Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-21

The removal OF the import duty on corn
IN Vera Cruz, Mexico, is for the admission
bushels.
The four Atlantic ports cleared for export
Yesterday 5000 bushels of wheat, l1.l50
packages of Hour, $500 bushels of corn and
500 bushels of oats, The total clearancss
OF meat and flour for three days amount to
i69, loo bushels.
A Paris cable to the Daily Trade Bulletin
reads! Wheat market advancing owing TO
bull operations; marke, over sold: weather
brilliant. but too dry 4 similar private
cable from Dryfns, the well known Paris
Dry. warm weather is helping the bulls
Detroit. Mich. May ~2o.-Roports OF the
destruction of growing wheat by the He's
sects have made the heaviest ravages in
the most prolific of the wheat growing re-
%rations extend all over the peninsula. II Is
estimated that at least half the wheat
crop of the state will he destroyed.
The Chicago board of trade has followed
the example of the Kansas City board and
has provided a general reception and smok-
Ing room with easy chairs for members and
have been put in, and members can keep
track OF what is going on as easily as in
the exchange room, and be out OF the way
kind in the country.
a special investigating committee of the
Chicago board OF trade has decided to pre-
lfr 'HHTE'S usdlIlSt n. L. Nul'ntlle, as
manager of the Armour Elevator Company.
and the individual members OF Armour &
CO., which is composed of p. u. Armour,
Sr.. j. q. Armour and p. D.. Armour. Jr..
for violating the rules of the board in the
recent Irregular delivery of grain on May
contracts. They are to have a hearing in
two weeks.
The special weather bulletin yesterday
shows the following rainfall in the past
twenty:,fonr hours. Kansas City. 40 of an
M MSfi MsHh' IS! isa has.' q. 81 6 hass civ civ. -:
Fort Scott. 50; Coneordia. 81; Wichita. .o2:
Lamar. Mo-. 2sS; Harrisonyille. IS; Mary
Springfield, "a: st. Louis. IS: cairo. %.
Light showers fell in North Dakota. Clear
ing weather is promised in this part of the
country.
The more important decreases in stocks
of available wheat east Of the Rocky
mountains last week; reported by Brad
ible supply statement, are 1aj.ro bushels at
Fort William, ontario, 75o.oee bushels IN the
Morihwestern interior elevators, lG2.so
aa,cno bushels at Cleveland and 25,co bushels
at Fulton, n. Y. Corresponding increases
include 1900 bushels at New orleans. 5000
bushels at Rochester. 1900 bushels in Mil
waukec private elevators and 3o,coP bushels
at Lenv"nworth.
The oklahoma weekly weather bulletin
says; The principal crops in the ground.
wheat, oats, corn and potatoes, show Il
healthy weeks, growth and nearly every
has made the best growth OF any week
this season, and pastures are excellent
everywhere, particularly over the large
stock ranGes OF Woodward and Beaver
counties. Wheat and oats have grown rap
ldly, corn is nearly all up. the stand Is ex-
lest planted fields have been or are ready
for cultivation. Within the week We have
examined over i,c.D acres of wheat and
oats in the southern portion of Oklahoma
county, and no insects Were found that
would iniure the plants, Apple, plum and
cherry trees everywhere, and peach trees
on nT1nnIE EhnV- an nhlfn6n moo nf Nnnnr
FRUIT strawberry and grape vines are
loaded with fruit.