The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-24
WHEAT VERY WEAK.
CLOSED AT LOSS OF 7-sG3
CENTS.
Hcnrish Influences Were Numerous
both In Foreign mud Domestic
News and Longs Unioudcd.

Chicago July aj.--wheat was extremely
weak throughout todaY's session. closing
AT no bottom. .7-Su5c decline for Sep
TENDER since Wednesday, Liquidation
was heavy and no reaction OF consequence
occurred, corn was arm. closing shade
lower, OaGs lost M0hc. Provisions were
weak early, hut reacted. Pork closed un-
changed, lard and riba declining 2lac ANA
~ Respectively.
IN wheat the first quotation made In
Liverpool thas morning w0s at ID de-
cline but before Nr,dlng commenced IL
had recovered the loss and had something
10 qhe good, That caused the opening
here 10 show some Improvement over tho
lowest prices made on the curb yesterday.
Tho first prices for September were 73l.Gf
20 I-S but selling became too heavy 10
ma. niain these figures and II weakened
and slid down irrcgulnrly TO II Us IN the
course of the first thirty minutes OF the
sUaS.pn.
During the widespread intervals that
july was heard from II was at about &c
premium over September.
Chicago receipts since "Wednesday were
lil cars. lV new. Inst year FOR Che iva
corr cSpondlug days 2sl cars were received.
"a o. which were new wheat Minneunol =
and Duluth received since yesterday aGa
| cars, aga4us, 3l2 II week ago and 2SS the
crop reports for the most part were IA
Norablo Rcportl from Europe about Rus
via $ present offerings OF wheat were very
| contradictory. Advioes from Berlin said
they were increasing, whiie Antwerp re-
ported no Increase IN Russian Offerings
and nonr expected before September, fho
closing cables gave Paris at about "a de-
cline nei busliel bat Antwerp ~ con,tJ-
trtblc advance, equal 10 g for American
red wner and H. per bushel for Walk
WALL" Liverpool closed at an advance OF
ird Tor spot wheat I'D for July and $50
Tor Septcmnor
The rescllnS of cargo of wheat prcvi-
ousiS bought for export WAS one OF the
weakening factors aud the receipt of .Na,-
900 bushels At tSuuses City likewise had \,
bearish influence, New York reported
that nearly an wheat offered by cabio
Yesterday TO Liverpool had been accept
ed, but that other foreign market nnd
sent selling orders Tor OPT ons.
Clearancps of wheat and Hour from At
luniir purts since Wednesday we're equal
70 l one" m SSsee came out nj every reng
place ana IL Is safe 20 ssly that one house
which has beeu prominently identified
with tho buying during the recent advance
disposed OF. throngh its own or other
Il, olcis UPWARD o. 2ep0. 900 bushels. Ihe
,rire .1ni lower az The session progressed
nud closed only a shade above the bottom
September opened 7-Saic lower at 73iiq
f3 rs declncd with sllgbf reactions 10
7lis and closed at 7l,,T7f wv.
,y.rn was remarkably strong. consider
ms the break In WHEAT Re1cints were
iph oars The quantity inspected out OF
store since Wednesday mornlng was j, i05
III bushels. Export cl"nrnncoa Tor two
dnys from Atlartlc nn,tg ,ynra sGs o1o
bushelF. Iivtrroci auotri n slight al
vance IN futures. The weather was ali
tho countfy Lyern. ,nn.tIv ~, tl,r ,fro,t M,
the cron was prosperins. Some good Gov.
Urng was done, with the decline n when,