Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-05
Eggs, steady.

| Eggs, steady.
Tallow, quiet; city 53sc; country
| 54@51ac.
Cottonseed Oil, quiet; prime crude
3315@34c; do. yellow 361A@37c.
Petroleum, steady; refined New
York $3.50; Philadelphia and Balti-
more $685.; do. in bulk $3.50.
| Rosin, dull; strained common to
good $1.75.
Turpentine, dull at 55@55kc.
Rice, firm; domestic fair to extra
| 41s @61ac; Japan 434@5c.
Molasses, steady; New Orleans open
kettle good to choice 44@55c.
| Peanuts, steady; fancy hand-picked
4@41ac; other domestic 31A@4c.
| Freights to Liverpool, quiet; cotton
by steam 39c; grain by steam 3%d.
| Coffee-The market for coffee fu-
! lures opened steady at 500 points ad
without further change while showing
firm undertone on better European
cables than expected which caused
/ covering and moderate investment
! buying The advance was checked by
large further decline at Rio and San
tos, offsetting smaller receipts there
and much larger warehouse deliveries
in this country. Closed steady at so
10 points net advance. Total sales
were 3d. $50 bags, including May at
$3.50; July $6.65; August $3.50; Sep
TENDER $6.75@6.sG; October $3.50, De-
, cember S6.95@700. Spot Rio, steady;
No. Z invoice 3-16c nominal; do.
jobbing 11-16c. Mild quiet; Cordova
91s014c.
Sugar-Raw, barely steady. Refined,
quiet.
CHICAGO, March 3.-Wheat was
strong and active to-day, Influenced
by higher cables and talk Of crop dam
age, together with the report on farm
ers' reserves, May closing 1a@3sc over
yesterday. May corn closed h@Ac
down, and May oats unchanged. The
provisions market at the close was
slightly improved.
In the wheat pit bullish feeling was
awakened early by the firmness of
Liverpool, and further encouraged by
the strength of Paris and reports of
severe frost in France. There was con-
siderable pessimistic talk concerning
domestic crop damages. The report OF
Statistician Snow, making farmers
holdings of wheat 10000, 600 bushels
less than a year ago was also an in
centive to buyers who in some in
stances overlooked the fact that last
year excepted, the quantity nov in re-
serve, is the largest since 1894.
May opened a shade up at 65B@
651ac, touched $3.50 and then rallied
to 65B @66c. The bulge was not by
profit-taking sales, which caused a
break to 651zc, and closed strong, II
@5sc over yesterday at 65B466c.
Corn was heavy; country offerings
were bit freer from some sections.
The estimate of Statistician Snow
making reserves of corn Isl, 100000
bushels over last year had depressing
effect. Longs 1iquidated throughout
the session. The shipping demand was
slack. May ranged from 34a4 @347sc
at the opening, which was shade up
with wheat, TO 341ac and closed weak,
1s@Ac lower at 341a @345sc.
Oats were barely steady, the weak
ness of corn having a depressing eff
feet. The lower rail rates has stimu-
lated the cash business, which in turn
has lent some support to futures. The
market to-day was small one. Cash
oats have improved 3s@1ac over May
this week. May ranged to-day from
231ac to 23ssc and closed unchanged at
| 253s @25hc. Local receipts were IFS
cars.
Provisions enjoyed fair trade and
held steady. The corn weakness was
felt somewhat, but as packers were
fair buyers and offerings were not
large, the price did not suffer. May
pork ranged from SO so to SO 20 and
closed SC improved from yesterday at
$40 65; May lard from S. 371a to S. 80,
closing unchanged at So STU and May
ribs from SIS S21s to S. S712, with the
close a shade up at S. So.
Estimated receipts Monday: Wheat,
40 cars; corn. $40 cars; oats, 20 cars;
hogs, 81 900 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows: