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11* O^T & Ai' Awaiting Developments Before Committing Themselves Heav ily Either Way. *f The Storm Not Bad in Itself, but Rains Following Would Do Harm. Jones Goes Into the Southwest To-nightGovernment Re port Monday. Minneapolis 'Chamber of Commerce. April 9.Probably there has not been 'a time in many months wh&n there was less decisiveness in wheat. The market runs up and down a cent by I turns. There are few outspoken bulls and few pronounced bears and all the trade is waiting for developments. The storm over the northwest made a stronger and higher market, but now there is a waiting feeling. The trade would like to know more definitely as to the seeding outlook in the northwest. The feeling is that while the snow has been a bad thing, in itself it is not serious if good weather follows. Wires were nearly all slow this morning and some were down. McCaull had telephonic com munication with Watertown and other points and reports are that with good weather a resumption of farm work will be possible in four or five days. This is not the case everywhere, and some localities cannot do much for a fortnight under the most favorable circumstances. Still the situation to day presents in itself nothing alarm ing. However, this is April, the month of showers. Rains on or about the 20th are quite the thing to look for. Lot moderate showers come and reasonably fair weather, and the northwest will line up well and whatever damage or delay may result in the Red river valley will be offset by benefits in western North Dakota, where moisture is pretty de sirable. But let a period of heavy rain come along and it is hard to see how the valley could get into condi tion by May 1. This is what the trade fears. The situation is in short one of great uncertainty. To-day May was up to 96%c at the opening, and down to 96%c before the close. July sold off from 96%c to 94%@94%c. Week-end liquidation of long wheat was heavy. Monday will bring the government report giving the winter wheat con dition. To-night H. V. Jpnes goes kinto the southwest, and thru into Texas, and the Minneapolis trade should soon be able to learn some thin gas to the winter wheat outlook from first hands. If the government makes the condition as high as 80, It will likely be taken as bearish. Anything from 80 to 75 will be neutral and anything under 75 would probably strengthen all markets. The wire service was so poor that scarcely any of the regular statistics came thru. Clearances, so far as re ported, were 55,000 bushels. Primary points received 504,000 bushels. St. Louis had 8,000 bushels and shipped out 156,000. Kansas City got 31,000 bushels and shipped out 14,000. A year ago St. Louis had 86,000 in and Shipped 35,000, and Kansas City had 61,000 and shipped 59,000. Minneapolis received 93 cars, against 188, and Duluth 16, against 88. Paris was 5 to 10 centimes up and Liverpool Yid up. Commenting on the dull flour trade, the Commercial West says: "With 8,000,000 people to feed for four months out of old supplies, it is a reasonable proposition that some flour must be sold. This is the season of the year when the flour market is Usually dull, and we have only to re fer to last year to find that with about 60,000,000 bushels more of wheat raised on crop of 1902 than 1903, the price of wheat ruled strong last sum mer. May wheat to-day is only 15c below the high point of February. "Prices suggest heavy domestic consumption in the United States, and with a much lighter export to Europe they almost prove that the old level of wheat price that has held in recent years has been left behind, possibly for a long time to come." Local stocks are almost stationary. For the week there was a decrease of 15,468 bushels, leaving the total 11,- 810,674 bushels. The decrease for one day of the new week is about 80,000 bushels. THE FLOUR MARKET Slight Improvement ReportedShip- ments Light. Something in the nature of improve ment was reported this morning, but nothing very Important. Complaint is still heard of orders running very light and foreign business dead. Buy ers are persistently holding off and orders entered are from such as must have flour, and are light as a rule. Shipments, 28,943 brls. First patents are quotable $5.05@ B.15 second patents, $4.95@5.05 first clears, $3.60 second clears, $2.45@ 2.55. THE CASH TRADE Barley and Rye Easier Other Grains Sternly. FLAXNo. 1 sold at $1.15y* for the bulk, and rejected lc under. Con tinued good demand is the report. Minneapolis received 10 cars against 13 a year ago. and shipped 4. Duluth received 20 cars. Closing prices: Minneapolis, cash, $1.15 to arrive, $1.15 April, $1.15 May, $1.15. OATSNo. 3 white closed at 39c. Receipts, 22 cars shipments, 26 cars. CORNNo. 3 yellow closed at 47c. Receipts, none shipments, 1 car. FEED AND MEALCoarse corn meal and cracked corn, in sacks, sacks extra, $17.75 18 No. 1 ground feed (2-3 corn and 1-3 oats), 80-lb sacks, sacks extra, $18.75@19 No. 2 ground feed corn and oats), 75-lb sacks, Backs extra, $19.75@20 No. 3 ground feed (1-3 corn and 2-3 oats), 75-lb sacks, sacks extra, $20.75 21. MILLSTUFFSMillers say the mar ket is Arm and steady as quoted. Bran in bulk, $14.50 shorts, $15 middlings, $16 red dog, $17.50 all f. o. b. in Minneapolis in 100-lb sacks, $1.50 per ton additional in 200-lb sacks, $1 per ton additional. Shipments, 1,061 tons. BARLEYPrices a little easier. Feed grades are quoted at 3541c TRADERS IN WHEAT ARE ALL O N THE FENCE Open. High. May.$ .96% .96=4 Jul y. .9SV .95% Sept. .83% .83?i Minneapolis Oats April May. .3S .38 Minneapolis $ .95%@95% Chicago 94% Duluth 94% St. Louis 9354 Kansas City 83^ New York 96% RANGE OF WHEAT PRICE IN MINNEAPOLIS .9i%@94% .8 2% malting grades at 41 @50c. 4 cars shipments, 15 cars. RYEThe market was lower 2 closed at 65c. Receipts, 2 shipments, 1 car. HAYTimothy, choice, $10.50 11 timothy, No. 1, $10 10.50 timothy, No. 2, $8.50@9.50 timothy, low grade, $7@8 upland, choice, $9.50 10 up land. No. 1, $8.509 upland, No. 2, $7.50 8 midland, $7 7.50 slough, $56 straw, wheat and oat, $45 straw, rye, $5.50 6. Receipts, tons shipments, 11 tons. Receipts No. cars 93 CASH SALES REPORTED TO-DAY. No. 1 northern wheat, 5 cars $ .97% No. 1 northern wheat, 7 cars 98% No. 2 northern wheat, choice, 2 cars 96 No. 2 northern wheat. 1 car 95 So. 2 northern wheat. 600 bu, to arrive.. .95 2 northern wheat, 2 cars 96 NO": No. 2 northern wheat. 3 cars No. 3 wheat, 2 cars No. 3 wheat. 3 cars No. 3 wheat, 2 cars No. 3 wheat, 9 cars No. 3 wheat. 1 car No. 3 wheat, 1 car No. 3 wheat, 1 car No. 3 wheat, smutty. 1 car Rejected wheat, 1 car Rejected wheat, 2 cars 85 Rejected wheat, 1 car 84 Rejected wheat. 1 car 83 Rejected wheat, 1 car 88 No. 3 yellow corn, 2 cars 48 No. 3 corn. 1 car 48 No. 3 white oats. 4 cars 39% No. 4 white oats. 1 car 38% No. 4 white oats. 3 cars 39 No. 4 white oats, 1 car 39% No. 4 white oats. 1 car 38% No. 4 white oats, 1 car 39% No. 3 oats, 3 cars, mixed 37 No. 3 oats, 1 car, mixed 88 No. 3 oats. 1 car, mixed 37% No. 8 oats. 1 car, mixed 37% No grade oats, 1 car 36 No. 5 barley. 1 car 40 No. 1 flax. 1 car 1-15% Rejected flax, 1 car 1.14% Rejected flax, 1 car 1-14% No grade flax, 1 car 1.07% Macaroni Wheat. Rejected, 1 car 82 PUTS AND CALLS. 1:15 o'clock report: PutsMay wheat, 94c. CallsMay wheat, 96c. CurbMay wheat, 95%c. C. C. WYMAIN & CO. Grain Commission, 505-506 Now Chambsr of Commerce. Your Future Trade Orders Will Have Careful Attention, STATE GRAIN INSPECTION. APRIL 8. Inspected InWheatCarsGreat Northern No. 1 northern, 17 No. 2 northern, 28 No* 3, 5 rejected, 4: no grade, 12. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. PaulNo. 2 north ern. 2 No. 3, 13 rejected. 20 no grade. 4. Soo Line^No. 2 northern, 1 No. 3, 3 re jected. 2 no grade, 1. Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis A OmahaNo. 2 northern, 1 rejected. 2. World's Markets- Close. Low. $ .95H .94%@94% .37% Yesterday. $ .96%@96% .95% .95% .94%@94% .84% .97% 8 CLOSING CASH PRICES On TrackNo. 1 hard, 97%@97%c No. 1 northern, 96%@96%c No. 1 north ern to arrive, 96%@96%c No. 2 northern, 93%@94%c No. 2 north ern to arrive, 93%c No. 3 wheat, 88%@91%c. No. 1 flax, $1.15 No. 3 white oats, 39c. No. 3 yellow corn, 47c No. 2 rye, 65c. Barley, 35c to 50c. New delivery. RANGE OF PRICES FOR THE WEEK The Minneapolis Options. Close. Close. To-day. $ .95%@95% Yesterday. $ .96%@9 6% Year Ago. $ .73% .73%@74 05% .8 2% S3% .37% .37% .38% .38% THE DAY'S REPORTS May Wneat Close. To-day. July Wheat Close. Close. To-day. Close. Yesterday. $ .95% *87%@87 .95% .82% .76% .92% $ .94%@94% *S6%#86% .94 .82% 76% 92% Minnesota TransferNo. 2 northern, 2 No. 2 northern, 12 No. 3, 2. TotalsNo. 