Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-08
CHICAGO DAILY
MARKET NOTES

Milling sales Of cash wheat at Chi
caSo Tuesday were 10, 900 bu, corn, 3d.
600 bu and oats zoe, 900 blu, all domestic,
and 100000 blu oats for export. Export
sales via the gulf were 4S0, 900 bu wheat
at about nc better basis than recent
ly.
Charters were for $4,000 blu wheat at
1c to Buffalo, $40, 900 bu oats at &c to.
Buffalo and 120, 900 blu corn at lie to
Tiffin. At Milwaukee room was taken
Tor $4,000 bu corn and 60, 900 blu barley
at 1c to Buffalo. Duluth chartered 200,-
600 bu wheat to Buffalo at 1c. Charters
are being made from Port William and
Fort Arthur for wheat at 1c to Buffalo.
1kc to Georgian Bay, 1Ac to Port
Coloorne and 4Ac to Montreal.
Cash wheat in the Chicago sample
market maintained a firm tone as COM
pared with the December No. 9 red and
NO.. ? hard selling at 2@2Ac under De-
cember. For No. 2 red for thirty -day
shipment 2hc under December was
bid. and for No. 2 hare IN @2hc.
outside cash wheat markets were
easy, st. Louis reporting a slow de-
mand at unchanged prices, and a num-
Der OF cars were carried over unsold.
Omaha was unchanged to 1c lower and
Kansas City unchanged to kc higher.
Milwaukee was 1@1hc lower.
Premiums on No. / northern spring
wheat at Minneapolis were advanced
Nc. with sales at "a @1c over DECEMBER,
while velvet chaff was y ole under
december. Low grades sold very slow
ly, but choice were in active demand.
Lack of demand more than any other
factor was responsible for a weak tone
in the cash corn markets. Chicago was
unchanged early, n closed 11ac low
er. Omaha unchanged to &c lower and
carried 20 to rs cars over unsold. st.
Louis declined k@1c. Kansas City la
er, Milwaukee unchanged to 1c lower
and Minneapolis unchanged to hc
higher.
The Chicago cash oats market failed
to clear UP. and some cars were carried
over unsold, although prices were low
cred &c at the last after being unchang-
ca carly. st. Louis was off, Kansas City,
feorla, Milwaukee and Minneapolis
were unchanged to NC lower.
Interest in the grain trade here and
IN other markets yesterday was the
ightest of any day since the European
war started. This led to bearish gossip
and lower prices, with considerable
snort selling. Outside speculative in
terest in all grains has dropped off. The
disposition among local professionals is
to sell. One of the largest traders. who
has been bearish, said he did not want
to sell short. 1t was t. general belief
that the local traders had little grain
bought last night.
Export business in wheat yesterday
was slow, especially at the seaboard.
England n France are said to be fill
Cd up at the moment, but Italy and
L. ND wow. in 49, --I
via the gulf yesterday, including old
business, were 4S0, 900 bu.
october corn in Beunos Aires sold
yesterday at 49Ac and November at
bic, equal to about Csc C. i. f. New
York.
Packing of hogs in the west the last
week, as compiled by the Farmers and
Drovers' Journal, was 4O6. 900 head.
against $4,000 head the previous week,
and $4,000 head last year.
Available supplies of wheat in the
United States and Canada, as complied
by Bradstreet's, increased 11,470, 900 blu
last week, or 147,00 bu less than last
year. European stocks were not receiv-
ed. Supplies east of the Rockies in
creased 6,353,000 bu, west of the Rock
les decreased $4,000 bu, and Canada in
creased 5,253,000 bu. Corn decreased
$4,000 bu and oats increased 3,617,O 900
bu.
Board Of trade directors at their
meeting yesterday adopted the Hors-
ford system Of settling and clearing
trades. 1t will require a change in the
boards rules, which are to be posted
for a ballot in the near future.
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B. w. Snow figures that the north
western Canadian provinces raised
2l9. 00G, 900 blu Of oats last year, or
which $4,000 0 passed through Win
nipeg. the balance representing farm
consumption. This year with a crop Of
only 150,0o0,000 bu, he say, it looks as
If Winnipeg will be shipping oats back
to the west before spring.
New York Sugar.
New York, Oct. Raw a
Quiet; molasses, 4.37c; centrifugal,
5.02c.
RefDed-Steady