The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-Wheat was weak
all day today, and closed at declines of
11sc Tor both December and September.
Inc Northwest Was a large seller, and
the demand was too light to absorb offer
lngs. The weak cash market was also
FACTOR. Corn declined 2s@12c for Sep
tember, but closed only a shade lower
for other months. Oats declined H6DHc.
and provisions 5@71kc
wheat opened weak, at from 1A636c de-
cine. Most Of the trading was in De-
cember, but September was given con-
siderable attention, and developed fnIIv
as much weakness as the latter month.
Beyond decline at Liverpool and ideal
harvesting weather in the Northwest
mere was nothing at first to influence
selling. Nevertheless, the inclination to
hQuldate was quite general, and but little
support was given to the market. ex-
cepl from shorts, who, early in the dav.
bought In considerable quantities
Inc Northwest was even weaker than
the local market, and this soon became
prominent factor, heavy selling orders
coming from that section, which induced
liquidation by local longs and olSo
brought selling orders through co,o,r,io1
SION houses. The result was a steady
oecllne' the market getting under puts.
ana even then receiving no substantial
support. The cash market was badly ont
OF line, bids being generally less than hall
cent over September for No. l northern
Whlch shippers would not accent. Later
II was reported several lots had been
"oi H H' out the effect of this was Off
set Dy adVlces from the Northwest NO.
Inuch heavier receipts were expected nnvt
week This was discounted bv shorts
VINO SOLD heavily, and in the last hour ~
the snort saturday session the bottom an
parently dropped out of the market
northwest receipts today were 229 cars
against 2S2 last week. and 632 yaaT
ago chicago receipts were "a cars five
OF contract grade. Total urinary -
ceipts were 564, 600 bushels. comnara5 ,,,;tl,
800 bushels last year. Atlantic mort o1oar
ances OF wheat and -four Amounted ~
oz5'OVO. The seaboard reported thirtv-eieht
ioaus worked for export Worlds ebinl
nents were expected to reach a 900 n0o
Oushels. September opened N@25c Iower
at 1Ac, declined to 701kc, and reacted ~
Io72Q 'o3sc' where 1t closed. December
o I 1s9Nc lower, at 73ss@731hc, de-
cnned to 72asc and closed at 721bc asl,ed
Corn was decidedly weak for SeDtem-
Der and easy for other futures. The de-
mand for September from shorts tho
feature Of yesterdays strength was oh
sent today, and September was for sale
IN moderate way all over the pit. The
cash demand was only moderate. Re-
So-PNS' OA1 S0AS' september ranged from
S11fQ319sc to S1%G32c, and closed M6 ~,
lower, at 814c. ~
Oats, considering the weakness Of other
grain markets, were steady, the decline
being less than Ac. The cash demand
was light and receipts liberal, but most
~ consigned straight through. Receipts
612 cars. September ranged from o01kS
20Ac, and closed at 20hc.
provisions were dull and weak. IN
huenced little by the decline In grain
markets. There was scattered nouida-
uon ny outsiders and scalping longs sold
little. At the decline, packers were 20 ~
buyers Of all products, and the marker
was steady at the close. At the close
September pork was &c lower, at sS.25:
September lard sc lower, at s5.171h, and
September ribs, nc lower, at $5.121h.
Estimates Monday: Wheat 100 cars.
corn, 500 cars; oats, $50 cars; hogs. a. oOo
head. '0'0O'
The leading futures ranged as follows.