The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-20

CHICAGO Sept 19.-Corn was the ac-
tive deal on change today. Heavy
buying by shorts was more disturb
by the small contract stocks and rumo'
of d squeeze advanced the Septemb r
price l5sc December closed 3su12c his h
er. Wheat was steady under a good
deal of bear news and closed unchanged
to nc higher Oats advanced about AZ
and provisions closed practically UNI
changed.
The opening in wheat was at a slight
advance fer December, 1sc over yesteC-
days final price. Outside of an unex-
pectedly small increase in local n
tract stocks there was nothing in h.
news to warrant an advance and it &p-
pcared to be purely the. result of local
sentiment. The small advance was al
most Immediately lost. Heavy SELF &,
which marked yes e3 days session. was
supposed to BE- the liquidation Of some
selling from the outside. st. Louis and
the Northwest both bling in the market.
For q considerable period the December
price huns around 70}s070Ac, to which
point it declined shortly after thu Op Il
ir,y but before Il o'clock the strength
Of corn began to attract attention. Bull
ishness caused by this was increased by
reports that a good deal Of the bui ing
was for Armour. This scared sho is,
and caused considerable cJv5ri g. o.
ferings were light outside of the long
LIQUIDATION referred to, and prices f1ic-
tuated rapidly within a comparative
narrow range the market at times eN-
hibijng some nervousness. The local
crowd was apparently long, and though
the posting OF Bradstreet's figures On
the visible supply, showing an increase
OF 6,0cSCG0 bushels shook out some long
wheat, offerings We're readily ahso bad,
and the spell Of weakness soon diaap-
peared. DurirS the aftern con the
strength Of coarse grains was Influential
in the Sadness of wheat, and although
bear attacks were frequent p!i es we
wcll maintained to the end.
Primary receipts were heavy 1,652030
bushels against 1.6G5,00O a year ago
Chicago receipts We're zoo cars, comrar, d
with lisp last week and $50 a year ago.
Atlantic port clearances of wheat and
-four were $4,000. The seahoa.d reported
forty loads taken for export.
Little was done in September. Inter
est in that deal had apparently Gi d cut
and prices kept close to the cp4ning
price 7G1zc most of the session. It sold
as high rs 1919 and as low as 70Ao.
December was bringing 7O5sc at The
close
Trading in corn was quite active. es-
peciaJy for September, in which
sharp advance was recorded. Shorts
We're active bidders from the start. bat
had a good deal of difficulty IN covering
and prices We're biz up accordingly. The
short interest, which was evidently lar -er
than supposed, was disturbed by the
small contract stocks. 1,05S,000 bushels.
There was also ;gocd buying in December
on the heavy rains which were ex,
pectcd to reduce receipts. September
ranged from 327s to 3415c. and closed 17sc
higher at 347hc. December ranged from
2S7ac to 2914@2S$sc, and closed 3s@15c high
er at 2914c.
Oats were helped by he strength Of
corn and ruled firm all day. Sho is
were good buyers, heavy sellers of last
week taking back their lines. g cd
cash demand also helped the speculative
market. Receipts were 531 cars. De
cember ranged from 2lAc to 2l5s021%c
and closed &c higher at N5s02l%c.
Provisions We're dull and steady in
sympathy with the grain markets being
the main factor. There was q good de-
mand for meats, packers We're on both
sides Of the market. Prices kept within
q narrow range. At the close January
pork was a shade higher at $9.5509. 571A :;
January lard a shade higher at $3.50
5.4112; January ribs higher at $4.971A.
Estimates Wednesday: Wheat, ZOO;
corn, 100; oats, ESQ; hogs, $1,000
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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