Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23
Grain Notes.

There were loaded out OF store at Chicago Friday
4s; 300 bushels of wheat. 1884, 800 bushels of corn and
1000 bushels Of oats.
Minneapolis received go cars Of wheat yesterday,
against Il cars q year ago: Duluth received s. cars.
against los cars a year ago.
The visible supply Of wheat In the chief Argentine
ports is 1.osi.o 600 bushels. against 400. 900 bushels last
week and 800. 900 bushels a year ago.
The final report of the Russian wheat crop makes
the yield 5s.o00.o00 bushe.A less than for the previous
year!sand rye 40. ooo.o 900 bushels less.
Galveston's exports Of wheat the past week were
e41,0 bushels. and OF corn I24. 900 bushels. Wheat
stocks are es. 900 bushels. corn s2s. 900 bushels.
Export sales at the seabosrd Friday were as fol-
lows: $1,000 bushels of No. 2 red wheat and 1s5. 900
oats at outports.
The Liverpool Corn Trade News makes the Con-
s y zen al wheat stocks as follows; January J. 1885.
els; January !, 1897. 42,0o4.c 600 bushels.
Total shipments of wheat (nour included from the
1925. 900 bushels. against 5.e.s. 600 bushels the pre-.
vious week. 2;sle. 600 bushels this week a year ago.
third week Of January. 1895.
The exports Of corn from the United States in the
twenty-nine weeks since July I amount to 81. s2e. 900
bushels. against 74.573. 900 bushels in the correspond
ing time a year ago. Is. 4ss, 900 bushels two years
ago and s.2s4. 900 bushels three years ago.
A BroomhaIl cable says: Statistical and political
conditions are the controlling factors. French i'm
ports Of wheat for consumption during December,
1887; were ZOO. 900 bushels, against 1885, 900 bushels
In November. and 1885, 900 bushels in December. 1886.
Puts on Chicago May wheat. good Monday. sold
yesterday at slHqs1ac: calls" s2has2sc: May
puts" %? ssss 81 s9e "ea dI.S .sasa se'e puts asy on e SaI;
wheat sold at s3GGS3ac. and closed ut SaSc;
calls" s4hGs5c. AID closed at s5c.>
The primary market receipts yesterday were 371.-
o4s bushels OF wheat. against 81. So bushels a year
ago; shipments were 129. GO bushels: last year, 49,
zoe bushels- Corn, receipts. co.. 900 bushels: q year
ago. 5000 bushels: shipments. &5s. 900 bushels: last
year. 49,. 900 bushels.
The exports a wheat and -four from both coasts
OF the United States and Canada in the twenty-nine
weeks since July i amount TO l4l, $50, 900 bushels,
against IS. ls4. 600 bushels inthe corresponding time a
year ago. %. 73G. 900 bushels two years ago. and S6.-
t3s. 900 bushels three years ago.
Snow or rain fell yesterday from Central Kansas
TO Cincinnati and from Omaha TO the Gull, covering
pretty generally the winter wheat area. Western
Kansas has about 6 inches OF snow on the ground
now. and the whole Of Kansas has from J TO 6 inches.
The temperature Is generally above freezing east Of
the Missouri. but colder weather is predicted. II 10
Nebraska.
Yesterdays clearances for export at the four Allan
tic ports were 5000 bushels Of wheat, "a. 900 pack
ages Of flour. GO. 900 bushels of corn, 53e, 900 bushels
OF oats and 5.2s5 bushels Of rye. In addition, New
Orleans cleared q barrels OF -four. 237. 312 bushels Of
1880 bushels OF wheat and s.. 900 bushels Of corn.
Total wheat and -four ciearances amount to Sss. 900
bushels. corn 81. s12 bushels and oats o34. 900 bushels.
The Chicago Times-Herald says: The price Of con-
tract wheat at New York is being screwed up each
day. and was lie over May at one time Friday. That
January here. With practically no stock down there.
It looks as II the January there might get to q ship
ping basis with Chicago. The wheat can be laid
down there at full tariff at 1cc q bushel. In q few
more days. however. wheat could not be started from
Chicago and reach New York for January delivery,
even by rail. Probably II a special effort were made
wheat could be laid down there in I'VE days. gotten
In the elevator and delivered.