The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-11
Local Mills Will Probably Adj
vance Quotations Today.
WHEAT MARKET IS ERRATic.
Tarners Ho1AinE fsr . Further 40
MISREPRESENTATION Not DtspsseN
- sell Even ~ = ntx Prtee-Csa-
A1ffons In This stsfe Favor .
large Crop, Thsugh Mere main
Woula Help-Encsease IN Acreage.


The local mills viii in all probability
advance the price OF -four today. Ine
California mills announced an advances
Ct 3 cAnts per barrel yesterday. which
places Il now in the quotation column al
es-X per barrel. wheat Is advancing in
Dries as wonderful rate and yesterday the
nrling quotations were as follows. No. !
club. 81. and No. j b.uessem. si.a5. Export
wheat was quoted as follows: Ne. club.
Sl.eG, and No. l asuestefn, G.io. Even a.
these figure. no saies We're reported. The
farmer who il fortunate enough TO have
any wheat Ia hand Ii holding on with a
firm grip. with the idea Of xtia further
advances
The wheat market was as Giraffe yester-
day ~ st was the day before. but Liver
pool was conservative n comparison with
Chicago aud New York. which were Wild
In Liverpool May wheat opened at II
snilIIngs pence and closed ~ IL shiiiings
~ pence. July opened Al III shilIings sh
pence and closed at IL shiilings "a pence.
September commenced the day at shill-
mas va psasee A"9 sAoseA - ssas''1ss "
pence.
Downing. Hopkins q Co. reported from
Chicago that In wheat yesterday. though
attended by no less excitement than that
which characterized Mondays unparalleled
market. speculative trading was ouite
,,,..s.s. III. ss.,.. ,.,,a xhs.,.., =, - s. :.
49, S
tAat hoiss1s were Afth IN thear views ana
not disposed to sell freely, even al the adj
~srn.
s a"''ea''s as'osa'ei
startling advance IN Liverpool for spot
wheat and near futures. while in psrse
pa~,,. aaa .,,m 49,. .s,...,.o !. :.
r@ s'e 0Asoa
kafuso as very srTious
Compared with prices at the c.ose OF
Monday. curb tr.asrv Intv a,..,.s .aa-
ss1aS q usesitfr oi aooae Genus, tue
start being a. $lin1-ls. but after the first
few minutes the excitement Wa sa iu-
..... go a..
s sr % s-o'vhs sHas
was almost Impossible Tor one 10 quote
prices accurately. Up to about thirty
minutes hsfora sna 49, r,..., s :,
i'soss "as"hsse oet"ssh s1a ana Wis.
AAeu u inaas one mighty slump And the
price broke 10 uos In iess than f1ys min
a.. .,e. .,..,..s...
euu
uvhs 1fosh stee" inc price bounded Up to
sl.u. then to si.ii continuing up 10 81 is,a.
then back ia N.ig. finally closing a. st14
after an extrep.a raag.. .of IA senIs "a. ~.
day. BradSfr.ett- aars,l.s ,sss.s.. -
ment shows a decrease NJ |, ss1 ,sso bnsba,s
Tia prlrrsars. re4,,s,,,fa sooti,,..s s,,.,a -
the shlnmenfs are also ts,rva oyrsst,Sns ..,s
REGENTS
Al New York. Mav whear whia, .sa.as
Monday nj 81 Nsis s,ne,,ass x.sas.,,sss, -
sfse Hna ~ M tfnaa d,,rsn,. 'si,ss 49, a..
fl any lower reaching al d,sfarsut ,I,,,.ss
xsf. nj which ns,snt n niasa.l IN.
which closed al II. egts Mer.,ss ansne., hs,.
q point off vesterdav ana g.asaa :. :, =,
During tho aaY. hoxe.av I, sa..rs.5 rsa, !.
up IN II m ami mad a a.n, a, h,,ans., -.
81 70. which sas tts ,nwaes ra,eh ,,gs
difference hol,ve.n The etassrs f,s,,.a. =,
ss.......Y... ...szssss
its closing yesterday III ss,s cents was al