The Detroit times., 1914-05-18
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

DETROIT. May 1S-Close: The bull
ishness OF the closing days OF last
week In wheat was continued IN the
early trading on Monday Prices were
higher at home and abroad and buying
was liberal.
The Hessian ny was the leading
cause of bullishness on Monday Snow
wired that the Insect had reduced the
Missouri promise 60 normal over "a
stretch OF about $4,000 acres the dam
age was from so per cent to total and
there were traces or trouble in other
parts Of the state. This information
resulted in active covering OF shorts
and accounted for most OF the advance.
Liverpool was only shade higher at
the close and the foreign news was not
specially bullish. There was the
strength here on Saturday. tirmness in
Canada and Australian offers on which
to base strength Supplies In interior
markets were light and caused strength
abo1t the middle Of the session and
there were less favorable crop reports
from Russia. but Russian and Danu-
bian exports were liberal and checked
the advancing tendency. There was n
liberal Increase IN the quantity OF
wheat ON passage. Corn I'm Liverpool
was firm. The foreigners are quick TO
note the change In the American out
look caused by the spread OF the fly
Damage reports were coming I'm near
Nv all the time and 10 looked very much
like the beginning OF bad campaign
The cash situation ~ considered strong.
closing at drop of ~ e in cash and
&C in the new crop futures.
Corn gained nc and later lost IL. The
other coarse grains and seeds were un-
changed.
Wheat quotations. Cash and May No.
red aS24c; July opened with an adj
vance of = c a. S9Ac advanced TO S91sc
and declined To SSAc; September open
ed at SSt4c advanced 20 SSLc. and de-
.cllned 60 STAG; No I white 9sLc.
Coarse grain quotations. Corn. Cash
No. 3. I3c; No 2 yellow. J car at 7ila c.
~ Zoe. closing at 14Lc; No, Z yellow,
Oats. standard. car at A3isc: No.
. white car at Sc; No 4 white.
car at i2ikc.
Rye. Cash No. .. csc
Beans; Immediate. prompt and AMY
shipment $2.01 June s212
Cloyerseed. Prime spot SECS: Octo-
Der. $3.50; prime alsike. $40
Timothy: Prime spot. s230
Alfalfa: Prime SPOT SS.35.
Receipts ia the Detroit market Mon
day Included 1000 bills OF -four. cars
OF wheat OF corn. OF oats. l OF rye
and OF hay Withdrawals were > 600
bbls ~ flour. 20 600 bu Of wheat q coo
hu OF corn. 1900 bu Of oats aud 1000
bu Of rye stocks are 81 500 IN OF
wheat $40 500 IN OF corn. "a 500 bu 81
oats and 81 $50 bu OF rye.
Wheat on passage amounts TO As
10000 bu.. against 1900 Q0O hu a
week ago and $500 600 hu "A year ago.
The, united provinces OF India have
S2.904,O0O bu Of wheat. against no.
$4,000 IN. a year ago. The central
provinces have 25.12O.00O bu against
90 90. 600 bu. n, year ago
W,Nld's whent exports last week
were i3.I2S00O bu.. against % So. 600
hu week ago and 1906 600 IN
wear ago.
Liverpool wheat closed IA and corn
- ~ I'D higher
Visible supply decreases, Wheat. &.
nla000 bu.: corn, i,7Si 600 bu. oats,
s. 600 bu
Exports OF wheat and -four. Monday.
81 600 bu
Primary wheat receipts were Gs0 600
hu, compared with COS 900 bu venr
ago
Wheat receipts. Monday. Southwest
10000 bu.. against $50 00O hu wear
aC0, Winnipeg 10 cars against ISL:
t'hicago, 166 cars. against 1871 Duluth
~ cars. against 80 MINNEAPOLIS $50
cars against 100