The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30
WHEAT AND CORN RULED DULL
WEAKNESS IN CORN WAS
A DEPRESSING INFLUENCE.
There Wac Little Disposition to race
Owing to the Inactivity OF tho
Leading Long

Chicago November 9-Dullness pre-
vailed today on the board Of trade ana
prices IN general were depressed Decem-
Der wheat closing }sdt and May ! lower
December corn closed down and oats va
II lower. January provisions closed un.
changed to 2l4 under yesterday.
wheat ruled dull. There was little dis
position 10 trade owing to the inactivity
OF the leading long. and while the early
market was a tribe better than yesterday S
close Il gradually weakened and the close
was near the bottom. The weakness In
corn was a depressing influence and con
tnucd liquidation helped take down the
prices December opened unchanged to Il
lower Mt 74gs TO 744 and declined to 1879.
/ The close WINS Ta1 lower nt 73l4dI3@
May closed Is lower at 75& after selling
/ between 7J9sG75a, and 1914. Receipts 10
I cars, Minneapolis and Duluth reporting
/ Corn was Grm at the opening, the weather
throughout the belt lettering the free
I movement OF the grain. Scattered llqulda-
Z ton. however. soon caused a sharp de-
cline, nut covering by shorts brought about
q rally The volume Of business on the
whole was but modest May closed A1Ss
lower at 4-@s after selling between 42R and
43hd 1874. Receipts 39J cars. There was
considerable selling pressure In oats and
| III the absence Of any material support
weakness developed and the close was low
er. Local traders favored the selling side
and there was little demand except from
shorts taklng profits. December closed 4d
| Is lower at 3O7sU3DE ranging between 30Is
and 3lla. May closed Is lower at Bps.
1 Receipts 215 ears
Provisions were strong early on smaller
receipts Of hogs, with higher prices. Gov.
ering by shorts caused n further advance
| but later free selling by brokers caused a
| decline and the close was easy with Jan
uary pork unchanged at - So; January
lard "a lower at 9jl7. and ribs lower at
S.1TM.
Estimated receipts Mcnday-wheat 115
| cars corn 250 cars, oats 1!5 cars, hogs
IL 600 head
Cash quotations were rs follows
Flour Quiet and steady; winter patents
9. 5Od3 60; sraights 31Od3. 40; spring
patents 3 4003 70; straights ? 9od8. 10;
! bakers . 25M2. 10.
Wheat-No. > spring 72a74%5; No. 3 6S,G
az; No > red 73@a741a.
Corn-NO. . "a; No yellow 54h.
Oats-No. . 81; No. 8 white 3Od3ih
Rvr-No . 1879
Barley Good feeding 85a88; fair to
choice mating 44d5s
FlaXseed-No. 49, No ! Northwestern
40.
Timothy seed-Prime 3.65.
Mess pOrk-Per barrel 10. 7JG16. STI5
Lard-Per 100 pounds 10 6Od1O. 65
Short RIB sidcs-LOOSe s. STlh69 1914
Dry sailed shoulders-BoXed o. 37l5IT0. so
Short clear sides-BoNed S. 75d9 90.
Whisky Basis Of high wines 80
On the produce exchange today the but
dairy 1924 Chcese-Steady. ild12 Eggs
Steady, loss of ~
St. Louis, November wheat-Lower;
No. . red, cash and elevator. 6776; track
69E970ia; December G77s bid: May 1875
No. hard G7&@72 Corn-Lowcr; No. .
cash 44{ nomln L. track 44l4@45l5: Decem.
Der 44l4 bid; May 39ii asked Oats-Flrm;
No. cash 3lia; track 20: December BIZ.
nominal May 81 bid; No white 81 Rye
Lower at As, Pork Unchanged; jobbing,
standard mess, II 40 Lard-Lower nj
10 30 Lead-Steady at %. Flour-Dull:
red winter patents 3 3OII3 so: extra fancy
and straight 3.O0m3 20; clear .. S5d2 95.
.Ilmothy seed Steady at 2.9Od3. - Corn
meal STEADY at . 40. Bran.-Firm. sacked
east track 690I1 Hay-Firm; timothy
IL. W"l .oOi pruirie 0.OOdt1 30 Whisky
Steady az - Iron cotton tics .O7i5.
B0gciug 5-lG0T i-iG HEMP twlnc q nv
salt meats boxed Steady; extra shorts
mud clear ribs ~ ""' short clears 10 o.
Bacon boxed Steady; extra shorts ii %:
eepts--flour 1000 barrels; wheat. 10000
bushels; corn, 1liCCO bushels; oats Eq'OOO
bushels Shipments Flour. 2OOOO barrels.
wheat: 5000 bushels; corn, 10000 bushels:
oats, $1,000 bushels.
New York November 90 wheot-Re.
ceipts 10000 bushels. exports ice nOO
bushels Snot easy; No rcd 7aE eie
ern 639i Z. O. %. anoat: No / hard G4ts
o. b. Hldcs-Quict: Galveston % 10 Ok