The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-07
1000; steady muttons. 81 1904 rs; lambs
Sc. 2546. rs.
OTHER. GRAIN MARKETS.

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private wire
TO Z. e e. IL, +. Smith & Co, ST Paul. mem,
Chicago Board of Trade-In November
last the worlds visible was 191, 191, 900 bu,
Which was S4.3co. 900 greater than a year
previous. A month later the excess mad
oeen reduced to 81, 625, 600 and on July
the worlds visible was only SO, 100 900 bu
greater than the year previous. On the
same date the Chicago Trade Bulletin,
from which these figures are taken. es-
timated the amount of wheat In the
hands of American farmers at 1000. coo
bu, less than on Jan. l, 1899. This would
nearly onset the Increase in the worlds
visible. In two months the surplus Wis
ible was reduced over $4,000, 900 blu, and
conditions are rapidly getting more en-
courag1ng to holders. The small worlds
shipments and reduced marketings con-
tlnue. The crop scare season is coming
on and there is a possibility that Argen-
tine shipments will be largely curtailed.
II not shut off altogether, while the bu-
Chicago stocks of wheat have been re-
duced over 1.C00,000 bu in the last fort
night, and country elevator stocks in the
Northwest were reduced LOO 900 blu last
month. our visible has been diminished
over 100000 bu in two weeks, and this
at a time when our exports were quite
small; When the export movement ma
n rerally II increases 1;1 as there Is every
cease to be the bugbear it has been for
two or three months. There has not been
a cargo OF wheat for sale or for orders
off the English for a week. European
stocks are running down and must soon
be replenished from American stocks.
The outlook is decidedly encouraging for
better prices.
GRAIN VISIBLE sUPPLY-New York
Feb 6.-SDecial cable and telegraphic com
municatons TO Bradstreet's show the folei
lowing changes since last account: Wheat
Rockies, decrease 1,O27,0 900; Liverpool Corn
trade News, .af1oat and In Europe, In
crease 100000 bu; total supply, decrease,
% 600 bu. Corn-United States and Can
bu. Oats-United States and Canada.
east Of the Rockies, increase 475,O0O bu.
among the more important increases re-
ported, not given in the official visible
at Northwestern interior elevators So. 600
bu at Cleveland and $4,000 bu at Portland.
Me. The. principal decreases are those
OF az ~ oon bu at Chicago private elevators
Ihe aggregate stocks of wheat held at
Portland. Or. and Tacoma and Seattle.
wash nasl1.,, INCREASED 5000 Blu last week
21. ST bbIs; exports, 1.o71 bbls; sales,
sofa 3 pa s6sg: sss5@41o Minnesota bak-
winter " straights, sS.4oa3.5O; winter extras,
Rye, flour easy; sales. 400 bbls far to
Soou' So4VUo-AO, CHOICE TO Ialr, S3 Z5Ip3. 80.
Buckwheat flour weak at sl.69@1.S5.
y, Wheat..Receipts, 200 bu;- exports, 1882
elevator; No. red. 761kc f. o. b., afloat
SSprompD; No. l northern. Duluth. 7SAc
{. 9. b.. afloat (prompD; No. / hard, Du-
luth. so%c f. Q: B.. af1oat (prompO; op-
tons, March 75E@7575c. closed at 751kc;
May, 739s@741sc, closed at 7SMc; July, 1871
@74c. closed at 735sc. Corn-Receipts, S.
b25 bu; spot steady; No. g. Ale afoat. and
40Ac elevator; options. May, 3S 15-160
30 sso 5, 5, closed at &c. oatsomoReeeipts, o.
No. 2 white. 311Ic: No. 8 white, 3sIsc;;
track Western. zoe; track white West
ern, 32@3oc: track white state, 905h035c:
options very quiet. but ruled steady with
corn
LIVERPOOL, Feb. s-Wheat closed
quiet I'D lower; March, 5s 9Nd; May, IS
Sad; July, 5s 9]zd;; Corn closed firm and
7ssd: May. 3s I'd: July, 3s ID
MILWAuKEE, Wis, Feb. 6.-Flour
steady. Wheat zee lower: No. northern,
G71sc;- No: 2 northern. 65kc. Rye steady;
No. l. 55Rc. Barley quiet; No 3, 45c:
sample. 351a916lsc. Oats steady; No. 2
white, 251sQ25Ac.