The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-28


BrendBtuITs and Provisions.
CHICAGO-Wheat was firm to-day in
spite Of large array Of bear news, De-
cember closing at h@$c advance,
Drought reports are beginning to attract
q great deal Of attention and were intu-
entail to-day In causing the slight adj
vance. The dry weather was also a
feature of corn, which closed IgAc
higher Oats advanced &c, Provisions
were strong and closed l00l5c higher,
Wheat was weak and at the opening
initial sales Of December, which closed
Saturday at 9l%c, ranged from 90hc TO
9Olsc. Liverpool opened at decline OF
11sd for futures and Minneapolis and
Duluth reported 1,427 carloads as their
receipts, while the exports to Europe, Ter
the week from all surplus produn
countries was over 100000 busiL|)5 J.
Those prices We're tempting TO shorts,
Who started to cover Immediately and In
the course of an hour nearly all the OPEN
ing decline had been recovered, Scalp
ers ran the market for the first half hour
of the session. After that the trading,
though quiet, was Of a more general
character. The advance was In spite Of
the fact that most of the fresh infOrma-
acter.
The only important matter of differ
ent character was the clearances from
the principal Atlantic ports which in
wheat and flour together amounted to
100000 bushels December sold up to
Ole declined to 00Nc, and from
that point gradually rose to 9l&c. 1t
slid off again to 9OAc, however, on the
announcement of the unexpectedly large
visible Increase Statistician Show est
mated that the winter wheat crop of the
United States was 3G5, 100000 bushels,
and the spring wheat 225, OOO0 900 bushels
The amount uf ocean passage increased
1,GS0,OOO bushels for the week. Primary
market receipts for the day were l,76G, 900
bushels, against l,3G60OO bushels a year
ago. The visible supply Increased 2,iOS,-
600 bushels, whereas, only about 100000
bushels increase had been calculated on,
Stocks Of wheat In Liverpool are 225, 900
bushels smaller than a week ago and the
English visible decrease 10000 bushels
Closing Liverpool cables reported de-
cllnes In futures OF from Id to "a. Paris
was strong and 65 cGntlmeJ or SIC per
bushel higher for September and 10 CEN
times higher for later delivery Ant
werp showed an Improvement OF 1919
confines. Complaints of drought In the
winter wheat-sactIon ara growing mora
general every day Seeding q IL said
Is being greatly retarded These reports
were very influential during the morn
ing. The market grew uulte strong TO-
ward the close. The strength of the clos
ing continental cables and reports of
drought damage in Argentine started re-
nawed buying Good support came from
New York also. December advanced TO
glR agl3c and closed AT gl%dglaic.
Corn, like wheat was weak AT the
opening, principally through eympathv
with that market The market snon
turned strong and remained 50 during
me remainder of the sesson. Shorts
were liberal BUYERS. holders Of nuts also
supporting the market The market was
partly due to sympathy with wheat The
dry weather west. necessItatIng the feed
Ing Of corn 10 stock on ocrniInt M tho
driving IN of the pnstures was a factor
Receipts were Gg7 cars, Visible increased
$40 OOO bushels Cienr,nces were 40 oOo
bushels Elevator nennle ware the bost
sellers December ranred from 9q7g N zoe
To 2gHc. closing H6Gc higher nj og7s N
zoe.
Oats I'm common with other grain mar
kNig and llunp urnttuI lt2
opcnlng, The latter sborts q, were T%,o' GOOD
bnv"rs win tba rgort tno ~, fo,. S eoSS
oats fron nuteIds n,,,,,, o,',,Sd Iii,
which closed the session with n Arm
feSIIng Tbo narl,ot Tnr civ, WV os a. , ma,m
was only fairly HctIyo V,sih,s sm V, pu d.
crrasaJ ~ 600 husbcI, Pacs,,, t,'y we 49,,
b0S cars DecamIs,' r,ncod rr,n, ooti ~ e.
Ig7s GigOc closIng 4, r. b,@bor n, oo ~ ~ ~
Market for nrovIslons was fairy no.
tive. The opcntrg vas rathcr beovv
Tharc was thn ,is,sI Latcb -, ,,oi,,,,,
favar ro,,g o,,I t5,, a.. w G.V"
Tho mario, i,,o r' t p',Ies VIE ioMsr.
tha Iaadarshln OF i,rI For r o"ns r "1WS.
good foreign demand wag ran ,VI
Sh6rts uorS cn,I i',,, "S NJ 'vpo,Jgu,
closed str1ng n, 49, o ,,n ne .'a,nes
nnrl, ttc bir6,, ~ oo. es'''pei
iic bicbe, at "a 57,. oni Do,a,,,i, 49,, NJ
Zoe higher at 81 So