The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-28
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS,

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private
wire yn,s, to G. II F. Smith $~co., St: Paul,
change and Chicago board of trade
Prime says: ''ln the lower Missouri
valley so per cent of the oats are seeded
The winter. wheat seems to be all right.
The subsoil IS very dry and a good,
warm rain is greatly needed Great de-
mand from the South for corn and meal
From the heart of central Illinois and
from the very best corn and winter
wheat areas reports show that the roads
are fine, but there is very little corn
moving. Notwithstanding S3c Is being
bid at elevators, the fact is there is very
little export corn in that part of the
state. There has not been a time within
the last fifteen years when the country
was so generally cleaned up of corn as
at the present. Thlrty-five cents is now
no more Of a temptation to a corn holder
than 3Oc was sixty days ago.
Forty cents might have a good deal
or corn, but nothing else Will influence
many holders to part with their holdings
inter wheat reports from northern Mis-
green Much better condition than q
year ago. Millers have fair, stocks, but
shipping In more or less wheat Have just
tairly started IN seeding oats and a lit
Tie pioWing has been done. Most OF the
wheat came through the winter in bet
ter condition than for several years"
ceIn1N NEW 90 YoRk go 4, March HaFIour-Re-
possible in spring patents if buyers could
get a nat rate Of 50. rs on round lots Rye
exports, $500; spot steady: No. red, ed
f6c, elevator; No. red, zoe, f. o. b.,
atioat; No 1 northern Duluth, T9a4c f. O. b.
ahoat. prompt; No. hard Duluth, S11ac f.
76A07612c. closed 7612c; May f21s072ssc
closed 7212c; July, 72 5-16G72 11-16e closed
a2z2c; september closed 721ac. Corn-Re-
easy. NO. 2 443r Z a IN of1O -
elevator; option, May 431l60435Ic: Jr1T, All
@43@4c, closed 1890. Oats-Receipts, 162. Z
go %o 5u say exports T L? 800 bT spot steady
NO. white, 112c; track, mixed Western
2993Oc; track, white. S1}aqS5c; options
narrow and featureless all day, closing
GRAIN AVAILABLE SUPPLIES Nav,
York, March 2T.-Special cable and teIe.
graphic communicaticns to Bradstreet's s
snow, snow II the following changes in available
United States and Canada east of tha
Rockies, decrease. 1,265,0O0 bu; NiverpooI
rope, increase, 100000 bu; total supply de-
crease, '69,00O bu. Corn-United States
and Canada, east of the Rockies. in
crease, 2,22S.OOO bu; Oats-United States
and Canada, east Of the Rockies. increased
$4,000 bu. Among the more important
decreases reported, not given in the Of
slciaI visible supply statement, are 2,0OO.-
goo bu at Northwestern interior eIeya-
tors 225,090 bu at Milwaukee private eJe-
vators; $1,000 bu at Chicago private eie-
DHdat0rs; $4,000 bu at Chattanooga, and S.
oOo bu at Joliet. The principal increases
are those of 433. 900 bu at Manitoba stor
age points and $4,000 bu at Cleveland The
aaggregate stock of wheat at Portland,
Or, and Tacoma and Seattle. Wash in
creased 5000 bu last week
VII. ,h4tlHEtRP0oL, , March, q. = Closing:
nominal; May, SIS SGD; July. SIS 815d. Corr,
STEADY s. Esd to sd higher; May. As; July.
% IITSu
MILWAUKEE. March 27-FIour quiet
No northern, 641z@651sc Rye steady:
NO l. o634Q57c. Barley firm; No. 2. 41G
soc; sample. SSl2Q421ac Oats steady; No.