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are ea te ee el 
NOED FAIR ADVANGE WY 
‘TTIRADE) WHEAT AND CORN 
3ugs and Dis-| Crop News Favorable, but Statis- 
“Abroad Fa- tics Help Buying Side— 
S&S Oats Unchanged. 
“lf 28.—Export 
irbéd Buropean 
“ted wheat %@ 
ST. LOUIS 
FUTURE PRICES. | 
n passage was 
falling off of 
ible supply. 
es in Missouri, 
closed higher on a less favorable Euro- 
counted in fa- 
pean political outlook and largely on 
the strength of this wheat was on. the 
upturn in the local market. News in 
this country was mainly favorable, both 
in the winter and spring belts, but 
there were decided signs of manipula- 
tion by the bull crowd at Chicago and 
little attention was paid to anything 
but the Chicago blackbeard. 
There were reported sales for export 
at the various domestic centers, but 
nothing startling and primary receipts 
vyheat were lI,- 
000 bu. a year 
s of wheat and 
\ Closed Ranged Ciosed 
, net upturn ‘| Saturday. Yesterday. ~ Yesterday.| 
-iet rise of %@ Wheat 
@ 2%c to li ee | peete 
May....92%@% a %2%4@924.@% 92% @% a 
00 bu. of hard} j July....29%a 897% @9014 90% b 
50,000 bu. In the | fSept....s9% 89%, @N@4 $0@% b 
-qt a’ rally ot Corn— 
Peet en prorttt: || May,...54a 4A%@14@35 55 b 
a by renewed July.:..55% 6544 @55% 5034 a 
furbed political Sept....55%4 a Sostipie ees bb 
the far Hast. Oats— 
“aed eee May... .83% a Qeeve 335% b 
in 6 stron July..:.334@% a @ 83% b 
wheat and car- air ee ge 5 
604, 000 bu. in Sept....3344 a is » Dea ne Bay a 
ted corn after 
lue to the lim- 
ecame nervous 
ensued. 
-imission house 
ness. for the day were enormous, 1,369,000 
Bees bu., comparing with only 530,000 bu. a 
Slosing Prices. year ago. Statistics showed up mildly 
“il 28. April 26. bullishly, but the decrease in the do- 
mestie Visible was not large for this 
$25, b 92 ane | season and weather in all directions 
ees a Abi was all that could be desired. 
“ i May ary which Se ee 
Ab 1 @5b igher at 2c, sold up to €, 
On» BO, where it closed, thus recording an ad- 
5654 g 66448; vance for the day of %c. The more dis- 
ae tant deliveries were correspondingly 
5 b awa |tirm and on the upturn, July wheat 
34 934 bi ranging from 89%e to 90%c and clos- 
" ing %e higher at $90%c, and the Sept. 
45 19.63 geliveny closing %@%e higher at 90@ 
50@52 19.67 | he bid 
30@32 19.47 Strength extended as well to the mar- 
85s 10.90 ket for cash wheat. Offerings were 
80 8 10.83 bjliberal, 19 cars of soft winter and 49 
71@80b 10.3 b{cars of hard winter, but there was a 
brisk demand and prices were higher, 
el 7 be “ especially on hard winter, which was 
DOTS 19:77@30 taken by local and outside mills, main- 
ly the latter, at an advance of. ¥c te le. 
Several cars of soft winter were of- 
fered and selections sold at $1.12 to 
depressed pro- 
: ® $1.12%. Southern Hlinois mills picked 
xe sharply be- 
3. , {Up the choice. 
Elsewhere the cash demand was £004.: 
eects Minneapolis reported an active cash 
market, with Chicago houses the best 
buyers, and No. 1 Northern selling ata 
‘losing Prices. premium of 2%c over May. The flour 
il 23, April 2. eens was better. Ransas Clty and 
‘ cago reporte Foo uying, Ww 
vida BARS & the latter city claiming some goodly 
sales for export. Winnipeg wired that 
06 . the eash demand there was better. 
Lg att 4 Minneapolis stocks decreased 175,000 
a eae bu. for two days this week and a wire} 
* ' Om : point said that .seedine is 
Pee ras “2 ‘eee re sia wie 
| particularly hopeful ‘sign ‘heed 
Cables were irregular, but Liverpool 
sai 
[MANY iy 10 : 
Havoc Played With Berlin, | 
flected in Disturbance a 
Tendency After Fit 
A 
NEW YORK, Fen: 28 
erally delicate political situat! 
kets of Berlin, Paris and* Lond 
This condition was reflected i 
market and resulted in @ hn 
issues. The copper shares }¥ 
Copper losing 14% points on thi 
The first half hour, howev 
remaining after last week’s 
rest of the day the tendency * 
Prices, to be sure, did nate 
trading grew very dull.” Never 
movement plainly had=run it 
The pressure against the 
of the class of Northwestern 
tinctly firmer. 
New York Central rallied w 
Lake Shore notes had been sol 
new obligations put out by 
ABSENCE OF LIQUID: 
There wete fairly réassuri 
of further Hquidation in the 
like the Erie convertibles, the 
Railways 5s were noticeably W 
higher rank were done at the 
Had it not been for the fea 
our market probably ‘would, hav 
tions toward the end “ofS the ses 
play of weakness on_ the foreig: 
developments have betome of 
corperate borrowing has begun ft 
Several of the tobacco stock 
From the high of-the year, 
Lorillard and G. W. Helme show) 
|can Tobacco this afternoon rall 
RESISTANCE OF S$ 
The resistance of Steel to pr 
points of the market for the la 
small, This morning it bretes 
out under that figure. It is 7 
outiook for a very ftavoralien 
matés from Pittsburg of the ‘ 
would be a new high record for 
The general feeling is, he 
$38,000,000. 
The $50, 000, 000 railroad in 
proving to be a big toy for- t 
miles of the line are being op 
President Randolph wanted 9 
fare, 
The Rebels have free wea 
all the population of the tow 
the road as fast as they can 
the first time since 1908. 
ben ee Sales: 350 sks. hard clear to Z 
$3.85 jute, 155 hbis. soft patent (d 
der by local mill) at $5.75 wood, 2 
by Southern Illinois mill at $6 wee 
fér export—2,000 sks. (110s) ene c 
the Compe 500 a hard ba 
nite ngdom. 
Quote in erite sks.: soft—Patents 
@4.75: straights at $4.25@4. a >.4 
at $3.70 @3.85; sane. at eee 
races at $2. 60@2 
ages straights 
16 @38. 30; , Secon 
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