Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 13, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press thursday August the. 1914 new Dunlop tee bless heels commercial markets by Cable Broomall s exclusive Cable to the free press. Liverpool aug. 12, 1914. No. 1 Manitoba per 100 i. No. 2 Manitoba per 100 Iba s Manitoba per 100 jobs _ Manitoba no. 1 per Bushel Manitoba no. 2 per Bushel Manitoba no. 3 per Bushel close. Close 3s 11d 8s 8s 8s 8d 8s. 8d 8s 1.29m october per 100. Ibs. December per 100 Jug october per Bushel a december. Per Bushel futures steady 1.26 _ 8s 3d 8s 8s 3d 8s 4d 1.22 1.21% basis of Exchange on which prices per Bushel Are based is 4.s2 2-jl Duluth fort William Portarthur to with rail or boat connections a Points East. Three sailings weakly . Moronic. Largest . Trip. . Hamon1cj finest k. N. Co. Exclusive features Obs i Vii in too my. Iii permanent i ohs Sara. Heiding lamps in berths. T a Roish turf its Ray be Pur chased from by railway agent. R. Crawford North Western again oi.4 vain Street. Excursions on Lake Ali Mike Lares special excursions round be Winnipeg leaving Selkirk wednes 19th and Ruth. August and 2nd sept. T 3 . Calling at Isic Brand with sex an on to House. Returning to tuesday. Fare round trip in uding Benr. Meals Anil Extension trip. Berths reserved. The fish co., ltd., Selkirk. Tile w. 3. Kukst i Lull co. Ltd. Dahy. sundays. 2.15 anal s.15. To i1yl.axd Park. Tare. 50c adults children 25c. Come and enjoy a dance in the Bis new floating Pavilion. Free to Pas sengers. Ornery admission 25c. In cilncsrtay.-. And saturdays and sundays. 2. Is boat through to the Locko. I Are adults 7i5c children 40c. Telephone Park. St. Johns ring 10. Docks St. John 1004. Hall navigation co. . J. M. Smith to Riverside Park today at and 8 . Dock Norwood Bridge. Orchestra. Afternoon 25c evening 50c. Phones m. 5273 or m. 5629. Fluctuations in Winnipeg markets wheat october. December _ May Oats october december october May old flax october november december open High. Low. Close 107b 107% 106% 111 49 49a 47s 48% 153s 153s 152j4 149a 150s 150s 147a 147a 152 quiet Market l01rprices values follow United states mar demand Good for wheat of unproved weather conditions. Grain Exchange Winnipeg aug. 14, 1914. The wheat Market was even quieter to Day than Ever scarcely a transaction being carried through and prices following in sympathy with United states markets. Unofficial Liverpool prices Are Given being id to 1 l-4d lower and with american markets go ing Down owing to the Export difficulty and stocks piling up there was no inducement to Trade. A prominent local trader said to Day that when the move ment begins and real Selling commences prices should go Down. At Minneapolis the Cash demand was less keen and flour sales show a consider Able isl a off. The Cash demand at Winnipeg for wheat was Good and All offerings eagerly taken up by Ontario Millers. Winnipeg wheat opened 11-8 to lower and closed 3-4c to 17-sc lower. Minneapolis opened 3-4c to in lower and closed 21-8 to 2 l-4c lower. Chicago opened 1 3-4 to 2j.-2c lower and closed 3-4c to 7-sc lower. Winnipeg Cas i a great close 11-4 to 1 3-4c lower for contract grades. Cash Barley was. Quoted 51 to 57c. The total number of cars inspected on tuesday against 277 last in sight on wednesday were to. " he weather Over the three provinces Lias been More seasonable 15 Points re port rain in a temper Ati ires were Cool. Forecast not much change in temperature and thursday. Winnipeg Cash prices lower. American floating quantities have turned lower to sell and actual Pur chases have been made at lower level. Spot Market is firm with a slight and Vance All along the line and Harvest ing reports from european countries Are unfavourable. Corn opened a higher with a Good demand and. Lowered prospects in am Erica sentimentally affected traders Here. A cargo of hard Winter wheat has been purchased at Queenstown at 38s 6d. Generally favourable both for at and Corn. Liverpool october wheat Trade. Bearish. Chas. E. Lewis Chicago aug. Herald says most of the wheat Trade is bearish. They see increasing stocks and vast Quantity of originally sold for Export that must be taken care of at once. Stocks of Winter wheat Are accumulating. The Spring wheat move ment in the Northwest is starting and advices from Minneapolis said there was a disposition on the part of the elevator men to Rush All purchases to terminal markets. The local Trade does not look for bulges to hold. Corn bulls say the position of sep tember is believed to hold close to around the present High level and de Cember is believed to hold closet of the present level unless crop conditions change. It was the gossip that the largest Short in september sold May Early. Cash Cash markets developed a reactionary tendency St. Louis being off 2 cents and Kansas City unchanged to 3 cents lower. Despite Small receipts Cash Corn values weakened markets except Kansas City which was unchanged. Cash sales of wheat yesterday were bushels to Mills Corn 200.000. And Oats primary. Receipts and ship ments. Clark Martin Chicago aug. 12, to Day. Last year. A heat receipts shipments. Corn receipts -394.000 shipments. Oats receipts. Shipments threshing returns. These prices Are always the quotations on Cash Grain at the time of closing the option Market. Spot. Prev. Prices. Prices. Toto. 1 Northern 110% 111% no. 2 Northern. 