St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-25
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber of Commerce.

The opening wheat ID arkets were slow this
morning, with early tendency to weakness at
near the close of yesterday, though held
above it at first. News was not assuring at
first for an advance. New York was lower,
and the principal Western markets denoted
weakness. There was a dispute as to the
amount on passage, cables making it from
100000 bu increase to !, 500,0O Blu de-
crease. Fluctuations were quite rapid and
important after the first hour, the range
being something more than 1c for the next
hour. Reports from the growing crops were
all of the very best prospects, some Cali
fornia estimates making the yield for that
state 6S, 100000 blu.
The cool weather and frequent showers
to-day were regarded as giving renewed as
surance of the fine start of the Northwest
spring wheat crop. Receipts from country
elevators were liberal, but nothing to speak
of appears to be marketing yet from farmers
reserves. Late reports appear to confirm
early estimates of the amount of such re-
gets started. If the prospect continues good
forithe new crop the bins will be swept
pretty clean of the old one unless prices
| drop very low and possibly check it.
May wheat opened at S5s4c; July at S4Iac
and sold down to S54c May; and S4l2c July.
At that point there was an active demand
from shorts and the market ad-
yanced to s6s4c. May; s5ss, July; That was
ness prices receded again with some trading
/ at about S5c, July, with May about 1lac
above it. The better demand for nice mill
ing wheat gave the market rather more tone
for short time, but some weakness at other
points took off the edge again. Liberal ar
/ rivals were another REFRESHING feature.
Sellers of milling wheat were endeavoring
to get higher prices for at least the best
grades, after speculative markets gave some
/ indications OF advancing. Holders of hard
wheat ana good / northern, of which there
was an exceedingly small amount Offering
/ wanted from 1c to &c advance in prices but
i the. limited demand could not be endowed
Z with much life, and up to noon the amount
OF wheat sold was even less than OH the pre-
ceding day. On low grades there was no i'm
provement aud offerings were large. Re-
ceipts were 14S cars, with 20 shipped
out Duluth reported on track. Late
IN the day buyers were examining SAM
pies little without taking much grain
Car lot sales by sample: cars No. hard
o. t., CSC; 3 cars No. 1 hard, 971ac; cars
no. hard, del, Csc; 2 cars No. northern,
SIC; IL cars No. northern, S7I2c: 10
cars No. l northern. ssc; cars No. 1
cars No. northern, 79c; 5 cars No. north
ern. TIC; 5 cars No. 2 northern, 76c; cars
No. 2 northern, soc; l car No. northern,
SIC; 2 cars No. 2 northern, S5c; cars No.
northern, 7Sc; 2 cars No. northern, Sic;
cars No. northern, SOIac; cars No. 8,
Q. t., soc; cars No. 3. 74c: 2 cars
NO. 3, 74c; 2 cars No. 3, f. o. b., zoe; 9
cars yellow corn, 34lac; 2 cars oats, 23c;
cars No. 3, 73c; cars No. 8, 72c; 2 cars
samples, 72c.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-The following mills were running
to-day: Pillsbury A and B, Phoenix, Anchor
Washburn B and C, Petit, Minneapolis.
Northwestern, Galaxy. Columbia. Humboldt
st. Anthony and Crown Roller. The added