The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
GOSSIP OF THE MARKETS

Wrenn selling Chicago May wheat around
January established new record for pig-iron
/, B. F. Yoakum is enthusiastic on conditions
and prospects thruout Rock Island and Frisco
system ~ -, ,@'f-. E.%=~-
Stock market opening rater hat; transactions
light. IS -
Some buying in Amalgamated Copper and
Smelling renewed talk of a consolidation Of
Amalgamated Copper, American Smelling and
Lead companies. H..
Total clearances: Wheat, 177ooo bu; -four,
$4,000 brls; corn. 345, 900 bu; oats. none Wheat
and -four equal $50 900 bu.
s,eoo,ooo 5u corn, 100000 bH General refresh h,
ing rains have done much good in Argentine.
Chicago-There We're rather light acceptances
Most of the houses sent ont bids that were
desfgnedly low as there was cash demand to
''ks % se " i bought aon
q sd lower. --' .,t-. ..-
Paris Ciose-wheat, Nc higher. Flour. Nc
Weakness in July wheat is easing the May
option. .-& ...-
A late private cable to New York quotes Ant
werp s2ot wheat &c lower. ..
| Peoria. Hl.-All mail adytces today. from
and south to same effect st good stocks and
Chicago; to Lewis-There is a lot Of un-
straddling at loss in May and J1ly wheat;
Everybody figured that the May was going to a
discount when 1t got around cent a bushel
Antwerp quotes La Plata wheat 21hc lower
The northwest weather: Grand Forks. clear
brisk southeast w:nd: about 10 below. St.
Cloud. clear, fine ana warmer; light southeast
wn cod %npeE clear s ssi pe 10
Mayville. clear and fine: Is below. Fergus Falls.
clear and cold; southwest wind: 10 below Fargo,
Winter wheat weather: Springfield, ILL.,, clear
and cold, 10 above. Peoria. H., clear and
clear and cool. Kansas City, Mo-, clear, cool,
about 10 above. Chicago, showing; showed
most Of night about Is above;
easy opening in wheat, with values 1sd lower,
as result of renewed liquidation. Later,
however, the market steadied some, owing to
! the fact that Argentine importing houses were
Berlin close: Wheat, &c higher
| Budapest close: Wheat, Nc higher
| Boston cleared 1856 bu Of wheat this morn
winnipeg to Lewis: Export demand positively
Wrenn sold about 100000 blu May wheat from
| S5c down.
Antwerp faxseed &c lower
A prominent elevator concern at Enterprise,
Kan, wires as follows tc Carrington' Half inch
Of weathsE eGnd wheat fine
ing war In China, with possibilities Of foreign
nations becoming embroiled, will probably have
less bearing on wheat thar the Price Currents
bearish estimate of the quantity of wheat avail
able for export next Ave months.
With VT i hogs at Se.25. pork should be selling
at $1,000, or 81 higher than last nights close,
and side meats $3.50 and lard at $9.25, accord
ing to the regular basis for figuring by packers
Pringle selling wheat quietly.
Brosseau bought quite a lot of wheat this
morning. This was short wheat.
Chicago to Piper-Everybody buying May
wheat and selling July.
Chicago tc Whallon-The official eports Of
| wheat and flour from United States for January
i were 10000. 900 bE.
Oats dull end featureless x
1 Corn opened about where it closed. very lttl,
doing.
Forecast-Illinois, Indiana. Michigan. fair to
night and Friday warmer Friday: Dakotas. Ne
braska, Wisconsin Missouri, Minnesota. Iowa
1 Kansas. fair and warmer.
fair and warmer. n