The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-17

have been MADE Wlthin the last Ten days.
The former was up sc to NC and closed
from Nc to 1850 higher for the day, while
corn showed gains Of &c to &c. and oats
were UP Nc to INC as compared with the
previous days closing. sentiment. feeling
and conditions largely favoring a bull mar
ket in this grain.
Both bulls and bears had a whack at the
wheat market yesterday, and battle royal
was waged between these opposing forces.
It was hard matter to pick the winner. 50
numerous were price changes, the bulls car
rying everything before them one minute,
and then the bears, but the former had the
most ammunition, including sentiment and
conditions and they won out in the end
and the market closed in their favor. The
market opened up in a hurrah sort of way.
there being wild rush to sell on the part
OF certain traders. on the break In corn.
In certain localities and a let-dewn of HID
1t Liverpool. which did not look as if traders
over there were uneasy over crop conditions
In this country and on the Continent. An
other bearish influence was the arrival here
Of over 16l 900 bu. The send-off for Sept was
3Qlc lower at 6S3ac. while Dec opened up
was very good at this decline the first
named rallied to 66&c. The market contin-
ued e grow stronger. the influences being
q ssin rally In the coarse grains, buying by
parties who were OF the opinion that there
had been break enough and advices of from
81 % Is per cent damage to the South Da-
koe4 crop. The days clearances were heavy
q over Lessee bu, and Bradstreets reported
q decrease OF 100000 bu- in the worlds Wis
feeinx and snese air =, created a. bulsn
vas that Sept in a short time was
sailing at e4s@&c. Late cables were not of
a encouraging nature. that is. not alto
1Ad lower for the day. Berlin was off !sc
and BudaePesth SC. while Antwerp was un-
traders Of ali degrees were strongly buIish.
and nothing but bull advices was considered
xor q minute. From the Northwest came a
20 per cent This started buying again and
under the stimulus of the good demand Sept
eold At os1tc and was bid 6sss0Nc. while
but was oi,efed at s7tsc at Close, when II; lie
was bid for May. july sold at 64sc to s4it,.
and closed at latter " e-"zN
& Corn At this point, started Off in the
eme manner that wheat did. but only part
q Tor the same reasons There were re-
eral points In the West, owing to rains. au,,
the predictions were for more rains in sec
lions tom. where most needed. but the chief in
nuence was the attempt Of professionals TO
shake out country holders Of long corn, but
fhey met with but little success. Still there
, was sufacient selling on the part Of the
than Il closed the day before, Sept. selling
at l6hc to sc. But these low prices brought
IN buyers; and It was only very short time
time on the market was all one way, and 1t
rapidly recovered the ground lost earlier in
we gay Advtces Of continued hot and dry
weather began pouring in from the South
west and denying the reported Improvement
Buying became active and In some respects
50 1sr naf y ss seG s0a at
as were the clearances of $4,000 bu, while
cables were beartsh, Liverpool and London
being Oh Id and 1,sd respectively. These
dtd not check bull enthusiasm, however and
the buying continued free right up to the
close. Sept selling at 5lkc and closing at
5lisc. and July selling at Soc, but worth
The iet-down in other grains, together
With the reported rains in the West. had
Sept. sold sc lower at 3lssc, and was sub
seQuently offered at BIC. but the low price
was too tempting. to be resisted and 1t be-
came 30 strong that in short time 81 &c
was bid. The market continued to grow
stronger. following the example of corn, and
Sept. sold up to Ss,tc which was asked at
For July afkc late.
Trade Gossip.
ing comparisons with previous crops. Since the
acreage Of corn crossed the TO- 600 900 mark there
sesn very unsstsfaciory In 1851 the acreage was
& o iSar b the PEP se h 5 t S'h area
scsss les than 5e the, the preceding ysnT
ss 4 Sc crop was small but 1s with an IN
else:s q Lso0: 600 ecres. In 1884 there was re
Sss iva 90 acre. with the actual area the
IS. ssssss Il S sS s,a;.. g ana {
Y g. s.r. d pssss,v a.
sideraSis area being sbandoned in these States. '
.s5Ihs exports Of wheat and -four from the
&c Il, fr h Of asa ane F. M
ss S. osi by sg =, y Is. sso t
wheat. Corn exports for same period
= sa 8. bn., against PISS sas Su. the previous
sssson we're Ell iso. isSoi H Su. '' INC preserving
.Tneodore BarthoIow. the Jewell City Kas;.
rood rim hi. week, VII ssSossoiy make guar.
ssr to half ,oO... :, jewell county is one of the
freight market and mates are lower
=. "a spr,nsnela NJ: disps.sh said the Illinois
,ssuch = hot spell. and oats still buiiish.
. q he ROCKIES ssePy z ss
S sSs sost or E aa ID Esasse
Su bus SO a shas the wH % visible
country sss1ss.ss So ss ss 81 asersss q:
he r. the aNsSe Supply
= s. ;sSs ~, w. sssnss ba
Of
cultivated. and over tho greater part Of the cen
tral and western districts Is standing the drought
we'll. although growth has been checked and
fruiting at the top is commonly reported. Cotton
Nhile II II making too much stalk in Georgia
The prospect . much below the average and
many cotton fields have been abandoned. In
some picking cha has been done. A e.'' INV
Primary receipts OF wheat &c, 900 bu. agains,
$4,000 bu: a week ago. 75sOO bu. year age
and 1,12S.o0o blu. three years ago st. Louis re.
ceived 1e4 900 bu.. against 17s.000 bu. week ago
and 2s6. 100 bu. year ago. Primary shipments
were $4,000 bu
Corn receipts ut primary markets, S43,ooo bu.
against e4Aooo hu a year ago, $500 Blu. arriv.
ing at St. Louis. against Zs.lc0 bu. last year
: Primary shipments 900 bu.
Oats sSceipts at primary market 2ss 600 bu
Seivtng 8, go .bu:. against ls.loo bu. last year
Primary shipments ass.0t0 bu.
Cash Grain, Flour, Etc.
WHEAT-Cash Market-Received 20.l06 SKIS. and
les cars local and cars through. Easier fo
vstor buyers az s1aslHe, for So. sd. a lev
cars. and 5000 bu. bringing s4xc latter yester
SsisGsssxc. ali switched Miiiers: purchases Wer
Winter ano.sSle On III q. % &C. Sacked Sts
elevator sold at sc for No. . red. Sic fer. No
red. eoc for No. 4. The only bid for No.
I'd Tor export was Sept price for July shipment
bid NC over Sept. for No. 2 and Turkey quota
de at lh@1hc over. At close No. 2 6elsc AMI
cans through. Lower. white declining 2Nc. an.
dull at that. NJ Fpfllers out and Shippers onl!
pftef mtxed sales Of No. 2 to 90 out ct &c 70
go. sgssc for 900 and s2ifc 200 loaded IRON