The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-13

Brcadstufrs and Provisions.

CH1CAGO-Rcports Of a heavy crop
of wheat of good quality in the A-sen.
tina broke the confidence Of holders of
wheat to-day and robocd tha market o!
&c gain made earlier In the session.
May closed with &c loss.- Corn and
oats left off a shade higher. Pork de-
cfined sc and lard and ribs 2sc each.
There was enough bulllsh feeling
among traders carried over from, YES
terday TO start wheat strong, although
the general situation before business
began suggested q downward COURSE.
Liverpool cables came only I'd higher
and the Price Current spoke of the
prospects for winter wheat more en-
couragingly. One pola: OF the carly
news concerning domestic receipts wns
Interpreted favorably to the bulls.
Northwest receipts were quite n,oder-
ate, Az cars. against AL for the same
day last week and 3Ss for the cores
pondinS day last yenr and Chicago re-
ceivEd AS cars. OF which only %
graded contracts. May opened O. shade
lower Mt I0MNTlc and as the market be-
gan 10 SHOW strength. shorts took fright
ana covered. as there was very little
lot sale competition soon helped the
price, and May advanced to 7l;hc. 4
private message from leading local
trader who Is abroad reported Russians
cancSdling rye sales and declared thnt
france was n buyer Of wheat. This had
Il ouihsh effect and as i New York
s%Rulc1te Wnich was reported long
about 100000 bushels bought on nw.
cry niue din. the price held steadily
within &c o. the Top the greater no"tInn
OF the session. The ururccotion Of Tho
western primary market receipts wRs
6iS,0O0 bushels. nearly double ttat far
the SANG day last year. Tho cInrrn ,nos
OF wheat and -four at the Atlantic son
board which acted MS n stinulanf n
declining prices yesterday had DO
pressing effect to-day as oniv 401 nm
bushels were reported handled, En-
potts received late In the Gay snid NAT
the Argentine wheat crop would be Of
large Proportions and tie Erafn of CooL
quniiiS. AS the expectation OF a deficit
IN TINT qn1rtfT has been one o. the st,s-
tanning FEATURES here of late, this piece
OF news had 4 weakening cfrnc. and
may declined to 1O%c buyers, the clos
ing price.
Damp weather and huiiigt news from
the country concerning the demand for
feeding and reduced stocks in nret
hands strengthened corn, Nav opcnnI
n shade higher at 37AG27Ac and os
buying orders was quite numerous tho
price during the first hour and n half
was forced slowly but pcrsisteptiy IN
10 3ISsc. Receipts were ia cars ~
port clearances We're small .92S, COO hpsh-
els. but the demand here from tho cnet
was good ana some sales Tor ahinmant
We're reported. Railroad cars also were
less scarce. although shippers sill, com
planned of being unable TO procure NJ,
they wanted. 49, ''''
When wheat IN the last hour hcr,,
10 afoop, corn followed, getting verw
heary near the end. Selling orders hn,
gan pouring into the pit and Mov saT-
37Mc. II @'o"eo Ut sag
Light offerings and small receipts n,
ears strengthened bit, but there wos
GOOD export Inquiry and a few sncen-
ihiive orders were sufficient to snnd
prices upward May Opened SHADE
lower at 27MG2T%c ard advanced T.,
&c. where Il held steady during Tho
greater portion OF the session. Nrar tho
end, however oats yielded with the otb-
CT Grains and May sagacd ofr.~to 27& IN
s'Tc,and closed ut 21%Q277sc. " u
a l!sht run OF hosa and q good OK.