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

A Broomhall cable says: India is Offering
wheat freely. new crop, September delivery
at Is 19d per quarter.
The visible supply of wheat is expected
TO increase 50I,Go bushels. and Chicago
stocks to increase 10000 to 100000 bushels.
Minneapolis received $50 cars of wheat
| yesterday. against $50 cars a year ago; Du-
luth received ~ cars. and "A cars a yeai
ago.
Galveston wheat stocks are $4,000 bushels
and corn 100000 bushels. Exports of wheat
for the week, 3s6. W bushels, and 1900 BUSH
| els of corn.
A Beerbohm cable says the indicated
worlds shipments for the week are about
100000 bushels. and little change in the
amount afioat.
Corn exports aggregate Sosseo bushels
week previous. 5.i5l, 900 bushels last year
and 1881. 600 bushels in 1895.
Argentine did not ship any wheat the past
week or the week before: a year ago. 1900
bushels; corn shipments. 2i,o0 bushels.
against none last week and $40 80 bushels a
year ago.
Rains were general in the Mississippi and
Ohio valleys last night. also in Southern
Missouri. The temperature there is above
freezing. 1t is % TO % in Kansas and Ne
braska. Warmer and fair weather is pre-
dicted.
I24. q % bushels of wheat at New York and
IL. 600 bushels at outports; 10000 bushels of
corn and 90, go bushels of oats at New
York. and 1850 bushels of corn and 120.-
Coz bushels of oats al outports.
The primary market receipts yesterday
Were $4,000 bushels of wheat, against co.,
Uy bushels a year ago. Shipments We're
4l0. ~ bushels: last year. 2l9,0G0 bushels.
Corn; receipts. G$a;Wo bushels; a year ago.
43l 600 bushels. Shipments, 322.UJ bushels;
last year. 335.0 600 bushels.
A Chicago message says: The North
western statistician is at work figuring how
much wheat is left in farmers hands. one
set gives the spring wheat reserve as fol-
lows: Minnesota. 30ia per cent. South Da-
kota, 81 per cent: Iowa. 2S per cent: North
Dakota has marketed 81 per cent of its
wheat.
The exports of wheat and flour from both
coasts OF the United States and Canada
in the twenty-five weeks since July
amount to ia. $4,000 bushels. against ST.
90. 900 bushels in the corresponding time a
year ago. 52.?i2.V0 bushels two years ago.
and g.. 23l. 600 bushels three years ago.
+. G.. Logan wired W. W. Cowen yester-
day: ] think it may require some patience,
but with wheat at 81. and corn less in
price per ton than timothy hay. large ex-
ports, immense feeding demand and a crop
at least % per cent less than each of the
two previous ones. | don't feel panicky on
corn.
Total exports of wheat and -four from the
aggregate Coos. 62S bushels, against 6.6g9. 90
bushels the week previous. 4,222.00 bushels
1885. 2.52G.vo bushels in 1891. and 3.2l1,N1
bushels in 1893. 3.2I7.0OJ bushels in 1892, and
1880 bushels in 1891.
Yesterdays clearances for export at the
four Atlantic ports We're 2l6.01o bushels of
wheat. $4,000 packages of flour. 2I5.N0 bush
/! els OF corn. In addition New Orleans clear
ed 1900 bushels of wheat, "A. go bushels of
corn and 2l.rD bushels Of oats. Galveston
cleared 1850 bushels of wheat and 8 .0cJ
bushels of corn. Total wheat and flour
clearances amount 10 555, 6U bushels and
corn 3.0.u1 bushels.
1t is reported that 500. coo bushels of wheat
on board the Maricopa. Martha Wilson and
Nhaleback, which was shipped from Du-
luth to Buffalo. has been turned toward
Chicago by catching the boats at various
POINTS with Geographic orders. 1t is said
that on some of the grain there is a clean
profit of 5 cents a bushel by having it de-
lrered IN Chicago in place of Buffalo.
The Chicago Times-Herald saws: Peavey
Is supposed TO have started from Mime
apoiis Il lot OF wheat toward this market
in order 10 nil December sales. Besides
starting the wheat he has come down here
IN person. and for some reason or other
lie has brought down the chief Minneap-
oils inspector. II looks as if he thought
lie might have TO do some talking To get
his wheat through. There was some talk
Yesterday OF starting a speculative trade
In hard Kansas wheat. 1t came from the
people ~diSgruntled at the bull deal. Under
the board of trade rules the only wheat
deliverable On contract is No. / Northern
or No. = red. Il rule that was adopted by
an overwhelming majority and reattirmed
when an effort was made to change the
rule. The people who are now talking of
getting up a market in hard Kansas wheat
declare there is nothing to prevent them
trading in any sort of wheat. That is tru,.
Every sort of grain is traded over in The
Northwestern shippers were engaging eie-
vator room yesterday wherever they could
find il for wheat they intend to ship down
here.