The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-14
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS

we nave mad Tor long time past. Bart
ten. Armour and Patten of Chicago being
represented in the cash wheat market to-
day for the first time, this demand with
account. put the cash market on a very
strong basis. No. ] northern sold at 466c
over May prices; No. northern at 1sc
over May to &c under. with the lower
May wheat opened at s1O7k. advanced
and closed at $1.09%. July wheat opened
at $l.O3H, worked up to sL04%. closing
sold up to SAGE and closed at S4K@
84asc.
Our stocks show decrease for five days
OF $4,000 bu. Receipts, ia cars, against
107 year ago; Duluth, cars. against
"a cars; Chicago, AZ cars, against 8 cars;
Kansas City, 4S cars. and st. Louis $1,000
900 blu. Primary receipts. 339. 900 Blu,
against 1000 blu; shipments, 241 900 blu,
against 100000 blu. Argentine shipments
estimated at $500. 900 blu.
Liverpool wheat closed I'D higher to
1sd lower; London. Antwerp and Berlin
unchanged; Budapest, sc lower; Paris.
wheat UNCHANGED to Is centimes lower;
flour 10 centimes lower.
Price Current says: with little excep-
ton conditions continue favorable for
crops. Outlook promising for oats. with
enlarged area and for early planting of
corn, with full area. Winter wheat rarely
SO uniformly promising this time in the
season. Conditions favor early seeding
L.
western centers for the week 800, 600,
against $685. 600 the corresponding week of
last year"
ol-Wheat-Opening prices were
h a d lower i'm sympathy with the late
easiness in American markets yesterday
afternoon. Firm tone later deYeloped and
all months gained sd, being affected by
the large percentage of cargoes shipped
for orders" that are being ordered to the
continent, and also Influenced by less
favorable American crop advices. Corn
md 4
changed, being quiet and without feature
Chicago Cash Business-The principal
demand for cash wheat is to make con-
tract grades to fill May sales. All the
good samples are picked up at full prices
while low grades were neglected and had
to be shaded. Sales TO mills were 10000
and within two days 100, 900 blu have been
bought In Minneapolis to come to Chi
cago at premiums of 4@6c over May there
ST. Louis was stronger at $1.O6 for No.
strength on choice wheat, No. hard rang
ing at $1.0O@1.06 +. o. b. At the seaboard
exporters bought sc, 900 bu corn at 52Lc
I. o. b. New York.
Weather-Map shows scattered SHOWS in
Manitoba and South Dakota. rain in Okla
homa and Texas. Slightly warmer in the
Canadian northwest, colder in the three
northwest states. about stationary in west
and generally higher temperatures south
west. Partly cloudy northwest and south
west, generally clear west and Ohio valley.
Extreme north and northwest, generally
cloudy. IS to % above Northwest is part
y, cloudy. IA to 2s, precipitation trace to
.O2. West and southwest partly cloudy
Forecast = Illinois, Indiana, Missouri.
Iowa-Partly cloudy tonight and Friday
with probably showers in part tonight or
Friday. Nebraska, Inconsistencies to-
night and Friday. Montana, South Dakota
Probably snow tonight and Friday.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.
per Michigan-Partly cloudy tonight and
per Automatically cloudy tonight and
Friday, with probably snow fiurries In
northwest portion. Lower Michgan-Gen-
orally fair tonight and Friday with freez-
ing temperature tonight.
Closing Cash Grain Prices
No l hard. $l16%;. No. / northern.
SlI3% @l:14A; No. northern, S1.0624 a
1.0Ssz; No. wheat 9524 09S2c; No. /
Durham, SSc; No. 3 yellow corn. 451kc:
No: corn, 44c; No. 8 oats, 2SLc; No. 3
white oats, 29Ac: barley 3S644c; rye,
76A @7SAc; No. / fax on spot, 81 3Sa. !;
No. flax to arrive, $L3S; No. ! fax, April
option, $1.3S
Puts and Calls
Minneapolis May puts. $l.0S; calls. Slip;
curb, $109A; July puts, s1.033s G10S12;
calls, $1.065s; curb, $1.05. Milwaukee
May wheat puts. $1.14; calls, S1.1S1s; July
wheat puts, S75sc; calls. sec; May corn
puts, 4SMc; calls. 49A @49%c; July corn
puts, 4S1ec; calls, 1870.