Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO,

weather in Kansas had bullish influence
today on wheat. The trade was uneasy
| blowing out of the winter crop i'll dis
| tricts where the soil is not tenacious. No
rain seemed to be in prospect for week
in the southwest. Opening prices. which
| were unchanged to q lower, were follow
| ed by an all-round advance.
| Active buying on the part of leading
houses put strength into corn. The
strength of wheat was an incentive. After
! opening unchanged to Il up, the market
scored further gain.
! There was an absence of selling pres
sure in oats. Accordingly, prices climb
ed with wheat and corn.
| Plentiful receipts of hogs lowered pro
visions First sales ranged from 21sa5
to TX down, and the market later gave
but little sign of a rally.
Butter-Steady; creameries, % to 2ea
26la.
Eggs-Lower: receipts. 1896 cases: at
mark cases included. 19a2O1.; ordinary
firsts. 191aa2O: firsts. 2Dk.
Cheese-Steady; daisies. 1S11a1ss4; twins.
Trials: Americas, 1sl4a1s1s: long horns,
17%a1S
Potatoes-I.ower; receipts. 90 cars;
Michigan. Minnesota and Wisconsin red.
| 6Oa6o' do. white, 62a61.
| Poultry-.Alive, lower; springs. 16la;
| fowls, 10.
| Later the wheat market reacted, ow-
ing to an increase Of the visible supply
and to reports that crop injury would
be confined in the main to a few dis
tricts of Nebraska, Kansas and Okla
homa. The close was nervous. at a
range of a shade off to ssala up, COM
pared with Saturday night.
Commission selling in advance how
ever. more than wiped out all the gain
Eastern call was poor. The corn close
was steady at 4 net lower to a shade
advance.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, March 1G-Flour was
quiet; spring pateEts. 4.1Oa4R; winter
straights, 4.35a4.5O; winter patents, 4.joa
400; spring clears, 4.20a4.35: extra No
1 winter. 3.65a3.so; extra No winter.
3.45a36 60.
Strength northwest impaired a steadi-
ness to wheat early; May, 1.01 9-16a
LOIS.
Pork-Steady; ess. 2:..h0a23;o: family
q: 0oa26.oo; short clear 70 2 "a ~
Beef-Quet; mess, 1S.Ooa1SiO; family,
i. .O0a2O.OO.
Lard-Steady: middle west, 10 7@a1n.SD
Petroleum-Steady: refined New York.
bulk. 5.25; barrels. S.75: cases. 11.25.
Enthusiastically; New Orleans open
Hay-Steady: standard. LOCAL. O21z; No
I. 1.O5a1 orr: No. 2. 95a97h: No. 3. s5aD.
Hides-Steady: Bogota. 311sa321s; Cen
trail America, BIN.
Leather-Firm; hemlock frSts 30; sec
onds. 2Sa29.
Raw sugar-Steady: molasses 2.33: GEN.
! trifugal. 29S; refined quiet: cut loaf. 800:
crushed, 49,; mold A. AGO: cubes. 4.1';
nXxX powdered. 4,05; powdered. 400:
confectioners' A. $50: No. I. so.
Butter-Bare!y steady: $500 tubs:
Creamery. extras. 27laa2S: firsts. 23l2a27 :
seconds. 23a2o: extras. held. 26isa21:
ttas. 21a22; factory. current make. flrsts
Ia1aa2O: seconds. 1Sa1s1a; packing stock,
| current make. No. ,, 16.
Cheese Firm: receipts. 1,16O boxes:
state, whole milk, fall and summer spe-
Gals. 1aNa19: average fancy 1sa1Sl:;
winter made. specials. TRIALS; average
fancy, 17a17la; Wisconsin, whole milk.
| daisies, lsa19; twins and flats. 1slaa13:
young Americas. 1slsa,ssA; skins, l41aa
| 14a.
Eggs Weak: receipts. 1880 cases;
fresh gathered. extras, %: extra firsts.
2sk firsts, 24laa25; seconds, 23laa2i
state. Pennsylvania and nearby. hen
| merry white. %; gathered white. 261za21;
z' Dressed poultry na fresh killed
| western chickens. 15a25; owls. 14a1s'a;
| turkeys. 1Sa25.
steers. 6.5Oa9. So: bulls. 60oa'.6': cows
3.sOa6.25: dressed. 12a13hs. -
Calves - Receipts. $500 head: lower:
7.0Oa1l.25 culls, 5.OOa6.JO; dressed. la
lI1..
Sheep Receipts, 5000 head; steady:
| 4 OOa6lO: culIs, 4.OOa4.2j: lambs, lower:
! 7.O0aS.2J.
Hogs - Receipts, $500 head; steady;
8. 1Oa9. 40: roughs S.1SaS.3o.
BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. March 16 - Wheat
Steady: spot. 1.OOl.: SPOT No. . red west
ern, 1.Ool.: March No. red, Loo !;
April No. red. 1.olE receipts. 1899
bushels.
Corn Steady: spot contract. 61A:
| March, 67iA: steamer mixed. Az; re-
| ceipts. 16,34s bushels; southern white
| corn. 72.
| Oats-Firmer; standard white. 4o: No.
| :; white. 44a44ls: receipts, 1893 bushels.
Rye-Steady: No western export, u;
| No. western domestic, 6satS. Receipts,
986 bushels.
| Hay-Steady: No. l timothy. 1850 ask
| ed: No. l clover mixed, 100 asked.
Grain freights-Quiet: steam to Liver
pool, per bushel. I'D March; picked
ports. Is March.
LIVERPOOL.
| LIVERPOOL. March 16-Wheat-Dull;
No. red western. IS 45sd: No. and No
Q Manitoba, IS id: futures steady; March,
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