The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
WHEAT WAS VERY SLOW.
December Option Closed at Fridays
Last Prices.
OTHER MARKETS ALSO FEA1uRELESs
Very Little Intercat Manifested by
Spectators In Any Of the Grain
ana Provtsion Markets.

CHICAGO November i3-wheat was SLOW
throughout today and worry irregular. De-
cembcr closed where I did on Friday, txc
o,cr May. at ssh. December shorts show.
cd some uneaslrsss, growing out OF the
structures, It is said. OF the inspee ton de-
partment. Corn was dull and prioes lost
h@Ac on the day. oats showed deolsne
OF Ac the market closing at the lowest
figure Provisions were featureless, a
shade lower than yesterday. Pork, lard
and RIBS were e,&c lower
The speculative trade IN wheat openci
duh and FOR the first hour the trend was
downward. the most weakness. however.
being in May. which sold &c below the
close OF last night. while December kept
steadter and sold only Nc BELOW the close
OF yesterday. May opened ut 9ola and
sold to 9oi,. while December touched as;s
The Liverpool market was again tame
and seemed inclined to SEN Oft some, wh,le
d4spa tches from New York said the frost
damage in Argentine was slight and the
outlook for good crop favorable! Traue
was duh for a time, but later speculation
become more active and there was grad
ual rally of sc in May and lie in Deem
Der.
The demand for December became quite
brisk and 1t was supposed that the bull
Clique was bidding It, when the Efforts
made an effort to cover. which sent the
price to Afs and May moved up to yJs in
sympathy,
~ iumor that some of tie wheat re-
ccived from Duluth had been rejected by
the Inspection dcpartmt nj contributed 10
the aiirm displayed by the December
shorts
The exports from both coasts for the
week aggregated o.4i9WJ bushels. asa.ist
5.5.ll .ut,l the week before and i,Ji,UvJ me
corresponding week last year, and Broom
ball OF the Corn Trad News cab,ed that.
IN oiGer TO Keep present stocks. Europe
would rave 10 lirport between now and
next April Iii. 100 Cos bushels OF wnta,.
Cables also reported that the Russian
ports On the sea of AzUv were being clos, d
by ice. cutting off Russian supplies. nut
the report had little more effect here than
IL did at Liverpool, winch led many 10
donb, Its reliability
There was n sharp break during the last
hour and May sold off &c and December
lost nc selling down TO @ss after having
sold AT 9ih. The weakness abroad ana
the dull and narrow trade caused the
early buyers to sell out. and the market
became 50 weak that .oG,gs Were not dis
posed to carry holdings over Sunday. this
selling con trihutirg to the weakness the
close was at % bid and December was sac
ove-- May, whereas the difference last
nitsnt was only 3iac,
Corn was duh and heavy and at the close
Sso lower for the day Trading was in the
way of changing December to May at tho
existing difference. The latter is so sat s.
faotcrS to the elevator people that they
can only be persuaded 10 part with any
when &c premium over December IS bid.
The opening price for May was S0isd3oh
and II sold to 293sn3O. COS g at 30 bid.
Oats opened firm and for awhile prices
were higher Good buying by New York
ana the iirmness i'm the cash market m
fluenced the buoyant feeling. Later, how
ever. the firmness gave way TO weakness
caused by liquid3tlng on moderate scale.
Nav opened at %, advanced to 22ls and
declined to 2l7s, closing with sellers al
that price.
Provisions We're duller than ever.
Charges were so small as to be hardly
worth recording. December pork yielded
to the weakness to the extent of 2i:c de-
cine. December lard lest 2i2c and Decem-
Der ribs also declined 2i2c.
Estimated receipts Mcnday-Wheat 1875
cars, corn $50 cars. oats 40 cars. hogs 43,
900 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows.