St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-17
THE FLOUR TRADE.
A Tremendous Output, Exceeding
the Previous Week.


Large as was the Minneapolis flour
output for the week ended Oct. 3, that
of last week was triie heavier. The
aggregate production was 1914, S75 bar
rels-ayeraging 32,476 barrels daily
against 1914, 100 barrels for the previous
week. Isl 400 barrels for the correspond
ing time in 1890 and 16S,030 barrels in
1859, says the Northwestern Miller. For
the present week one less mill is run
ming, yet the other eighteen are break
ing right and left records as to their
best runs in the past, and the amount
! OF flour turned out per twenty-four hours
is not greatly below g., 900 barrels. Six
mills, mostly of the middle or larger class,
are using steam in whole or part. The
most of the firms here keep well sold
ahead, and with their customers COLI
Stantly calling for the delivery of flour
bought, they are croWding their mlliS to
the utmost limit. The past weeks -four
market has not been specially unlike
that of the preceding week, except. per-
haps, that there was little better de-
mnnd. The current output has probably
easily been sold. if not something in ex-
cess. Along about Thursday or Friday
a good deal Of patent was sold for eX-
port, several blocks Of 10000 and $4,000
barrels having been worked. Since
then, with the higher prices asked as
result of the advance i'll ocean rates and
increased cost of wheat, there has not
been much doing in this directian. Bak
erS'. is not snapped up the way it was q
few weeks ago, but at the same time
the majority of the mills are sold
ahead on this grade and are not
very much i'll need of immediate
orders. The export demand for
lou, e.,
bakers, though good many orders taken
some time back are yet to be filled. AS
the prices secured on the latter were
toward the top market, millerS, as long
as they have such to fill, are 10th to
make very heavy concessions to buyers.
1t is common observation OH the part
of millers that the domestic trade is
largely made up of small orders coming
from wide territory. Customers usu-
ally in the habit of buying in thousand
barrel lots now take car load or two
at a time. But these orders. i'll the ag-
gregate, make quite satisfactory show
ing. One leading concern here last
week made domestci sales of a car-lot
character amounting to 10000 barrels,
outside OF New England, New York,
Philadelphia, etc. But millerS have
often of late obtained more satisfactory
prices abroad than at home. The direct
exports of flour last week showed de-
crease, being 1885 barrels, against 9S,-
305 barrels the preceding week.
The Interior Elevator company is
building 100000 annex to its plant in
the western part of the city and will
have it completed about Nov. /.
Charles Colby, who for year or more
has been living i'll Florida. has returned
to Minneapolis and assumed his old po-
sition of foreman for the Minneapolis
Cooperage company. While in Florida
he started 160-acre pineapple farm
and still owns it.
The Acme Barerl company has about
arranged for rebuilding its shops. The
main building or cooper shop will be
40X220 feet on the ground and two
stories high; the warehouse 40X100 feet.
Besides these there will be an engine
house and dry kiln. President Du
Bots thinks that the company will be in
shape to make barrels again in thirty
days.
1t transpires that the Harwood Manu-
featuring company has a contract for
furnishing the five mills of the Consoi-
dated Milling company for three years.
The deal was made in order to get the
consent of George ii. Christian, the
principal stakeholder of the Harwood
company. TO the transfer of the Crown
Roller mill to the Consolidated COM
pany.
In all probability the Northwestern
mill will be ready to make its initial
start late next week.
The work on the new elevator of the
Consolidated Milling company, nee the
Petit mill. is beginning to show. The