The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-01
MARKET SUMMARY.
FINANCIAL.

CrG!CAGO Oct 3O-Wheat was very III
,,1o. today within a range of l12c. May nos
narrowed its discount to 2l2c uhoer DeoeiiDe
The features of the session were the chahsiHe
from December TO May and heaVy uuSih ~
Alton g. Greer The close was strong H' ~
gain Of lbc for December ana l7sc ~
Corn oats and provisions all c-oSeu w.
s1tght net gain compared WIN last e
Wheat was very quiet for the HrsI Aoui
q half and fluctuations in that time "e'e
mite immaterial. except that there was a
ternDorary decline in December III Ine
fftean minutes of &c from the h-eheSO p--oo
II touched at the start. May III Tue 60.
time varied only ssc. The first traces III W.
were at from h6@c Improvement upo4
,re,,ous davis closing price. December was
,o.tod Of from 97G97Ac, May from $500
oa1Lo December got quickly down 10 'o7s''
b,,t Nav did not 90 below 9SBc. the Liver
-, ,,,or1,at was not as weak as might nave
i,oon ovnacted from the news that was cdDleu
,bora of the heayiness with which THIS MAJ
lret wound up yesterday. 1t closed zsu Nv" W,
for the day for the nearer deliveries anu ~
1o1,ar for Nav The chief reason, however,
for rho market here showing the recovery II
did at the start, was the puDhcaIlon VI '--0
heavy exports of wheat and hour 10 Hu'
from this SIDE the weeks clearahceS I'm 'd
both coasts being 1891, 600 bu, against oooA'o'o
~, +be weak before Argentine shipped no
wheat to Europe this week. year ago ene
sbinments from that country were oo'V'o pu'
The receipts here and in the Northwest were
[oo,iar than those of the year before. chicago
,.acai,ed $50 carloads, compared with lUo car
lids last wear. Minneapolis and Duluth re-
norted !. lis cars, against 936 year ago l ne
Atlantic and Gulf clearances for the uay were
canal TO 400 600 bu The market reco'ereu ~
half an hour from Ks early weak spell anu
ruIsd quiet until within thirty minutes vi
tha close when 1t became known that Doth
France and the United Kingdom had accepted
literally of cable offers made from Ne" III ~
The quantity was yarious-y stated at IRON rom
~ to over so boat!oads The hrst halned
ouantity was well authenticated, ana the Iac'
of wheat in New York advancing lc per ou
On The curb after previously closing 5sc hlgh-
er for the day on the regular sesSlon' put
more life into the previously sluggish pace
If the advance here and sent December 10
s77lc and May to 95Aq953sc, which were SUD-
stantially the closing figures.
Corn followed the fluctuations IN wheat.
Selling was pretty generally scattered. 3hay
opeued at from NasQ2l4ic TO Zl7sc' SUI u
22c and was offered at the ION I iioe 80 a. az
close. which shows a gain OF &c since yescei
day Oats were fairly active put helu steauy
within small range The lrade was wltlouI
feafure and followed in the wake Oh corr.
Provisions were easy cary on 'o II on@n
At n 81 eased off early under selling py the
country to 81. 40G7.4212, but graaually feacseo
to 81 521b. which was the price at the crosse.
December lard opened at Villa, solu up "
F15 and those figures covered the entire
range In prices December ribs held steady
~ "a 42Ib Estimated receipts for Monday:
Wheat. l75 cars; corn, 800 cars; OATS z'O cars
he itsdipg futures ranged as follows