Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-11
:Market gossip.

Market Gossip.
Chicago. oct. n.-Lyons estimated
receipts for today are: Wheat, 200 cars;
corn, $40 cars; oats, go cars. Hog esti-
mates 5000 head.
The best buyer of wheat yesterday
was he trader who has been selling it
most pertinaciously for the last week or
so. c. H. Smith. He covered about L.
600 900 bushels.
The visible supply statement showed
for the week an increase in wheat of
$4,000 bushels, an increase in corn of
100000 bushels. a decrease in oats of
SOS 600 bushels, an increase in rye of 81.
200 bushels and an increase in barley of
2s0.ooa bushels. The visible supply now
includes a. $50. 600 bushels wheat. IA
10000 bushels corn, 6.6S00oo bushels
oats So6,o0o bushels rye and 1871 900
bushels barley.
The local stocks in the public houses
showed for the weak an Increase in
wheat Of lS2,00o bushels. an increase in
corn of $4,000 bushels. an increase in
oats Of $4,000 bushels. an increase in rye
Of $4,000 bushels and no change in bar
Ivy These local stocks in the public
houses now show a,2in.00o bushels
wheat. 5.S5a0oo bushels corn, l,.oi 600
bushels oats. $4,000 bushels rye and
: .0n0 bushels barley.
cash handlers of wheat here yester-
day said that they had never seen any
poorer demand than this market was
just now experiencing. Duluth report
ed the same lack of demand there. a
message from one of the largest cash
handlers al Duluth said: III IS not pos
lsible 10 sell cash wheat anywhere with
ont pocketng a loss
4 The October government figures on
Ecorn are now under the 200o.0o0.0Oo
bushel point; t. be more exact, 1885,
100000 bushels. This is on the acreage
(which the government gave out in July
land which this private statistcians
have been declaring about 2.o0o,ooo
Iacres too small Secretary of Agricult-
ure Wilson should get closer to the
statistician Of his department. While
/ Secretary Wilson Is taking a corn crop
.Iof from 300 800. 900 bushels to 2,5oD.-
l0o0.oo0 bushels his statistician is fig
Iuring ont only 1883 100000 bushels, a
llittIe matter Of 3oo,oo0oo0 bushels to
l5oo.o00Ono bushels difference between
the Two ends Of the department
/ The October government crop report,
Iissued last night. makes the condition
lDf corn SGT. suggesting a yield per acre
Iof 24.9 bushels and a total yield on the
larea announced by the government au7
liberties in july of 1859 900 bushels.
1.-The total suggested by this October re-
port is about 81 600, 900 bushels less than
the total suggested by the September
percentages. The figures are note
worthy because they suggest corn
crop vastly less than was talked by
Secretary Wilson in an interview in
this city Sunday, in which ne assumed
a corn crop OF from 2,3o0, 100000 bushels
to 2, 100000, 600 bushels.
Local Mar kets.
/ The following prices quoted are as
nearly correct as it is possible to OBJ
tain. The quotations are for prices paid
by dealers, corrected Wednesday after.
GRAIN AND FEED.
w. II. Sloppy reports the following
! prices:
Wheat 55as7.
q Oats-19.
! Corn-24k.
Rye-4l.
Hay-Tame, $50; wild. $50
! Timothy-S5Q90
I Clover-4.0O.
CORN
4 The Glucose Sugar Refining Com
!, pany quotes price of 251s cents pc
:. bushel for corn of No. grade and be,
: ter.
S LIVE STOCK.
= Receipts today, nominal.
e Britain G. Co Is paying the follow
n ing prices for hogs In wagon load lots
: Selected light. 14O to $50 pounds, 4.Ot
& Selected mixed, $50 to 300 pounds. 3S;
S Selected heavy, over 300 pounds. 81;
e Coarse and rough. SO cents less tina
e the above prices.
p Stays and piggy sows graded accord
1t ing to quality after reduction. Roug
n includes thin old sows. milky BELLE
II and hogs unfit for packing. Premium
hogs must be smooth and fairly We
lfatted.