The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-05
Wheat has appendicitis.

Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce. Sept g.
Pit shorts buying in their wheat made a frmer
market at the start, which lasted only short
time. Selling bore the price back to yester-
days low level and below. Liverpool cables
coming Va lower and closing .A@ssd lower,
were not particularly suggestive way
/, the other. There hail storm near Crook
| ston that was unfavorable and the Minnesota
river was high last night and threatening an
overflow in places. These were about the onlybull
items from the country. Against them was
! one big Minneapolis house Of 9o0,O 600 bu wheat.
! This was probably exaggerated. 1t Is doubtful
Y one house got that much. but it is probable
that purchases. on the whole by Minneapolis
/ 1rms were we'll over 100000 bu. This was q
! bear card and was worked for full effect. Re-
!. cetpts hero were light, but there about
|: dururn, and Duluth got good proportion Of
duruna. Cash prices for durum fell off by to
Be bu compared with spring wheat prices
and this was bearish. Then Bradstreet's week
! oreaseof 59T 900 bu. The quantity east of the
Rockies fell OF by zoos, 900 blu, but wheat in
Europe or adoat showed an increase Of 2,6oO, 900
Blu. Duluth had $40 cars, most OF it new
wheat. Duluth receipts posted here were
212 cars against 80, but later advices showed
240 inspected. Tho grading was high, No. 1
hard ID cars, No. northern 90, No. 2 north
9rn "a, No. "a. No. 1. rejected 2. no grade
Ind durum SO. Winnipeg had 172 cars against
8 year ago. The inspection report showed
151 cars new wheat passing muster with the
northern IS, No. northern q, rejected No. /
s, rejected No. s. no grade l and rejected %.
Chicago received ia against 81. Mime
apois had 81 compared with 292 year ago.
Locally there disposition to let the du-
rum wheat alone and receivers found it hard to
sell 1t. There demand enough but not at
the ruling difference compared with spring
wheat Buyers argue that the difference should
be wider. There were 155 cars loaded out of
storage here and stocks have decreased by 49,,
900 bu 80 far this week. Cash demand In gen.
eral was satisfactory, 31ac over the option being
the current figure for No. northern and &c
the nominal price for No. 2.
+ St. Louis received 80, 900 bu against 81 900,
and Kansas City 165, 900 against 2O2 600.
Clearances 233. 600 bu.
Primary receipts, $4,000 bu, against 1884,
600 hu.
"A Winnipeg reporter wired that best bids
from New York are about 1ac cut of line. Moth
Ing worked yet. Out Of the ISL cars Of
Chicago export concerns claimed they were with
out bids this morning.
eSThe weather shows it clear in the northwest
and west, cloudy in southwest Ind lower Mis-
sissippi river and Ohio valleys. with scattered
showers. Temperatures seasonable.
~ Liverpool cabled wheat quiet at the open
ing, with values Nd to sd lower, being In
sterday. September steadied toward midday, due
to light tenders on contract The distant
month further eased I'D. Corn was quiet at
tie opening, with values I'd lower. Offerings
swere larger, prompted by the weaker American
stables. The nearby cotton stead1ed some, due
5&eA Washington special says that at about 4
pm. on Sept. 10 the crop reporting board of
the bureau Of statistics will issue its report on
The crop harvested