The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-25
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT, May 25.-Close: All lead
ing wheat producers are satisfied with
the present crop promise. southwest
ern Kansas and Oklahoma have poor
showing, hut the best wheat counties
are all right In both winter ana spIins
wheat belts: while over the Canadian
line they are figuring on an enormous
increase over all previous crop records.
The May deal Is still causing the
bears lot OF trouble and anxiety.
They feel that everything else In the
situation Is Tn their favor but there
Is some alarm felt because OF indica-
tions that the bull interests are TAX
ing hold of July They Will be forced
TO do something with the enormous
stocks OF wheat that are now in Chi
cago, and the large receipts that VIII
he kept up until the end OF the pres
ent month. Millers are not buying, in
fact they can make more money BY
selling their wheat than by grinding
IL and forcing the product on an un-
willing -four market.
Liverpool reported wheat under
pressure in that market. Argentine
reports for the week were not large,
but the bulk OF the wheat was des-
tined for the United Kingdom.
Prices broke about &c year ago
thrown or the market The man who
was the leading short at that time
and took In the wheat on the break Is
believed to be one OF the principal
market on Wednesday on the advance
and close observers think the May
deal Is pretty well settled up. Natural
conditions now favor decline. but
dealers are cautious about selling on
the decline.
The wheat market was strong on
Thursday and closed &c higher for
cash and May and lc higher for July
and September. Corn and oats were
steady. Cash beans declined loo and
Wheat quotations: Cash and May No.
2 red. S1hc; July opened without
change at SSAc. and advanced to soc
advanced to sshc bid: No. / white.
! Coarse grain quotat,oass cc-s..s- Sc,ssH::.
70 . 55e; No. yellow. l car at SIC:
car at sse: No. White. : cars at 81 y
Beans--cash. sl94; October. s1.s5.
Cloverseed Prime spot. 50. October
and March, s7.s5: prime alsike. sS.75:
August alsike, IS. Timothy seed
Receipts In the Detroit market on
Thursday included 400 bbls OF -four, 2
cars OF wheat. OF corn and IL OF
oats Withdrawals were 400 bills of
2O6.o55 bu OF wheat, 213.156 bu OF corr,
9.12S blu of oats and 5,357 bu OF rye.
Liverpool wheat closed I'd higher to
sd lower and corn I'D 10 unchanged.
w meat TcCtlpiS InuTHQay. chicago.
202 cars. against % year ago: ST.
Louis, $1,000 bu, against $4,000 bu:
Minneapolis ISIS cars against l41; Du-
luth. 20 cars, against 20: Kansas City
SO cars against IS.
Primary wheat receipts were $4,000
bu. against $4,000 bu year ago.
Exports OF wheat and flour Thurs
day, $4,000 bu.
TOLEDO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
TOLEDO. May 25.-wheat: Cash
and May, slhc; July, sGAc; Sept,
50 &c. Corn: Cash and May, SEC; July.
65 hc: Sept, SEC: Dec, size oats:
Cash and May, 37%c: July. sTHc: Sept,
37c: Dec. 3sc Cloverseed: Cash, ss. 10:
Oct, Dec. and March, 1910 Aisike:
Prime. ss.25; Aug. $40. Butter. eggs
and hay unchanged.
CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING.
CHICAGO, May 25.-May wheat
opened OF hc; July unchanged May
corn up Ac; July up nc. May, oats OF
&c; July up nc. Provisions higher.
Noon--Wheat: May up &C and July
up 1Nc. Corn: May up &c; July up
&c. Oats: May up &C: July up &c.
Close: May wheat closed up NC: July
up I've. May corn up &c; July up
u May and July each up iAc Pro-
visions considerably higher.