The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-09
CHICAGO MaRkET<.
Board of Trade.

CHICAGO. Oct. g-Although the Liver
po9l market opened s. : decline Of al
yesterday. the local market showed 70
sGcn disposition. Opening sales we're at
sc advance. and soon the market was
49, above the closing days prices.
local traders 20 cover Up ali open deals.
Deem Der wheat which closed yesterday
ar slAsc, opened todzv a. q - The shorts
got n their work first, the result being
an advance 20 s-isc. The price 5Foplsd
10 SIC shortly Gfterward. and for soma
tire the market hung around that figure.
Inc Worlds visible supply Of wheat and
-four October I showed a tctal equal 70
10 ole,ts9 bushels Of wheat, against 49,
953,aeS bushels September !. and Is % 40
bushels On October ] last. year. The
countries on October I were q 20 90,
against 8,bo.so bushels a month ago and
~. se0,oaS bushels q year ago.
Receipts fer the day ar Minneapolis and
Duluth aggregated LIS cars. against l0ss
cars last weak and J, so last year. Chi
cago receipts were - cars Primary
against f.I69, GO bushels year ago. New
York reported export engagements Of $
boat loads The Michigan crop reports
showed q total yield Of Z4.sA, go bushels
wheat this year, against la,s-o,oe last
year.
This news apparently had as little in
fuence 3 = did the Liverpool market. An
important fact concerning the Hungarian
wheat crop vas entirely lost. Beerbohm
figures IL az - 90 bushels, az dnst 81.
co go bushels as his previous estimate.
and against y ts'o.oso as the crop last year
The Liverpool weakness was explained BY
the fact that there had bean hedging
sales there against the No. 2 spring wheat
recently sent from Chicago. IL Is expect
ed that the visible supply statement Mon
day vii show an increase OF l.5eoop9
bushels. against -3u1,11 bushels increase
q year ago.
The Modern Miller, which has hereto
fora f4z@F gHf+r hse4 r7Gh The situation
was out "a an extremely bulilsh demand
regarding the unprecedented drouth and
limited areas.
with the trade a good deal In the open
ing upward. Drouth talk seemed TO have
lost lts influence az the time. as cash Of
oats were dun and moved within an ex-
gly narrow range, prices being in
nuencsd almost entirely By The action OF
Trading in provisions was light The
market opened weak, rallied Win wheat
ana declined again
Closing Quotations.
December wheat started az sias 09i2sc,
saxanSea g ci s sna TeAs sa e IN ssS
ber. slGe Corn-october. g7%c: Decsm-
Der. 2slsc. OaJs-oeIoeer, Isle: Deem
Der lsiz4lssse- Pork-oetooeT. 49, Pc
r4n1her STE Iara-October, s4l7. De-
eember. a2 Ribs-octooer, Sass, De
ceuaber. 81 Is.
Cash wheat-Ne. red. ssnetc; No 5
RED eeGiasc, No. spring. 80 see, No. :.
S34slc: No. hard winter. Sessc, No. )
hard winter S30s4c, No. new sprlag. &c
Cnrn-No. . 27I4c: No. 8. -ss2c-
Oats-No. :, lsssalsc: No. ). isi=e.
Live stock.
Cattle--Natlve beef steers sold largely
al xts5g5.i0 sales being al 81 extreme
range Il ss6sn5so. poorest 70 the best.
Veal calves sold al Ss.@gs5 for the best.
with small offerings Stockefs and feed
ers ranged from S 20 $50. and Western
and Texas cattle sold az S.so94 s. for
steers and s. SG3.& for cows and he.fers.
Hogs-SaleS were largely az $50 $50,
heavy packing selling az $&Ss9S-s5. and
prime fight az S.ss43s5.
Native sheep sold at an extrerrc range
az Sa44S5 with few going above 81 West
cru range sheep comprise the real bulk Of
fhe SUPPLIES and sold az SS43,so, choice
steady AZ s. 20 ard upward. with feeders
less active az sS5o1f3s0 owing 20 the
drouth. Lambs sold az s-.1Seg5a0 for iu-
fertor 10 prime lots largely az $tII5, West
ems fetching A.4I 40
Receipts - Cattle. soooi hogs. sea;
sheep, 129lo.