The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-09

field the showing Is also growing heav
Ter. Supplies on ocean passage. ii
Saturdays estimates are made good
In today's Official reports. have IN
creased nearly 1S.OO0.10O bushels m
the last fortnight. against an increase
of less than half that a year ago. Bu-
ropsan and afloat stocks are thus be-
ing brought up to last years basis.
while the increase in domestic supplies
is at the same time not being cores
pondingly wiped out.
European and afioat stocks are now
about $4,000 900 bushels less than
last year, while American are about
6, 900. 600 bushels more in the United
States alone and about 81 1000 .ODO
bushels more IL Canada Is Included
Foreign markets have shown no
noteworthy disposition to become ex-
cited over prospective supplies. New
ertheAess, values have hardened some
what abroad. Llvedpool values have
advanced equal to 2% a nc per bu.
and a; the close Of business Saturday
March wheat was equal to 113%
May to $1.12 and July 10 $i.12%
II will thus be seen that May wheat
at Liverpool was but &C higher than
at Chicago. Antwerp advanced equal
to &c last week and closed at equal
to s1.14H per Blu. May wheat in
Chicago gained "a c last week, July
gained @1%c. September gained
y C and December hc.
Weather Checks Corn Marketing.
Corn receipts here and elsewhere
were somewhat checked last week as
the result Of the rough weather OF
the week before. Roads have been
bad and the weather generally too
mild for best handling through the
entire week. but nevertheless there
has lauterly been considerable in
crease IN offerings from the interior.
A part OF the Nebraska corn has
been offered here, although the bulk
has, as previously been going in other
directions. including by way of the
gulf. for export. Corn, handlers who
supply the eastern trade estimate the
consumption in that important sec
ton at not above so per cent of the
normal OF other years, due partly TO
high prices and partly 10 necessary re-
trenchment.
II has been fortunate from a price
standpoint that marketing OF corn at
western centeTs have been light, 9th
erwfse denominations would undoubt-
eddy have resulted. At current prices
for hogs the farmer can continue feed
ing at good profit, but in the pres
ent state of the provision distributing
trade the current rate of consumption
n is by no means certain that such a
situation will long continue. The ef-
feet is likely to be a piling up OF re-
serves on the farm II there Is not soon
some CONCESSION 10 the needs of the
consumers of this surplus. Prices
last week gained " al c. feature
being the relatively better advance In
May than in deferred months.
Trade in Oats SLOW.
iiduC AA pdlS ndo Dccih wv" az vi
branches during me last week. Ship
ping sales are OF small quantities and
pladnly indicate the effect Of grudglng
purchases by consumers. The move
ment of oats from the interior Is Hight
local stocks are small and prices are
at a point when every cent OF the i'm
|port duty Is required to keep foreign
oats out. Even with this duty of loo,
however, Argentine oats have been
bought to the extent of about 6Oo.-
600 bushels in the last ten days for
use principally in the eastern sea-
ports and Immediately adjacent.
Prices of oats closed practically un-
changed from those current a week
before.