The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-23
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS,

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private wire to
c. II. f. Smith Co., st. Paul. members Of
the New York stock exchange and Chicago
board Of trade-Price Current-Corn most
ly secured from frost injury. General indica-
tons unchanged. Wheat seeding checked
in some instances by insufficient moisture
Large area Of sowing dore finely. No ma
terial change in selling sentiment. Pack ny
$4,000, against 265,000 last year.-Londcn-
Wheat, off coast, nothing doing; on passage
more inquiry. Corn, off coast, ncthing d ing
on passage quiet and steady. Pars VIII a.
and flour firm, wheat, September zoe higher;
November and December, 15c higher Fl ur
September, soc higher; November and Feb
ruary, soc higher. French country ma Ike 8
irm.-Kansas City-Wheat strong, acti e,
demand 1c higher than yesterday.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Four-Re Receipts,
25,1IO bbls; exports, ,7S9 bbls; firm and held
higher on all but spring patents. Cornmeai
firm Barley mat quiet. Wheat-Receipts,
212, $50 bu; exports, 348, 112 blu; spot strong;
No. red, 761ac, f. o. b., afoat; options were
higher, latter on September through heavy
covering Besides foreign buying and higher
cables the market was helped by another
big export trade. strong cash markets and
7S&@75c, closed 75c December, 6S 13-16a69
9-16c, closed 6912c. Corn-Receipts, 81, 100 blu;
exports, 21,794 blu; spot firm; No. 2, 357sc, f.
o. b., ahoat; options firm and moderately ac-
tive all day on export demand, higher cables
and the strength In wheat; closed H03sc
higher; September closed 1850; December,
"a 9-16q34Bc, closed 34%c. Oats-Receipts,
1880 bu; exports, 100, 500 blu; spot frmer;
No. 2, 2512c bid; No. white, 2S12029c; OPP
tons dull and nominaly higher. Hops steady
Wool quiet. Cheese steady; large white, SA
@S12c small colored, 81ac. Tallow quiet.
Cottonseed oil dull. Rice quiet. Molasses
steady. Metals-Buyers and sellers alike
were apathetic today, and in the absence of
instances sagged off slightly. The decline
was largely nominal. At the close the metal
exchange called pig iron warrants unchanged,
with $3.50 bid and 1856 asked; lake copper,
with 12.25c bid and IL. S715c asked; tin quiet
with $16.15 bid and $16.2215 asked: lead dull
and easy, With $895A and $$4o214 asked
&;S712 asked. The firm naming the settling
prices for leading Western miners and smell
tiers quoted lead $685. Coffee options opened
steady, with prices unchanged to points
lower, soon rallied and developed firm under
tone on covering by shorts and investment
buying, continued to improve as session pro-
crossed, with sellers scarce, bulls encouraged
by continued small Brazilian receipts and
heavy deliveries from American warehouses:
closed steady, unchanged to 10 points lower
sales, 1900 bags, including October, S.. 300
5000; December, $5.75. Spot coffee, Rio steady
held higher; No. 7, invoice 6; No. 7, jobbing
612; mild steady; Cordova, S015. Sugar-RaW
quiet, about steady; fair refining, 3%; cen
trifugal 96-test, 5-16; molasses, 315; re-
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept. %. - Flour
steady; wheat higher; No. l northern, CSC;
no. northern, 6612c; December, nominal
No 2, 4Sc; sample, 34@43c. Oats higher,
24%@251&c.
ST. LOUIS Sept. 22.-Closing: Wheat high
err No. red, cash elevatSF,s Toe bid; track
zoe; September, 691ac; December, 66%c; May,
67Ac asked; No. hard Gee bid. Corn higher
No cash 69c bid; December, 2S1sc asked;
May, 2SBcQ30c bid Oats higher; cash 23c
bid; track, 231A@24c; September, 24Hc bid
December, 2211c bid; May, 241sc bid No 2
white. 26Q26kc. Rye, 471Ac. F1axseed higher.
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