St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-24
MINNEAPOLIS.
Chamber of Commerce.

CnamDer OF commerce.
Local millers were picking about all the
good milling wheat offered on the samples
tables; Receipts for the two days amounted
to 4e6 cars, but less than half that number
were displayed on the sample tables. Ship
ments were thirty-four cars of wheat and
33, 355 bbls flour. Duluth reported 2Oo cars
on the track. Prices at Minneapolis ranged
about l2c higher for the best wheat, with
nearly everything on the board sold at the
close. Following are the closing quotations:
In Store-No. 1 hard, May, Sic; June, 82Nc;
No. 1 northern. May, 79c; June, SOA; No. 2
No. hard SIC; No. 1 northern, oO@o1c:
No. 2 northern, 79@79c.
Sales included-Five cars No. l hard, f. o.
b., SIC; Ia cars No. l hard, delivered. S2c;
l car No. hard. SIC; 8 cars No. hard, de-
liyered, s1l2c; 5 cars No. l hard, +. o. b.,
s2l2c; ID cars No. 1 Northern, delivered,
soc; 4 cars No. Northern, delivered, SO12c;
cars No. 1 Northern, delivered, Sic; 2 cars
No. l Northern, Sic; cars No. Northern,
delivered, SOa4c; cars No. 2 Northern, de-
5 cars No. 2 Northern, delivered, 79c;
l car No. 2 Northern, W. b., soc;
1 car No. 2 Northern, o. W. b.. 79lac; car
rejected o. t., 7512c: 2 cars rejected, deliv-
car rejected, o. t., 71l2c; 2 cars rejected, f. o.
b., 72c; 6 cars sample, nc; cars screen
ings, soc; car white oats, I. o. b.. 33c; l
car No. white oaJs, o. t., Bic: car No.
white oats, o. U..O sc, 4 cars barley, OSC,
cars corn, delivered, soc; 2 cars corn, o. t.,
SOC; 1 car corn, delivered sic.
Flour-There were moderate sales reported
to-day, but buyers are not fully convinced
that the rise has come to stay, and are quite
conservative in taking hold for long delivery.
There is pretty fair inquiry for prompt
shipment for both domestic and foreign dis
tribution. There has been a large output for
several days, the last week having shown the
heaviest for long time. Millers are gen
orally believers in firmness for the remainder
the crop year and do not appear to be
crowding sales now. Patents, sacks to local
lots, S4.2U@425; in barrels, 81 4O@4.5O;
delivered at New England points $3.50
cred at Philadelphia and Baltimore, $50
$40; bakers here, So. 30@36O; superfne,
$4,000; red dog, sacks, $1.50@1.60; red
dog, bbls, $1.65@1.75; rye -four, pure, cwt,
$1.75.
at rather easy figures for bran, ranging at
So. 1908. The demand for shorts was
fair at $13@13.5O.
Corn-The offerings having been light for
several days. there was more inquiry, with
bids at soc, for good sound ungraded stock
on track.
Oats-Offerings fair, with the market steady
and fair demand from lOaal consumers with
few inquiries sor shipments. The range of
samples was at 29c for poor mixed to 33c for
good white by sample. Not much demand
now for seed oats.
Barley-Market dull with slow demand. at
50@60c for No. 8 samples.
Flax-Sales at $1.39. Chicago, ST. As.
Feed-Mixed feed selling slowly at $3.50
@l95O O. t. $19.5O@2O f. o. b.
Hay-Wiid was selling at SS@11 for fair
sweet samples to good prairie Choice scarce.
Timothy nominal at about So above wild.
WHEAT IN STORE.
The following table shows the wheat in
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth elevators
on the dates named: