The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-30

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-September trading
was prominent in all the grain markets
today, and prices covered remarkably
wide range. Heavy covering by shorts in
corn advanced September nearly &c, but
1t closed at &c decline. September wheat
broke 2021sc on liberal offerings. De-
cember closed A@$sc lower. Oats closed
&c lower for September and a shade
lower for December. The excitement in
the New Orleans cotton market caused
free covering by shorts early IN the day.
Provisions closed unchanged to sc lower.
Early the trading III wheat was with
out feature. The market opened at prac-
tically unchanged values. and for some
time kept within an extremely narrow
range with what little trading there was
doing confined principally to scalpers. A
bullish sentiment was shown by traders,
and before II o'clock the market had be-
come fairly active. No important adj
vance occurred, however, until the New
Orleans cotton market was put Into a
state of excitement by bogus cables, and
the wildness of prices there was sympa-
thized in by wheat shorts. the deferred
futures scoring good advance on free
covering. The critical state Of affairs i'll
the Transvaal had some influence, though
there was some disappointment over the
slight advance at Liverpool Light prl-
mary receipts also attracted q good deal
of attention, increasing the belief that
winter wheat supplies were low. An &C
tive demand was reported for flour from
both the United Kingdom and the con-
tinent. The market was strong and &C
tive, until late in the session.
Shortly before the close the market be-
came weak and prices declined rapidly.
An increase in the stocks at Minneap-
oils and Duluth indicated a good Increase
in the visible next week, was a fac
tor towards, and when it became known
that the New Orleans cotton advance
was bogus, general selling and dlsqulet
resulted. September was not heard much
of until near the close, when from a
premium of 1c, it dropped to a cent dls'
count on free offerings by long interests
MINNEAPOLIS and Duluth receipts were S69
cars, against GAS last week and 1856
year ago. Chicago receipts were lGl cars,
of contract grade. Total primary re-
CENTS were $4,000 bu, compared with
!. 402 900 a year ago Atlantic port clear
ances were 27SG00 bu, light on account Of
the New York holiday. December opened
unchanged at 1890. 1t advanced to '4]sc
during the excitement over cotton and de-
clined to 7%1AG135Ec, closing at that price.
September sold as high as i47ac, and de-
clined to 723s@!2a4c, where it closed.
Corn was nervous and Irregular the
market, like wheat, being affected By
the New Orleans cotton excitement.
Shorts were heavy bidders for September
early in the session, and prices advanced
sharply. Late futures followed the adj
vance to a certain extent, though inclined
to drag a little on the prospects OF an
early marketing of the new crop. WEen
the artificial cause of the New Orleans
advance became known there was a gen
eraI letting go and prices dropped rapidly,
The market becoming heavy toward the
close Receipts were sos cars. Decemb r
ranged from 2"7sc to 303ac, and closed &c
lower at zoe. September ranged from 3212c
10 3412c, ard closed 12c lower at 32alc.
Oats, in a general way, followed other
grain markets The trading was inilu-
enced somewhat by the Gotten jump, Sep
TENDER advancing &c early on free COW
erine bv shorts and deferred futures
also acting strong. Everything turned
weak late in the session, early buyers
selling freely, and The market closed
easy at Irregular declines. Receipts were
19E cars. December ranged from 224Q221sc
TO 231kc. and closed a shade lower at 22;sc.
September ranged from: 22'4c to 2eBc, and
closed Ac lower at PFC.
Provisions were rather dull and trreg-
11lar. Some strength was shown early
with the grain markets, but later liquida-
ton of long stuff resulted in slight Ce-
clines in pork and ribs. The weakness
1T the stock yards had some effect At
The close January pork was sc lower at
So IS. January lard unchanged at $5.62l2,
and January ribs 212c lower at S.. 10.
Estirlates-WEeat 1874; corn, LOO; oats,
sos hogs, $4,000.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Open High Low Clos