People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1895 — MAKE A SLIGHT GAIN. [ARTICLE]

MAKE A SLIGHT GAIN.

MARKETS QET A TEMPORARY BULGE, BUT CLOSE FLAT. Uncertainty at French Wheat Crop • Damage a Drawback to the Trader* la That Article —Corn Heada the Advance —General Market Report. Chicago, Peb. 21. —In a general way the bull news of yesterday was not confirmed, and this gave the wheat market a little backset at the opening, when May price was at 52%@53c and 52%c flat. From this the market hardened slowly and recovered at 11 o'clock to 53%c bid. loiter the edge was off the buying and the price held around 63® 68%0. Best cable advices in the trade declared the Abel Rev Paris message of yesterday claiming French crop damage a canard. Berlin was up % mark for wheat. Liverpool quoted wheat futures %d higher in sympathy with advance here yesterday. The weekly report on flour output in northwest gave about 200,000 brls Minneapolis and Duluth. compared with 160.000 the week previous. Sales said to be equal to production. Against this the cars received at the two points to-day were 330. and out of a total of 336,000 bu wheat at nine primary markets the two big rolling points had 291,000. Export clearances for the day dropped to 39,000 wheat and 20,000 hrls flour from four ports, including 13,000 wheat out of New Orleans. Exporting houses reported no fresh demand from any source, while private dispatches from New York claimed Argentine bids were l%c over yesterday. After midday wheat had the best advance of the week, going to 53%c May, shorts covering. On the advance there was a flood of long wheat for sale. The market weakened to 63c again and closed with some activity at 63%c.

Local sentiment was bullish in corn. Receipts were under the estimate at 263 cars and the.cars for Friday much lighter at 215. Baltimore cleared 51,000 bu, other ports nothing. Liverpool was strong and quoted corn %®%d high< r.. Primary markets showed a moderate movement of 311 oars, about half the receipts of a year ago. Private cables referred to the prospect of shortage in the Argentine corn crop. First price for May was 44 t 5Ac, from which there was %c advance to 45%0 early and u later bulge to 46%c, shorts covering. There was Vie reaction from this price before 1 o'clock. Corn closed a fraction better yest- rday at 4Cj tor the month and 44%®450 May. Provisions had little action In pile s. Prices for hogs came at 10«g>15n low r. Pttrk started 7%c lower, lard and r"vj 5c off. There was no further di o. May pork sold $10.12% to $10.20, he ding later at $10.15, 5e off. Lard s id $6.46 to $6.47%, holding $6.45, 5c low •. Ribs sold $5.25 to $5.27%®5.30, hold $5.26, 5c lower. _Quotatlons were: CLOimoT artici is High. Low. Feb. 2i Feb. vi. Wheat—2 Feu.. .51%$ .50', < .10%$ .6 May ftßfcj 52 , .5). I* l *' July t*% .53% .64% Id/ torn—2 feb .48- .4 May..,. 45% .44% .45 .4 V July..., 46V 44"<„ .44% .4 ■* •ept ,45% .44,% .46 .4 V% Oats—2 Feb 23% .y-% May... .241% ,2V> 29% A % J.UU6 .. .29% 20 29% .2 % July... .28 .2,.% 27 X Pork— Feb 9.95 10.00 May.... 10 20 10.12% 10.15 10 .‘2O LardFab ... ft 30 ft 85 'uy... 6 45% 6.45 (1.45 6.0) S.Hlbo.Feb 5.07% 5.10 May.... 530 525 5.27%1 6.80 Wall St r*«t. New York, Feb. 21.—The stock market opened firm but almost stagnant. The material changes In the early trading were in Bay State gas, which declined %, and tobacco which opened % higher but reacted %. There was more vim to the trading after 10:15 and a general advance In prices was made. At 11 o’cl iek there was a disposition to sell tpbacco, and a decline was made of 1 per cent to 87%. The market v/as dull but steady at the improvement. Money on call, nominally 1% per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3%@5% per cent. Sterling exchange, dull but steady ■with actual buslm s n bankers' Mils at 4880488% for demund and at 486%®4’'C% for sixty days. Posted rates, 487%®488 and 4890489%. Commercial hills, 486. Silver certificates, 60% bid; no sal s. Bar silver, 00. Mcxi u:i dollars, 48%. Govern ent bonds strong and % higher for registered ss. Closing quotations were: AtchUou 4 % iuaiihttttan ... ,Tl< 8 Amer. Tobac.... 87j% Missouri Pac.... Baltimore &O. Mh lii ran Cent .... Can. Pacific 44%!Northern Pae C-, B. and 0 7D'% North Pats pfd... 15% C. ASt.L. 36% N. Y Central.. 9/% Cordage 4% Noch western... 9u% Chicago Gas 53% N. Y.& N. E 80% Chesap'k&O. .. 1«% N. American.. 3% Del & Hudson.. .127% Omaha 30 D. L. & W 153 Omaha pfd Dist Catl Fd C.. fitbjOut. & West'n.. 1 % Den * RG ofd.. 3 % Pacific Mail 2i% Erie 8% Pullman East'n Illinois Reading East Tennessee- [Rock Island 6i% Hocking Valley [Richmond Ter JllinoisCentral.. .. Silver Cer Jersey Central.. 83% Bugar Retiuery.. «85< Kan & Tex pfd.. ht. Paul 556/ Lead 21% ht Paul pfd L., N. A 8c C Texas ffcPacific.. 9 L. & N 52%,L'uiou Pacific.... 9% Linseed Oil 20 I Western UnioD. 88 / Lake Erie & W j Wabash .L. E. A W. pfd I Wabash pfd if, - )' Lake Shore iW'iscon'u Cent Government bonds stand at the followi ig bid prices: Registered 2*... 95 (Currency fta, ’97.11'5 Registered 45....112 'Currency fts. ’98.108% Coupon 4s 112 (Currency fts. '99.11 )U Currency fts, '95.100 (Coupon 5s 11.} Currency «k. '9ft.Ki2% Reglsc’d 5s ex 1.,11ft Chicago Produce Market. Butter - Creameries. extras, 23c; firsts, 21022 c; seconds, 17@19c; .T-ne goods, 15018 c; imitations, fancy, 17® 19c. Dairies—Extras, 20c; firsts, io@17o; seconds, 10012 c. Ladles—Extras. 110 16c; firsts, 9®loc. Packing stock—Frh. grassy, sweet and streaked, 6®9c; roll butter, Cheese—Yotir.g America, 10®10%c; twins, new, 9%®10c; Cheddars, new. 9® 9%c. Skimmed and special makes— Brick, 10%®U%c; Limburgar, 9%OUc: Swlaa. lOVfcf

