The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-02
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
st Louis.

st. Louis Nov. O.-Flour-Market I'M
changed.
Wheat-Options higher. Spot steady:
No. red. cash, elevator, 96 lie: track,
91d97 1-2c: No. 2 hard, cash. SGMSSc:
December, DC; May, 93 lac
Corn-Unchanged. No. 9 cash, n 1-4c
bid; December. "a 1-4c; May. q lac.
Oats-Futures firmer; spot steady. Ma.
2 cash. elevator, 20 lac: track. 81 LA
23c; No. 2 white. 246I24 lie: December.
20 lie: May, % 3-Sc.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; S1.19.
Cotton ties-72c.
Bagging-6 3-4M7 1-4c.
Pork-Stcady; standard mess. jobbing.
IS. 256S.5O.
Lard.1Quiet; prime steam, $4.07 ID:
choice, $40.
| Bacon (boXed lots)-Extra short clear.
$j.12 1-2M5.25; ribs. S5.5065.62 IL;
shorts, 1852 1-2M5.65.
Dry salt meats (boxeO-Extra short
clear, S4.75M4.S7 IL; ribs and shorts.
$5.12 1-2M5.15.
Rcceipts-Flour, 5000 barrels; wheat.
| oats. 10000 bushels.
Standardization, 1000 barrels: wheat,
$4,000 bushels; corn, 100000 bushels:
oats. 1900 bushels.
New York.
New York. Nov. -Wheat-Receipts
800, 277 bushels; exports, 2S3.537 bushels.
Spot, steady; No. 2 red. CSC. Options
opened weak under big northwestern re-
ceipts and disappointing cables and after
further declines in consequence of l!qui-
dation, recovered on enormous clear
ances and closed lie net higher for May.
hut Lie lower for December. No. rod.
May. % 7-Sc; December. 97c.
Hides. wool and leather-Quiet.
Chicago.
Chicago. Nov. 3O.-Wheat rallied sharp
ly today on the enormous days clearances
snd closed steady Mt an advance of La
5-Sc for May. December was apparently
held down and showed only Lie advance
at the close. Weak cables and a larger
visible increase were bcarish factors.
Other markets were dull but firm at the
close. Corn was unchanged oats 1-Std
lac and provisions about , lie higher.
Wheat started heavy and was on the
down grade for IN hour and hall; My,
which closed yesterday nj 10 l-2dgO D-oc,
opened today at 80 3-Sn3O lie. Bnylng
was started nj the slight decline to ad- !
vance the price temporarily to 90 3-lc, !
but y soon got down again to ~ lie. /
December was even weaker, opening Ike I
lower at ~ 3-1c. selling mt 96c, then oe- |
cining to 95 lie. weakness M Liver
mol with an opening decline of J-Sd WIS |
ncrhopa the main reason for the decline.
Northwestern receipts were neaNH' Nr
caro- receipts were 2I4 cars AGAINST ~ ,
cars last year. Exports from Atlam,,lc
norris were conSDcuOuSly heavy. J d"
Avs nynorts of wheat were I3I4Go
,"sbcIs and Of flour So 100 barrels, the
t"tol heipg equal to 1.13J,000 bushes.
which was said 70 break al previous
r, nm for for one day from the Atlantic
aoohoard, Quite n scramble by shorts
took place after the posting or ms
figures. which resulted in sending ,ns
price of May mp to 81 l,Sd9i l-tc' anu
December to 9G 1-4c. me advehcr maa
well maintained till Bradstreets od pePanro1
hot the visible had increased 5O0o,OUl
bushels last week, 100000 bushels OF
which was on this side and o.aUoOVo
busbels of il and ahoat for Europe;
That temporarily shook the firmness i ana
tho nrice of May receded to 90 5-Sc. me
shorts had, however. been so seVerbe a!t
iolted by the rise to 81 l-Sd9l I-4c tnae
they were rendered timid by tnis tih
and it took only show or Du ~ oo
rush the price once more 10 ~ .hon
1 1Tn Urinary market receipts were three
t;rnoa hnay ier than on the corresponding 1
d In, of the year before. the total amount
;nS r. / 100. 900 bushels today, but I tne
Iii, of the davis receipts were at Slill-
u umn and Duluth. The market 10 ,
nea IH tbo "t close was quiet. but firm May
Winding up at Of 1-Sc December, now I
S %inniH Was sp not quite so buoyant' closing
at corn or took its cue from wheat starting bnat
u,o 0T." and declining as long, as whea59 .
M Td and when the latter market ch ln ssa
f from W." weakness to strength corn d drro ,He
same. Price changes were very atlantic Atlantic
Receipts, G41 600 700 ,n DgSnsis' ~
cl There was very little to the oats m aa
,,o th went nc changing at 1-2c to ] SIC