Evening star., 1918-06-29
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

! CHICAGO. June 2s.-Prospects of
rain in Kansas and of q breaking OF
the hot wave there led to selling OF
tcorn today and easod down prices:
It came from local traders. Opening
prices. which varied from unchanged
| flguros to y lower. with July 1.AGA
to 14sh and August 1.6o& TO 1.tl.
were followed by q slight rally eac
then q meterinl deeline oil around.
of corn. Export donannd Beemed lack :
ing. After opening UNCHANGED to v
lower the market continued to sag.
| Provisions averaged higher. owing
apparently to reports Of large ship
monts Of fresh meats. Pit trade war
! new YORK. June 2s-Pork-Un-
settled; mess, 47.5oa4S.Oo; short clear.
4800a61.00. Lard Steady; middle
west. 25.15a25.25; other articles un-
changed.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. June 29.-There were
better prospects for a break in the
southwestern drought. in the opinion OF
cotton traders here. and after opening
| eighteen points lower to one point high
er the market sold on rather SHARPLY
wires reported rains at Texarkana and
at two or three points in Oklahoma.
| while good rains were reported IN the
Memphis section and 1t was evidently
general over Texas before Monday.
July sole of from 27.ss to 27.5o or
thirty-flve points net lower, while
october declined from 1882 to 25.10.
with new crop months generally show
| ing net losses of fifteen to twenty points
| shortly after the call.
| Cotton futures opened steady; July.
1856; October, $3.50; December, 24.75;
January. 24.64; March. 24.64.
Spot cotton quiet: middling, $500.
Cottonseed oil market closed quiet.
Spot. none; July, 2o.5o: August. 21:0o
sales.
Spot cottoa-steady and unchanged
sales on the spot, 2,o53 bales: to ar
rive, none. Low middling. 2s.25; mid
ding, 31.0o: good middling. s2.75.
Prospects Of continued dry weather
Austria was trying to open peace
| negotiations with the entente caused
| buying on which the market recover
| ed the early loss, and late in the
session stood 6 to points over yes
| terday's close on the new crop posi-
| tions.
Futures closed steady at decline
Of 8 to 81 points. July. 2s.25: October,
/ 24.26: December, 1886; January, 23.71;
| March, 23.71.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
United States bureau Of markets
| weekly report of live stock and meat
| trade conditions here for the week
| ending June %:
Receipts of all kinds of meats were
| heavier this week than last, and with
| the demand for beef curtailed quite
extensively, its market was almost
| lifeless and considerably lower, but
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meats. Several cars of beef arrived
| in off condition and were sold only
after a considerable concession in
price was made. The bulk of arrivals
were common and medium and the
| market on both grades of cows and
steers declined unevenly.
Demand for veal was very much
| better than last week, and in spite
| OF heavier receipts of western dressed
and an increase of over 27 per cent
| in local slaughter the first four days
this week over the corresponding
period of last the market advanced.
Receipts of pork SO far this week
| have been far heavier than last. but
| the demand has been good, and all
receipts were sold soon after arrival
The demand for lambs has been very
good all week and prices advanced
| unevenly from 81 to 81. Receipts
have been a little heavier than last
| up readily.
Few mutton sold slowly at $25.
Market Is closing in a weak and de-
moralized condition on beef. with q
strong effort and many concessions
in prices being made to clean up
everything unloaded. Veal. lamb and
pork are all cleaned up well at
strong prices.
CHICAGO, June 2s.-United States
bureau of markets: Hogs-Receipts.
10000 head: good hogs mostly &C
lower than today's opening or yester-
days average; packing grades un-
even, better selling 10c down; butch
ers,, 1s.e5a!71o: light 16.75a1z1o:
1900: bulk of sales, 1s.45a17.O5; pigs.
good and choice, 16.40a12.90.
Cattle-Receipts. 1000 head; weeks
receipts extremely light and a sharp
uneven recovery from last weeks
break has resulted: beef steers and
yearlings above SIS; and good
common steers and light grassy heif-
ers closing dull but unevenly higher
! than week ago. Sales mostly SOC
higher for the week; quotations un-
changed from yesterday.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000; practically
all direct to packers: top classers,
both sheep and lambs. mostly soc
lower than week ago; feeding sheep
about steady; In accordance with Gus
| tom. beginning July I, old crop Of
lambs will be classified as yearlings
and spring lambs as lambs: quota
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