St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-17
MILLING NEWS.
The Northwestern MiIIer's Review
of the Week.

The Northwestern MiIIer's Review
of the Week.
MINNEAPOLIs, MIMI. May 16. The
Northwestern Miller gives the follow
Ing epitome Of the weeks milling news:
The Minneapolis mills last week ground
$685. barrels. against 10000 barrels
the week before, 159,9S5 in 1893, and
Isl, $50 in 1892. This week about tie
same capacity IS in operation. Low
freight rates, together with the splendid
water power, are the stimulating
Gauss OF the heavy running. Flour is
very Slow of sale, buyers being wholly
Indifferent, except as they find custom
ers to take it off their hands. If cash
wheat was anything like on parity
with other markets present freights
would permit heavy export trade.
Orders booked last week Appropriated
$4,000 barrels. Fair demand for bak-
erS' for export, but some parties sold
ahead are not free sellers. Too great
difference between bids and prices of
mil!ers to permit working much patent.
he'd dog Is i'll active demand in this
country for feed at good prices. Export
shipments, 47.3S5 barrels, against 40. 500
the previous week
AT Superior and Duluth the output
was 1889 bbls. against 1921 previous
week and 3S,1332 in 1888. These figures
are likely to De improved on this week.
MIllers here are finding good domestic
trade, but are hampered by Minueapo-
lis getting rate of 17114c 10 New York.
While the lowest hece Oh domestic is 15c.
Usual differeniial has been Sc. Foreign
market is dull, but considerable flour is
being worked. Foreign shipments. IT,
272 bbls. against 20. 0J5 the week befofe
6C.S5o in 1883. Stock -four in store. 253
, SGT bbls, against sL1,C17 a week ayc
The Milw aukee mills ground % dct
bills, aga inst 37.1Sl bills previo, =.
week, and sG.Ct0 iii 1853. Out OF sey,r
mills. with daily capacity OF abon,
il.Coo barrels, only two continue to rn,
| iuli tiihe. NO III IroN rn;cEt is noted ir
| the flour trade. buyers c. ntinue limid
taxing only what they need for present
| reeds While millerS are confident H.,
flour can E" 10 lower. The llade does nn,
seem to look at it lIat way. There 'i ;s
| practically no selling for export: only
| ll.3o2 sacks were shipped last week and
the nome market could hardly he
weaker. The millers are aIm"s} diS
heartened. but they continue to Mod
along IN hopes OF better times.
The st. Louis production was 90 ,oo
barrels, against $1,000 the precedinS
week: Nine nearby mills made l3,oio
| parrels' compared with 10000 the week
before The markets, foreign and do IN
nestle, continue dull, and seem to he
e ting worse instead of imnroving
! One miller made sales for export aegre.
gazing 10000 sacks. Aside from thi,
only scattering lots were sold
Illinois milers complain of unfa,or
ao'e markets and are trouhled l,u The
coal miners strike. ~ '"o
Valley of the Ohio mills general,v
! nag quiet trade with profits slim
Head OF the Lakes MilIers' association
met Friday to adopt articles of assooia'
ton and elect officers. oo'"
But little business was done in Micbi.
San conditions were about the worst
yet experienced. WI ~
NO marked change occurred in the
mining outlook of Kansas and Ne.
Fiour market at New York showed No
rva.ure o! interest. except that there
was considerable pressure to sell
Az Baltimore the market wac {, .
still. ''''e'' "' stand
!he North Dakota mills are runnin,
quite strongly. making up for lost lin,
during ne railroad strike. Or on nrns
pecis are very favorable. fO'