St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-16
MINNEAPOLIS.
Chamber of Commerce.

There Was a weaker feeling on the local
board, and with an increase of about 500, 600
bu reported in the amount of wheat on pas
sage to the United Kingdom traders were in
clined to take the selling side. Sales of May
No. hard were made at 7Sl2c with liberal
offers at that. Sample tables were not well
covered the roads being again blockaded
and receipts reduced to 100 cars. Shipments
were 40. Duluth reported 10 cars on track
Following are the closing quotations: No.
l hard, i'll store, February, 76l2c; March,
Northern, in store, February, 75c; March.
775l2c; May, re; on track, 76l2c; No. =
Northern, in store, February, 72e; March,
72l2c; May, 74c; on track, 74c.
7sa4c; 5000 Blu May, No. l hard, 7s58c;
5000 bu May No. l hard, 79c 10000 bu
May No. hard, 7SI2c: 10000 Blu Nav No
hard, 7SSsc: 1000 bu May No. hard. 79lsc ::
10000 bu May No. hard, 794@7ss$c. Car
lot sales by samples-15 cars No. hard, to
arrive, 7Sc; l car No. 1 hard, f. o. b., 79c;
2 cars No. l hard, delivered, 7SAc; ) ears
No. nard, to arrive, Use; 3 cars No. l hard
7SAc: lear No. Northern, delivered, nc !;
sears No. Northern, original way bill. 77c;
l car No. Northern, nc; cars No.
Northern, 76Ac; z cars No. L Northern
zee; I car No. l Northern, original way bill
57l2c: 2 cars No. Northern, 7Gs4e: l car
No. L Northern, zoe; 1 car No. Northern,
o. t., 76c; cars No. 2 Northern, 74c; L
car No. 2 Northern. 75c: / car No 3. o. t.,
12c: car rejected. o. t., &C., 1 carrejected,
delivered. 13c; cars rejected, 70l2c: l car
sample, 73c; l car sample, f. O. b., nc: 4
b., 65c: 2 cars hay. $40; l car feed, SIS. !;
car No. 3 white oats, o. t., SOC.
FlOur-The flour market was steady with
the bulk of the production selling at current
prices. The basis of quotations for patents
Is So delivered at New England points. There
Is some talk of the cutting of prices at all
Atlantic points, with the millers all denying
the charge, except one concern whose prod
n hnr 11I mot hrft,r
much as theirs. Stocks stored there are
small, not more than about 4O, 600 bbls
all together, or about two days production.
Patents, sacks TO local dealers, $40
@4.25 in barrels. S4..5@14. 80; delivered at
New England points, S5005.1O: New York
points, So. 9O@5: delivered at Philadelphia
and Baltimore. S4.S5@4. 95: bakers, here
sack, $1.45@1.50; red dog. bbls, 81 esq rs !;
rye flour, pure. cwt, $1.75; buckwheat -four
Dbl, $4,000
Bran and Shorts-The bran market is quiet
and steady at S13.7S@1 14.25, with some ask
ing $14.5O for fine shorts.
Corn-Market steady and quiet with small
offerings quoted at 44045c.
Oats-The demand is fair at 27@31c for
fair to nice stock on track.
Barley-Steady at 60@70c for No. 3 by sam
pie.
Flax-Sales at s139; Chicago S145.
Feed-Mixed feed selling fairly at.,$IS@
1880 o. t.: S1S.50@19 f o. b.
Hay-This market remained fairly firm for
choice wild at $9.50@10; medium. $500;
timothy in some request at tbout $13 for fair
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS
Receipts-Wheat.. 1918 bu: corn. G, 1000
bu: oats. $500 bu; barley, 1000 bu; flax
seed, 5000 bu; -four 75O bbls; millstuff,
81 tons; hay 1l9 tons; fruit, Ia, 200 lbs;
merchandise, 634, 154 lbs; lumber, q cars;
barrel stock, D cars; machinery, "a 600 lbs;
coal, 1,716 tons; wood, 1913 cords; brick,
5000: lime. 1 car; cement, 100 bbls; ties, 2
cars; stone. 2 cars; live stock, CHS: dressed
meats3, O,0O0 lbs; hides, lib, 100 lbs: rail
road material, 4 cars; sundries, 4 cars; total,
$40 cars.
Shipments-Wheat, %, 900 bu; corn 600
bu; oats, 900 bu; barley 1880 bu: flour,
y. 40 bbls; millstuff. 527 tons; merchan-
disc, 9,720.050 lbs; lumber, SO cars; ma
chinery, A 100 lbs; coal. is tons: house
hold goods, 10000 lbs; hides, $4,000 lbs;