Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-21


CHICAGO September 2o.-Wheat closed
to-day at. ssc advance for the December
future, after starting at a decline about
twice that much. The market was a good
deal stronger than the news and had evil
IDENTIFY been over-sold as there was a
mission houses. Corn was firm and weak
by turns and 'closed at 1a@%c higher.
Oats advanced nc and provisions closed
unchanged to sc higher.
to-day. 1t started weak againstLiver-
pools opening. strength, and when the
latter was losing ground the Chicago
market was gaining; The opening for De
cember delivery, which closed at 92lac
Saturday; was at from 92sc down to
9l&c, and few sales were reported at
rise which in an hours time had ad-
vanced December from $3.50 to 9212c The
worlds shipments of wheat and flour to
Europe last week were 1o,O59O bushels.
compared with $4,000 bushels the weak
before and 7,446,O00 bushels the correspond
ing week of 1896. The quarterly on ocean
English country markets We're Is per
quarter, points lower per bushel decline
in one case and IL per bushei in the other
Minneapolis and Duluth received 1913
week and 1,10S the similar day of the year
before: Those were of the reasons that
caused the opening decline. The advance
which followed was rather difficult to ac-
over-sold for offerings were very few and
Srew aSGePea so ey that shorts
er boosted" the already buoyant market
and not until 93Lc for December was
coached was there any reaction. New
begin with, but later dispatches said the
demand for shipment was good and that
everything offered to Liverpool Saturday
was accepted. Baltimore reported sale of
a cargo of wheat to Leith and another to
Antwerp. The quantity inspected out
ward since Saturday morning from Chi
Gago warehouses was 2l5'0co bushels,
ible increased 1874. 900 bushels. compared
with 2,053,000 bushels a year ago. making
the total now 17S14.000 bushels, against
49, 600 bushels then. Closing continent
tai cables reported but small changes At
ter the advance in December to s315c it
reacted to s2ssc and rose again to 927sc.
Although the market was active and
fluctuations both numerous and material.
the trade was not very heavy. A few
good sized buying orders made sellers re-
luctant TO offer any until it had been bid
up and there was a corresponding scarcity
OF buyers on declines.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Wheat. No. 2 spring, s2ssa1kc: No. 5
spring, ssQsssl4c: No. ; red: s2ssass9sc
CCoTn No. and mn No yellow, 2Ssa2se;
No. white. 2l19G22a.c
Rye. No. 2, 471sc.
No. 4. 29137c.
Flaxseed. No. 1, 81 O5ikd1 &C.
Prime timothy seed. s2GoI2 62Ib.
Mess pork. per Dbl. S. 50GIS 55.
Lard. per 100 lbs. 81 TO-
Short ribs sides Qoose) IS s565 So
Dry sailed shoulders (boxed). 5ladZc
Short clear sides (boxedl, 5HGs.c.
Nhiskey. distillers finished goods 81 %.
Sugars, unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the
butter market was firm; creameries Ia
19iac: dairies 10G17c
Cheese. easy at S0oc.
Eggs. firm: fresh. 14c
Receipts-Flour, 10000 bbls: wheat, 143 900
bu:, corn; $4,000; oats, 49,, zoo: rye IS. 900:
barley, 9S,o0o.
Shipments-Flour. 1900 sbbls: wheat
$4,000 bu; corn, $40 900, oats, 800. 900: bar
ley. 5000.
NEW YORK. September 2o-Flour. re-
ceipts. 1855 bbls: exports: 14.447 bbls;
mand. sales being chiefly for jobbing ac-
count
Wheat receipts, 81 $50 blu; exports. ea5
426 hu; spot firm; No. red. e9ls1i1 90
Options opened weak under lower cahles