Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-08

steady NO IeQ loc Z. ~ p 81 49,
prompt; No. red 7275c elevator. OBJ
lions opened steady, but promptly sold
on under bear pressure at the west,
lower cables, further local unloading
and free sales for short account.
Bullish Ohio crop news and break In
consols had little or no effect. Later
the market was dull. closing weak at
L@Mc net decline. March 7513c, clos
ing at 7511ac; May "a 7-16@74&c, closed
at 7419c; July 74AQ74 9-16c, closed al
741ac.
Corn, spot, oteady; No. 2, 401ac I. Q.
b. afioat and 3S%c elevator. Options
opened steady with wheat, and was
later raised by moderate covering on
yesterdays good export demand and
liberal seaboard clearances. Closed
steady and unchanged. May 1875 @5sc,
closed at 3S7sc.
Oats. spot, firmer; No. 2, 2931c, No.
5, 29Ac; No. 2 white 31Mc; NO.
white 31Ac; track mixed western ZIG
3Olac. Options, quiet.
Hay, firm; shipping 70@S0c; good to
choice 800871Rc.
Hops, quiet; State, common to good,
1896 crop, &c; 1898 crop, 7@Sc; 1889
crop, 12@14c; Pacific coast, 1896 crop,
&c; 1898 crop, 1880; 1899 crop, l2Q
14c.
Hides, firm; Galveston, 20 to %
pounds, 1910; Texas dry, "a to 80
pounds, 141sc; California, Il TO 20
pounds, 2114c.
Leather, steady; hemlock sole Bue-
nos Ayres light to heavy weights 2oV
251sc; acid 25@25hc.
Wool, dull; domestic fleece 2lG26e'
Texas 14W17c.
Coal. firm.
Beef, steady; family s12.50@13.oo;
mess $1,000; beef hams s22.50023.Oo'
packet. $11.5O@12.00; city extra India
mess s21O0@23.00.
Gut meats, quiet; picked bellies 5A
G51ac; picked shoulders sac; picked
hams S1k@9c.
Lard, easy; western steamed 1924
January S6.121a nominal. Refined,
quiet; continent $500; S. A. $3.50;
compound 55s@5Ac.
Pork, quiet; mess s1O25@1O75; short
clear s11.25@12O0; family sl2.oO@12.5o.
Butter, strong.
Cheese, firm.
Eggs, weak.
Tallow, firm; city 51sc bid; country
51s@5ssc.
Cottonseed Oil, firm; prime crude
30G31c; do. yellow 351s@SGc.
Petroleum, steady; refined New York
$3.50; Philadelphia and Baltimore
1885; do. in bulk 1920.
Rosin. strong; strained, common to
good, S1.621a.
Turpentine, firm at 521kQ53c.
Rice, steady; domestic, fair to extra,
4@615c; Japan 4%@5c.
Molasses, firm; New Orleans open
kettle, good to choice, 32040c.
Freights to Liverpool, dull; cotton
by steam, 25c nominal grain by steam,
3@3Ad.
Coffee-Futures opened barely
steady, with prices unchanged to five
points lower, but steadied soon after
the opening and ruled fairly active and
firm, despite larger receipts at Rio and
Santos, and the absence of vigorous
speculative support. Selling was
checked effectually by evidences OF
pronounced strength and large demand
in spot coffee department. The mar
ket closed steady with June five points
lower and other months unchanged to
five points higher.
Coffee options sales $4,000 bags, in
Guiding January $500; March $6.40N
GAS; May $650@6.60;' July $3.50; Au-
gust s6.65@6.70; September $6.75@6.SO-
Spot Coffee-Rio, strong; No. Z,
slice invoice; 90. jobbing 1916.
mild, firm.
sugar-Ray, firm; fair refining
31-16c; centrifugal SO test, 1412c;
molasses sugar 39-16c. Refined,
steady; mould A, 5.20c standard a,
475c; confectioners' A, 4.75c; cut loaf
5.35c; crushed 5.35c; powdered 5.O5c,
granulated 495c; cubes 5.10c.
CHICAGO, January 6.-Wheat; May
closing Nose under yesterday. Corn
closed shade under oats, 1sc lower,
provisions unchanged to TIC higher.
May wheat opened at 6SB069c,
shade over yesterday, the steadiness
which was lost Immediately. The buy
ing was nearly all against puts. Dull
ness characterized the session. May
sunk to 68ssc, but near the close ad-
vanced on buying against privileges and
closed weak, A@asc under yesterday
at 6Sh@6S5sc. Primary receipts were
512,411 bushels, compared with 1888
last year. Minneapolis and Duluth re-
ported $50 cars against 1858 last week
and SIS year ago.
Corn was easy with wheat. May
ranged from 32A @327c to 33c, closing
a shade under yesterday at 327sc.
Stocks here will increase about one
million bushels.
The usual Saturday dullness dozen
in the oats pit. Fluctuations were mar
row, and il the market can be said to
have had any tendency it was down.
ward in sympathy with wheat, the in
fiuences of which caused bit of liqu1-
dation. Receipts here were 15S cars.
May ranged from 23a4c to 23c, clos
ing rather easy, 1sc down at 23%c.
May pork ranged from 5000 to
s1085, closing 71ac over yesterday at
s1OS5; May lard from s5.S71a to S5.92k
05.95, with the close a shade under
yesterday at $5.92k@5.95; and May ribs
s5.671s to $5.721a@5.75, closing un-
changed at $5.72AQ5.75.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Articles. Open. High. Low Close.