The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-23

when there was better flour demand or when
we we got our shipping directions prompter At
eral inclination on the part OF -four buyers 10
await await lower wheat ~, nrees That kept stocks
-four distributors. Increased consumption has
certainly the most TO do with the large -four
a long time Flour Continues to sell about 25Sc
pound, and the baker charges no more for
his loaf Of bread. although meat and every
other edible is very much higher The man
who sells the patent cereal food expects 10 get
l2c pound for his produce Unquestionably
there has been of late years a good deal Of
comparison by people in the matter OF price.
and that has resulted in increased bread eat
ing and increased -four making II is not to
Be forgotten that the -four that people get now
Mills have been making Improvement after i'm
provement, ana the -four is better than II used
reasonable explanations Of the increased are eo onT
consumption. The millers are making no great
enormous. We have new mill at Buffaio that
turns out the finest -four and the poorest bran
making. because the mill is one Of the latest
Everything gets into the -four that is good;
ter than II There has been the same
Improvement in flour making with other mill
bread eating"
The Northwestern Miller says: There was
an increase in the Minneapolis -four output last
week of $1,000 barrels. The quantity of flour
turned out was 365.52O barrels against 3O5 es5
barrels in 1903 and 254 1876 barrels in 1902 This
week few OF the mills will run fun time
duced to $4,000 barrels. The same Hy wa 20 be re-
ago II was 509,l65 barrels Trade with Mn
though of them sold ther outpUi or
better Shipping directions on old business
were received more freely and the mills are
now pretty well provided for. Scattering lots
OF hour WEI" ere. worked for export. and in the
aggregate they made something OF A showing
However. foreigners usually Indifferent s1d
IT. Is difficult ito, to do business with them ex-
ket, but chiefly for second clear. '
The Price Current. in its weekly crop sum
mary, says: THE growing wheat crop situs-
ton remains UNCHANGED The marketing is de-
Complaints OF soft corn are continuinF The
moHemeEt is moderate Live stock are win
f fali@ well Rough feed is generally plenti-
There are not over 25. OOO. 900 bushels OF wheat
left in Kansas" says George r. Marcy. OF the
Armour Grain Company. and nillers are eager
buyers and COMPLAINING about the difficulty
OF gelung supplies There il big demand
for hard winter wheat -four The st Louis
mlliers. who were 50 displeased With the De-
ccmber deal there that they 10
buy red winter wheat out OF store from the
bull party. are losing their trade TO the hard
winter wheat millers Of Kansas. The growing
crop in the Southwest may not be badly in
lured by the draught. but II Will need the most
favorable conditions in the spring TO make even
fair crop
Provision specialists say that the lard mar
ket is in unusually strong position Ac-
cordng TO the estimates OF private statisti-
clans. there was an actual decrease last week
in the Chicago stock lard. This il certainly
noteworthy at this season OF the year when
supplies usually accommodating rapidly As
compared with the Official figures given cut al
the opening OF the month. the prescott supply OF
lard has shown an increase OF only 1000 tierces
for the month 20 date II will take a phe-
nomensI increase in the receipts Of hogs dur
ing the remainder OF the packing q
make any stock hoTe that win be at AL formid.
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