The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-02
GRAIN AND PRODUCE
BULL CAMPAIGN IN WHEAT Re-
NEWED AT CHICAGO.


December Closes at % s-s Cents. IN Ad.
vance OF 1-2 Cents From Tuesday,
Ciose-New York Reports an Advance OF
31-8 Cents, and st. Louis La Cents
Liverpool strong Again All at Once and
Resumption of Foreign Buying Re
ported, With engagements for France
and Argentine-Corn a Cent Better.
Chicago, Sept. There was renewal
Of the bull campaign in wheat today.
| cents. an advance Of 1-2 cents since
! yesterday. The local market was not
| long in lis upward movement, New York
reporting ad advance of Is cents,
while 81. Louis went up IA cents.
! The advance was caused by the sudden
strength at Liverpool and by seaboard
reports OF renewal Of foreign buying.
engagements being reported for France
and Argentina. thus practically confirm
| ing the reported shortage in those coun-
| tries. There was a general rush OF
| shorts to cover and the iiveliest session
| for a week resulted. The close was
| very strong at a5ou; the top price.
| Trading in corn was also phenome-
nally heavy and an advance OF cent
was chronicled at the close. Shorts were
| badly scared by reports from Iowa in
dicating only half crop there.
r,Jrr-
Chicago. Sept. 1.-Wheat was quie: TO
dullness at the opening today with an
easier feeling apparent. This was due
TO the stagnant cables, Liverpool show
ing a 1-S@3-S pence opening decline,
and to the liberal receipts here, the ar
rivals this morning being reported at
As cars. Deliveries of September were
very light, only about 5000 bushels.
Northwest receipts were S94 cars COM
pared with ia last year and 345 year
ago. New York advices received soon
after the opening here said that foreign
erS were again liberal buyers. This
caused a general covering by shorts here
and the market became very firm. De-
cember opened al SO SIS cents, against
yesterdays closing price of SO 7-8 cents.
II eased off to So 3-S cents. then turned
and sold up to 80 rs cents, where i.
was well maintained, later advancing
still further and closing al SO 3-S cents.
Corn was steady although quite gen.
eral showers were predicted for the corn
states. Weekly crop bulletins all re-
ported the crop maturing poorly. De-
liveries were from 10000 TO 1,500, 600
bushels. Elevator people took all Sep
TENDER corn at 9 is cents under Deem
Der. Receipts were 1850 cars. Deem
Der opened Is cent lower at 81 1882
cents and advanced to 80 3-SQ32 1-2.cents
closing al 80 3-S cents.
Oats were very dull, but firm with
corn and on rather unfavorable crop re-
ports. Deliveries were small, possibly
5000 bushels. Receipts were 35S cars.
December opened Is cent higher at
20. IA cents, and held az that price, bu:
closing higher at 20 ga cents.
Provisions were dull and easy. There
was some outside selling. The hog mar
ket was irregular but generally lower.
Deliveries of pork We're 10000 barrels.
and Of lard 1000 ierces. Rib deliveries
were very small. December pork opened
5 cents higher at $500 declined to
sS.S7 1-2, recovered to 1896 and closed at
s9.07 1-2. December lard opened 1-2
cents lower at "a 80 1-2 and advanced 20
81 80, closing at $500. Almost nothing
was done in ribs. October was quoted
2 1-2 cents lower al s5.65.
BRADSTREETS VISIBLE.
New York, Sept. Especial cable and
telegrophic dispatches 20 Bradstreet's
covering the principal points OF accu-
mutation. indicate the following changes
in available supplies las, Saturday as
compared with the previous saturday:
Wheat-United States and Canada
east of the Rockies. decrease 1906. coo !
bushels; afloat for and in Europe. in
crease 3,10f, 900 bushels; worlds supply.
net increase 1895, 900 bushels.
Corn-United States and Canada, east |
of the Rockies, increase 5,1oS0o0 bushels. |
Oats-United States and Canada, east
OF the Rockies, increase 10000 bushels.
Wheat increases not in official visible |
supply statement include $4,000 bushels |
in northwest interior elevators and 49, |
900 bushels at New Orleans.
Wheat decrea ses: 100000 bushels in /
Manitoba and at Port William, Ont: /
IS. 900 bushels in Chicago private eleva- /
tors; $4,000 bushels at Newport News, |
and 154, 900 bushels a Galveston.
BALTIMORE'S GRAIN EXPORTS.
Baltimore, Sept. 1.-August Of 1897 was /
the baner month in the history Of the I
port OF Baltimore. so far as exports are |
Their value amounted 20 the |
enormous sum OF s1o,243.391. fgures'nev-
pr before reached.
OF the exports. grain formed the larg-
est part. aggregating $3.50. $50 bushels. /
breaking the record OF the port for ship |
ments Of this character. These were
made up as follows: Wheat, 5.415 SCI |
bushels: corn, 3.57s. 7o3 bushels: rye. 1O3,-
SOC bushels; oats 5000 bushels.
There were forty-seven full cargoes Of
grain. Among these the knight Batch
elor took to Antwerp 32o.ss bushels. the
argest cargo OF cereals that ever left an
American port In one ship.
MORE WHEAT IN ARGENTINE.
London, Sept. 1.-The Times Bueno.
Ayres correspondent says that reports
from all agricultural centers indicate an
Increase OF fully 20 per cen; in the wheat
lrea OF the country.