The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-11
Bread.tuf1i .nd ProrI,Ion,

CH1cAGo-Wheat to-day closed at
practically unchanged figures for July
and September. but a cent higher for
May. The latter was helped by good
cash sales. Trading was excessively
dun, traders preferring to await the
developments at Washington Monday.
Corn and oats We're easier and closed
about &c lower. Provisions advanced
slightly. - : ;
With the exception OF q little activity
around the opening, trading in wheat
was so dull as to be hardly worthy O.
mention. There was general inclina-
tion among traders to await Mondays
developments at Washington before
committing themselves very much, and
this and the absence of any incentive in
the way OF call quotations confined
trading almost altogether to slow and
narrow scalplng business. The opening
was steady In July at SiGGS5c, COM
pared with yesterdays closing price OF
Sf&c. There was evidently still some
nervousness among shorts on account OF
yesterdays heavy buying movement.
out the demand from this source soon
died away. Most OF the spectators In
the pit were bearIshly iuclined on nc
count OF the favorable crop reports
from Ohio and Kentucky. The Ohio
state report put the wheat condition ut
re against &c last month, while the
Kentucky crop report condition was
placed at 101. compared with "a at this
time last year. AS the government crop
report on Monday Is expected to be
favorable. there was a little selling
pressure put on the market for short
time after the opening, resulting In a
decline to S4&c. This was removed and
buying was stimulated somewhat by
New York advices to the effect that
foreigners were good buyers there,
against liberal acccptances OF yester
days offerings. and the price slowly re-
| covered to SIC, tho high point OF the
day. The local and northwest wheat
movement rather favored the bulls,
Minneapolis and Duluth reported III
cars, against 299 last week, aad eS4 n
year ago. Chicago receipts were forty
five cars. The addition to contract
stocks to-day were lighter than OF late,
amounting to but Ga. 900 bushels, lnclud!
ing twentP-eisht cars from regula.
sources and twenty cars and 10000
bushels from mixing houses. After the
advance to S5c In July,thc market grad.
ually sold on again to Siia4S4%c under
realizing. and for the rest OF the ses-
| sion did not move kc either way. Sep.
TENDER followed July closely in the
matter Of fluctuations. There was IT.
tic revival OF interest In May which has
been practically at standstill nil
week, and a number OF trades were
made In It at 81 06. q cent above ycstcr-
days price. Letters sales OF 100000
bushels TO so abroad to-day, u big bu-
slncss considering the holiday season,
was apparently factor In this (. ad.
vance. The market was almost at n
standstlll toward tho close July closed
at s4S9S4Sc, shade under yesterdays
final price. S&,
Corn WINS easier. on n moderate
amount OF trading. Belief that the
short interest had been utmost climlna-
ted by yesterdays heavy buying anl
rains In the corn country. encouraged
sellers, and prices ruled lower all day,
Freer country offerings following the
higher prices was also a weakening fac
tor. May ranged from 29fsc to 2aMc
and closed hclower at 29%c. 4
oats were very dull and practically
without features OF interest. The feel