The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-29
ADVANCE AND DEALINGS BORDER
ED UPON THE SOMEWHAT
SENSATIONAL SORT
OTHER GRAINS IN SYMPATHY
Day Was Altogether ia Favor Of the
Long Cherished Hope OF the
Bull Element for Sub
stantiaI strength.
Close. Day.
Nay wheat, Minneapolis 6l&4 -647s 6S34 -6S7s
May wheat, Chicago ....671s-67 65&
May wheat, New York 1872 7212
May wheat, Duluth ......67Is &C

CHICAGO. March 2S.-Markets on the
Board Of Trade today We're active and
sltous, NAY Wheat closed lisql34c over
yesterday. influenced largely by damages
TO the French crop and nervousness over
small war cloud reported from Turkey.
Provisions continued their upward career
founded on the small hog supply and eX-
celient cash demand, May pork closing
45c. May lard 25c and May ribs 171@@20c
higher. May closed i4G3sc up, and oats
4sc up for May, and CSC better for July.
News of damage to the French crop
has become a bit routine having been
cabled with more or less persistency since
the beginning of the season. Some times
IL has been ignored and a other times
given consideration. 1t was ShelVed the
other day but today it seemed freighted
With Importance. probably because the
damage report carried an estimate reduc-
ing the crop 64,00O.0e0 bu. A more liberal
explanation OF the cause Of tOday's
strength lies In the 5i0O0,9OO blu in the
Visible and the IL 000.6G bu on ocean pas
sage. wheat bears haze oVersold. Large
small account were millers the world over
compelled to draw principally from the
STOCKS mentioned from now till next har-
vest. The FEASIBILITY Of the theory that
the mtllers are in the position mentioned
Is apparently borne out by the excellent
demand from Eastern centers of con-
sumption. as well as from abroad. How
ever That may be, shorts certainly felt
some strong incentive for getting into a
SAFE position In this covering, st. Louis
Inc advance late in the session was
helped some by nervousness over the pos
Siplilty OF a war between Russia and Tur-
Key IN which other nations might become
ilVoIVed May opened. a shade over yes
terday at 65Aq65sc, and advanced to &c,
closing strong, l1s4lI4c over yesterday
Saoies We're firm and the market doubt
less Telt the exceptional strength in pro
visions and the pit crowd was much Iara-
er than 1t has been recently
The cash business was not large 40 600
pu being reported here and New York re-
P OdtniS ~ Ioads taken for export. Clear
a5c ooS IN IN wheat and flour We're equal to
22-Z'VVO pu' Urinary receipts We're 593, 900
bu. compared with $4,000 bu last wear
3 Local receipts were So cars, none of CON
tract grade, while Minneapolis and Du-
Iuth reported AT cars against 554 las
week. and 453 a year ago
The provision market set out apparent
~ 10 Shatter records, and according IN
persons with memories for Statistics
hammered up to an eminence unknown
our curing the corresponding months of any
year since 1885. The announcement for
the day was in higher hog prices bnt
PACK or this influence was the condition
%hlc9 mas obtained for months, an excel
rent demand FOR current conSumptiOn and
prospects or diminishing hog slIDnIv
Since Dec. | May pork has gone Ip nearly
ss;ln %9lie Nay NAY lard and May ribs have
ket was an outsiders market, their de-
IAahuS overlapping even the pressing
wants of the packers. The lard advannee
Vas the feature, being SOC per tierce
There was some heavy Dr6fit-taISino
winch checked the advance for a time
t",9 OIpOSlIlOIl was swept aWaV after
OrieI existence during the middle of the
session Opening prices although over
2esterday close. were the lowest Of the
day May pork ranged from SO X re
$3.50 and closed 45c higher at SO sz, 20
May lard, from $6.35 to S6.52lb ciosine 9 *,
improved at $6.5212, and Nav ribs froyn
ter at $6.62I5. ~ -0O "0'-
The corn market as rival of what
ana provisions, for the calcium light and
me center of the commercial stage, was a
IaHure; Had it not been for these mar
iNetS, the coarser cereals would probably
nave Succumbed to the statistics but
With the influence of these two centeTs
erh receipts We're 1000, 900 bu more Than
Double last years. Receipts here were
80 cars. Country offerings were small
ana weather In the corn belt stormy "a
bles We're not an encouragement Cash
corn people reported bids for shinnent
Wilhlm thirty days extraordinarily heavy
In 29OO00 hu lots--but the scarcitv ~
cars curtalled business. Nav ranged fropo
sc TO 5S2s6B3Sl@c, closed 14@3sc over VestemI
The feature in the oats market was tbn
reiatlFe strength displayed by the JIiiv
option. which lessened the discount unSayy
May to &c. This was due oI Iareo unuf fp
country buying, probably on the Siren 9th
OF the predicted stormy weather. TIE
MARKET In a general way was supportad
Dy the strength of wheat and nrovfsjoneo
May ranged from 241Ac to 2{sIc cI0si,1o, 70 ~,
iIhPpddoEed at 24%sc. July sold from 3saSc
10 S19sQ9tc, closing SEC up al 255sG%c 80
h9liudtes Tor tomorrow: Wheat 60 cars.
corn, go cars; oats 1S5 cars hoes 81 100 -
me leadlng futures ranged as follows: