The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-08
enc AGO MARKETS..


CHICAGO. Nov. s-Wheas vas strong
at tire opening. Tree Liverpool market
was not q sharer 50 she fall aXtent III the
pgeyieaas days weakness hare Paris sent
buiItsh aevtees: tAe weeks elsarances
from 81 Atlantic ports were 5.a23-@Re b1slf-
els. and IRE liverpool bsa Tor Chicago
No : spring Was g Per quarter higher
than those 81 the day before
TIE mcsf huilSa lgem 81 so2ay's news
was Tire Ohio Nagea8ber erGo report
making the condition 81 wheat IA tE98S
state 81 and the reduction IN acreage Il
per cent. THIS report was made ua before
the recent rAsuS bur had a marked effect
neYer1A eEess and WaS the main factor
IN the opening advance and the gain
Chicago had - cars. compared with -
& year age. Minneapolis and Duluth, lli9
cars against ssa LAST year. The total re-
ceipts AZ the principal Western markets
were Isl - BUSHES. against ~. -e4 bush
els the corresponding DAY CT lss. That
would. perhaps have had s0ne effect IN
checking the desire 10 buy. had the shorts
not been uy@gS836- Continental cable
grams quoted declines OF lzls cent .xnes a
Antwerp and from 5e 70 II eeuEfmes at
Paris Minueap potts wired that -sQs9 ears
az wheat were looked for Ia the receipts
Tor Monday, but neither did that nean-
1T the shorts 10 any appreciate extent.
The increase In receipts this week ever
last a. Minneapolis and Duluth were 30
cars.
The Atlantic exports amounted in wheat
and hour 20 col sc bushels A New York
dispatch said cargo Of wheat had been
worked for Vienna VIA Hamburg. and an
other New York message reported twenty
Eve boat leads taken chiefly Ter France.
Ii was also reported that 10 loads Of
Manitoba wheat had been worked for the
The trading was light and only spas
medically active. December was not
much heard Of but its value had many
changes. II seemed Impossible 20 make
two consecutive trades In December AZ
the same price. Il ranged from Sac 10
sl24c closing sc higher at SIC. May start
ed re higher at gis9sl&se, gradually Inn
proved 10 9lAc. and from that went 10
si44asiase, afterwaTd rose slowly % s2i8c,
closing at Stss HaiTsc.
Corn was uIm on 3 narrow amount Of
trading. The market was influenced by
the unexpected strength Of cables and by
Yesterdays large export sales. New
York reporting Soeo9 bushels sold.
There was again an active trade IN oats.
There vas quite influential selling
throughout the session particularly ~
elevator people. but all offerings were
taken ard the market ruled strong from
the start.
The market for provisions was dnIler, IL
possible. than YESTERDAY Prices were
steady within a narrow range.
Closing Quotations.
December wheat opened 3a4Gs4ssc. adj
yanced 20 size under good demand, react
Nheat--November, sSs4c; December.
s3z.c.
Corn November, 2sssc: December. 2e3sc.
0ats--NoVember, islsgl9h4css December.
I9s%ui9%4c.
Pork November. sT.55; December. s7.s7.
Lard-ScvembeT, $492, Dece ulber. sA5
Ribs-Novsfnber and December, ss4a.
Cash whe2t-No red, st1ss5c. Nc. 2, -
sS3e; Ne. sprsng, SIC. No. 2. so93S5cs No.
hard winter. Sc No. B. Sa9s5c; No.
spring. sc.
Corn-No. 9. 1szsaas'4e: No :. 2s4gass.c.
oats-No. ?. Iss.c. No. ;. ls4l9c.
Rarleys--sa45c.
Rye-41c
Flax- 81 es91. cls
Timothy-S2.S1.
Live stock.
There was the usual scarcity 81 offer
ings which characterixes the cattle mar
ket on Saturdays. The few cattle for
sale were disposed Of a. yesterdays
prices. Quotations now rule a. follows:
Good 70 extra heeYes, s4.asg5.h5: medium
grades, ss.i54t485. stockeFs and feeders
s. ssal458, calves. s. so. bulls. COWS and
helfsrs, s@ef*, Westerns. ka4ea4l9.
Hogs-SaIes we're Al an extreme range
Of x2.3asiG.s5 Tor fhe poorest 10 the best
droges the bulk o. the offerings selling
~ Ss.59a5 -. pigs chiefly al &EAa93.68.
Sheep sold AZ s. f4s1 FOR natives ard
I3A45 for range f1oeks. while lambs found
buyers at sAa.la. tsH going over s. 90
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