Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-25
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Farmers Are in Control Of Bread.
stuff Prices.
EUROPEAN STOCKS ARE LIGHT
Foreigners Display Much EaEerpe-s
I'm Securing Grain for Milling
Purposes, RefIectinE
short Supplies.

OMAHA, Aug. "a 1914
There Is little doubt in the minds OF the
more conservative grain men Of the worlC
as to the position OF farmers, who art
nov in control Of breadstuffs values
While II is true that nearly TO-, 90
! bushels OF wheat have been sold to &c
abroad on the present crop, there is al
! least l15,OO0,OO0 bushels more that can be-
spared TO foreigners
II develops that some OF the countries
OF the old world have small supplies OF
! wheat and flour going to them. from this
ana other countries, and in addition "a
this as bullish factor is the fact that
tneir purchases have not been as large as
they should have been, and that they are
also curbed in the matter of supplies by
the cutting off for a time of the sea lane
and the inability for a period TO get
oreadstuffs into the importing nations In
consequence.
The eagerness with which foreigners
have bought breadstuffs of late shows
what may be expected in the near futures
IN the matter Of demand as well as
prices.
The strength shown in the Liverpool
wheat market from day to day reflects
conditions there as favorlng the holder OF
breadstuffs Stocks there are light, and
u Is now said that the mills of Great
britain are to be taken over by the gov
The strength displayed by the wheat
market was reflected in corn last week,
and in fact the yellow cereal was a
lions have become more favorable Not
only have rains visited the great belt and
the temperatures been lowered but the
buying power has been pronounced In
character and the fact that those taking
the corn were among the stronger houses
OF the grain world carried more or less
weight with it, Stocks of corn IN all po-
sitions in the United States are small,
and now that there are clearances almost
every day for foreign shipment and addi-
tlonal inquiries for the grain to go abroad
the situation is stronger than II has been
An exceptionally active market has
ruled in oats. Exporters have bought
United States. but in Canada, and they
have followed the market on the ad-
vances established In the belief that
higher prices must eventually rule
Some OF this grain was taken Tor use
by the army and some of II for foodstuffs
in the various sections now short OF sup
plies
The provisions situation is veering
around into better shape. Purchases from
foreigners OF meats and lard have been
of fair volume and this more than any
thing else has helped to steady the mar
ket.
Wheat was 1G2c higher.
Corn was unchanged to l1o lower
Oats were 1c higher.
to 76l,OOO bushels; corn, 1000 bushels; oats,
1871 900 bushels
Liverpool closed; Wheat. 1@1hd higher;
corn, I'D higher.
Primary wheat receipts were 2,22O,0oO
bushels and shipments 100000 bushels,
against receipts of 1,A1 600 bushels and
shipments of $4,000 bushels last year.
Primary corn receipts We're 100000
bushels and shipments 606,00O bushels,
against receipts Of 626,00C bushels and
shipments of 3lS, 900 bushels last year
Primary oats receipts were /, 3s7, 900 bush
els and shipments $4,000 bushels, against
receipts of 1911, 900 bushels and shipments
of 59s, 900 bushels last year