The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
" heat.

Wheat.
Wheat broke lc a IN. because Liverpool
at that time WAS down "a per Genital. and
the Price Current rcafiirmed its editor
conviction that the yield Of this years
wheat crop would not Ice less than 5Jocco.-
go hu. The decline nj Liverpool was as
stunned 10 be because Of the Price Currents
cstimat-. so that practically the latter was
the sole reason for the decline here. The
business in the pit WAS active for an hour.
with the general tendency during that time
to recover its loss The local receipts were
90 cars, as aEains, S. last year. and Mime
apolis ana Duluth receipts were l5s ear
loads. as against 40 u year ago
The total receipts at Western primary
markets amounted t. 5000 bu., as against
$500 bu. the corresponding day OF the pre-
vious year. The clcaraEcrs OF wheat and
Hour from the s,aboa'd were equal To ~
eoo bu. Liverpool closed i=d Iow r for Sept.
wheat, '4d down tor Kansas wheat on the
spot, and No. / Northern spring I'd higher
Paris was from unchanged for july 10 &c
higher for Sept.-Dsc. Antwerp quoted sc L
bu. advance for Kansas hand wheat. MIny
reports from the Northwest claimed great
Improvement To- thu rcmainin. WHEAT from
recent favorable weather. with estimates
Of a possible out-turn Of l2J.JopVJI Du. for
the three States Those reports tended TO
weaken the market after II hid recovered
NOR than half of it, first d cline.
sept, after opening at from l'sc down to
SA4c. rose 10 sis. hat Subsequently H.-
cam" weaker than It was al ih" start and
sod down 10 sg'4c. II closed at St'sc, Or -
below its final f;sur yesterday.
Corn.
Corn was comparatively strong. because
OF the prominence given 10 the reports
from the doughty section of Kansas. Tn.
Price Current said. corn mostly doing
Well, but some o. the leading spirits in the
trade here were bUlling the corn market
as II Kansas was the whole country. and
t9it section OF II now suffering from
drought and heat the entire corn belt The
country aCceptaEces wcr. reported to be eX-
ceedingiy small. but that has been the al
most daily report Of receivers for over q
month, and Yet in some mysterious way
-WO.tro bu- were added last week to the
visible supply. The local receipts today
We're "lS cars, or % over the probable num-
Der Tor tomorrow. The total receipts at
western markets were e4i 600 bu.. compared
with a.acvo bu the corresponding day of
Geo bu '
Sept. corn opened with buyers and sellers
at from -flsc down 20 AK. gradually rose
closed at 4i'sA+rsc. compared with 4is,c.
sellers, yesterday.
good speculative business was done in
oats. and. like corn, the oats market was
strong IN comparison with the i.eavi:ess II
wheat. Reports Of damage To oats in Ne
Draska, which were In circulation yesterday.
we're dished up afresh with little adtei
spice. The frnneSs Of corn did much TO
stlnen the backbones of the oats bulls Thu
ioca! receipts Were l3J cars. with $50 es;i-
mated for tomorrow. The seaboard clear
ances were $4,000 bu. LamSon Bros & Vor-
ton We're among the best buyers early with
BGckley. Clifford 81 McReynoli conspicuous
sellers at the same time. Sept. oats oD.neJ
az 2i1sc. and kept gradually idva ncing until
ZJc was touched. The afternoons break y,
wheat caused reaction to 2is.u2iI.c and
the closing figures were 2;i,1rPs5,
Rye was firm early, but weakened later
Ike wheat, and closed i.5G24c lower. July
opened ana closed at sc. Sept started with
g'c aud stopped a. Sisc. No. spot sold
tor oOc. car; No. was disposed OF al
0'i2c, car. Receipts Were . cars.