The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-02
GRAIN RATHER ERRATIC.
Wheat Was Strong and Wcrh, hut
Closed on a Bulge.
ALL CEREALS SHOW AN ADVANCE.
News WAS Generally Of o Buliirh
Nnturc-coarscr Grnins strong.
Provisions Closed Firm.

| Chicago, March i,--Wbeat was strong snd
weak by turns today and closed on The TOP
of a bulge, May showing Y ndvancr ana july
gain Of ihalssc supper, from tho Better
| interests was prominent NJ times, but tneIc
was plenty OF Influential bull news. Tho DIE
! sbor, interest for May Inst wccl was cyis
IDENTIFY FAR from eliminated Corn was strong
and advanced &c. oats also showed strength.
closipg &c higher Provisions scored smaii
advances,
| Although news from Liverpool was distinct
| Nv dIsappointIng the opening In wheat was
strong, July starting gate higher at sa7s@
no aud May unchanged TO &c higher at si,oiA
al o5. A coed demand from shorts who had
not covered yesterday md other dehitnds
was apparent and oyercamc any natural
ynakncys Of the market. The fact that Law
olpool had lest lis slight opening nd, ania
before trading commenced aud that roc2ipts
OF wheat ut the English market during tno
last six days were up TO the normal Weekly
requirement. had the effect OF hfihginA out
liberal orders that temporarily wiped OUT the
opening advance here and for short time
the market showed weakness.
After loy had declined 10 S9es and May 10
OK. the domAnd again became so strong
that prcos advanced. Homo support WA
given by iotei and other ptominent bull IN.
tercHts and this brought the more tnid
shorts into the nit, aud there Was covering
of limo Tor st. Louis houses prospects
are Tor "A cold wave following rain through
ONT tho winter whdat bolt On tMB hlige
May got up to 81 % and July to NosS. Theh
the market roactcd good deal OF wheat
showing autgtGntial profits caine on the mar
llcl aud prices tended downward for some
iinir, May getting to- 81 0sia and July TO S9is
A atnldior feeling developed on the liberal
Atlantic port ulcarnncoa, i2b.WO pusheis, ana
repurtB which ware afterwards denied OF inc
N gNrlUuuV corn Tor OK
port No impression was mnde On prices
however trading about that tlmc being eA-
uemcly light After T. o'clock some activity
was again mHnifented. hradSttcots reported
tho world visible decrease at d,Oob,OVN. rms
amount was fully trice MS much aH the trade
expected and brought IN fresh lot of buy
lng orders and resulted In an advance IN
July to 90% and IN May TO N-ph i'rices
quickly reacted the. market liclug loaded NJ
with long wheat, hut IN the last twenty min
utcA trading the Letter forces started things
going with lively bidding and lrlocs climbed
Ia u hurry By closing time May had ad-
yancod 20 $I.o5is. July rose to 9iA but re-
acted Just at the close to 9lls
Corn developed n great deal more strength
on small trade than OF late. Opening strong
and higher with wheat prices cnsed some on
tho heavy receipts. but such good support
developed that the market advanced rapidly.
most of the gain being maintained through
out the late gyrdtonB of wheat, May corn
WAS much Influenced The buying was gem
oral,
The oats market was duh and fluctuations
were controlled almost entirely by the course
Of corn. Offerings were mostly taken by ele-
Nator people, probably against sales OF oats
for export.
Provisions were weak during the morning
but atrOng later. Tho market closed firm ut
near outside ngures, May pork as9c lard 'lie
and ribs 7isc higher,
Estimated receipts tomorrow Wheat "a,
corn 100, oats 226 cars md hogs $1,000 head,
The lending futures ranged us follows