The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-12
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT. MAY i2-Close' North-
western rains have relieved the situa-
| tion for the present at least and the
1 crop will get along without trouble
| for week or so. The rainfall In South
Dakota was not as heavy AS elsewhere:
K but Canada got plenty In the shape OF
rain, sleet and snow. Liverpool was
frm and cargoes were In good demand.
Crop conditions In southern Europe are
unfavorable.
The foreign markets were firmer
than the American ones early on FIJI
| day and there was an early tenuehcy
| in Chicago TO work little lower. AZ
though feeling In the market has noth-
| ing like the bearishness IL had week
ago Many turned TO the bull side when
they found IL impossible 10 force prices
! lower, and the feeling now Is tn h
there are two sides 10 the deal me
fear OF drouth conditions Is restraining
| bear attacks. for II Is admitted that
the success OF the growing spring
wheat crop depends on abundant mols
ture from now on. covering time OF
year when rains are usually lnfrequent
The large decrease in the worlu
visible supply or wheat last iioiltu :
attracting great deal or attentl on
The falling of amounted TO 5S,OOV.VVo
bu. against 24,000,0O0 bu for the CORE
spending time OF last year. THIS brings
the supply down TO within 6,OOo.VoO M
OF the total a year ago. although II Is
still 100000 bu greater than TWO
years ago. Complaints are coming
from India that plague Is hinderihs
Wheat was quiet and frm during
Fridays market and closed al an aa-
vance OF n a NC. Corn advanced ~
oats were steady, rye gained lie ana
Wheat quotations: Cash NO. req,
sage; May opened without chshse a.
92c, advanced TO s2Ac, declined TO sze
end closed at 92hc; July and Septem-
Der opened at S9Ac, declined 10 ssA c
and advanced TO 90hc for July and
soAc for September bid: No. l white.
9Ic.
Coarse grain quotations: Corn-cash
No. g. 55Ac: No. 4. l car at o. 1ac. NO.
yellow, l car at sc, closing at % c.
No. 8 yellow. l car al 5shc. oats oats,
ssnc: No. 1 white. 2 cars at soc. Rye
cash No. i and No 2, sLO2. Beans
Cash and May, 81; October. siso
Cloyerseed1,Prime ca sp0s ar $50: prime
alsike. So rs; sample alsike, bags at
$3.50 Timothy seed-Prime spot se'oo
nominal. r.,
day included $50 bbls OF flour. cars
OF corn, 2 of oats and OF rye. Win
drawals were 200 bbls or hour STOCKS
corn, 1850 bu OF oats and 4s7S bu
Australian wheat exports for the
week were 10000 bu. against 2o4'ooo
blu a year ago.
er and corn unchanged.
Receipts of wheat on Friday: Kansas
City, "a cars against 81 a year ago
Omaha, 29 cars. against 2: MINNEAPOLIS
1875 cars. against 1857 Duluth, "a cars.
against %; Chicago, 127 cars, againss
] rs; ST Louis, $4,000 bu. against Sb'oo
bu ,, n,
Wheat stocks at Minneapolis de-
creased 335, 900 bu for the week.
Exports OF wheat and Hour FRIDAY
ass 900 blu. - ooo
Primary wheat receipts were 540.OoV
bu. against 32O.0 900 bu year ago.
TOLEDO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
TOLEDO, O.. May 12.-wheat: Cash
and May, 93Ac; July, 90+c; sept, s0c.
Corn: Cash and May. 56hc; July, 5oc'
sept, 55t4 c. Oats: Cash and May, 3o1c;
July. 36ssc; Sept. 30 NC. CloVerseea'
FASH. $3.50; Oct and Dec, $I.6o; Marcn'
gT67h. Alsike: Prime, -; August 20.
3utter. eggs and hay unchanged.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO. May 12--Grain opening:
Nav wheat up Ac; July UNCHANGED
Nav corn Oft sac; July unchanged May
and July oats up &c. PROVISIONS
steady TO higher.
Noon: May wheat OF nc: July up
NC May corn of &c; July hsc. May
OATS up &c; July up hc.
Close: May wheat closed up c, July
mn lLsc May corn of hci July un-
changed. May oats up lbc; July up
&C Provisions weaker.