Show l PRICE PRICE OF FLOUR CONTINUES GAIN I DURING PAST WEEK m w I Output Shows Reduction i Conditions Soon to toBe toBe toBe Be Normal Noral P Special Minneapolis April AprI lO The Te The Northwestern North NOtt western Miller in Its is weekly re lw of at tho the flour and grain Brain Cn conditions condi tons says sas It I would bo be hard to say Just juat wb what t tactual actual grounds grounds underlay the tho generally more moro hopeful tone tono of the reports covering coy cov cov ering the flour four trade In the tho to past Bt week week Actual business done showed little gain sain over that tat of at previous weeks week and gin yet from most markets market the reports Indi cato a revival al of optimism as to the future The volume volume- of or Inquiry for tour flour seems to have bave increased enough to warrant a general bele belief that that buyers will before long have to come back into the market market although such buyIng buyIng buy buy- ing ing- ingas as has been ben reported In the tho put past few Caw days has been mostly of ot the te hand hand- hand to-mouth to variety a car hero here and there as Immediate needs demanded Flour prices continued to advance through last week weck in sympathy with cash wheat spring wheat Hours flours ours showIng showIng showIng show- show Ing the tho most marked gain with an average o advance for top patents patent o of 0 about 30 cents over the week before Soft Sor winter wheat flours ours also also showed a a gain prices In most markets markets mar mar- ceased to advance and were stead steady to lower with In some places a a. drop of or as much as 1 per ton ton Cour C of PrIces Price The course courso of or prices for tor top patents In recent weeks Is indicated In the following table showing showing- average quo quo at four representative markets two western and two eastern easter Hard Soft Week ended ended- Spring Spring- winter winter April 3 1430 1330 1235 1235 March arch 27 7 1400 1330 1220 March 20 1365 1305 1215 March 13 1370 1295 1215 March arch 6 1360 1 1270 70 1210 Feb eb 23 28 1370 1280 1225 Feb 21 1370 1265 1220 Feb Fob 14 1 1410 1310 l 1230 1220 ZO Feb 7 1390 1330 1305 1235 Jan an 31 1465 1370 12 1240 0 Jan an 21 21 1460 1365 1245 Jan an 17 1530 1410 1230 Jan 10 1555 1440 1260 Jan 3 1535 14 H 1435 35 1245 Dec 27 21 HS 1485 1370 1205 Dec Dee 20 O 1505 1375 1195 Dee Dec Dee 13 i. i 1510 inKO 1 Dec 6 16 1485 1350 s 12 1200 Nov ov 29 1425 1310 1145 Nov Nor 2 22 1395 1280 1120 The removal by the grain Iraln corporation of or tho the day 60 ay 60 time limit on flour four sales Is generally regarded as simply one step In the discontinuance of control b by the government agency and as Indicating Indi eating cating that further action acton in the same direction may be expected prior to May Mav 31 Although the millers miers united solidly In defending the grain corporation from Senator Gronna's attacks and showed their unanimous desire to bare flave It continue con con- in operation until the legal limit of or Its Is existence was wa reached there can be no rio doubt that Its Is final withdrawal is now looked forward to with general rl satisfaction facton The evet events of tho the er past six weeks Involving the suspension of te judged I-judged judged ill flour our the reduction of prices and the curtailment of or output out out- put have put the trade In far better out out- shape for the tho transition from government govern govern- ment meat control than It was during during- the January December days of or inflated wheat val ue and arid an over excited over mar market ket lct The lessened lessen d flour four output tn in InT par par- ar- ar cular is bound to create ceata a a sufficient reduction In stocks that that a month or two to the tho demand a again ln be normal and prices at that re time re- re from the artificial restraint of or government guaranties seem likely to reflect accurate accurately the relation between belYen supply and demand expressed of course In dolar dollars which have ha lost 50 per cent of or their purchasing power power- in inthe tho the past three years e rs Output Is b Red Reduced The l r output has continued to show a steady reduction For tho ho week ended March 26 6 the grain reported a total flour four output of oC dbl l barrels the tho lowest since tho the week cek ended July IS IS 1 1919 19 gre and leaving leaving- out the normally liht months of June and July Juh the lowest lowet since Ince Jul July 19 19 1918 For or tho the week ended April J the tho total output was Still t 1 smaller for reports to The Northwestern Northwest em ern Miller Iler Indicated that th the Kansas Kansas- Oklahoma group roup of at hard winter wh wheat at mills mis turned out only 46 45 per of oC normal capacity as a a against 51 per c cent nt the the- week before the Ohio valley alop group of or soft winter wheat mills 3 32 per cant ct as against 38 CS and tho the spring spring- wheat mills 36 6 per cent as against 37 37 The relation reaton of or the average a weekly flour Cour output last month to previous us monthly averages as r reported ported by tho ho ho grain corporation Is shown In the tho fol following rol- rol ol- ol lowing table giving tho the averages for Tor four weeks In each month In omitted March February January 1020 1920 1952 2319 2052 9 1919 2342 1934 2 SS 1918 t 1924 In 2203 2839 2339 39 1917 2102 1850 2 2279 2 9 2334 2442 2 1915 1910 1765 2253 2352 2625 2635 1914 2549 2504 Average 2138 2215 The Tho average figure shows a normal drop In the w weekly output from January January Janu Janu- ary to March of about half a a. million barrels whereas the tho drop this year yeal has been a full million Owing how how- over to tho largo large flour stocks on hand handa a few weeks ago the effect of this curtailment our cur ailment which remains primarily due to tb the scarcity of freighters Is felt elt more acutely In the feed market than thanIn In the nations nation's supply of flour MORE GOLD ARRIVES New York April 10 A A approximately In gold arrived on tho ho steamship Royal Hoyal George toda making making- the tho total gold consignments from Great Britain since the first of the tho year about Among Among- the tho passengers was Dr A. 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