The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-05
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THE 0RaIN
trreeuiar Fluctuations. t1sainH Easy
weather anal crop Rep0sts t'enerai',
FaVorahle Long tiuuidutiuu.

trreeuiar Fluctuations. t1ssiDG EasS
weather aRsl crop sepSsts t'e"eranS
Fa,orahie Long Liquidation.
Wheat closed at a small decline on most
months owing TO favorable crop and weather
reports and scattered liquidation Opening
prices for wheat we're lower. owing TO weak
cables. good weather Of IN" West and fa'ot-
able onicial crop reports from Missouri and
Ohio. Ions liquidation OF q somewhat
urgent sort was also apparent for n time
though the volume of transactions was
after all far from large q. 4 King \ Go.
Of Toledo, Ohio. wired Every county
shows Improvement on wheat. Hesslan fly
damage very light"
Liverpool declined =. 10 ID partly owing
10 large Argentine shipments Paris. too.
declined &c. Berlin equal to -. on wheat
a md I, 10 ic. on rye. and Budapest. lie.
Chicago and the Northwest received 233
cara, against .?2a a week ago and OF last year.
This was not without n certain influence.
The crop reports Of the CHICAGO Doity TRADE
BgL,h1 received Oh "Wednesday from the
different winter wheat states were generally
favorable. Foreign crop conditions are iair
TO good. SO far rs eau be judged.
Spt /, WOuid he a mistake Ia suppose that
there vas q general pressure to nan,Hate,
the sock market vas higher and seaboard
supplies small. and here. have been ind lea:
milling demand. despite the cold should r
Which i,crpool. in particular, seems to be
trying to give mi. country.
And later on prices rallied ard ran. above
the closing, prices Of lhurtday. lhopgh later
gain rnr~t!ne 81 lightly, II Is said that some
sold Tor shipment from Galveston from July
10 to October 1. II was noticed, too. that
bears were by no means ReIera,iy inchnea
to take the aggressive, dPkPiie me gam IN
cond within a month IN both ONO ana
Missouri Of = per cent.
The shipments from India for the week
were only $1,000 bush. against $1,000 last
srrrifi ! ! Is Sc. 900 bush against 100000 in the
un the whole, however. there was more
pres IRE to sell, than there was to buy. owing
already seen. at some decline on the list.
The ArGentlna shipmen's yers ooG ABOUT sa, as
against : ,4os.ooo il the previous week ana
s'S5a. 900 last year. The experts from this
ss SooTdI e. %BrGdsiresFs, to ;.io:.7.s bush,
against ?,iIa. 8st last week and i~,?79,set last
yeffFb, e total primary receipts were. ? 5000
bush', aSainst $1,000 last week and $4,000
last year, with shipments of 2os 900 bush.
against ??o,ooo last week and i7S'ooo last
THE Modsrn Miier said In reply to in
quiries whether condition Of winter wns ep
the cause OF deterioration. and the extent OF
aba ndoned screa &c. the largest number OF
ne deterioration was reported In Michigan.
Illinois, Missouri Kansas and Texas.and a little
is attributed 10 too much moisture In March
and dry weather in April. 4 number OF
millers who reported deterioration also n0ted
beneficial effects OF recent rain. A~bandoned
acreage ia reported in Michigan. Illinois,
Kansas and Indiana. the, latter on the hooaed
river bottom lsndf T. w tls ! Kansas ,ns a a0 large &c
acrso &c was winter killed by dry weather
and high winds. and the aers1se put INTO
state are tightly, favorable"
Rumors were in circulation OF a large bust
meas having been d2me i1r SS pod later vte out but
they lacked full continuation. Bears say that
il any sales Of conseauence were made they
prioes' They argue that with Canada offer
Inr wheat on o liberal scale and Argentina
doing the 50 lie hing Pin End A at ap . P eeresl' 'h the
exporter y going to plane his orders where
he can Get the mos, advantageous terms.
81 q month ago. OF a year ago and 81 last June.
The Ohio condition Is i02 per cent. against
10! i Iss Il. month e n and 90 M lHst ye'ss Scott. kldston.
60; bartlett, lake, Mitchell Armour and
s'IIs "sam 4 Br"sn said; Cash wheat seemed
TO BE- looked ~ by { class Of b"I H who .o believe
a o" ali i" Sreass; II re ,A,Sentine ssport%bl.
RuTDIlR IL Only aDOuN nav Nnh', " Nas iro'
year that will be q help 10 the bulls as ~
growing crops in this country. notWithstan6-
ing reports 10 the contrary. are iooklhR nhe'
THE coRN FACTS.
Corn weakened at first and then recovered.
II was none too nrm, however. The foreign
The BIG Argentine shipments s,Ois. 900 bush.
and the increase in tho Argentine visible
supply Of :?lo'oIo hush; a sense rhS' e S dee,i1s
M.a, l,SSrn 1%e large %. we 80 ;p rec sGoi 'a and The
lake strike were things calculated TO, make
. bull go slow. i ia true that the Missouri
expected the seeding thus far being smaller
than had beer looked for. despite the ARG
s sssisisG i 1"' r riiy ''RRs sceipts s'' are rapidly In IA
creasinr.. aud there are reports that exporters
f r e or reiiT Il sSmcs MSEF'o %iid 9 dssIisiSs p4 Tsss
for live hogs, IN rel, orts are rife Of some
Chicago operators selling out long" hold
ins+ on : rat,'. .t ,,n'Ga ads sSsle leaa,nT q 70 w s6es
the corn market could not be wholly ,lndirer-
ent, The Missouri report gives the area
& per cent last year. The acreage is per
cprt. less than last year.
followed suit with scattered liquidation end
more or less bearish pressure, though the
selling continued to be anything but agrees
The exports for the week we're light at
l.oSs.ooo hush. against ! AS ,s:; last week and
2.IisGaS last year. h me ,o, reoe,p1s, 100; we're
III wv W .
we're t7S.ooO hush, against 10000 last week
and lO0, 900 last year, with shipments OF
saa 600 bush. against Oos. 900 last week and
Exporters. II ia stated, are. trying to re-
sell com Recently purchased here, owing
TO the l1Tse offerings from Argentina, Liver
pool declined ! to I'D,
Rumsey was a good seller. Woodbury. was
prominent in the selling of May.
rHE OATS slTC tTIoN,
Oats wer" depressed early but recovered
later on Yet Chico 70 has a good stock.
the vegthrr IL good, the receipts are in
creasjng and tho lake strike is n factor
which cpnnOt he ignored. ON the other hand.
the Missouri report reported u decrease in
acren We Of IA per cent. and a bad start for the
CToD,
The fluctuations In oats. however, we're
due largely 70 the mo vement OF wheat and
corn, and later on oats weakened In sym-
pathy with the rest Of the list.
bush. against sss,o6c last week and 10000
laat year. shipments, S6s, 600. against i,iSb 900
last week and ost, o00 last year.
Wheat on the spot was more active, Sales,
Pertsa Nc !! red Csc choice. sSe: Ne i99Ith-