The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-06
Sagar-Raw ana refined. steady.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
The Board Of Trade.

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.--Wheat started easy
az about lac under the closing figures OF
the day before. May opened At from sic 10
slisc and July from Ss4c TO sSe. IL acted
irreguharly. within a narrow compass Cor
an hour, May playing during that time be
tween sl%>c and 9ic. The slightly easier
feeling With which trading COMMENCED was
partly due 10 crop report OF Thomas.
that made the acreage planted with winter
wheat II. per cent. larger than the area
harvested last season: also reported the
condition now 81 against Sal December l
last. and estimated the quantity in farm
ers' hands al 10000 600 bushels. or 41.3i per
cent. OF last years crcp, and that there
Is available for export in the next six
months loo, 0a coo bushels. II was also a
matter of some disappointment to the bulls
that the Minneapolis and Duluth receipts
We're not reduced more materially than ss
shown by 3ss ear loads at the two places
today. as against AL a week ago and 10
car loads the corresponding day of last
year. Chicago made amends, however,
only 26 cars being returned. as against es-
Inmates made the day before for IS. and
compared with lS5 the similar day of last
week and 81 a year ago. Liverpool was
about lad lower to begin with. and dropped
another sd later in the day.
The first thing the bulls got news from
was the sale by Armour Il Co. OF 4o.@0
bushels No. spring wheat for export by
rail to seaboard ports. and q rumored sale
of further g. eco bushels. The price was
said 10 be Ala cents below the May price.
New York confirmed the taking. OF the ex-
1876, 600 bushels. there, and 1'6,ooo bushels at
outports. The export clearances from At
lantic ports were again liberal. amounting
in wheat and flour TO 100000 bushels. That
was a sustaining factor. but when about
two hours of the session had gone and the
foreign markets were found to have closed
weak. confidence began to bother the early
buyers and they became more anxious to
avoid a loss during the following half hour
than they had been before TO secure
profit.
Liverpool closed sd lower for the day:
Paris at decline of from 10 centimes TO
Is centtmes In -four and 10 confines in
wheat: Antwerp. in addition 10 a drop of
12i3 centimes for red American from the
day before. reported further decline of
a like extent for both red winter and white
Californian. These features OF the mid
day news caused a break to a0isc shortly
after their receipt. Letter agents were
quite active sellers on the decline, and the
bull crowd was apparently ~ ing Tor q
break. Nevertheless 1t had I. effect or
keeping the small fry out, and after those
who had bought in the morning had liqui--
dated at a loss there was little trade CT
consequence besides the Letter transac-
afraid OF getting caught. A short time be-
fore the close May reacted to 90ssc, which
proved the final figures.
Corn was very quiet and price changes
were extremely narrow. May ranged from
2alsc.
oats were almost as inactive as corn. and
fluctuations were even narrower. May
ranged from 23t.c to 231sc ana closed ssc
lower. at 23isc.
In provisions a good business was done.
The DAYS shipments were again enormous.
The close was at the high points OF the day.
May pork was i5c higher. MAY. lard 1isc
higher, and May ribs 7hG10c higher.
Closing Quotations.
wheat-January. ssa.c May. 9ossc.
Corn-January. 26iso: May 29isc.
Oats-January 21c; May. 23isc.
Pork-January, SO Is; May. $935.
Rihs-January sI57; May, 40.
Cash wheat-No. red. aofalc: No. Z.
S51Ssc: No. 2 spring. SJGfsic; No. 3. 7SQS4c;
No hard winter. SIC; No. 3, segSic; No.
/ new spring. SQalc. $4,000,
c csta-NS Sisssss: Ne Ne j. 5 sialos''
Barley-27042c.
Rve--45i2c.
Ftax-sl Is
Timothy-s2eS.
Live stock.
Cattle-SaIes OF beef steers were gener-
ally firm. at 81 25Gi.50. the poorest dressed
steers going for s. s5afi while extra choice
cattle were salaoe at s2515.a0: stockerss
and feeders, S3lt425; choice calves, sbu6-@9,
with an occasional sale as high as So 20
Hogs-Sales were largely az aZasg5.6O:
Heavy packers sold at s3.40fi3.55, ana
prime medium weights at sssoqi3.s5.
Sheep-Sheep were in demand al SSI4.Io
for inferior to prime lots, the bulk OF the
sales being at 81. 75Q4oo for natives and
Westerns. Lambs were saiable at Si10.1S;
the greater part going for $19i9.I3 and
vearilnga were In demand at 81 50T5. Some
fancy lambs brought s51505.a5.
Rece.ptS-Cattle. 1850; hogs. 1900:
sheep, 1900
wheat No. z.