The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-30
MARKET WAS EXCITED AND DEAL
INGs WE'RE sUCR AS TO
PUZZLE THH CROWD
REPORTS WERE CONFLICTING
Opening Was at Unchanged Figures
From the Previous DAy-ClOse
q Shade OR-COrn Was
Less Active.

CHICAGO, March 29-Wheat was excit-
ed at times today, tossed about by con-
fhl net Influences which in their turn
steady. May a shade under yesterday.
PROVISIONS were strong and full of Yiril-
ny. May pork was up at one time 52lac.
but closed with nearly half of this gone.
May lard closed 212@6c- down, and May
ribs 71$c improved. May corn closed. a
shade higher. and oats unchanged for
May and 18Ghc up for July.
The wheat market opened unchanged
from yesterday at 661sQ67c and then.
probably because Liverpool was not up as
much as expected, in view of the ad-
vance here yesterday, and because some
private messages cast aspersions upon the
truthfulness Of yesterdays reports Of
damage to the French crop. sold off to
663sc. AT this discOuraging stage of the
session, New York made an upward
squirt, fearing war as an outgrowth Of the
difficulties existing between Russia and
Turkey, and the local crowd of shorts
covered in some alarm.
A report from Duluth of heavy export
demands assisted in the bulge, as did the
strength of provisions. May rallied to
size, but failed to hold 1t, although fur
ther cables from France were in contra
diction of earlier ones. reaSsertfng that
the damage in France was serious. There
was considerable protit-taking at the top.
and shorts apparently took a calmer view
of the Turk0- Russian situation, for May
sold off to 66$c, and closed barely steady,
shade under yesterday at 661sc. On the
advance the pit was excited and at other
times rather nervous.
New York put the export business for
the day at 20 loads. Clearances in wheat
and flour were equal to l79.OO -bu. Prt-
mary receipts We're $4,000 bu, compared
with $4,000 bu year ago. Local receipts
were AZ cars, none of contract grade.
Minneapolis & Duluth reported 1876 cars.
against 70S last week, and $50 cars year
ago
The provision market repeated It's exhi-
bitlon of strength and excitement to q
| crowded pit. Hogs were higher at the
yards and receipts of hogs small. This,
combined with the heavy outside demand
and the frantic efforts of shorts to cover
lin a market where offerings were light
caused q swift advance. May pork was
171k@25c over. yesterday at $1265Qf2 671s.
and In the wild burst OF bidding, shot up
to $1S, the highest price since 1895. On
the bulge there was heavy profit-taking.
list. Lard suffered more than pork and
ribs in this maneuver Pork Lost only
part of the advance. closing at N12c over
yesterday at $l275 May lard ranged from
at $6.471206.50; May ribs. from $500 to
$6:75. with the close 715c up at $50.
The corn market was less active than
wheat and did little better than holding
| its own, although the export business was
put at 100 loads, ana provisions helped.
while cables We're strong. There was
on the market which tended to equalize
matters. Local receipts were 446 cars.
| Clearances We're 4l4.000 bu. May ranged
from 38sac to $3.50. closing a shade over
The oats market was firm, with July In
| somewhat better demand than May.
Trade was inactive, May ranged from
24$sc July sold from 2S34c to 24c, closing
1s@1ac improved at 2S%c.
Estimates for tomorrow: Wheat. As
cars: corn, 81 cars: oats, 100 cars; hogs,
The leading futures ranged as follows: