The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
II WAS A QUIET DAY.
Bulls sad Besrs Allowed Each Other
: Breathing Spell.
LESS INTEREST THAN IN TWO WEEKS,
Wheat Was Unchanged NJ the Close
Cora Was the Lively Market. hut
yUlune OF nusincAa syAall.

Chicago August @.--Both bulls and
bears In whoa. we're given breathing
spell today and the market MS the quiet
tst In tive weeks. Al the cicsc wheat
was unchanged To ,sc lower. corn VIC low
or oats VIC lower and provisions 5ui7isc
lower.
The whcas market was slackencd very
much. That was apparent az soon M
tr,siing commenced. Liverpool was firm
er and Maid higher than It closed tho
day before. and on that account a stcader
feeling prevailed here at the commence
mcnt Of the SESSION. Opening prices were
at some Improvement but there was no
such radical difference from yesterdays
closing rates as has recently happened
overnight, Deccmbcr was the only do
livery heard Of FOR mlnuic or 50 and It
brought s,,.siNa,s. as compared with 30 at
tho end OF tho p,c,iou Days session. ~
gained another Nc over the higher of the
opening extremes and followed that by a
gradual deci.no TO iac below tho lower,
&ts ruling about io.is o'clock
The weeks oSrcrts from both coasts. as
,'norted by f'sdatrea,'s,. amounted to
O. Sos bushels Ug@tnst y2Si.sN the oorrc-
snondtns. wce'; Of 1876 That showed n SUI
ficiently healthy export movement to have
d anSS opeains, Argentina, Argentine S IA not ship
II The receipts al .cheasgo" f for the day
quality. MINNEAPOLIS reported sia cars re-
ccived and Duluth es, total OF 3s5,
against COT the similar day OF tho previous
,sn,n Ths sSn nr Of wn. ind ,n ISnr
were equal To about 800 600 bushels,
Beerbohm cnblou some startling figures
shout Europes,ls shonages, giving tho
AZ - ,tif t,vk,tt
bushels smaller than the Year before aud
| Of Bulgaria about t5,Vo0,0N bushels less
The same authority estimated the worlds
fol- fhe week at 7sco, oSS bushels. Tho visI-
Bile Monday " NOT expected to show much
change.
Paris equal to Ss-s, per bntshel for. August
and 2S-Sc per bushel FOR November AMI
Februarv and declmc OF Fac per bushel
| at Antwerp.
Heavy buying. which tho crowd vari-
ously asciihed Ms being for tho account OF
| Armour n CO. oil the George ~. trcnoh
| interest, CAUSED an advance IN December
| from around ssi 20 SaM about half an
| hour from the end OF the session. finally
going 10 50 at win ch price It closed. Sep.
| te,nbcr ranged between ~ and Mla and
closed ut a2,y n decline OF nc,
| Corn was the center OF tho greatest ac-
| tvity OF all the markets. which Is not
| saying much, rhc volume or business being
,nsjaerabiy sma,''r unn. OF bate, THO
| the corn bc't hnd n orc drouth damage re-
,ip'ts we're rcou vch. The opening was
| i,r,s on thia. hut iiespctN. OF . heavy Wis :
| lac Increase McnGas pnd continued owes
receipts r'evc,i loo much for the bulls.
| Receipts were I'LL ears; cioamnces were
| i'stt N>o bushels Elevator people re-
ner,oe sscnt falling on u. Western ae-
ceptancci, December opened isW3-Sc hlsh-
,r AZ 32', iaais. d,clred 10 81 S's aud closed
| al 81 5-S
| a Hight business Was done IN oats. with
| "A
corn, Tra'i,ns Tor the most part conslst-
| al Of exchanging.
| P,uvlsons were weak rnd only nposie,
ate puslnogs was dtne. Shorts gave tho
| market about all tho support IL received.
| Packers ltierally were sellers, as were
! outside holders. The log sDarket wa
| weak and this nnd tho decline In gram
| woro factors. Cash trade was fair at shc
| cioyr-- Dvoemter pork 5isl lower nj $40;
| December lard $50; Doccmhcr ribs a'uz1s
| Estimated receipts Monday--Wheat abC
cars corn 1901 cars, oats 90 cars, hogs
l9.oVS head.
| the leading futures ranged 1s folloMs:
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