Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-17

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Chicago grain Responsibilities wheat. . cars: con-
tract. none. Spring wheat, loi cars; contract, ! cars.
Corn. 80 cars; contract. e. cars. Oats, 2i9 cars: con-
Estimated for ~to-day-wheat, los cars: corn. $50
w~HEATHCash-No. ? red. 7oa7lc: No. , red. $50
Csc: No. 2 hard. Csc. No. 3 hard. 6sG6ic.
CoRN-Cash-No 2 mixed. Sisc; No Q white.
oArs-cash-No. 2 mixed. 26aGe7c. No. 2 white.
2si2G2sHc.
Liverpool whea. receipts for three days were 200. 900
bushels.
Total -four sales at Minneapolis Thursday were
1870, 900 barrels. one-third for export.
Puts on Chicago May wheat. good next week. were
quoted at S5,sc; calls. zoe: puts on May corn. 3iIsc:
calls, s62c.
Exports Of wheat and -four this week. as reported
by Bradstreet's. were SOS. 900 bushels. and OF corn
2,25l. 600 bushels.
Duluth wheat stocks are expected to increase about
900. 900 bushels this week, and Minneapolis to in
crease about 200. 900 bushels.
A Buenos Ayres message said: A violent hail storm
has caused a loss of , per cent OF the crops of vari-
GUS districts Of Rio Janeiro.
A New York message said: It is claimed that ex-
porters took ~ loads of wheat and Gu loads Of corn
here and al outports Thursday.
The talk at Chicago is that the big buying OF
whoa EaltE ThnrEdar NIGHT was for ln. IatraF ma.
sibly as much as 1000, 900 bushels.
Lohrke. OF New York. wired w. w. Cowen yes
terday: Cannot work at your figures on account of
exporters not being in sympathy with this advance.
A New York message reported "A loads OF wheat
and 81 loads Of corn taken yesterday for export. II
was also reported that llS.0S bushels Of rye was
taken.
a St. Louis message said: Our receipts are less
than one-third OF last years. Good soft milling
wheat is unObtainable. and the demand is becom-
ing more urgent.
a Chicago message Yesterday said: Mr.. HYDE. of
the Northwest. says his travelling man reports not
over 80 per cent of the wheat now left in farmers
hands in South Dakota.
Argentine did not ship any wheat this week or
last or a year ago. Corn shipments for the week
were 10000 bushels. against s72, 100 bushels last
week. and none a year ago.
A Chicago message said: Shippers gay $50. 600
bushels of corn was worked from here to the sea
board yesterday. The export sales of oats for three
days aggregate 500. 900 bushels.
A late Liverpool cable said: Argentine weather
continues unfavorable and crop damage is confirmed.
Rain continues. Broomhall says the estimated dam
age to the wheat crop is 10 per cent.
The output OF -four at the prir cipal milling CEN
tiers for the past two weeks amounted to 567. 600 bar
rels, against $50. 100 barrels curing the previous
two weeks. and 436. 900 barrels last year.
Yesterdays clearances for export at the four Allan
tic ports were $50. 722 bushels Of wheat. 60. 9ls pack
ages of -four. AL. 0i3 bushels OF corn. Is. 967, bushels
Of oats and 81, 292 bushels OF rye. Total wheat and
-four clearances amount TO 707. 600 bushels and corn
.2i. 600 bushels.
Puts on Chicago May wheat. good to-day, sold ye.-
terday at 6IsT6i.c, closing at 61i.c; calls, 5SL %
6sa4c. and closed at 6Si<c; May wheat sold on the
curb at sTSd674c; puts on May corn, 3iT. 1850 ;:
calls. S5isgS5ac. and closed at 35.c: May corn sold
on the curb at 35c.
below IN most Of the Western states. Warmer, un-
settled weather. with possibly light rain. is pre-
dicted. A rather vigorous storm area is developing
in the Northwest. and there is a suggestion of one
also in the Southwest.
The primary market receipts yesterday were l co5
900 bushels Of wheat, against $40. 600 bushels a wear
ago. Shipments were go. 600 bushels; last wear.
22S. 900 bushels. Corn receipts. 7lS. 600 bushels: a
year ago. $4,000 bushels. Shipments. sos. 900 bushels:
last year, 3Ol. 900 bushels.
Corn exports for the week aggregate PSI, s3s BUSH
bushels in this week a year ago. 2,sl4. $50 bushels in
1856. 2.057.s5 bushels in 1895 and 65S. O6e bushels in
1854. Since July /, this year. corn exports aggregate
12.29s.Io i bushels. against 1l,3Sl, 33i bushels during
the same period a year ago.
Wheat, including -four. shipments for the week az
gregate 6.067, 625 bushels. Portland. Me, not re-
ceived, against 6.s6s, 952 bushels last week, 600. 800
bushels in the corresponding week OF 1897, .. 0Js, 9i3
bushels in 1895 and 3.55i. S36 bushels In 1894. since
l~os.oiS.l1s bushels. asans, lis. 500. o57 bushels last
year