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Show HIGHER LEVEL IN WHEAT PiT Belief That Reciprocity Bill Will Fail in Senate Causes a Turn Upward. SPECULATORS ALSO DOUBT EXTRA SESSION Provisions Go Up, While a Slight Decline Is Noted in Corn and Oats. CHICAGO, March 3. Assertions that the reciprocity bill would fail and that there were serious doubts about an extra ex-tra session of congress had much to do today with an advance In. tho price or wheat. The markel closed firm with a net gain of ic to ic. Corn finished lc to 3c down, oals off Ic to c, and provisions pro-visions at 10c to 22ic advance. It was a day full of nervousness In tho wheat plL Shorts showed unmistakable unmis-takable signs of being easily frightened, but there was not enough now Investment Invest-ment buying, or sufficient, daring on the part of speculative 4bulls to causo a stampede. Moderate advaucca brought forward invariably a few large shorts willing to supply the wants of the smaller frv. "Diminishing primary receipts formed an Important angle in favor of an upward up-ward turn. Thcro was evidence, too, of an Increasing demand for flour. Moreover, farm reserves In the United States were said to have fallen 12.000.000 bushcl3 under last year. On the other hand, world shipments promised to bo heavier and the fact was apparently made clear late in the day that congress con-gress would be reassembled If reciprocity was not acted upon In a manner satisfactory satis-factory to Trcsldont Tafl. May fluctuated fluctu-ated from 89afi)S91c to 90R(!90Jc. with last trades half' net higher at 90i901c. Favorable weather and lack of export demand depressed corn. May ranged between be-tween 475c and 4SifIlSgc. closing steady at 4Sc. a not loss of ic. Cash corn was heavy. No. 2 yellow finished at 46il7c, Oats displayed reluctance to rally. May varied from 30Jc to 30Zc. and the end 3 .u. ti.on tact lrrht n). .TO 3 SOlc. , , Purchases by shorts helped provisions upwards: last sales were 10c to 221c net higher for pork: 12 to 15c for lard and 10c to 175c for ribs. RANGE 01" TUB LEADING FUTURES. WTieat Open. High. Low. Close May S9K 905 -JSi ggi Julv SSX SO SS3 SS3 Sept S73 SSI S7g SS " Corn May iSh 4SS 473 -IS July 4SI 49i 483 ' 4Sa Sept 49a f.Oi 193 iA Oats , nnt .. May 303 301 30 30-' Julv 30J 303 301 303 Sept 30 301 29fe 30 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour Barelv steady: No. 2 rye, S.-ip SGc; feed or mixing barley, G575c: fair to choice malting. I'lSe. flax seed. Tso. 1 southwestern. J2.55; No. I northwestern. northwest-ern. S2.6S: timothy seed. $11.75; cloven $15.00; mess pork, per barrel. $18.ofti 19.00; lard, per 100 pounds. $9.05; Fhort ribs, sides (loose). $S.75fi79.371: short clear sides (boxed). $9.509.02. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 159,000 bushels. Exports for the week, as shown by Bradstrect's. were equal to 2.9SO.00O bushels. Primary receipts were 230.000 bushels, compared with 546.000 bushels the corresponding day a vear ago. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat, 11 cars; corn, 361 cars: oats. 103 cars; hogs, 11,000 head. Boston Wool Market. BOSTON. March 3. The Commercial Bulletin will say of the wool market tomorrow: to-morrow: The Boston wool market has been In an unsettled condition during tho week and rumors of sales at low prices have ben constant, although not easy to verlfv. Ono sale of Montana fine clothing cloth-ing at 50c clean was currently rumored, although It lacked substantiation and was generally ooumeo in ne nuuv. Fleece wools of medium to low grades were the features of the trading, more or less Ohio and Michigan quarter-blood, quarter-blood, estimated as a round half million pounds, changed hands at about 26 and 27c, the latter price for the Ohio. More or less seml-brlght wools of this same grade also changed hands, going largely to Philadelphia and New Jersey mills. Some territory wools sold in the original bales, and moro or less staple and clothing cloth-ing wools, one lot of fine and medium Wvomlng and Idaho clothing being reported re-ported at 47(S4Sq olean basis. Some territory ter-ritory owners have been firmer holders, however. Foreign demand has been rather llm-1 llm-1 1 ted. Coffco Futures Steady. NEW YORK. March 3. Coffee futures closed steadv at a net decline of 7 and 12 points. Sales. 66.000 bags. March, 10.15c; April, Maw Juno and July, 10.10c. August, 10.02c: September. 9.94c: October. 9.91c; November, 9.74c; December, January and February, 9.64c. Spot coffee weak: Rio No. 7, 12ic; Santos San-tos No. 4, I75c Mild coffee dull; Cordova, Cor-dova, 133153c. nominal. Morten Market. NEW YORK. March 3. Close: Prime mercantile paper, 44 per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business In bankers' bills at $1.S3.90S 4.S4 for sixty-day bills and at $4.86. 10 for demand. Commercial bills, $4.S3J1.S33. Bar silver. 521 cents. Mexican dollars. 15 cents-Government cents-Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds. Irregular. Money on call, steady, 2ff7i2S per cent; ruling rate. 2 per cent; closing bid, 21 per cent: offered at 28 per cent. Time loans, easier and very dull: for sixty days, 23tfi3$ per cent; ninety days, 3.1 per cent; for six months, 31 per cent. Flax, Oats, and Corn. MINNEAPOLIS, March 3. Flax closed at $2,665. Corn No. 3 yellow. U3(fl,12c Oats No. ft white. 2S529c. Rye No. 2, SO0)81c LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. St. Joseph. Special to The Tribune. SOUTH ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. March 3. -Sheep Receipts. 1S00. Market prospects, steady. Lambs. $5.75(TiG.15 , yearlings. $4.805.30; wethers, $4,00Q 4.50; ewes, $1.00(1.25. Cattle Rocolpls. 500. Market prospects pros-pects (pilot, steady. Steers. $5.250.60: cows and heifers, $3.7506.25; Blockers and feeders, S4.5O05.S5. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. March 3. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 5000; steady; native steers. $5,500 6.75; rtatlvo cows and heifers. $3.2OC.0O; stockers and feeders, $4.7505.90; bulls, $4.5005.25; calves, $5.0008.00; western steers, $5.2500.25; western cows, $3.25 05.25. Hogs Receipts. 4000: market. 5010c lower; bulk. $G.S507.OO: heavy, 5G.S50 G.90; packers and butchers, $6.9007.00; lights. $6.9507.05. Sheep Rocelpts, 2500: market, steady; muttons, $1.0004.60; lambs. $5.1006.10; fed wothers and yearlings, $1.2505.50; fed western ewes, $4.0001.35. Chicago. CHICAGO. March 3. Cattle Receipts, estimated at 2000: market, steady: beeves. $5.2507.00; Texas steers, $1,400 5.S0; western steers. S4.7505.S5: stockers and feeders, $1.0005.90: cows and holfers. $2.7006.00; calves, $7.0009.25. Hogs Receipts, estimated at 18,000; markot, slow, 5010c off: light. $6.90 7.20; mixed. SG.S507.15; heavy. 3G.7O0 7.10; rough. $6. 75 06. SO; cood to choice heavv, $6.00 07.10; pigs. $7.0007.25; bulk of sa'lcs. $6.9007.15. Sheep Receipts, estimated at 10.000; market, steady: native, $3. 0004. SO; western, west-ern, $3.2501. SO; yearlings, $4.7505.75; Iambs, native, $5.0000.25; western, $5.25 6.25. Omaha, OMAHA. March 3. Cattle Receipts estimated es-timated at 1400; market, steady. Native steers, $4.8500.00; cows and heifers, $3.00 05.65; western steers, $3.7506.00; cows and heifers, $3.0004.90; canners, $2,850 3.75; stockers and feeders, $3.5O05.S5; calves, $1.0008.00; bulls, stags, etc., $4.00 05.25, Hogs Receipts estimated at 8000; market, mar-ket, 10 cents lower. Heavy, $6.7006.35; mixed, S6.75 0 6.S5; light, $0.9007.00; pigs, $0.0006.90; bulk of sales, $6,750 6.85. Sheep Receipts estimated at 2600; market, strong. Yearlings. $1.5005.25; wethers, $3.75 01.25; lambs. $5.3506.10. Chicago Produce. CHICAGO. March 3. Butter steady. Creameries. 10 026c: dairies. 15021c. Eggs easy; receipts 7617 cases. At mark, enses Included, 12014c; firsts, 161c; prime firsts, 17ic. Cheese steady. Daisies. 122 013c; twins. 114012c; young Americas, 1230 lie; long horns. 123011c. |
