Show ORLD a half days transactions ng but falls back n and light provisions unchanged F silver and lead sl het 68 financial a en call cent cent last i closing offered at 2 prime f paper 65 per beut bar afi s mexican dollars 63 WH et erlinK exchange is steady ual business in banker bills at 60 daya and for demand commercial ls government bonds firm lato bonda steady railroad bonds gher silver at the board was steady money chicago july 3 money was 50 per oani on call and 6 per cent on time loans kew york was quoted at par market chicago july 3 half session ot the wheat market was a mere matter 01 n in 00 far as trading was con 1 d very few orders beine received with a general disposition cnown A number of operators were absent and more were planning their departure at the conclusion of the pretense oa bession ees sion higher liverpool cables some crop damage reports from the northwest combined to impart a tone of firmness at the start but when these influences had spent themselves prices sagged receipts in ohp northwest were heavy at cars against last friday and a year ago chicago received 41 cars and inspected out bushels bua hels closing continental cables were unchanged to higher export clearances were fair at bushel september Sep tamber wheat opened irom 57 to 56 declined to 56 closing at al 51 under yesterday estimated receipts for bionday cars corn displayed masterly inactivity similar conditions to those existing in wheat prevailed the approaching recess retracting acting from the inclination to trade the tone of the market was governed and regulated by wheat receipts were large at cars and bushels were withdrawn from store liverpool cables were quiet and unchanged export clearances were light at bushels september corn opened at abold a eold at declined to and closed at 1 l under yesterday estimated receipts for monday cars oata were neglected and deserted until like other grains the trading was confined to a few orders principally for local traders the sentiment wag in sympathy with wheat and corn receipt were care and bushels ware withdrawn from store september ta closed under yesterday estimated receipts for monday cars flax steady september december 77 receipts 19 cars provisions there was quite a good business transacted in produce which was surprising in view of the dullness prevailing in other parts of the floor A higher hog market imbued shorts with 9 a covering desire and to that demand values were indebted for the improvement which took place early in the last hour offerings became heavy and the demand was contracted everything declined on the selling pressure september pork closed lower september lard and ribs each 10 lower closing prices wheat jelv 54 sep dec 68 corn july ag sep 27 may oats july sep 15 may 18 pork july sep lard july sep ribs july sep stock market union stock yards july the demand for cattle today was light the supply was fair and the feeling weak without essential change in values receipts of hogs were light and the demand good most of the orders were disposed of at strong prices sheep and lambs were dull and weak cattle receipts calves good to choice common to good ag 50 texas cows bulls and ozen other prices unchanged gioga heavy packing and itta common to choice mixed choice assorted light pigs I 1 sheep receipts inferior to choice 24 lambs butter and eggs chicago july 3 the butter market was quiet and feature loea today stocks were heavy and the demand flight were unchanged eggs were in better demand and eligh lly firmer offerings were tree unchanged bonds july ad wall street bureau united 0 8 ae reg pen G do aa coup lets ul do new 4 do 4 00 do do cou pons do U S as 95 do arus 67 1 of cal do coupons union st central pacific late lowest lets 74 DUNS REVIEW trade conditions unsatisfactory markets new york july 3 R G bun fc co will eay tomorrow in their weekly review of trade complete failure returns for the second quarter of I 1 june 30 inclusive 2095 in the united states against 2855 in the bame quarter ot last year failures for the week have been in the united states against last year current movements have been largely ol 01 a temporary character or elso purely speculative on the day by day plan that they are not highly instructive thug an extensive shutdown shut down of cotton mills is solely in the hope that half production in july and august may clear a largely overstocked market stock fluctuations are still more epho mereal extended reviews of tho half years operations in leading branches of manufactures fac tures go far to explain numerous stoppages mills are waiting lor orders the sales of wool having been not a third of last years for the week prices arc not depressed but still depend on foreign possibilities in cotton goods the closing of many mills both north and south for half of july and august is in effect a recognition of the fact that heavy stocks of booda fractured from cotton could not show profits if the mills go on manufacturing until a new and probably heavy crop of cotton is ready the reduction of prices has brought a large demand in many cases but not enough to meet the output of the mills A further decline in print cloths to ac ie significant when such a decrease in production is assured having begun by reducing prices to the lowest ever known tho boot and producers are doing a shade better in prices with leather a little cheaper the output of iron largely decreased and there is quite a general stoppage of works for repairs but the annual report controversies about wages have in most cases been settled wheat declined a and recovered c but western receipts continue remarkably largo the stocks in sight are greater than a year ago and though winter wheat yields less spring wheat beems likely with fair weather to yield more than last year corn promises remarkably well and also oats cotton greatly needs rain in parts of texas but better reports come from most of the other sections and a large increase in acreage is 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