Eggs— Really fresh, loss off, caaes turned, 26%c; free cases, recandled, 27%c. Dressed poultry— Turksys, fair ta( choice. 9%®10%c; chickens, fair to good, B@B%c; ducks, 11012 c; geese, poor ter choice, B%@loc. Apples—Eastern stock saleable at [email protected] per brl; western, $2.7504; Canada, $304. Vegetables—Beets, 75c@$l per brl; cucumbers, fancy, $2.25 per dox; lettuce, home grown, 80c®$l per case of 4 doz; onions, Michigan, $2.2502.40 per brl; sweet potatoes. $1.5002.26 per brl. Potatoes—Burbanks, Wisconsin, 55® 58c; Hebrons, 54057 c; rose, 54056 c; peerless, 52066 c.

T.lve Stork. Chicago, Feb. 21.—Cattle—Receipts, 9.500; calves, 400. Extra beeves wero quoted around $5.50, but it still takes good goods to bring $5 and there wer® few of the 10,000 head offered that hadi the quality to make them salable at higher figures. From $4 to $5 bought most of the dressed beef and shipping steers and $2.2503.50 was the range at which most of the cows and bulls wer« weighed. Hogs—Receipts, 46,000. Sales of medium and heavy weights were principally at $3.8504.10, and $3.7503.90 took most of the 150 to 200 lb hogs. Within the last two days nearly 100,000 hogs have arrived and prices have fallen 20c. Sheep—Receipts, 11,000. Sales of sheep were mostly at $304.15 and $4.5005.25 bought the bulk of the lambs. The range of quotations for the former was $2.50® 4.40, and for the latter $3.2605.35. Wti-nf Hail < urn. Closing prices of vbe.it and e*u*n at the following i)'»op't cities were; Wheat—New York—February, r*r>%« March, 67c; May, 58%0. St. Lou'«-Fi lronry, 51%e; May, 52< nut-tin—Cush, s r %c; May, r.R’„<\ Minneapolis—Cash, 57c; May, 56%c. Baltimore—February, 57%c; May, 58%c. Toledo—Cash, 54e; May, 54%e. Milwaukee—Cash, 6’’ c; May, 54%c. Detroit—Cash, 53%c; .Ma”y, 54%e. Corn—New York February, 1 v": -•; May, 49c. St. Louis—February. 4 < ' ',c; May, 41 7 hC. Baltimore—February, 47%c; May, 48Vic. Liverpool. Liverpool, Feb. >l.—Wheat—Spot No. 2 rod winter. 4s 6%d; No. 2 red spring, 5s 3d; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 6s D'.d; No. l California, 5s 2d. Futures: lodinl ruary, 4s 6%d; March, 4s 7d: April, 4s 7%d; May, 4s 7%d: June, 4s 7%d; July, 4s 7%d. Corn --Spot, new. 4s %d, February, 4s Id; March, 4s l%d; April, 4s Hi'!: May. 4s I%d; June and J.uly, 4s I%d. Flour—St. Louis fancy winter, 5s 6d. Peoria, Til., Feb. 21. —Corn—No 2, 40%c{ No. 3. 40". Oats -'-To. 2 white, 30%031c; No. 3 w’-lte, 30%®30%c. Rye—No. 2, 54 055 c. Whisky—lllghwlnes, $1.22. Re-ceipts-Wheat, l.'On bu; corn, 52,800 bu; oats. bn; rye 600 bu; hrrley, 9.'•00 bu. Shipments—-Wh< it, none; corn, 6,300 bu; oats, 40,700 bu; rye, none; barley, 4,900 bu. New V- k. New York, Feb. 21.—Butter— Reoc'wA, 2,437 jtkgs; western dairy. 9V' 1 western creamery, 10®°3c; TUglnr. Eggs—Recelnts, 2 974 pkgs; wes i i, 2tHei southern, 26027 c. Coffee—No. 7, 16%c. Toledo, Ohio, Fob. 21.—Wh«at—-' h and 'February, 54c; Mev, 54Ve bid; ’ 55c; No. 3 soft, 53'f-\ Corn—Cash, 41 V May, 44%c bid. Oats—Ceah, 32c.