The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-18
Receipts Here ZIG Cars, with De
mand Enough to Absorb It
All Readily.
Bad Weather Southwest Suggests
a Possible Railroad Tieup
Shortly.
Russia Ships 100000 Blu. Old
Wheat Despite Her Big New
Crop Losses.

Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce, Sept ID
Despite receipts Of 776 cars wheat, which put a
good many high-grade lots on sale, there was an
excellent cash demand this morning. Millers
and elevators were in the market ana num-
her of outside millers were among the buyers:
Some of the ow-grade, less -desirable SUN
stuck little. but everything Of milling quality
was salable at the market. The options were a
little easy, but, while December wheat sagged
from S2asc to 81 @s1Mc, cash wheat showed
little change, and the premium over September
for No. / northern was greater Inc lineup
showed an excess over last year In the three
principal spring wheat markets, the Duluth run
reaching APO cars against 269 year ago. Chi
cago 100 against rs, while in Minneapolis the
excess over last year "a cars, or I76 against
7O2. Strengthening news came from the south
west, where heavy rains have fallen and the
railroads are in bad way, but nothing APP
peared In todays movement to show this, nor IS
the effect looked for until later. St. Louis re-
ceived 1877, 900 blu against 1000 and Kansas
City 245, 600 against 1877 900. Winnipeg came In
with bigger total than at any time so rar
this season, 26S cars against 20. OF this 81 cars
were No. hard 144 No. 1 northern aud "a
cars No. 2 northern. New York wired that Man
ttoba wheat for export was offered there some
what cheaper than on Saturday. Russia does
not appear to be scared by the recent estimates
of enormous losses in her new crop but keeps
on shipping out the stuff worlds shipment for
last week totaling IL, 544. 900 bu of which 5,912
600 bu came from Russia.
600 q year ago.
Todays local receipts contained II cars No.
hard 101 No. northern. 1874 No. northern,
% No. g. SO No. 4, 80 rejected and 81 no grade
also 6 cars No. / winter wheat, IOs No.
winter, 25 No. 8 winter and 1 rejected. There
were in addition 81 cars durum wheat and 5!
cars mixed wheat
Kansas City wired: ''Slow cash market. prices
unchanged to little lower, not much sold yet
Buyers not at all anxious. Corn probably dam
aged 10 per cent in Missouri by. a rain and
floods. Probably damage in Kansas City
Looks like weather clearing up"
The weather map shows general rains In Can
ada, Minnesota Nebraska Iowa, Kansas. Mis-
siuri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio; very heavy fall at
Sioux City, Omaha Kansas City, Wichita and
Springfield Mo-: temperatures quite low il
parts Of Canada and very cool in North Da
kota, Montana and Wyoming; elsewhere season
able.
In the local market the volume of business
was very light. Woodwork, Watson Trace!
and Kenkel arrayed the long side of the
market and are the best buyers, taking al
offerings. Woodwork and Watson turned sellers
and were followed by Lewis later Trade yer!
light, some little demand at the decline agains
puts and a little covering by small pit shorts
Charles E. Lewis. who has just returned from
large foreign shortage in grain is bound to tel
on prices later, and with good time
and heavy some consumption, our surplus viii
be readily taken care off,
Total clearances wheat, 80, 900 bu; -four, 600
brls corn, 100, 900 bu; oats, $3.50, 900 bu. Whea
and flour equal IS. 900 bu.