The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-18
Private ,shregrams !

lighter. Private cshlegrams also con-
rIxnesi yesterdays dispatches reporting
less favorable condition Of the Argentine
waeat crop.
With saeh encouragement 10 holders. the
market here opened at a slight improve
nfsat over yesterdays closing prices May
after az Sssc- Only few or the smaller
shorts covered. aud as sae bulls did nos
press the market the trade daring the
morning Vas very small. with prices keep
ing little above yesterdays chasing fis-
ures-
THE two Northwest receiving points.
Minnsapsiis and Dalash. reported 20 ears
Of wheat today. against isisa : week age,
Chicago had II car loads Inspected into
store. against Iea last week and % ssar
age Liverpool had declined Ssa psf CEN
tai before trading started here. bat Paris
was quoted from eensiCnSs 10 IS ceuttsues
higher for wheat and ~ evntl,ess higher
FOR near deliveries of ncur. 70 u csntsnsS
improvement for March-Apris.
The market was aided in degree hy
liberia. Atlantic clsaraaces. The uaan-
tity OF wheat cleared from Atlantic ports
Was siles bushels. and % hsar SEQ bar s,T.
TIE primary market receipts af waest
were l,osa sss bushels. compared with As.-
IS bushels the year before. and there
fore soasys excess was not 50 markedly
oearish as recent similar comparisons.
A dispatch from San Francisco said the
price OF wheat there was 1 cents per cen
tai lower than II sold Yesterday. and New
was very little appearance OF export de-
mand, TIE market here was 0yersald.
putting un the December price OF that ar
ticle lie per hushei communicated addi-
uonai nervousness 10 the shorts in wheat.
After IL o'clock the price began 10 fesi
the effects of the Jump In the coarser
grains, and for the first time in the ses-
sion the price OF May got above sc. 4;
stayed ahove that mark. the advance start
ed by The unusual strength and the acttv-
ity OF oats keeping the market going unttl,
near the end. May was bringing @ssc.
The close was strong at a1s. aaf,sc
Corn was dull market with practically
nothing going on except changing until
oats gained Its strength. This aroused
the shorts, and the market was trans
formed into an exceedingly lively one.
Oats were strong. the strongest thing on
the floor. The strength was started hy
the acceptance at sac over yesterdays
prices OF all of last nights cable offers
from here. and there was a general de-
mand from shorts al prices advanced.
Provisions opened strong. and although
trade was very. small all day. prices were
Well maintained
Closing Quotations.
o. Whea A. ss. s5e: December. ESQ
Corn-November and December. sstsc.
Oats-Novemher ana December. sf4c.
Pork-Novemher and December ss.se.
Isard-Novesnber and December, SAT-.
Ritss-November and December A.z2.
Bariey-eSG iac.
Rye-5sc.
Flax-I o6L.
Timothy-Ss65.
Live stock.
Cattle-Sales ranged from s3.Sail2S for
the commonest TO natives and Western
steers. up TO &5af5.3o for choice 10 extra
shipping cattle. with the bulk of the trans
actions at $a.5esi5.1o: stockcrs and feeders
Sa5os44.50; calves, s646.95 Western range
cattle sold actively al s.. 50m410 for steers.
and at Ss.Ssffs.so for cows and heifers
Hogs-Saies were largely at 81. 40alSsa
coarse packers bringing ss.e0d33 30 and
prime shipping lots S. se13a
Sheep-Buyers were unwilling to pay the
recent advance. and lambs sold at So T5er
ee9 for poor to choice fiocks. Sheep sold
at S2Nd4.ia. not many going over As0
Feeders took common lots OF sheen as
low as $2,ssai3 and common TO fair lambs
at s.. 15fi+1o. Range sheep were scarce
Receipts-Cattle. 1s.5oo. hogs, 5000:
sheep, 1900.