The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-21
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

GRAIN GOSSIP-GoSSip by private wire to
c. H. F. Smith & Co., ST. Paul members OF
the New York stock exchange and Chicago
board Of trade.-Winnipeg, Man.-Manager
Thompson, of the Ogilvie Milling company,
says: Il estimate the Manitoba wheat crop
at 80 000, 000 bu, 1000, 600 over the government
estimate Allowing 6 600 GOO blu for the North
west provinces, we will have total cop
of almost double last year and the greatest
ever grown. "-Des Moines, Io.-The Iowa
Weather Crop Bulletin says: The crop IS
now practically beyond danger of frost, though
some of the late planted will mature bet
ter if normal weather prevails through the
balance of the month; much of the crop Will
be ready to crib early in October. On tn >
whole, this has been a season of bount fui
production for the state.-Broomhal!-O
Australian agent estimates that the eXrorta-
bic surplus of wheat from that country VIII
amount to 300O0,000 Blu. Pacific coast and
Russian wheat not offered in Liverpool to-
day.
2O.-Specsl cable and Geographic dispatches to
Bradstreet's indicate the following changes iii
available supplies last Saturday, as compared
with the preceding Saturday: Wheat, United
States and Canada, east of the Rocky noun
tains increase, 1902, 0O0. Liverpool Corn
Trade News: Ahoat for and in Europe,
increase 600 600; total increase, 1852 900.
Corn, United States and Canada east of Rock,
les increase 2,426 900. Oats, United States
ard Canada, east of Rockies, increase 1O4 600.
The expected rush of spring wheat to market
materialiZed in the Canadian Northwest this
week and it is significant of the development
OF new points of accumulation of recent years
that Bradstreet's reports increases in points
exclusively reported by it. aggregating al
most as large an amount as that re9orted at
older points of accumulation by the regular
official report. Among the more important
gains as given by Bradstreet's, not reported
in the official visible supply statement are
increases of SOC, 600 blu at Manitoba storage
points, 140 900 blu at New Orleans, $4,000 bu
at Fort William and Keewatin, S5,COO Blu at
Chicago private elevators, and $4,000 blu at
Northwestern interior elevators. The aggre-
gate stock of wheat held at Portland Or,
and Tacoma and Seattle, Wash, show an in
crease of 100000 blu over last week.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Flour-Receipts, H.
BAL bbls; exports, 80, 3O2 bbs: firmer new
spring patents and extra winter wheat brands
Wheat-Receipts, 9O,95O bu; exports, 605,94
blu; SPOT strong; No. 2 red, 73B@739sc f. Q.
b.. af1oat, spot and to arrive; options opc-1Ed
firm and displayed bullish tendencies all day
on small spring wheat receipts, heavy clear
ances. higher English cables, big export de-
mand and strong Northwest markets. Light
speculative trade was the principal check to
Advancement. Closed A@?sc net higher; sales
included No. 2 red. September liz, closed
71Ac; December. e7 7-16Q681sc, closed 6S1sc.
Corn-Receipts, 92,675 bu; exports, 22O,254 bu:
spot firm; No 2 353sc f. 0. b.. afloat; OPP
tons opened steady on ce.-- -nd were sus-
tanned ali day by the strength in wheat.
supplemented by smaller car lot estimates and
a heavy export trade. Closed partly &c net
343s 03412c. closed 341@c. Oats-Receipts. 21S.-
eco bu; exports 1903 bu; spot firm; No. 2.
25c asked: No. white. 2712@2Sc; options in
ST ST. Louis, Sept. 2O.-Cl~sing: Wheat
higher; No. red, cash, elevator ard track,
6967Oc; September, 69Ac bid; December, &C.
bid; May, 66asc bid; No. hard, Csc. co n
higher; No. 2 cash, 2sRc; September, 2 5sc
bid December, 2SAc bid; May, f5Ac. Oats
higher; No. cash, 22c bid; track, 2l@21 12c;
September, 227s22%c; December, 21%c; Nay,
231ac; Nc. 2 white, 26c Rye higher; 46c.
Flax seed. Size.
MILWAUKEE, Sept 2O.-Flour steady.
Wheat frmer; No 1 northern, Csc; No. 2
northern, 66c; December, 63c, nominal. Rive
steady; No. 1, 47c. Barley firmer; No. 2,
42$4 @45c; sample, 94@421ac. Oats steady, 1914
24$4c.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 2O.-Wheat-Hard &c
tive, higher; soft neglected; No. / hard, "a q
Csc; No. 2, 62@6414c; No 8, 551a@634c; No.
2 red, 64c; No. 8, 61h662c; No. 2 sp-ing,
5S06113c; No. g. SOC. Corn lower, weak; No.
2 mixed, 2714628c; No. 2 white 280281ac No.
g. 27@271Ac. Oats dull, No. white, 25c. Rye
No. g. 47c.