New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-31
CENTRAL NETWORK AND wEsTTRN-
THE TRADE N CHICAGO.

Chicago Aug 80 SpeciaD-A remarkably
email con,rac, wheat stock only 5000 bushels
IN all the public houses here, started September
wheat shorts and set the whole market talking
OF the September possibilities. One or two or
the shorts covered considerable lines OF stuff
Barrett for instance. The buying demand.
however was filled in an hour. Trade became
very slow The subject of small contract stock
was supplan,ed by others more bearish. Re
ceipts were large to-day. ASS cars here. against
81 last year: $50 cars in the Northwest. against
SCI: $1,000 bushels at st. Louis. against I4."D
bushels. and 10000 bushels In Kansas city,
against $4,000. At all the primary markets
there nearly the same total as about year
ago-SsO00 bushels. compared with 1.Ooo.OOo
Liverpool was I'D. to 7sd. lower; Paris showed
a sharp break on August. equivalent to over
cents a bushel Seaboard clearanCes were
$4,000 There was a weak cash market. sam
nIss off a. least a cent a bushel, and cargo lots
IN very poor demand at about that much de-
cline A little shipping business was done from
here 10000 bushels Kansas wheat September
shipment The speculative squirt was all gone
BY noon The dulness became oppressive Sep
ternber opened a. Ga cents sold between b5ft
and Gas. cents. and closed at CAS- cents. which
was Il to J., cen; over Monday. December closed
at CO to G2l. cents, when was Is cent over Non
day Nav closed at Mondays price. 81 cents.
Cash wheat AT Duluth was OF Il cent. Brad
street reported an increase in the worlds visible
$1,000 Charters here were 10000 bushels
Corn was firm. There was very high tenn
perature in Kansas yesterday. lO4 at Concordia'
There was reteraticn OF the damage claims from
Nsraska. For an hour or more there seemed
to be considerable increase In speculative inter
est. Prices al one time were Il cent over Mon
day. They held fairly well. September opened
at 30 cents. sold between 29s4 10 1915 and 30as
cents and closed IT 3Ols 10 30li cents. The Incl
dent was the widening out Of differences. De-
cember closing Il to p cent over September. and
May closing 20 cents over September Receipts
were large 1O46 cars. with 600 estimated Tor
Wednesday 1t Is expected however, that the
widening ~ the spreads here Will check the
movement OF cribbed corn. and the farmers are
not selling Bradstreet reported an increase IN
The available Of $4,000 bushels Contract
stock 1850 900 bushels showed decrease Tor
the week Of 1730c0. This hot. dry weather is
l'cbably really the desirable condition TO finish
Up the crop. While the trade shows some in
crease II IS still professional. Charters. 3OloOo
Oats were steady within u cent range. Sep
TENDER selling at 1875 and 2Oh cents AMI clos
zig al % cents May closed al DDS cents Re
eeipts were Cos cars, with 400 estimated Tor
Wednesday Seaboard clearances. 10000. Ship
Ping demand slow; speculation fat. Charters.
$1,000
Proyisions held their own lard and ribs clos
my about where they did Monday. Pork at a
'na advance. The steadiness was with grain.
,ihefe was d good shipping demand; the specu-
so '5oa was very SLOW. Shipments % meat were
sI5e,OOO pounds Of lard llSs 600 pounds.
row.
c3lt cur l1,s on 7ep.eaoG puts o necel
Der wheat. g.. cents. calls. G2as cents. Puts
% september corn. 30i4 cents calls. 3O3s cents.
5JA cents