Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-23

wheat section; firmer cables and al
good many buying orders caused
wheat 10 gain u q q nef today
Gcrn aud ga trn, provisions weak
OF INTEREST TO sPECCLATORs
Weather map today shows very low
and high barometer in
indicative of cold wave
for this section.
Minneapolis reports sales Saturday
of $4,000 bbls half for export.
Live Stock markets: Chicago $4,000
hogs, opened slow, weak to shade; low
er mixed and butchers 300 to 3 IS;
Good heavy 3.75 to 3.s7; rough heavy
355 to 3.65; light 3 90 to $50; Cattle
weaker, sheep steady; Cattle 1850; Kan
sas City hogs 5000; cattle 400.
Omaha 1000 hogs; 1000 cattle.
New. York Stock Exchange Letter:
The higher rates for call loans which
prevailed at this centre last week drew
u considerable amount of offerings by
institutions at other centers.
The money that is taken up by new
industrial combinations is not gong
into p:otitless enterprises In some
cases the Union of individual corpora.
lions has lifted the industry Affected,
from comparative poverty to at leas,
moderate prosperity February net
returns from the railroads are univer-
sally expected to be unfavorable
swing to the severe weather conditions.
Wall street, however, has, by the
decline Of the last few weeks discount
ed many of these coming statements.
In the m eantime there continues to be
q process of industrial development
which is naturally stimulative of the
feeling of confidence that 1899 will
make another record of general profit
for all commercial and manufacturing
interests.
Opening Liverpool cable came 25d
higher for wheat; I'D higher for corn.
Closing cable q q I'D higher for
wheat; corn quiet119d higher.
New York reported total clearances
of wheat flour equal to 10000; corn
$50 bushels.
Receipts at.principsl primary points:
Wheat $4,000, blu against 5l,000.5
Corn 1856 600 last year 645.0O0.
Shipments from principal primary
points: Wheat $4,000 against 10000
last year. Com 5S5, 90 last year ass, COO
peoria not included)
Visible supply report issued today,
as follows: Wheat incressed1 1893 600 Blu.
Corn decreased So, 900; Oats increased,
46l 900; Total visible wheat, %, 800, 900
bu; corn 80, 466, 600; Oats l1,O74,O00.
Northwestern receipts today, $50
(two days receipts) against 473 last
year,
Chicago receipts today: Wheat A.;
corn 200; oats 1853; tomorrow (estlmat-
ed) wheat IS; cor 1876; oats 1870.
Puts on wheat sold 1925 to 6714;
Puts on corn sold 3414; Calls on
wheat sold $50; calls on corn 341<.
Wheat closed on curb 697s bidders.
Tuesday, March 81.
Wheat Steady.
Wheat closes tonight with q net
gain of q of cent. Crop damage re-
ports and Gold wave predictions caus-
cd heavy buying On the curb may ad-
vance to SO at the close.
Corn and oats strong, provisions
tame.
OF INTEREST TO SPECTATORS.
Weather forecast for Illinois, Ind
lana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Iowa: Cold tonight, rain OF snow;
fair and colder Wednesday. For Ds-
kotas and Kansas, fsir tonight, We'd
nesday colder.
Cold weather on the continent is
said to give cause for apprehensions of
damage to crop in Europe.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune re-
ports considerable damage to wheat in
Ohio and Indiana by Hessian fly.
Kansas and Nebraska sent numer-
GUS crop damage reports.
st. Louis says this weather beats ALI
Warm rain last night; so degrees above
today and freezing weather predicted
for tomorrow. Missouri sends some
dangerous crop damage reports-also
some from southern Illinois.
Barrett. Baldwin and Schwartz were
good buyers of wheat iii Chicago.
Baldwin and Quincy also bou gbt ex-
tensively. Gaylord also buyer as was
st. Louis.
Northwestern receipts today, 1863
cars against 22O last year.
K Chicago receipts today, "a cars wheat
325 cars torn and 400 cars oats receipts
tomorrow festimated) wheat so; corn
ITO; oats IS.
Receipts at primary points today:
Wheat 100000 blu against $4,000 last
year; corn All 600 against SOL 600 last
year. Shipments from primary points:
Wheat FOG, 600 blu against 374,OOO last
year. Corn 1885 against 10000 last
year.