Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
THE GRAIN MARKETS,

the prices of Wall street securi-
ties had a. Strengthening effect to-
day On the wheat market here, December
wheat closing at a net gain Of lie. Corn
Is of Nc. Oats are 4 higher. Provisions
are down 20 to 42hc. -
= Wheat market opened firm on buy
ing BY sno.~ The buying was based
on the opening strens... .he stock mar
ket. Foreign grain markets, - ever.
were weak, and this induced considers-
BILE profit taking here. Weakness Of the
corn market inspired additional sales. and
before the end Of the first hour prices
declined nearly 1c below opening quota
lions. During the last half of the ses--
sion the market became strong on renew
ed covering by shorts. The reason was,
continued buoyancy Of the stock market;
On the upturn wheat advanced nearly
&c above the low point of. the day and
closed strong.
December opened a shade to v higher
at 9OAa& to 9Oh, sold of to 69x and adj
vanced to OH. The close was at 91K.
May opened u to n higher at 99A to 100.
sold of to 98M and rallied to 1OOHa101.
The close was at 1OONsa1O0N. Clearances
OF wheat and -four were equal to 748 O0O
bushels. Primary receipts were S21 600
bushels compared with 786, 600 bushels the
corresponding day year ago. Mnneapo-
lis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts
Of $40 cars against 45S cars last week aut
5O2 cars year ago.
Corn was decidedly weak early In the
day owing to selling brought out by ia
vorable weather for curing the new crop
and by. fresh decline IN the price OF
i've hogs. Shorts. however. covered
freely IN the last half Of the session.
which caused recovery Of all the early
loss.
The market closed firm. December
opened n to y lower at SO to 52M, sold
of to 81 and then advanced to 52N.
The close was at 52N. May sold be-
tween 53h and 541a541s and closed at
54asa541z. the. closing figures Of yesterday
Local receipts were 160 cars. with u Of
contract grade.
Oats were weak the first hour in SYM
patty with the decline Of wheat and corn
The market later became firm on buying
by several Of the leading local bulls.
Trade was largely in the May delivery.
December opened II higher to y lower, at
4sS to ~ 81 as sold otr to ~ and then ad-
May sold between 1874 and 491la48sas. and
closed at 49h, a gain OF n as compared
with Yesterdays: closing quotations. Lo--
cal receipts were 81 CARS
Provisions were weak ali-day becafse
Of persistent selling by local packers
The realization of the Accent hog was
the chief factor in the situation. At the
close January pork was down An. at
Ito. AdTQ was on 20, at 7.ZZh. H!bS
were 20 lower, at 6.32k.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat,
"a cars corn. 1874 cars; oats, $50 cars:
hogs. $1,000 head
DULUTH. MIMI. November 2S.-wheat:
No. hard, 1.O4; No. I northern, 1O2H:
No. northern, 100; December. 1Ol; May.
1.O7N
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. November a.
Close-Wheat: December. 1.COMa1. OF:
May. 1.O7A: No. 1 hard. 1.O4A; No. 1
northern. 1.O0A; No. northern, S4k a99x:
No. northern. 95AagrA.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. November o.
Hogs: Slow. 10 to Is lower: butchers and
shippers, 4.15a4.s0: common. g. 75a4 60.
Cattle-Steady; fair to good shippers,
4.5Oa5.OO: common. 2.25a2.75
Sheep-Steady. 2OOa4.5O
Lambs-Steady, 4.25a6 50.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. November 2s-Wheat:
No. 2 red. cash. 961z: No. hard, 97a1. 90:
December. 91a91h; May. lOOh.
Corn-No. 2, cash. 57k; No white,
57z; December. 49M: May, 521ka52N.
Oats-No. 2. cash, 45: No. 2 white, an.
MILWAUKEE,, wis, November "a
Wheat: No. northern, LOCAL .071k: No. 2
northern. 1:03a1 .O4h: May. 1.0Oh bid.
Rye-No. 1, S1a81k.
Barley-No. 2, 100: sample. Goal 90.
Corn-No. 8. cash. 5S3xa59: May, 54x.