The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-03
Nav York 1IininR stoclLs.
prendstuffs and provisions.

CHICAGo-The wheat market opened
yyeal, to-day on the heavy Argentine
shIpments and lower Liverpool cables
INF recovered on better cash demand
closing firm; May shade over yester-
day. May corn closed a shade lower
MAY oats unchanged and the provision
market 2ls9Sc improved. -
May wheat opened at 64B q649te,
loss over night Of &c due to the heeyy
Argentine shipments and TO tne easl.
ness at Liverpool. Trade was very quiet
and for hours the price lowered trihe
over flrst figures. figuring narrowly on
the little chickering's Of Bcalpers ana
steadied by some covering by shorts
Shortly after noon reports OF some
good cash business formed a buying In
fiuence which sent NRy'to 66hc. There
was some proft-talSing on the bulge,
but the market closed tirm at the top
shade over yesterday. New York re-
ported thirty-two loads taken for ex-
port. Atlantic and Gulf port clear
ances in wheat and flour We're equal 70
10000 bushels. Primary receipts were ~
$4,000 bushels, compared with 6EI.O0V
bushels last year. Minneapolis and pu-
luth reported 541 cars, against $40 last
week and 40 year ago. Local receipts
were 20 cars, none OF contract grade.
The corn market was about steady
and a shade under yesterdays close.
May opened Nc down at stS@slAo' IN.
fluenced by freer country onerings and
sympathy with wheat. The demand
was slack, but offerings as counter
balance were light. Trade was very
Quie! and mostly In the hands OF
scalpers. Receipts here were Ssl cars.
f0f cars over the estimate. May RANGED
from 3iS6SiSc and closed fairy
steady at 3l&c.
The feature in the oats pit was the
selling Of July and the buying Of May,
resulting In slight relative weakness
In the deferred future. II was ASSUME
ed that the spring prospects have been
helped by the heavy SHOWS and that
there will be speedy spring work and q
good crop Yesterdays cash business
was good, but as much could not be
said OF trade to-day. Local receipts
were III cars, twenty-one cars over the
estimate. May sold from 2SA92Shq
2SiSc closing at the latter figure, un-
changed from yesterday. July closed q
shade down at 22kc.
The provisions market opened easier
at 2Ei07iac down, influenced by the
break In wheat, but rallied and closed
firm. Trade was fnlrly active. The
decrease In the world supply OF lard
and n better cash and investment de-
mnnd, and receipts Of hogs under the
estimate, together with small local
stocks were the supports. May pork
sold from $40 45d10 65 and closed DC
over yesterday at $40 60: May lard from
S. S2isq5 80 closing gao up at 81 say,
and May ribs from IS 1905 17hG5 $50
IS S71t, with the close 2itc improved at
IS 82h95 IS.
Estimated receipts tomorrow:
Wheat, 80 cars; corn, S1b cars, oats
$50 cars: hogs. 10000 head.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour slow.
whsat-No. spring 61@sSci No. .
cOrn-NO. 2. ssEc; No. 2 yellow soa@
SIC.
25IGR2se: No, white 25lh@2se.
Rye-No. 2. 55ihc.
Barley-No. ., 3s6Nc.
Flnxsced--No. I. 81 60; northwestern
81 60.
Mess Pork--Per barrel 81 6oSfl0 co.
Lard-Per 100 lbs, s. 7OQ5 I'M,
Short Ribs-Stdes dOosel 81 1905 95.
Dry sailed shoulders boxed GAO
6Nc.
Short clear sides boxed s. aO66 90.
whlsiSry - Dlstillers' finished goods,
per gallon, 81 sS,f.