The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-13

BreadstufPs and Provisions.

CHICAGo-The grain markets were
weak and only moderately active to-
day. by lower cables and favorable crop
outlook. wheat closed %a%c: corn q
lie, and oats Aa5sc under yesterday.
Provisions were Irregular, May pork
and ribs closing unchanged; May lard
May wheat opened lsc under yester-
day at 6GR 6667ac depressed by the in
creased Argentine shipments. lower
cables, favorable weather as well as
the heavy selling of yesterday. Shortly
after the opening, May touched &C, but
from that on the course of the market
was downward. with few and feeble in
terruptlons. The market was fairly
steady up to noon. hut thereafter the
bears began hammering and by this
stop-Ioss wheat came out the price
sank until May touched 6SHc. Early
there was fair demand In the pit, while
offerings were not liberal for some rea-
son, but later the situation was re-
versad Duluth reported some export
business and said some encouraging
things concerning the likelihood Of for
eIgners partaklng OF our liberal store,
but the locals did not cheer up much ut
the news, ms the cash demand here was
a puny sort OF thing. May closed
weak and &dAc under yesterday at
G6jsc. Primary receipts We're liberal and
clearances moderate. western points
reporting receipts Of 10000 bushels,
against 200. 900 bushels last year. While
Atlantic port exports In wheat and
flour were equal to 100000 bushels, Min
neapolls and Duluth received $50 cars,
compared with 457 last week and 2l6 a
year ago. Receipts were thirty-two
cars. none OF which were OF graded con-
tract. New York reported ten loads
taken for export. The holiday to-mor-
row acted as n check on nctlvity In
wheat as in corn and oats and to n de-
gree in provisions The selling to-day
was mainly in small lots and much Of
the trading was done TO even up over
the holiday The decline, which was
started by lower cables, the wheat
weakness and favorable crop outlook,
brought out deal Of stop-loss orders
AS the demand was rather slack the
price descended as 1t should according
to the law In such cases made. There
was a bulge early which carried May
up &c. caused by open buying by re-
cent liduldatlng long, but the gain was
lost. Receipts here were A2G cars.
Country offerings were reported light.
May ranged from 39}sT3sAc and closed
weak and 7sdlc depressed at 39AaS9'sc,
The provisions market was generally
active and strong. although May pork
showed zgzagging tendency early.
Hogs were lower ut the yards, grains
depressed and the packing west larger
than the previous week. all Of which
was not encouraging to holders, There
was n good demand for lard and ribs.
especially the former however, and
they held steady while pork ilaoing
before liquidation, sunk from openinE
figures SIC Gei4Gl2 37ls. From TINT Il
rallied to Sl2 72is. helped by covering
Of shorts and n better demand Mt the
concession and closed firm and I'M
changed at 8l2 G7's. May lard ranged
from 50 a2ISI7 O2is, and closed l2lhm
Zoe up at 81 o.; May ribs from 50 9jm
02$. with the close unchanged nt
81 90 oats were wank In sympathy
with wheat and corn and wero gcner-
ally In sad state OF neglect. Receipts,
1888 cars. The cash demand was poor