The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-26
WHEAT CLOSED HIGHER
IN CHICAGO MARKET.
CORN IMPROVED A FRAC-
TION.
Oats Also Advanced Slightly-Pro-
visions and Flaxseed Were
Bullish
RFPUBL:r SPECIAL.

iif ftBlsit SPECIAL.
| Chicago, H.. Oct. c5.-Wheat closed about
! ic a bu higher than yesterday corn at
small fraction Improvement. cats &c up.
and provisions and tlaxseed both at material
! advance The bulls had the best Of 1t, as
those higher prices attest. Natural reac-
I tom said some in explaining the general
! change Of front. and. though that conveys
very little to the seeker after less comrre-
hcnS!vc phrases and more detail. It served
as an excuse for a reason where none could
be found without entering into a general re-
view Of the entire speculative field.
Wheat.
The wheat market opened firm nj &c over
| prices current at the close the day before.
The reasons we're not traceable to any of
the news brought by early cablegrsms from
abroad or dispatches from domestic PORTS.
II was probably I'm great measure the effect
Of the heavy shipping business don, the
day before. working since the close yester-
day upon the minds Of traders who had not
known of 1t tin ihat days session had
ended. II was partly due also 10 the pre-
, vious li!uidr lion of long wheat, which LEFT
none for those belated shorts who wished
10 cover ut the opening. who had. there
fore. to bid up prices to point where
other bears were willing to take the risk
OF selling short. Liverpool wheat futures
were from 9sd TO sd lower at the time of
opening here. and there were more reports
from the country of HeSsisn fly in fall sown
wheat. \ message from BroonhaN. Liver
pool. said cables TO private houses there re-
ported Argentine weather unfavorah,e. Chi
caCo received DO ears of wheat. as agIiuS;
leo i year ago. Minneapolis and Duluth oil.
compared with $50 the same day last week,
and G;S last year. Western primary market
receipts were 9ii 600 bu.. as against 9sSoc9
bu. the year before. and shipments from the
same ?jst1o bu., compared with $4,000 bu.
Seaboard clearanccs of wheat and -four
were equal to 4Gl.oI0 bu. Liverpool recov-
cred from its early decline, closing only
from lsd to i4d down for the day. Paris
advanced equal to from i.c TO iAc a bu.. and
Antwerp was unchanged. Seaboard clear
ances was equal 10 900 bu. Minneapolis
estimated an increase Of 100000 bu. in
stocks of wheat there since last Saturday.
and Dulnth an increase Of .5o.oJs b,i. An in
crease in the visible of about l,1I,oto bu.
was estimated. compared with an increase
tor the like week last year of i.Ce6,0ov bu.
Sales for shipments reported amounted to
:otcCe hu. No. hard Kansas and 5cooe bu
loads sold for export, saying advance lad
checked the demand from abroad. Dec.
wheat opened at from .2a-c to .3c, and il
rose near the close 10 73ssc. which was it's
closing price. and ic higher than it left OF
the day previous.
Corn was easier early in the day on fur
ther liquidation by longs. and although
Oct. corn got 10 &c below the closing iis,-
ures of the day before, it did not have the
effect of stimulating to any extent the de-
Iaand for shipment. Holders asked higher
prices, compared with the option. which
probably restricted business. and the stiff
Ness II holders Of the cash grain WAS
prompted oy small country acceptanceS-
Local receipts were IA cars. and for Fri
day 900 ears were estimated. clearanccs
pool reported SD decline in Nov. and I'D
for later deliveries. Spot corn in Liverpool
WIS i.d lower for American and I'D down
for Argent:ne. Oct; corn opened al Sc,
dropped to 3Ii2c. ard recovered again to 3Sc
Nov. started at 56alc. sold spnringly at SIC
and from that down to 3e%sc. back again 10
Use closing at S'as1lsc-
Oats held firm. despite the rather heavy
feeling in the corn market in the forenoon,
but trade light and without special
feature. Local receipts were l5l cars.
against "la cars same day of last year, and
shipments were $4,000 bu. to-day and s79-
90 bu. a year ago. Scaboard clearances
we're 1885," Su. Dec. oats opened ut 2iTsc.
and afterwards more freely, there being
buyers at that at the close.
BARLEY.
Barley ruled steady for low grade grain
and firm for the better quality. Receipts
were 100 cars, little larger than yester-
uay 5 receipts. but were mostly all taken
UP. Mating barley averaged from 3gc TO
5Hc and feed lots 3SDSsc. Shipments were
81, 35j bu, and exports out OF New York
nothing. Withdrawals from private ele-
vators were cars of new No. T.
Rye.
Rye was irregular. from sc higher for
To 40 to store. Trading. taken as a whole
was small. spot No. j, To go 10 store. 47c.
and No. 4, TO go to store. at Soc. Receipts
were light. at IL cars. and shipments I,gls
bu. New York exported nothing Dec de-
livery ranged from isi2c up to isS.c bid. at
which price II closed.