The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-31
MARKET SUMMARY.


CHICAGO. Oct 3O.-Wheat was very irreg-
1llar today within a range of 112c. May mas
narrowed its discount to 2Iac under December
The features of the session were the changing
from December to May and heavy buying by
Allen & Greer The close was strong at net
gain of DC for December and 1$sc for May.
Corn. oats and provisions all c-osed with d
slight net gain compared with last night
Wheat was very quiet for the hrst hour anu
a half and fluctuations in that time We're
quite immaterial. except that there was a
Temporary decline in December in the nrSt
fifteen minutes of 7sc from the hghest price
1t touched at the start. May, IN the same
time varied only Sc The first trades in both
zvara at from h61bc improvement upon the
preyious days closing price. December was
wanted at from 97G97Ac, May from $3.50
941Lc December got quickly down to $3.50,
but Nav did not go below 937sc. The Liver
nool market was not as weak as m-ght nave
been expected from the news that Was caoleu
there of the heavineSS with which thls haI-
1,et wound up Yesterday 1t closed Bd lower
for the day for the nearer deliveries and 3su
lower for May. The chief reason, however
for the market here showing the recovery IL
did at the start, was the publication of the
heavy exports of wheat and Hour TO hurope
from this side, the weeks clearances from
botb coasts being 5,991 900 bu, against 5,552 OjO
I'M the week before. Argentine shipped no
wheat to Europe this week. year ago the
shipments from that country were $4,000 ou
The receipts here and in the Northwest were
heavier than those of the year before. Chlcago
received $50 carloads, compared with 100 car
loads last year. Minneapolis and Duluth re-
Dorted / lis cars, against 9S6 year ago. Ihe
Atlantic and Gulf clearances for the day were
eousI to 43O 900 bu. The market recovered in
half an hour from it's early weak spell, and
ruled quiet until within thirty minutes OF
the close, when it became known that poth
France and the United Kingdom had accepted
literally of cable offers made from New YORK
THE quantity was variously stated at from
81 to over 80 boatloads. The first named
quantity was well authenticated. and the fact
of wheat in New York advancing 1c per bu
on the curb after previously closing 5sc high
ar for the day on the regular session, put
more life into the previously sluggish pace
of the advance here and sent December to
977sc and May to 954 @953sc, which were sub
etantially the closing figures.
Corn followed the fluctuations in wheat
Selling was pretty generally scattered MaS
opened at from N3sd2l&c to A2Se, sofa TO
22c and was offered at the ton price at the
close. which shows a gain Of sc since yester-
day Oats were fairly active, but held STEADY
within a small range. The trade was Wltilout
feature and followed in the wake OF corn
Provisions were easy early on COMMISSION
house selling of pork. December pork opened
at 81 so eased off early under selling by the
country to $7.40Q74212 but gradually reacted
to $7.5212, which was the price at the close.
December lard opened at $4.1212, sold. up to
S4l5 and those figures covered the entire
range in prices. December ribs held steady
at s. 421a Estimated receipts for Monday:
Wheat 175 cars; corn, 565 cars; oats, 23O cars;
The leading futures ranged as follows: