The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-21
HIGHER ON BID WEATHER
DECEMBER WHEAT At CHICAGO
MARKED UP A QUARTER
OF y CENT
CORN AND OATS FOLLOWED
Market Was Quiet Throughout the
SLo.+ Sa...oS NJ.
CORN AND OATS FOLLOWED
Market Was Quiet Throughout the
short Sessioh-PrOvisiOns Were
Firm, Closing Unchanged to
- Fraction Higher

= CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-Cnsettled weather
in the Northwest was NANNY responsible
Tor a small advance IN wheat To-Day, De-
ce1Eber closing NC over yesterday. Corn
closed Ac and oats 1sc higher. Provisions
al the crose We're unchanged to 212c up.
AsICe from one or two moderate spurts
OF activity, wheat was a quiet market
throughout the curt led Satu day se:sloa
ASfoe from rather neavy SeHlng py d
pI eminent buyer yesterday, the market
was without feature. Offerings were aD-
SObed by the local crowd Sellers were in
huenceu by lower cableS wni4e the buy
ing had as it's motive unsettled weather
in the Northwest, a better demand for
Hour at Minneapolis, and a report assert
ing that tnree-IourfhS of the North Da-
kota crop had already been marketed
and that the crop Jnfs season was 'pFac-
ucally 1Sc lower, at 7414c to 741s@r4Ee, and
SOD 10 nc the hrSt hour. Then the mar
ket gradually worked up to 745sGD744zc, and
closed firm and 14e higher. at f49sc. Cash
sales here and at the seaboard were light.
SeaeoaFd ctearanCes IN wheat and hour
were equal to 53S, 0t3 bu. Primary receipts
aggregated I,059, 600 bu, compared with
l,EIT, 90 Lu last year. Minneapolis and Dt-
luth reported oG6 cars, against 4oo last
week and Ia year ago: LEGAL receipts
1873 cars, of when I graded contract
Corn was moderately active and firm,
the bull side was or war coming mainly
from a good cash demand, aith ugh,
steady cables and light country offerlngs
were also items friendly to the price,
There was good buying nearly ali TIE
session Dy commission houses, partictl-
farfy those with seabeard connection S.
Shorts covered moderately figuring that
TO-DAY ), cash sales were additions to the
heavy export business done yesterday and.
the day before, both here and at the sea-
board. Receipts were 526 cars. December
sold between S5alal sand 335ssc, CLOSING nc
up, at S59se. :
Oats were quiet but firm. helped by the
wheat and corn strength, light county
offerings and. prospect of wet weather.
Receipts were z63 cars. December sod be-
tween -ZI78@2zc and 221se, crossing 1sc nign-
er, at 2215e.
Provisions Were quiet but firm. Hog re-
celpts were hight, and prices at the yards
higher. Tie cash demand was fair, but
not quite as active as it has been re-
Gently. Packers, however, were buyers Of
lard and ribs for future delivery That
hog receipts were only 6,6G9 under tho1e
of the week previous, although prices
have dipped 69c, was a consideration OF
bearyh tinge III the provision pit. jan
uary pork sold between $11.4G and $11 IS,
and closed unchanged at Sill 40; January
lard, between S6.65 and $50, closing 215c
higher, at $751;, and January ribs. be-
tween S6:t212 and s605, with the close 2t1e
up, at $6.021206.0o. One trade of October
pork dropped to 81.
Estimated receipts Monday: Wheat
$50 cars; corn, $50 cars; oats, 500 cars;
hogs. $4,000 head.
I4e leading futures ranged as follows