The Detroit times., 1912-10-24
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

Il
ing "a wheat producers OF the world
raised 1885,. 100000 bu this year. which
is IL per cent more than year ago.
This came from Washington on We'd
nesday. and may have had something
TO do with an easier tone at the open
ing OF Thursdays wheat market. or II
may have been the result OF some fav-
orable turn In the war game In the
Balkans.
The market opened with a decline,
but did not Immediately go TO pieces
as III IL had been selling at a fancy
price. The decline was stubbornly
contested. Early offerings dried up
and the selling pressure on the Chi,
cago market was largely OF local
character There was tendency TO
depreciate the strength that came from
Wednesdays export sales. as practi-
cally all the wheat taken was Cana
dian. or the total OF 100000 bushels
sold for export $4,000 bu was Mani
toba wheat. Kansas City reported
good export demand and some foreign
sales were said to have been made in
According TO reports received in the
market, the foreign outlook was as
alarming as ever. but the easy tone In
Liverpool caused n feeling that there
night At home fine weather and
heavy receipts OF wheat act as check
on the advance. There Is plenty OF
wheat in this country and also In Cam
port surplus. but the Canadians are
asking a lower price and appear de-
termined to be rid OF their crop as
soon as possible. Russia Is pressing
wheat on the European market and
the Dardaneiles have not yet been
closed.
Wheat ruled easy throughout Thurs
day and closed at loss OF hc.
Corn advanced hc. oats were steady
and cash beans declined sc.
Receipts In the Detroit market on
Thursday included 500 bbls or hour.
cars OF wheat. OF corn and II OF
-four and $500 bu OF corn Stocks are
17S.433 bu of wheat. lO8,16S bu OF cofh
45.165 bu OF oats and 1850 bu OF rye.
Receipts OF wheat Thursday: Kansas
City $50 cars. against 134 a year ago;
Omaha, 119 cars against IS: Chicago,
So cars. against 105: Minneapolis, 4S9
cars, against SIS; Duluth 4s6 cars.
against l25 Winnipeg asS ooo cars. n1s
against SIS. 900 bu.
Liverpool wheat closed Y aSd and
corn va sd lower
Estimated Argentine exports OF
wheat this week. $50. 700 bu.
Primary wheat receipts were 2.00S.-
900 bu, against 1.s3s.ooo bu year
Exports of wheat and hour Thursday.
los. 900 bu.
Wheat quotations.: Cash No. 2 red.
s11O&: December opened with de-
cline of 3c at ul2%., declined to
and closed at Sl1s% No. white.
Coarse grain quotations: corn--Cash
No. 3. 65hc; No. : white. car at esc:
No. yellow. 6shc; No. yellow.
cars at 6Sc: No. yellow. car at 81 &c.
Oats-Standard. 2 cars at 36hc: No. 3
white, Q cars at 35hc: No. white. 2
cars at 33hc Rye-Cash No. 2. 7sc.
Beans-Immediate, prompt and Oc-
tober shipment. $3.50; November. s2so;
tober. s11.25; sample. 20 bags at $40. 2b
Is at so. IL at $3.50 at -: prime
alsike, SIS: sample alsike, bags at
s10.25. 12 at s1l.75.
TOLEDO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
TOLEDO. o.. Oct. 2+-wheat: Cash.
tarn sll1s CASH Pes ssc b.e jxGsa Gay NAY ts
July. SOC. oats: Cash. s5kc; Dec,
S5Kc: May. 36kc. Rye: Cash. 70kc.
CIoverseed: Cash and Oct. tl1 so: Dec.
and March. sl1.10;- No. 2. t1o.so: No. ,.
Dec ana March. ,is.is.. Timothy: Cash
and Oct. s1.s6; Dec, ,1.s7h; May.
,2.07h. Butter. eggs and hay un-
changed.
CHICAGO GRAIN-OpeninE.
CHICAGO. Oct A,-wheat: Decem-
Der down nc: May up hc. Corn: De-
cember and May down Ac. Oats: De-
Noon-wheat: December down sc:
May down hc. Corn: December and
May unchanged. Oats: December and
Close: Whest-December down &C;
May down Nc Corn: December un-
chan ged; May down kc. Oats: Decem-
ber down nc: May down nc. Provisions
slightly lower.