The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-29
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gosslp by private wire
to Z. H +. Smith q Co, st. Paul. mem
bers of the New York stock exchange
and and Chicago Board of trade
The long. drouth in the Gulf
is broken but rains came too late
to save any but the latest corn. The
crop OF the south will be very short as
compared with last year. In Kentucky
and tennessee the condition is off 10 to
10 points during July. Ohio and Indiana
stand as they did last month. limos
nVe points better. In this state there IS
a large area east and SOUTH where the
cry weather will cause permanent dam
age without speedy relief, some fields tir-
Ing. Missouri has lost five points on
drouth. In Kansas and Nebraska almost
perfect Iowa has improved 10 points
this month. As a whole crops are about
as reported July Hot weather has
caused some damage in the Northwest
to spring wheat, especially on thin soil,
probably not sufficiently to lower prom
Use materially below last year Reports
indicate decline of five points in Min
nesota and North Dakota and of IL to
10 points in South Dakota. The oats CROP
Is not quite as large as expected, but is
OF better quality. Nebraska was
visited by the steady rain, which began
carly Thursday and continued most n
the day. The heaviest fall was in the
tons We're visited. The fall varied from
an inch to " inches. This insures a
heaVy crop of corn. The wheat harvest
Is progressing The corn area of Ne
z,OOO,UU0 acres in excess of any previous
year. Corn is easy off u to &c, with
the scalpers sellers. Fine weather is the
influence. Nebraska messages are claim
ing over 800 600, 900 blu corn for that state
and Kansas has been making the same
claim. The big export business yester-
Day, over l,350,OO0 Blu, seems to make no
impression. Further showers predicted
for Kansas"
NEW YORK, July 28.-FIour-Receipts.
Is, 607 pkgs; exports, 31,517 pkgs; firmer
q md fof
patents and low grade winters Rye
flour dull. Wheat-Receipts, $1,000 bu:
exports, I96,05O bu; sales, 1,515, 900 bu flu
lures, $4,000 bu spot; market steady: No
red, TIC f. o. b. afioat spot; No. i
northern Duluth, 7SAc f. Q. b.. adoat
spot; No. hard, Duluth SIC f. O. b.
afioat to arrive; No. 2 red, 7734c elevator;
options - firm m. at a partial Nc net advance;
July, 753sQ76 3-16c; September, rs 5-f68
rs 1-16c, closed 76c; December 771b617S16c:
closed, 7S5zc Corn-Receipts, 1926 bu,
SSe f. O. b. afloat for prompt shipment,
36Ac elevator; options firm at a partial
&c net ADVANCE; July closed 3624c: Sep
tember,,. S65ssc@S67sc, closed 36%c; Deem
Der, 35A cassie. closed 361sc. Oats-Re-
ceipts, 166100 bu; exports, 1851 bu; spot
quiet, No 2, Csc; No; g. &c; No. 8
mixed western, 7c; options quiet and
nominal.
NEW YORK CoFFEE-New York
July %-Coffee.Options opened steady
CT ~ s1lAS S-NIIUll6u a Tree
degree of animation during the day.
though the professional element contin-
ued in control. The cables proved better
than looked for, Brazilian receipts were
smaller than expected and warehouse de-
liveries larger But investors were eau
tIous and bull interests Indifferent Clos
ed barely steady, net unchanged to five
points lower. Sales, 12,25O bags. includ-
ing September. Also; October 450c: No
vember 4.55c: December, S0G4 Csc: Jan
nary 495c; March, 5.05c; May, 515G5. 20c.
Spot coffee. Rio dull but steady; mild
quiet. Sugar, raw steady to firm; good
demand; fair refining, 15-16c; centri-
fugal. &c test, 415c; molasses sugar, 8
13-1fc Refined sugar firm and active
LIVERPOOL. July 2S-Wheat steady.
15612sd lower; July. IS 4d; September. IS
4%d; October IS 43sd; December IS sd.