The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
Local Receipts. Nearly 400 Cars
Under q Year
" 9 & Ago. 4
Market Very Firmly Held Very
Little Pressure to
Sell.
4 Argentine Weather Reported IN
favorable for Har-
vesting.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, Dec. 49,
liverpool came Nd lower this morning, but this
was more than Offset by the very light receipts
here nearly 400 cars less than year ago, which
Induced covering by shorts on the curb, the mar
ket opening strong and Nc higher and right at
call price, There was some selling against calls
by scalpers, the price dropping back to the pre-
yious closing figure with rally later OF 13c
and then another little setback 10 the opening
price.
Trade has been rather quiet and somewhat OF
holiday character, with scnlpers and profess
SIGNALS doing the bulk of the business, outside
speculative trade is light and commission men
do not look for any improvement from that
source until after tn efrst Of the new year. The
cash market continues strong, with No. north
ern easily bringing May price. 81. Y.
Local receipts 267 cars against Gas q
gear ago, Duluth ISL against 1855, Winnipeg 1s2
against 554, Chicago 80 against 80, Kansas City
$500 bu against $4,000 and st. Louis 27.0OO
against 43, 600. Local stocks increased 425 600
bu for four days. ' ,#
Argentine weather is reported unfavorable for
harvesting and rains are impeding the work III
that line, Liverpool closed I'D lower, Berlin
unchanged, Budapest Ac higher, Antwerp un-
changed, Paris wheat unchanged to S confines
higher. -four unchanged to 10 centimes lower.
Liverpool foreign crops: United Kingdom-The
crop outlook continues fair France-Outlook fol
the crops generally satisfactory. Supplies con
tinue moderate. Germany-The outlook for the
crops remains favorable. Supplies of native
wheat are rather light Hungary, Bulgaria
1taly, SPAIN, NOrtn Alr1Ca-Ine WeaCner Is gen.
orally seasonable and the crop outlook favorable
Rumania-Snow has fallen. which is generally
beneficial for the crops. Russia-The condition
of the crops is generally unchanged. The outlook
on the whole favorable with the exception OF
some catered complaints from the southwest
where. the plant Is weak. Supplies fair,
stocks are fully maintained. Australia-Occa.
sfonal complaints heard as result of rust
otherwise the crop outlook has been maintained
charterings are rather on larger scale than q
year ago
Weather map: Canadian northwest tempera
lures below to IS above; cloudy. Northwest
temperatures below to IS above; partly cloudy
T West, temperatures to % abive clear. South
Wets, temperatures 8 to % above; clear. Ohio
valley, temperatures 20 to 81 above; generally
CLEAR. .a,....s 49,. 80. r. ~ sssEs
Weather forecast: Illinois, fair tonight anf
colder in SOUTH Wednesday fair and warmer
Indiana, generally fair and somewhat colder to-
night: Wednesday fair and warmer. Lower Mich
agan, light snow tonight, somewhat colder
Wednesday fair and warmer. Missouri, fail
tonight and Wednesday; warmer Wednesday anf
IN west tonight. wisconsin, South Dakota
Iowa. Nebraska and Kansas-Fair tonight 3ant
Il "Wednesday warmer. Minnesota Fair and warm
er tonight; Wednesday fair except snow II
north; warmer. North Dakota, probably fail
and warmer tonight; Wednesday snow an.
warmer.
Bradstreet reports the worlds visible Of
wheat increased 1894 900 bu. Corn increased
= S2o,OOO blu, oats decreased !, 1O4 900 bu Whea1
increased about 100000 bu year ago.
Very light trade during the last hour, with
prices within narrow range, but holding vel
above call price.
Light receipts here and at Duluth are moi
TO- the liking Of the shorts and they are nd
extent. - - ~