Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-10
b. ahoat; State rye, 52@5s d l. f.srsyew
York car lots.

/ 00,ooS Du, safes, L, i0U,UuU Du iutut 60,
$4,000 bu spot Spot weak, No. red,
7Sc f. o. b. afioat; No. red, 7614c eie-
vator; No. l northern Duluth, S29sc +.
| O. b. afioat; No. l hard Duluth, Sasc
f. o. b. afioat; options after opening
steady on cables, drifted to lower
/ basis through vigorous operations by
the bear element, stimulated by imtta-
| tons of depressing weekly statistics
on Monday, dizziness in export circles
an dthe big primary movement. Closed
weak, 1000 net decline. Sales in
Guided No. 2 red, January, 77h@7Sc;
closed TIC; March, 79b@79&c, clos
ed 791sc; May, 7S7s@79 7-16c, closed
1873; December, closed 701ac.
Corn, receipts, 175,775 bu; exports,
152, 903 blu; sales, 10000 blu futures; 25,-
600 spot; spot weak; No. 2, 4612c ele-
vator and 461ac f. o. b. afloat; option
market was depressed to-day by the
weakness of cables, improved weather
west and local disposition to I'M
load recent purchases Closed weak
and q Ole lower. January, 441s @441sc,
closed 44Ac; May. 42@421ac; closed
42c; December closed 4512c.
&c, 462 bu; spot dull; No. 2, 261ac; No.
3, 2614c; No. 2 white, 30c; No. white,
&c. track mixed western, 26A Q271ac;
track white western, 28k@35c; track
white state, 2S1a@35c. Options dull and
nominal.
Hops quiet; state and common to
choice, 1900 crop, 16@21c; 1899, 11@
15c; old olds. 206c; Pacific coast, 1900
crop, 15919c; 1899, 10614c; old olds, 2
| @6c.
Hides firm; Galveston, 20 to %
pounds. 1S1a@1sc; California, Fl TO
% pounds. ice; Texas dry, "A to 80
pounds. 15c.
Leather steady; hemlock sole, Bue-
nos Ayres light to heavyweights, 25Q
Csc; acid. 231s@241ac.
Wool quiet; domestic fleece, 24d2sc;
Texas, 14d 16c.
Beef steady; family. s105O111.75;
mess. S9O0d9.50; beef hams, s20.00G
20 so; packet, $40. dl0.50; city extra,
India mess, S16.O0d17.00.
Cutmeats quiet; picked bellies Sh a
9&c; do shoulders 50 d6c; do hams
s1aqshc.
Lard easy; western steam 81 so; De
cember closed D. 5211 nominal. Rein
! ed quiet; continent 81 60; S. A. IS %;
compound 57sd6c.
Pork quiet, family SIS 30@16 90;
short clear sl4 00d17 90; mess $12 OO
d13 90.
Butter nrm; creamery 1926; fac
tory I2@151ac; June creamery $50
| 231ac; imitation creamery 15Q1Sc;
| state dairy 16Q24c.
Cheese strong; fancy large fall made
INC; small fancy fall made 11Ac.
Eggs steady; State and Pennsylvania
| 27Q3Oc; western regular packing at
| mark 22@27c; western loss on 20.
Potatoes quiet; Jerseys 81 00Q1 37k
New York 81 25@1 SPY; Long Island
81 50@1 Is; Jersey sweets 81 1902 IS
Cottonseed oil quiet; prime crude
| 2o1ac; yellow 3112c.
Petroleum dull; refined New York
| 81 %; Philadelphia and Baltimore 20;
| do in bulk 81 IS.
Rosin steady; strained common to
| good 81 65Q1 70.
Turpentine dull, 411e@42c.
Rice firm, domestic lair to extra 37s
| @614c; Japan 4A@4Bc.
Molasses steady; New Orleans open
| kettle, good to choice 32040c.
Peanuts quiet; fancy nand picked
| As. 05c; other domestic &C.
Coffee opened dull and unchanged
and ruled quiet throughout the session
J There was a partial rise Of points
! soon after the call on covering a nat
| ural sequence of the late protracted
| liquidation, Notwithstanding continued
! bearish foreign market advances and
! conditions and local speculative apathy
! Smaller receipts at Brazilian ports fig
ured to some extent as a check upon
| selling for short account Closed steady
with prices net unchanged to 3 points
| higher. Total sales were 2,750 bags in
| Guiding February at S605; March 50 10;
May IS 25@6 80; July Sc So; September
! S6 40; October Sc As.
| Spot coffee Rio quiet; No. Z invoice
71sc; mild quiet; Cordova 91a@1SAc
Sugar raw; quiet but firm; fair re-
fining 1916; centrifugal So tes
7-lb; molasses sugar 11-16; refined
| quiet; standard A 80; confectioners
A SIS 40; mould A IS 49, cutloaf IS 90;
crushed Sc 90; powdered IS 10; granu-
lated S. so; cubes rs.
| CHICAGO, December S.-Liberal re-
ceipts were mainly responsible for {
net decline of 5s@Ac in January whea-
/ to-day. Better weather and free
country offerings depressed corn, De
cember closing 11sc and May 2@kt
| lower; oats closed &c down and pro
| visions a shade to &c lower.
There was merely local market fol-
wheat Steady cables maintained price:
1 for a few minutes at the beginning o.
I the session, but thereafter the liberal
| ity of the days receipts added to re
| Gently increased stocks and the al
| most total lack of outside bushes:
| caused weakness which was still ap
| parent when the closing bell sounded
January opened 1sqAc lower. at III
| to Tic, and sold TO 70H, closing IS G
| q under yesterday at 70ia q sc. The
seaboard reported five loads taken foI
| export Clearances in wheat and floul
were equal to $4,000 bushels. Pri
| mary receipts were $4,000 bushels
compared with $4,000 bushels yea
| ago. Minneapolis and Duluth report
| ed 526 cars against 491 last week ant
400 the corresponding day last year
Local receipts were 164 cars, ten o
contract grade.
| Clearer weather and larger countr.