1 northern, 19 No. 2 northern, 44 No. 8, 23 rejected, 28 no grade, 17. Other GrainsRejected macaroni wheat, 2 No. 3 winter wheat, 19 rejected winter wheat, 12 No. 4 corn, 1 no grade corn, 2 No. 3 white oats, 9 No. 4 white oats, 4 No. 3 oats. 10 no grade oats, 5 No. 2 rye, 2 No. 4 bar ley, 1 No. 5 barley, 6 no grade barley, 2 No. 1 flax, 22 rejected flax, 13 no grade flax, 3 Inspected OutCarsNo. 1 northern wheat, *4 No. 2 northern wheat, 24 No. 3, wheat, 15 rejected wheat, 16 no grade wheat, 1 No. 3 winter wheat, 2 No. 4 corn, 5 No. 3 white oats, 21 No. 3 oats, 6 no grade oats, 3 No. 4 barley, 3 No. 5 barley, 16 No. 1 flax, 18 rejected flax, 12. GRAIN IN REGULAR ELEVATORS. Week Ending Wheat April. 9 No. 1 hard 2,592 No. 1 northern 4,347.732 No. 2 northern .95% 92% 91% .91 .92 .93 .90 88% .90 .87 April 2 2,592 4,245.744 631,749 11,066 56,576 6.738.256 136,003 4.156 625.176 11.066 56,576 No. 3 Rejected Special bin No grade Macaroni 6,627.373 136,003 4,156 Totals 11,810.674 Decrease 15.468 Corn 46,*4 Oats 1,448,403 Barley 1,060.867 Rye 59,702 Flax 1.129.119 11,826,142 46.124 1,724,090 1,192,010 1.033 1,271,226 DAILY CLOSING PRICES. MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT. May. July. Sept. 83@83% 81% 81% 81% 81% 83% 82% Saturday, April 2 97% 97% Monday 95% 5%% Tuesday 94% 94%@% Wednesday 95% 95 Thursday 94% 94% Friday 96%ffi 95% To-day 95%% 94%@% CHICAGO WHEAT. Mar. July. S0% 87%@% Saturday, April 2 96% Monday 94% TuesdayHoliday. Wednesday 94% Thursday 94% Friday 95% To-day 94% Sept. 83%@% 81% WHE AT MARKET GRADUALLY DECLINES CORN AND OATS WEAK. Chicago, April 9.Official predictions of warmer weather for Kansas and Nebraska re sulted in a bearish sentiment in the wheat pit to-day. Lack of outside trading, owing to poor telegraph facilities, also contributed to the de pression. At the start the market exhibited some firmness In sympathy with higher cables. .Tuly opening a shade to %@%c higher at 87% 88c, and advancing quickly to 88@88%c. The demand, however, was not equal to the offer ings, and prices gradually declined, July 'selling off to 87%c. Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago reported receipts at 123 cars against 470 cars last week and 442 cars a vear ago. The market became still weaker as the sea son advanced, there being no support of any consequence. Intimation of a bearing govern ment report Monday added to the selling pres sure. The close was about the low point of the day, July being down l%c at 86%@86%c, after touching 86%c Close: WheatMay, 94%c July. 86%@86%c: old. 87%c: September. 80%c old, Sl%c. Cash WheatNo. 2 red wheat. $101.03: No. 8 red. 939$1.03 No. 2 ha.rd, 91@98c: No. S hard, 85@95c: No. 1 northern. 96c@ll.01 No. 3 northern. 90c@sl: No. 3 spring. 88c@98c. Profit-taking in the May delivery caused weak- Defective Page ness in the corn market after a firm opening. Prospects of more favorable weather west, to gether with the decline in wheat, were mainly responsible for the selling pressure. July opened to %@%c higher at 51%@51%c. Later the price reacted in sympathy with the decline In May, selling off to 51%c. Local receipts were 158 cars, with 26 of contract grade. Selling by the big long carried prices still further downward, July declining to 51c. The close as weak, with July %c lower at 51%g 51 %c. Close, corn: April, 52^c: May, 63%c July, 51J@51%e September, 30?850%c Cash CornNo.o 2, 53@5o%c No. 3, 45@5c. The action of the grains was the nominat ing Influence in the oats market. A firm feel ing prevailed at the opening, but weakness soon developed on poor support. July opened %c to %c higher, at 3S%@38^e, and declined to 384c Local receipts were 148 cars. Close, oats: May, 38%c July, 87%c Sep tember, 32c. Cash OatsNo. 2, 39@39%c No. 3, 38%c. The following was the range of prices for old delivery: Wheat May. Opening 95} Highest 95" Lowest 94 Close To-day 94% Yesterday 95 Year ago 75 The following was the range of prices for new delivery: Wheat May. July. Opening 87% Highest 88% Lowest 86% Close To-day 86 Yesterday Corn Opening 53% Highest 54 Ixwes 53 Close To-day 53% Yesterday 53% Year ago 42% Oats- Opening 38% Highest 38% Lowest 38% Close To-day 38% Yesterday 39%@ Year ago 32% OTHER GRAIN MARKETS DTJXTJTH GRAIN, Ap-il 9.This was a good day for export business, something unusual for Saturday. Ten loads of Manitoba wheat were worked. This market was very dull and slumped sharply. May opened %c up at 95%c and then fell steadily to 94%c and closed there, a loss of l%c. Tuly fell l%c to 94e. Cash offerings were very light. May pi ice was paid for No. 1 north ern. Max was dull. May closed unchanged at $1.16, after selling %c higher. Oats fell %c and rye %c. The close: Wheat, in store. No. 1 hard, 93"^c No. 1 northern, 94%c No. 2 northern. 