East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-14
BARLEY PRICES
SOAR UPWARD
DEMAND FOR FEED
GRAIN MORE INSISTENT
oat Market Remains Quiet with
Prices Unchanged-Sllght Advance
In December Wheat-Flour Market
Growing Stronger, While Livestock
Men Talk Hopefully OF Better
Things TO Come.

There IS added frmness in the To-
cal barley situation, even though there
was fractional decline in San Fran
cisco prices during today's session.
There is said to be some buying of
barley for foreign account, but this
can not be confirmed at the moment.
In any event the trade Is more anxious
to buy barley than for some time, and
during the day 900 tons of No. 1 feed
were sold on board Of trade for No
vember delivery at $26.5O a ton. There
was no change in futures on the board
during the day, but the market was
firmer.
Oats market was quiet, with prices
maintained at yesterdays figures
There was an advance of 1-Sc on
the bid for December wheat today at
81 Use, but no change is noted in the
November.
The flour market is gaining strength
for local trading, but foreigners are
showing no disposition to engage the
attention Of the trade.
Cash wheat market Is firmer al
though buyers are not paying over 9Oc
for club on the track Portland. Even
at this price buyers say they are not
able TO do any business.
Bcarish Tone Abroad.
Chicago, Nov. 13.-Because Of the
lower closing OF the Liverpool market
today, the trade here showed dlspo
sition to bear. wheat down at the
opening Of the market today and first
figures were unchanged to Nc under
yesterdays final. The increase in the |
Argentine visible supply had some-
thing to do with the bearlsh tone
abroad, but even there the weakness
vas not very pronounced.
Liverpool wheat started quite strong |
with values 1-Sd to hd above yester-
day. but the closing shows an actual
loss of 1-Sd.
At the opening here there was
covering Of shorts and with the COM
ing Of more damage reports regarding
the winter wheat sowing here the |
market did better and the close was
l-Sc to &c above yesterday
Cattlcmcn Hopeful.
Portland Union Stockyards. Nov |
evidence is at hand which |
Sc ems to assure better demand for |
cattle within the near future. The |
Improvement will likely |
come in well selected stuff, for al
ready the call for this grade Is better !
than it was a week ago. While no |
sales have been made over 81 for best |
steers, buyers are showing a better
disposition to take supplies than they
We're a short time ago. 1t has been |
only in the ordinary quality that sup
plies were hard to move during recent |
trading, because packers wants were
small owing to their heavy accumu
lations.
Hog market IS holding quite well at
the advance of yesterday, although
the top for the stuff which arrived
during the past "a hours did not
bring more than $6.10.
sheep supplies are small and the
market Is disposed to do better for
The finer grade stuff.
Expects an Improvement soon.
II have no doubt that there will be
IN improvement in the market for
.op select steers within the next week
n 10 days" said w. p, Gould of
Benson & Gould today. The mar
let is showing up slightly better in
one even at this time. Hogs and
;heep are very likely to remain as
hey arc for awhile"