The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-04
Opening Firm the Market Sells
Off and Closes the Day
Very Easy.
Rain or Snow All Over the North
west and Well Up in
Manitoba.
Winter Wheat Reports Also Fav-
orable-Some Clear Flour
Sold Abroad.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, May A.,
Wheat opened firm this morning and July sold
Mt 051sc, May at 99Ac. Then 1t fell off and
continued weak, going to 935sc and 9s1ac. Good
/ crop reports bore heavily upon the price. For
. almost ten days Winnipeg has been sending
down reports, all of which carried the concluding
words: mo MOISTURE Today it was differ
emit story. Three inches of snow fell and at
8 1920 O'Clock it was still showing. This Is
fine thing for Manitoba. 1t ought to put the
country out Of the way Of dry weather scare
for some time. The Kansas scare of yesterday,
indefinite but nevertheless not without Its effect
upon the market, also petered out. Some dam
age may have been done in that state. but the
trade does not think it could have been very
extensive The rains last night at Minneapolis
/ and the surrounding country treasured the
east, and New York who were watching
the northwest for probable development of
dry weather scare had their fears dispelled. The
Cincinnati Price Current says crops conditions
uniformly satisfactory that particulariz-
ing comments not essential. Snow says
{ the condition Of winter wheat, as shown In
special reports from the country on May l, is
Oil. The condition year ago was 746 The
acreage of winter wheat is given at 30, S51, 600
against %. 551, 900 harvested last year.
About 100000 seeded last fall have been
plowed up and abandoned, which Is an unusually
small percentage A preliminary estimate OF
the spring wheat crop shows an acreage Of
2o.e5o,oo0 against 100000 last year. Only
one state shows condition under 90.
Minneapolis received 1877 cars against 81, Du-
luth against and Chicago q against "a: St:
decrease for five days Of 900 bu.
The weather map shows good rain at Bis
marck Moorhead. st. Paul, Huron. Light rains
in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas.
Frost at Dodge City, Kan Temperatures low
in Nebraska and Kansas. Looks as tho might
be frost scare tonight In these states. The
forecast: illinois, Indiana Missouri. Michigan
and Wisconsin-Fair tonight. local thunder
storms and cooler Friday. Minnesota-Rain to-
night and FridaS cooler south and west. Iowa
Cloudy tonight, thunderstorms Friday, cooler.
Nebraska and Kansas-Fair tonight and Friday,
frost tonight. North Dakota-Threa tening snow
tonight, freezing temperatures tonight. South
Dakota-Threatening rain tonight, colder Friday
Primary receipts were 800, 600 blu against
1000; clearances II, 900 bu.
The Northwestern Miller says the Minneapolis
-four output decreased $4,000 brls. last week
being the smallest in a year. Qantity turned
out was 154.475 brls against 100000 in 1904
and 311,OOO in 1903. Some millers noted i'm
provement, selling in excess Of their output;
others noted few small lots were
worked for export.
Broomhall cables that France has purchased
cargo of Victorian wheat now off coast, and
is bidding for a California cargo He estimates
Argentine wheat shipments at 5000, 900 bu, but
private cable from Rosario estimates Argentine
shipments at 2,24O, 900 bu.
New York reports ten loads Of Manitoba spring
wheat for export.
May closed at es5s @esazc and July at e4Ac