St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-24
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber orCornrnerce.

Inc feeling was little better i'll the wheat
markets, and holders of spot wheat asked L2c
above Mondays closing price Buyers were
slow 10 taae hold in the morning Flu ures
soid fairly at fraction higher this morning.
ana considerable changed hands in the way
of floor trading. and some outside orders
were noted, partly 10 close up old business.
Liverpool was firm, ana cables reported some
good continental buying. The amount of
wheat on passage was a decrease of 1860,
bushels Weakness developed after the
shorts had bought in. and prices fell of
severely about the middle of the sessio l..
transactions were good deal on the scalp
ing order
Total receipts at the four principal spring
wheat points since Aug. !. the beginning Of
the crop year, foot up: Minneapolis. POS 30
81 bu; Duluth, lO,399,573 bu; Chicago,
$50. "3O bu; Milwaukee, 1897, 800 u,
making total of 1914 l. Oh bu against J.
% 400 bu during the same time last year
and 37.67S,bs6 bu i'll 1888.
The total receipts OF wheat at the four
principal winter wheat points Toledo st
Louis Detroit ana Kansas City. from July l
10 GATE. are l97lO.G64 bu against 30,
go blu in 1889 and ~, 523, 375 in 1888
Local flour shipments since Jan / amount
to 66l 1858 pbls against 5.537.6ll bbls dur
ing the same time in 1889 and G,6S5, go
bbls in 1888.
CASH WHEAT
Receipts were up 10 the late averages and
ia cars more than Oh the same day last year.
III the bulk of business done the figures
showed about the same range as Monday.
lnou9n more sales were maze at INSIDE
hgures. Buying was by the different classes
that are usually III the market. Local millers
were the most prominent with shippers and
local elevator people i'll the market. There
was some frosted wheat with No. 3 inspec.
ton that was hard to sell at any tar pIlce
but milling wheat went well at the figures Ii
would bring Wheat to arrive. was
fnIlrn
Receipts of wheat for twenty-four hours 375
cars. Shipments, SO cars. Duluth received
. cars. The grain inspection for yesterday
was as follows: Wheat-No. l northern.
3IS cars; No. northern, 163 cars: No g.
80 cars; rejected, 45 GAGS; no grade SO cars :;
No; : winter, cars; No. l hard, 4 cars
Corn-No yellow, cars: No. yellow.
car: No 3. 10 cars; No. 4. car: No: 2, 3
cars. Oats-No. white. car. Flax-No. /.
cars; rejected, car. Barley-NO. 4, )
cars: No. 3. cars.
Sales Reported Early cars No. hard, f.
@. b.. .'0c; cars No. hard soc: | car No
hard. S9c: 10 cars No northern, 10 ar
live, SIC; car No northern, O. l., SIC: /
car No. northern, o. l., 87Ac; 81 cars No.
northern, SIC; ID cars No. northern. 8 &C /;
% cars No. northern, 87l2c; 2 cars No. .
northern, o. ". b., Soc; 3 Cars No. 2 north
ell, SLICE.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS
Flonr-The added daily output OF the mills
grinding yesterday probably aggregated 3D.,
900 hbls
shipments, 10. 49, bbIs. Quoted at 81 80
patents; So 6a@4. 20 for fancy and EXPORT
bakers SIS GD2.25 for low grades in Lays
including red dog
Flour markets continue slow. with the
usual demand at this season of the year.
Prices We're hardly so firm, owing to day or
two OF decline i'll wheat. with spot grain
costing about 15c less for q barrel of flour
than during the latter days OF last week.
though costing no less than early that week.
Weather is colder and some trouble is prom
lSed, with ice as the cause of it. With ice
dullnesS in trace and the holiday season to
meet in few days, neither millers nor flour
dealers expect any pronounced activity for
the next two or three weeks. small de-
mand will have to be supplied at current
prices. whatever they may be-
Bran and Shorts,-Shipments, 1,127 tons
Quoted at S14.25@l4. >" for bran, Sl4.5)
M15 for shorts, and SI5.5U@l5.75 for mid
dlings. Demand was steady and supplies
moderate, with prices firm.
Corn--Receipts. l $50 blu Quoted at 43
@43c on track. Demand was quiet, with
talr amount tor sale, and bidders at $50 l4c
for fair lots. Some old yellow was held at
45c or more in some cases.
Oats-Receipts. 2. bu; shipments, 1,Sfl0
bu. Quoted at 3604012c by sample. The
offerings were quite moderate ana the feel
ing little firmer, with prices ranging a
shade better.
Rye-Receipts, none: shipments, none
Quoted at 60@61c for sample cars on track.
barley-ReceiDts, 900 bu; shipments, 2. 400
blu. Quoted at 4o@055c for good to fine sam
pies otsNo. 3. No demand TO speak of and
not expected to be until after the holidays
FlaX-Receipts, 1000 bu: shipments. 1.0O0
blu. Flax sales are based on &c off from the
Chicago quotations.
Feed-Millers held at S2O.5GM2I, with
cornmeal at S19.50@I9.75.
Hay-Receipts, 80 tons; shipments, none
Choice wild quoted at S6.5c@ az. and good
timothy at $500; fair wild brought S55 a
900 Hay was weak, and unless choice was
hard to sell q any nrica