The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
May oats unchanged. but provisions closed


the majority were sellers at that, as the
trading came to halt Saturday. In
side of the first 10 minutes the price had
reached 545s@54Ac. The foreign markets
We're all quoted strong at the opening and
that coming after rather weak day on
this side on Saturday was the cause of
the upward tendency here.
The French warehouse stock report show
ed 100000 blu, against 19,50O,O0O last year.
and this marked decrease caused much of
the strength shown both here and abroad.
London, Liverpool, Paris and Berlin were
all strong and higher at the opening. The
English and French markets retained their
strength to the close, but Berlin was quot
ed as winding up with l mark decline for
March and Il mark for later months. The
Paris market showed further gain today
of q for March. Liverpool STOCKS
of wheat are 5000 TONS or 2,224,000 blu less
than they were week ago. The receipts
at Minneapolis and Duluth were 426 cars,
against 58S year ago. The total quantity
received at primary markets was $4,000
bu and the shipments of -four from all
primary Western points were equal to about
235UC0 blu. The amount of wheat on ocean
passage increased 10000 bu during the
week, which more than offset a decrease in
the visible here of 7l5,00G bu but that did
not prevent a rise in price here to SOC for
May which was mainly in consequence of
the French necessity for wheat and the
advance in price there.
lie price mere reached o0tSc, at WHICH
figure there free realizing, causing a
drop from the top, but May closed firm at
54&c.
The corn market was barely sustained by
the firmness in wheat. None of the days
news was of a character to change previ-
ously formed opinion. Receipts were about
as expected and for tomorrow $50 cars are
estimated New York reported buying
orders from London, but the cash demand
for through-blled here was not any brisker
than before and that absence of Eastern
demand is the weak feature which for some
time has been breeding bears in this mar
ket.
The visible increased 100000 blu last week.
compared with 535 0CO bu on the correspond
ing week of the previous year.
May opened at 447sc and closed at that
price bid. The lowest was 4i94 Q447sc and
the highest 451sc.
Nothing of Importance was reported in
the oats market and a very quiet session
was passed Prices were firmer during the
greater part of the session in sympathy
with corn, but it closed al 29hc for May
after having sold at high as 29ssc. The
visible supply showed decrease in oats Of
$4,000 blu, which may possibly have helped
tie early frmness to some extent
Provisions were firm at tie opening and it
developed in the course of the session that
the offerings were not sufficient to supply
the demand, which was supposed to be
largely from Cudahy. Under such circum-
stances the price kept hardening and at
the close the best rates of the day were OBJ
tainable. The days gains for the May de-
liveries were 1712c in pork, 712c in lard and
10c in ribs.
Estimated cars tomorrow: Wheat 80;
corn, l50 oats, 40; hogs, 10000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Flour firm and unchanged; No. 2 spring
wheat 54a4 M5S$4c; No. 3 spring wheat nomi-
nal; No. red wheat, 5212@531ac; No 2 corn
434431sc; No. 3 yellow corn, 41AM414c; No
oats, 2Sl2c; No. white oats, 31s. 032c; No
3 white oats, 311a@31a4c; No. 2 rye, 51@51lLc;
No. barley, 53c No. barley, 50053c; No.
barley, 51l2c; No. l fiaxseed, 81. 1917; prime
timothy seed, IS. S0@5.s5; mess pork per bbl
l0.35610.50; lard, per 100 lbs, S. 421s16 As;
short ribs sides Qoose), s.. 200l5 %; dry sailed
shoulders (boxed), $.6212G4.75; short clear
sides (boxed), $550a5.55; whisky distilers
finished goods, per GAL $l2S; sugars cut
loaf unchanged
Receipts-Flour, 5000 bbs; wheat, 1900
bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats, $4,000 bu; rye
5000 bu; barley, 1900 bu. Shipments-Flou
1000 bbls; wheat 1900 bu corn, $4,000 bu;
oats. $4,000 bu; rye, 5000 bu barley
Is, 900 bu
On the Produce Exchange today the but
ter market was: Creameries, 1O@2Oc;
dairies 9Q1Sc. Eggs weak at 21c.
Duluth.
DULUTH Mimi, March 4.-Wheat was
olIOIS lOudy ana ignored all DoarlSh QOm0S
tic news. May opened unchanged at $3.50
and advanced almost steadily up to l
O'Clock when it was at Coo. The last few
minutes the feeling was easier and trading
was 14c down from opening price. There
was fairly heavy trading. Cash wheat
trade was heavy. The mills took 10000
bushels, mostly No. l northern to arrive at
Ac under May future. Shippers were buy
ing No. l northern a 59Ac. The close was
ssc advanced for cash No. l hard MAY
and July 12c advanced for cash wheat to
arrive, and sc declined for september.
Close: No. 1 hard 60asc bid; March, 6Ossc
bid; May, Gle; July 6l7sc to arrive, 611ac
bid; No. l northern cash and March, 59Ac
bid; May, 59&c; July 603sc; September,
5912c; to arrive, 5912c bid: spring, 53Ac re-
jected, 5oAc; barley, 44@47c; rye, 46c; oats.
120,430 bu: Shipments 14O00 blu. Cars in
spected, III; last year. &C.
milwaukee,.