Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Chicago Sept 30 Shorts in September wheat and oats were severely squeezed during session of the board of trade when the price of the current months delivery of wheat was bid up 14 per bushel and that of oats 5 corn com compared pared with final figures of the previous day The sensational advance in September wheat occurred during the tho final of the day when prices advanced from around to with only few inter intervening intervening trades A stampede among small shorts was responsible for the remark remarkable remarkable able upturn Prior to the final spur the market had been comparatively feature loss ess and with the exception of the Sep September September delivery was inclined to weak weakness weakness ness Prices at the opening were lower ower to higher September being at 06 to and December at 99 to In n the first September sold off to but soon goon rallied again to a triple tripe above During the greater part of the he day the price moved between and December sold up to at the start but late in the day dropped to 99 Final quotations on September were at 1 20 December closed at De Deliveries liveries of wheat on September contracts aggregated bushels and owing to the large amount of deliveries the time was extended twenty minutes Liquidation of or September holdings was he the chief feature of the days corn corm mar marcet market ket sentiment being extremely bearish The market closed weak at almost the lowest point with prices off to 2 Oats for September delivery advanced from 46 to 50 during a day filled with In Intense intense tense excitement Belated shorts bid the price up 5 from the previous close De Do December cember sold between 38 and The market closed with September up 3 at 48 Final figure on December were at Provisions were firm early in the day hut but later became weak At the close prices were 20 higher to 20 lower The leading futures ranged as follows WHEAT I Open I High I Low I Close Sept 10 Dec 99 May CORN I Open I High I Low I Close Sept 64 61 61 Dec May 60 60 OATS I Open High J Low I Close Sept 46 50 46 48 Dec 38 May 41 41 41 barrei I Open High Low I Close Sept 2510 2520 2510 Jan 1852 1825 LARD Per pounds I Open High Low I Close Sept 1227 1227 1213 1212 1212 Oct 1215 1215 1202 1255 Nov 1180 1180 1155 1155 Jan Ian 1083 1033 1065 1067 SHORT pounds I Open I High I Low I Close Sept 1200 1200 1175 1175 Oct 1160 1162 1150 1155 Jan Cash quotations were as follows Flour Firm 2 72 Barley Feed or mixing fair to choice malting Flax Seed No 1 southwestern No 1 northwestern Timothy Clover Mess bbl Lard Per lbs 1212 Short Ribs Sides loose Short Clear Sides boxed Grain Statistics Total clearances of wheat and flour equal to bushels primary receipts were bushels compared with 2 bushels the corresponding a day a year ago Estimated receipts for tomor tomorrow tomorrow row Wheat 36 cars corn 33 cars oats cars hogs howl head New York Grain New York Sept 30 Flour Receipts barrels exports barrels Mar Market Market ket steady with a moderate local Jobbing trade Wheat Receipts bushels exports bushels Spot easy No 2 red nom nominal nomInal inal elevator No 2 red nominal f 1 o b afloat No 1 northern Duluth nom nominal nominal inal f o b afloat No 2 hard winter nominal f 1 o b afloat Options After an early advance on coy cov covering ering of September shorts and commis commission commission sion house buying wheat eased off under liquidation bear pressure selling by cash houses and talk of heavy deliveries at Chicago The close was to 2 cents net lower September closed at De Be December cember closed at LOS and may at Evaporated Fruits New York Sept 30 Evaporated Apples Firm but quiet fancy 9 choice 8 prime S common to fair 6 Prunes Unchanged California 2 to 7 up to 6 to 9 Peaches Firm choice 5 extra choice fancy nominal Apricots Firm but unchanged choice extra choice 11 fancy 1112 1113 Raisins Unsettled loose Muscatel 3 4 choice to fancy seeded seed seedless seedless less 36 London layers Butter Cheese and Eggs New York Sept 30 Butter Barely steady unchanged Cheese Steady unchanged Eggs Easy Western firsts sec eec seconds 22 2223 23 Chicago Sept 30 Butter Steady Creameries 2429 dairies 2226 Eggs Steady at mark cases Included 18 receipts cases firsts 22 2234 prime firsts 24 21 1 Cheese Firm Daisies 1515 twins K la young Americas 1515 long longhorns longhorns horns 15 Coffee and Sugar New York Sept 30 Coffee futures closed steady net unchanged to 10 points higher Sales were reported of bags Including December at March May Spot quiet Rio No 7 7 No 4 Cantos Mild quiet Cordova Sugar Steady fair refining cen centrifugal centrifugal 96 test molasses sugar Refined quiet Flax Minneapolis Sept If Flax closed at Wool Market St Louis Sept Sapt 30 Wool Unchanged medium grades combing and clothing 30 light fine 2227 havy fine 1321 tub washed 2567 |