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

GRAIN GOSSIP - Gossip by private
wire to c. II. T.. Smith & Co. St Pauf,
change and Chicago Board of Trade
Needy government report: Minnesota:
Little or no rain in the Red liver val
iey ana Southwest. elsewhere showers
dlIeflhg greatly in amount. Early sown
spring wheat oats and barley are thin
and the heading short with small heads
Iheir condition beng generally poor be-
cause of the drOuth. - North Daloofa-
Light showers have only afforded tempo
fary relief from drOuth. Early wheat is
badly damaged. mostly beyond recovery,
considerable being pIOWed up. Late soWn
Is in poor condition and cannot make
more than half crop under the most
favorable circumstances. Other grain ia
poor. Flax only fair. ."-South Dakota
Coplous to heavy general rains is i'm
proving the prospects for all crops Much
spring wheat had suffered material
drouth 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
lSlng, except where shortened by droutf
IN Wisconsin, Minnesota. Dakota and por-
The Hyde Elevator company received
the following from Mr.. Bennett: Miner
county and Beadle county not over bu.
hingsbury bad. Western Minnesota not
over half crop. John Cudahy. who
has been so correct on wheat and who
predicted S5c in answer to my question
this morning: DO you still believe in Sc
wheat?" Said: Wheat may never seI5
at S5c, because some morning it may open
higher ana sell at soc right off%
NEW YORK, June 2O.-Flour. 22.7
bbIS; exports. S6S G00 bbls; uns= tiled and
15M25c higher. against with demand check
ed; Minnesota patents, $4250lC0; Mime
sofa bakers, $3G12. Is; winter patents. $461
4.25; winter straights, 23.SGm3.90; winter
c&traS, $Z:tC@3I0; winter low grades, $2.65
az, 10. Wheat-Receipts, 63, SG5 bu; SPOT
duil, No. 2 red, Sic T. o. b.. affoat: No ,
red, SSc elevator; No. l northern, duluth
8328c f. o: b., attoat (prompO; No. ! hard.
DuIuth, 9lc I. o. b., ahoat (prompD; Op-
uons opened strong and unsettled with
heavy local and outside demand influ-
enced by unexpectedly strong English ca
Dies and hot weather in the Northwest
Foreign houses traded on both sides.
speculative activity and buliishneSs con-
tinued all day, winding up with an eXcit-
ed demand from shorts at 4N412c net ad-
vance ana top for the day july 83Hm
S6c. closed at S6c; September S414NS7Iac
closed at SIC; December, 1z4@YS1sc, closed
at SSc. COrn-ReCeipts 178 - bu; exports.
6S,335 bu; spot strong; No ,, 48Ac f. O. b.
anoat, ana 1850 elevator. Option market
was decidedly more active and very
strong today on a scare Of shorts inspr-
ed by firm cables and the sensational
jump in wheat. Closed strong at 1c net
advance. July. 4575446c, closed al 467sc;
Receipts. 224, LOG bu; exports, 785 bu; spot
stronger; No. 2. z8c; No. ), 2IMc; No.
Whlte, 2912Q29Ac No white 30u3JEc;
track track mixed mixed Western, 2714429l2c; track
Wn!le, ZSQ35c; options dull but irmer.
GRAIN AVAILABLE SUPPLY-New
YORK, June 21-Spec-a cable and te!e-
graphic Communications to Brad I eet's
show the following In available suDUlies
from the last account: Wheat-T+nitcd
states and Canada. east Rockies Oliver
pool Corn Trade News increase, III. 900
bu: afioat for and in Europe, incr ase,
100000 bu: total supply, increase. LII
go bu. COrn-United States ard Canada
east Rockies. increase. 1,0H,00) bu. o IS
United States ard CanadJ, e2s Ro kies,
increase, 312.000 bu. Among the more i'm
pOltant increases r5pOite1 to Bed strCets
not given in the Official Vis'b o supply
statement are those Of 5000 bu al port
land Me; 142,OG0 bu at St. Joseph: $1,000
The principal decreases are those Of
962.G00 bu at CHICAGO private e'evat-rs,
% Gee Gee bu at Manitoba storage roints and
p3g The aggTegate st stock * Of wheat seld IT
Wazh1 - daGrs2sed e. 1900 bq last geek
dull. Wheat higher; No. 1 northern. 500
Sic; No. northern. 7Sd79c Rye higher;
No. I. Coo. Barley higher: No. 2. 46GD47c:
sample, 40Q45c. Oats higher; No. ? white,
LIVERPOOL. June 2O.-Wheat-spot
firm; No. l northern spring, Gs %: no.
California, 6s Sd and 6s 41ad; futures
steady; July, SIS 214d; September. SIS 22td
December nominal Corn-Spot firm;
American mixed. new IS 101zd: American
mixed, old. Is I'd: futures quiet; July. 3s
111sd; September, IS 1lAd. FEour-St. Louis
fancy winter firm at SIS.
NEW YORK COTTON-Ne W York Jure
20.-It was a 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 A points More
over. speculation. which was exception
ally tame and featureless on the first
call. grew at an amazing rate. with To-
tel transactions probably the largest ever
recorded, something over {; million bales.
according to conservative est mates the
bulk Of which cotton changed hands dur
ing the last two hours of the session.
''Woodstoci>'' and "sEinnesota.J
The above are the names of the two
palatial Pullman sleeping cars run daily
between the Twin Cities and Omaha over
the Minneapolis & st. Louis new short
line They are Paragons of beauty
Buffet Library cars are also a feature
of the Minnea polls & CT T,ouis service to