The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-02
The Shorts Are Run In for a
Quick Little Advance, but
Trade Light.
Snow Sees 750,O0O,000 Blu. as "a
Possible Total Wheat Crop
This Year.
Weather Over Sunday Likely to
Bring Fine Crop News
Next Week. @ Fl

Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce, June =
few oyer-anxious shorts, too far committed
and driven to cover made up the wheat shAathel
In the main today, altho there was some puytn
of July that looked like big people. For the
most mart the pit did nothing but scalp on small
lots AS for the general run OF news thefe
was scarcely anything sustaining snow was GU.
with report that. if taken In all seriousness
should have smashed the market DC, TOT ne says
the country has the promise of 75O,0OO.OOO bu
wheat This Is lot OF Wheat anu mne'hei
there really is stand turnout that woulo war
rant expectation of so much Is question E't ~
If there Is the taking in Of the harvest IS
ouIte another thing. There have Deen recen.
seasons when at the beginning some such pls
promise appeared These early estimates now
ever are not OF much value. II one taxes Ie
total acreage and assumes that the condition Is
certain figure and multiplies 1t all on an
allowance per acre. he can always get ris
crop. This makes broad statement-"hat the
oolittcian calls a generality. 1t does not mean
snvth,ng Hence the estimate of 1oO,OOo,ooo pu
for the total crop, at this date might as Wen
be 700, ooo, 900 or 100000 00 for what Is 1oo'-
100000 bu one way or me other ae d LIN, inc
when the spring wheat. an important part OF the
total Is too immature to make possible any
definite conclusions regarding IT? Hence, whlie
the production of crop Of T5o, 100000 Blu would
looks that way now did not cause any holders
10 sell out, for the wheat Is long way IN the
distance. Secretary Smiley Of the Kansas S!a1e
Grain Dealers association was also out Win d
She southern part Of Kansas as good as last
year. The northwestern part, embracing thirty
one counties, cannot raise to exceed one-th1rd
az an average crop. He estimates the crop OF
the state at 5000 900 ou, and attributes the
deterioration to lack Of moisture
No change Of Importance was noted IN tne
cash market, No. / northern moving at l7sc
over July and No. 2 northern at July price.
The decrease for the week In local elevator
stocks was 500, So8 bu which brings the total
down to 1s,oAs,l5e. For one day since making
M the figures there Is a decrease of 10000 bu.
! Minneapolis receipts today were 172 cars against
25e, and other comparisons We're: Duluth, y
/ and 2; Chicago, 18 and !; Winnipeg 81 and 30;
St Louis, $4,000 bu and II, 600; Kansas City,
$1,000 and $4,000.
In the northwest and west 1t was raining at
Dodge City and Wichita. OKLAHOMA had ~
inches Fort Worth go, Abilene .os and ANA
ana, Kentucky and Tennessee; temperatures sea
sonable. Chicago was clear and fine; Springfield,
Ill. clear and pleasant cool Peoria, clear and
pleasant, cool; st, Louis, clear and pleasant, nc
rain; Kansas City, clear and pleasant no rain
INDIANAPOLIS clear and warm; Omaha, clear
and warm; Terre Haute, clear and warm. III
the northwest there was also good line up as
follows: Winnipeg, clear and fine; Grand tofKs'
clear, calm, warm; Fargo, clear and fine; Hills
boro, clear and fine; Rayvi1le, clear, warm, nnei
Fergus Falls, clear and warmer; Comstock, clea1
and fine; St. Cloud clear, calm, fine
The forecast indicates a favorable opening
next week, and suggests good crop reports. II
reads as follows Illinois and Indiana, ran
tonight and Sunday, warmer; Missouri, fair ex
cept probably showers in west; Wisconsin 1aa'
anf warmer tonight and Sunday; Minnesota
fla. nnight and probably Sunday, warmer to
night and Sunday; Iowa, fair tonight and prob
Ably Sunday, warmer; North and South Dakota
generally fair tonight and Sunday, warmer; Ne
bra ska. showers, rising temperature; Kansas
showers tonight and Sunday.
Primary receipts, 300, 900 bu against $4,000
Clearances, 10000.
F. NJ Coburn, secretary Of the state boart
of Agriculture says he has received crop re
ports for May from eight counties in diferen
sections of the state which show the dry wealth
er is causing considerable damage to the Whea
crop,