The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-05
The Weather Reports, the Move
ment and Statistics All
4 Against the Price.
But Wheat Closes Up About on a
Level with Saturdays
Close.
Northwest Too Wet in Places but
Generally in Good Oondi-
ton.

Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce June o.
Wheat sold down bit all around to open the
week the running to bear Items almost
entirely. The rains from Saturday to this NOR
ming were wide enough to hit almost every part
of the nor Invest, altho there were localities that
got only sprinkle. In other places the fall was
heavy 96 inch at Moorhead /. SO around Mime
apolis and 40 out at Will1ston. The Red
river valley got too much. for rain was not
especially needed anyway, and with more or less
all the way down, and more falling at day
break this morning, the soil was too wet for the
best showing. Elsewhere. however, the preclpi-
tation was beneficial. On the whole the crop
lineup for the beginning of the week was favor
able and some selling was natural. The Chicago
Record Herald put weight on by an estimate
based on mail inquiry of go, 0OO, 900 bu for the
entire crop. Three hundred and fifteen cars
IN here took the sharp edge of the cash market,
faitho there almost much year ago, or
all cars The bulls turned to the foreign news
!2oG encouragement and found 1t In Broomhails
report of dry weather on the continent put
any strength that from this was killed
Eby the Russian movement, no less than 4, on, goo
Sbu going forward this swelling the worlds ship
lInents to 12.64s,000 Blu, compared with only
r2,1o2 900 last week and 10,O56,oo0 year ago.
The quantity afoat for Europe at "a, 40, 600 bu
showed increase of 10000 blu. nor was there
anything in the statistics either foreign or 90
nnestic to make for strength. Minneapolis had
decrease in elevator stocks for two days, but 1t
twas only 100000 bu, or less than the bulls eS-
Rnected, The stocks at Fort William and Port
Arthur. at Asp, e5S bu, still look big compared
with $3.50, 504 year ago, and for the week the
deereass was only 2s5,e1o bu The movement
ELSEWHERE was light, except that Kansas City had
fga 5000 blu against 80, 900. St. Louis got 10000
agalnst 40, 900, Duluth against %, Chicago
"a against IS.
L. D. Marshall, who recently went thru the
wheat fields for the Van Dusen-Harrington com
,soany, found bad spot in the vicinity of Aber-
deem This morning General s. II. Jumper OF
sAberdeen wired Minneapolis that the Sunday
Brain was beneficial and needed, and that
Anaterial improvement resulted. . H.,
| The full weather report at 9 am. showed:
winnipeg. been raining since 10 o'clock last
might; Grand Forks cloudy, rained nearly all
might; Fargo, part cloudy. heavy rain during
Hnight; Casselton, cloudy, cool, rained hard last
Iauight; Hunter, cloudy hard rain this morning
Hillsboro cloudy, very hard rain last night;
tComstock, part cloudy, heavy rain last night;
sFergus Falls, part cloudy, cooler, heavy rain
Fast night. st. Cloud, cloudy, warm and calm,
heavy rain last night, 65.
Peoria ILL.,, wired: dealers in this morning
report weather ideal; farmers have made good
nrogress cultivating corn. Some nearly thru.
They expect some deliveries corn this week.
They think deliveries might be pretty heavy
If they could pay farmers 4Sc to 49c.' I'll
Primary receipts, 900 bu against 4220oo
[learances, 90, 900 Blu. .E-
July wheat closed at $1.11T and September
at S5Ac.