The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-20
MILD, SUNNY WEATHER, TO
HAVE EVIDENT EFFECT
CLOSE WAS AT A LOSS
Corn Also Lost the Strength Shown
on the Previous Day, and
Closed u Half t0 Five
Efghths Down.

CHICAGO, April 19.-AIthough there
was an excellent cash business today,
the mild, sunny spring weather and
lower cables, combined with some liquid
alton. proved the ruling factors In. the
wheat pit, and the close was barely
steady, 12@3se under yesterday. Corn
closed. 9sQ34c down, and oats Ac depresS-
ed. Provisions closed firm, 212c lower in
lard to Sc higher in pork. - - 5Di'-o
While the mild spring weather and the
glad sunlight elevated the spirits of the
spectators and perhaps turned the
young mans fancy to thoughts of love,
the effect on the wheat market was diff
ferent. Weak cables also had something
to do with depression, and besides there
was liquidation which probably would
tions. While the speculative trade was
light, the cash business was excellent,
50,0e0, some of it No. northern and
some No. red. This business in served Se
opening, but it did not hold, and the
close was barely steady.
OF the cash sales 5000 bu were for d1-
rect export. New York reported 80 loads
taken for export. Foreigners. were sellers
of July early. Atlantic port clearances
in wheat and flour. were equal to 2'6,0eo
compared with 261 900 bu last year Min
neanoIis and Duluth reported 25T cars,
against 2S2 last week and 209 a year ago.
Local receipts were 81 cars, two of con-
tract grade May opened 3sG1zc down at
651s0655sc, sold between 65$4c and $40
653ac and closed 1ac under yesterday at
6512C. July began the session Z5C lo12QTSc
down at 66s4 d667se to &c, ranged between
671$@GS3sc, closing 12Qasc under at 0b94V
The corn market was generally quiet.
but there were SpurtS OF activity las
in wheat, tie main consideration was the
excellent spring climatic conditions, with
lower cables a contributing factor in the
weakness, which was evident the greater
part of the session. The selling was led
by those who bought yesterday, and with
them the failure of Liverpool to respond
to the advance here yesterday was
following a loss over night of sc, was
checked by free profit-taking by shorts,
but the check was only mOmentary, and
the close was weak. There was capital
cash business. Receipts here were 258
cars. May ranged from 987sc to SSsse,
3S15c; July from 397sc to 393sc, closing
5sG$4c depressed at 3912c.
In spite of speculative dullness and
hog market inclined to weakness, the
provisions market was firm. Buying by
packers against liberal cash sales, and
pork sold between $1295( and $13.10, and
closed sc over yesterday at $13; July be-
tween $13121b and $13 %, closing SC up at
$l3; May lard, %.3001.22 closing 212c
down at 81. .221a; July between $7.371@ and
ST. 32A with the close 212c depressed at
81. .321% May ribs ranged from Sis to S.2O,
and closed unchanged at %.l5; July tg-
ures and fluctuations were exactly SIM
liar to those of May.
Trade in oats was not important, buC
the market nevertheless exhibited con-
siderable uneasiness in COMPARISON with
wheat and corn. The weather is perfec-
ton for the growing area, but the coun-
try pressure to sell was much less than
of late Receipts here were 143 cars. May
ranged from 23asQ12c to 2SA and closed