Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-26
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Foreigners Continue to Take Wheat
in Liberal Fashion.
eULF TRADERs ARE BIG BUYERS
Cash Handlers OF Grain Report that
Much Grain IA coins south,
While Business is slow
In other Quarters.

OMAHA, July -, lslA
Foreigners were again buyers OF wheat
~ liberal way i'm Chicago and pur-
chases at other markets we're also lib
eral This demand caused the July and
SeAtember to advance In price and while
the highest levels we've not held, the
gains were ls0hc for July and September
respectively. The deferred months were
or SsQ1sc and the weakness for this was
on less rust talk and the fact that these
reports are becoming stale.
Cash handlers have reported big pur-
chases at the gulf. but elsewhere the cash
trade was small. Kansas City grain men
claim that the acceptance on business
sent out OF there Thursday night were
export made earlier in the season were
reflected by the increased export clear
anees this week, IL is said by cash han
dlers that the clearances Will exceed 10, .
coo bushels weekly before long.
The wheat futures showing the most
strength yesterday doubtless carried the
largest open interest and shorts fearing
that conditions may change for the worse
led In the buying. There were reitera-
tions from the northwest OF the wheat
plant being too far advanced for any
| great amount of damage to result from
| black rust or any other cause. An opinion
! OF this kind came not only from B. w.
Snow, but also from Harvey Williams
| and one or two other crop experts who
are now in the spring wheat belt The
| losses in the northwest from blight and
black rust have. Il is believed, been
pretty we'll discounted and with heavy
| offerings from the southwest conditions
are likely to show at least partial
! change,
| The deferred futures in corn were ssdiC
! lower yesterday, while the near advanced
/ hc. Rains throughout the belt and in
/ creased offerings from longs were the
! helps to bears. In addition TO the ralnt
| temperatures were lower, and there are
many reports that the corn has deteri'
/ GRATED rapidly Of late. resale or Ar,
gentina corn at New York was made a.
| Tic yesterday for July shipment CRsf
| sales here were small at 10000 bu.
Oats were h@Sc lower on the Increased
| movement at western markets
| Stop-loss selling in the provision mar
ket was not only the feature, but thu
| out through the scattered longs and ther'
! was also considerable pressure from bott
! large and small packers. The decline o.
| t0c in the price of hogs was draw
| back, and the recent hot spell caused
! letup in the demand for cash meats.
! Wheat was 1c higher
! Corn was lsGlc higher.
oats were unchanged to Ac higher.
Clearances were Wheat and flour,
equal to 473OOO bushels; corn, 1000 bush-
! els; oats, none.
Liverpool close: Wheat 7sd higher
! corn, I'D higher.
Primary wheat receipts were 2,6a,000 bu
| and shipments 1,435,O00 .bu. against re
| ceipts of 1,564,00O bu and shipments o
| 7O2 900 bu. last year
| Primary corn receipts were $4,000 bu
+! and shipments $4,000 bu., against receipts
oe $4,000 bu. and shipments Of S65,V0 bu
flast year. ~
Primary oats receipts were $4,000 bu
| and shipments $4,000 bu., against receipts
OF $4,000 bu. and shipments OF 55S'OO ou
last year.