The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-20

Vorable Tor continuance Of g. free move
ment from the farms and country eleva-
tors OF the Northwest and the foreign
situation was not sufficiently encouraging
TO overcome the bearishness of the domes-
tlc surroundings A great deal of long
wheat was again offered on the break, and
although at a round SIC and 52lsc, the local
shorts covered abundantly, there was little
reaction during the first hour and a half
OF the session. The visible supply soon be.
gan to give evidence of much larger in
crease than had been looked for, and when
the decrease was ultimately found to
amount to 1,5S9,0OO blu or three times as
much as many had expected, the shorts
commenced taking back the wheat they
mad unloaded. From being quite weak at
o2c the price gradually hardened until
about two hours from the opening it had
recovered to 521ac Primary markets al
together received 259,OOO blu against $4,000
a week ago. and 100000 a year ago. The
English visible supply showed decrease
OF $4,000 bu following a decrease of !, 420,
0Oo bu on the previous week. and New York
reported a good season for export. The
price advanced here to 52a4c and closed at
525sc
Corn was weak, weakening partly in SYM
pathy with wheat and partly owing to the
liberal receipts. Later when wheat had re-
covered from its early depression corn re-
sponded to the change in tone of it's neigh
Dor as well to the result of visible
OF 232,0OO blu in the stocks since last Mon
day, and compared with an increase of
$4,000 year ago. The Atlantic ports had
shipped literally Also and ST. Louis sent
good many buying orders. The Atlantic
port clearances amounted to 10000 bu The
total in the visible supply is now II, 651 900
blu, against II 1877 coo gu last year at SIM
liar period Primary market receipts were
100000 blu, against $4,000 blu last year. The
opening sales of May were at AIS, with
he trad CT les a
that. 1t sold off to 1850 before this recov-
cry began, but reached 445sc, closing at that
price
Trading in oats very scattered, and
OF only fair volume; influenced the
fluctuations The feeling firm. May
started at from 2SHM2S5sc, and sold up to
29c, at which price the market closed The
discount for February oats was lessened
to a4c today by sale in exchange for May
at that fraction premium. The visible sup
ply showed a decrease in oats of 1874 600 blu,
thereby leaving the total stock in store
6,942,O 900 bu.
Provisions started as weak as the grain
market, but soon faced about and wound
up higher all around. The early weakness
resulted from the liberal hog receipts, but
at the decline there was fair buying, much
of which was credited to Armour and
Swift. May pork was 15c, May lard Pee,
and May ribs 71ac higher at the close.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat,
80 cars corn, 450 cars; oats, 25O cars; hogs,
%, 600 head.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
unchanged; No 2 spring wheat 525s@555sc;
No. spring wheat, nominal No. red,
5o1s@5o9sc; No. corn, 42ssa45sc; No.
yellow, 4O1sG41Ac; No. 2 oats, 2Sd2S3sc;
No. white, 31G31Ac; No. white,
3o1a@31c; No. 2 rye, 521ac; No 2 barley, 541a
6l55c; No. 3. 51M54Ac; No. T. 52@5312c; No. l
fax seed. s1.39; prime timothy seed, $5.75;
mess pork, per Dbl, s1015Q1O25 lard, per
100 lbs, $645@647ha; short ribs sides Qoose),
$515@5.20; dry sailed shoulders (boXed), AS
0D4Ac; short clear sides (boxed), $5.4005.45;
whisky. distillers' finished goods per gal,
$1.22; sugars, cut loaf, unchanged.
Receipts-Flour 12,e00 bbls; wheat 5000
bu; corn, 106 900 bu; oats, 16S 900 bu; rye, 5000
bu; barley, Al 900 bu.
Shipments-Flour, 1900 bbls; wheat, 1900
bu; corn, %, 900 bu; oats, $4,000 bu; rye, 1900
bu; barley, SO coo blu.
On the produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady; creameries, 121
2312c daries, 9@20c. Eggs firm at 25G26c.
DuInth.
DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 1S.-Wheat opened
weak, sc declined with May at SIC. 1t
ruled dull holding fairly steady at that
during first 20 minutes, sold down 1sc and
recovered gradually to sell just before the
close at 1ac above the opening and to close
Ac above Saturday. July sold early at
57$4c. Cash wheat to arrive was taken by
mills at a premium over May. Close: No.
1 hard, cash, February $3.50 bid; to arrive,
Sc; May, $3.50; JUL, $3.50; No. 1 northern,
cash, February, 551sc bid: to arrive, 5612c;
May, 579sc asked; July, 5S1ac; cash No. 2,
531sc; No. s. 5018c; rejected, 47isc; rye, 46c;
oats, 2912@3oc; hay, S3QS, timothy, $l0dl1.
Receipts-Wheat, 0794 bu; barley 1922.
Cars wheat inspected i'll. 14S; oats, 2; bar
ley, 1: year ago, 81. Stocks wheat in
store: