The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
oats-No. white. ls14@17c; No. >. 1se

oats-No. white. 1elkG17c; No. 3, 1s@
corn-No. 8 yellow, zig &c; No. 8. 2O!A@21c.
Barley and Rye-Sample barley, 22Q26c; No.
2 rye. S4QS5c; No. rye, 33GS4c.
Seeds-No. fax, 73Q74c; timothy, sOcQ
N.2O; clover s414.50.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs-No- feed,
Blu corn to l blu oats, $9.25@9.50; No. feed,
l blu corn to l blu oats, $9.75Q10.25; No.
feed, ground, bu corn to bu oats, s1o.5o9
IL; cornmeal bolted $13@14; cornmeal un-
bolted, sS75ds; bran. bulk s5.25Q5.75.
Hay-Receipts very large; local and shipping
demand light shippers should discontinue
consigning hay to this market until good
part of the present surplus is worked off.
Considerable of the hay now on the track
here will have to be stored as buyers can
not be found for it all. Quotations: Fancy
upland, $5Q5.50; good to choice wild and up
land. $4@5:. common and coarse qualities.
$3Q375; good to choice timothy, $6.50@7. 80.
Straw-Good demand; oat straw, $S.60d3.75;
rye straw, $4G4 rs.
FOREIGN WHEAT OUTLOOK.
LONDON, Dec 14-The Calcutta English
man of Nov. rs contends that the home of
fcials are utterly at fault in regard to the
dimensions of the famine. 1t adds that
practically every province is involved, and
asserts that such errors at the outset may
result in irretriveable disaster and suffering
before the crisis is over.
The Mark Lane Express in its crop report
today says that the rather heavy rainfall OF
December is welcome and will give the No
vember sown grain hopeful start Spain,
the Express continues, has enjoyed an ex-
tremey heavy rainfall since October, and
the benefit to the agriculture of that arid
peninsula is likely to be very great. Central
Europe has seen a rapid rise of temperature
and rather heavy rainfall. The India rains
are too late to allow of anything like the
average area of sown wheat for 1897. New
wheat is now being reaped in the warmer
provinces of Argentina, and from 100000 to
400 600 quarters of wheat may be expected
from Monteyideo."
Commenting on the depression here the
Express says THE quantities forced on
an unwilling market in damp, close weather
account for the depressed English markets,
the downward tendency being aided by the
government crop estimate, which has weight
though it Is generally regarded as excessive.
Foreign wheat has been affected by the Wig
orous competition of the home supply, but
the dependence Of Great Britain on import
ed product is now so heavy that the nat
ural effects of the position are bound to tell
ere long, the facts being that the total pro-
duction Of the world in 1896 is barely equal
to the total requirements, and the reserves,
though considerable, are being steadily
worked"
In conclusion, the Mark Lane Express pre-
diets that recovery of prices is probable
within week of anything like seasonable
wintry weather.
GRAIN GOSSIP.
Gossip by private wire of c. H. F. Smith
& Co., of St. Paul, members of New York
stock exchange and Chicago board Of trade.
Four ports cleared 105 527 blu wheat, % 439
bbls flour, equal to 30 600 bu wheat.
Chicago closing year ago today: May
wheat, 5934c; corn, 28ase; oats, 194c; pork,
$S.97 lard, $5.57; ribs, S4.57.
Extract from a letter written by gentle
man at Odessa after a trip covering Southern
Russia: Here things are very bad and In
this vicinity there will be less of crop in
1897 than we got in 1896. Too dry to plow
or plant"
One Of the largest millera in st. Louis, Mr.
Plant, says he sold 5000 bbls Of -four to
Ireland at best price yet. Also sold -four to
Virginia
in eight years.
Wheat in some localities IN Kansas is cost
ing millers as high as Csc, they having to go
to Topeka for it, as farmers are bare.
The non believers of last Thursday are back
in line. Now the talk is that on the LIST of
next May we won't have over 1000 600 of
wheat in the visible, and to Offset this the
price should be zoe or more higher than 1t
is now. We received today the first report
Of any damage to winter wheat, but with this
sort of reports coming on top of all the rest
we. have, wheat may go higher without
break.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Dec Flour-Receipts,
100 bbls; exports, 1924 bbls; market more
active and irmer winter wheat flour, but
not quotaby higher on spring brands. Rye
-four dull and easy. Buckwheat flour easy.
Buckwheat dull. Cornmeal steady. Rye
nominal. Barley steady. Barley malt nom
III blu; spot higher; No. 1 hard, 94%c; OPP
lions opened easier on disappointing cable
oP
'ars " h'+ p1I5pd VI IA 81 WY WI @
1850 ~ it $50 I ny ,- y s SRI
supply reduction and bad Argentine crop
$50 6S71bc, closed at size; December closed
at 88%c Corn-Receipts, 200 bu; exports,
S9,z2o ou; spot STEADY, NO. 2, 2sc; options
opened easy, rallied with wheat ana closed
dull ana unchanged May, S1S4q3l1sc, closed
at 81 &c; Decemoer closed at 2sc: Oats-He-
ceipts' 1s4, aoO bu; exports, $50 bu; spot
quiet; NO: z, Zz%c; options duli. ana feature
less, closing 7sc net lower; May, E4Ssq24S4c,
closeo at Z474c; Decehoer closed at zz14c.
CROP MOVEMENT
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tNafket record
ms loiiowlng table gives Inc recelpts OF
wneat at inc -FOUR prlnclpal spring wheat
markets from tne beginning OF the crop
year aug. l. 1880, 10 date' ana lor the same
'iine year ago.
nus ms Srop. Last Sl1p'
| Minneanolis * 100 37o "a 164 220
Milwaukee .............. 1905 ESQ 5,0S5, 154
Duluth .......-......... 2SS4zSl2 "a .4SS, 59l
chicago ..................l2,6o 607 l5.674,S96
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| Total .....:.:,.... ", 5O6l52 w 81, S6l
The Following table gives the receipts OF
wheat at the four principal winter wheat
markets from the beginning OF the crop