The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
wheat CLOSES STRONG
At SEVENTY-ONE CENTS.
CORN RULES DULL, WITH NO
NEW FEATURES.
Oats q Trife Firmer and 1-4c to
3-8c Higher Provisions Were
Steady at &c Lower.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chicago. ILL.,. April 2o.-The wheat trade
was light Saturday and very tame, with a
range Of h0xc.
Corn ruled dull n uninteresting. with
no new features presented.
Oats were q tribe frmer and N6Nc high
er.
Provisions were steady. but prices were
about &c lower.
The trade In wheat was light, the market
ruling dull n tame most Of the session.
fluctuations being limited to 1kGMc. Poor
wires checked business on the seaboard and
the dealings almost exclusively local. The
feeling manifested was fairly steady, and
the close about a quarter higher. The chief
feature was the changing of May to July,
the latter being &c to x@e1xc premium.
Cables were irregular. but the weather and
crop news was favorable. Liverpool futures
were steady to Nc lower. and also London
came Nc to Nc owe Paris was up Nc.
The worlds shipments were estimated at
100000 bu.. with a possible increase on
ocean passage. The weekly receipts here
Primary receipts this week. 2.s7s.00O bu..
against 2.676.00 blu. the same week q year
ago. Receipts in the Northwest this week
tho week previous, and 1,610 cars same
period a year ago.
A liberal decrease n expected in the wis.,
iastA MSa 'dS h p possibly TSs c swi ssn the dssssass ct
on account Of bad wire s~ervice) were 1880
bu: Reports Of seeding continue favorable.
The wheat.seeding in Northern Iowa,
Minnesota about rs per cent completed un-
buyers.
Minneapolis ~ cars. q total Of 26 cars. as
against ~ last year. Local receipts were
Il cars. as against $ last year: The sstt-
mensa 6 6sc aSest f ond M So%r x are g eoS SsTs 70 SIP Up
462 bu.
May wheat opened at 7oAc to 7oxc and
closed fairly strong at Tic.
Corn.
the market ruling slow. with the volume
Of business small.
Outside orders were scarce. though st
Of July. The feeling on the Whole was
steady and final figures were very. little
changed excepting for May. which showed
an rs ssy yses,1t Of bs sSov WERE sg RI cars. u Of which
graded. against 2ss cars a year ago. Liver
pool quoted futures unchanged to Nc higher.
while London came steady to Ac lower:
late. but the ground Is said to be In good
condition for rapid termination, The week
~ receipts were 75S. 600 bu: and shipments
and fair conditions are indicated. with ris-
ing temperatures. Exports dncomplete) 49,
900 bu.
Primary receipts this week were 1,572.0O0
bu.. AGAINST 49,, 600 the same period q year
ago. Local cash and shipping demand was
reported quiet. The marine engineers strike
IL still confusing to the trade, n more
boats may be %unloaded. but 1t was claimed
the differences existing would be settled in
4 few days. May corn opened at Akc to
Axc and closed ut 44Ac bid.
Oats.
Oats were irmer and A@Ko higher for
May and h@Ac better for the other months.
Offerings were not large. and buying Of
May by q large long was the feature. Seed
ing reports were favorable. Cash business
was $4,000 bu., being restricted somewhat by
poor telegraph condition with the East. The
seaboard clearances were 6O.00o. bu. Local
for Monday. Stocks are expected to show
= decrease. May oats were in active request
ana opened at 25k@25atc. closing strong at
2511k425Hc.
There was little done in barley. Postings
rave s cars inspected in. A few cars OF
FOOD screenings sold at 36G3Sc. Low-grade
barley was nominally 4O@46c. Common to
fair ouotable at 47Q50c. Good ranged at $50
&c. and very choice possibly q shade over. :.
Rye.
The market was entirely nominal, nothing
DOING in futures. The receipts were 3 cars
and there were no Withdrawals from store
nero and no export clearances from the
aeaboard, April was nominally SIC: May,
4eKc bid and 50c Asked; July was 49Ac bid
and 60c asked.