New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
THE TRADE N CHIC4GO.

~rf-aro Nav . tSpeciaD-Patten, who has been
the buu leader IN for two months, gave up
-be fzht to-day and sold around So0oeoo bushels
for July. Corn prices broke 1i4c. The Patten iqui-
dation started a lot of stop loss selling There
vas q partial recovery from the extreme decline
To--igs7r's close is 2sc 10 i2c under FrlcaN- Nay
sold II g7sc and 36l2c and closed at S'14c' May
closed al Sy.c on The decline Cudahy was prob
o,f,- -l,a hest f,l,ver Peavey Robson and other
et1--s covered freely Outside holders were badly
5e-,craIizea Patten himself says he has sold out
stout half his line, from which 1t is assumed he
has sold au his futures He is supposed TO have
lefr considerable cash corn. Liverpool was 9sd TO
I'd lower. Clea-ances we're 2ilooo bushels. The
seafroa-5 reports o. loads fer export. As result
O. q sharp break in lake rates from &c 10 l@4c,
-e charters We're 500 ooo bushels Corn stocks here
VIII decrease q bout 10000 bushels The shipping
5s-lsnd generally has been poor, and it was not
much improved to-day or the break, sales possibly
al 90 bushels Weather conditions are favorable.
Kansas reports corn about all in: Nebraska says
r-7lf irs corn J. in and thar the whole crop Will
b. in. with god weather. by May % To-day's
srices showed &c break from the best price of
Ap-il Patten has probably had line of 5,eooo
t.-shels There have been times when he has
had possibly Sc or &C profit. but 1t is imagined
tnar his selling today was al some loss
Wheat sympathized with the corn break 10 the
extent Of &c 10 sc. When the pressure on corn
ceased wheat recovered July sold &c and at
eslsc and closed a. G5aac: May touched 631@c. but
closed ar 64lsc- To-days prices are the lowest
Snce the life OF the May future, and May has
been traded in ever since last July. Weather con-
6rons were improved in the Southwest showers
are predicted for the Northwest Clearances were
only $4,000 bushels Northwestern and primary
receipts were somewhat ahead Of last year. Cables
were steady. the Liverpool decline less than half
the break here Friday, and Paris up little. Not
much shipping business was accomplished; the
essboard however. reported 40 loads for export
--fe sentiment mas become rather bullish on the
Ane weather Worlds shipments Monday Will be
about 0oO 900 bushels, with half Of the total from
rh!s side ne visible supply will probably de-
crease a million bushels. Some decrease on pas
sage is anticipated.
oats naturally sympathiZed with the corn break
of at one time asc 10 &c, but recovering little
from the bottom. May closed at -2i3sc; July, 215sc
Receipts were 169 cars. with 155 cars for Monday
Stocks here will show little change Clearances
we're 10000 bushels. Crop conditions are exceed
irglv high particularly in Illinois
Flaxseed was more active and easier for the
new crop futures: September of 312c TO 81 21l2
October OF 1I4c TO 81 16a4 May and cash were
Unchanged al s. So The Northwest is predicting
crop Of -. 100000 bushels. Provisions were with
our interest: prices steady, but hardly any trade
There were 1000 hogs, with 10000 yesterday.
Prices steady. The talent expect a slow market
until after the June OF hogs