St. Paul daily globe., 1889-12-13
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber of Commerce.

1t was pretty well settled in the minds Of
grain men this morning that the large wheat
movement of the Northwest is over. for
time at least Minneapolis and Duluth to-
gelher figured up only 316 cars Of fresh ar
rivals. of which 262 cars came here. That
started good buying demand for May, with
a large number of transactions. The volume
of business was mainly in small lots Of 80 D
bu to 10000 bu at about H@t2c rise. Cables
quoted firm with continental demand. The
news said the great San Joaquin wheat val
lev is flooded for 100 miles. by the late eX-
eessive rains and breaking of levees. New
York cleared 10000 bu of wheat and 3D.
OuO packages of flour in the last twenty-four
hours, and Baltimore reported good CONT
mental inquiry. The advance asked in New
York checked business. The advance in
May was checked at S1I20Sl 5sc, with later
fluctuations. Near the close wheat broke
sharply with some early buyers selling out,
and the previous gain was lost.
Following are the closing quotations: No.
l hard. December, 7Sc: January, 1SI2c;
May, S3l2c; on track. 7Sl2c: No. northern,
December. 75l2c: January, 76c; May, Gle;
on track, nc; No. northern, December.
73c; January. Use; May, 77e4c; on track.
73@7Ic.
Receipts, 262 cars: shipments. 64. against
299 and 79 yesterday. The demand for
sample wheat was active and prices ranged
higher than yesterday. Local millers, and
millers to some extent from outside were
buving from the sample tables. With smaller
receipts and larger demand. the good wheat
Offered at the current range was closed out
pretty readily. More BUYERS were also in the
market for the lower grades and some of
them brought from to &c higher than yes
.terday for The same quality. Perhaps the
average would not show near that improve:
ment but some cars that struck the fancy of
the buyer showed even more improvement.
The bIying of the poor grain seemed to be
mostly by shippers. Considering the small
number of cars arriving, the offerings were
I'D, tfrarr fbnf l.
been brought forward from previous days
dullness. In view of there being no more
rise in prices, the tone OF the market was
very much better.
s FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-The added daily output Of mills
grinding yesterday will probably aggregate
20. 600 brls.
The Aour market was very quiet with con-
siderable inquiry, however, as stocks in the
hands of jobbers and retailers are in none
too large quantities to carry them along, even
with frequent replenishing. Without it they
are soon out of stock, and so the inquiry is
good even with quite moderate transactions.
There is .,oDn considerable Fa5e demand demand for for
for patents the bids are too low
to take away more than the surplus
domestic supply. Patents, sacks to local deal
ers, Si-N %; patents to ship, sacks car
lots, 81. .3O@A;5O; IN barrels. S.5O@4.a9;
$40: New York points, s.. .20Q5.3U: de-
livered at Philade phia and Baltimore, So. l5
65.25; bakers here. SO. 25Q13. 80: superfine.
Sl.7092.25; red dog, SACKS, Sl.1O@l.25;
red dog, bbls, 81. .35Gl 80.
Bran and Shorts-Markct quiet with mod
crate demand; S.. 1905 for bran. with some
asking S625 for choice. Shorts ranged
from S76e7.50, mostly for western cOnsump-
ton. Shipments S42 tons.
Corn-Nice corn of good color was in good
request at about 27lac, some nice lots at
2754c Offerings not very large with fair
inquiry for shipment; moderate demand for
local use. Receipts, 16,2 200 bu; shipments,
1900 bu.
OATs-Offering full with moderate demand
and sales inclined to drag, demand hardly