The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-31
OTHER GRAINS

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private
wire to c. H. Smith & Co.. ST Paul,
me Der Of the New York Stock Ex-
antwerp closed: Wheat unchanged.
Paris closed: Wheat, unchanged to sc
I 6ISe Hour Hour. unchanged, to 1Oc higher
Pllce current Favorable, weather fer
coin crop indications suggest about 8
points decrease for month, August in
terror offerings Of wheat tending to re-
ducion holding sentiment strengthening.
Packing 100000, against 29O, 600 hogs year
ago" South Dakota weekly crop bulle-
TN says: Rains generous and well dis
tributed, and in some localities heavy,
delaying threshing and haying. While
there has been some Improvement in
condition of wheat, stacks that Were
damaged by pI eceding rains, there are
many that are still wet, mouldy and in
sprouted. principally header cut wheat.
and some are reported rOtting, the cur
rent rains preventing. drying. Prime
says: Corn reports from Eastern Ne
braSka show that the earliest corn Will
be made by the 10th of September. the
late corn, with favorable weather, will
be safe by the 10Th. The ears are not
hlled out, and since the drought has
broken there has been altogether too
much rain. More rain would keep the
crop growing instead of ripenIng. About
years of corn is still in farmers hands.
No new corn fit to feed yet Winter
wheat reports from Michigan show that
the 81 ound is III the very best condition
TWO weeks. The movement of wheat
during September will be very light, but
farmers will be busy with their seeding,
which will be much later than usual
Millers are taking all the new wheat
which Is offered which is of limited
quantity. In Pike county, Illinois, one
of the largest winter wheat producing
counties in the country, reports show
only about so per cent of acreage for
winter wheat plowed, ground stu dry
and hard rains greatly needed. Surplus
OIL OF TINS crop for this, year about all
threshed and marketed. Western Ohio
reports that the acreage for the coming
crop of winter wheat will be decreased
rms IS owing to the poor quality of
posed to pay CSC for a good ar
ticle of seed. No wheat has been sown
yet, as the weather has been too dry
and hot. Mills are all getting their sup
plies from the South and Northwest
NEW YORK, Aug. 30-FIour-Receipts
- 446 bbis; exports, 1875 bbls; sales, TO-
wv packages: Market was at first firm
and active. but the late break in wheat
checked the demand Minnesota patent,
"a. lV04 30. Rye flour steady. Sales, zoo
k6bls; fair "a to to good, $SQS. %; choice to
low Western, Sc; city. SSc; brandywine,
$2.4542 IS. Rye-Firmer; No 2 Westel n
5S1sc f. o. b. af1oat; state, 54055c c. i f.
New York. Barley-Steady; feeding. 429
4@c c. l. t. New York; mailing 4S053c C
l. f. Barley Malt-DuIl; Western. 64G70c.
Wheat-Receipts, SO 625 bu; exports, Sc 203
blu; sales, 100000 bu futures. COO bu
exports. Spot steady; No. 2 red. size
t. 0. b. afioat No 2 red, 1890 elevator; No 70
! northern Duluth, S43sc f. o. b. afoat; No
hard Duluth S73sc f. o. b. afioat. On
lions opened easier, Though disappoint-
Ing cables, but acquired later Strength
on export demand, talk of lighter re-
ceipts, prospects for rain in the North
west and good speculative demand
partly for short account They finally
broke, however through late realizing
ana closed weak at as0@c net decline:
Ma May. S1sQS49sc. closed S41sc; September
% 5SS2sSgTS s closed 1916; October, 5000
81 3-l6c, closed S0Ac; December 81 13-166
~ 9-16c Corn-Receipts. 99,975 bu; exg
ports, ,43S blu; sales, 275.OO0 blu futures
Zoo'oOo bu exports. Spot quiet; No 2, 465sc
I: o: D. afoat, and 45Ac elevator OPP
ons opened easy with wheat and on
favorable crop news, then became strong
on light country offerings and a scarcity
among September shorts, but finally de-
SG aIllet With With wheat and closed 6Qhc net
ioWer; May, 4Q4lAc, closed 41c; Septem-
per, 45BQ45Ac, closed 45Ac; October closed
soc; December. 411s6D41 slice, closed 411sc.
pSats-Receipts: 81; 400 bu; exports 1907
No. 2 2514c; No. 8, 25c; No white, 271%@
&c; No. white, 261a627c; track mixed
o Msoesttern; 25q27c; track white Western,
f tien AT, track tx White state, 26@33c. OPP
Ell, II VEETRP0OL; Aug. 0.-Wheat-Spot
nrm; No. Ted Western winter. IS iJbd;
No ! northern spring. 6s 4d; No. / Cal
September, IS I'D: December, Is 2%d.
CormISpot firm; American mixed, new,
as 2Ad; American mixed. old, As 21hd;
futures quiet; September. As I'd; October,
As 2Ad; November, As 2Hd.
HSANSAS CITY, Aug. 80 Close: Wheat
I17S s 3 641zc: December, 677sc; cash,
no: haT d. 661a0671bc; No 2 red, 72072Ibc'
Corn-Septen1ber. 96Ac; December, $3.50:
cash, NO. 2 mixed, 391A@4oc; No. 2 white
29isc: Oats-No. white 26c
n, MILWAUKEE. Aug. SO.-F'lour steady.
Wheat-Steady: No. / northern. TIC; No
z zo, northern; 74@76c. Rye-Steady; No. /,
4OG5Oc. Oats-Firm; No. 2 western 25%c
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3O-Close: Wheat
No. red. cash. 721bc; August TIC; Sep
TENDER, 7l&@7fKc; October. 72slc: De-
cembeT.- 747sc; No. hard, 7OI67Obc
Corn-No. 2, cash, 40c; track 4c August
29%c; September, 39Ac; October, 362{c;
December. 337sc. Oats-DulI; No. 2, cash
H1ac; August, 213sc; September, 21Xc; De-
cember, 2212c; May, 2414c; No. Q white
24&@25c. Lead-Steady at $4.3215; speIter,