The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-10
MAY WHAT ADVANCED

CHICAGO March 9.-Numerous crop dam
age reports to-day together with revival OF
export demand, caused a sharp re2cuoh III
wheat and May closed at an advance OF lV
llsc. Corn gained 12c ard oats, Ac. forA
let eff 7l5c lower and lard and rios uh-
changed. T., .ho
The prospect for any Improvement In the
value G. wheat looked very slim at the COM
mencement. The only point for the bul:s WIZ
the chgan state crop report, wLich sai9
that four-ffths of the correspondence oeclaiIa
whcaf had been seriously damaged by cold
weather On the other hand, Llverplol caoleS
came laRssc lever, California had recelVta
s2rinkiing CT rain and hnssia o IN a cent
ported last seasons winter crop II per cent
larger than year ago, with spring crops
better by IA per cent: ,,,n
There were large Northwest receIpts. NJ
noap>,lls and Duluth receiving 5S2 cars, douoie
the number received the same day last year.
Tire Price Current was rather beaTlsn. MAY
wheat opened unchanged at l014q70asc. ana
on liquidation got down TO 'ofsc. AZ lh-s
px.int however uhe crop news received from
county correspondents OF commission houses
became worse ard more positive ABOUT me
injury done than has previously peeh tne
case California dis patches sad tie rain had
been inadequate and that the CONDITION OF
winter wheat was very poor Kansas Cly
rep, rted 25G 0G0 bu wheat sold there ior export
10 be shipped via Galveston, ard New forh
claimed a better foreign demand ana sew
eral beat loads accepted. Shorss IN tne
meantime had covered freely. Atiantlc p0rt
clearanccs Of wheat and -four e4ualled oioVuo
The market became very strong In the last
hour. Al.
California sent further dry weather DIS
patctes aud frost damage reports were as
numerous as the wartime complaints apout
canned rcast beef The heavy purchases TOT
expert also stimulated the demand. In tne
end there was little wheat for sale ana
much wanted. May hesitating at fol2c ad-
vanced in a gradual way to 1lc ana then
hurriodly rose TO 7li2c. The current price at
the close was 71asc.
The strength in corn was due apparently
to c rt!nued confidence in the short crop
$50 cars and country offerings small. There
vas 4 good cash inquiry from the East for
immt date shipment. May opened shade
higher al $685. 035%4c, slowly improved 10
Sc. After holding around the latter figure
for some time rapid jump OF i4c took place
to 2GIe and the closing price was 361sc
buyers.
Oats ruled firm in sympathy with wheat
ard corn but not nearly as buoyant as
tie leaders Receipts, 1872 ears. May began
a shade up at 27AQ272sc, rose to 29ssc ahc
closed at 2712c.
The noticeable feature CT the provision mar.
ket was the weakness of work, while lard and
ribs wer firm. A coed many SPECTATORS nae
spreads between pork and the other specu.
lative commodities and 10 the uncoverlng OF
st!re of the spreads was ascrfbed the ir-
regularity of the market. May pork started
2I5GI5c lower at 50 2212G9. 25, declined to S9.lo
ard rallied to $500 at the close. The range
In lard and ribs was of the narrowest KIND.
Estimates fer Friday: Wheat, 90 cars; corn,
375: oats 100; hogs, coo head.
Tie leading futures ranged as follows:
Open High Low Clos.