The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-18
CROP PROSPECTS, PRACTICALLY
UNCHANGED, CAUSED ONLY MAR
ROW FLUCTUATIONS
WHEAT A QUARTER HIGHER
Corn Shows No Change, but Oats
Gain an Eighth-PrOvIsdons
Quiet, With the Close
Irregular.

CHICAGO, April 17-Crop situations
being practically unchanged the grain
May wheat closing &c higher. May corn
unchanged and May [ ats 80 up. Pro-
visions closed irregular.
Wheat traders kept their eyes on the
weather map and their ears open to It'd
ings of the operations of the Hessian fly.
AS to climatic conditions there Seemed
TO be little change, although the reports
from time to time seemed to indicate
otherwise. Before trading began it was
claimed the frost predicted for Kansas
had appeared during the night, and this
combined with the fact that receipts
were light and steady cables, started
at T0%c, touched 703sc, and rallied to
707sc during the first hour. The froSts,
which had been so much dreaded, how
ever, were scarcely mentioned in tele-
grams from Kansas, and while the
weather was unseaSonably cold in the
spring wheat states, it was thought
wheat was not sufficiently advanced tC
suffer. Liberal primary receipts and mod
crate seabOard clearances also were
against the advance, and May later cas-
ed off to T0%zc on moderate selling Re-
ports of damages inflicted by the Hessian
fly having rapidly increased during the
forenoon and began to attract Considera-
bic attention at this stage of the market.
Shorts, again warned, bid May sharply
up to 701sq1c. Scalpers took profits on
the bulge, but the close was steady, May
&c over yesterday, at 7es4c. Seaboard
clearaEces in wheat and flour were equal
to 343 600 bu While primary receipts were
481, 600 bu, compared with 30S COO blu last
year. Minneapolis and Duluth reported
563 cars, against It's last week and 1S7 q
year ago. Local receitS were forty cars
one of contract grade
Corn was firmly held, but no attempt
was made to push prices upward, al
though there was opportunity in the
slnallneSS of receipts unreasonable back
wardnesS OF the weather, and renewal of
the export demand to have. scared shorts,
had that been thought advisable Prices
Gid advance fractionally during the early
Iroht-Jaklng by scalpers May scld be-
tween 44$4c and 44Ac, and closed I'M
charged at A1Ac. Changing to July was
done at d discount Of Zee early, and at Sc
later. Receipts were 1872 cars, 40 of con-
tract grade.
May oats opened strong under the slim
illus of a good cash demand, liberal ex-
bought literally early. and while they
did not maintain their starting pace,
prices were well sustained Considerable
changing with May at &c premium over
July was noticeable. Receipts were 1875
cars. May sold between 2524c and z5l4
Q252sc, and closed lsc higher at 25$c.
In the provisions pit pork was neglect
ed, and the rest of the list quiet. The
market opened easier on liberal hog re-
ceiEts, and in sympathy with lower prices
at the stock yards, but held steady on
a moderate cash demand The range
was narrow. July pork closed 212e
higher at $l4 .S2la; July lard, 21a6I5c lower
at S., and July ribs PIC down at $3.50.
The estimated receipts for tomorrow
are. Wheat, 50 cars; corn, 100 ears; oats,
$50 cars; hogs, 27000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows: