Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20
Grain Notes.

Minneapolis received yesterday 2ls cars OF wheat.
against 1879 cars a year ago. Duluth received ~ cars
against 1S2 cars a years ago.
600 bushels, and of corn 43O, 900 bushels. Wheat
stocks are now 49, 900 bushels. and corn $4,000
bushels.
Indian corn exports the past week amounted to
5,056. 900 bushels. as compared with i,50S. 900 bushels
last week, 6.44l. 900 bushels in this week a year ago.
2,se5. 900 bushels in 1886 and 5se, 600 bushels in 1895.
The exports OF corn from the United States In the
thirty-three weeks since July l amount to 10. Ss4. 900
ing time a year ago, 81. 9l3. 900 bushels two years ago
and Il, PSI, 900 bushels three years ago.
Snow and sleet; equal to 80 Of an inch Of rain. fell
here Friday night. The precipitation at Concordia
was 0.1s Of an inch in Nebraska OILS. at st. Louis
GA. at Springfield. Mo, o.2s. Heavy snow is pre-,
dicted for Nebraska. light snow elsewhere, followed
by much colder weather.
Yesterdays clearances for export at the four Allan
| tic ports were I35. l25 bushels of wheat. SOS pack
oats and 100. 900 bushels OF rye. Total wheat and Hour
ciearances amount to AL. us bushels; corn. 4is.Ooo
bushels.
The primary market receipts yesterday were 357 900
bushels of wheat. against ess. 900 bushels a year ago;
shipments were 5000 bushels. last year $1,000 bush
els. Corn. receipts 64l. 900 bushels, a year ago 6lS. 900
bushels: shipments $40. 900 bushels. last year. 45l. 900
bushels.
The exports of wheat and -four from both coasts Of
the United States and Canada in the thirty-three
weeks since July ! amounted to Isl, 'ss, 900 bushels.
against los. 3iS 900 bushels in the corresponding time
a year ago, S., 06l, 900 bushels Two years ago and a.
100, 900 bushels three years ago.
Exports of wheat Chour included from both coasts
of the United States and Canada the past week ag-
gregated .ss2. IA bushels, as against 3.4ls. 900 bushels
last week, = leo. 600 bushels last year, 2;lis: 900 bushels
in 1896 and /, sos, 900 bushels in 1895. The bulk OF this
increase over last week is in flour exports.
Puts" on Chicago May wheat. good Monday. sold
lis. and closed at Sill. May Wheat sold on the
curb at 81. 05A q .06. and closed at sl.06. May corn
s yPuss'c e,os Gaa si ann, ana e! .pnis ~ o so' sSiv " shes, so SLs q
ssa and closed at ssAdssse: calls" s5sg
SIC. closing at SIC. July wheat sold on the curb
at s2kc.
A new source of wheat supply to this market has
been opened up south of us. The H%oldridge Grain
Company received yesterday a car of choice No. 9 red
wheat from r. J. Abbott. Of Fort Smith. ARK. This
is the first shipment ever received from that section.
In speaking OF the Manitoba wheat situation. the
Winnipeg and Fort William states: The wheat
trade in this country is very quiet. The Canadian
-four trade is very quiet and dull in the East as well
as in the Northwest, and milIers are we'll stocked
with wheat. In Manitoba and the West there is only
a moderate quantity Of wheat in farmers hands, per-
haps 1000. 900 bushels. to market. Good prices. good
weather and brisk trade rushed the big end of the
Had it not been that Ontario had a very large and
fine Unusually large and fne) crop of winter wheat
2Od25c a bushel less than they can get Manitoba No.
l hard. our No. l hard would to-day be worth sLOo
per bushel to the farmer. AT present it is worth CSC
aloat Fort William for CASH"
A Chicago message yesterday said: Additional or
ders for the shipments Of Letters wheat went to the
Armour elevator to-day. This time they were for
10000 bushels to the Lake Shore railroad. This
swells the total Of the orders SO far to $50. 900 bushels.
Every car taken to the elevator is loaded with !. 100
bushels. $500 pounds of grain. which is 10 per cent
over the car capacity. There are shippers who think
this very risky loading. and that there is great dan.
ger of some of the cars breaking, but it is being done
to save cars. of which there is a scarcity. Letter has
evidently reached the point where he believes secrecy
in regard 10 his cash wheat transactions is not longer
necessary. He says now that he controls ocean freight
room for about ~3.750.ooo bushels Of wheat. and he
makes the still more important statement. in an in.
terview. that the major part OF wheat which will fr
this room has been marketed. Letter people were of,
fering 10 sell calls good all next week at s1.15. II
may be Of some comfort 10 shorts TO know they car
protect themselves by buying these privileges IL cents
away from the market.