Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-07
SATURDAYS MARKETS
Weares Take Steps to Have Their.
Wheat in Armour Houses
Transferred.
Spectators Think an Attempt is
Being Made to Keep Northwest
ern Wheat Out.
Prices Show a Fractional Decline
Today-Snow Shows Bearish
Set of Figures.
Chicago Livc stock.

Chicago Live stock.
Chicago, Oct. Z.
Hogs-Estimated receipts, 10000;
weak; mixed. 4.s5@4.77la; heavy, 1850
AIS; light. 445@4.77ia.
Cattle-Estimated receipts, 200; nomi-
nally unchanged.
sheep-Estimated receipts, 1000;
steady.
Chicago Produce.
Chicago. Oct. Z.
Wheat-December, 72s4; May, 75A a
1873. :
Corr-october. sli4; December. soasa
3O1s
| oats-october, PEI; December, 22& a
227s.
Porls-October, s.17ia; January, s75.
Lard-October, 5.S7ia. January, 5.57h
Ribs-October, $40; January, $40
| Rye-Nomlnal.
Barley-3S@46.
Flax-1.15
Timothy .s71ss.
Clover--1.75.
Butter Firm; creameries, 1928;
dairies, 14G19.
Eggs-Firm: 161.
Dressed Poultry Firm: turkeys, 90
10; chickens, 7l4dsia; ducks. 7ls.
There will be no board of trade mar
New York Produce.
New York, Oct. Z.
Wheat-December, 77A.
Corn-December. 37la.
Oats-Nominal.
Butter-17Q24
Eggs-Strong; IA.
ST. Louis Produce.
st. Louis. Oct. Z.
Wheat-Cash, f1& December, 1895.
Corn-Cash, 81; December, 2s7s.
Oats-Cash, "a; December, 2S%.
Market Gossip.
Chicago, Oct. 7.-Lyon's estimated re-
eeipts for today are. Wheat, 1s5 cars:
corn SIG cars; oats. $40 cars. Hog esti-.
mates 5000 head
The Weares are taking steps to get
the wheat which belongs TO them in the
Armour houses transferred somewhat
more rapidly. Three canal boats are
now being towed here from Buffalo.
and it is said that more are 10 be
brought here TO be used in moving the
grain. The Weare wheat has been
transferred sc far at a Very Slow rate
because the facilities for moving it eco
nomically are exceedingly limited Up
to last Saturday night there Mere about
$4,000 bushels of contract wheat in the
Weare houses. about half of which had
been taken from the Armour houses. As
the deliveries began on Sept. j, at this
rate of transfer ii would take the own
ers until next spring TO get the wheat
coming TO them and in this long in
term they would he paying carrying
charges. it is moi remarkable that they
are taking steps 70 move the grain
faster peculiar feature, which the
crowd docs not understand, is the eff
fort being made by the Weares to keep
the October discount wide OF late they
nave been offering October each day at.
: cents under December. Yet the car
lots in the sample market are at no such
discount, the winter wheat bringing
the December price and the No
northern about cent under December.
The crowd does not understand why
the Weares are anxious to keep this
discount widened out. 1t looks as if they
desired to keep the northwestern wheat
away from here and Mere forcing the
October down so as to discourage ship
ment Their object in doing that is not
clear, because their wheat is presume
bly, all hedged for December
Snow VAS out yesterday with a bear
ish set of final crop figures. He esti-
mates the total wheat at 564 900 900
bushels of which 29G. 100000 bushels are
winter and 26SGo0.o00 bushels spring.
He puts the corn crop at 2.l25, 1000, 900
bushels and the oats at S69,O00Oo0 bush
els. These totals are all greatly over
the government figures of September
The Washington September percentag-
IS suggested a wheat yield of less than
500,9oo.4oo bushels, corn yield of 2,0i4,-
00o.10o bushels and an oats yield of 6sl,
000.o00 bushels.
The Modern Miller in its weekly sum
mary said: The weeks flour trade,
both domestic and export, has been the
best OF this crop year The advance in
rates of freight and insurance has in
terrupted export business, but it is
thought only temporarily. Bids from
the other side are numerous, but scarc-
~ of tonnage forbids their acceptance
The visible supply statement is ex-
pected to show an increase of at least
100000 bushels in wheat Monday The
two northwestern points will show an
Increase of about 100000 bushels. Chi
cago will Increase about 100000 bushels;
st. Louis viii increase largely.
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