The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
Good Crop Reports Come Thick
and Fast and Prices
Sag OFF.
Receipts Here Extremely Light
by Comparison With Last
Year.
Flour Shipments Increasing
Kansas and Texas Reports
Conflict.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce.
June S.-Two conflicting influences were
at work in wheat this morning-the i'm
provement In the weather and the very
light local receipts Operating one against
the other, they threw the market into a
hesitating tone and held July wheat in
the narrow range between 94ssc and 94%c
to 1890 The local decrease was not
quite up to expectations, the total showing
A26,000 bushels so far. From the north
west the reports were very favorable re-
specting crop conditions and the general
outlook. The forecast is as follows: Illi-
nois, Indiana, Michigan and Montana
Fair tonight and Thursday. Missouri
Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska
and Kansas-Showers tonight and Thurs
day. Wisconsin-Fair tonight and
Thursday, with frost tonight.
Much interest Is directed toward Kan
mas City, where the grain men are in ses-
gion. wire from that point said:
Many Kansas grain men are here at
their annual meeting, and they are quite
enthusiastic about crop conditions. Many
OF them claim that the yield will average
twenty bushels to the acre in such i'm
portant counties as Sumner, MCPHERSON
Dickinson. Cloud, Ellis, Phillips and Har-
vey. There are no important complaints
from any part of the state except the
four western tiers of counties, where the
area amounts to about Is per cent Of
that Of the entire state"
Grain men are proverbially optimistic
Against this a wire from Texas said
Q Dallas man, who has just returned
from trip thru Missouri, Kansas and
Indian Territory, says he never saw such
foods and that the damage to wheat in
the states and territory named will be
very great.
The Minneapolis -four mills shipped out
T2,254 barrels, the best single days -four
shipment for some time.
Minneapolis had only rs cars against
against 8. ST. Louis had $4,000 bushels
against 1000, and shipped out $4,000
against $4,000. Kansas City had IS, 600
bushels and shipped out $4,000. with no
comparison for last year on account OF
floods. Primary receipts were 269, 00C
bushels against $4,000, and shipments
were 227, 900 against 266, 900. Wheat and
flour clearances were 1000 bushels.
Cash business In Chicago yesterday was
5000 bushels Of No. l northern wheat;
100000 bushels Of corn, mostly No 8. and
$4,000 bushels of No. yellow corn tc
eastern and New England trade, making
32500 bushels in all. Sales Of oats were
I12o0 bushels. Duluth sold 10000 bush
els Of No. northern wheat to New York
mills. and $4,000 bushels of Manitoba
wheat were sold at 96c, G. |. f.. London
AT the seaboard exporters bought 100, 00t
bushels Of wheat. $4,000 bushels Of corr
and $4,000 bushels of oats.
The government crop report to be issued
Friday afternoon will give the condition
Of winter wheat, the acreage and condi.
tion of spring wheat and oats, and pos
sibly also of4rye and barley Shows oroi
report makes the spring wheat condition
90.9, against 94.7 last year; acreage abou
the same as last year.
July wheat closed at 93Bc September
at 81hc and December at 7shc. -