9l%c to arrive. No. 1 hard, 95%c No. 1 north 1 ern, 94%c No. 2 northern. 91%c macaroni, No. 1. S6c No. 2, 84c, May. 94%c July, 94c. Sep tember, 82Vic, riax. in store. $1.15%: to arrive, $1.15%: May, $1.16. July, $1.17% October. $1.19 oats on track, 39c. to arrive, 39c rye, on track, 65c to arrive, 65c. Cars inspected: Wheat. 16 cars, last year 38: oats. 2 rye. 1, barley, 5 flax, 20 last year, 23. Receipts: Wheat, 41,702 bu: oats. 2,912, bcrlev, 3,714: rye. 1.873 flax 37,293. Ship ments: Barley 1,604 bu. MILWAUKEE GRAIN AND FLOUR, April 0. FlourDull. Wheatlc lower, No. 1 northern, 99c@$l No. 2 northern, 95@96c old July, 87%c Lid puts, 87@87%c calls, 88%@88%c. Rye Firm No. 1, 73%c. BarleyDull No. 2, 62@ 63c sample, 3659c. Oats%c lower standard, 43@43%c. Cornlc lower No. 3, 48@49c July, 51%c bid puts, 50%c calls, 52c asked. NEW YORK GRAIN AND FLOUR, April 9. Flour receipts, 17,384 brls sales, 3,200, Inac tive, but steady on most grades. Wheat re ceipts, 75,000 bu sales, 650,000 bu opened about steady on better cables and covering, but later eased off under bear pressure and absence of support. May, 96%@97c July, 92%@93c Sep tember, 84%@85c. RyeDull. No. 2 western, 82c to arrive prompt. CornReceipts, 73,100 bu dull and featureless. OatsRecelptB, 115,- 000 bu nominal. Close: WheatMay. 96%c: July, 92%c Sep tember, 84%c. CornMay, 56%c July. 55%c. WINNIPEG GRAIN, April 9.The market was very slack this morning with less doing than at any time since it was opened. Added to this wheat was weak and dropped off a cent from last night's close. May opened at 92%c, July at 95c. There was no dealing In the Sep tember option. CloseNo. 1 northern, 91c No. 2 northen, 87c No. 3, 82c No. 4, 75c. Feed No. 1, 53c No. 2, 44c. May, 91%c July, 93%c puts. 90c calls, 92c vurb, 91c. OatsNo. 2 White, 33@39c No., 3, 3738c. BarleyNo. 3. 42c. FlaxNo. 1, 94c. ReceiptsWheat, 57 cars oats, 7 cars total. 64 cars last year, wheat, 141 oats, 2 total, 143. Bad wires e sponsible for the inaction on the local market. KANSAS CITY GRAIN, April 9.Close: WheatMay, 83%c July, 76%c September, 71 %c cash, No. 2 hard, 89@90c No. 3, 84@ 87c No. 2 red, $1.02 No. 3, 98c@$1.01, CornMay, 46%c July, 45%c. Cash, No. 2 mixed, 48%@48%c No. 3, 47%@48c No. 2 white, 49c No. 3, 47%@48%c. OatsNo. 2 white, 41%@42c No. 2 mixed, 41%c. CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAIN, April 9.Rye, May, 70c July, 67c. Flax, cash north west, $1.16, southwest, $1.09 May, $1.11. Clover, April, $11. Timothy, April, $8. Barley, cash, 33@57c. .LIVERPOOL GRAIN, April 9.Closing: Wheat, spot, steady No. 1 California, 7s Id futures, steady May, 6s C%d, July, 6s 7d September, nominal. Corn, spot, steady Ameri can mixed, new, 4s 3d American mixed, old, 4s 7%d futures, dull May, 4s 4%d July, nominal. ST. LOUIS GRAIN, April 9.Close: Wheat Lower No. 2 red cash elevator, $1@1.07 May, 93%c July, 82c No. 2 hard, 90@92c. Corn Lower No. 2 cash, 49c May, 47%c, July, 48%c. OatsLower No. 2 cash, 43%c May, 59%c July, 37%c No. 2 white, 46%c. NEW YORK METAL, April 9.Lead and cop per, quiet and unchanged. PEORIA WHISKY, April 9.Whisky on the basis of $1.28 for finished goods. DISTRIBUTION IS LIGHT for 82% 82 82%- 89% 87%@88 81% CHICAGO GRAIN EVENTS OF THE WEEK FAVORABLE ON THE WHOLE. New York, April 9.Bradstreet's of to-day 6,800 says: Events of the week have, for the most 700 part, been favorable. Weather conditions gener- 10 ally have been springlike except In some portions 100 of the northwest. This has increased retail dls- 100 tribution in the cities, while in the country dis- 100 tricts favorable weather has helped farmers In 200 their planting preparations and improved the con- 100 dition of winter wheat. The breaking up of coun try roads, however, tends to retard the sale and 24,800 distribution of merchandise, lumber and other products. Wholesala and jobbing distribution have been helped in tone rather than in volume by the improvement in weather and in retail trade. In two of the leading industries, iron and steel and lumber, the resumption of outdoor spring activity is helping distribution. The soft coal Industry has also Improved now that fear of a general strike is removed, but thousands of Iowa miners are Idle owing to disputes. Col lections as yet do not reflect much if any im provement and in common with trade itself, are cspecialy backward in sections of the middle west where recent floods have done much damage. All measures of trade activity prove the first qnarter to have run behind a year ago. Failures exceed those in 1903 by 8 per cent in number, tbo 5 per cent less than in 1902. Liabilities exceed a year ago by 70 points, and owing to bank suspensions, are the heaviest since 1897. The labor situation is better than it was a week ago, but still retains a mottled appear ance. The iron trade maintains an appearance of cheerful activity. Pig iron prices show no par ticular change, and steel billet prices have been reaffirmed despite efforts to advance the same. Finished products note moderate activity at lead ing markets. Among the other metals the strength of copper is noticeable. Surplus sup plies are said to be largely in the hands of a few I concerns and much higher prices could be ob tained if desired. What may prove to be a significant movement in prices was inaugurated in March when eight out of thirteen classes of products, including those in breadstnffs, meats, textiles, hides and leather and building materials, declined. The eneral level of prices fell off about 1 per cent the month, but is still in excess of a year ago at this time, and not far from the highest for four years* past. Cotton goods demand, as for some time past, is backward, and of STOCK DEALINGS DULL AN NARROW BANK STATEMENT CAUSES SHORT FIRMNESS. Fractional Recessions Mark Opening Selling Makes Idttle Impression Entire List Rallies IJaterClos ing More Active and StrongNet Gains Small. New York, April 9.Opening prices of stocks to-day showed small frac tional recessions from last night's level. Metropolitan Street Kailway and Brooklyn Transit rose slightly. The volume of dealings was very light. But little impression was made on prices by the early selling, and a rally brought prices back to yesterday's closing level. The purchase of a block of 9,500 shares of Amalga mated checked the decline in that stock. Metropolitan Street Railway advanced about 2. Prices hardened and held momen tarily after the bank statement ap peared, and then wavered. Dealings were dull and the whole movement very narrow. Atlantic Coast Line rose 2, and Met ropolitan Street Railway advanced to 117. The whole list rallied again, Brooklyn Transit gaining 1% and Metropolitan securities The clos ing was more active and strong at small net gains. Stock quotations reported for The Journal by Watson & Co., brokers, Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis. Closing figures are bid. Sales.I Stocks High- est. 100 200 100 200 2O0 20o 100 200 aoo 900 Close Low- est. I Bid. |April9 20% Oil. Am. Cot, do pr Am. Car do pr Am. Locomot. do pr Am. Ice do pr Am. Sugar do pr 28,400 100 3,200 8,100 400 100 100 300 100 100 Bid. Aprils 29% 88 19% 73% 21% 82 7% 28% 126% 125 49 02% 51% 77% 88 19% 73% 21% 82 7% 29 127 126% 48% 200 Am. Smelting.. do pr Amal. Cop. Anacon. Cop. At.Top. & S.F do pr Bait. & Ohio do pr Brook. Rap Tr Brook Un.Uas, Canadian l'ac. Ches. & Ohio Chi. & Alton do pr Corn Products do pr Chi. Gr. West do pr A do pr I C.,C.,C. & St.L Chi. Term do pi Col. Fuel & I. Col. Southern., do 1st pr..[ do 2d pr Col.,H. C. & 1 Consol. Gas Con. Tob. pr.. Del.,Lack & W Den. & Rio Gr. Du.,S. S. & At do pr I Erie I 26% do 1st pr..| 65%I do 2d pr I Gen. Electric Great Nor. pr.l' Hocking Vai.. do pr Illinois Central Iowa Central.. do pr Inter. Paper.. do pr K.-C. & South do pr Louis. & Nash. M S. P. & S. do pr Manhattan Met. St. Ry... Mo. Pacific... M., K. & T... do pr Mex. Central.. Nat. Biscuit.. do pr National Lead. do pr Nor. & West. do pr North Am. Co. Nor. Securities Northwestern N. Y. Central. I 117% iN.Y,N.H.&H.| 48% 127 125% 48% 92$ 51% 78 74% 94 81 90% 46 199 116% 32% "51% 18,500 300 2,100 17,200 '51% '74% *73% 109% 500 6,600 3,400 600 600 200 100 400 100 600 9,800 900 6,900 300 500 100| 200 600 1,700 14,200 100 600 100 100 this is leflected in curtailment Growers of the famous Rockyford cantaloupe at Rockyford, Col., re port an average net return of $150 an acre for the season of 1903. print cloth mills at Fall River and of spinning i decrease, $514,100. Specie, $223,101,400 de- weaving machinery at other centers. The crease, $288,700. Reserve, $294,294,600 de- demand for woolen goods is not very active, Eastern shoe factories report the volume of spring orders rather smaller than expected and shipments are running behind last year both for the week and for the season. Wheat. Including floor exports for the week ending April 7. aggregate 1.854.437 bushels against 1.267.430 last week. 2.833 285 this week a year ago, 158.565 In 1902 and 2,623,884 In 1901. From July 1. 1903, to date, they aggregate 117.- 562 206 bushels against 49.927.278 last season, 23,129,054 In 1902 and 147.172.149 in 1901. Corn exports for the week aggregate 1,028.- 907 bushels against 1,438.212 last week. 2.654.732 a year ago, 158.565 'n 1902 and 2,623,834 in 1901. From July 1, 1903. to date, they aggregate 47.- 652.206 bushels against 49.927.278 last season, 23.129.054 in 1902 and 147.172,149 in 1901. Business failure* in the United States for the week ending with April 7. number 201, against 212 last week, 153 in the like week in 1903. 182 in 1902, 225 in 1901, and 162 in 1900. In Canada failures for the week number 24 against 11 last week and 18 in this week year ago. 109 61M, 118 142% 114ft 94% 17% 39% 10 43U 104% 15% 87 5014 88 84% 98% 171 117 188% 21% 30 70 27% 118% 96% 44% 78% 60 7% 47% 19% 77% 24 65% 47 14% 34% 144 174% 50 22% 85% 39% 24% 143% 117 84% 142% 114% 93% 10 44 9% 59 58% 116% 400 Ontario & W. Pressed Steel. do pr Pacific Mail.. Penn. R. R... People's Gas.. Reading do 1st pr.. do 2d pr.. Repub. Steel.. do pr Rubber Goods. do pr Rock Island do pr St.L.&S.F.2 pr St.L. & S.W do pr St. Paul do pr Southern Pac. Southern Ry do pr Tenn.Coal & I. Texas & Pac. Third Av. Ry. T.,St.L. & W. do pr Twin City R.T. Union Pacific do pr U. S. Leather., do pr U. S. Rubber., do pr U. S. Steel do pr I Wabash do pr Western Union Wheel. & L.E. do 1st pr.. do 2d pr Wis. Central.. do pr 21% I '2 1% 119% 96% 45 6,200 400 100 200 100 3,000 a 118 96% 44% 86% 92 87% 92% pany, 5 bid United States Mining, 21@21% United States Oil, 9%@9% Utah, 33% Vic toria, 3%@3% Wolverine, 72@73 Wyandot, 1 asked. LONDON CL0SINO STOCKS, April 9.Consols for money. 87% consols for account. 87% Ana conda, 4 Atchison, 75% Atchison preferied, 96% Baltimore & Ohio, 82% Canadian Pacific, 119 Chesapeake & Ohio, 33% Chicago Great WeBtern, 17 & Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 147% DeBeers, 20 Denver & Klo Grande, 22V4 Denver & Rio Grande preferred, 73*4 Erie, 26% Brie flcst preferred, 66, Brie second preferred, 42: Illinois Central, 134 Louisville & Nashville, 112 Missouri, Kansas & Texas, 18% New York Central, 120% Norfolk & Western, 60% Nor folk & Western preferred, 90 Ontario & West ern, 22% Pennsylvania, 61 Rand Mines, 10 Reading, 22% Reading first preferred, 40 Read ing second preferred, 30%, Southern Railway, 22% Southern Railway preferred, 87%, South ern Pacific, 51% Union Pacific, 89% Union Pacific preferred, 95 United States Steel. 11% United States Steel preferred, 63% Wabash, 20 Wabash preferred, 89. Bar silver, quiet, 24 13-16d per ounce. Money, 2 per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for short bills is 2%@2% per cent for three months' bills is 2 ll-16(i2 per cent. LOCAL SECURITIES MINNEAPOLIS. German-American Bank First National Bank 173 Germanla Bank 100 Hennepin County Sa^ ings Bank Minneapolis Trust Compaiiy. Minnesota Title Insurance and Tsust Co. pf 120 Minncbota Loan and Trust Company 120 National Bank of Com merce 135 Northwestern National Bank 190 St. Anthony Falls Bank 127 South Side State Bank 135 Security Bank of Minnesota. 153 Swedish-American National Bank 130 Minnesota Gas Light Co., common tts, 1910-30 106 Minnesota General Electric Co. con. 5s, 1929 103% Minneapolis Brewing Co common 104 Minneapolis Brewing Co., preferred 106 Minneapolis Brewiug Co., bonds 110 Minneapolis Syndicate 102 Minneapolis Threshing Ma chine Co 175 Minneapolis Steel and Ma chinery Co preferred North American Telegraph Company 70 Twin City Telephone Co. first mortgage 5s, 1913-10 92 Twin City Telephone Co. common Twin City Telephone Co. preferred 106 American National bank Capital bank First National bank Merchants' National bank National German-American bank 18fT St. Paul National bank 105 Scandinavlan-Ameiican bank 18(1 Second National bank 220 State bank Northw estern Trust Co 105 Minnesota Transfer Ry., 1st 5s, 1916 Minnesota Transfer Ry. Co., 1st 4s, 1916 *90 Security Trust Company St. Paul Union Depot Co., 1st 6s, 1930 *125 Union Depot Co., consol. 5s, 1944 *109 Union Depot Co., consol 4s, 1944 *100 Interstate Investment Co American Light and Traction Co.. preferred 85 Ameiicun Light and Traction common 45 St. Paul Gas Light Co 1st 6s, 1910 *110 St. Paul Gas Light Co., Cons. 6s. 1918 "110 St. Paul Gas Light Co., general 6s, 1944 St. Paul City Ry. Co., cable 5s, 1937 *105 West Publishing Company, common 250 West Publishing Company, preferred St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co 170 St. Paul Trustee Company. 96 Superior Water, Light and Power Co.. 1st 4s, 1932 South St. Paul Union Stock Yards Co., 1st 5s, 1916 Add Interest. 93% 80% 90 'si% 'so% '46% 400 1,300 100 100 400 100 2,500 '44% 6% 200 116 33 38 82 13% 70 10% 68 28% 76% 10 20 32 18% 55% 24% 13 201% 107% 273% 22 7%, 18 26% 64% 116 8* 17%( 16 17 68 28% 75 10 20% 82 17% 55 25 13 20% 82% 600 20% 31% 25% 24% 201% 200% 201 108 273 22 7% 13% 26% 65% 42 163% 173 71% 81% 130% 19% 36 11% 66% 19 36% 109% 61 119 143% 117 94% 17% 39% 9% 43% 104 15% 85% 59 88 84 98 171 117% 188% 21% 29% 71 28 119% 96% 22% 21% 26% 64% 163^ 175 71% 81% 130% 19% 36% 11% 06% 130% 130% St. Louis Pittsburg San Francisco Baltimore Cincinnati Kansas City New Orleans Cleveland MINNEAPOLIS Detroit Louisville Omaha Milwaukee Providence Buffalo Indianapolis St. Paul Los Angeles St. Joseph Denver Seattle Washington Portland. Ore.. Salt Lake City. Pes Moines Spokane Tacoma Topeka Sioux City Davenport Helena Farjyo Sioux Falls Houston Galveston 441T4 78% 59% 7% 47% *59% '59" 23% 65% & 24 66 65% 47 14% 34% 144% 143 144^i 174% 50% 22% 85% 40 24% 120% 25% 36% 92% 87% 92% 50% 22% 49% 22% 36 92 87% 92% 7 78 13% 58% 31% 62% 19% 38 88% 17% 45 26 19 41% 78 13% 58% 11% 61% 39% 38 88% 17% 46 26 38% 41% 11% 61% 11% 61% 38% 37% Total sales, 184,100. MONEY REPORTS NEW YORK, April 9.ClosePrime mer cantile paper, 4@4^ sterling exchange, steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4 87.35 @4.87.40 for demand and at $4.84.80@4.84.85 for sixty day bills posted rates, $4.S5%@4.88 commercial bills, $4.84%@4.84% bar silver, 53%c Mexican dollars. 43c government bonds, easy railroad bonds, irregular. Money on call, nominal no loans. Time loans, easy sixty days, 2% per cent ninety days, 2%@3 per cent six months, 3% per cent. PARIS, April 9.Three per cent rentes, 97 francs, 80 centimes for the account. Exchange on London, 25 francs, 13 centimes, for checks. BERLIN, April 9.Exchange on London. 20 marks, 47 pfgs for checks. Discount rates, short bills and three months' bills, 2% per cent. NEW YORK. April 9.The statement of aver ages of the clearing bouse banks of this city for the week shows: Loans, 1,038,533,000 In crease, $15,825,900. Deposits, $1,085,512,800 in crease, $16,443,400. Circulation, $35,622,800 de crease, $1,257. X0. Legal tenders, $71,193,200 crease, $890,800. Reserve required, $271,238,200 increase, $4,035,850. Surplus, $22,916,400 de crease. $4,838,650. Ex. United States deposits, $36,946,750: decrease, $4,835,150. ST. PAUL. April 9.Clearings. $939,989.60. MINNEAPOLIS. April 9.Bank clearings to day. $2,050,835.08 New York exchange, selling rate, 65c premium buying rate, 15c premium Chicago exchange, selling rate, 40c premium: buving rato, 10c discount London 60-day, sight documentary exchange, $4-84%. BOSTON MINING STOCKS, April 9.Closing figures in yesterday's market: Adventure, 2V6@ 2% Allouez, 5%@3% Arcadian, 40@50 Atlan ta, 8%@8i Bingham, 22%@23% Calumet and Hecla, 465@46 Centennial, 21%@21% Consoli dated Mercer, 55@58 Copper Range Consoli dated, 43V@44 Continental Zinc, 11% 12%, Daly West, 25@26% Dominion Coal, 63g64 Dominion Steel, 9^4@9% Elm River, 2K@2%: Franklin, 8% Isle Royale, 7%@8 Mass, 4%@ 4% Mayflower. 50@75 Michigan. 5%Q\i, Mo hawk, 4314@43% Montreal & Boston, 75 Old Colony, 1@1% Old Dominion. 13@13% Osceola. 59%@60 Parrott, 25%@26 Phoenix. 2 bid Quincy. 88@90 Rhode Island. l@lfe Santa Fe. 1%@1% Shannon Copper Company, 8%(@8% Swift & Co., 100%@100% Tamarack, 100 Te cmnsch, 25 Trinity, 44% United Copper Com- Last Bid. Asked. 150 Sale. 110 175 105 180 103 160 132 125 123 120 135 192 130 135 192 127 130 153 157 130 108 104 105 114 105 110 102 200 100 80 80 100 107 ST. PAUL. Last Sale. 10.1 Asked. 103 125 Bid. 101 120 125 250 138% 142* 130 105 130 109 106 122 121 48 50% 110 93 93 110 105 105 175 67% 80 BANK CLEARINGS New York, April 9-The following table, com piled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended April 7, 1904, with the percentage of Increase and de crease as compared with the corresponding week last year: 43% Cities- New York $1,173,24S,873 Chicago 175,309,593 Boston 134,905,940 Philadelphia 113,264,153 -Per Cent.