St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-10
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.


Cables were steady. but excited very little
remark, with very little effort at digestion.
Farmers deliveries in England are failing
OF, but so far appear to have excited little
attention. Some advance has been made in
Berlin, but is claimed TO be due chiefly to
local causes. Receipts of wheat in the
Northwest still attract wide attention, and
continue to be the chief element of depres-
changes turned chiefly to the bear side of the
market, and caused at least temporary
breaks Prices opened here about Ice lower
for May. and sold down SEC before The noon
hour, bringing that future to lee
December continued nominal, and after
the decline in May 74l4c was bid. Arri-
walls here and at Duluth were 1872 cars for
the two days. including Sunday, which was
relatively smaller than last week, the de-
crease being chiefly in Duluth. There was
great deal of hammering reported from Chi
cago, where several heavy operators were
said to have sold out their long wheat. Bus
mess was fair during portion of the day,
and at other times dull in the line of futures,
while waiting for the visible report:
Following are the closing quotations: No.
! hard. December, 71Ac; January. 1Se;
May, SIC; on track. 7Sc: No. J northern,
December. 75c; January. 755sc; May. e0Ssc:
on track, 76c; No. 2 northern, December.
72c: January, 72I2c; May, 77l2c; on tack.
72@74c.
Wheat was lower, and millers were good
buyers when they could get concessions on
cur lots that met their views. Receivers held
for nearly Saturdays prices at first, but were
unable to sell much, and had to meet the
general decline. At &c for No. northern.
the demand appeared to be pretty good. A
few parties finding it necessary to buy some.
paid little above for some good lots, but at
above 1907 Lc there was peddllng trade.
A good deal of poor wheat showed on the
tables that it was extremely hard to SELL A
few buyers of it were noted, but the points
where they ship are filling up. and prices
there are lower, making it impossible 10 sell
it here, at even the late low prices. Receipts.
including Sunday, were 562 cars and l.'2
shipped. Duluth received 21O cars for the
two days.
The visible wheat supply increased l, 707.-
600 Blu.
Car lot sales by sample, delivered: cars
No. hard. 7sAc; 2 cars No. hard, 7714c;
10 cars No. hard, 7Sc; 3 cars No. 1 hard,
77l2c; 3 cars No. 1 northern. o. t., 76l2c;
8 cars No. northern, T6lsc; 4 cars No.
b., 76l9c; 46 cars No. northern. 76Ac; 18
cars No. l northern, o.t., 76c; 21 cars No.
/ northern, 76c; cars No. ] northern,
75l2c:2 cars No l northern, 1. o. b., 16l2c;
2 cars NO. 2 northern, 72l2c; ID cars No.
a0r noTshern 72e cars ' So 1 eors N0
73c; cars No. northern, f. o. b.. I3lac;
3 cars No 3. 66c; 3 cars No. 8, o. t., 66l2c;
2 cars No 8, z, G.; 2 cars No. 3. 63c; cars
rejected, ID dockage, Sc: cars rejected, I.
jected, Csc; 2 cars rejected, ID dockage,
65c; cars rejected. zoe; 2 cars no grade, I.
o. b., Soc. cars no grace, I. O.. b., 4Sc:
cars sample. CSC; 2 cars corn. I. o. b., 2Sc:
oats, 201ac; car oats, zoe; cars screen
ings, $780, 3 cars fax. $1.2sis.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-The added daily output Of mills
grinding yesterday will probably aggregate
% 76O bbls. Patents, sacks to local deal
ers. ST.. as; patents to ship, sacks, car
lots, $4.5O@4.7U; in barrels. S4.7Ot@4. 80;
delivered at New England points, $5.4 a
5.5n: New York points, s.. 10000 de
liyered at Philadelphia and Baltimore, IS. 70
Sl.7002.25; red dog, SACKS, Sl.1O9l.2o;
red dog. bbls, $l.35@l.5'.
Bran and Shorts-Market was steady, with
moderate Western demand at $6@6.25 for
pretty firmly held. Shipments. 96l tons.
Corn-Receipts larger, with fair demand at
2sl2c; Old nominal when held above new.
Receipts. 5 ,O.a. bu; shipments, 200 Blu.
OatS-Fair offerings on the market. and
steadily held at l9@2Ic for fair feeding grain
to choice No. 2 white on track. Receipts.
$3.50 bu: shipments, 200 bu.
Barley-FaIr number of cars of rather poor
barley, offered mostly for feed purposes, with
would sell if offered at 4 @3Oc. Receipts
24OO blu; shipments, 500 bu.
FlaX-Receipts. 21OO blu: shipments, 600
blu. Quoted. 81. 2sl2; Chicago, Sl.34l2.
Feed-Quoted at Sl1 :5c@l2.5O
Hay-:Poor hay plentiful. with light supply
of choice upland, with demand for it at
$3.50; fair to good wild, S5@7.
FLOUR SHIPMENTS.
Following shows the shipments Of -four
from Minneapolis, Jan. to date and same
time in 1888:
1889, bbls.. 5. $50, o34 1888, bbls..6. 522. 500
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