St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-02
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber of Commerce.

The early feeling in the wheat market wan
easy Tor futures. influenced by a downward
tendency in other places. The Northwest
WAS more inclined 10 work Oh the buying
slie. owing to very strong demand for spot
wheat. December sold TO some extent at
$40 sac to fill small inquiry in the way
VI CLOSING up old contracts. Selling was not
very Tree and tie offerings mostly small for
may There was no selling TO speak of by
country elevators, though for the last DAY or
TWO lhe farmers have sold more freely, and
IN so Snin Nc. places the movement is liberal.
I here was general decrease of 264, 90 bu
for tne week in country elevators.
f"iioWlhg shows the shipments Of flour
rom Minneapolis Jan. TO date and same
time in 1889:
IsJo...6 2O7. $50 bbls 1899. IS. O62. 6o3 bbls
Total receipts at the four principal spring
wheat points since Aug. !. the beginning OF
the crop year. foot up: Minneapolis. p 3d.
10 bu: Duluth. S,4S3. l76 bu; Chicago,
S,oS6G99 bu; Milwaukee. 3.24p.9 6 bu.
making total OF III :,691 bu. against 9 ], =
49,, SD bu during the same time last year,
and 81, S6O.3O1 bu in 1873.
CASH WHEAT.
There was big demand for cash wheat,
with local millers and local elevator COM
penies buying the greater part of il. Low
grades sold pretty well for shipment ard for
handling here. Receipts were large, hut the
demand for them was still larger and all
desirable offerings at the current market were
absorbed with the demand unsatisfed.
Receipts of wheat for forty-eigbt hours
73h cars: shipments, lib cars. Duluth Ie:
ceived 369 cars.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS
Flour-The added daily output of the mills
grinding yesterday will probably aggregate
% 500 b: Is.
shipmenLs. 81, 400 bbls. Quoted at $3.50
a. 20 for first patents, SIT. @54.9 for
second patents; S3.s @94.2O for fancy and
export bakers; S2G1 % for low grades in
bags, including red dog.
Flour was steady in the general range Of
values but slow in movement. as the trade
seems TO be looking for a reaction that does
not promise to come, tor while the specu.
latiye trade in wheat futures vibrarps, the
trade Ill cash wheat remains firm. yielding
only IN financial depressions. With the cost
of wheat to grind on a strong basis. weakness
i'll flour may be slow TO realize, for if -four
sellers have to let 60 they cannot pay prices
FOR wheat that Will keep the latter firm. An
advance Ill wheat that shuts off exports
might pile up reserve of flour that would
weaken both it and wheat.
Bran and Shorts hipments, 1865 tons.
Quoted at Sl2.7J0l3 - for bran, $50
IL 70 for Shorts and Sl5@lj.5O Tor mid.
dlines Market quiet and rather easy.
Corn-ReceipLs. 6.7iU bu; shipments,
none. Quoted at 5uf333c on track. Offer
ings were larger, and holders asked about 81
0o1c for the range Of samples, with buyers
at about . al &c for new and old.
Oats = Receipts, 1900 bu; shipments,
4:5W bu. Quoted al G43c by sample,
Movement was slow around 4lc for No.
white samples.
kye-Receipts, 24nO bu: shipments, 2,4O0
bu. Quoted at 59@6lc for sample cars on
tack.
Barley-Recefpts $4,000 bu: shipments.
1920 bu. Quoted at 5306Oc for good 10
fine samples of No. 3. barley was nrmer,
and good samples met with good demand,
with dirty grain slow.
Flax : Receipts, 3,500 bu; shipments.
none. Flax sales are based on &c off from
Chicago quotations.
Feed-dilers held at s2l.5O0 3. with
cornmeal at S23022 %.
hay-kecelptS, 80 tons: shipments, none
Choice wild quoted at S.5,0s. and good
timothy at 50. 2JG1 10. Fair ID brought 81
@7.5U. Too mucn Wa' off re and II was
hard 10 sell. with good wild ULered at So.