The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-11
GRAIN RAD FllS
Attempt to Raid Dat Pit Makes
Prices Suffer.
DAYS CLOSE IS LOWER
8ulIiSh Effects Have Little Az
feet on Wheat.

/ Chicago, Feb. 1o.-TLere was a short
lived attempt 10 raid the cat Dit today
and with little support ar hand. prices
: suffered IL consequence. Otherwise the
grain markets were OF the commonplace
type. with very narrow fluctuations and
slightly bearish tendencies. May wheat
closed &c lower; Ray corr isg1sc down
and May cats 2s97sc down Provisions.
after some activity, closed 70 ~
/ higher.
Ordinary influences appear 10 have lit
I tie effect on wheat Up 10 midday tie
range was over only =. ard the whole
session showed only a shade more Slight
( y bGuisA feeling with which the uarAet
closed Saturday VAS lost st the outset
today on minor bits OF b@zrLSh news The
tie amount OF passage had increased
i.s-i-uOe bushels ana carload shipments
were liberal The mild weather With ac-
EItlolA SHOWS over the west vas favor
able I0r the growing crop. All told. the
market was Cuu and largely . scslpsng
affair, traders selling OF all the oulges
and buying on dips. The most important
item o. news OF the Gay was the decrease
OF l-3s3, O03 busnslS-SlE7ost double the de-
crease expecred-yet there was no effect
on the pit. May opened 1s5sSsc 70 = shade
strength sold 10 sc Commission houses
later turned sellers, the cat break had a
depressing effect and May reached 10 IA
sf1sc- Inc close Vas easy Nay &c down
al i7ss9@sC. Local receipts were u cars,
Minneapolis and Duluth reported $50 cars,
making total for the three points oI IS
cars against 81 last week ard 657 q year
ago. Primary receipts were SO Cd bush
els, Compare dtO 1900 bushels q year
ago. SeabOard clearances n wheat and
-four equalled % .e1o bushels Wc-ld s
shipments were S,5Se.0G1 bushels. compared
20 sZ.6.t.a bushels last week and S,Ss4 90
bushels 4
Corn az times lad a fair support and
some activity. out In lhs long run the
oearlsh tendency won cut The early
cables were Indifferent, based on al IN
proVeuelt IN Argentine cTops. There was
a feeling that the market had been over
sold Saturday and shorts covered freely
az the opening, but this did not last ions.
May opened -slt.4c lower, recovered and
sold AT G2-s shortly after the opening.
The ncomUisSiOn house selling ard the
cat depression brought sag and IN the
absence Of buying orders, the gain was
lost. Kansas City again reported hear
ish market. May closed easy az isIi<c
lower At s1la04sc- Receipts were p cars
Cat had a bad time OF II from the open
ing The start was fairy steady with
corn and 500 nGfter the opening May
options were selling AZ Saturdays
closing figure Then there set IN a DELHI
crate raid. such as was witnessed two
weeks asO and May was pressed down
quickly 10 4-c- Jhere was poor demand
ana the-e vas almost TO early support. /
More interest WJS SHOWN however, rtla1
N several days and toward the close
commission houses helped toward tha re-
gaining a fraction Of the loss Nay closed
weak ssQ5sc lower at ~ &c Re-eipts
We're los cars
The strength in provisions was some
what OF q surprise. considering the large
receipts OF hogs-S6. 600 head az eight
points compared . 650oo head last year.
Offerings were light except when prices
were ar their highest The opening was
steady on = stsady hog market. biit buy
ing ard covering set IN ar once. Packers
wanted & good deal. but IS prfccs went Up
they relieved ths tension somewhat hy
selling May pork opened unchanged 20
2izc higher at SIS 70 Sl5-s7sk jumped %
si6 05 and closed firm at ~ at $780,
May lard opened unchanged. sold be-
tween 1915 and y9.671z. ard closed nc Up
at s9Z1s. Nav ribs sold between 8 So
end SS-e9G$s.s5i5, and closed SC Up az
sssTts
Estimated recelpts for tomorrow.
Wheat. 81 ears. corn. 10 cars; cats, l55
cars; hogs, 4 GO lad.