Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-11
Grain Notes.

The English visible supply Of wheat decreased u.s. |
900 bushels last week.
The Mark Lane Express says Argentine will have
"a, 000. 900 bushels Of wheat for export.
The amount Of wheat on ocean passage to Europe
increased 0 900 bushels last week. and corn decreased
S0O. 900 bushels.
A late New York message yesterday reported 80. 900
bushels No. 2 hard Duluth wheat marked to-day
for Africa. and "a. 900 bushels No. 2 red to the Con-
tinent.
The primary market receipts Yesterday were 5a4.+ i2
bushels of wheat. against 32s. lis bushels a year ago:
Shipments were l6, 715 bushels: last year. 16. 1855
bushels.
Kansas City grain stock changes last week were
as follows: Wheat. decrease is. 700 bushels: corn, in
crease, lls. 300 bushels: oats. unchanged: rye. de-
crease. 300 bushels.
wheat shipments 900, 900 bushels. making American
shipments 4sO. 600 bushels and also making larger
Russian shipments than other authorities.
Puts on Chicago May wheat. good to-day. sold
yesterday at ss3s 9Oc. and closed at S97sc: calls
sofsqsll.e. closing at Sic: May wheat sold on the
Considerable rain fell in the Central West Sunday
night-.5e of an inch at st. Louis, SO at Cincinnati.
10 at Chicago. IL at Springfield. No. Light rain or
snow. and colder weather. are predicted for this
section.
Minneapolis wheat stocks increased GIG. sos bushels
increased IS. 900 bushels: Montreal. 5000 bushels: In
dianapolis decreased 10. 900 bushels: Detroit decreased
1900 bushels.
Chicago grain stocks. with changes last week. are
as follows: Wheat. 10. sol, 900 bushels; decrease. 1872
900 bushels. Corn. Is. l6s. 600 bushels; increase. 2o5:.
bushels. Rye. So. 600 bushels; decrease. %. 600 BUSH
els. Barley. 81, 900 bushels; increase. 900 bushels.
A Broomhall cable says: The central statistical
commission Of Russia is about to publish its final
estimate of spring crops. which will make the total
co. 900 bushels. compared with sss, 900, 600 bushels las,
year. Rye. COS. 600; 600 bushels against 1913 .ooo. 900
bushels last year. Oats. SEQ. 600. 900 bushels. against
6s4. 900. 900 bushels last year.
Yesterdays clearances for export at the four At
lantic ports were 22; coo bushels Of wheat. 2s. 900
bushels of oats and 5000 bushels Of rye. In addi-
ton. Galveston cleared 1900 bushels of wheat and
4 Nan nr1aanS A ~ ~ flour N q : ttch
els of wheat. Total wheat and -four clearances
amount to 1872 900 bushels.
London. Jan. 1o.-Ths Mark Lane Express In its
weekly review Of the wheat market says: There is
an improved outlook in France. where the wheat
thaw in Central Europe has not been unmixed with
advantage. but the snow is still thick on the wheat
gentina will have about "a, 900. 600 bushels to export.
F.. C. Logan wired w. W. Cowen yesterday: THE
sentiment among the trade is uniformly bearish on
wheat as is evidenced by the very large discount
that they are willing to take for the long futures.
' The most potent factor at the moment is the con-
| tinued offerings Of Argentine wheat at prices said
to be about 5 cents below our hard winter. Re-
ceipts at primary markets. although light. as COM
pared to past few weeks, when the unnatural pre-
MUM here in Chicago forced a large amount here.
are materially larger than a year ago."
According to the Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin the
worlds supply of breaistuns on January 1. 1895. was
equal to 49, .2os. 900 bushels. against l5s. sl5. 900 bush
chs en- I am ps's r. 1851. supplies nnd i increased o ssia S5s
bushels during December. 1887, against a decrease of
crease of 5000. 900 bushels in December. 1895. The
total worlds available supply January. 1898. was
2s. 900. 900 bushels less than a year ago. September /.
1895. the total was 80. 500. 900 bushels less than on
September /, 1897.
The worlds shipments Of wheat last week. with
comparisons. were as follows: America. 3,iSl, 00C
bushels: the previous week. 5.4s5. 900 bushels; a year
ago. 3. Jos. 900 bushels. Russia, l.2Os, 600 bushels; pre-
yious week, COS. 900 bushels; a year ago, l,lS4, Uol
bushels. Danubian. $4,000 bushels, previous week,
36S. 900 bushels: a year ago. eSs.0 bushels. Argen.
tine, le, 600 bushels; previous week. none: a year ago
5000 bushels. India. H.. 900 bushels: the previous
week. 5000 bushels: a year ago. none. Total. 4.Sis.
L N huSha1s- the DrpyiOuS week Z j3 DNO bushels. q
year ago, $500, 900 bushels. The Corn Trade News
statement makes the worlds shipments $500. 900. ant
reports American clearances 4. 200. 900 bushels-prob
ably including Pacific coast shipments that were no
embraced in the Bradstreets statement.
Changes in the visible supply Of grain in tn,
United States and Canada, as reported by the Chi
J L narn Enarl of trada: