The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-16

80 'NN ''FS f'FN
NJ : in elevator, ,s5%c;; do. delivered, a6JsS.; No.
track mixed. ~a5Iesa7c.' Chicago received as cars a
and EXPECTS 255 tomorrow. Futures nominal. Rye
wheat was, steady at 5ss5at. e. 4. irScE. Barley
was steady; new feed, 4Gs47c, c. /. +. Buffalo.
Corn was nrm"r on the spot. Sales 2os.OOO bush.
for eHport here and at the outports: No. =, 2'ec. over
ceiycd sa4 cars and expect. 800 to, morrow, Futures
declined &c. to Hc:. but recovered part, closing &c,
op,ninn. Htahrrt. Lowt,. Closing. N;aSt.
5 Mny 49,. IA ~ 44!!%% II ~
Wheat was quiet and lower early in the day inau.
more r. or less b %SP'IiT pr t%s%Fs.' i Besidc l@ tho seabo spd
SIearances We're only : 1000 bush. and there was no
ss%|;.t,!t;, x he Wa. Messrs; br1 5s%S'S' Jarrett,
and advanced a small f]raction.' Foreign houses
Missouri induced some buying. MGr""vor, il
aHsiion, sFp I% showing ! ,Eo an increase in the
an rncrcsse in tn" world stocks of 1878. 600 bush.
said a Chicago house: The remarkable showing of
a.sts. 900 bush. of corn this week. tells us plainly
that Europe is largely dependent on America for her
fair first hand markctings and the diminished
amount in store at ~arrmmnlatiye centres. is a strong
the cereals. Whatever damage may result tn the new
crop nt winter Wheat VIII not he learned for some
little tim" yet, hut should it prove AT all sci ions 1t will
not only tend to help wh' AT prices. but all the other
markets. because il is clear now that. with all our big
wheat crop Of 1919. there will be but relatively smali
surplus left at the end Of the crop year on June 80
next. makinEa large crop absolutely essential in 1922.
In the last eight weeks the exports Of wheat. and -four
wheat, against "a. 742, 900 last yral, an increase
of II. 1860 bush, or over ~ r cent. while
nal previous year by some 5000. 900 bush. these
exceeding by far all prior anticipations." Corn de
clined early, mainly owing to sympathy with wheat.
flt the cables were uiSanpOlDtlnV, and the quality
of the receipts at Chir8gO is improving. The avail
able supply increased 3,o9s. 600. An Argentine cable
said that tn" corn and cat crops are phenomenal.
cry in wheat and covering Of shorts. One tirm said:
g tndenlahly the very cold weather has curtailed
the opinion is steadily gaining ground that the
amount OF mcrChantablo corn and oats 10 come 10
market is not rs large as suggested by the Govern.
lnent crop returns. Old corn is in good export de
lnand at premiums over new, and not easy TO buy.
the new crop 50 far grading only about Is r. cent. Of
contract as measured by Chicago receipts, while
oat stocks here of graded are down to a low point:
arrivals are relatively small, while there is a good
and steady demand from New England and Europe.
stronger than wheat. the two being only about SC.
apart Oats were featureless. The available stock
decreased 1000 bush.
FLouR-Quiet but steady. Sales $500 bbls. Re.
ceipts were 3. 700 bbls. and 6,4l3 sacks; exports
SIS hbls. and go sacks. Winter in bbls Slipper.
Sa.l0@s3.a0; straights. $3.4oas3 .5o; patents.
$a.d5Ssas5. Spring in bbls, clears, saaSa.25:
%straights' 50 a5@$3.5o; patents. $a.70sSsnb.
torTOS-Spot cotton here advanced Lido, with
sales of ~ bales for spinning. 400 were delivered on
contracts. Middling nplands tHsc., against 8y4c.
New Orleans. Savannah, Galveston and Charleston
advanced Hc., and Mobile and st. Louis | 16c. New
Orleans sold 500. Memphis 1000, st. Louis 800. An: |
on the spot: with sales Of 10000 bales; futures |
and an%rs sa %PTGsd , 1SSri ia I'd lfn H1ncb iSwSg: but rallied
Ih6 movement tO-tly,Wn as fDllDWa. |