The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-15
FARMERS DELIVERIES
BECOME LIGHTER
Good Demand for Wheat From
the Opening Tap of
the Bell

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. Dec
4.-Nothing to foreign markets this morn
ing, except that they did not snow dnS
decline in sympathy with ours Oh ye;oeto yeSeeto
dav. Reports from the country lndlcate
that receipts will fall off sharply after 1,e tne
first of the year. if not sooner. Ihe puIk
of present receipts are from country ele-
vators which are cleaning up. The per
centaee of contract wheat coming IN IS
much smaller than it has been running IoI
some time. 4,,;o
The market started off strong this
morning Scalpers We're good buyers Oh
the curb and opened the regular market
strong and &c higher. The bulls took the
market in hand from the start and ran
before the demand became satlshed.
Around 81 IL there was some real1zlng py
early buyers and selling against caIls,
which carried prices back to near th9
opening figure. Later the market turned
very duh and had a rather heavy under
tone, until just before the close, when
there was another squirt upward to the
former top price and closing at traction
over a cent higher than the close OF the
May wheat opened strong at s1;10A@
1.101k, sold up to $1.1l3s; reacted d,ot to
ed at Sill July opened at $1.O9B, SOLD
at $1-109s, reacted to $1.095s @1.09%. jump
ed to $1.1015 and closed at $1.1014 @l.l0ss:
Minneapolis stocks show an increase OF
750, 900 bushels for four days. Receipts
were 513 cafs against 4S4 d year ago;
Duluth had S5 against So, Chicago Y
against ain a Kansas City % and st 81. LOUIS s1S
flour. SO, 900 bushels. Primary receipts,
909O00 bushels against 5000 bushels a
year ago. Shipments, 307, 900 bushels
against 245, 900 bushels
Liverpool, Antwerp, Berlin and London
wheat closed unchanged, Budapest &c
lower, Paris wheat and flour unchanged
to 5 centimeS higher
Winnipeg-With light stocks of con-
tract wheat at Fort-William, and with
the shipments that will go across the line
for Minneapolis mills during, the, winter
Manitoba option is in strong position and
is likely to sell considerably higher be-
tween now and May. Farmers in Mani-
foba are not holding much wheat. and
now on. Firmly believe all contract
wheat will be required in Canada, for
home consumption. Are having regu-
lar Manitoba winter now,s 20 below zero
this morning. This will not help deliveries
at country points.
Prussia.The official estimates. of this
years crops with comparisons OF two pre-
vious years are given below; ,oo.
Wheat =. $4,000, 600 79.24S,00O s9,OSS,000
Rye .278, 100000 26S 76S,0o0 261 040, 000 0
Oats ....310, $685. 956 000, 900 337,9S1 ,O00
London = English country markets
steady; prices about unchanged. French
country markets dull. Wheat off coast
steady. Wheat on passage quiet. Corn
on passage nominal. less offering.
A Rosario correspondent reports some
hail in the province of Buenos Ayres, but
main unchanged. Buenos Ayres promises
the same quality as last year. Cordoba is
uneven. The average will be two pounds
to the bushel lower than year ago.
Liverpool--Wheat-Th declines in
American markets caused an opening de-
cline of I'D, with further break
later of I'D in March and 14d in May.
Later the distant delivery steadied I'D on
fers.
Corn-Larger American receipts caus-
ed an opening break of Ad,, later a reac-
tion of I'D This occurred owing to a
large demand for American and La Plata
parcels and the strength in spot corn. A
cable from a BuenOS AyreS agent late
yesterday afternoon said that the weather
in the north is now settled and fine,
while in the south a slight freeze has oc-
Cured.
Chicago Cash Business-There was a
slightly improved milling demand for
wheat yesterday, an Indiana miller taking
$4,000 bushels in the local market, and
total sales of so, 600 bushels in sea attered
lots being reported Prices on the sample
tables were lower with the futures, with
offerings on the open market small.
Kansas City was easy, No. hard selling
from S1.0S@1.05 f. o. b., and st. Louis
was h@1c lower.
Demand for corn was slow, bids failing
to follow the fractional advance here, al
though there were good orders just under
bushels, the greater part white clipped.
One broker said there were offers from
the East to resell corn &c cheaper than it
could be bought for shipment here.
Weather Map-Map shows SHOWS in Ne
braska, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma.
FAN is light except at Dodge City. Kan,
where they had four inches. Tempera-
lures are little higher west and north
west and lower southwest and in the Ohio
valley. Generally cloudy west and south
west and showing at Omaha, North
Platte, Sioux. City. Chicago and Wichita.
In extreme north and northwest it is
partly cloudy. to &c above. Northwest is
partly cloudy, to "A above. West and
southwest generally cloudy.
-Illinois, Missouri. Lower and
Upper Michigan Wisconsin, Ainneso-
ia, Iowa. Nebraska, KansasALight
snow f1urries tonight and Thursday
warmer. Indiana and the Dakotas-Cloudy
tonight and Thursday; warmer Mon
tana-Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day, except rain or snow in northern por.
tion.
Range in Minneapolis Prices
Close l Close
I Omen High Low TodaVI Yes