St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-17
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber of Commerce.

Wheat was lower again, in sympathy with
easy cables, lower corn, oats and provision
markets at other places The amount OF bus
mess transacted was fair, as there were many
lines that needed some adjustment to bring
them into harmony with the lower condl-
tons that trading was scaled down to-. The
country movement of wheat was not large.
but there continues to arrive here quantity
quite above the amount that many had
looked for in January. That had depressing
effect on values, and the claim by mllers
that spot wheat had been worked up too
high for the sale Of flour did not encourage
the purchase of futures, except at decline.
Clearances to-day at New York included 81
315 blu wheat and q, S44 pks flour. There was
a small show of strength in futures just after
the opening, but it had no solldlty and the
market average well below Thursdays prices
all day. The few fluctuations were spiritless
to the end. Total receipts at the four prln-
cipal spring wheat points since Aug. 1, the
beginning of the crop year foot up Mlnneap-
oils, 30 742 451 Du; Duluth, 10,S04, 1877 bu; Chi
cago 10, 145, 404 bu; Milwaukee, 4,317,372 Du,
making a total of 5000, Ala blu, against Oh
056126 bu during the same time last year and
40,972,946 blu in 1889. The total receipts of
wheat at the four principal winter
wheat points, Toledo, St Louis, De-
troit and Kansas City from July to date are
90 4s2 sS7 bu, against % 2S7, 772 bu in 1890 and
25,046, 745 bu in 1889. Local flour shipments
since Jan. amount u 242,202 bbls, against
347, 673 bbls during the same time in 1890 and
1850 bbls in 1882 The receipts at the four
principal spring wheat points were: Mime
apolis, 1863, $50 bu; Duluth, 1929 bu; Chicago,
%, OH blu; Milwaukee, Il, $50 bu; total. 22,312
blu, against HOOPS blu last year. Cars in
spected out since last report were 4 No.
hard; No northern, 70 cars; No. northern:
Is ears; No. northern II cars; rejected,
cars; no grade. cars. Combined receipts at
Minneapolis and Duluth for "a hours, 305
cars, against 2T cars year ago. Flour ship
ments were 19,352 bbls.
CASH WHEAT.
The demand for cars of wheat on track and
to be delivered was enough to take all the
good wheat to go to mills. Prices were
again closer to the price of futures, which
cut off demand from elevator companies to
some extent. They bought the day before at
q spread of Sc, while the dealers paid within
2I2c of MAY. year ago the difference was
Arrivals are as free yet as could be ex-
pected and The large movement is caused, to
some extent, by the favorable cash prices as
compared with the differences between them
and May now and a month ago when some
of it was fought Wheat closed: No. hard,
January, 90L2c; on track Ole. No. l north
ern, January, SSl2c; February, soc; May,
92l2c; on track. soc: No. 2 northern, Janu-
airy, 76c; on track, S60S1c.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-The added daily output of the mills
grinding to-day will probably aggregate IL
800 bols. Shipments 1882 bbls. Quoted at
S4.55D4. ~ for first patents; S43UD45U Tor sec
Ond patents; $3.60@4.10 for fancy and export
bakers; S180G12. 10 for low grades in bags, in
Guiding red dog. Although the local mills
did not push production for the last week,
and are not pushing it now, the demand for
flour is not more than equal to the output
even after counting i'll such movement as goes
to the filling of old business. The wheat mar
ket has been soft this week. and the POSSIBLE
ity of decline in flour has been wet
blanket to the market, or to the demand tor
patent flour Probably the daily sales this
week have not averaged more than 10000
bbls, with production only little less than
half that The surplus is all of the upper
grade or nearly so. Prices are steady, but
easy.
Bran and Shipments, 7S1 tons.
Quoted at SIS 25015.50 for bran. $15.25@15.50
for shorts and SIS 1906 25 for middlings.
COrn-Receipts, 6710 blu; shipments, none.
Quoted at 46@a4Sc on track.
Oats-Reeeipts. $500 bu: shipments, 5,4OO
blu. Quoted at 40@43c by sample.
Rye-Receipts. none; shipments. none
quoted at 59O61c for sample cars ON track.
Barley-Receipts. 1900 bu; shipments, 100
bu; quoted at 55@60c for good to fine sam
pies of No. 3.
Flax-Receipts. 1000; shipments, none.
Flax sales are based on Sc off from the Chi
cagO quotations.
Feed-Millers held at SaO@s05O with corn
meal at $1,000.
Hay-Keceipts, So tons: shipments none;
choice wild quoted at $6.5007, and good tim
othy at $685. fair wild, S5.500650. The hay
market was dull, and some parties having
much to sell were about discouraged with it
before the close.