The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-13

grain trade of every legitimate feature,
but also because the inevitable tendency
is to encourage depreciation of the pro-
ducts that form the basis OF our pros
perity.
During the last few days an effort
has been made, and will be continued,
to discourage purchases of wheat on the
ground that it will cheat" next summer.
This is an old bear movement, and as
uncalled for now as it is old There
never was a crop raised under more
favorable conditions for healthy berry
than the present, and our No and No.
2 has never been surpassed in quality,
1t is true that during harvest large
portion of the crop was ruined by being
exposed, through the carelessness of
farmers, to protracted rains. This wheat
is grown and unfit for warehousipg dur
ing hot weather, and our inspection
shows that it is not taken in amongst the
No. 2. which is composed of the wheat
that was harvested in good condition.
The same cry was raised in the spring
OF 1870, and with reason then, as the
whole OF the crop was unsound; but
even then we had no hot wheat,
although it required extra care to keep it
sound.
The premium on future options is
decreasing and S. February is only 12
cent higher no than cash wheat. This
is another evidence that the market is
largely oversold. The tone of the mar
ket has been dull, No. sold at 97cts.,
but closed firm. Our receipts are now
smaller than for the past 2 years. Stocks
in England are large and we must wait
for Il depletion OF them. The amount
atloat for the United Kingdom has been
largely reduced and there is a vigorous
consumption going on here, that will
tell on the visible supply.
The weather has been extremely tropi-
cal. The ground is thoroughly soaked.
the root of the wheat plant entirely eX-
) posed, and we can not SIC how it can es-
cape total destruction.
We quote No. Hard, 1.1o1-2: No. l
Extra, . 1912; No. /. i. 0Sl-2: No, ,,
9Sl-2; No. g. - 81 S. O. February
80 IA: S. o. May. .o7 81.
The receipts and shipments for the VI. el
ending TODAY:
Receipts. Shipments.
1876 1915 1876. 1915
Flour, br!s, 8 1852 1856 1891 81, 23t
Wheat, bush, $50, ,65 3l7, 1874 I5S, 500 Is, l6t
The amount of wheat in store is 3 ga. 200 bus
Same day 1915, ,6U3, 900 {"
1874, l,63s 900 g
The receipts of -four and grain at this
port from the clops of the last three veal :
from Aug. %, up to date, were as follows:
, Flour bbs. Wheat bus.
, 1875 g., 2S6 ll,62S, 407
lS74-75 5s5 ,2O7 9,569,S74
5 1854 5S5,a0O l6,s42, $50
We present a statement OF to-day price:
at the different markets, together with 9th
er figures hearing on the value of wheat fol
shipment, as compared with precedin.
years:
1876. 1875. 1874
| No. heat in Mil
waukee per BIT sh. 9sH .sSa l.2.A
f Through freishts
to y. per bu. "a "a .33
/. Noe wheat i'll y.
per bu. l.24 LIS Is
Premium on Gold, 1875 .l2& .ll9s
Spring wheat i'll
Liverpool, per
100 lbs SIS los Ssli-9s6 1855 i2sl
B.. Ocean freights to
Liverpool, bu.. 81. .iAd l2x,
We append table of comparative CLOSING
prices:
LAST WEEK 1874. 1915. 1872
No 2wheat. 9,l SO s-i l.l7a LES l.
No. Barley, 81 LEI - IS
z Chicago movement Of flour AMI grain for ii,
: week ending to-day:
! Receipts. Shipment.
1876. 1915. 1876 1875
Flour, brls., 6l,osa ss,soa ae,s3l 4o,7o
Wheat, bu. o7s.5o6 4s7 $3.50 s.,544 53,ol
Rye, 7,203I 1876 4,sl2 3,3I
6 Barley, '' 43, 100 5000 AZ 1857 %, %
Live Hogs, 65,652 $4,000 1890 81, %
: Cattle, 1907 1896 l97 go
r stocks in granary At the principal points OF &C
cumuation at lake and seabord ports. in tran
d sit by lake, rail and TN the New York canal.
$ Nov. o. 1875 and the comparative stocks at tn
= other aforementioned periods, were as lol
= lows:
= Jan. | 1876. Dec. -, 1876
Wheat, bush 1873, 33' l9,2i6, 70
Barley, 1858. $50 2.5i6 IL
Rye, 80 4o2, 02l 459.. -
: Total bushels $780, .o5s 10, 80, "a
:. Jan. |, 1915. Jan. >, 1877
II Wheat, bush 1885, 3l 9,623. 9.
:, barley, 2,2s9, $50 1884, /!
. Rye, . 1897 aie,5-
y Total bushels 81 ,270.2is 1908 ,oO
!: Extracts from the Mark Lane Express {
+ Dec 20. 1875.
= All the signs of a severe winter have th
!, week been dissatisfied nv the continuance 4