The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-26
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private wi.
to <. l.. o144lth q CO., 81. faul, mem-
bels or the New Iork STOCK exchange and
Chicago board OF trade.-Pr-me says:
''Inat from personal eXam1TIa ion the
present week IN many Oh the best and
largest corn and W.n~er wheat counties
III central Illinois nc nnds tins to be the
pTdcUIcd! situation. Inc freeze IN sep
.ember ruined thousands OF acres OF cuIIi.
Some OF it viii not even make good iced.
IAe 1898 corn crop is ABOUT All gone more
farmers are Ieeulng LEW corn now .tnan
there have been in years. Very DOUBT
Iul II there is enough gUoQ sound corn In
the south portion OF central limos to
supply the demand Tor nome traue. Far
melS are about ready to crib their corn.
knougn corn has .bsen gathered Tor iced
ing to convince the most skeptiCal that
the yield is poor and very disappointing.
" inter wheat reports from Northeastern
Kansas show that the early SoWn wheat
looks larry well cons -dering the dry sea-
son. but the late soWn has not come up.
1898 crop pretty well cleaned up Fifty
PEI cent of the 1898 crop has been mar
Aeted. Condition Of winter wheat last
year was fine, this year poor. Southeast
Kansas show much of fail soWn wheat
has never sprouted owing to dry weather.
And what has come up is doing very
poorly, dying in spots ther from dry
weather or ny. Crop looks much poorer
than year ago a. this me. Eastern
portion of Kansas is now sh pp.ng wheat.
Pastures are al dried up '-Broomhall
cables: "Refect!ng our decline yesterday
Liverpool opened down NC, and shortly
declined 1sc further owing to the genera,
apathy which prevailed. The selling pres
sure was light, however, and towards
noon the market steadied to extent of nc.
American closing cables and the fact
holders are we'll stocked up and the req
&c pts OF near futures promise to be large
were the causes of the easness in corn
this forenoon. Prices steadying slightly
in the session in sympathy with wheat.
Following from our Peoria correspond
iplCr II -+rt
very reliable parties report that corn
Yield is very d sappointing. Where so bu
was considered sure yield only show %
to 40 bu. That section will not average
80 Blu, and as you know, this is as good
as any in Illinois. Old corn there all
gone"
- NEW YORK, Oct. -Flour-Rece:pts,
moderately active; holders tried without
much success to get an advance of 501Oc
IN anticipation of the higher inland
'freights. Nov; l: Closed with upward ten
steady. Buckwheat quiet Wheat-Re-
ceipts, 114,S25; spot steady; No. 2 red, 75s4c
+. Q. b. af1oat spot; No. / northern, Du-
SO19co to arrive; options opened quiet at a
decline to &c under local selling in alb
scnce of satisfactory cables and outs de
support. further declined &c under bear
ISL weather reports and continued lioui-
dation: later rallied sharply in sympathy
with the more decided strength in corn
and closed firm at the previous days clos
ing figures; May, 7S 9-16M791sc, closing at
79Ac; December, 75@75 a-16c, closing at
75l%c. Corn-Receipts. $3.50; exports 31O-
995; spot steady; No 2, 4O1ac f. O. b. afoat
4012c elevator options quiet and eased off
!sc under, disappointing cables, but raj
lied and closed firm a a net advance of
A@3lc; May, SS14@139c. closing at 39c; De-
Gerber closed at 99hc Oats-Receints
$500: spot steady: No. 2, 29c; No. 9, 2S1hc
No. white. Bic: No 8, soc: track mixed
Western. 281a030c; ira ok white, 30035c
options Gu'et and steady.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 25-Wheat ou'et, u
aid lower; December, IS 111ad May. Us
Id. Corn quiet and unchanged to 1b05ssd
lower: December, 3s 7%d; May, IS sgd
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. 25.-Flour
firm and active. Wheat easier: No
northern. 7O670lbc; No. 2 northern, 600
CSC. Oats steady, 24G025c Rive hieher
No. 1, 571hc. Barley steady; No. 2, 461Ac
sample, 40a@451ac.