Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-28

The Produce and Provision Prices
mt Chicago. New York. Philadel-
phia, and Other Leading Cities as
Reported by the Associated Press.

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| NEW YORK, January 26.-Flour, re-
ceipts. 14,259 barrels; exports, 1864
| barrels. Market rather quiet, but held
! at an advance on the strength of
wheat Minnesota patents S3.900410;
Minnesota bakers s3.00@3.25; winter
patents $3.65@4.00; winter straights
| $3.40@3.50; winter extras S2.50@2.S5;
winter low grades S2.45@2.60.
Rye, Flour, steady; fair to good $3.50
@3.15; choice to fancy S3.15G3.60.
Buckwheat Flour, quiet at s2.15@2 20.
Buckwheat, dull at 60@62c C. i. f..
| New York.
! Cornmeal, quiet; yellow western soc;
city Gle; brandywine s2.45@2.5o.
Rye, No. 2 western 5Sc f. o. b. af1oat;
State rye 53@54c c. i. f. New York car
| lots.
Barley, dull: feeding 4S@50c c. i. f..
New York; mailing 62@63c 9. j. f..
New York.
Barley Malt, dull; western 65172c.
Wheat, receipts, 47,700 bushels: ex-
ports, 92,172 bushels; market strong;
| No. 2 red S2Ac f. o. b. afoat; No. red
| S015c elevator; No. northern Duluth
S8Ac f. o. b. afoat; No. 1 hard Duluth
91hc f. o. b. afioat. Options opened
| steady and worked into positive
| strength On a further scare of shorts
| impelled by higher cables and Ilnfa-
voraJble crop reports from India. They
| finally eased off a trif1e under realiz-
| ing, but still closed firm at &c net adj
vance. January closed at $3.50;
| March 81%@S1Kc, closed at Sl9sc;
May 81 1862 5-16c, closed at S17se;
July S1k@S1a4c, closed at 817sc.
Corn, receipts, 146,250 bushels: ex-
| ports, $50 bushels; spot market steady:
| No. 2, 4Sc elevator and 1880 f. Q. b..
| afoat. Option market was rather
| quiet but in view of higher cables, IN
! settled weather west and strength Of
| wheat, displayed firmness all day;
closed steady and 1s@Ac higher. Jan
uary closed at 47Ac; March closed at
46Bc; May 447s@45Ac, closed at 45c;
| July 445s044%c, closed at 441ac.
! Oats, receipts, So 400 bushels; ex-
ports, Also bushels; spot market dull;
No 2, 30hc; No. 3, 3Cc; No. white
! Size; track white 31@35c; No. white
! 32@321ac; track mixed western 5GI
3l1@c. Options dull but rather firm,
| W III Tie ODueI IldI helS.
Hops, quiet; State common to choice,
1900 crop, 16021c; 1899 crop, 11@15c,
old ODDS 2@6c; Pacific coast, 1900 crop,
15@19c; 1899 crop, 10@14c; old olds
2@6c.
hides, firm Galveston 20 to 20
pounds, 1Sh@19c; California Il to 23
| pounds, 19c; Texas dry "A to 80 pounds,
15c.
! Leather, steady; hemlock soles Bue-
| nos Ayres, light to heavy weights, 24@
Csc; acid 2314@241ac.
| Wool, dull; domestic fleece 24@26c,
texas 15017c
| Coal, steady.
| Beef dull; family $11.00@12.00; mess
s9.00@9.50; beef hams S19.O0@20.50;
| packet S1000@10.50; city extra India
mess $14.O0016;OO.
Cutmeats quiet; picked bellies ~
| @8%c; shoulders 51a@6c; picked
hams S1a@9Ac.
| Lard steady; western steamed 81 rs;
refined firm; continent 81 50; S. A
So 80; compound 51a@5sc.
| Pork steady; family SIS 50@15 rs;
short clear $13 1915 so; mess $13 %
| OLA so.
Butter steady; creamery 16@22c;
factory 11@14c; June creamery 15@20c
| Cheese steady; fancy large fall made
11A@11hc; fancy small fall made
liz 012c. ...
Eggs easier; western mark averaged
packed 10000; western loss of 201ac
Tallow steady; city ($2 per pkg.
4Bc; country pkgs. free) 5@5Ac.
| Cottonseed oil dull; prime crude
271a@2Sc; do yellow 311ac.
Petroleum dull; refined New Yorl
81 As; Philadelphia and Baltimore
81 40; do in bulk 81 So.
Rosin quiet, strained common t.
good 81 70.
Turpentine dull, 40@4O1ac.
Rice steady; domestic fair to extra
37s06Ac; Japan 4A@7sc
| Molasses firm; New Orleans oper
kettle, good to choice 32@40c.
Peanuts steady, fancy hand picked
| Az 05c; other domestics &c.
The market for coffee futures opened
steady with prices unchanged and rul
| ed stupidity dull throughout the shor
session with fluctuations confined to &
range of five points. The foreign mar.
ket reports were destitute of stimulat
ing features. The statistical changes
were insignificant and the situation
generally was unchanged. Investment
for foreign trading was totally lacking
| The market closed quiet with prices
| net unchanged to 5 points lower. To
tai sales were $3.50 bags, including
Jan. S. 45; May S. SIS; July SIS 65; Aug
S. 70 and Oct. S. Is. Spot Rio barely
steady; No. invoice &c. Mild dull;
Cordova S@SAac.
| CHICAGO, January 26.-Speculative
sentiment more than anything else
helped the wheat market to-day anG
May closed 5000 higher. Corn clos,
| ed unchanged, oats shade lower anG
provisions 21aG5c improved.
May wheat opened a shade to A03se
higher at 77@77Ac, mainly because i,
had not lost the upward impetus OF
yesterday. The moderation of north.
west receipts was also somewhat in
| fluential. On the other hand cables re-
| flected yesterdays advance only In
part, and longs seized the opportunity
| for taking pronts on the opening bulge
| There was also some selling by bears
and May eased to 7634c during the first
hour. Commission houses absorbed
their offerings. however, and when they
ceased May rallied to 775sc. Desire for