The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-20
BULLS HAD GOOD TIME
IN CHICAGO GRAIN PIT.
WHEAT CLOSED ONE AND
FINE-EIGHTHS HIGHER.
Corn and Oats Held Their Own
December FiaXSccd Two Cents
Highcr-PrOyiSinnsH Heavy.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Heavy.
! REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
chicago, Ill, sept. 1a.-WAo9t was strong
and closed al an advance nf i.sc. The
strength of wheat in the Minneapolis aH!
Duluth markets WIS more pronounced than
at Chicago, and they. being I'm closer touch
With the scene OF tho damage being daily
enacted In the wheat fields. are more i'm
pressed thereby. The further the market is
from the ruined fields of wheat the less
3 buIilsh it IS inclined. and Duluth closed
/ at an advance for the day of 2asc
and Chicago lEsc. Liverpool was only up
/ Esd, ard Paris WIS equal 10 Itc lower. Corn
and oats closed at the same prices they
did yesterday for Oct. Provisions were
higher at the start and lower later.
" heat.
Very little wheat WIS FOR sale al the
opening. the majority of orders being 10
buy, aud those enduatCi from the impress
sion created by the North western situation.
which was a. much worse t.an before as
another u.shrs soaking could make il. with
possibilities OF LuuttcgahIe devastation in
The weather prediction OF stiii more rain.
That Liverpool was I-3 hsAcc for spot
wheat and futures WAS not remarkable. eX-
crpt in Tho evidence II afforded Of de-
plies
The Duluth market went far beyond Chi
ci-p Ia IL" strength exhibited at the com
HI' il'hL OF The session. tu" oct future
alN NanClIG TO SO, while the !.lI= harr were
III state OF GiSr.tuFi 1H~ mu34le as 70
whether I>r was not high enough for the.
present. many Of the latter selling out
long wheat at that price because il WIS -
over yesterdays closing figures. ANA had
ptrha!S Ic profit for them sine" the time Oi
Duluth, at 90. Wa: 7,c higher than it
closed Tuesday. but, while tho Chicago mar
hst was still held in check by IHliizins
sales on puuy little - rise. Duluth won't
on climbing until aEytder i:ir WIS added
70 tn" nrSt &c. ter TIL oct. which closed
tnc previous afternoon al II tr. Wa. bring
IIE s".tc IhicaE" then swallowed IN haste
tn offerings of long wheat IT had been
chewing on, and shot M lc hu. from 10
10 .%c. or lie higher Lhdn it closed Tues
DAY Al that was in the first hour of The
session
III, .ehtuess nj Northwestern receipts
gives rcrfubU-tti'u of alarm. al least. II Of
nothing else, among the farmers, " Hc." at
tcHI.1tcd crops are being ruined by the i'll
CyS>1nt rains. The number ot carloads q!
Minneapolis and iulUth wa- t+. a-a!n<.
al the corresponding day of last year. In
addition to that, the previously enormous
movement into Kansas city was giving U,-
M,-jakah.c signs OF falling Oft. tu-'i..s'c y.-
ceIptS being F-"Jh Du.. compared with 1St.-
o." bu "Wednesday OF he week previous.
Ns compared with ts'" hu. a year ago,
how ever. t0-tiay'S receipts still! appear
heavy. The same may T. remarked Of the
a-crgE gate receipts in the chief Western
markets. which syeI, I,7r.oa, Iu. or only
>pJ hG- less than received al the same
places the corresponding ufy OF the pre-
Vi"us year.
The scaboard clcsranccs Of wheat and
four amounted 10 5i5.H4 hu. Liverpool clos
ing quotations were sd higher than those
of tn" day before. Antwerp WAS up tGa
equivalent of - d bg., while Paris report
the first hour was a report from Mime
apnl= Of another iec a nbl riSs in -four.
The price Of oct wheat. after selling At
loEss. but when the latter ceased II mount
ei again, reaching .@'-,. with I@lic the cur
rent trading price ~ the close.
The corn market WAS helped 4 little hy
the advance ia wheat. but there was no
life in speculative dealings, ana prices Of
futures were not helped by the cash de
mand. which was rather less in evidence
than Il was yesterday. II was claimed
that l.@)r.Fo bu were sold for shipment
taken II would account for some abaje-
ment in the shipping Inquiry to-day. Tho
Liverpool market was quoted from I'd low
CT for sept. corn to I'D higher for Nov,
and l.t for spot.
The total receipts were as carloads OF
which L. ears were contract. The total
$4,000 bU., as compared with f.+iGrcu bu the
corresponding day of last year. The ship
mentS from the same were 6nl.roJ hu.,
against $4,000 bu, the year previous The
country aCCcptau.cs We're Hight. which was
explained as being duo 10 ia, rainy wealth
IT throughout the West. Exports from the
SeacUast We're quite small, N'.vr hU.. COW
er!HS tho shipments from all ports. E~ti-
mated receipts for tomorrow were SO cars.
that number being large enough 10 Great"
q little Icar!shueSs. The shipping business
done vrS only l7t ."I hlI.. and vessel room
for cocoa IN. vas taken New York r"-
ported - bOatlo4as sold for export. oct.
corn opened at IS &C and closed II S7,C. or
the same as II closed yesterday.
oats.
The oats market was dun and speculative
trading WAS without special feature. BUS
ir,css FOR oct WAS anchored close TO -i5-c
TIE greater part of the session, 2l's12itic
having been the previous days closing :iS-
urcS. Receipts were tsI cars, Of which only
u were contract. but there WAS less com
plant than formerly Of the general coUdi-
ton Of the arrivals. \ year a"o local Te-
CelDis were q" ears. u which u We're con-
tract.
The estimate Of to-morrow's receipts
We're 20 carloads. The shipping demand
Was again V.tH spoken Of hut most uf the
daily tak!u=S are suppressed. ri"arHurc-
from tn" Atlantic ports were N',uH1 hr.
The closing price OF oct. was - G-id.c.
the same on Tuesday. The range ioT
for shipment reported were 5'"0 bu.. ami
vessel room taken for In,VD bu
Rye was firm ana a-,in Influenced 10y tho
strong tendency q! wheat. offerings W"re
light and mostly u.or grain. The demand
VAS good. but only a Ight business was
done No. to RO to store Sn!d al a.
ing There were also Io capnlt~ ont 70.
New York Al the close rye WAS ir . i'm
higher than yesterdays final figures o..
finished a; "3i2C ana iyC. at JIr.