Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-19

heavy total of sedbCard ~cleaTances of
wheat and -four. Yesterdays revela-
ton of the increase In Russian ship
ments was still in the minds of the
traders, however, which prevented any
enthusiastic buying and the market
ulled rather dull with May hanging
around 703sc.
Receipts here were 1874 cars, of which
IA graded contract. Minneapolis and
Duluth received Ais cars compared with
459 for the same day last week and 335
for the corresponding day a year ago.
Primary western market receipts
amounted to $50, 900 bushels against
5000 bushels last year, but this was
offset by the heavy Atlantic port clear
ances Of wheat and -four which were
reported at 807, 900 bushels.
New York claimed 48 boat loads sold
for export, but the general report from
the seaboard was to the effect that no
reply from the other side could be OBJ
tanned to their offers. A dispatch from
the Northwest giving the opinion OF a
well known authority on wheat stu
alton had a bullish Interpretation here,
as it reported the amount of wheat
remaining in farmers hands in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas at only 25 per
cent of the crop, or about 30, 1000, 900
bushels. Bradstreet's statement OF the
worlds visible supply made it 1,322. QUO
bushels more than 1T was a week ago.
compared with a reduction of 1,931,0OO
bushels the same week of last year..
After a temporary decline from around
70a, to which May had slowly climbed,
the short lived weakness being intro
duced by Bradstreet's statement, the
market became comparatively strong,
May reaching 70%, about twenty min
utes from the close. At that price a
demand sprang up from traders who
had calls sold, and May rose to 1850
Tic, and closed at 70%c.
Corn was a shade lower to start
with, but the demand was coed at the
decline, and the firmness that develop
ed in wheat helped corn to maintain
itself against absence of shipping de-
mand. Receipts were comparatively
small, 337 cars, but the aggregate from
the western primary receipts was about
double that of the corresponding day
a year ago. May opened a trifie lower
at 363s 036%c and sold about the same
time to 36ac, then sagged to 36hc,
but very little could be bought at that
and it rose steadily to SIC, and closed
at 365sc bid.
Heavy selling by a prominent ele-
vator concern weakened oats early.
After this lot was disposed of the Of
ferings became light and the other
markets became stronger the demand
improved, resultinf in a sharp advance.
The country was bullish and backed
their opinion by buying quite freely
n small lots. Receipts, 175 cars. May
opened a shade lower at 27A @273sc,
declined to 271c, advanced to 27@c,
and closed at 27h027%c.
Higher prices for hogs and heavy
shipments of meats started provisions
strong. There was a lot of selling
early, however, and as the demand was
scattered, prices eased off. AS o as
tse grain market began to show signs
of strength this was all changed and
the buying became animated, resulting
in an advance all around. May pork
opened 2hc higher at $10.0712, deritned
to $1,000, then recovered to $10.15, and
closed at $10.12h. The range in lard
and ribs was narrow.
Estimated receipts for Thursday:
Wheat, 200 cars; corn, 430 cars; oats,
1870 cars; hogs, 5000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows: