The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-12
STEADIED BY BULLS
STATISTICS. OF DEPRESSING CHAR
AeTER OVERCOME BY RUSH
or BUYING ORDERS
GRAIN FOR SALE WAS SCARCE
Wheat Closed "a Shade BeIow SAT-
urdas. hut Corn, Oats and Pro-
visions show Frac-
tionaI Gains.
GRAIN FOR SALE WAS SCARCE

CHICAGO. Nov. ia rush of early
buying orders. bringing decidedly bull
ish feeling III wheat. overbalanced nu-
reus@depressing statistics today and
kept grains steady. December wheat clos
ed a shade. down, December corn ss@Esc
up and December oats 12@7sc advanced.
Provisions closed unchanged to PIC high
Strength and activity marked the first
part of the session in the wheat pit AT
the opening there was such Il quantity
of bearish Information that nearly every
body started in to sell. Gables We're
weak. primary receipts showed over half
a miIlian ipu increase and there were,
also considerable increases in the amount
on passage and in, the worlds visible
supply. Added to this was the news of
rains in the districts, where they We're
most needed. December opened 4@12c
depressed at 72aHc to 7212c under these in
fiuenoes, lsut' at once rallied on the sud
den discovery that there was a good cash
demaud and that in spite of the desire
to SELL there was little In the market.
Commission houses had orders that alb
sorbed all that was offered at the de-
cline, aud as a result December sold mp
toe Ss5Ssc At ssthis point. however, longs
were satisfied with profits and began to
liQtIidate. Which eased the market De-
cerlber closing steady, a shade under at
727s@fac:
tract grade; Minneapolis and Duluth re-
ported go cars. making a total for, the
three p6iIAs of 1,347 cars, against. 1852
cars last week and SS1 cars n ear ago.
Primary receipts were 1,622, 31 sbl. against
1.Il3J0 la the same day last yesir. Sea-
board ciearances in wheat and flour
eqilated. S. I0oo bu. The worlds visible
supply increase was -76l GOO bu. Breadz
SUITS on passage increased 2 4Sfl.to o.. ~
worlds shipments last week We're 1852 900
btt. against, g. 600 bu the spond-
ing week year ago. r
Corn opened higher on improved ca
<farE lN,0
There was an improved commission
house demand early and cash people
reported a. fair European business on
Saturdays offerings. Weekend Stats
tics were bullish, and Western and
Southwestern markets We're bidding high
er than thiiS point and giving no sup
PLIES. December. which opened Sc to *
0pi4c UP al 591&G5S9sc,l advanced to $3.50
60c,- and eased only a. trife on prefit-tak-
ings closing firm, 120Ssc higher at 593sc.
Receipts were 81 cars
December oats opened unchanged ct
S9$sc. but at once felt the influence of a
strong cash situation. Commission
houses had enough buying orders to alb
sorb all the early offerings in the pit
and on the scarcity of supplies from the
West and strong bull buying, December
rose TO 591sc.. The easy feeling toward
the end of the session in other grains,
together with I,rofit-taking, brought p
slight sag and December closed firm 10
Esc higher at 80 @S9l4c. Receipts Were
go cars.
Provisions were duh but steady. Early
weakness in hogs brought u. depressed
opening. but the strength in grains
brought an improved tone. January pork
I closed Pie up at SIS; January lard un-
changed at $500 and January ribs I'M
changed at 81 i0IT.T212.
The estimated receipts .sfor tomorrow
are: Wheat us cars: corn. lis cars;
oats, go ears; hogs, 81 ,000 head
The leading futures ranged as follows: