Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN. [ARTICLE]

AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN.

World’s Total of Wheat Decreased 360,000 Bushels Last ,Week. Special cable and telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreet’s, covering the principal points of accumulation, indicate the following changes in available supplies last Saturday, as compared with the preceding Saturday: Wheat—United States and Canada, east of Rockies, decrease, 2,670,000 bu.; afloat for and in Europe, increase, 2,304,000; total decrease, world’s available, 366,000 bu. Corn —United States and Canada, east of Rockies, increase 104,000 bu. ' Oats—United States and Canada, east of Rockies, increase, 335,000 bu. The more important decreases in available stocks of wheat last week not included in the official visible supply statement were 1,050,000 bu. in Northwestern interior elevators, 541,000 bu. at Fort William, Ont.; 172,000 bu. at various Manitoba storage points, 82,000 bu. in Chicago private elevators, 49,000 bu. in Milwaukee private elevators, 40,000 bu. at Louisville and 23,000 bu. in Kingston, Ont. There were very few increases in available stocks worthy bf note last week, aside from these reported in the official visible supply statement, the more conspicuous being 253,000 bu. at Pittsburg. 69,000 bu. at Rochester and 20.000 bu. each at Syracuse and Fulton, N.. Y.