The Advocate and news., 1899-03-15

In store-Wheat, 8G5, 900 bushels; corn, 50l,-
700 bushels; oats, IL, 500 bushels; rye, l9,zVO
bushels.
Receipts the past As hours. ......86OO bushels
Receipts same time last year. .72OW bushels
Shipments the past 48 hours. ..66 $3.50 0ushels
Shipments same time last year. 1860 bushels
There was more life and frmer tone 10
the market yesterday. Cables were weaker,
hut the visible supply statement showed
smaller increase than expected, only $4,000
bushels In the United States and Canada,
and there were crop damage reports In from
a number Of sections, which encouraged
more speculation and influenced stronger
cash market May wheat in Chicago sold
%c higher and there was more willingness
on the part of buyers to take hold. Here
the May option opened Nc higher, then sold
down &c and before the close regained this
loss, closing at &c, the opening price Cash,
while more active than Saturday, showed
little actual advance, though some sales
men claimed that they did little better.
There was no doubt that there was better
feeling and the volume Of cash business the
best for some days. Futures, however, were
hardly so active as on Saturday, there not
being much over 100000 bushels traded in.
but that was at shade advance.
CORN.
Receipts the past 48 hours. =. "a 900 bushels
Receipts same time last year. 100, 500 bushels
Shipments the past 4S hours. 5000 bushels
Shipments same time last year 81 600 bushels
In sympathy with wheat the market for
this grain was trihe stronger, and very
good demand had both for mixed and white.
That Is, for cash. Futures were hardly so
active as on Saturday, though there was
some trading at Saturdays prices. May
opened at 321Ac and sold up to 32hc, at
which 1t closed same as on Saturday. AS
a whole, the general character OF the mar
ket remains the same as the close Of last
week, the buying being Of scattering ma
ture.
Receipts the past AZ hours. 5000 bushels
Receipts same time last year. 1900 bushels
Shipments the past 4S hours. 1000 bushels
Shipments same time last year 10000 bushels
The offerings were little better yesterday
and so was the demand. The speculative
market showed greater strength in Chicago,
which encouraged cash buying. Local feed
dealers and the oatmeal men both wanted
supplies and the general tone Of the market
was the best for some days But as in
wheat, the Improvement consisted more in
a freer movement than in advance In values
RYE.
Receipts the past 4S hours. .. i, $3.50 bushels
Receipts same time last year. - bushels
Shipments the past As hours. 80 $50 bushels
Shipments same time last year. - bushels
- A good strong market was had yesterday.
Only a few cars were in, and they were soon
disposed OF and brought more money than
for some days and closed firm.
FLOUR-The market Is still dull and but
little doing aside from supplying the con-
sumlng trade. Soft wheat, per barrel, pat
ents, $3.35QS.5O straights, $315@S8O; extra
fancy, 2.7OQ2.SO; low grades, 81 .30GD1 40. Hard
wheats-Patents, S300@310; straights, $2.65@
2S6; bakers, $1.SOG20O; low grades, $1,000
lao. Established grades and city mills, 800
CORN MEAL-Steady, but slow sale.
Bulk, 66Q67c per cwt,
CORN CHOP-Unchanged but dull.
Sacked, 6OG61c per cwt.
BRAN-Steady and in fair demand Sack
CASTOR BEANs-No receipts. Prices
nominal. Car lots, CSC per bushel.
KAFFIR CORN-Steady. White, 2963Oc
per bushel; red, SSd34c per bushel
GROUND OIL CAKES-Quoted: Car lots,
$500 per ton; ton lots, $24.O0 1000 pound lots,
l25O; less, SIPS per cwt, sacked, f. o. b.
| COTTONSEED MEAL--Quoted: Car lots
E9O0 per ton at Kansas City, and also all
points In Kansas and Missouri taking the
same rate as Kansas City.
BROOM CORN-Quotations per ton for
car lots, OBJ. Kansas City:
Gnolce green huri .'......,...,....,,.,..$lU w
Choice green self-working ............ 95 OC
Good green hurl ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS 0C
Good green self-working ............... 50 0C
Choice red or yellow tipped hurl. ....... 80 0C
Choice red or yellow tipped self-wOrk-
ing ...........,.......... ............,.., 20 OC
Common hurl ....,..... .................. 60 OF
SEEDS.
| MILLET-Steady. German S1.006l25 per
100 pounds; common, 75cd$1.O0 per 100 pounds.
| CANE-Quiet. Quoted at S5d90c per 10C
| pounds.
TIMOTHY-steady. Quoted at sl.75@24 a
pee 100 pounds.
CLOVER-Demand fair. Quoted at 5000
$40 per bushel.
! FLAX-SEED-Up again. Cash and Febru-