Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-24
Grain Notes,

Total wheat and -four clearances Yesterday amount
ed to 527. 600 bushels.
A Chicago message Yesterday said: on grades of
wheat are very weak to-day. No. . spring and Ma.
2 hard winter wheat are 5G1ec under May.
A New York message yesterday reported Ii loads q,
wheat, mostly No. 2 red. were worked at outports
Tor exports to-day: also 10 loads Of corn here and
at outports.
Exporters took at New York Monday Sc. 900 bushels
of No. . red wheat for Africa and 1900 bushels at
out points. ii2.coo bushels of corn and 5000 bushels
of oats at New York and $50. 900 bushels of corn and
10000 bushels of oats at out points.
J. F. Harris. of Chicago. wired F. p. Smith yes
terday: Our Argentine cables to-day say that sup.
plies Of wheat so far are moderate. that rains have
caused delay. but the weather at the time OF ca
bling was bright and fine. More estimates of the
this week. 800 900 to 49, 900 bushels being the
latest.
The primary market receipts yesterday and TUES
day we're $4,000 bushels OF wheat. against a57. 7Os
bushels a year ago. Shipments were 427. $50 bushels:
bushels: a year ago. 4sa 900 bushels; ipmepts ~ 81. .
900 bushels: last year. i93. 900 bushels.
Bradstreet's weekly report of changes in the worlds
visible supply of wheat is as follows: East of the
Rocky mountains in the United States, decrease
l.ls5. GOO bushels; Europe and snoat, increase 800. 900
crease s5l. 600 bushels. and oats. decrease 1870. 900
bushels.
Puts on Chicago MAY wheat. good Tomorrow, sold
1.osZ, and closed at sl.os; May corn puts, 300.
SoIsS; closing at 3Os.c; puts on July wheat sold at
sIsc.
chicago STOCKS OF contract wheat show a decrease
OF 3S1. 900 bushels and now include 701. 900 bushels of
No. . red and less, 900 bushels OF No. l Northern.
7.e95. 900 bushels in all. Stocks OF contract corn
are Z. All 900 bushels; increase for the week. 46. 900
bushels; oats. ?0s. 600 bushels: increase. 1000 bush
els. The above figures do not include the quantities
afoat in the harbor.
The ciearances for export for two days at the four
Atlantic ports were 21i. SOC bushels OF wheat. g.. 900
packages of flour. 66i. $50 bushels OF corn. 25l 900
bushels of oats and H., 9s6 bushels of rye. New Or
leans cleared $4,000 bushels Of corn, Galveston
cleared 5000 bushels of wheat. and 100. 400 bushels
Of corn. Total wheat and -four clearances. SO ESQ
bushels. and Of corn, LEO. AGO bushels.
f. G.. Logan, Of Chicago. wired ". W. Cowen yes
terday: The statistical position is becoming less Ia
vOrable 10 holders. The amount on passage is T.
oo0. 900 bushels greater than one year ago. The pros
poets are that Argentine will have an exportable
surplus of 80. 00O, 600 bushels and the Indian pros.
poets are good. The small decrease in our visible
was caused by the shipment of Letters wheat from
this market. which is in transit. and will show up
at the seaboard later. The short interest has been
largely reduced. We think the market will need
buying orders to sustain present level.
Deacon s. V. White was in Chicago Monday and
called on Joseph Letter. The deacon looks as
we'll and kindly as ever. the personiication in his
manner of that declaration which is printed and
which has hung conspicuously for years in his New
York Office: