St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-04
MINNEAPOLIS.
Chamber of Commerce.

Sample tables were again well filed on the
local board, and fair buying inquiry kept
sellers busy showing bargains. Receipts
were 400 cars with So shipped. Sellers were
Offering wheat to arrive without attracting
bids. Local millers were doing the most buy
ing, but outsiders had in quite a few orders.
Duluth reported % cars on track. Prices for
samples ranged about 12c below the prices
satisfied before the close of the session.
Following are the closing quotations: In
store-No. 1 hard, April, 74l2c; May, 747sc;
June, 761sc; on track, 751a@76c; No. l North
e racA APRIL se May c N9 5gRe 7S s5r On
zoe; May, 7012c; June, 71a4c; on track, 100
Sales included 5000 bu May No. hard,
754c; $4,000 blu May No. hard. 1850;
S No. Northern no 74ssc; q. 600 bn June NO
l northern, 74Ac: 25, 600 June No. north
ern, 741Sc. Car lots by samples: l car No.
l hard. delivered, 76c; cars No. hard, de-
livered, 76Ac;- 3 cars No. hard, f. o. b.,
76s4c: z cars No. ! hard, o. t., 76c: 10 cars
No. 1 hard, +. o. b., 76c; 8 cars No. hard,
76c 4 cars No. 1 hard, 75a4c: % cars No. l
northern. delivered, 74a4c; 20 cars No; l
northern delivered ed, 7oc; cars 5 No.
car No. northern, 75c; car No. No.
northern. 74l2c; 2 cars No. northern, o. W.
b., 76l2c; l car No. l northern delivered,
75Ac; cars No. northern, with transit,
7512c; car No. northern. o. t., 74l2c: 4
cars No. 2 northern, .73c; 8 cars No. 2 north
erp. 72l2c; cars rejected, SIC; 1 car re-
jected. 65c; car rejected, o. t., &c; car
sample, 67c; 2 cars sample, 7O12c; 2 cars
sample, &C; car barley, SIC: 1 car corn,
45c: 2 cars hay, $3.50.
Flour-The demand is steady and takes
out the production as fast as it is made ready
to move. Millers have no stocks on hand.
They are sending it forward to go into con-
sumption. During January there was an ac-
lott o. oh bor h11i
demand has taken it away with the excep-
ton of a few thousand barrels that are
sold and waiting for cars to load-about
a days run. Prices are low and buy
ers are evidently not expecting soo drop
$4.4O@4.50; patents to ship. sacks, car lots,
$4.10@4.25; in barrels, S4.25@4.35; de-
livered at New England points. $4.90@5;
New York points, 81; s0@4 80; delivered ng ca at
bakers, here, So. 2O@3. 40; superfine: $50
EGO; red dog. sack, S1.50@1.6O; red dog,
bbls, $1.65@1.70: rye flour, per cWt, 81 10.
Bran and Shorts-The bran market was
firm but rather steady at $13.25@14, with
shorts about 25c bigger than bran.
Corn-This cereal has been arriving freely
but good samples remain steady at 44@45c
on track.
Oats The oat trade is fair, but for few
days little dragging at 2S@31c for fair
mixed to choice white.
Barley-This market is getting dull, and
when the grain is below choice No. 3 buyers
are scarce. Sales at 60@64c by sample.
Feed-Mixed feed selling slowly at S1G.5O
Q17.50 o. t.; S17.5O@1S f. o. b.
Flax-Sales at S1.39; Chicago. 81. 45.
Hay-Oferings were free, and prices tend
ing to weakness. Sales of wild at SS@9.75
for wild. Timothy nominal.
THE VISIBLE SUPPLY.
The statement of the visible supply Of grain
on March 81, as compiled by the secretary of
the Chicago board of trade, was as follows:
Increase. Decrease
Wheat. "a, 387, $50 ..... 1,054 364
Corn . 9,l80,S77 9,S65 ........
Oats. 80. 4, 12O,128 70,472 ...........
Rye.. 3S4.OO4 ., 21,472
Barley. 1,776.435 .......... PATTY
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and ship
ments of wheat to-day, reported by Presley,