Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
Grain Notes.

1t Is reported the Argentine crops are being badly
damaged by locusts.
Puts on May wheat, good this week. were quoted
at &c; calls, 6iiEc; puts on May corn, SIC; calls. 35c.
An Argentine cable gives the amount Of wheat
available for export 5000, 900 bushels. This agrees
with Broomhall's.
week ending November Is were 4ss. 0ss bushels. of
barley ss.i34 bushels and rye ill. 7l2 bushels.
creased in public houses 4.57s. 900 bushels, and pri-
vate stocks decreased about 1000. coo bushels.
Prime says: Small reserves Of grain. but the wheat
crop is sufficient to supply all home and foreign de-
nands. Cold weather favorable for country trades.
The official figures of grain on ocean passage to
Europe show an increase in wheat last week of
$4,000 bushels. instead Of a decrease, as reported
Monday.
Light rain or snow fell Monday night In Mime
scta and generally east of the Mississippi river. The
temperature is around freezing in most Of the coun-
try. Mild weather is predicted.
A st. Paul message says: A blizzard is reported
from the Dakotas, with the heaviest snow Of the
season. 1t will cut down the grain movement and
make Northwestern railroading expensive.
Exporters took at New York Moncay 2s6. 900 BUSH
els OF wheat. ass. 600 bushels Of corn, IS. 600 bushels
Of oats and 12o.e 600 bushels of rye: also 800. 900 BUSH
els Of wheat and 900, 600 bushels of corn at outports.
In three days Liverpool received 224, 900 bushels Of
wheat, of which 16s. 600 bushels were American: in
six days. 52s.oo bushels. Of which $4,000 bushels
were American. Corn receipts for three days were
$4,000 bushels. and for six days 292, 900 bushels.
Yesterdays clearances for export at the four Allan
tic ports were 49,, SIS bushels of wheat. Al .s2s pack
ages OF -four. 3SL.0s5 bushels OF corn. 1873 bushei.
of oats and 34.3s4 bushels of rye. Total wheat and
-four elearances amount TO sec. 900 bushels and corn
49, 37 bushels.
s25 bushels of wheat. against 1.loS, 700 bushels a year
ago. Shipments were 1904 AS bushels: last year,
year ago. 75s. 500 bushels. Shipments, /, 197, 500 bush
els; last year. sS. 900 bushels.
Bradstreets weekly report of changes in the worlds
visible supply OF wheat is as follows: East OF the
Rocky mountains in the United States. increase
$.eos.ooo bushels; in Europe and afoat on the ocean.
increase 500. 1000 bushels: total. increase 3,sos. 900
bushels. Corn decreased 1,i52, 900 bushels, and oats
increased sol. 900 bushels.
OF the exports from the United States for the week
ending November 10, United Kingdom points got
2.4l0.56 bushels OF wheat, 1.427, $50 bushels Of corn,
ls2, si barrels OF -four: French ports. liz. 900 bushels
OF wheat, LOO barrels of flour; other Continental
points. $50. 65i bushels of wheat. 1,SI6, es5 bushels of
corn. 6s,65s barrels of -four: Asia. LOO barrels of
bushels OF corn. 1883 barrels OF flour; Australasia,
10. 80 barrels OF four; oceanica. 5.7s7 barrels Of nour;
all other points, 3,457 barrels of -four:
Among the more important changes In the await.
able supply OF wheat last week as reported by Brad
streets and not otherwise given were gains Of 49,
oo bushels at Ontario and Manitoba storage points,
800. 600 bushels at Northwestern interior elevators.
$4,000 bushels at Galveston, 5000 bushels at Chi.
cago private elevators and co. 900 bushels at Roches-
ter. The important increases were 1873. 900 bushels at
Milwaukee private elevators. 6s.0o0 bushels at New
port News and $1,000 bushels at Louisville. The ag-
gregate stocks of wheat held at Portland, Ore, Ia
coma and Seattle. Wash. increased 5000 bushels
week with 49,. 900 bushels Of wheat, s42. 900 bnsheI,
of oats and 22s, 900 bushels of corn.
The Chicago Times-Herald says: Cold weather
with the prospect of a somewhat freer movement OF
new corn. started local corn bulls to IIquidating. The
close Saturday was about the low point for the yeek.
The shipping demand has been large. country offer
ings light. the local receipts small, the export pur-
chases liberal. 1t would have been a bullfsh situa-
tion II the cash conditions had been supplemented by
a good sized speculative trade. But the speculative
market has been a dull one. The outsider is possibly
still oppressed by the big government estimate on the
crop-1,sc 600. 900 bushels. II navigation keeps omen
a fortnight longer the public stock Of corn may be
down to 5000. 600 bushels. There is the possibility
that the cheap rail rates east bound NAV keen the
grain moving out almost as fast as 1t comes in even
after the lakes are closed.