OF Argentina, was fore,
Swallowed In the report Or the l0Sal signal
service bureau and gave the. market the
strength II showed occa sion1lly.
Chicago receipts were i3s cars By ran and
g.. 20 bushels BY lake, tbs latter No
Northern spring. from Duluth. II was es-
tlmated that contract stocks were IN
creased about 1e9.o 90 bushels today. Wes..
evn primary markets reported In all
90 bushels. aga.ns; 5Aa0 bushels The
year before Export clearenees for he
day from Atlantic and Gulf ports were
equal 20 $500 bushels. Yesterdays sao~-
nous export business at the seaboard WIS
filtv confirmed New York supplied the
details today OF a bout i.253e9 bushels
Closing cablesrauas reported a decline Of
Il for the Gay. Paris was 20 centtnes high
er for nearby itour. and confines higher
for March and April. u ceHtsnes Als1er
fer November WHEAT and ancaansea fer
remote deitveTie%.
Ar;wcrp qgo.ea IaIs centinsa riss IN
THE market became quite strong In the
last half hour The milling demand for
wheat improved considerably AMI csGssed
an advance from 81 10 IL n low grades
here. and Sinnea polls reported a similar
state OF affairs with regard 50 higher
prices for lower grades. The port Of
odessa. or az least the rivers aosn "alea
the supplies Of wheat are sent 10 thai
place were reported closed by Ice. tsa-
nors that truahle had broken cut again
between Greece ard Turkey were ctrcu-
bse effect. many % the early sellers COW
ersns on TIE advance. The closing was
firm at STAG.
May ranged from arc 20 -sSsc, closing III
changed a. the latter figure.
CAS- were easy during the morning. fol-
lowing wheat and corn Whsn those mar
kets advanced oats also displayed firm
or tendency May ranged froc1 &c 20 use
and closed unchanged 81 &c
Provisions were very dali again and fiue-
tualions were extremely narrow
Closing Quosa lions
NAV wheat opened at sss4 asazsc, advane-
esf 10 sgs7s8isc slowly declining 20 sac and
reacted 70 s@2sc. Closing
whea;-NoveTaber. l5ssc; December,
sac Mas. sl&ac.
Oafs-Noverrlnar. 1si~e; Decenaor, sc
Po-k-<overnher and December. SIS.
Tare-Novernb Der. s41: December So.
REs-Noys1nssr ana Bee s5l Asa
sS9s1c; No. : spring, sc: Nc spring so
sac: No : hard winter. sc. No. hard wiz
ter ssdssc: No. spring. MAc
Corn-Nc. :. 2sa492iArc: Ne. 1s.e-
Y Ne M z Itxf4sA~E-