The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-21
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

GRAIN GOSSIP = Gossip by private
wire TO Z. II. Il. Smith & Co. st. Paut,
members of the New York Stock ex-
change and Chicago Board of Trade
Weekly government report: Minnesota:
Little or no rain in the Red river val
ley and Southwest elsewhere showers.
dlherlhg greatly in amount. Early sown
spring wheat oats and barley are thin
and the heading short with small heads.
Ihelr condition being generally poor be
cause of the drouth. North Dakota
Light showers have only afforded tempo
rrary relief from drouth. Early wheat is
badly damaged, mostly beyond recovery,
considerable being p!owed up. Late sown
Is In poor condition and cannot make
favorable cirC umstances. Other grain is
poor Flax only fair. ."-Scuth Dakota
'CopIouS to heavy general rains is i'm
proving the prospects for all crops Much
spring wheat had suffered material
orouth damage, but general Improvement
Is now expected, especially in the late
soWn In Washington and Oregon
the crop has experienced Improvement
General condition of oats continues prom
iSing, except where shortened by droutn
in Wisconsin, Minnesota. Dakota and por-
tl0ns of Nebraska. La Crosse wires:
The Hyde Elevator company received
the following from Mr.. Bennett: Miner
county and Beadle county not over 4 bu.
kingsbury bad Western Minnesota not
over half crop john Cudahy, who
has been 50 correct on wheat and who
predicted S5c in answer to my question
this morning: DO you still believe in Sac
wheat? 2? Said: Wheat may never Sell
at Soc, because come morning it may open
higher and sell at sec right Off
NEW YORK, June 20.-F'lour, 22 730
bbiS; exports, 263, eco bbls; unsettled and
l9429c higher, against with demand check
ed; minnesota patents S4.2j61460; Mime
sofa bakers, $3QS. 25; winter patents. $40
AS; winter straights, $3.S0GD390 winter
extras, $2.70@310; winter low grades. s. G5
q2t5. heat-Receipts, G3,Sz5 bu; spot
n Tad :.
red, SIC elevator; No. / northern, Duluth.
SS9sc T. o. b., aftoat (prompt); no. / hard.
Duluth, Sic f. o. b., afiOat (promDD; op-
tlons opened strong and unsettled. with
a heavy local and outside demand influ-
eneed by Unexpectedly strong English ca
Dies and hot weather in the Northwest
Forelgn houses traded on both sides
Speculative activity and bulHshness con-
tthued ar day winding up with an eXcit-
ed demand from shorts at 4dG415c net ad-
vance and top for the day. July, SSA6G
o6c. closed at SEC; September, Si41871sc,
closed at SIC; December. Yi2l 0G3SIac' closed
at SSc. Corn-Receipts, Us, ,425 bu; exports.
$3.50 bu; spot strong; No. 2, 4S4c f. o. b.
ahoat, and $3.50 elevator Option market
was decidedly more active and very
strong today on a scare Of shorts inspir-
ed by firm cables and the sensational
jump III wheat. Closed Strong at lie NET
advance. July, 457sG46c, closed at 4G7kc;
september, 46tQ 467sc, closed at 1870. Oats
-Recelpts, 224,U0G bu; exports, 785 bu; spot
stronger; No. 2, zSc; No. 3, 214c; No g
white, 291zQ29Ac; No 2 white. S0a3JAc:
track mixed Western, 2712@29lac; track
Wnlte, 2S(9S5e; options dull but nrmer
GRAIN AVAILABLE SUPPLY-New
York, June 20.-Spec- al cable and tee-
graphic communications to Bradst eet's
show show the following in available supplies
states and Canada, east Rockies Liver
pool Corn Trades News. in-reasa 11709O
bu; afioat for and In Europe, incr ase,
l.690 900 bu; total supply, Increase. LIZ
Germ N. fpd fae 10
east Rockies, increase, 10I.00) bu o. is
United States ard Canada, ees Ro kies,
increase, 3120O1 bu. Among the more i'm
pOTtant increases reported 10 BradStr5 cts
not given in the official visb e supply
statement are those of 1900 bu at Port
land, Ne; 142,o00 bu at st. Joseph; g., 900
bu at COleau and $4,000 at Kingston.
The principal decreases are those of
1862, 900 bu at Chicago private e'eyat9rs,
70e00 bu at Manitoba storage POINTS and
50 600 bu at Omaha.
The aggregate stock Of wheat held 9t
Portland. Or. and Tacoma and Seattle,
Wash; decreased 5000 bu last week.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. June 2o.-Flour
dull Wheat higher; No. northern. SEQ
sic; No. northern. 7S@79c. Rye higher;
No. /. Coo. Barley higher: No 2 46G47c:
sample, 40@45c. Oats higher; No. 2 white,
261@c
LIVERPOOL. June O.-wheat-spot
firm: No. northern spring, Gs I'd: No. 1
California 6s Sd and 6s 41Ad; futures
steady; July. 6s 24d; September, IS z3td;
American mixed. new. IS 101zd: American
mixed old, Is 3D. futures quiet; July g
111sd; September, As 11kd. Ffour-St Louis
fancy winter firm at 6s.
NEW YORK COTTON-New York June
20-It was day of surprises on the Cot
ton exchange, from an Indifferent start
at about last nights prices. Speculation
gathered remarkable ambition in late
session and swung fully II points. More
over. speculation. which was exception
ally tame and featuTeless on the first
call, grew at an amazing rate, with to-
tai transactions probably the largest ever
recorded, something over Il million bales
according to conservative est ma tes the
bulk of which cotton changed hands dur
ing the last two hours of the session.
"yyoodstecz" and "AIinnesota.Y
The above are the names Of the two
palatial Pullman sleeping cars run daily
between the Twin Cities and Omaha over
the minneapolis e st. Louis new short
line. They are paragons of beauty
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