Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-24
Grain Notes.

Wheat deliveries at Chicago on December
contracts Wednesday amounted to about
1901 900 bushels.
Export sales at the seaboard Yesterday
We're twenty-five loads of wheat. fifteen
loads of corn and 100. 900 bushels of oats.
A special from Tacoma, Wash. yester-
day said: The steamship Algoa, bound for
the northern coast of Africa. carries 81. 500
bushels of wheat, valued at $3l2, 900.
The flour output for the week at Duluth.
Minneapolis. st. Louis and Milwaukee was
35S, 6i5 barrels. against 436, 10 barrels the
previous week. and 29i, 095 barrels a year
ago.
A Minneapolis message yesterday said: 1t
Is understood there is 800. 900 bushels short
age in December wheat at Duluth, and that
wheat is being shipped from here up there
to fill those sales.
Yesterdays Cincinnati Price Current
says: There has been considerable snow
protection, and the low temperature has
not been manifestiy injurious TO wheat.
but there is some apprehension as to later
possibilities.
The. addition to tho stock of contract
wheat in Chicago yesterday morning was
about $4,000 bushels. 1t made the contract
stock increase about LOGO. 900 bushels since
Saturday, and II now amount to perhaps
6.SO.JO bushels in all.
A message from Toledo yesterday said:
About 5000 bushels of contract wheat is
being loaded out this morning, mostly for
New York; sixteen cars of wheat came in
to-day and fourteen cars are going to
mills, leaving only two for elevators.
Yesterdays clearances for export at the
four Atlantic ports were 207. 600 bushels of
wheat, 1s.lW packages of flour. 73S, 600 BUSH
els of corn. $4,000 bushels of oats and 30. 600
bushels of rye. Total wheat and flour
clearances amount to 1870 NO bushels.
h primary market receipts yesterday
We're 6S0.WD bushels of wheat. against 3i5,-
900 bushels q year ago. Shipments were
$4,000 bushels; last year. ST. 1000 bushels
Corn receipts. $4,000 bushels: a year ago.
5S.. 600 bushels. Shipments, $4,000 bushels:
last year. 222.o NO bushels.
Among the more important Increases In
wheat stocks reported to Bradstreet's. and
not included in the official visible supply
statement. are 1O.@O bushels at Manitoba
points and at Fort William and Keewatin,
i'll Ontario, 5000 bushels at Cleveland. a :
90 bushels at Galveston and $500 bushels
each at Akron and Joliet. The important
decreases include a15.0 900 bushels at North
western interior elevators and l75. 900 bush
els at New orleans.
Yesterdays Chicago Times-Herald saws.
1t is figured that vessel engagements for
corn since the close of navigation have been
almost 100000 bushels. Despite that fact
however, there has been a decline in tbe
vessel rate. The trade had a rumor YES
terday that the Letters had contracted viii
the Michigan Central TO move out OF. 0OT
bushels OF wheat TO the seaboard. The rail.
road people set the rumor at rest. The
wheat pr Is very certain the Letters will
move before long more or less of their
wheat East. The theory is this will not he
done until Il considerable May line had beer
accumulated. for the effect would be tC
Jump the May price. 1t begins to look rs
if there might be 5000! 900 bushels of COW
tract wheat here by the end of the month
There We're indications in the pit Yesterday
mat the Letter party had figured ther,
might Tie more cash wheat here than they
had bought for December.