St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-10
Chamber ofColnmerce.


Wheat opened higher this morning on
higher cables, with backward weather in
Europe. France was tending higher in wheat
prices, and the English quotations. were not
only strong. but. i'll some instances. higher.
1t is said to be not too late for normal tenn.
perature to bring on rapid changes for the
letter, and in much OF Europe farm work is
seasonably forward Earlier rains slim
ula,ed vegetation III most parts OF
It, feeling that the end will
witness higher prices not only higher than
now, but that there will be no permanent de,
cline until acreage increases i'll the future
Total receipts at the four principal spring
wheat points since Aug. /, the beginning Of
the crop year, foot up Minneapolis, 40, $50,
ls6 bu /; Duluth, l.. ,226 bu.; Chicago, r..
1920 bu.; Milwaukee. sos, 46S bu., making
total of q, 200. l19 bu. against 1880 S4 bu
during the same time last year, and 50,37S, 394
blu. in 1882
The total receipts of wheat at the foul
principal winter wheat points, Toledo, st
Louis, Detroit and Kansas CITY, from July !
to date, are %, 726,976 bu against q, 150,09S bu
i'll $780, and 26, ISL, 156 bu in 1880 Local fouI
shipments since Jan. l amount TO 1,6n,231
bbls, against 1862 bbls during the same
time in 1890, and sos, Al in 1889.
CASH WHEAT.
Sample wheat was strong and from l2c to
&c higher than yesterday. The receipts were
smaller and the demand very good although
the higher prices asked made the market q
little slow Sales were generally made al
about 1l2c over May. Considerable wheat
was sold to arrive. Receipts of wheat for
twenty-four hours were IS cars; shipments,
70 cars. Duluth received 20 cars Closing
quotations: No. 1 hard, \ pril. S1O6; on
track, Sl.06; No l northern, April, S102;
May, Sl.02l2; July. Sl.0434; on track, S103Is
81; O3S4 No. northern, April, S1.0l; on track,
S1.01l2@102.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour, the daily output of the mills grind.
ing yesterday will probably aggregate %, 400
bbls. Shipments 1926 bbls. Quoted at $50
05.4O for first patents; S4.95@5.10 for second
bakers; S2(@2.5 80 for low grades. in bags, in
cluding red dog. Flour was steady and quiet,
but selling rather slowly, while held strongly
in sympathy with the firm wheat markets.
All low grades went well and patents sold
quite fairly excepting in excess of the domes-
tic demand. Cables were encouraging, but
rather more so for wheat than for flour.
Mills have not run actively lhsi spring and
while some mllers claim good demand for
their -four, 1t is noted that few times seem to
crowd them to fill o-ders, with even slack
production.
Bran and Shorts Shipments SIS tons.
Quoted at SI5,5O@I6 for bron, Si6,5CGl7.5O for
shorts and S16.50@l1.50 for mddlings.
Corn-Receipts, $3.50 bu; shipments $50
bu. Quoted at 62la96Sc on track. Demand
limited.
oats-Reeeipts, $500 bu; shipments, 1850
bu. Quoted at 51Ql53Iac by sample.
Rye-Receipts none; shipments, $50 bu.
Quoted at 7S(1Slc for sample cars on track.
Barley-Receipts. none; shipments, none.
Quoted at 55@70c for poor TO hne samples Of
No. 3.
Flax-Receipts, 1,720 bu; shipments none.
Flax sales are based on SC off from the Chi.
cago market.
Feed-Millers' held at s255o@96, with
cornmeal at S2450@l25.
Hat-Receipts, Ga tons: shipments. so
Choice wild quoted at $500 ana good timo-
thy at S9811. Fair wild, SG6lS.