The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKETS.
Wheat Was Weak and the Coarse
Grains firm.r.
The Bulk Of the News Was Bcarish,
The Receipts Were Heavy and brad.
streets visible showed nm
Enormous Increase.

Chicago, October 4--wheat and provisions
verq teak today. while corn and oats were
firm Wheat was Influenced by the enormous
visible increase, heavy primary receipts aud
a disappearance OF the October premium and
closed asmhc lower for December. Corn was
FIRM principally on bull houses asking re-
tirns Oats were helped by corn and closed
sMhc higher. yellow fever reports, among
Other things. depressed provisions and that
maike, closed 7isdiOc lower
Wheat started lower. report received bs-
foro the opening that Minneapolis and Duluth
receipts footed up 1927 cars. 1iiG OF whlcn
were credited TO Duluth was n blow TO the
bulls anG started the marks. at decline. be-
cembor opened at 6l5s. compared with the
closing Tfice OF s2Md62A yesterday. During
the htat lev hours of trdaing offerings we're
not f,ayy, but the demoni WAS 30 oaek that
prices sfgged stll further, Iiccembcr selling
al li@UIiS, shortly after tho opening. lhe
fact that Liverpool showed small decline
ana showed disposition to SO still further
aowl the ladder was by no means lost sight
OF by the bears
Shortly after the opening, however. North
".sltrh receipts were corrected to 1903 cars.
Instead OF 1921. llis total compared with
1908 last week and 1919 yenr ago. put a
soue~h bat dinefeat phase ON The situation aud
started covering In moderate way. the price
under tho improved demand slowly advance
ing to GA This was the high point OF the
After II O'Clock the market began to sag
under tho news received during the day
lihd@iteets visibls report showed 1865, 00U
bushels Increase In this country and i.2i0 900
bushels Increase a1oat for EUROPE $50 geo
moro than double the increase last year This
enottually settled the hope OF the bulls for a
turn IN the market. more influential IA. tor
SIN was the total disappearance during the
day Of the October premium over Decembor
III" primary markets helped to undermine the
slight buIlsh feeling that had struggled 10
nv Expression during the carly trading. Tho
total for the day was 1856. 00n husholr
buiiuE the last hour trading the selling
| Pleasure let up somewhat, aud December
which had declined to 6l%M6lt4 recovered to
| tihmt1As snow Was reported in the IA
kotas, auguriug decreased receipts from that
source. and helped the market slightly. The
| closing feeling was distinctly weak however.
| lpcce mber closing Mt GIN
Corn was firm In face OF the hcnvIness OF
recon Is 096 cars though they we're much
! undoreftm@cd. Liverpool was higher Coun-
| try reports of huskng were bullish In tone.
| tlohranccs were oil 900 bushels. There was
| considerable buying for the long account and
| 10. time active covering by shorts Dccom-
| Der, RANGED from 2aA to 29la and closed i4o
higher at 9%n29ia
| There was fair trade In oats. The market
| was helped by corn and advanced slightly,
| hclonr Its strength to the close. Provisions
| wcro heavy.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow--Whcat 300
| cars corn $50 cars. oats 800 cars, hogs 36, 00u
| head.