The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-31
CHICAGO aARkETx
The Board of Trade.

CHICAGO. Aug 30.-Theat starred rath-
er weak. Liverpool opened with a decline
OF I'D and had made further drop OF 14ei
or I'D In all before the business of the day
commenced here. Paris was reported as
showing the equivalent OF a4c per oushel
advance AT the opening. bat the Liverpool
decline received the greater consideration
and caused December wheat 10 open here
ar a decline Of f1fiizc Per b1Shel. The de-
cline favored those who We're already
short, and vas seized upon as a good OPP
portunlty 10 secure a quick preiff. Some
bulls also who had sold out before took
on new lines, and the r suit WAS grad
val Improvement. December started at
hsssnStc. or fsliasc below Saturdays close.
and had advanced TO S92te when a heavy
decrease in the visible supply was an
nounced. This caused renewed buying
the price reaching %l7tc Tor moment.
Following that came the closing cable.
which showed material declines AT all the
chief foreign markets This created a re-
Suision of feeling and by 1850 O'Clock the
price was back to Syikc.
The decline for the day at Liverpool was
from Issd 70 2lsd per GENITAL. Paris showed
- franc. or &c. a bushei decline for August.
but an advance equivalent 10 &c a hushel
for November-February. Antwerp de-
clined e21s centimes. or SIC, a bushel.
These declines put a Quiegus on the rather
alarming statements OF crop damage put
forth by various foreign authorities ncta-
bly, The Austrian minister OF agriculture
Chicago receipts were 5S cars. At Min
urapolls and Duluth 81 car loads were re-
CtiNtI. compared with s39 on RGe day or
1876. The ciearanecs Of wheat and -four
from Atlantic ports since Saturday. In
elusive Of those from New Orleans and
Newport News, amount TO the unusually
heavy quantity Of go Go bushels Of which
Ah.oce bushels were IN the shape of wheat.
The visible supply decreased ]. - COO bush
els. and the total II now reduced Is A., 90
Bushels. against t5.asftsD bushels a year ago.
The worlds shipments 10 Europe last week
aggregated 1.45A 60 bushels, but tbs Eng
Esh visible supply decreased i.i56op bush
els. The amount on ocean passage In
creased t,sSueo bushels.
One pronounced feature Of the market
was the almost complete abandonment Of
September wheat by the parties who had
held the largest line of u. The dump
ing OF September for December eonrnenc-
cd at the opening aud within an hour the
&c difference which existed between the
two options Saturday had disappeared and
the eagerness with which exchange was
made at even figures proved an additional
source of weakness and ultimately sent
tho price below December. The market
December around S9t4c The closing prices
were N3sc for December and Sgc fer sep
tembsr
Corn was a very good market The mar
kef was strong. considering the receipts.
$50 cars the largest on record
In oats fluctuations were ruled almost
entirely ~ corn. an3 the tendency was
generally upward.
= Provisions started weak on The break 4,
hog prsces and liberal receipts The apen-
Ing decline Was slight and q ghara adj
vance soon took place. which was probably
caused by The strength Of corn.