The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-26
WHEAT AGAIN REACTED
And on Bnllish News Sought Hig her
Figures.
OPENING WAS DECIDEDLY STRONG
Foreign Buying Was Reported In
New York-siarkct Nervous 10 the
End-Oats and Corn Advanced.

| Chicago, August 25--Nearly all of yes
| tcrdlay's decline In the grain pit was re-
covered today. The bull pool made its
strength apparent im September wheat
and advanced that option per bushel
while December advanced per bushei ON
account Of the upward rush of Septem-
Der. but principally on account OF the
bullishness OF the days news Corn was
even more active than wheat and closed
lismlA advance. oats advanced VI. Pro-
Visions were unusually strong and showed
advances ranging from 12h to 30 at the
close
How strong n hold tho bull CLIQUE had
on september wheat was shown soon af-
Ter thc opening today. Tho opening was
uecldcdly strong, though this was due
more TO the bullsh nature of the early
news IMAM to Squeezing" September
WIS quoted at the opening at from 1884, to
o52i, as compared with yesterdays closing
price Oh ylA. ana touched "a almost imfne-
uiately AFTER 1t dropped back to 92i, and
,meh IL was that the spurs We're nit on.
inbs OF september ceAscd almost alto
sstnef, the pun crowd, apparently surc
vi their position "standing pat" and the
price kept Jumping until about II O'clock
~ hha reached ". December option start.
W. -. piuolH an advance OF AglA from
yestcruay. touched %, went back 10 o0ib
thei went on the rum to "a. There w.s
81 snSnt interval of weakness about M,
Wuour from the opening. when the New
c ,V,n market yielded. but the slight de-
gYnno oceasioned was quickly recovered
Liverpool showed "A decline to begin with
o. IRON 81 TO 3lsd, but recovered Mari a.
va ihter. New York wired shortly after
VIC opening That Foreigners were hIvin,,
wheat, and houses here who do hilsin.sss
ior iorelsn spectators reported they also
nhl buy.ng orders from abroad In tbe
oour 49, OF me forenoon II was found that
bad II.
loaus, or 10000 bushels. for export hui
mucl more satisfactory evidence Of tbs
european demand was that the actuoI
SF PmehtS from Atlantic cities since VOC
utuuy mornings report were gi2 eco hush
oiS' without taking account OF thr nour
Whlch was 1000 barrels. Chicago receints
n wera S9 ears, but only twenty-five of The
number were contract AInnoannlIs anA
buluth received ia cars arainst iqs No
siu'ilhf day of the year before The mar
h,t was nervous to the end rluctuotIrns
~ ~ = II september between trades were
frequent. ana December made iumns ana
piunses Of a without apparent reason he
yoni attempts OF brokers to buy or sell
more Than 10000 bushels at time. The
sentimental markets were weak Pau.
mlpSed az decline IN wheat Of from iTs ia
~ yer hlshel and Antwerp was If down
or the equivalent of 5Lc Der busboI NV.
erpool closed % per coutal lower for the
uay on spot ana from 2% to 22,d on f,l-
96h December q3t,
ir"lbng In corn was heavier than wheat
X me Quantities that changed hands al
though fluctuations were much narrower
~ thc outset there was another new lot
OF scling by the pool. which was sun
posed to have Sold out yesterday. They
let go today i.001,0N bushels Notwith
s'ami ng mis- tho market advanced, the
dctand being general, elevator people
VINO were sellers yesterday being ospe-
claIly heavy buyers today Crop reports
were for the most part unfavorabe Re-
ceipts. lib cars,
oats were rather cnsy for n while after
the opening and some nervousness was
Shown. The market firncd up later with
wheat and on the belief that the bun
crowd is still holding its line. feature
was the liGht OFFERINGS, which al tines
made 1t difficult to fill orders. Commits
sion houses were good buyers. Receipts.
l62 ears,
The market for provisions attracted con.
sldctNhlc attention ana the feeling was
decidedly stronger, manly In sympathy
with the gran markets The market |
closed with September pork higher lard
l2le higher and September ribs 2is higher
Ipstmnted rccelpts tomorrow Wheat
~ cars; corn. l575 ears; oats, $50 cars |
hoes, ?501n head
me leading futures RANGED as follows: