The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-26
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS

now around the figure where il was a
year ago. when crop prospects were good
for a big crop, the selling of this future is
all short wheat, as the seed for this crop
has just been put in the ground and there
are many things that are apt to turn up
between now and harvest time to again
give us a poor CROP which. with a very
small surplus left in the northwest at
the beginning of the new crop year-Sept.
lis liable to put the short sellers in
bad hole -
May wheat opened strong and 11sc high
er at $3.50, from this there was a straight
decline to 94Hc. rallying and closing at
sold at 943sc, declined to 93M93Ac. rallied
TO 947sc, and closing at 942z G947sc. Sep
TENDER opened at S2Ac, sold down to sly
GS2c. rallied to S39S3Sc, closing at SIC.
Our stocks show a decrease of 375. 900 bu
for four days. Receipts. SO cars, against
60 a year ago; Duluth 10. against 16; Chi
cago 215, against Is; Kansas City 131 and
st. Louis 2, 900 bu.
Bradstreet reports that wheat east of
the Rockies decreased 1,614.0O0 blu; Eu-
rope and afioat decreased $500, 900 bu; to-
tai decrease 4.414.00 bu; corn increased
$4,000 bu; oats decreased 1,556,000 blu.
Clearances of wheat and flour, 1900 blu.
Primary receipts, 390. 600 blu, against 1885,,
600 bu year ago; shipments, 2S2, 900 bu,
against 1873, 900 blu.
Liverpool closed 5s@1Ad lower than on
Thursday, Berlin and Antwerp unchanged.
Budapest 3sc lower Paris wheat unchang-
ed. flour unchanged to confines lower
Broomhall's weekly foreign crop sum-
mary: United kingdom, France. Germany
Crop conditions continue favorable and
unchanged from a week ago. Hungary
Good general rains have fallen. Rou-
mania, Bulgaria-Crop prospects are eX-
cellent. The land is well soaked. Russia
"A semi official report states that the
winter crops are in a satisfactory con-
dition generally, and in some cases ex-
celent spring seeding is progressing ia
vora bly,. Italy-There is some talk of re-
ducing the import duty, but Broomhall
believes this is unlikely except possibly
in the case of flour.
Chicago Cash Business--A 80 600 bu lot
of No. l northern wheat bought in Min
neapolis at &C under Chicago prices was
sold out yesterday at &c over The de-
other points and put the market nearer
on cash basis, there being $4,000 bu
sold to millers on the break. Cash prices
were off with the futures. No. 2 hard SELL
ing about May price f. o. b., and No.
red at &c to &c under May. At the sea-
board $4,000 bu corn Were sold for ex-
port late Saturday and Monday.
Liverpool-Wheat opening prices were
I'D lower than last Thursdays close,
partially rejecting the declines in Amer
lea during that period. Lack of sellers
and a fair spot demand later caused a net
reaction of Ad in May and sd in July.
1t is the general opinion that the break
f1uence here. Corn-After opening SD low
er for May and cd for July. the former
lost sd further, the factors being the
large Argentina official report estimate
ther-General rains in Nebraska.
Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and
Oklahoma; local showers in Ohio valley.
Rainfall was heavy in parts of Nebraska
and Missouri Temperatures average a
little higher generally. Cloudy this morn
ing from Nebraska south. In extreme
warmer-36 to 81. Northwest is clear ex-
cept in South Dakota-34 to As; precipita-
ton, trace at Rapid City. West and
southwest cloudy.
Forecast. illinois Indiana Pain
tonight with colder in extreme
south portion; Wednesday part cloudy
tonight, with rain in east portion. Low
er and Upper Michigan-Rain tonight
and Wednesday. Observation-Disclosures
ing with rain tonight and possibly
night and Wednesday, with possibly show
ers in east portion. Iowa-Showers to-
night; Wednesday partly cloudy. North
Dakota-Fair tonight and Wednesday.
South Dakota-Partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday. Nebra ska-Partly cloudy
and possibly showers in southeast portion
"Wednesday, fair and warmer. Kansas
Partly cloudy tonight; Wednesday fair
and warmer. Indications are that the
storm viii pass over upper Mississippi
n naGy ana T western lake region
ture will not change materially.
Closing Cash Grain Prices
No. ! hard. s1001k; No. northern.
9S12c; No. northern, 94@96c; No. 3
wheat, S6@S9c; No / durun. use; No. 3
yellow corn, 44%c; No. 3, 431kc; No. oats.
21lsc; No white oats, 2Shc; barley.
37@43c; rye, 72H 07fMc; No l fax on
spot, $1.3S$4; No. 1 fax TO arrive, SJ.3S%;
No. fax, April option. s1.SS%.
Puts and Calls
Minneapolis July puts 931kc. calls 96Jkc:
curb puts 95c: Milwaukee July wheat
puts SAX @S47sc, calls S5%c May corn
puts 46A @46@sc, calls AK 94T2sc July
corn puts 1850. calls 47Ssc