The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-02
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
BARLEY.


S6,915 blu, against 5000 blu a week ago
Arrivals are not excessive but the de-
mand is poor and quality does not admit
of better prices being paid. Barley fit for
mailing purposes brings 26@32c, but none
of this is what might be called choice
The bulk Of offerings are not good enough
to warrant being bought at 25c and many
cars go at around zoe. Many buyers of
low grade barley associate the stock in
their minds, with oats and maintain that
No. white oats at around 19c is better
purchase for feed purposes than the ordi-
nary run of barley at around 22c.
FLAX
Stocks here show small increase for
the week, standing at 106,0S1 ~ against
1O1,9O1 blu a week ago. Receipts during
the week have been only fair, compare
lively, and the shipments have been
heavier than usual, some days exceeding
the arrivals very largely. Today offer
ings were not large as most arrivals were
applies on sales previously made to ar
rive and not a great deal of fresh stuff
to arrive was offered. Grade is still
high, everything going No. l. Dockage,
however, is sometimes large. The gen.
eral quotation is still about 61ac under
Chicago price.
FLOUR.
On the strength of Saturdays wheat
market millers have advanced the price
of patent flour 10c per Dbl, and the buy
to any appreciate extent Foreigners
have failed to respond in the fullest de-
gree to the advance and have been prac-
tically out of the market for week, but
they are active bidders at price, howev-
er low. and that of itself is encouraging.
Meanwhile millerS are not anxious to
sell to them and are at a loss to know
how they will be able to supplement
etenuated stocks before cold weather, I'M
less the demand lets up. Flour has ad-
vanced away beyond the appreciation in
wheat values but at least 10c per Dbl of
this is owing to the posted advance in
freight rates to take effect Oct Z. LIST
patents, $3.3O@36O; I'd do, $3.10@3 3d. LIST
clears, $2.SO@2.S5; I'd clears, $2.90@2S5;
export bakers, $2.55@26O; export I'd bak-
ers, $2@2.05 red dog, ton, $14.
BRAN AND SHORTS.
Millers are quoting the same prices for
feed but as these prices are based on the
new freight rates to take effect Oct. 7,
and as buyers in the East refuse to al
low that advanced rate very little fresh
business is doing. Mills, however, are
fairly well sold ahead and are more or
less careless of what buyers demand.
The output is large but enough shipping
directions are coming to take off the
stock nicely. Pastures are beginning to
get low in many parts of the West and
buying is expected to begin in the sec
ton before a great while Quotations
are unchanged but it must be admitted
that very little can be done with the east
on the basis of these prices
FEED AND MEAL.
Quotations on track here are unchang-
ed, but Eastern buyers are now holding
off on account of the advance in rates
to take effect Oct. T. They generally de-
mand a concession on the f. o. b. price
equal to the prospective advance in the
$3.50 for corn meal and ground feed in
car lots f. o. b. here, and 81 per Dbl for
bolted meal in wood.
HAY.
Offerings of hay show no improvement
as far as magnitude is concerned. But
buyers apepar no more active except for
the highest grades and for these there is
a good call But the larger part Of the
arrivals are such as to not warrant a
price over $6.5O@7 and most of it goes.
Considerable wet hay is coming in and
sells on it's merits at from $5@650. Real
ly fancy upland at $3.50, would be easier
to sell than what is now coming in at
$3.50, but practically none such is obtain
able.
CORN
There is still no corn in store here
Receipts have been running about equal
to requirement on slowly declining mar
ket and the result is that millers hold all
are much smaller than usual. Today the
market is nOminally quoted at 30c for
No g.. Only one car was in this morning
and up to a late hour the sample was
not received on change.