The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-01

These figures show a decline at Mime
apolis of DC. Chicago 3%c Duluth 4Ac. st.
Louis 3Ssc and New York 37sc 1t is a period
marked by hesitation pending the develop
ment of the growing grain and its harvest
ing. The conditions are similar to those of
week ago. The arguments offered by the
bulls have been limited to reports of disap-
pointment in yield the result of thresh-
ing in the winter wheat districts and some
evidence of deficient filling of the ear sn1
shriveliEg Of grain, as we'll as rust in the
spring wheat sections. but the damage in no
instance appears to be at all alarming There
have been during the past fortnight several
days OF very trying weather. particularly
IN South Dakota, but the latest reports IN
dictate that apprehens.ons of great damage
from this cause did not possess much of a
foundation. The harvesting of wheat is In
progress In the lower counties of that stat
as we'll as in Southern Minnesota and Wis
consin. The harvesting season is a little
advanced In some localities, ard there is a
disposition on the part of the North Dakota
farmers to avoid possible injury from hail
by gathering the crop Just as S on as it i,
possible to safely handle it. Prices, mean
while, have tendency to lower levels
Nhlie the crop In this country is likely to
De Rrge,there Is little or nothing en- which to
base any reasonably accurate conclusion IS %
what the foreign yield may approximately
be- Beerbohm's Review. so lac as July 18Th.
speaks or the harvest in France as probably
d fortnight later than usual. and this, it is
claimed. will necessitate purchases in that
country during the interval of watng-a fact
which, 1t is believed. will have tend ncy
to strengthen prices abroad The Russian
crop reports are variable and little nfcrma-
tioh seems to be forthcoming from that quar-
Ter On Which to base reliable estimate The
reports from Austria-Hungary are less favor
&Die than from other section Of con inan.a al
EUROPE where liberal yield is looked for
beerpohm's estimates of the American cron
are located at 665. 100000 bu those of the
agricultural department are given as sn9 mn
0to bu, while Thoman and others mare tho
estlmate OF 700.0000 900 bu as the to al Amer.
icah yleid. 1t will be rememb5 red by thosa
VINO were familiar with the conditin,s ,ast
year That the estimates made by the fer 10,
experts with respect to our crop proved much
more reliable than those of or own ayr
cultural department. Undoubtedly there was
an error in the estimated reserve of Avg
l. 1884, otherwise much less what was con-
sumed by our homo population than usu,l
Inc SUCKS OF wheat at twenty-one inte-
rlor ana seaboard markets east of the Rocky
mountains. IN transit from the Western sea-
roaru ana on shlpboard in transit to Great
Britain and continental Europe on JuIv o.
1888 are given by the Price Current nc Q,
'o2'ooo pu; ON July rs, 1897, the wheat in tran
sit as above was 2S192 coo bu These figures
snow approximately 100000 bu less in tran
SIT tnls year than at the same time last year.
IN 1880 the volume was s., 1872 coo Blu; in 1895.
70. $4,000 bu, and in 1894. 90 111O0O bu. With
the exception of 1897 therefore the volurna &c
less this year than in any wear within thu
period named. The following also from tho
cincinnati Price Current, gives the rece,ts
OF wheat at winter and spring wheat mar
kets for four weeks. July 1 to July %. with
comparison in bushels with nrexinus uears.