The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-24
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS


513, 900 bu, against $4,000 last year. Ship
ments 22S.000 bu, against 352,0 600 blu. Ar
gentina shipments estimated at 4,O0O.-
900 blu.
Liverpool wheat closed A@hd lower,
Antwerp unchanged, Berlin hc lower.
Budapest 2hc lower, Paris wheat CEN
times higher, flour unchanged to 10 CEN
times higher.
Price Characterization generally are
favorable to growing crops and spring
seeding. On March ! the stocks of meats
against $4,000. 600 lbs a year ago and
ten year average of 49,. 000.0 900 lbs. Pack
ing of hogs in the west $4,000, against
Liverpool-Wheat-Ve favorable crop
reports from Kansas and talk OF further
large shipments from Argentina this week
tional losses of I'D In May and Septem-
her, and I'd in July. Corn-March open
ed unchanged. but later lost Nd, while
May opened SD lower. with a further
cheaper American offers Towards noon
the distant month recovered I'D on cover
ing by shorts.
Chicago Cash Business-The break in
all futures did not appear to affect the
cash values, although sales to mills
Wednesday were only $1,000 bu In mixed
premium of 1c to &c over May in store.
No. 3 red was $1.07 to $1.14, No. hard
sold at $1.152 and No. 3 hard at 81. 06.
-Four cars s. Of No; 3 spring sold at 81. 10.
The trade at Kansas City was slow and
No. hard sold at s1.04 to 81 .061k.
decline of Nc to lie was made In the
market for sample corn, with the demand
mainly from elevator and industrials in
terest. Sales were 10000 blu for domes-
tic and $4,000 blu for export, part of the
trif1e better than &C over May Oats de-
clined Ac to &c, with sales of 10000 blu.
No 3 white brought 3Skc. AT the sea-
board exporters sold "a 900 blu Manitoba
wheat abroad and 0f
IA 900 blu.
WeatherlThe weather map shows
heavy rain at Kansas C:ty and general
rains in Kansas. Iowa, northwest and in
Manitoba. Slightly lower temperatures
in northwest and higher in west and
southwest Generally cloudy this morn
ing and raining at Kansas City. In the
extreme north and northwest It is partly
cloudy, Is to "a above; general rains.
precipitation trace to .05; northwest part
ly cloudy. 80 to- 40 above; precipitation,
Moorhead, .O4: Duluth, "a; west and
southwest generally cloudy
Forecast-Illinois. Indiana. Missouri.
lower and upper Michigan. showers to-
night and possibly in east portion FRI
day; warmer in southeast portion tonight.
southerly shifting to westerly winds;
Minnesota. Iowa. North and South Da-
kota. Nebraska. Kansas. fair tonight and
Friday Indications are for showers in
The western lake region and central val
leys today and possibly tonight, followed
by generally fair weather throughout this
district Friday; temperature will fall
somewhat in this section, but no cold
weather is indicated for any district.
Closing Cash Grain Prices
No. hard. $1.15h: No. / northern.
s1-13b; No. 2 northern. s1.0s%; No. 8
No. 8 yellow corn, l4&c: No. 8 corn
43c; No. 3 oats. 2SN @2SNc; No. 3 waite
oats. 29bc:. barley. 3s@l3c: rye. 7sH a
1s&c; No. l flax on spot. 1854; No. 1
option. 81 49,
Puts and calls
Minneapolis-May puts. 81. Osh61. Osz:
calls; 81. 124 al .12A: curb, 81 liz.
Mflwaukee-May wheat puts. sI1I@:
calls, $1.14h; July. wheat puts, S9Xc:
calls. 9lMc; May corn puts, 4Sh @4SXc;
as .o1se