St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-20
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber of Commerce.

The opening for May wheat was at 1880
bid. being fraction under yesterdays clos
ing quotations. Later there was more firm
ness, and prices advanced about Ac, but sub
Eequently became ease. followed by light
fluctuations. Trading was chiefly in small
lots, with no large lines in the market on Ell
Their side. Cables were rather frmer, and
white wheat was reported l3d higher in Liv-
erpool Private parties reported that Michi-
gan shows, on investigation, about 80 per
cent of the last crop in the hands OF farmers,
instead OF 20 per cent as reported by the state
agricultural department. Ocean freights
were reported weakening, which it was hoped
would stimulate exports of wheat and flour.
I Temperature in the winter wheat belt was
reported 70 to 40 above. California wired
that wheat on light lands looks we'll but that
there is heavy reduction in average en- low
lands about 6S, 900 bu wheat taken for ex-
port from Philadelphia and Baltimore with
none from New York and Baltimore.
Following are the closing questions: No
hard, February, 76c; March, TIC; May,
7sssc; on track, 77A-l2c. No. l northern,
February, 74s4c; March, 75c: May, 76s4c;
on track, 76076l2c.0 No. Q northern, Feb
ruary, re: March. 72l2c; May. 74Ac; on
Receipts Of wheat for the day were f5s
cars with 81 shipped. Duluth reported 81
cars received. There was about the usual
amount of milling wheat offered Oh the
tables, for which there was good demand
and prices averaged well, as compared with
previous days. Some orders from outside
were noted calling for No. hard and No. l
Northern. A few cars were found that were
satisfactory in quality and price, which
were taken, still leaving part of the or1ers
untitled. Most of the sales were made to
local millers, mostly for imm eiiate use.
Country movement remains steady.
FLOUR SHIPMENTS.
Following shows the shipments of flour
from Minneapolis Jan. to date, and same
time in 1889:
1890. bbls .s15. 42s 1889, bbls... .5s2.7Os
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-The added daily output of mills
grinding yesterday will probably aggregate
1850 bbls. Patents. sacks TO local dealers,
81. 6094.65; patents to ship, sacks, car lots.
cred at New England points, 81 90@5. Is:
New York points. 81. att@5. 05; delivered at
Philadelphia and Baltimore, S475l5. %;
bakers, here. 2.9o@3.25: superfine. Sl.7o@
2.25: red dog, sacks, $l@1.2U; red dog, bar
rels, $l.2501.5O.
BRAN AN SHORTS.
The market here was little easier, with
bran selling at 81. 2507 80, and shorts at SO
GA.5O. Shipments, I'd tons.
Corn-Market dull and slow, with eonsid-
cradle offered at 24@25c O. t., and at 25@
26c +. o. b. Receipts, II, 200 bu; shipments,
Is, 900 blu.
oats-Not many offered and prices steady,
with moderate demand at 2O922c; some
nice white held at 22l2@23c. Receipts,
g. 100 bu; shipments. 5000 blu.
Bariey-Market dull and dragging at $50
sc Tor common lOtS.
Feed-The feed market was steady and dull
at $1o@10.5O o. t.; $1O.25@1O.75 f. o. b.
and switched.
Flax--Receipts, 1000 blu; quoted at Sl.33;
Chicago. $l.39.
Hay-Demand slow. and ranging from
81 to So for poor wild to choice upland. Re-
ceipts, 80 tons; shipments, 10 tons.
FLOUR SHIPMENTS.
Milwaukee road. $50 bbls; Omaha, 1881
bbls; Minneapolis & st. Louis $50 bbls;
Wisconsin Central, 625 bbls; Manitoba. $3.50
bbls: ST. Paul d Duluth, 200 bbls: st. Paul 4
Kansas City, $50 bbls; Chicago, Burlington
d Northern, 1915 bbls; 500 line, 2.U25 bbls.
CAR LOT RECEIPTS.
Following are the Minneapolis wheat re-
ceipts by cars: Milwaukee, 81 cars; Omaha,
8 cars; Minneapolis & st. Louis, 81 cars;
Manitoba. 50 cars; Northern Pacific, II cars;
500 line, ears,
WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The receipts and shipments of wheat from
the principal primary markets were as fol-
lows: