Evening star., 1917-10-30
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


likely to stop damage to corn and to
increase receipts tended today to ease
the corn market. and so, too. DID IIesh
weakness in Wall street. Assertions
bring about greater demand for feed
ing led to a little rally, but the erect
failed to last. Trading lacked volume.
Opening quotations. which ranged from
the same as yesterdays finish to p
lower with December 1.1sh and May
1.13k to 1.13k, were followed by prief
upturns. and then by moderate gen.
eral sag.
Oats had no independent action. Price
changes were insignificant, and the
amount of business small.
Strength in the hog market gave firm
ness to provisions. The best demand
was for ribs.
CORN Open High Low. Close.
May ......... 1.l3l4 LICK 1.lsh 1.1sa
! OATS
Sssemesr @ss ss's sss 81. 81. g.: -; sss ss;;
NEW YORK, October 30.-Pork-Un-
settled; mess, .5oa4S.50. Lard-Firm:
middle west 25.5eae5.60. Other articles
unchanged.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, October 5o.-1
pm quotations:
Wheat-Spot No. 2, red, soft, 2.22;
spot No. .. red. winter, 2.24; receipts,
1854 bushels: exports. 80 bushels.
Oats-Firm; standard white, &c; No.
). white. 651a; receipts. 1927 bushels;
exports, 359.s39 bushels.
Rye-Steady, No. ., western export
1.S6; receipts. 2S,0Ss bushels.
Hay-Steady.
Grain freights-Not Guotable.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. October 30.-Unfavorabie
weather news served to promote covering
after yesterdays sharp break in the cot
ton market. and the opening today was
l. to 16 points higher. The outlook was
that rains in the eastern belt would be
followed by another cold wave and killing
frost was reported at Del Rio, Abilene and
Palestine. Tex. December sold up to
26.95. and January to 26.21. after the call.
making a net advance of about 20 to 26
points. The advance was checked at this
level by renewed liquidation and later
fluctuations We're irregular.
Futures opened steady: December,
2e-s: January. 26.1o; March, o5S4; May,
21.13; July, 1856.
The early irregilarity was followed
by a very sharp advance late in the
morning. Liverpool. New Orleans and
domestic trade interests had been buyers
earlier which suggested that prices
here were relatively low and covering
became very active after the publication
of the detailed weather reports showing
extraordinarily low. temperatures in
Oklahoma and Texas. BY midday De-
cember had rallied to 2741 and January
to 1858. or 80 to - points above last
nights closing figures
NEW ORLEANS, October GA rise
of IS to so points resulted in the first
half hour of trading in cotton here to-
day. The extremely cold weather over
the belt stimulated the demand, a good
part of which came from recent short
sellers. who were after their profits
Futures opened steady Opening bid :
December. 25.4S asked: January. 25.16:
March. 25.02: May, 24S9; July, 2479
DAIRY MARKETS..
CHICAGO, October 30-Rutte-I'n-
changed. Eggs-Higher: receipts, 1858
cases: frsts. 37Aa3s1s: ordinary firsts,
36a3.; at mark, cases included 3Sa3S
Potatoes-Receipts, sixty cars; un-
changed.
Poultry-Alive. unsettled: fowls, 131.
a1t'2: springs. Il.
NEW YORK. October so.-Butter-
Weak; receipts. 1o,o27 packages:
- y; firsts. 4s1sa44; seconds. 41a42A.
Eggs-Steady: receipts. 1881 cases;
fresh gathered, extras. 4ea47: extra
nrsts. 44a43; frsts. 40a43: seconds
36aos: state, Pennsylvania and nearby
western hennery whites. fine to fancy,
oa7': state. Pennsylvania and nearby
hennery browns, 5oas0. Cheese-Un-
settled: receipts. 2,Ss5 boxes; state,
fresh. specials. 2e1a a23; do. average
run, - Dressed poultry-Quiet; chick
ems; 2ea36: fowls. 1sa2SE; turkeys,
24a3S.