St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-28
MINNEAPOLIS PROVISION COMPANY!
Minneapolis, MINI.
Pork and Beef Packers
AND GENERAL Provision DEALERS.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Chamber Of Commerce.

The receipts Of wheat here were lust
equaled by the shipments fifty seven cars
and the offerings of cash grain on the sample
tables were extremely light and sellers were
not troubled in getting previous prices Most
sales were made at slight advance over the
prices the day before. and in some cases I.c
more was obtained. Duluth reported four
cars on track. Very few trains are coming in
but receipts are expected to increase again
next week. Following are the closing quota.
tons: No. l hard, in store, January. re;
February, TIC; May, s0tc, on track, 7ec. No.
1 Northern, in store. January. 75l2c: Febru-
airy: 7512c; May, 7ss4c; on track. 76I2c No
2 Northern, in store, January 73c: FebrlI-
airy, 73c; May, 76S4c; on track. 74c.
NoTE-ln sales Of wheat by sample grade
has little If any effect in making prices. that
being determined by quality and the percent
age of hard in each barrel.
Sales included: 40 cars No. hard. 70 ar
rive, 1Sc; 2 cars No. hard, o. l., 7slac; l
car No. / hard f. O. b. 79c: % cars No I
hard, to arrive, 78l2c; 8 cars No Northern.
nc; car No. Northern, delivered. re;
car No. Northern. 7S12c;I car corn, o.
t., 47c; car corn, lilac; 3 cars corn, 46lsc:
2 cars corn, 47c; car No. white oats. 32c:
cars No. oats, t. o. b., 31l2c.
Flour-Market Record: There was fair in
qulry Tor flour from points in this country
and abroad, but as usual for few days they
were generally below asking prices. There
were bids by cable mainly for bakers at 23s
6dO23s Sd for London delivery and at Pisa
24s Sd Leith. The bids were generally 3dI
cd below asking prices, and few sales were
made during the day excepting at domestic
points. Millers that have met the decline
sold about all they cared to at the prices
quoted They complain of actual loss in
paying current figures for wheat and selling
flour at quotations. II the blockade on rail-
roads was raised to the extent Of permitting
free arrivals Of wheat there would be
saving Of about Sd. bushei, or
equal to 13lec q barrel on the cost.
Patents. sacks TO local dealers, 81. 4094.5 SO;
patents. to ship, sacks, car lots, 81. 1OG4. % I;
In barrels, 4:25@4, IS; delivered at New
England points, S5@5.05; New York
points, 81. Gigs: delivered at Philadelphia
and Baltimore, 81. S5@4 95; bakers, SIS 20
@3;45: superfine, 1922: 65; red dog. sack.
$1.45@1.5o; red dog, Dbls, S1.6561.75; rye
Dbl, S5.5O@6.
Bran and Shorts-The greater part Of bran
and shorts is now sold in bulk as the mill
power is all wanted for grinding Orders for
sacked stuff are hard to fill. Sales of shorts
and bran were made at S13.25 q IA. Some
mills sell bran oOc ton above shorts, others
the reverse.
Corn-Business was light in this cereal,
with little offered or called for; quoted nom
inal at 46047I2c.
Oats-Choice white found bidders at 32c
o. t., 32Isc asked; good clean No. went at
about 31l2@32c, with fair rejected 30G31c.
Barley-No. 3 grade was held ar 606T0c
according to the quality of the sample Of
fered.
Feed-Mixed feed selling fairly at S1sG
1880 o. t.; S1S.50019 f. o. b.
Flax-Sales at S1.39. Chicago si.45.
Hay-Owing to the present scarcity, sales in
some instances reached S10.50- There was
too little doing to make a real market. limo
thy $130l4, nominal.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
ReceiptS-Wheat 80, 400 bu; oats, Is, 900
bu; barley, 600; hay. 10 tons: fruit, 90
600 lbs; merchandise, 557, 745 lbs; lumber,
cars; barrel stock, Z cars: machinery, o.
400 lbs; coal, 731 tons; wood, 81 cords {;
cement, $40 bbls; pig iron, 80 cars; rail
road material, car; sundries, cars. Total,
1914 cars.
Shipments-wheat, 80, 44O blu; corn. 800
bu: oats, 1,600- 6u; barley, 1,SoO bu; -four,
1888 bbls; millstuff, 529 tons; hay. 10
tons; merchandise, 604, $50 lbs; lumber. Is
cars; barrel stock, 3 cars; machinery, 50, 900
lbs; brick. 5000; live stock, 9 cars: rail-
road material, > cars; suldries. cars. Total,
31S cars.
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and ship
ments Of wheat to-day, reported by Pressey,
Wheeler & Co., by private wire: