St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-01
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS..
Chamber Of Commerce.

Wheat opened unsettled on dull and un-
satisfactory foreign market. All cables, pub
lie and private, quoted the same general
dizziness. There was a manifest indiffer-
ence on the part of dealers to take hold of
wheat on the long side. Prices settled at
first with some full offerings, presumably
against country purchases There was an
increase of $4,000 bu in public elevators
here and another increase of l,3S7, 100 bu in
country elevators, these making above 2,OO1
900 bu increase for the week, without count
ing in the difference III private elevators
here.
Total receipts at the four principal spring
wheat points since Aug. /, the beginning of
the crop year foot up: Minneapolis 6296 500
bu; Duluth, q, 106. 23S bu; Chicago. ~ $50 047
bu; Milwaukee, 5.104. 7S9 bu, making a total
of So, 496, S74 bu. against 39S31660 Du during
the same time last year and 80, So, 034 bu in
1882
The total receipts of wheat ct the four
principal winter wheat points, Toledo st.
Louis Detroit and Kansas City, from July
TO date are 47,3l77S3 u, against Is, 6S5 152 bu
in 1890 and y. 272, 645 blu in 1889.
Local -four shipments since Jan. 1
amount to 6,71S,764 bbls, against 6,20t, 452
bnls during the same time in 1sOJ and 5,O27,-
042 in 1889.
CASH WHEAT.
Good milling wheat was in fair demand
Offerings were large and buyers rather slow
on that account and owing to the weakness
iii December and May. Prices were lower
than Saturday. No. l northern sold early at
SIC and few cars of fancy brought 81 :
Later lower prices had to be accepted %
make sales. Considerable No. was picked
pat 7O7Sc.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS
Fiour-The added daily output of the
mills grinding yesterday will probably aggre
gate 27.600 bbls. Shipments 1884 bbls.
Quoted at $450lG4s0 for first patents; S44@
AGO for second patents; S4G4. 40 for fancy
and export ba- ers; s.. I503f for low grades. in
bags, including red dog. The flour market
was rather quiet. due, as it was interpreted
by the Market Record, mainly to the recent
decline in wheat. The latter did not drop
very much, but that part of the public that
believed Russian prohibition would stimulate
an advance in prices was disappointed, and
now such people as handle flour are holding
off for other possibilities in the line of fur
Their depreciation. Local millers are very well
sold up and are not pushing their produc-
ton to the extent of material reductions
Bran and Shorts-Shipments, LASS tons.
Quoted at Sl201250 for bran, Sl20I2 IS for
shorts and S12. 750J1350 for middlings Bran
and shorts are steady, with milIers generally
asking SI2. - today for bran, with extremes
above and below. Shorts were sold as low
as bran in some cases, while other millers
asked ST.. 5O412.75, according to what they
claimed for the quality of the goods offered
Business was fair, with no immediate activity
nor material depression.
Corn-ReceipIs 10,200 bu; shipments, 10
bu. New quotei at 4l044c. Corn receipts,
although increasing, are not yet large enough
to supply large quantities for shipment. The
new corn crop supplies most of the local de
mand at rather wide range, which is very
common at this season of the year, due to
condition as to dampneSs mainly. Occa
sional cars only are moved out. The No
vemberi corner is near the end, while the
other DesureS sympathlzed slightly with that
feature and were dull.
Oats-ReceipIs, 43. 400 bu; shipments, % $50
Blu. Quoted at 30l2051l2c for No. white;