- Inc. Dec. 14.9 9.7 '".6 11.6 51,828,672 37,975,957 30,564,928 21,885,365 23,320,000 18,557,344 14,244,891 35.184,199 13,878,660 9,210,553 11,520,344 7,433,408 7,000,643 7,563,000 0,541,077 5,913,604 5,441,163 0,846,855 4,843,462 3,555,809 3,884,935 4,556,225 3,443,894 2,649,903 2,537,002 2,261,079 1,911,033 954,391 3,269,302 1,402,624 511,580 535,936 394,188 11.200,820 7,320,000 s!i 23 6 *8'6 12!6 6 5 '2.9 'SA 'i'.s 'h'.i 11.4 14.1 .6 2.9 '6.6 17.3 lh'.a i'.i i!i 13I3 6 7 1.3 25 6 44 3 Totals, TJ. S...$2,001,977,283 Outside New York 828,728,410 CANADA. Montreal 814,828,457 Toronto 12,486,169 Winnipeg 3.934,115 Ottawa 2,033,944 Halifax 1,256.853 Quebec 1,283,602 Vancouver 1,121.240 Hamilton 955,056 London 937.051 St. John, N. 788.790 Victoria 367,529 22.5 8.7 2 2 27 1 V.9 15 8 11.2 10 2 6.1 7 2 Totals, Canada.. $39,992,862 3.6 15.2 20.1 MISCELLANEOUS NEW YORK COTTON, April 9Cotton fu tures opened steady. May, 14 78c June, of fered, 14 96c Jul}, 15e August, 14 40c Septem ber, 12.80c. October, 12.10c: Novpmber, 12c- December, 11.95c January, offered. 12c. Cotton futures closed quiet April. 14.58c May. 14.71c June, 14.87c July. 14.97c August, 14.42e September, 12.79c, October. 12.08c No vember, 11 95 December, 11.89c January 11.91c. Spot cotton closed .quiet middling uplands. 15c, middling gulf. 15.25c. Sales, 580 bales. HALLET & O Grain Commission 112 Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis Gamble-Robinson Commission Co. Branch HousesSt. Paul. Mankato. Aberdeen. S. D. MlKWAWm WATSON & CO., BROKERS IN GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS AND BONDS. Rlembers N. Y? Stock Exchange New York Office24 Broad Street. Chicago CorrespondentS-rJ. H. Wrenn & Cot Private wire Chicago and New York. TelephonesN. W. Main 906. N. W. Main 517. T. C. 184. 420*421 Charobsp of Bommeroa. Jones,Caesar& Co CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS TRIBUNE BUILDING CHICAGO ALSO A NewYork, St.Louis, Pittsburg, London J. P- WHALLON. GEO. P. CASE, GEO. C. BAG&EY* CHAS. M. CAiSE. Whallon,Case&Co. STOCKS. GRAIN. PROVISIONS EMBERS 1.30 225 New York Stock Exchange. Chicago Board of Trade Mpla. Chamber of Commerce* Prlvata Wire to New York and QMoago* 68 CHAMBER OF COMMEBCE. 815 1st AVE. SO. THE SecurityBankof Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS. Capital stock $1*000,000 Surplus and undivided profits 400,000: Deposits 8,700,000 Y. A. CHAMBERLAIN, President. PERRY HARRISON. Vice PreakUndW E. F. MEARKLE. Vice President T. F. HURLEY. Cashier. FRED SPAFFOBD. Aaat. Caajflay. 108 501 Board of Trad* Dntuth. Wm. Dalrymple, Wm. Dalrymple Co., 901 Cham. o( Com. Mpla. GRAIN COMMISSION Receiving a specialty. Advances made to Faxmac^ Sbissera and Elevator Comsaniea. EDWARDS, WOOD & CO., i Dealers in Stocks, Grain, Provisions^ MAIN OFFICE Manhattan Bldg., St. Paul,. Minn. CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS DULUTff Duluth Cblcaso E. A. BROWN & Ca Grain Commission WHOLESALE COAL, Consignments Solicited. Prompt Returns Guaranteed. Minneapolis Minnesota YOUR I" ^J HIDES, PELTS, WOOL, ETC. To MclWILLAN FUR & WOOL CO. ..MINNEAPOLIS, INN. BOTH LONG DISTANCEM 'PHONES!^ WRITE FOR CIRCULARS. 26.3 14.4 NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, April 9. SugarRaw', quiet: fair refining. 3 5-32c cen trifugal. 96-test, 3%T2) 21-S2o molasses sugar, 2 29-32c refined, quiet crushed, 5.40c, powdered, 4 80c. granulated. 4 70c. CoffeeFirm No. 7 Bio, 6%c MolassesFirm Nevr Orleans, 81 37c. NEW YORK OIL, April 9.Petrolenm, easy? refined, al ports, 8.35@8.45c. MARFIELD- GRIFFITHS CO. GRAIN COMMISSION. Minneapolis Cblcaso Duluth MUwauks* Van Dusen Harrington Co. Grain* Provisions, {Stock and Bonds. Member PrincipalsExchanges. NEW CHAMBER OP COMMERCE. WOODWARD & CO. ESTABLISHED 1879 ^-us GRAIN COMMISSION DENT-MORGAN GO. Brokers in Grain- -Stocks Provisions Members Minneapolis Chamber at Com. Private Wires to Chicago and New York Telephones-N. W. 964-T. C. 2456. 2 Old Colony Building. Jobbers in Fruits, Vogeta* blee, Produoe, DrfedFnulf and Canned Good** Liberal advances madeon large consignmtnts. Of* ders filled promptly for everything in oar line. Also Gamble Robinson-Sheldon Co., Dnlnth. v. DULUTH