The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-04

markets were also afflicted more or less
with that tired feeling" corn closing
SGEc lower and oats ltGkc, Pork
lost &c and lard 7lsdlOc. Ribs were I'M
changed,
Wheat started weak, The opening
prices at Liverpool were az decline Of
lad and the start here was In accord
auce with the hearishness denoted at
the English market. December was Of
fcred at the opening at from 9SqSS5ac,
or ldllAc under yesterdays close. The
bulk OF the first attractions were at
from 93kc and 93Isc and fluctuations
were close around the opening figures
for three or four minutes, Following
that for half an hour there was n grad
uai Improvement until Si&c, or within
10 OF yesterdays closing price was
reached. A dispatch from New York
reporting 10000 bushels OF wheat taken
for export yesterday afternoon, was
given as the reason for the firmness
shown In the recovery referred to, The
very slisht addition to the contract
wheat here, out OF the 27S carloads In
spected Into store since yesterday morn
Ing was perhaps in the minds OF the
spectators. Only six carloads were
contract, and OF these five We're No, .
spring, a grade that cannot be delivered
on contracts made to-day for any deliV-
cry beyond the present month, Mime
apolIs and Duluth received 45S cars,
against SiS on the corresponding day Of
the year before. The advance reached
SAFE and then lc OF 1t was dropped in a
few minutes, 9SJkc being the next stage
Of the fluctuations; then w agalu to
gi5sc I'm an equally sudden manner and
back once 'more-slowly this tlme-to
93Nc. The fluctuations although sud-
den, were not accompanied by much
trading. scalpers were startled by the
sudden changes and withdrew from the
market and their absence added TO the
difficulty commission houses experience
cd In finding buyers or sellers when
they had orders to execute, New York
wired early In the day that the foreign
demand was renewed and fifteen loads
taken by 10 o'clock. The Atlantic port
clearances OF wheat and flour were once
more very heavy, the total being $4,000
bushels in wheat and flour, Sl,7O0 BUSH
els OF It being in shape OF wheat. The
market became very weak near the
close and while the scalpers would not
touch IL earlier in the day, except in
the most tlmld and Gingerly manner,
they quickly caught onto the fact that
1t was not being adequately supported
near the end and sold freely. December
declined to 92%c and closed at 92Sc. The
closing cables had much 90 do with the
weakness displayed late In the session,
Liverpool closing 1dl$d lower and
Paris the equivalent of &Qlhc, Ant
Nerp was unchanged.
Trade In corn was less active and tho
volume of business much smaller. The
feeling early was weak. due largely to
the lower cables, the weakness of wheat
at the start and to liquidation by recent
buyers. Offerings. however, were not
large and were well taken. several OF
the larger commission houses leading in
the buying and when wheat turned up
corn sympathized. many OF the early
sellers covering, which aided the adj
vance. Weather in the corn belt, with
the exception OF some local rains, was
dry and warm and drought damage re-
ports were numerous. Market eased of
later on expectations OF heavy receipts
early next week, the decrease being ac-
tolerated by the late slump IN wheat
L.ocnl receipts were 1853 cars. Atlantic
mort clcarances PISS il6 bushels. Decem-
Der opened hDEc lower at 3ih@3i1sc,
1t ranged between S24gS3Sc, closing at
323.c.
A fair trade wns done in oats. At the
opening the market was weak In COM
mon with corn. This feeling was chang
cd to ilrmncss later, only to grow weak
a.