The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-11
i SOLD AT A DOLLAR.
Wheat Again Reached the Century
Figure.
IN GOOD DEMAND AT THE START.
Sold on Later and Closed ut rs I-2
for scptcmber-Corn and Oats de-
cIincd-Provisions Down.

Chicago, September 1o--September wheat
sold at dollar today. December came
within nc of that figure, but declined be-
fore the close to 9s. an advance OF Nc
since yesterday. September closed at 9sIs.
Strong foreign markets. seaboard engage
ments and rurnors Of a reduction in the
French wheat tar.f were the bullsh feat
ures. the reaction being caused by realiz-
eng sales. Corn declined k9Ssc and cats
NC. Provisions closed 5d22ikc lower on
the renewed yellow fever scare in the
South
Wheat was in good demand Mt the start
at about nc Improvement over yesterdays
closing price for December and lie for
September To supposedly defunct deal,
September exhibited surprising degree
Of ACTIVITY and climbed up 10 | 90 within
n minute or two of abe opening, when the
the price was 9Sls. December was de-
cidedly erratic. From aS1AI9sA TO begin
with, It rose TO 9sS. turned around and
went back again to 9sM, then dropped to
NS. rose from that In gradual way to
HH. From the latter point to 99L was
the work of about twenty minutes. and
these fluctuations were all In the first
two hours OF tine session. The rally was
caused primarily by am advance Of 2-32d
III the prce at Liverpool at the opening.
Paris started 10 centimes lower, but that
market closed at an advance OF 10 CEN
times. while Antwerp gained Is confines.
A cabegram stated that there were good
prospects of a reduction of 2f in the duty
on French wheat. This was disputed later.
but in the meantime IT had caused De-
cember to jump to 1914.
Chicago receipts were 269 cars. only IL
of them contract Minneapolis and Du-
iuth receipts were 496 cars, against 11is
tht corresponding day OF the year before
Atlantic tort clearances of wheat AMI
Iour We're equal to about 500. 600 bushels
Urinary I"nrket receipts were 1855, 7S9
bushels, compared with 10l9lg the SINH
Tar dav OF last year
=, AS was the care in the recent boom IN
september. the market had TO take a
ereat deal of hong grain when the nrlce
approached the dollar mark. At 99A offer
IN were very free--miich more liberal
tnan me mited demand could absorb
ana the consequence was gradual but
steady declines, December finally got
closed at .SR.
N.h9 itthti easy. me market OPEN
60 hrm at slight Improvement. the
strength uf wheat and some bad State
crop reponts encouraging buyers, but the
suehGtn was only temporary The crowd
feared that the government crop figure.
hnSht LOOK high when issued tonight
winch caused considerable selling The
non -appeai ance Of frost In the corn belt
also had a weakening influence but nrob
ably the chief reason for the weakness
was the growing pressure of the enormous
recell.s, l.. 80 cars being received today.
ann freer country offerings were reported
Atlantic port clearances were 929 900 hush.
els Liverpool cables were firm and AID
higher. III range for December was be-
33N asked. f''N0 "'"s
oats were firm. notwithstanding the de-
cEhlng tendency OF corn. There was an
enormous cash demand sales of about
aW'Wp bushels heirh reported and this and
n large export business served to sustain
prices. Receipts We're 400 cars December
ranged from 2l9s to 2lh. closing at 2lisGs
q. shade und ar yesterday
lue hppoarance of yellow fever cases al
,NeW orleans tnade a weak provision mar
kel. Liquidation was free AMI stop loss
oiberS appeared ON the market The de-
cine was stopped by the support of Swift
ana other packers and the close was n
i'tlie over the bottom. The weakness of
corn hAd some influence. At the cAse
iteccmber pork was 22lac lower, December
lard ic lower and ribs DO lower
estimated receipts Saturday--Wheat 3t5 |
cars. corn lioV cara. oats $40 cars hogs IA
On head. - "0sS IT,
me leading futures ranged as follows.