The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-10
Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-Treasury balance s22s' S44, go: gold. see.eI56I5.f
Chicago 0rain and Provisions.

CHICAGO. Feb. e-The influence of the disturbance in the Orient was keenly felt to- the price of May pork 22h a barrel above yesterday's closing. Grain prices were also anected. The close was strong in both grain May lard .25927H and ribs soc. Compared with last nights quotations May wheat hn- ished lGIHc higher. May corn Ih9T%c
 The active speculative demand which caused this sensational advance fin May pork came largely from shorts who had become alarmed at the seriousness of the war situation Com mission houses however, were also heavy purchases several prominent houses taking on lines from S2. 500 to 5000 barrels. Pack CTS reported an improved demand for meats for foreign shipment. Higher prices for hogs pork being up 2,4d7h at sls. s.7o@Is.7s. May lard was 587hc higher at S7.57hG47. 50 to On the placing of large order for May pork by prominent commission house shorts start cd to cover Offerings were extremely small. however. and in efforts to supply their needs [ the price was forced rapidly upward to Sl4. 90. There was some profit taking at that figure and a reaction followed, but the close was closed 2sea7h higher % at s7.77ise7 S .sc. after q selling between S7 60 and s7so Ribs closed soc higher at S7:i2h. after ranging between S6.05 and S7t2h One explanation of the was small stock of barreled pork which made the market nervous. There are only 10000 DarTelS or pOFk Tn Cnlca9o was all sold here ana probably 35 GOO barrels more were disposed of in the pit.
 Open hostilities in the Far East had a buo- yant influence asI on Ths.t % at the start Intisl ia with July at S4%d54M. Trading was quiet early and the volume of business was much smaller than fo rsome time. The quietness. however. was due more to scarcity of offer ings than to any lack of disposition to buy. Commission houses and buying orders and the demand from this source gradually forced N1RtN r1 THA nA Ao- tive later and prices showed further advances. The cash situation in the Northwest and at St. Louis was extremely bullish. Receipts in the Southwest were smaller than last year In addition to these domestic influences an i'm proved foreign demand was reported from the seaboard. As result of all these factors the late market was decidedly strong. After selling at e5M May closed l6Ikc higher at 95695A. July closed 2hc higher at 96%. Clearances equaled I97, 900 bushels. Primary receipts were 5000 bushels. against 56S. 200 year ago The worlds visible supply. according to Bradstreets, increased 2,6oo. 900. Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago reported 362 cars, against 332 last week and 396 a year ago ,..
 The feature in corn was the active demand from the principal bull leaders who were did not display the same amount of activity as of late there was moderate volume of oversold and shorts had to pay something for the privilege of covering their lines. After TaHRed saR and at cosn gny at the top July sold between 5oh and 52Ih and closed at 52h. Receipts. 3es cars, one contract.
 Oats also made a good advance in prices although the volume of trade was not large and without significant feature. The local traders had been Over-enthusastic on the sell ing side yesterday and the rally today was chiefly the result of their efforts to cover in the face of small offerings The speculative trade was affected by the strong cash situa- tion. Closing prices were strong and at the high point. May opened k higher at 4oh and sold between 42142h and 43ls, closing at 43h. July ranged between 3993Sh and 3eA and closed 3oh. Receipts. $40 cars.
 The leading futures ranged as follows: