The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-02
GRAIN AVAILABLE

GRAIN AVAILABLE.
NEW YORK. Dec. SPECIAL cable and tel
egraphic dispatches to Bradstreet's covering
the principal points of accumulation indicate
the following changes in available supplies
last Saturday, as compared with the preced-
ing Saturday: Wheat-United States and
Canada, east of the Rockies decrease q
6T0G00 bu; afoat for and in Europe increase
2,304,000 blu; total increase in worlds avaiia-
BILE, $4,000 Blu. Corn-East of Rockies in
crease, 104 GOO blu. Oats-East of Rockies in
crease. 1886, 200 bu. The more important de-
creases in available stocks of wheat last
week, not included in the official visible
statement, were 100000 Blu in Northwest
ern interior elevators, 541, 0GO blu at Fort
William, Ont, 1900 Blu at various Mani
toba storage points, $4,000 bu in Chicago
private elevators, $4,000 blu in Milwaukee
private elevators, 10000 at Louisville There
were very few increases in available stocks
worthy of note last week, aside from those
reported in the official visible supply.
GRAIN GOSSIP.
Gossip by private wire to C. H. F. Smith
Co., st. Paul, members of New York stock
exchange and Chicago board of trade:
Private cable: Liverpool, steady at decline,
I'D lower.
Closing board cables: Antwerp, 1919 high
er. Paris-Flour. March, If les lower; wheat,
higher; May, Am higher than opening.
Liverpool-Stocks, decrease, Dec. l. -four,
$1,000 sacks; wheat, 22S,OO quarters; corn,
las, GOO quarters.
Clearances-Four ports, 224, 500 blu wheat.
S,693 bbls flour, equal in wheat to 309 700 bu
Thoman report: From general tone of re-
turns it appears that the quantity of wheat
In first hands is the smallest in several years.
The Northwest, Minneapolis and Duluth has
from As to so per cent less than last year.
while the six winter wheat states, that fur
nlSh largely commercial stocks, have ap-
proximately 20 per cent less as compared
with same date last year. The total supply
IN IN this position is in the neighborhood of
65, 000, 900 bu less than December 1895 In
m radn
practically exhausted.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. Dec 1.-Receipts of wheat
during the past three days were 121, 600 cen
tails; including $4,000 American. Wheat-Spot
hrm; demand poor: No. 2 red spring Is;
NO. California, rs 6bd; futures opened
steady, with near and distant positions Id
lower; closed firm, with near positions 10
I'D lower and distant positions 10 d lower:
business about equally distributed; Deem
Der January, February and March, 6s HID;
April, nominal; May, Is Id. Corn-Spot
quiet; American mixed, new, IS; futures
opened quiet. with near and distant posi-
tons 1zd lower; closed quiet, with
near and distant positions 1b@%d lower;
business about equally distributed; Deem
per IS; January, February and March, IS
1l%d; April, nominal; May, Is HID. Flour
firm; demand poor; st. Louis fancy winter,
IS.
ST, LOUIS.
- L1OOIo, Lee. -WneaC-NO. red.
/ cash, 91Q92c; No. 2 hard, cash, soc bid
/ December, 915sc bid; May, 933s@9312c bid
Corn-No. cash. 21kc; December 21sac;
May, 24Sac bid. Oats-No. 2 cash. 19c bid
May, 2234c bid. Rye-37c bid. FIaxseed-75c.
Pork-Jobbing, $L15@7. 40. Lard-Steam
$50. Lead dull; $2.7712@2. S211. Spelter,
| 4.05 asked.
MILWAUKEE.
! MILWAUKEE. Wis. Dec. Flour firm
and and higher s5h Wheat lower No. spring, s.
very. dull; No. 8, 22@24c oats quiet and
| steady; No. white 2O@211kc; No. 8 white,
! 1SQ2OAc Barley dull and weak; No. 2, 35c
sample, 26Q35c. Rye weak; No. l, 411hc
Provisions lower