The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-14
AT NEW YORK.
Weakness Apparent I'm Nearly Every
Commodity Traded In.

NEW YORK. May 2.-Flour-Receipts.
Winter patents, s365@3.S0; winter straights.
so.S5@S.5O; Minnesota patents. $S.65Q3.S5;
winter extras. $2.55@2.9O: Minnesota bakers
s.. 65q2.95; winter low grades, 81. 25@2 40. Rye
flour quiet; fair to good, $2.90Q315; choice
TO fancy. $3.20d350. Cornmeal quiet: yell
low Western, SIC; Brandywine, $4,000. 40.
Rye quiet; No. 2 Western. COO, f. o. b. afloat;
State. 56@57c, c. l. f. New York. car lots.
Barley quiet; feeding. 43z045c, C. /. f. New
York; mailing, 50Q53c, C. 1. f. New York
Wheat-Receipts, 214.35O blu: spot easy:
No. red, 7S1sc, f. o. b. afioat No. red.
75Ssc, elevator; No. northern Duluth, 727sc,
o. b. af1oat. Options opened steady on
lower cables than was expected, but having
poor support. yielded to fine crop news,
further deliveries on May contracts and a
heavy break in corn, and turned weak
Liquidation was prominent factor on the
decline; closed weak at &c net decline:
May, 50 15-16G701sc closed at 697sc; July,
1Q7l19c, closed at T1sc; September, II 1916
QI2Ac, closed at 717sc
Corn-Receipts, 351, $50 bu; exports, Ais bu;
SPOT weak; No. 2, 4214c, f. o. b. afioat, 417sc,
elevator. Option market was active, weak
heavy liquidation on fine crop news and
tearish sentiment; closed weak at &c de-
cline: May, 4lssq42c. closed at Also; July.
42SsG431sc, closed at 42ssc; September, 42$z
q4315c, closed at 422c.
Oats-Receipts. $50, 900 bu; exports, $40 bu
spot easy; No. 2. &c; No. 3, &c; No. white,
2S1kc: No. white, Csc; track mixed West
ern, 271a629c; track white, 2Slzc. Options
dull and nominally weak.
Hay steady; shipping, 70q75c; good to
choice, SOq95c. Hops quiet; state, common
to choice. 1896 crop, 345c; 1899 crop, 10d13c:
Pacific coast, 1896 crop. 3q5c; 1899 crop, 10
Q13c.
Hides firm; Galveston, 20 to % lbs. 91hc;
Texas dry, "a to 80 lbs, 15c. Leather steady;
Hemlock sole. Buenos Ayres. light to
heavy weights, 25G2511c; acid, 26d261zc.
1880: mess. s10@1O.5O beef hams. $2O.50@
21.5o: packet, SHOE: city extra India mess.
Sl9. Cut meats steady; picked bellies,
S2dS25: picked shoulders, s65O16 Is;
Western steamed, N.2J; refined quiet; con-
tinent. s7.35: South American. s.: COM
pound. $3.50. Pork dull; family, s14al45e:
short-clear, s13.75G15; mess, Sl2. 50G13.
Talow steady; city (s2 for package). 4kc:
country packages free). 47sG5hc. Cotton
seed oil steady; prime crude, 34lzc; prime
yellow, 37lld3sc.
Rice steady; domestic. fair to extra, 40
New Orleans open kettle, good to choice,
44a55c. Peanuts steady: fancy hand-picked,
3%G4c; other domestic, 3Q3l1c.
Freights to Liverpool quiet: cotton. by
steam, &c; grain, by steam, Sad.
Coffee-Spot Rio quiet: No. invoice
9-16c: mild market quiet Cordova. 949
13l9c. Futures opened quiet, with prices
unchanged TO points lower. and soon de-
veloped weakness under general selling
started by the disappointment I'm Brazilian
cables, absence of speculative support and
firm offers from Brazil Trading was
tame. however. till the last few minutes,
when II became active. with liquidation the
main feature. The close was barely steady,
with prices at the lowest point OF the day.
a net loss Of SOLO points. Total sales, O,750