The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-19
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"WEDNESDAY, Aug. Observation-Disclosures
was moro active and stronger. Sales 1000
BUSH, including 2.0OO ungraded at 9l@93c. de-
livered. For export, $40, 000No. . red here. and
$4,000 at the outports on private terms. Chi
cago reports sales Of 100000 bush. Free on
board afloat: No. l Northern spring New
York. $1.00A; do. Duluth, $l.o24; No. l hard
spring, $l.O3&; No. 2 hard winter, 97c.; No. 9
red, 9s499sec. Receipts OF wheat at Duluth
1883 BUSH, against l41. 1875 last year; Min
neapclis 1920. against ia, 400; Milwaukee
23,4oo, against AZ, $50; Chicago 243. 662, against
16S. 1877; st. Louis $4,000. against lo7,9l5;
Kansas City 112. 800. against o ,2o0; Toledo
1871, against 23,2s2: Detroit SO, 500, against
1855. Future sales l6.3l5.oOo BUSH. as fol-
lows:
Opening. Highest. Lopest. Closing. Ni9ht.
s Ssss%Sstt 81 SIS 81 $ IS g. g
Rye-was steadier. state. 4 14ec.; No. 2 Western.
49s soc, cost ana freight to Buffalo CGrn1SGot was
mixed g at s,'4c. and on private terms Sod for export;
S St s : m'5 delivs en- dioT Fn9are sSs sGvan ss,iO S,c nnf fu,nTa
sales 5000 bush. as follows: go.
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing Ni9ht.
S :s:s$ts' &c.. sssss ii ss:s IT,
oass-Spo. was .S: higher and active: sales as 8 600 goo
no ! mixed. and 5o.ooo No. : clipped on private
terms free on board aaoat for export. No. 2white.
3 $40 DO. ~ $3.50 go No Sa'': i No mixed %n ass. Sasgssa' 10 SSf 8 DO DO:
2llae;; ,e1eeted mixed. soLc. do, white: asc; So,s
@ aas sec as track mixed isSt s saSa. ,fsck F %9ntss adyanee "a
&C. Future sales 5000 bush. as follows:
opens'"0. Highest. 1ossst. c1o:t"O. Migstt;
Wheat opened active. strong. excited and lec. to lasc.
higher. gaining ,,4c. TO &c. on nrner Liverpool cables;
reports OF rain in England and the Northwest. also
helped by fair foreign buying. with decidedly, higher
Western markets and free Covering by local shorts;
ruled very irregular. but finally made a sharp Iump"f
covering by local shorts. s.ptomber sold up to p4S-@.
and December To "ir: whichwe the highest prices yet
c 10 n a a vsnc,d IS + = ar = nn ,nCai coyor,nn and :,
closed frm At a4c. advance. following wheat and the
trading was dun. but the feeling was firm. and prices
on local covering. Chicago. Aug. ls.-"Today's was
the widest bull wheat market 50 far, mp almost 90.
for September; with December advancing even faster;
The news was hunish enough To stampede shorts OF
anr sorts 9 tSn, i hr was TrmarknTle c, ,n"' G Sn9,s1. N hy ytSw "f
was up only fractionally.h but Paris showed an advance
crop news from the Northwest was the most hulltsh
yet. Elevator people wired that tn y could not see
tract wheat. It was claimed from one direction that
s@s h"p :" r.. 1 p5SS JcS Ga16 1F"R Fc.aln ffs" s s%iSSS %GS
showed a falling on. s. aho"ri rlearances we're
and nour cleared in three days. New York wired
that in the last hour there foreigner. had
business here. about 100000 hush, sold to
m'l! Ter. and onsr shippsrf, win The No So, l cr sPTi1s ,G EStPs
. little December. but not much. The market ran
fashionable to sell deferred futures of late. shorts
had the most OF them to buy. That as why Dee. mhrr
the same price, II i-a runawar market, Corn caught
some Of the hui eycitsm,nI tn" bun crowd IN th.s
advance along. Price l,sS"h up to noon; The crowd
active buyer after the leaders began TO hurry
things. The weather West kept, cool. without, how.
600 bush n@S The %shirrfns demand was slow slow The
coarse grains are lower priced. and everything low
gfo coed n ThSTs w wso qEn nre a o y@nU%i' tS%m ass s"r tots to- ny, by
seaboaId sales Of oats here this T Tis have exceeded
argument In oats as in corn"
FLouR-was dun. hut prices were %decidcdly higher,
$500 SSis.
E.::,g" .:' is; "a : *GSt:
Winter in hhlsa; superhne. .: 90 3; No, g extra.
ss .sSSss a.Go; patents s%; / osstt 81 tsH5,@s5'iS' MHif a "'i~-THosi
was firm hut dull: Western quoted 40 's. , 100
ms, 30 81 i2c.: 80 ms. 55Gso 1l2c'; 80 MS 5~o@57i2c.
Corroy~The heavy rains in the Mississippi Valley
and on the Atlantic coast are expected to rrtari tho
receipts Of the new crop, hl'h"mKh no doubt exists
o ont t4a tr .hf Sf1 heT ~'' today wa. Very MODERATE %a@ a"i
prices at the Sl",s were : 20 4 points nisaor mainly
was n shade lower. X cclptS at the Iorts to-day
were 1.IIy bales. against 311 bales last week an,I
4 $40 baiea last year. The southern spot mark Is
were generally unchanged. Mobile and Savannah
was quiet and unchanged AT 80. for middling upIands
, and Sic. for middliRg gulf. with sales Of I4a bales
> 10 apinners. Receipts at Augusta to-day were - bales
against I bales last week AMI l7a TALES last year
, Memphis receipts ~ bales, against z last week ald
Ia Iast wear, st. Louis ~ bales; nothing laSf week
, nothing last year. Cincinnati 81 bales. against ~
last week and none last year Houston Ace;
4 year. Receipts estimated ht Houston for to
? morrow Mt $500 TO l.ooo bales. ShiDmenti
q Included from Augusta ITO bales. Memphis /"
I 81. Louis 2s, Cincinnati u3, and Houston 1, l2J bales
: Raleigh, n. c., Aug. IL While crop has beer
: making good progrrss. showers would he welcome
= plant Is heavily fruited. and, II we have rains THU
$ month and the plant holds half there is ON 1t
we viii have a magnificent crop. 1t is nov
L blossomlng on top and has taken on NOR,
rri,it than II can hold. While prospects ARE not Yer,
0 fiattcring, we are at a critical period No rain III
v balance OF this month would have The same effect q
= the drought last SUNNI r." Opelika. Ala, AR. IL
Hot dry weather during nrst week VI Au M
n nearly frustrated the outlook for a big crop mere
n Hot wave caused the plant to throw on squares an,
y small hollis ami foliage turned yellow. However
. timely rains AMI lower temperature helped tn
D Dlant to recover, and II now continues growing
fruit ng. and maturing. aud with favorable weathe
A the next Tortnivht we predict the largest crNI
a ever harvested In this section. barring earl
i frost. First bale Of new crop received on iat
a September receipts viii he as large as last year an
o the staple considerably hitter" Futures here I'd
vaucrd z 10 l3 points. closing steady. after sales 1
100, 200 bales, The future trading was as follows:
tTosing.. highest. forrest. SUE!
y August ..... Z. b4&I.5 f.5j T.tS ESQ