108.% .109% no. 3-Northern 102% no. 3 57 no.-4 56 rejected 52 feed 51 no. In. W. 148 Fol Ark Martin Chicago Export ers were free Sellers of wheat Here yesterday of their sales Here Mon Day. Confirmation was secured yesterday of the report that the new Tork Central lines would Issue Bills of lading on Grain to Boston on an Export basis. It was reported also that the inter National mercantile Marine had Given notice their ships would resume sail Ings from. Boston threshing returns from Minnesota and South Dakota to the Northwestern Road indicate average 12.9 bushels of wheat in. Minnesota Oats 41 and Barley these come mainly from the southwestern part of the state where damage by Black rust Cut the wheat crop in South Dakota the average yield is reported at t4.7 Bush Els of wheat 35.5 and-27.3 of a a rely. Speculators to cause a Lively tally of 1 1-2 cents. Weakness at Liverpool had considerable to do with the decline Here but the main reason was the continued Uncertain Outlook for a resumption of Export Trade from ithe United after starting 1-4 to 2 1-2 cents., and the setback becoming general to nearly the extreme figures there was a Grad Ual reaction All around. Argentine government limitations of shipments to other countries tended to strengthen the Corn Market. There was a temporary halt in prices How Ever when wheat was on the Down Grade. The opening which was 1-8 cent off to 1-4 cent was followed by a slight depression and. Later Obj 1 cent. Oats swung upward with Corn. At first realizing sales had a bearish effect. Provisions dropped owing to lower values for hogs. Chicago. Aug. Lack of support led afterwards to renewed weakness for a were the september delivery was persistently sold by a local exporter. Closing prices How Ever were firm at 3-4" to 7-8 cent under last night. Gain exporters May break contracts new Tork aug. Exporters met this afternoon to decide whether to risk breaking contracts calling for Early delivery of five million bushels of wheat at prices Mado before the War. With transportation facilities As they Are this Means heavy losses. Some Are cancelling livestock livestock news ruling quotations were As follows extra Choice steers to fair to Good steels to com non steers. --------45.40.to Choice to fair to Good heifers to common heifers to Choice cows to fair cows to Choice stockers to fair to Light stockers to ?4.75. Best bulls to medium and common to Best milkers and Spring ers to fair to Good to Choice hogs Toronto i Ibstock. Crop inspection by e. Cora Hind Regina sask. Aug. District has an in a motor run of 40 Miles Isaw Only a fest wheat crops that not go Over eighteen bushels and Miliny that would go thirty Nve. Crops Well advanced and probably thirty per cent of wheat is in Stock. Straw is clean and Bright Heads Are Lorig Well filled there was Frost in thik District sunday Milit and aut the potatoes Are Black though riot so completely Frozen As at other Points. It noted that Only a very Smalt percentage of the wheat is Green enough to in Grade. The major portion Ott tace wheat crop in this District goes iridion Well prepared summer fallow arid As there was plenty of rain in the Early part of the season it was in a condition to with stand the heat and Clr caught of the latter part of july t would say the average of the District would a Twenty five bushels " possibly More. There Are some very Gadd stands of Oats but speaking generally they Ara a poor crop Here As elsewhere. In. Cora Hind hot winds affect Keeler crops Keeler sask., aug. J hot High winds which coast nixed until a few Days ago ripened the Grain too fast and Burnt the h to such an extent that Fields were estimated at 35 to 10 bushels per acre will do Well to yield 22 while the grades will be principally two and three. I the oat crop is not More than one third of the usual the Straw ing very Short and the Heads not Only Short us Light. The prospects Are that Oats will be very Spring also very dear. Scarce next Barley sown on stubble Idi aced Down is a failure and very Matey Fields Are being slowed Down for Iron soiling Barley sown on Spring allowing and Good yield but a paying crop also to in Troia v la so is affected and consider belly. And the yield Wail potatoes Are not More than half crop being few to the Hill and Small. Harvest hands Are asking from two fifty to four dollars per Day by saturday night of this should Fine weather fully t of All but seventy per cent of the beat has shrunk Cut Between Brownlee and Moose important changes in train service effective August 9th. 1914. Westbound. Trains 3 and 4 Between Watrous Aad Edmonton Are discontinued. Trains 3 and .4 b tween Winnipeg and Watrous troll Dally except sunday j trains 11 and Between Calgary and Edmonton will operated daily sunday. Trains 7 and s Between Regina and. Northgate Are discontinued. 