The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-06

Minneapolis Chamber OF Commerce, Aug. g.
e Monday run os wSea a was less md 40 ts
s,sparkes, tho pressed down to new low point,
std NOT 50 70 pieces as some had thought 1t
or x would 80 lower before the day was over
Twas uncertain. but from the heavy selling Or
sadsrs that Woodwork had. and the quantity
lonered. and the way the market took the wheat
Sand resisted the pressure, It was evident that
Ssentiment had undergone some change. and that
the general feeling was not 50 weak weak as at .t the
Snote OF strengthening things In the legitimate
ff:situation, as -four shipments Of over $1,000
barrels, the best for long TN tine, ana de-,
tselevator stocks. A country miller reported to
Whallon that -four had been sold for export,
the Snt st saes
aentersd was encouraging, and more was looked
@for. Locally there was no general admission OF
inoreased business aleeo some mlasa s saaa tn r
Sthat some patent -four was SOLO TO go ABROAD.
yAs 10 wheat export possibility, Watson, whose
New York office is In close touch with the SIT
nation, Investigated the report Of sales and
sound only five loads cold up TO noon and Phil
Sadelph1a advised Lewis that export demand for
Favorable. Several Minneapolis men went west
SO the coast Saturday. and Denman F. Johnson
Is the from ssse 1s%
q fine stand Of all kinds Of grain clear from
Minneapolis to this point It is wonderful
Flax perfect and acreage large on both sides
of the line
The southwest made pretty big showing With
511 900 bu in Kansas City compared with AZ. 900
Iii ,oo6 Chicago also ran well over. with ss7
against 1e1, altho this was really Less
wheat than WAS expected In ohtcago Mime
iuth 20 against IS. winnipeg got 81 against I.
Cummings bad number of telesraphtc re-
ports as to the crops, Of which the following
are extracts: Milton, n. D.-Qute number
Of complaints of rust and smut; wheat not doing
the best. Edinhurg, N. D.-Considerabla dam
age reported from black rust and Hessian fly
Fargo. n. D.-Prospect for crop better thar
promised month ago; rust In damaging
quantities and cutting will begin this week
Grafton, N. p.-orop looking fine and cutting
viii begin In two weeks. Langdon, N. D.
Black rust in all fields; crop will not come ny
tI# to expectations. Fairmont Minn.-Steady rain
n Saturday and Sunday; wheat acreage very small
\ 1 not enough around here for home consumption
corn looking hne, early oats all cuti rains 1odget
,,1ate oats somewhat; average yield. 40 bu- Aadi
s son, Minn.-The rains the past week hav
lodged wheat badly; harvest commenced; pros
poets not very goodi corn, oats and barley fine
tMankato, Mlnn.-Wheat in very poor condition
zlodged and blighted; wet weather delaying har
Wrestling in full blast and will be completed b.
Che end Of the weeks wheat badly lodged; cor
doing we'll. Huron. s. D.-Wheat harvest unde
Eof last week; corn doing Is we'll as could b
wished fort oats excellent. harvest under way
;Redfeld, s. D.-Past week in the main favor
able; all crops In excellent condition; hard rain
3 over Sunday will retard harvest to some "a
G.tent. Wateptown. s. D-No reports Of dan
Esage by rains the past week; all crops progress
ing under the most favorable conditions. vibore
8. D.-Harvesttng oats and barley about owe,
threshing we'll under ways oats running 80 br
aorn doing fine. Parker, s. D.-Cloudy, ligt
rain, calm. cool; harvesting barley and Ga,
about all Done: corn doing hne promise heav
yield cats and barley. Sioux Falls, s. D.-A
I crops doing WE'LL some oats are lodged a.
colnt recent heavy precipitation
81, Primary receipts, 1,4o7 900 bu against ! 422
600. Clearances, $4,000 bu-
Liverpool closed for hclidny.
The Sunday weather map showed showers
the northwest yesterday, heavy rains in low
\ fair in Nebraska, Kansas and in parts Of MI
Il sour1. This mornings map shows it clear
{ Canada, csoudy in North Dakota, cloudy
South Dakota, part cloudy IN Minnesota, 60,
H yains in Nebraska, cloudy with rains in II
eastern part OF Iowa and Illinois, heavy raj
| IA at springfield and cloudy elsewhere; Kansa
E cloudy. light rain at Wichita; Missouri. cloud
light rain at Springfield; Oklahoma, rainin
Hi: Indiana, cloudy with light rains. The forecas
III Showers probable tonight and Tuesday in midi
Sl mississippi and lower Missouri valleys; els
where fair weather indicated.
E43sl Worlds shipments about as expected,
81 100000 bu, and comparisons presented nothi
1I important. The visible increased !, 800, 900
! making the total %, $50, 900 bu.