The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-19
MINNEAPOLIS.

! MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 18.-Another day
of dullness and sagging tendency ir
wheat. May was fairly steady at noon
| at 7454c. Trade was dull in every market
and especially SO in Chicago. There was
little buying support. To start, Mime
apolis May opened at 75c, and sold to
751sc, this exhausting the early strength.
Primary receipts were 458 900 bU, against
bu, against $4,000 bu. Clearances in
wheat and flour eQualed 141,0o0 blu. Min
neapoliS received 213 cars, against 269 cars
last year, and Duluth had $50 cars against
So cars.
Near the close there was a flood Of
bear1sh gossip from the Southwest, and
ST Louis felt this, closing relatively be-
low any other market. Northwestern
here at 75c; July at 76Ac; February, 74111c.
Chicago May closed at 781z@78Ssc.
Demand for cash wheat was good, and
everything was cleaned up. The best No.
able lots at 14c under May. No. 2 north
ern sold at 73%c for nearly everything
In the grade Some No. 2 sold at 74c No
8 was salable from Tic to 73zc, according
to quality, and what kind of cars it was
in. Rejected wheat sold from zoe to 711kc,
and no grade from 65c to 73c
Following was the range of prices:
Closing.
Wheat. Open. High. Low Wed: Mon:
S $sS .:.::.5;x II II ii f. = f.
On Track-Oficial closing quotations
ern, 741zc to 74s4c; No. 2 northern, 1890
to 7Ss4c; No. wheat 711ze to 7214c; cats.
42Ac; corn, soc TO SIC; rye, SEC; barley, 53c
to CSC; fax, $I1; flax futures, February,
SID; May, $17315.
F1Gur-The -four market is steady and
quiet. Demand is still moderate. Mill
lers report the inquiry from abroad light
and rot much business obtainable. Do
mestic buyers are also doing little.
Shipments for the day, A, 087 bbls
First patents are quoted So .S50D3. IS; sec
ond patents, So. 1903 IS; first clears, $3.50
$50; second clears, $40.
Flax-The market was a little firmer to-
day, and the range about Hc higher on
everything. Receipts were again light
and demand very good. No. 1 sold at 81 20
and $1.7O12. Rejected held about &c under
No. l. and No. sold on some trades as
high as Sill. Three cents under Duluth
was the basis throughout, and No. 1 sold
on that basis to come out of local store.
Minneapolis received p cars, against Is
neapolis shipped cars.
IL Closing prices: Minneapolis, 81. IN; to
arrive a, InA; February, T.n: May.
$l.7Sls. Duluth, cash. $1.71; on track, $171
1.741z.
Corn-There was demand for No. 4 at
BIC, and some sold at SAC; No. yell
low sold at SEC. At the close No. yell
cars; shipments. 6 cars
Oats-Not much trade was done In
oats, as there were only cars in the
receipts. No. 8 white closed at 42a4c. Re-
ceipts cars; Shipments cars.
Feed and Meal-Coarse cornmeaI and
cracked corn. $40 so; No. l feed, $21. so;
No. z feed. $22 80; No. feed, $3.50; gran
ulated cornmeal in cotton sacks at the
rate of $3.50 per bbl
Millstuffs- in bulk quoted at SIS
per ton; bulk shorts, SIS; flour nafddlings,
SIG. 25@16.75; red dog, s17@17 so; feed in
20O-lb sacks, 81 per ton additional; in
1O0-lb sacks, 81. so per ton additional. Ship
ments. ISIS tons.
Rye-There was a light trade. No. :
closed at sec. Receipts, 8 cars; ship
ments, / car
Barley-Receipts were larger today. No.
sold from SEC and at sec. Feed grades
are quotable at 53@56c, and mailing
grades, 57QSSc. Receipts, 5 cars; ship
merits, 8 cars.
Hay-Upland, fancy, H5O@7. rs; upland,
choice 81. so. 80: No. !. 6.75g7; midland,
choice. $11@11. so; rye straw. choice, $40
4.5O. Receipts. "a TONS