1 eastbound. Minaki trains will leave Winnipeg 4.00 . Monday wednesday and Friday and saturday at 1.30 returning leave Idle at at 8.30 . Tuesday thursday and saturday and sunday at 7.30 pin. Other minor changes see time Talle. For rates reservations and full particulars n South Africa. With the approval of colonel Stee in jj.o.c., major count de Bury been authorized to in roil men for this regiment and win at the Ord Nance office Corner Osborne and Broadway daily from 12 to 1 noon Ard after 5 . Market. . E. Lewis Liverpool. Auer. Values in wheat included lower with some a result of lower american cables and weaker Market yesterday and Range were 1 to Chas. E. Lewis co Liverpool aug. Has practically stopped As the weather is unfavourable it being wet and labor is scarce. The crop was originally placed at about 4-2.000.oou bushels under that of last year and even now much of the jul not be gathered. Accounts of Spring wheat Are very unfavourable and. The disappointment is increasing As thresh ing and . Barley is also much under last year and Oats have suffered much damage from the prolonged heat. A cargo of danubian Corn destined to the United kingdom . Captured yesterday. Notwithstanding reports to the contrary it every where that food supplies Are Light and this is being further augmented by the position of. Air crops which Are await ing harvesting and threshing and the soar stir of labor which will result in a Large percentage of the crop remain ing ung gathered. Advanced strongly since the beginning of the week both Tor hard soft wheat but actual buying is limited. Recount s report. Chas. B. Lewis co Chicago. Aug. Wires. Tis this morning from Devil s Lake Jorth Dakota from a few Miles from Minot the crop is practically Ripe. Fields Are a. Light Gray color being damaged from excessive heat. 50 per cent in Shock. All Fields examined to Day show lots of Straw but the bundles Are very Light and yield will be eight to twelve bushels of Light shrunken wheat. Much will Grade 3 and i. Saw several threshing machines working yesterday and. Threshing wih Start Here . Of week. Price current report 02v Corot austrian consulate will remain open. The austrian Consul in Winnipeg states that the report is the austrian consulate general in Montreal is closed. There is no in Teri tips of closing the e Winnipeg slate until War is declared Between Britain and Austria. Mississippi River scenery by Searchlight see picturesque Mississippi River at nigh from the Obser vation bar of the fast to travel in the Cool of the evening for Over a Hundred Niles along the Banks of the mighty Mississippi River and with the Aid of a powerful Marine Searchlight see the Waters the shores the headlands the towns flashing by is the unique entertainment now famished Jias Segera on the fast mail which leaves Minneapolis Dailyjr at p. Nx., St. Paul p. Hilor Milwaukee and to provide solid Comfort fir its patrons and to increase the sum total of their in route is the constant Effort of the St. Paul railway seven daily trains to Chicago double track automatic Block signals longer wider berths tickets sleeping car reservations at 349 main Street Winnipeg w. B. Dixon Aast. Qon. Pew. At St. Paul Chicago Clark Martin Cincinnati aug. Current there Jias been material deter in Corn during the last two weeks on account of f Lack of rain and weather particularly through the Southern Portia is of the text and in the Cotton states. Chicago Grain Market. Chicago aug. Of wheat held themselves in Reserve today until i prices had fallen 2 1-s cents then rest ing orders to Purchase Cate into play and there waa enough demand from pit Rainy River navigation company. Four Days Lake and River trip tourist steamers keen Ora and a Winde through. The ten thousand islands of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy River trl weekly ser race Benoni tvs Flad Bains River fort trances Price includes meals and berth on steamers and return railway fam. Toll partly Lars. Ticktin and from any rim my ticket Seeni or a. To Kertzie. Phone Ailan term agent Boldini we Niiler. Maid Tom. Notional Heso series Huttt Andreas the Fen keeper toot of the Tyrol i this peasant Leader Liberty was As Mudi the breath of it is to the Strong winged eagles i of die Alps to achieve it for himself a Fici his Mountain Brothers he gladly Laid Down his life. No less a a personality than Napoleon vanquished him and it because he feared him that the great emperor ordered Hofer shot every atom of Andreas i lower loved Liberty he demanded it for himself and willingly gave it to others in this respect he is no Cliff Fernent than Are our thousands of Tirolese citizens. 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