The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-09
GREAT OCTOBER ACTIVITY
BUSINESS NEVER BETTER LOCALLY
THAN At PRESENT.
Outside Orders Are Good and Many
Buyers Are i'm TOwn-Prices
Hold u Steady Range.

On the wholesale streets and on Commits
sion row, yesterday, the volume of trade
was such as to make the merchants cheer
full and disposed to push business. The fact
is that not in many years has October
opened with 50 large a volume of trade and
with so steady tone to prices. The dry
goods houses are enjoying one of the bust
est weeks of the present season. Mail or
ders are large, as are those sent in by traY-
cling statesmen Buyers who purchase large
bills and are DESTROYS OF examining the
stock are quite numerous The wholesale
grocers, as well, are enjoying an excellent
business. Sugars are moving quite freely at
the easier prices which have prevailed for
week or more, and coffee is gradually
growing more active with hardening tend
ency to prices. Navy beans are moving bet
ter, but are no stronger in price. Receipts
of poultry are increasing and old fowls and
sprngers both have a downward tendency.
While there is no change in quotations
present prices will hardly be maintained
through the week The cheese situation con-
tinues to attract attention on account of
the scarcity of stock. Prices are very firm,
as previously noted, and advances are con-
slant possibilities. Butter and eggs are very
firm at quotations. The movement in canned
goods is quiet. Jobbers are still talking of
higher prices for tomatoes. Corn is steady
but not so strong tomatoes, while other
vegetables and all lines of fruit firm.
RaiSins and currants are better movers.
Oranges, bananas and lemons are holding
steady but without special activity in de-
mand. The flour market ruled steady, with
consumption quite large. The steady tone
to wheat gives no room for an advance
decline in price. Export demand is light.
Provisions are moving more freely. domes-
tic demand being excellent and export ship
meutS increasing; but with the decline in
the price of hogs there Is a weaker tone In
the price of provisions The iron and steel
merchants report trade active. All indica-
lions of an advance have passed over and
steady prices are looked for for some time
to come.
The local grain market is rather tame.
Receipts are light and dealers are not in
clined TO advance quotations. as the prices
paid do not seem to increase receipts. Track
bids yesterday, as reported by the secre-
tary of the Board of Trade, ruled as fol-
lows:
Wheat-No. red, zoe track; No. , red, 7Jc on
milling freight: No. red, 6bg6Sc track
Corn-No. l white. 59lac; No. 2 white. 59izc.
white mixed, 55iac; No. white mixed 57lzc,
No white mixed, a5l2Q55leci No. ? yellow,
s7e No yeiiloS. rs s.i.e: no yel,o% 80
No mixed 3laaJjl &c, ear, SOC.
OAts--NO. white, 5yQ5ylzc. No. 3 white. SsQ
3S14c; No. mixed, S'4S'isc; No mixed, SEQ
Hay-No. l timothy. sl225als. No timothy.
SO 25dl0.75 per tom.
No white, cars; No. yellow. J. No. 3
mixed, 1. total cars oats; No. white 1
car; rejected. /: total Hay: No tim
othy. 1 car; No. prairie, /; total, cars.
The wagon market ruled much the same
as regards prices on Monday. Offerings
of new corn are increasing and prices aver
aged 50 cents per bushel. some bringing So
cents, and old corn sold all the way from