The St. Louis Republic., 1902-04-22
GRAINS CLOSE LOWER
ON WEATHER CONDITIONS,
STATISTICAL NEWS Is RATH
Err BULLISH.
Trading Light, With Many OutSid
4 crs on the Selling
- Side.

At the opening of yesterdays local grain
market there was a fd.T run Of selling or
ders mainly from outsiders who regarded
predictions of rain as hearish factor. This
brought out a few local proiit-talkers, whose
operations helped the market downward.
Trading was extremely light until the sta
tistical news began TO come. Many traders
turned bulls when l. was learned that The
visible supply mad deceased heavily cur
ing last week and Tor Il time va res
were fairly well maintained. Near the close
there WIS a reaction based largely on prl-
waite reports of rain in Kansas.
The visible supply Of wheat for the week
decreased $4,000 bu- against decrease
of 2pl5.ou0 bu in 1901. ST Louis stocks de,
creased l2,00t bu.. and chicago increased
.g7,Oyl bu. Total visible supply 44.24iov bu.,
against 4,6llelO bu., 81 week tSS Ind '',''H'""
bu. year ago.
Wheat on ocean passage afioat for Europe
estimated at 4S.o V.tNp Du., against 4i,spWo
:, week ago. Increase. l.2o.vo bu;. against
AN increase Of 5000 bu. the previous week
World shipments of wheat TO Europe Tor
II g past week reported al I,.'s - bu,
against 7,Ss2op Du. last week, and s'-S5'v0'
Liverpool stociis Of wheat 255S.C1o bu. an
increase OF 296.Uo0 bu.
May wheat opened sc or and sold at IS!2c.
July sold at 'jc l49tc IiasH.t3E', ~. .i4s'
:ilzc. !iNc. Iii4c. IiSe .i1sc. !t'sc, ttsc !!7st
iiic 74S.c 74s. 74,sc 7l7.c. "a. &c o. liTsea
&c. &c. 15Sc 15G15ls-, 5r ,Jt4 i5i-c. '2i-c. C.
.Y,sc .9rsg g'otsC' t@,s.' H''is-. - -
:i8o,, 7l5se. 7is.c 5is.glsc. 7is.e. Ii+.c. 7sFsg
There was a better movement of corn to
market, and most Of the statistical news
was bearish Trading was light and con-
fined to professionals and scalpers; The
visible supply showed "A decrease of only
3240C0 bu. Through most of the session the
prices of the coarse grain were governed
almost entirely by those OF wheat.
The visible supply OF corn for the week
decreased S2i O49 bu., against a decrease
= of 6sl goo bu. in 1901. St. Louis stocks de,
$reased 1900 bu., and Chicago decreased
against $4,000 bu. last week, and I,S2S,-
Oe9 bu. last year.
May corn opened sc Off and sold at csc.
July sold at Gsc. s2a.c. 625sc 621.c 62ac. s2ac,
Sept soid at tliac.
Receipts of wheat at primary points were
29l,6i7 bu, against $4,000 bu. in 1901, and
shipments were iSi,369 bu., against $1,000
bu The Northwest rece!:ed a2 cars.
against 32i cars year ago. Chicago re-
Ceived 4l.T00 bu., and Kansas City 23.2Oo hu.
The clearaaces of wheat ana flour were
equal 10 $1,000 bu. of wheat.
Receipts Of wheat at ST. Louis were SIS
SKIS. and q cars local and cars through.
compared with 5t3 SKIS. and q cars local and
l car through year ago.
Receipts of corn at primary points were
2o6,S70 bu.. against 252.o00 bu. a year ago,
and shipments were 50i. .4S6 bu., against 352.
00o bu. Chicago received $500 bu.. and
Kansas City S4.4OO bu. The clearances
amounted to 3l,0o0 bu.
Receipts of corn were SKIS. and 80 cars
local and Is cars through, compared with q
cars local and 13 cars through year ago
The cash oats market was easy.
Receipts of oats at primary points were
S4l.960 bu., against $4,000 bu. in 1901, an6
"A shipments were S2S.6S0 bu., against 81
bu. The clearances were 240O1 bu.
Receipts of oats were 40 cars local and II
cars through, compared with 81 cars loca
and cars through year ago.