The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-07
CHICAGO
Chicago range of prices April 6: .

81. 03A al. OS%. September opened at
S5Ac, the top price. sold down to $40
S45sc and closed at S4Ac.
Minneapolis stocks decreased 400, 600 bu
for five days. Receipts PA cars, against
1879; Dulut 6. against So; Chicago 10,
against 81; Kansas City IS, and st. Louis
$4,000 blu. Clearances of wheat and -four
SO, 900 bu. Primary receipts 325, 900 bu,
against 374.0 600 bu a year ago. Shipments
1879, 600 bu, against 2S2, 600 bu. Argen-
tine shipments estimated at $500, 600 bu.
Liverpool wheat closed %@Ad higher.
London Id lower, Antwerp unchanged,
Berlin CSC higher, Budapest sc lower,
Paris wheat unchanged to 5 centimes
lower. -four unchanged.
Price Current says: Great uniformity
in favoTableness of crop returns for wheat
and for all spring paintings. Lessening
marketings of corn and oats and more
free offerings of wheat in some sections.
Packing for the week at western centerS
$50. 900 against 453. 900 a year ago.
Liverpool-Wheat-A report Of a hard
frost in Kansas. Oklahama and Texas
caused a firm opening. with prices sd
higher. A steadier feeling in cargoes was
also a factor and additional gains of Il a
I'D were scored. Corn-After opening Esd
higher. both months further advanced sd.
the features being an advance of AID in
Laplatta parcels and the very light stocks
throughout the United Kingdom.
Chicago Cash Business-Millers and ele-
vator interests bought %, 900 blu of wheat
in the market Wednesday. Offerings were
reduced and prices of the better grades
strengthened. No. ] northern was S1.141z
@1.15k f. o. b.; No. 2 red 1c over May in
No. 3 hard. 9S@$1.0S, and No. 3 red, s1.0S.
St Louis reported sales of Mo- red at
s1.10@1.11 f; o. b. At Kansas City No. 2
advance of 1A@1c. The seaboard sold 49,
900 bu corn and 20. 600 blu oats for export.
Weather-The weather nap shows tem-
In the winter wheat belt the temperature
ranges from rs to 40. Oklahoma is warm
est-40 to Al above. In Kansas a heavy
frost is recorded at Wichita. and the tenn
80, Concordia "a and Wichita 38. Tenn
~peratures in Nebraska were % to 80; in
Iowa and Indiana 80 to "a. Frost is shown
at Cairo. The northwest mercury is "a
to 80; over the border, "a to AZ. 1t is
cloudy in a few cases, but mostly clear.
There has been a slight precipitation scat
tered, but of no account.
Michigan and the Enthusiastically fair
tonight n Friday. with probably frost
tonight. Minnesota-Fair; Friday partly
ers in northeast portion. Upper Michigan
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, with
now fiurries near Lake Superior. Ne
braska, Kansas and Montana--Fair to-
night and Friday.
Closing Cash Grain Prices
s1: rs d I hnHa' N.Y. NJ. ! n S2i I n s2.5ss a.
i.07A; No. s wheat. Iss%cGsi.oo&; No. /
durum, soc; No. 3 yellow corn, 44& c; No.
9 corn. 43%c; No. 8 oats. 279s Q2S1sc; No.
8 white pats, 2S%c; Barley, 36@43c: rye.
81 @71Ac; No. l flax on spot, $1.3S%;
No. 1 flax TO arrive, S1.3S; No. l flax
April option, S1.3S.
Puts and Calls
Minneapolis May wheat puts. s1.O7Ss;
calls $I11%, curb S109A; July wheat
puts, $1.02B; calls $1.041s, curb s1.03A;
Milwaukee May wheat puts, S1.13A;
calls. $1.21: July wheat puts, S7ssc; calls,
S8$ @SSkc; May corn puts, Az case:
calls, 4Shc; July corn puts, 47% G47%c;
calls, 1880.