The Detroit times., 1911-04-14
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT, April 1S.-Close; Bears
were disappointed at the early strength
shown In wheat, both here and abroad,
on Thursday morning The market
fafis 10 respond as they think II
| should to the bearish conditions at
home and abroad Liverpool reported
an unusually active demand for wheat.
but offerings from exporters were
large
Much OF the covering in the May
deal during the past few days was by
those who believed May was going TO
a carrying charge under the ne wcrop
features and would stay there. The
now Is in July and Sept and the gem
eral feeling Is that these months
should be sold Every day brings bet
ter reports from the growing winter
wheat crop, even the bad places sho W :
ing much Improvement, and conditions
In the spring wheat states are the best
on record The wheat trade. however.
must decide whether these conditions
have been discounted. for they have
been known to the trade Tor q long
time Bears believe the weight Of the
old and new crops will increase as
time goes on and that IL will take
much lower prices to completely dis
count conditions The only things
they are afraid or are over-confidence
conservative dealers are continually
warning SPECTATORS
Wheat was very quiet on Thursday
and there will be nothing doing on
Friday The close was up y for cash
wheat and &c up for May while July
and Sept were unchanged The coarse
grains and seeds were steady.
| Wheat quotations. Cash No. 2 red.
s7hc: May opened without change at
SSc advanced to s8%c and declined to
SsAc; July and Sept opened at sic,
advanced to sstc and declined to SIC;
tatfons: Corn. cash No, 8. 4Sisc: No. 3
oats: standard, cars at sec; No 3
S Snts s sSo BEANS ays Cash Cash So G ssS
1898 Cloverseed Prime spot. So
April. $3.50; sample. 80 bags at ss.25.
26 at 81 rs, At IS; prime alsike $50;
seed: Prime spot. 30 bags at SIS
Receipts in the Detroit market on
Thursday included 400 bbls OF -four, 3
cars Of wheat, of corn and 3 OF oats
2.200 bu OF wheat. 1879 bu OF corn:
1900 blu OF oats, Stocks are 1851
bu of wheat, l5t,7o7 bu of corn, se.22i
bu of oats. 1000 bu of barley and
Liverpool wheat closed isGkd and
corn I'd lower.
Stocks OF wheat in Minneapolis de-
creased $4,000 blu I'm Ave days.
Receipts of wheat Thursday: ST.
Louis, $4,000 ou. against $1,000 bu a
year ago; Kansas City, 1e cars. against
~, MlnneapCllS, 100 against ASo
Duluth. s6 cars, against 80; Winnipeg.
166 cars, against 220.
Wheat receipts at primary points
Thursday. 10000 bu;. year ago, $4,000
blu.
TOLEDO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
TOLEDO. April l3.-Wheat Cash
and May, S9Ac July and Sept, 81 &c.
Corn: Cash. 50%c. May. 5pSc; July.
52hc: Sept, 54hc. Oats: Cash. 24&c;
May. 34Sc; July. 34hc; Sept, 33hc.
Rye: No 2. soc; No. 8, sSc CLOVER
seed: Cash. s8S5: April, $3.50; Oct.
and Dec 1896 Timothyseed: Prime.
IS so Alsike Prime, So. Butter, eggs
and hay unchanged.
CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING.
CHICAGO. April 13.-Grain opening
May wheat unchanged. July hc on.
Ma yand July corn unchanged. May
oats unchanged; July p &c. Pro-
visions steady
Noon: May wheat up sc: July I'M
changed May and July corn up NC.
May and July oats unchanged.
Close May wheat up hc; July up
NC May corn up &c; July up nc.
May oats up NC; July up NC. Pro-