Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
Grain Notes.

n VApio icpoitSo ~ AhoieetSu vs.
wheat shipments for the week at 5000. 900 bushels
Exporters took At New oorleans and outports yes
terday $50. 900 bushels Of wheat and 100000 bushels Of
corn.
The total clearances yesterday for export at tho
four Atlantic ports were 4c3. 900 bushels Of wheat
and as. $50 bushels Of corn.
Argentine cables say there have been heavy rains
in the past three days. and harvesting is practically
at q %standstill.
Minneapolis received $50 cars of wheat yesterday.
against 2ss cars a year ago. and Duluth 1853 cars.
against So cars a year ago.
Puts on Chicago May wheat. good next week. were
quoted at esHc; calls, 7s.1c; puts on May corn.
Sc; calls. S%c.
English farm deliveries OF wheat this week were
g, 500 quarters; price, Us; against <6.1o0 quarters
last week: price. 26s lid.
A Minneapolis message yesterday said: Millers are
paying &c under May for wheat TO arrive. buying
1t in preference to spot stun.
The Chicago Times-Herald says: Tho Orange Judd
Farmer estimates the last haxseed crop at Ii. 217, 1000
bushels, which is 1000. 900 bushels higher than the
biggest people in the trade hgure it
The exports Of corn from the United States in the
twenty-seven weeks since July I amount to 81. sol. 900
bushels. against s., 273. 900 bushels 4 year ago, So
eS5. 600 bushels two years ago and Is. $4,000 bushels
three years ago.
Warmer weather to-day is predicted. The tom
perature yesterday morning was 10 to % degrees in
Kansas, II to 20 in Missouri, zero in Nebraska, about
10 in the Ohio valley. IA to 20 below zero in the
spring wheat states.
Exports of Indian corn from the United States the
745 bushels last week. s.i55. 4s bushels in 1895.
4.sl9. 2sl bushels in 1887. 2.626. 423 bushels In 1896 and
1.067. 406 bushels in 1895.
The exports of wheat and -four from both coasts
Of the United States and Canada in the twenty-seven
weeks since July l amount to 127. SO. 900 bushels.
bushels Sgsais two o' years az. suSn snd 6. $50 sea 600 as sUsae sIsSi three
years ago.
Puts on Chicago May wheat, good Monday. sold at
71Sc, closing at Ike; May wheat sold on the curb
at 7Ois q 70Sc. and closed at 70%c; puts on May
corn. s6sq36&c, closing at 36Ac; calls. 37bG57Ac.
The total exports of wheat (nour ~included) from
the United States and Canada the past week aggre-
gated ~s,sso.26s bushels. against $3.50, 625 bushels the
previous week. 3.481,576 bushels in 1897. 3,471, 6S1
bushels in 1886 and 1851, 17s bushels in 1895.
The primary market receipts Yesterday were 755, 900
bushels Of wheat, against 36s, 600 bushels a year
ago. Shipments were 20, 900 bushels; last year, 123,-
900 bushels. Corn receipts. 1000 bushels: 4 year
ago. 771.0Oo bushels. Shipments. 2s5. 900 bushels: last
year. 3S5. 900 bushels.
A Broomhall cable says: Russian wheat cargoes
are still above the market: corn cargoes quieter. Ar
rivals of brsadstuns In the United Kingdom during
the past week were about Zoo. 600 bushels. against
s.s5o.ooo bushels last year. Expect an increase in
the amount Of wheat on ocean passage.
The Modern Miller says: All domestic -four mar
kets were improved this week. but foreigners showed
little disposition to pay the advanced prices for
American fours. Domestic trade was fairly good.
although adversely affected by the taking OF stock
by merchants. who delayed making accumulstions
on this account Mills are. generally running full
pate an active trade. Growing wheat continues to
be threatened by unfavorable weather. but few re-
ports OF actual damage have been received.
During the month OF December, 1898, As grain laden
vessels cleared from the port Of New Orleans. carry
Ing, 1,6s5, 149 bushels OF wheat, 1884. 1853 bushels OF
corn and 1900 bushels of oats. OF this. United
Kingdom points got $40. 47s bushels Of wheat, 7ss, S57
bushels Of corn. Continental points received the bal.
ance. The largest cargo OF wheat contained POI, $50
bushels. and went to Hull. Eng. and OF corn IA. s57
bushels, for Belfast. ireland. The oats went to
Rouen. France. During December 1897, clearances
amounted to 1918. 679 bushels OF wheat, 3,l30, Acc
bushels OF corn. 3e1. 80 bushels Of oats and 34,5 SOC
bushels Of rye.
Wheat people yesterday were uncertain az to the
-four news they got from Minneapolis. Three OF the
biggest mills up there were closed down-the Pills.
bury. the Anchor and the Consolidated '.B." Some
OF the Minneapolis messages said -four was hard tc
sell. There was an idea, though. that the closing
OF the big -four mills was 4 move against the rail.
roads. and that Just as soon as some concession wa.
made In the rail- rates east bound, or Just az soor
as 1t was certain no concession could be had. the,
closing Thursday was 49,. 0eo barrels, compared with
$1,000 barrels the same week last year, figures thai
did not suggest any Generalization in the -four stu
alton.
The worlds stock OF wheat on January l., al
shown by telegraph and cable advices to Bradstreet's
gained only 1900. 900 bushels over December 1. com
pared with an increase OF !, s61. 900 bushels in Decem
Der q year ago. and a gain Of q. 200. 900 bushels IL
November. European and American stocks combinet
on January /, 1889, aggregated only lis. 9i9. 900 bush
els. Is 10000 bushels smaller than on January / las
1897: 1000. 600 bushels smaller than on January /
1886; sc. 900. 900 bushels than than on January l, 1895
and $4,000. 900 bushels smaller than on January 1
1884, when the maximum Of stocks in recent year
was reached. Stocks in the United States east Of tn
Rockies are the lightest held for eight years past
and. with the exception Of 1891, are the smallest he'll
for fifteen years past.