Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05

Cav w. Sol vi WIINuI
yesterday, against 31 cars a year ago: Du-
luth received lis cars; last year, IS cars.
Galveston wheat stocks are 65O,0 600 BUSH
e en:, and exports expo o : the past ., week eel were 2oo:0D
ports for the week, 5000 bushels.
A Chicago authority says: Quite a lot
OF Manitoba wheat is likely to appear on
the lakes in the past weeks statement,
and show up on the visible supply report"
Argentine did not ship any wheat the past
week or the week before, against 12S,O00
bushels a year ago; corn shipments, none
LASS, 600 bushels.
1t is estimated that the worlds wheat
the past week will be around TO-
OOO.0OO bushels, and the visible supply is
expected to increase moderately.
Thoman, in his December report, makes
the condition of winter wheat 81. against
SL6 last year, and for six surplus states the
condition as 1875. against 9S.4 last year.
The primary market receipts yesterday
were $1,000 bushels of wheat. against So. 600
bushels a year ago. Shipments were 7S3. 900
bushels: last year. $4,000 bushels. Corn re-
s Snshsis. SSH sbip Dnsnsis; @sG yeaF bu ssei 4Sg sa.e
year, ISL. 900 bushels.
The exports of wheat and flour from
both coasts of the United States and Cam
amount to los. 474.0OO bushels. against H.
esq., 600 bushels in the cores onding time a
year ago. 50,4S4.0 600 bushels two years g
and 66. I05,0OO bushels three years ago.
~ CNPOAl at Liz
four Atlantic ports were 1884, 600 bushels Of
wheat, 5S,lS3 packages of flour, liz. 900 BUSH
els of corn. 9O.Sn bushels of oats and 5s.29S
bushels OF rye In addition. Galveston
cleared 10000 bushels of wheat. Total wheat
and flour clearances amounted to SO0,O 900
bushels.
A Chicago message yesterday said: "a
well known elevator man here says advices
from his country houses show that from 20
to 50 per cent of the wheat has been mar
keted. Speaking of the continuation of
NnTfh URGfprn rpnQinf0 hn axS snyo
from every station would make 500 daily.
Cant expect receipts to let up in a min
Corn exports the past week aggregated
4.5S5 SOC bushels. against 2.s6s.OO0 bushels
last week. 1,75S.WO bushels last year, and
! ,s61, 900 bushels in the week of 1885. Exports
Of other cereals. such as oats. rye, barley
and b~uckwheat, nave been very large. and
the total value of cereal exports promises to
be fully 100000
The total exports of wheat (iour includ-
ed States and from Montreal the past week
aggregated 6,699. $50 bushels. 100000 larger
than last week and within 5000 bushels
They compare with total exports in the
same week last year of 1868. 600 bushels: Of
sl,6.c00 bushels in 1855; 3.0l1.000 bushels in
1894. and 2.55S.0O bushels in 1893.
A New York message to Schwartz. Dupee
& CO., of Chicago. says: The following
extract Is from one OF our Liverpool CORE
consumptive demand all over the United
Kingdom Is good. holders seem very conf
that r ea SD' iarsee Quantities De1tfd pf Of whe aho ha ISs
been stored here. Should only your West
ern receipts fal! of shortly it would help
us materially. Argentine news Is very con-
Trajectory. and estimates Of xpo are
pure guesswork.
A shipper from Hastings, Neb.. says:
t rMeT S9En Of i i 1aEt Rsa pgt d from an / so fa to
very little of it has been sold. I have never
seen less offered at this. time of year.
-aII -" aI I-~HA o,-- e.
| sell. They are feeding more this year than
ever before. and in some places they are
already paying 16 to IL cents, and cannot
1t locks to me as il Nebraska would con-
sumo nearly. II not all: of the 1897 crop
be ber taken a largely gga from N i the ISIS e S1a nave u
The Traders Grain Company. in Its week.
ly letter 10 the country yesterday. says:
During the past week there has been a
ssiic. The spread between that option and
the December. or cash has been gradual,
out any day. but: with the exception of
Tuesday. each days close was lower than
that Of the previous day, sslsc to-day. The
news has been more or less conflicting. as
usual during this season. but there has
been less of the sensational about it. Ar
gentine has scarcely been mentioned. and 1t
seems to be generally conceded that there
will be an exportable surplus from that
country of 35!90.oo or 100000 bushels.
harvest beSlnS thefe inns month and lasts
through next month. shipments being made
mostly in the first three months of the
year. though the wheat does not arrive in
Europe before April. May and June: hence.
several months must pass before II is &C.
tualIy available for consumption. The
Northwest receipts of wheat. though Light
er than last week. have been more than
double those Of a year ago. and as yet
show no signs of dropping OF to the small
figures predicted earlier in the season. Re
ceipts at Minneapolis and Duluth were 5.573
cars this week, against only 2.Gs5 same date
last year. The visible supply is already
much larger. almost 100000 bushels. than
the majority of traders believed it possible
to become this year: a great many placing
the maximum figures at 30.00O.0 600 bushels
On the other hand, there has been no let
up to the large exports from this country
the average weekly clearances SURPRISING
the average of the past five years, or any
other series of years"
Car lot receipts of grain In Kansas City;
Whit. Corn. Oats. Rye. Flax. Hay