The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-20
New York IIining stocks.
nreadntniRa and proviaions.

CHICAGO Pork occupied the center
Of the stage of the board Of trade to-
day, selling early in the session at an
advance Of 22lac. It closed 1Vc higher.
Small stock and constantly advancing
hog prices were features Of the
strength. Lard closed shade lower
and ribs shade higher. Wheat devel-
oped considerable weakness, partly on
account Of the fine spring weather in
the west and closed at decline Of G
cent. Corn closed &c lower and oats a
shade lower.
Wheat at the opening was compare
lively steady. Mild damp weather was
reported from the west, conditions ideal
for the winter wheat, but traders nj
the moment were influenced by the firm
foreign markets and the heavy cash
business done Saturday. May opened
unchanged at 679s D671kc. but offerings
soon exceeded the demand at those flg-
ures and prices began to yield a trifle,
May getting down to 61kc. A short
squirt OF covering brought the price
back to size, but soon after the mar
ket again turned weak and declined
slowly but steadily until within q few
minutes of the close. The liquidation
during the session was not particularly
heavy, but support was lacking, pros
pective buyers evidently being more
impressed with the favorable weather,
the visible increase and the heavy
northwest receipts than were holders OF
long wheat The decline, however,
was not very rapid until nearly noon,
when the price dropped quite fast May
finally being hammered down to 66k n
66Mc. During the last half hour Of the
session the demand improved some
what, shorts covering and sold out
longs renewing their lines. May adj
Vanced to 66skc and reacted to 6eS9
66hc, where 1t closed.
Chicago receipts were thlrty-two
cars. Minneapolis and Duluth receipts
were B9S cars, compared with 902 last
week and ESQ year ago. Total primary
receipts were 5000 bushels. The vlsi-
BILE increased $4,000 bushels. Worlds
shipments were put at 7,1S6,O0O bushels.
an amount considerable heavier than
looked for. Atlantic port clearances OF
wheat and flour amounted to $4,000
bushels. The seaboard reported twenty
loads taken for export. About 10000
bushels, represented the cash business
done here.
Corn was quiet, but fairly steady.
There was quite general belief that
important lines Of corn were in process
Of liquidation, but the. market was well
supported, Notwithstanding this and
the weakness OF wheat. Country adj
vices were bulllsh and the shipping de-
mahd was fair, the seaboard reporting
forty loads taken for export. Receipts
here were 400 cars. May ranged from
3Tls 937hc, and closed NC lower o! %1IEc-
Oats were extremely dull all day,
nothing of interest occurring In the
speculative market. There was some
demand for the cash article and this
served to support futures in the face OF
the wheat weakness The range was
narrow. Receipts were Sl7 cars May
ranged from 2l02lhc, and closed
shade lower at 241244sc,
Provisions at times were extremely
active especially so as regards pork
the demand for that article being heavy
and general. Small stocks and higher
prices at the yards started buying
movement early. which advanced prices
sharply, May pork selling as high as
Sit SIS, but later In the session realizing
chopped Off a good deal of the Rd-
vance, the decline being helped along
by the weakness Of wheat Lard and
ribs also showed fair advances Mt one
time, but lost them when pork declln-
ed. At the close May pork was l0c
higher at 81 42Ja; May lard shade
lower at SO 1871, and May ribs shade
higher at Sc 1906 17ys.
Estimated receipts Tuesday:
Wheat, S. cars; corn, 500 cars; oats
800 cars; hogs, $1,000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows: