The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-08
Trade Gossip.

One OF the most beaTish statements from
foreign standpoint on the breaGs;uffs situation
comes from Stockholm. Sweden. importer,
and unless your market comes down heavily. or
this side advances in Proportion. We shall see
this side are simply brilliant. In this country
We are harvesting a crop the like of which.
pc 4g ny ys a nm 10 e h9 2TF m ~ tba haxs w
@ Ihe ssi.'e u5 i - ,,e S.-n ". - tilaI We
over on our cEn side thiS year Home-sroHn
wheat OF excslIent quality Is now seiling as low
VII al Is offering at very little more than this
big slump in ATgentino wheat shipments. That
Engilsh publScaeon TO a, reports that that the Ar,
with es4 go hu. last week and 9s4 900 bu.
essSo bn. WReTs aSs' IT hG was so'4 4esso I n bn
during same period last year Corn exports
last week and io5i. 90 bu one year ago. Beer
hehm @ q, cables thess shipments pms m for the week as
and in European stocks increased 2ss5,S bu.
Corn Trade News Bradstreets by the Way.
s The total on Sept vas $50 600 ba. which
was 10000 bu- smaller than on same date
during Aug. but Is. s3occ9 h1 larger than on
Sept l, Isss, There was $4,000 bu. that year
Wheat receipts at the primary markets were
90 hu.. against l042oQo bu, last Friday.
.MipReaoolls wires: Our Dec, wheat. $3.50
sure to sell. Mlers buying moderately every
cay.
~. o,nhali cables that the condition OF the
!:l,f1 Wheat crop on SEPT / was Sc. Also
is refsrted to be in excellent condition.
The Argentine wheat visible. is 2.a0s. 001
bi.. an Increase for week OF 10000 hu-, but
5;l52.U0o bu smaller than a year ago. when
there was 3fS0el bu. increase. The corn visible
Is i.064.oT1 bu.. against 1924 900 bu. week ago.
and $4,000 bu. year ago.
SHOWS weekly crop report Gays that the
possibility Of frost damage To corn is very re-
mote and that larger proportion of the crop
cNen- ranging from complete failure in parts Of
Kansas to unusual production in Iowa. with all
grades between these extremes represented in
SGne portion OF .he commercial heif. on the basis
OF his estimate OF area which Is S601, 0l0 acres.
he pats the indicated crop at lri. .o1, 600 bu ON
the basis OF the acreage reported by the GOyein-
ment the same indication Of Yield would give a
crop OF round 2.000. .0l0. orr. iii either the
crop Is slightly smaller than that of last year.
Stocks commercial and private. are used up
closer than Tor some years. SO that the con-
practically bc met from the crop of this year
Lest year disposed Of crop nf 3,2loj O9)
bu.. and besides made deep inroads into old
stocks, and There seems no reason To expect
ing twelve months. Tlrashing returns for winter
wheat indicate a rate of yield fraction of Il
hushei higher than was indicated at time Of
harvest asd If maintained for the whole crop
would warrant AZ, expeotatic of a total pro
cuction Of about go 100000 bus
The Modern Miller outlook: The -four trade
was fair; not brisk as for week or two
past. yet about up to the average for this sea-
market had tendency to temporarily curtail
business in felIr vet the situation is of
confidence. the superior quality OF this year $
winter wheat Hour Is meeting with the TecoGn-
tion that IL rncrits. The movement of grain is
moderate. many holding for better prices Steady
aud satisfactory progress Is pelns made in