The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-04
SHORTS HAVE A SCARE
APPREHENsIoNs OF FROST BRING
BULGEs IN ALL GRAINS.
Corn Very Strong and Wheat and Oats
4 Look Up In sympathy-corn Wanted
In Large Quantities to Cover Contracts,
But Offerings Are Exceedingly Small.


CHICAGO, Sept. s,-Frost Just over the
Canadian border and fears that it would
drop down as far as Iowa tonight put
corn shorts IN a state of fright today and
brought good bulges in all grains. The
advances IN wheat and oats were largely
IN sympathy with the strength in corn.
Ihere. was good general trade and at
the close both September and December
INC up, December corn 10 higher, Sep
TENDER oats, 1kc higher and December
oats 9sc higher. Provisions closed I'M
changed to 10c down.
Corn was leader, both in point of prices
advance and trade. With killing frost
at Haver, Manitoba, and predictions that
the unr1pe corn would suffer before to-
large quantities to cover contracts All
other conditions save weather were ig-
nored. Offerings were exceedingly small
and at once prices, stiffened,. The South
west was big buyer and commission
houses as rule had buying orders.
The government crop report was mod
erately bullish, stating that corn in Iowa
to mature: Cables were a little higher,
but receipts showed a little Improvement.
September sold from 571kc to 59c and
closed strong 17sc up at $3.50. December
10 UP at 1880. Receipts were 149 cars.
Strength In Wheat
Wheat had good strength ali day, as the
frost scare did not have as much effect
as 1T did In corn. Buying Of December
by commission houses and traders gener-
fngs were scarce and In the main were by
the pit crowd for profits. Traders were
nervous over the possibility of injury to
late wheat in the British Northwest.
While weather conditions overshadowed
all other factors the fact that not a car of
contract stuff was received here today
had strengthening effect. September
and advanced to 71af. December sold from ON
67Ac to 68ssc. The close was strong,
both September and December being 10
lBc higher, the former at 717s @715sc, the
Local receipts were 531 cars, Minneap-
oils and Duluth reported Ala cars, making
a total for the three points Of 945 cars,
AGAINST o 4S5 last week. Primary receipts
5000 bushels last year. Bradstreet's re-
ported the worlds available supply in
creased by $500, 600 bushels. Seaboard
5000 bushels. The seaboard reported 20
loads taken for export. Deliveries on
September contracts today were only 65,-
900 bushels
Oats and Provisions.
Oats stiffened in sympathy with corn
and wheat. Receipts were large at TIA
cars, but Of these arrivals only II were
OF contract grade. Commission houses
took OK y late months freely, covering went to
because of poor grading After a steady
opening prices advanced well and the
close was strong. September sold from
34Ac to $3.50 and closed 13sc UP at 35Ac.
December sold from BIO to 31No and
closed &c up at 81%c.
Hog products ruled somewhat steady
There was weakness in the hog market at
the yards and October stuff was offered
early. Some demand In January induced
by. the frost scare in corn helped In a
rally. January pork closed 21ao up at
S14.87h; October lard, unchanged at
$9.721s and October ribs 100 down at
$9.875a.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow:
Wheat, 225 cars; corn, 20 cars; oats, 800
cars; hogs, 1000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows: