Show FLOUR PRICES PRIA AGAIN SHOWN r BE MOVING mf HIGI Milling Activities R but Relatively Small 4 Ai 4 J. J i I I I Minneapolis P May ay 1 The TV era ern Miller Te I.-Te or this week n Flour prices again agala a with prices for or patents patent aVa at th 23 cents over tho the 1 approximately n S j over thoi period of or mid March tOl AH All t of t grades shared In the tho gaj rin Al tr wheat flours flour our showing a nn a vance vace and ad gaining app winters o There wa was a a. ing inquiry Wa y I 1 InS particularly fa tor lottie a n fair Calr amount of or actual comi the mills mis far tar moro more troUble v. v o conditions tha The course e of or prices CU for In n recent weeks i is Pr indicated tsp tea tp I i 11 lowing table shOWIng rJ tons at four aen iE two western and na weter two ter t Week eek ended April Apri 24 2 1539 1411 Apri 17 1500 11 11 April 10 io HJO 1430 ii i April l. l 1411 I 3 1430 llarch 27 7 h 1400 00 SS y 1331 March h 20 1 1365 15 1301 J 12 U March 13 1 88 1370 nt I March G 6 Ui li Fob 28 8 1 1270 70 Feb Fb 21 1 1370 nn 1 Feb Jeb 14 H. H 1410 Fob Feb 7 1390 nol 11 Jan Jali 31 1465 UH 1370 Jl Jan 24 1461 1460 13 1101 I i Jan 17 H 1430 30 nl 1 1410 io Jan 1 10 1553 1555 1441 l Jan Jan 3 1535 1515 Hn Dec Dee 7 27 27 7 1483 13 1371 7 1 i Dec 20 1405 Dec Dee 13 1510 II U.n.- U.n. j D c 6 1485 Nov 29 1435 12 1 fl J Nov No 22 Z 1395 11 1211 11 w 19 Nov No 15 1365 iti UtI No Nov ov S 13 45 1345 IMS Nov 1 1285 n 1111 ii M 1 Oct OcL Oct 25 5 1270 1171 IM 1 1 Oct Ot 18 IS 1275 1170 Reports Indicated Indicted a moderate JH In milling activity following mo r t lement of tho the railway strike t lit total output was Wa lively small smal jast jus s M running about abat I i less than that burl tha of ot last year na a a aso so the grain corporations corporation's tIp tho the crop year yea output be bemore more than In ir If 1918 This Thia crease In flour our production Is I tot zot o trig Ing any particular parIcua trouble to so 1 A fa patents are concerned but It is I Isral e eally ally aly contributing to the te a ari a. a prices of ot clears clear and of all g Tl mill mi feed feed In view of or the a snail sJ ability of ot any ay marked tho the car c before movement arrives es to make mae I nt worse wore no great get Increase In fe flor d Uon seems to be lok looked for fan toJ l lOu Ou Output t Improve Improti r rTe The Te wheat whet mi mills output last 1st week amounting to ip t I ti 35 per percent cent of or capacity u a a per r cent the week before Ti Te I a Oklahoma pas Oklahoma a-Oklahoma group croup up of ot bird bard bir wheat mills mUs likewise show shoW t from tm 42 per cent to 44 U. Te Tie O la laIc icy ley Ic group of soft ett winter wh when q Continued on Follower Ps Pin FLOUR fOUR PRICES ARE AGAIN SHOWN TO BE HIGHER 1 j Continued From Preceding Page Pago I on the other hand band hand report a a decline in tho output from 26 36 per cent of capacity capac PC ity ly the tho wc week wk k before beCore to 22 per cent last week week the tho other milling centers cen tern ter report slight increases On n April Apri 23 the graIn corporation announced announced announced an an- that that owing owing t to tc Its Is Inability Inmany in inmany many map C cases to top deliver delver wheat sold to the mills mis it It would on and after May tay 1 release warehouse receipts delivered ered on sales of wheat m made de prior to February Fob Feb 1 I from rm the condition orl originally attached to them them- requiring requiring- such wheat to bo used exclusively ol for milling This tardy but most welcome granting granting- oCI of oC I tho the resale privilege will wi undoubtedly be be pf great assistance assistance- to many millers milers who hare havo had to supplement their un undelivered undelivered un un- delivered purchases of grain gln corporation corporation corpora corpora- I tion ton wheat with wheat available a for actual milling The demand for tor clears has continued to exceed the supply and prices re registered regis regis- ls a marked increase during the wee wool week I. I Tho The following table gives tIves an approximate average for quotations on first clears In eastern and western markets Hard Hird Soft Sr Srn Spring Spring- Winter Winter April 21 24 1045 1065 1030 1030 April Apri 17 1025 1065 1010 Apr April l 10 h i. i L. L 1035 1036 March larch 9 Feb 10 98 9 5 Jan 1 13 1010 1012 Q Dec Dee 9 9 95 75 a 90 Nov 11 1 Tho The advance ance In mill mi feed teed prices has been quite as ns marked as the thc gain I it iq flour our This of course is 15 directly at attributable at- at to three thre causes The normally nor nor- imal mally heavy demand in the tho season just lust preceding new pasturage the tho freight car cr shortage which has created local s scarcities of feeding feeding stuffs and and above all al curtailment in flour milling which has ha greatly reduced tho tIm available a. supply supply sup sup- pI ply of or mill mi feed teed The Thc extent of ot the Ute price pric advance ta is shown b by the following following tolo follow follow- In ing table of or average quotations for bran of ot all al types in both western anti and eastern markets per ton tori April 24 April 1 March arch 1 February 1 J January an u ary 1 o 72 |