Telegram-herald., 1889-12-18
THE OBSERVER


Al easlsr n-aIk.. iJr wheat. ~-gn an
u1-ooze1 toF advance ia corn. kys
sasanelng oats easy barley quiet. pFo-
VISIONS al q 81 .-lt deck ne.
D-F4g lae P2.r aeek plsness seems
q have been ou tae s-Al1-sl.-l, ana pro
uQluce1 gl t9unly aul.-
Prices ~ Sour correspond loN
wLl a. other taags. Customers show
Al -l4 -pQs-tol ~ purchase beyond
Amtt ale rtl l.s eI4e-Ls evidently
prelgEtl-g 81 ger along wlta a. lttle 4s
pass All pgeterrug 90 enter tie
uos teaI s. lh lglt stocks au1 heavier
Doeksts we0 fT0m tie buyer 5
sIaud pQut. loa pE-ces AID small puT-
CLases HlaY laFe some attTactyeucss
bdg viewed from the seller stand point
al seems L6e death - tAeT winter
business.
There has been very Little activity IN
any branch OI business and while
there j. decided inclination 10 sell,
F there = none Whatever 60 buy. The
weather has thrown CONSERVATION and
( sIagnaUon INTO tie very hearts OI those
( business men VINO had been hank
lug 0u a good holiday business.
Z PI-ces are low, and farmers are SLOW
They seem confident tuat higher prices
are sure L. come for thelr products.
T i ue little they have has been stored, %
I a large extent, tO keep until the higher
prices, winch they believe vail eyeutu-
I ally come. Wheat has been held down
F Tor long time. and perhaps has been
I depressed more than the situation viii
/ naturally warrant. Flour seems - have
/ gone below an honest producing value.
/ Markets would b. better at times II the
! railroads would send -four with the de
| gree OF prOmptncss desirable. a. lt =
/ now. there Is much uncertainty when
/ the -four forwarded VIII reach rs desti-
I nation. lt Is much 80 with other
I irelghts, and Grand Rapids as a city
/ suffers much.
Wheat recei pts at Toledo yesterday
i We're 1000 bushels against 5000 year
/ ago yesterday. Wheat receipts AT II.
/ Louis yesterday 20 600 bushels against
/ Il 600 year ago Yesterday.
Wheat receipts AT Detroit yes
I terday 10000 bushels against H.
( 600 year ago Yesterday.
Wheat receipts al Duluth yesterday,
/ S3 900 bushels, against $4,000 bushels a
/ year ago yesterday.
Wheat receipts at Minneapolis yes
| terday, 2u 600 bushels, against 253,OOO
! bushels = year ago yesterday.
Wheat receipts at seven points yester-
/ day were 6o2 900 bushels, against 426;-
/ 600 year ago.
Wheat shipments at eleven points
/ yesterday were 2o2 900 bushels, against
/ lli,oO0 year ago.
Wheat receipts at the three principal
/ ports yesterday were 5000 bushels,
/ against 81 900 bushels a year ago.
Wheat clearances from the three
! principal Atlantic ports yesterday were
! $4,000 bushels, against 5000 bushels q
year ago yesterday.
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