The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-13
CHICAGO GU CITATIONS

90 ioO-of .oo WV
element, outside speculation being very
light, and il will take a further and
continued advance to interest this class
of the trade. The cash demand was
very much better today, there was an
active demand for No. l northern at
4@5c over May price, No. northern
sold well at 1@2c under, with the OF
grades bringing a better price and in
much better demand than for several
days past. H. V. Jones of the Com
mercial West is out with statement,
which will be found in another column,
in which he states that present ap-
pearances of the winter wheat crop
does not warrant crop Of over 40O,-
100000 bu winter wheat with even the
most favorable conditions till harvest.
May wheat opened strong and at
what proved to be the low point for the
day, $1.05B. gradually worked up to
SLOTS and closed at $1.07. July
opened A@3sc higher at s1.02%@
1.02%, sold up to $1031a and closed at
$1.02%. September opened up Nc at
S3Ac, sold at S3%c and closed on bot
tom at $3.50.
Our stocks show decrease of ESQ.,
900 blu for four days. Receipts, 116
cars against So a year ago, Duluth,
against 9, Chicago, % against 5, Kan
sas City, As and st. Louis $4,000 blu.
Clearances of wheat and -four 81, 600
blu. Primary receipts, $4,000 blu,
against 245,000 bu last year; ship
ments, 1S6,000 bu against 247.000 bu.
Liverpool wheat closed at 5000
higher, London, Antwerp and Berlin
unchanged, Budapest &c lower. Paris
wheat and flour Is confines higher.
Observation-Disclosures by the
strength in American markets yester-
day afternoon and lack of offerings,
opening prices here were Ad higher.
which were followed by further gains
of sd in May and NJ each in the dis
tant deliveries. Later an easier feel
ing developed as result of a poor in
quiry for cargoes. July losing I'D.
Corn-After both months had opened
I'd higher, May further steadied I'D,
under the influence of firmer American
offerings.
Chicago Cash Business-The cash
business in wheat Tuesday was con-
fined mainly to good samples that can
be used In blending for delivery on
May contracts and aggregated $4,000
bu. Prices were easy on the low grades
and steady on good. No. red was
May price to 1ac over. No. 2 hard sold
t. o. b. at $1.15 and in store was &c
under May. No. 8 hard sold at $1.03
to s1.06. No. hard at &c. There was
a sale of $4,000 bu, not graded to ar
rive, In addition to 10000 blu mixed
lots. No. spring sold zoe to Sc.
Kansas City prices showed a de-
cline of sc to &c on low grades, but
were steady for No. hard at $1.0O to
$1.05. st. Louis held at previous at
$1.06 for No. red. All the good wheat
In the southwest Is being picked up
for Shipment to Chicago. At the sea-
board exporters sold $4,000 bu wheat
and $4,000 bu corn.
Weather-The weather map shows light
SHOWS in Minnesota and Manitoba and
light rains In southern Illinois, Ohio, In
diana and Texas. Temperatures average
little higher except in Manitoba and the
Ohio valley. Generally cloudy in north
west states, clear in the west and Ohio
valley and partly cloudy in the south
west. In the extreme north and north
"a above: general SHOWS, precipitation .02
to 80. Temperature at Winnipeg L. The
northwest is generally cloudy, % to 40
above; precipitation, Williston. trace: Du-
luth trace. West and southwest partly
cloudy.
Forecast---Illinois, Indiana, Missouri
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; cold
cloudy tonight and Thursday, slowly ris-
Ing temperature. South Dakota, Nebras-
ka, Kansas.,Partly cloudy tonight and
ly cloudy and colder tonight and Thurs
day; freezing temperature tonight Upper
MISUNDERSTANDING with snow tonight
and near Lake Superior Thursday. Low
er Michigan-Partly cloudy with probably
showers tonight. turning to snow flurries
Thursday. Montana-Partly cloudy to-
niSlc and Thursday; warmer Thursday
Closing Cash Grain Prices
No. hard. $1.14; No northern. sl1I
CLIP; No. 2 northern. $1.04@I.O6; No. 8
wheat, 93@9Gc; No durum SSc; No. 3
yellow corn, 44hc; No. 3 corn, 43Lz c; No.
oats. 2Slsc; No. white oats. 2sHc;
fax on spot. $685.; No. ! fax to arrive
Sl.37A; No. flax April option, S1.37%.
Puts and Calls
Minneapolis May wheat puts. s1.O5
calls, $l.09; curb, s1.07; July wheat puts
$!;02b q1O2A; calls, $1.04; curb, 81. O3;
Milwaukee May wheat puts S112k: calls
S1:i7k; July wheat puts, $685. GS6N c:
calls. SIX @S1sc; May corn puts 4sbc;
calls, 4S%c; July com puts, 4SM @4SHc:
calls, 1880. a.
~ lar H.