The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23

CHICAGO, March 22.-Reports from Ok
feet condition in fan sown wheat had a
weakening influence on prices here today.
Al the close wheat for May delivery was
on &c; July is down an even cent MAY
corn SHOWS loss Of sc. Oats are on
fq ac and provisions are practically I'M
The wheat market opened easy. mainly
as result OF excellent weather condi-
tlons throughout the southwest. May
was 1sc TO Ac lower, at $1.15 to s1151s.
July was shade lower to a shade higher.
at S2asc to 92%c. Pit traders generally
, were inclined to sell the July option. A
OF May early in the day as a result of
wnlch the price of that delivery declined
10 Si;i4s- At the same time July sold on
10 9zssc. Later. on heavy purchases by
a leading bull. July quickly advanced to
S5c May also rallied selling to $1.15k.
news from the southwest. however. was
exceedingly bearish. advices regarding the
new crop showing the condition to be
nearly perfect. A report from Oklahoma
CITY claimed the condition OF winter
wheat in that territory TO be 100 per cent.
ed increased acreage with conditions
practically perfect. News of cash mar
kets also was of a bearish character, es-
pecially from Kansas City, where the de-
mand was very light. The market weak
ened under the influence of these advices
May declined to $1.14h and July to 91%c.
The close was near the lowest point of
the day, with May at Si.141k. Final quo
tatlons on July were at 91% m91Zc.
CIearances OF wheat and -four were
equaI TO 1900 bu. Primary receipts were
year ago. Minneapolis Duluth and Chi
cago reported receipts OF 154 cars, against
IfS cars last week and 277 cars a year ago.
Corn
Lower cables and larger receipts than
| expected caused moderate weakness in the
corn market early in the day. Later the
market became still weaker in sympathy
with the decline in wheat. The impress
sion prevailed in the pit that Wall street
interests were free sellers. May opened
unchanged to &c lower, at 4SAc to 4STsc
sold of to 4SAc and closed at 4SAc Local
receipts were 1923 cars. with of contract
grade.
Sentiment in the oats pit was decidedly
pearisn: Increased stocks and a letup in
milder weather. We're the main factors
May opened a shade TO kGLc lower. at
81 nc TO 81 &c. sold of to 30z4c and closed
at 3OAc. Local receipts were 1877 cars.
Provisions
Provisions were easy on heavy receipts
OF I'VE hogs. Moderate support from pack
ers checked the declining tendency At
the close May pork was OF 2h95c. at
sllZ;SoQ12;S2h. Lard was down 21kc. at
VIII Ribs Were a shade lower, at Sc 90
Estimated receipts for tomorrow:
Wheat. 3s cars; corn. $50 cars; oats, AS
cars; nogs. 80. 900 head.
cash quotations were as follows: Flour
Easy. No. 2 spring wheat. s1.lO61.15;
No; g. $Lo2q1.12; No. red, s115kG
45hc: No. oats. s2A @s2hc; No. 8 white
So1A @323Sc. No. 2 rye. 7S11c. Good feed
Ing barley, 3S@40c; fair to choice mailing.
43@47c. No. 1 fiaxseed, SIPS; No. i
northwestern. 1897 Prime timothy seed,
ESQ Mess pork. per brl, $12.7O@12 70.
Lard, per 100 lbs. s7O06702H. Short
ribs sides Cloose), sSs7hGI66. Short
clear sides (boxed). s7.Oo@f125k Whisky,
basis of hignwines. s1.23. Clover. contract
grade, 1895. Receipts-Flour. 80 400 brls:
wheat, $4,000 bu; corn. 7O5. 900 Blu; oats
4Z2,O00 bu; rye.' 5000 bu; barley, 1874 500
bu. Shipments-Flour 80 500 brls; wheat.
47,4O0 bu; corn. 296.2Oe bu; oats ISL. 200
nu; rye. 1850 bu; barley. a, 900 bu On
the produce exchange today the butter
market was firm; creameries 2O6D27c:
diaries, 1S@23c. Eggs-Steady. firm; at
mark. cases included, 15%c; firsts, Ice:
Firm; 12m13bc