The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-17


unchanged today, other than there is a
stronger feeling among manufacturers, and
If wheat remains strong flour will advance
The following are today's quotations in
wood here, f. o. b.:
First patents 50. 10ll3. 40
Second patents ....................... 2.950I3.25
Fancy and export bakers ........... 2.loa2.2 5
Following quotations are in cotton sacks,
9S and 4? lbs.
Rye -four, per Dbl, pure 50
Rye -four, per Dbl, standard. ........... 2.1O
Buckwheat -four, per Dbl. .425a4.50
Graham flour, per Dbl. .................... 2.40
In wood 25c extra is charged.
BRAN AND SHORTS.
Very little bran is offered for sale.
Bran i'm sacks 200 lbs ........ - 25013 so
Bran in sacks. 100 lbs. .......... 13. 756I14.O
Sn orts common bulk. .............. 1880
.CORN-The market is stronger specula-
t tlv'sHy out weak for cash. Quotable at
4SG oats on nt track for No g. No receipts.
sold a soc; No. white quoted at 3O1ac; No.
Barley quoted at 42af7c for 50 lbs. No
sales
Rye quoted at 1870, with sale at that
Feed-Reported by the Diamond Elevator
and Milling Company:
Per ton
Coarse corn meal and cracked 100 Id
sacks per ton. sacks extra .......... $500
No | ground feed, 2-3 corn, 1-S oats.
No ground feed, i corn X oats, Is ''''
No ground feed. i-saa corn, 2-s oats, low
Snrne Wbas+ 49,
Rejected flax nominal. See seed market.
Hay-Receipts are light and mostly of in
better grades and at outside quotations.
II. a.. King & Co. report, sales of choice
othy. So 5oa1o, and straw s4@425 per tom tom
NO change in prices today.
Duluth.
DULUTH. Mimi. April 15.-The wheat
market here was wildly and exctedly high
bulged a full cent by Ii O clock Then the
activity wore off and the price eased off
but firm up to the close. July was almost
untouched. The close was firm at ad-
for the day Of c There fnn has
wheat today. They were in the market
for more than they were able to get at &c
lots and NC over for N. l northern. They
bought $1,000 bushels, about two-thirds of
it hard fas offering %
little. Elevator stocks increased $4,000
Close: No. 1 hard cash and April. &c;
62Ac bid; No. l northern, cash and April
6l$sc; May, 621Rc asked; July, 62Ac bid;
SSc bid bid to s arrye as bd
barley ssc oats s sts SSssss'e rye. ' Sc
hay, $5I8.. Receipts, wheat, II, 725 bushels
shipments, $4,000 Car inspection, wheat, g.
year ago, IS.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 15>--Wheat started up
at a pace today making a &c advance and
closing 11ac higher for May. Covering by
shorts scared by the expectation of reduced
stocks. the excitement in oil, the advance
in stocks and the general improvement in
speculative markets caused the strength.
The other markets followed wheat, May
closing Rc higher, May oats 1sc higher
and provisions at slight advances. The
shorts in wheat were on the today,
having apparently become impressed with
the idea that stocks are, pretty sure to be
materially reduced, and hence there was
scramble to cover.
The meagre offerings created a good deal
Of alarm, and there were rumorS that Ar
mour and other elevator men were working
the bull side. All domestic markets were
On the rampage and the bull sentiment was
still further helped by a large decrease in
the visible supply and by the small deliv-
cries in the Northwest at other interior
points. The excitement which has been
going on in oil for some time, the advance
in stocks, the general improvement in spec
ulative markets, as well reports that
the Northwest would SOW less wheat than
usual this spring. all tended to strengthen
the feeling in wheat. There was some
action before noon, but the feeling was
generally strong. ~s
The foreign markets were still closed
but will be running as usual tomorrow.
The Minneapolis receipts were lis cars to-
day, ana Duluth got 63, making together
IFS, compared with 263 d week ago and 1853
on the similar day of the year before.
Primary receipts all told were 231 900 bu,
against 900 blu a year ago. The visible
supply decreased 2,216,0OO bu for the week,
and the total is now 20, 4S7, 900 blu, compared
with 69,21700O bu year ago and 76,096,O 900
blu at the corresponding time in 1893. The
price opened today at from 55la@55hc. The
close on Saturday was at 55c sellers. The
feature in the nit was more the srna,lness