The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-01

Wheat closed Hover Saturday. corn ION up. oats \ and provisions 21491h improved
 September wheat. In which option sne pahs of the trade was transacted in the wheat pit. opened xWiM higher 73H674h and went at jump to 74 and the clamor of 2 rain purpose. q decrease of s.72s. 900 bushels in the quantity afloat and a report that France would have to do some steep importing owing to e prospective late European harvest octed as auxiliary influences in sustaining prices. On the other side there were two conctderat ons the rain must finally cease. Trade was very heavy during the first hour. but the price did not get outside the opening range. no, ,n a'o ,he " during the remainder of the session. when thc volume of transactions decreased Ths close Lose was strong. September hc up at IS7s. s. Lne visible decrease is i.275,o 900 bushels sea, board clearances in wheat and flour were equal to 32s.ooo bushels. Primary receipts were 137.oo0 bushels. compared with S5suo push s els a year ago. Minneapolis and Duluth re- ported 4e5 cars and Chicago 25 with con tract grade. This made total Tor the thIes points of 524 cars, against 452 last week ahi
 Corn was excited and feeling nervous, but prices exhibited a buoyancy which refused ,,o 70 be dulled even when the manipuators or tne July delivery dumped September into me plt in imposing quantities. July corn startled pe- in ten years A duel in the September option enlivened the opening hour. The manipuiatoIs of July began selling September but the . Iep. resentative of an influential house stood close l. and nonchalently absorbed everything oilereo. The excessive rainfall caused much fear or IT. reparaDte damage to the crop anu Iuaue Nh - terruption Of the movement and deteriorat on in the grading almost certain. While interest in July was keen. owing to its high price. the biggest part of the trade was in septemner. There was naturally much profit taking on the upturn. but generally commission hcuses Wefs on the buying side, indicating that the country is getting on the long side of Ire market; Receipts were 255 cars. The visible increasea 4o8. GOO bushels. July sold between Io5s ana 72 and closed strong. 2& over Saturday at 72h September ranged between 62 and o39s' closing lLdl& up at 63.
 Oats contributed their share to the pult eN- ctement prices advancing sharply on unre- strained buying by almost all interest. The weather of course. the influence. u was said that the deiuge threatens even greater damage. to oats than to either wheat or corn A strong cash situation augmented the senti- ment on the bull side. Shorts engaged in lively covering movement at the openins. Profit taking followed and forced pr c's back for a time. but later buying was renewed an1 the market closed firm Receipts were 2os cars. July sold between 47A and 46Ss snd closed i& up at 4e%: September ranVed be, tween 34% and 35k and closed h9-c improved at 35
 Provisions were neglected for :he grains Prices. howeer were steady in sympathy wth corn and firm prices at the yards; sep tember pork closed 2h higher at Sl8 30; sep tember lard at SIo.62kG 65. ani September ribs 7k better at Sio 67h.
 The leading futures ranged as fonows'