New-York tribune., 1919-10-25
Cereals

Cereals
ssgsln showed hrmness and prices in tht
lnI ni,I I,i nea po'fs market advanced 5 cents per
Northern spring to sssoDs27o' The move.
nent was OF moderate prouorttons and
taFmers ia aes a. are not selling freely. This may
are now busly engaged In harvesting corn
ahltnougn AZ II Is generally admitted that IN
ne northwest there is no great surplus
Recent weather conditions have been
more more tavora BILE for planting the win.
Modern Miller" the winter wheat screage
seeded this tan Is now normal. rs rains put
mat the plant is a bove ground In many
places and IN strong and being pastured
erately active. but prices were arrner The
near positions again showed the creates,
May wdened out about one half cent from
Thursday. Shorts were nervous over the
question OF receipts and the predictions of
part OF The belt strengthened the BELLE
that the movement Will continue light un-
I'll the weather improves
Country offers were not large. but re-
porte from many OF the leading states
sso nsloI,sd bssy very srgs ysIss Som
be Bile to crib all of their corn md
VIII be forced TO sell and others say that.
owlns 70 extensive purchases Of ne" farm
IN order to provide funds to meet Their
An esrIy advance IN live hogs helped
the market and the trade also felt some
what more confident over developments In
connection with foreign credits
Yesterday's Previous Year
cer2 No ! yellow sl'SsS siSss $50
6:.:sss nsss.sse. ..: ~ 's'x ''ss ''s 1sss 4ss
Oats-There was cCmpa rsttVety little in
NiQnl3Ce6
prices were steady to firm in sympathy
with corn and in ne absence OF heayy
moderate proportions but al the same time
the cash demand was small Thsre were
and the lack of export business served TO
discourage buying operations The local
cash market was duil but steady.
Yesterdays Previous Year
oats. No. white soss soss soss
nsssmo'r msy '...... ..... 77lsS .7sS iss. Il 10.
Rye-Market weak.
Yesterdays Previous Year
CASH ssv NO. o0[S wsi54 S'ost sSsA i'Sss sl77
Flour and Neutrality-suspicious. we're:
New York: close. close. ago.
cornmeai ysi a.So@3.ss9 a.So@33 4l71s
Rye nour -. 72597.5o 7.25915o 500
Sugar and Coffee
current ..,.sn gea9 .xo
sugar granuloted per 10 9
Sugar Centrifugal Der n.
cotfes. tfe Santos San 49, No + s' pe- - ID 5sN
Sugar--Continued strength was noted in
the market for new crop Cuban sugar.
with no position being pressed for sale
There were sales reported Of 10000 bags
April shipment. 1T NC t. o. b. Cuba
While operators were showing further buy
ing interest at the close OF the market
yesterday sellers were Indifferent.
The general situation rsgards the
future arilet and the question OF gov
ernnent control in come form another
Is still In an cns- ttled state. The supply
and demand situation Is acute and has
been further aggravated by renewal o.
the loneshoremen's strike, which continues
to prevent refners from gettinr the necos
sary sugar unloaded at their docks
consequently MEETINGS and distribution are
being further curtailed. with no immediate
relief IN sight.
Coffee Futures--After ar Irregular open
ting I point higher To points lower the
market rallied on few buying orders and.
in the absence of selIing pressure Decem-
May to Is. or !: to % points net higher.
Continued reports. however. that Rio ship
pers were accepting bids below asking
prices caused prices to work lo~sr In the
afternoon. with New Orleans and Wall
Street houses selling rather freely to-
gether with some long liquidation. the de
cline carry ing final prices close TO the
low point Of the day, or ! point net lower
- points net higher. A feature OF the
days trading was an exchange Of 5000
bags July to September. even, by prom
ln"nf trade uTm.
Firm offers from Brazil were Irregular
but generally UNCHANGED. II is believed /
that upward OF $4,000 bags Of oonsign-
ments. either spot or ahoats, have changed
HANDS during the week.
The range of prices folloWa
Thursdays