The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-20
MARKETS
GRAIN.
THE DAYS RESULTS.

Closing.
Tuesday. Monday.
Sept wheat. Mpls. .67k -s7N 9Th
Sept. wheat, Chicag .71A-71% 71A715z
Sept. wheat. New York.7sA 7sh
Sept. wheat, Duluth. Ton 70x 70k
Sept. wheat. st. Louis.72 .........
FLOUR
FLOUR-No change to note in the flour mar
ket Some millers report fair sales.
First patents ............. g. COOS II
Second patents 345(7s. IS
First clears: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. a7o3z %
Ths market is very Arm at the advance. '1 %
Following are the quotations in cotton sacks
E kys q Ssu; per per Dbl SS pgs; g
Rye -four per Dbl, Standard. ................ s.sS
Graham iour per Dbl. :.............. rs
BRAN. saoRTs AND 'e Coarse GRAINS.
Washburn. Crosby Co. quote - tDllows to-
Bran in bulk. .........................s III. $50
Shorts asdn IN n .; KIN; n1@....
Red dog. in 14o-ib sacks ........... Il. ssX
FEED IN soole sacks, 100 per ton adaitonsi: in
with a big demand at the advance o"s
Corn-No yellow. Sic; No. 8. 2s@2skc: No.
oats~No 3 oats. 2sxc; No. white. &c.
Rye,-No 2 rye: &c; no sales.
Feed-Reported by the Diamond Elevator and
Trade is diminishing somewhat a. summed ad-
vances. but is good for this season Of the year
Coarse corn meal and cracked corn
in sacks. per ton. sacks extra. to
No 'oG' ground S feed IS corn. is oats z'@'%"
so-lb sacks sacks extra. 49, 2501s 50
75-lb sacks. sacks extra. nLz5014 50
No. 3 ground feed. % oats. 75-lb
Sacks sacks extra. Is. 366D16 70
CHICAGO GRAIN
was dispIayed in the board Of trade markets
Yesterday. outside Of the provision pit. Wheat
declined Nc, corn Nc. oats lost a shade.
OF VI for 0Y,fn y1Nhn
which was 9s@hc under Mondays close. Fine
weather everywhere. lower cables and the re-
compared with 657 cars last week. and IS a year
ago. were eth, the chief influences at work in the
sluggish demand for cash property, the bulls
could see no announcement for rally in the
lir'i' 80, Iuture, ana long wheat was thrown
touched 7oMc Immediately after privileges alb
sorbed the bulk Of offerings.
Shorts covered freely on the decline and the
market gradually rallied to 71ac On the bulge
the demand slaekened again and September
reacted to Tic. Then the holders of puts made
a second turn. and this time it hsld until the
close which was at 71A@71%c. a net loss Of
only &c. Primary receipts yesterday were 1.1eo-
900 bu. compared with 427 900 bu the correspond
ing day OF last year Local receipts were 142
cars. q Of contract grade.
Corn ruled weak heavy liquidation Lead
ing local professionals who have supported the
market steadily for the past three months gave
up In despair and threw their lines overheard.
Local receipts of S2s cars, together with ex-
tremely glowing accounts of the crop,
weather throughout the corn belt combined
to bring about the downfall of the bulls. Sep
TENDER opened 1aGAc lower at 32A @327Ac sold
during the greater part Of the session at 325am
CSC. and closed at 32s.c. net loss of nc.
Oats ruled dull but remarkably steady. Sep
tember sold at the opening at 2O@20Mc, but good
supporting orders were apparent at the even
inquire and the market rallied to 201A0020Hc the
close. net loss OF only 1-16c There was little
or no routine news outside Of a moderate cash
demand.
Provisions showed remarkable strength
throughout. in spite of weakness in the grain
markets. Continued cash demand for both do
mestic and export purposes stimulated outside
speculative buying. Adder to this an adj
vance of 1OG15c for hogs at the yards. There
was slight recession early profit ia king
but packers bought freely the decline and
caused a rally. which was still in progress at
the close. September pork closed at SO. 80, net
gain at l5c; September ribs and September lard
gained loo each, closing at s.. 27k and s.. 57ls
respectively.
Estimated receipts for Wednesday: Wheat S.
corn. $50; oats. 1875: hogs. 81, 900 head
The leading futures ranged follows: