The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-08
CHICAGO MARKETS.


CHICAGO Feb. 7.-Chiefly on account of
an early display of strength AT Liverpool.
ures a shade above Saturdays closing
prices. May starting at 95095i4c. LiverpOol
showed Ssus4d advance at 100 p. m. Be
sides this the world shiItnents show .
considerable falling off the total for = y
week being 5.5l3,@0 bushels. compared =. ?
$4,000 bushels the week previous. IN
other feature which helped in the ope0 g.
hrmness was the strong market at London.
a sale OF Oregon wheat being reported al
the equivalent of sl.l2 bushel Liver
pool warehouse stocks also showed a re-
ductton OF 10000 bushels for the week
News bearing on the future crops here and
in foreign countries was so favorable. how
ever. thai u selling movement started al
most Immediately after the opening. and
the pressure finally became so hard thai
tho market for seine time lost all appear
auces OF strength. May dropped 10 9iaec in
a few minutes. and though seaboard re
ports OF a good foreign inquiry caused a
few Of the more timid shorts 10 cover.
which sent the May price back To 9iis T.
94pC. the price dropped Immediately after
this demand was 81 iSiied at size. C8lifGT-
MA reported an abunda nce of Wuch-ne De 4
ram. indian crops. reported ~ unfaEor9-
Die saturday. were said to be splendid to-
DAY. aud Australia. il waS said would have
more wheat for export than expected 70
sario cables reported that receipts and
shame nts Of Arg milne wheat was iucreas-
INK. Northwestern receipts were heavy
For Two hours the May price hung about
the bottom. the dizziness being varied coca
slondly by some buying against puts
Then the Letter brokers appeared and
commenced buying n around silte They
mad had 4 show OF supporting the market
around the opening bgt the feeling at that
time Wa so De8rish iaat lhey soon uii!t
This time heir bidding coup,ei with IA
fact that prices were al put figures soon
turned the market toward higher prices.
Late IN the session shorts became apIrs-
hensiVe f the gradually increasing strength
and many traders who bad sold early iu
she session bought back their lines. MAY
rad prey lousy advanced To ~ &c. 3gt this
fresh support carried prices up 10 ei7sc
R1ere il closed with buyers az tnat figure
liner ased country Offering ans Western
a hing were the features 10 the corn mar
ket. May closed unchanged
oats We're weaker and lower early but
became quite firm toward the close and
closed isc higher.
Provisions were fairly active and strong
and prices reached new levels. Higher yard
prices We're responsible for a higher open
ing in provisions. This induced C0nsidera-
bic realizing and part Of the advance was
lost. bat later a strong buying movement
set ia and carried nrsces quickly inward
The close WAS strong. with May pork 10 o.
higher. May lard lec aigher. and May ribs
S. higher.
Wheat. No. =.
Opening. Highest owest- Closing
NAV % ae5i. % aa5is a4i. a.
July ST 4s4's So SIS, s4t
Germ. No. =
F,se IA e. 2 -.
May - t4Si, - Ts. %.
July 33's0s5i. 90. p a8ost Do,
Oats, No. =.
MAY . 2fss IA -f2.osi~ "a
july e. ? &i. 2gis ar. -
Mess Pork. Per Barrel
Nav SIC b 80 49, 81 % So -
July .. il q ID 49, 10 - 10 a.
lard. FER 100 Pounds.
My 81 a7is = 0eas Ns5 s. Gr1
tulE .- - > % 8H4 10
short Ribs. Per 100 Pounds
May o.. & n g. I@e & 87tz g. f2's
July % - , - 3 IA . -
Cash Quotations.
-Four steady
Hheat~No > spriEg elft.-s No aprsua.
ssf7t4r -. rel ,~4s>lzc
cor1-No = 411gc
osts-%o. ? 80 Gai2.s-. 10. white : O.
-o,4f -sc No white - -5fze
Hye-<o. = SIC.
Har4ey No , l. o. b. ~. as9c
Ffiaxsea-l. NJ. S. So
Timothy scf6-k'v. rne g. sseI2 s
F.gk-Aess. per barrel Sc ef1a -
l-ara Per lie pounds. s. e. cas-
Rus Short sides assse9 = s-sf- -
Shous1ers-Dry saiIea. = DC.