Morris tribune., 1902-12-27
ROWLING BLIZZARD
WORST STORr1 IN YEARS ON TUES
DAY AND WEDNESDAY OF
THIS WEEK..

| THIS WEEK.
Travel is Seriously Interior ed with,
and Christmas Trade is Para
Iyzed.
The worst storm for several years
struck this locality Tuesday and con-
tinred unabaled during Wednesday.
There was very little loose snow on
the ground on account of a recent
rain having covered the snow with a
coating of ice, but what snow there
was was picked up by the high wind
and hurled through the air with
terrible velocity. The air was so
thick with snow that it was impossible
to see more than half a block, and
people were compelled to remain in
doors except in case Of most urgent
necessity. Railway traffic has been
irregular, all trains being delayed
from. one to fOu1 hours.
The storm coming just before
Christmas and rendering travel SO
difficult completely paralyzed Christ
mas trade during those two days.
The stores we're so deserted that
some of the merchants began taking
inventory on Wednesday, which
should have been the heaviest trading
day of the year.
Weekly TVarket Letter.
The frmness which characterized
the wheat market during the latter
part of last week has continued over
into this weeks market. The market
is very quiet, prices moving over
narrow range as is customary dur
ing the holidays. The markets
generally declined a small fraction
today, the result of profit taking and
evening up of trades. There will be
no session of the Board of Trade,
Chicago, or the Chamber Of Com
merce, Minneapolis, Friday. The
northwestern receipts for last week
and for Monday Of this week were
quite heavy and stocks are increasing
at Minneapolis, though they are still
about 100000 bushels less than they
were last year. We have excellent
authority for the statement that dur
ing the last 80 days interior elevators
have peen ordered to ship out stock |
on hand and that they are now we'll
cleanel out, which accounts for the
recent heavy receipts and fore.
shadows sudden decrease in them.
The excellent demand for cash wheat
results from the efforts of millers to T
supply their future needs of good
wheat while prices are still moderate.
We have been for some tine arguing
hat good wheat would be scarce in
The northwest this winter as spring,
and are glad to,see our opinion con,
irmed by the "Modern Miller" which
states: That stocks of
vhea, are decreasing at points of
showing that most Of
he good wheat has been marketed. |
Exports for last week were moderate,
bout 3,25O,OOO bushels but sales
we're made daily and On last days of
he week they were heavy. On Satur-
Law exports were 9O8000 bushels and
his would not figure 10 the exports
# the week. The latest advices from
argentina are of heavy rains which
re, of Course, extremel y unfavorable {
or harvesting wheat. It seems now ,
extremely probable that Argentina
yheat will be harvested in as bad !
onditiou as was that of western
Iurose. The Venezuelan incident
lade longs timid because of fear
nat probable war between the 7
rnited States and England and =
Iermany would interfere with e1- \
orts, but that affair is now in pro-
9ss Of peaceful settlement. The
larkets will continue quite until
ter the holidays but we expect
BOD advance in the price of May -
heat in the near future. = =
Safe and Sure. r
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