The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-17
America Ships 4,s24,ooo Bushels
and Russia Only 1880, 900
Bushels. #
Russian Estimate Spring Wheat
267,OO0,O0O Blu Against
414,0O0,0OO Year Ago.
Prices Were Firm on Deferred
December Was &
Soft.

Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce, Dec. IL
The news this morning was rather bullsh,
worlds shipments only 9,4SS,OO0 blu against an
estimate of 10. 100000 and 12,976,o 900 last week.
OF this amount America shipped 4 1924 900 Blu and
Russia but 1,520, 900. Receipts In the northwest
again light, Minneapolis and Duluth receiving
but 673 cars against 952 last year, and only oS
i'll Winnipeg. The comparisons are as follows:
Minneapolis 622 against se7, Duluth 81 against
SO, Winnipeg 5S against 257, Chicago 100
against 81, Kansas City 222, 900 bu against 212,-
600, and st. Louis $4,000 against "a, 600. Local
stocks increased 275, 900 bu for two days.
Fort William and Port Arthur report ], 451 900
bu In store, decrease of 72S,00O bu for the
week; last years stocks We're 1901 900 bu.
The Russian government report on spring wheat
from seventy-two provinces makes the crop 267,-
200, 900 Blu against Ala, $50, 900 last year. .s,
United States exports from July i to date
are 100000 blu, disproving the reported dull
eleven months ending Nov. 80 are as follows:
Flour, barrels ..... 1891, 6s4 e,41o, o1s
Wheat, bushels ..... 55,510,445 1925, 4ss
Corn, bushels ........ 95,125,00o 90, 500, 61S
oats, bushels rs, 264 900 2S, 500, 1922
Liverpool was of only small fraction, and on
lighter receipts than expected and smaller
fractionally higher, followed by a quick squirt
to above call price, where scalpers sold little
against their calls. easing the market little,
but still holding well above call price. After
the first half hour of activity the market settled
tied to scalping operations mainly, altho' com.
mission houses had occasional order. ID
Liverpool closed unchanged to I'D lower, Ber.
lin Nc higher, Budapest 1sc lower and Antwerp
unchanged to &c lower. A cold wave is report
ed working down into the winter wheat belt,
where the plant has no covering by snow This
prevented selling by the bears to some extent.
Weather forecast: Illinois, generally fair to-
night and Tuesday; cold wave. Indiana, fair
tonight except snow in south; Tuesday fair: de-
cfdedly colder. Missouri, fair, decidedly colder.
Lower Michigan, fair probably tonight and Tues
day; cold wave. Wisconsin, fair tonight and
Tuesday; colder: warmer in west. Minnesota
TAR tonight and Tuesday; colder In southea at
tonight, warmer Tuesday. Iowa, fair and colder
tonight; cold wave in southeast North Dakota
fair and warmer tonight; Tuesday probably snow
and warmer. South Dakota, fair and warmer
Nebraska, fair and colder in east tonight; warm
er Tuesday.
The market for May and July held firm during
me noon hour with very narrow uctuations in
prices, but December was rather soft, losing
about 1sc on selling Of few scattered lots,
The visible report, came. out Just before the
close, showing increase of 3OS1, 900 BIZ in
wheat against an increase year ago OF 4 1874
COO bu. =.
Clearances of wheat and flour 275 900 bu. Pri
mary receipts 1,244,OO0 bu against 1342 900 9
year ago. Shipments 3s2, 600 bu against 33s
900 bu. - ~ '''