Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
December Wheat a Fraction Lower and Ser
TENDER a Half Higher at Chicago.
TRADE UNIFORMLY DULL IN EVERYTHING
Liverpool Advances Give wheat n
Firm Start But n Poor Cash De-
mand Checks it-Corn Gains
Provisions steady.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-wheat today was
heavy for deferred futures and firm for
September. Large receipts and a poor cash
demand were factors in the weakness that
developed shortly after the opening. Sep
TENDER had enough local support to main
tain a good advance; December closed lac
lower and September SIC higher. Corn was
firm, closing &c higher for September and
Nc higher for December. Oats closed I'M
changed to lc lower and provisions I'M
changed to SC higher. Trade was dull in
everything.
An advance in quotations in Liverpool
gave wheat a firm feeling at the opening,
with prices ranging about nc higher all
around. The strength at Liverpool. due to
the critical condition of affairs in the
Transvaal, brought a number of yester-
days sellers into the market and buying
from this source while 1t lasted kept prices
for deferred futures we'll above yesterdays
closing point. The trading, however, was
confined almost entirely to local operators
the market was allowed to drift. For the
remainder of the short Saturday session the
tendency was steadily downward. Receipts
at primary points were heavy, and this,
coupled with a poor cash demand, few of
Fridays offers being accepted, encouraged
light 0e at ali fiie fimes, b sst'i ne b@siss dem was
was, go slack that little liquidation suficed
to depress prices. In September more
NiS was eIIoWH. lICIS WdS IlO
nothing done, but elevator selling was to-
.aiiy absent and the price at all times held
at a good advance. Weakness in the, de-
ward the close, when for the first time
liquidation assumed respectable proper
! %ePs 100, @1"1 osas' asai ssa ss Pq iast weeks TSeei and
LIE a year ago. Chicago receipts were 153
cars, fourteen of contract grade, The
compared with S,o1, 900 bu. q year ago. At
lantic port. clearances of wheat and -four
It was estt m fe-Vy would oui w reach ss75olS m bus
Shows. weekly crop report estimated the
total wheat crop at about $50, ooo, 900 bu., and
acreage would probably be revised. This
had some effect. December opened %@Lc
III 7eT G at .TihGIdSe and g7Tossdnallg declined
so.d between nha71hc and 7oAc and closed
deferred futures did not develop so much
weakness. There was an active demand for
Segtember from shorts, who found some
sharp advance helped deferred futures even
when wheat was declining; Offerings were
not hold. Receipts were ss4 cars. Decem.
e, higher at asa Jas 1 'i sspfsmb bsp eiossd
There was a. a G GOOD d ienans d for " ali oats at I fu:
lures early in the SEES sion, but later the de-
m M r1x s sIaGksned d.. and d prices r e ss,f1 o1 The
Receipts were 1862 cars. December ranged
from 21kc to 211kc and closed unchanged at
2lMc.
Provisions were. dull but steady; prices
were a little higher. at the opening with
range throughout. A good export demand
for meats was a feature. AT the close JAM
uary pork was sc higher at 9.55, January
lard 2Ra5c higher at IS .45d5. AN and Jam
uary ribs PIC higher at 81. s5Q4 97h.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat,
$50 cars; corn, 1000 cars; oats. 375 cars:
hogs, 5000 head.
Leading futures ranged as follows: