The Detroit times., 1914-03-19

DETROIT. March iS--ciose; Corn Is
occupying tho cente. of the stage just
now and the wheat deal has lost the
spotlight Corn IL in active demand
and has been ADVANCING smartly. Wheat
did not show any early activity in any
or the niarkets
Fewer and desrer offerings of Plate
wheat had strengthening effect on
the Liverpool market on Thursday ana
there was some covering OF shorts.
Trading was dull and the undcrtone
steady. The forecast Is for light Ar
Sentine shipments this week and the
strength in corn helped the wheat.
Liverpool notes a tendency in America
to support the new crop months Corn
in Liverpool was strong and higher al :
though July was under pressure be-
cause of better weather In Argentina.
Some revival OF eastern demand was
noted in wheat and many shorts In
Chicago were covering. There is a
good deal of southwestern demand, but
IL is hard to tell how much Of IL -
ton is strong. Omaha is selling some
hard wheat for export The move
ment Of wheat shows little change and
there Is no new buying aside from the
are IA backward as ever and report no
activity In -four. Speculative buyers
are held back by the fine crop pros
poets, while sellers are are afraid . OF the
at this time or year. This checks
speculation and leaves the market with
very small support Most OF the
which Is In lively demand
Wheat was quiet and rather easy In
the early trading. but gained activity
and strength La later; closing ing With NTH an ad-
Corn advanced &c and rye gained isc.
Oats were unchanged and the seeds
Wheat quotations: Cash No. 2 red,
sshc: May opened without change at
si.0o, touched 9s%c. and advanced to
Sl.001S: July opened at elc. declined
to s0s4s and closed at slhe: No. !
Coarse grain auotations-Corn: Cash
No. ;. Gee. No: yellow: , cars at
s7ne. closing at sss BID; No. yellow.
Oats: standard. cars at %ac: No.
3 white. cars At 4lAc: No. white.
rive: Cash No. 2. ssxc.
shipment. 81. so; April. s1.s3: May. I$l.s5.
Cloverseed: Prime spot and March.
ss.4s: April. $s.eo: sample red. IS bags
aisike. Sio.50: sample aisike. s bags at
Timothy: Prime spot, 100 bags at
Alfalfa: Prime spot. s7.s5.
Receipts In the Detroit market
Thursday included loco bills. OF -four:
cars OF wheat: or corn: OF oats,
OF rye. and OF hay. Withdrawals
were 1000 bills. Of flour and 5000 bu.
Of corn. Stocks are s01.200 bu. OF
wheat: $4,000 bu. OF corn: 1900 bu.
OF oats. and 1850 bu OF rye.
Wheat stocks at Minneapolis de-
creased $4,000 bu. In I'VE days.
Wheat receipts Thursday: Southwest.
$4,000 bu.. against $4,000 bu. a year
ago: winnipeg. LAG cars. against GAG:
Duluth, 46 cars. against AZ: Minneapo-
lie. $50 cars against sss; Chicago. 81
liverpool wheat closed hd higher
and corn unchanged to %d higher
Primary wheat receipts were. 50s.-
900 bu.. against $4,000 bu. year ago.
Exports OF wheat and hour Thurs
day were, $4,000 bu.
Inglis sends very favorable news a.
to wheat conditions In Kansas.
Exports Of wheat and -four from the
United States during February were.
7,SS0.000 bu.. against 9,l94.00e bu. In
the corresponding month OF last year.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO. March lS.-Opsning -
Wheat: May up &c: July down &c.
Corn: May up Sc; July up sc. Oatss
May up 10; July up NC. Provisions:
Steady and shading higher.
Noon--Wheat: May down NC: July
down nc. Corn: May down 40: July
down Nc Oats: May down 40: July
Cioss-wheat: May up &c: July W
xc. Corn: May up sc: July up xo
Oats. May uu ~ q: July IN &c. Pro.