| Show I mini U ir WJIIT I The last sixty days have wltnesed extensive and remarkable fluctuations I In the price of wheat In Chicago and i San Trancisco In both these cities It has within that time lioched the highest figure known for years only to drop quickly and hcaUly In thlj city Iho amount that has chongtd hands hi heen small and othe condl 1on havo comhln1 to Ievnt ox tremo lluctu lons corresponding with hose In tho centers named yet the price hero has bc < n vet > unstttid and ins varied greatly within a short space of time Today < rrlda the price paid by millers In this city Is I from CO to 03 cents per bushil according to quality with little prospect of any notable slump before harvest Crop leporta from nil parti of the United States and Canada except districts dis-tricts bordering on the IaUtlc ocean In both countries and notably the southcin half of California Irdlcate n good > leld considerably alxivo that of lat jcar The wheat crop ot California Cali-fornia for a time piomlscd to be n tom ilete failure but It has been partially edeemed by recent rains 1orllons of Canada l > lne near the raclllcln which Mouth lias been prevailing have also > ecn vleltcd by rains whleh have Improved Im-proved crop prospects In Utah and Idaho tho ldT will bj I he heaviest ever harvested t Tho high l prices of last 1 fall stimulated farmers to Inertde tho nnge nm tho ralno of autumn and this spring have produced pro-duced n remarkably good stand In nany Instance U Is I necessary to thin out by harrow Ing even on dry farms It Is I difficult to prognosticate what the price will be Within ten days specu Intors hdve heen muvlng nmong the former In the northern part of Cache valley trying to contract tor thh wheat nt SO cents per bushel an1 oller ng to pay halt the price In cah In nd aneo Estlnratlnc the probabilities from known data It may bo predicted that wheat will bring this fall In Utah and Idaho < a good though not an extravagant extrava-gant price Tho farmers will do well while those who have to buy their bread will not be oppressed 1 Tho fact that wheat Is now bringing from DO to 93 cents In this city under the demands of n local shortage lodlciles that when that shortage U relieved by the threshIng thresh-Ing michlae the pi4co will fall perhaps materlall but there 13 I nt reaoon to look for the low prices of two and three and four jeirs ago But International Inter-national events especially of 1 wuHke nature mjy should they occur send the rre Of wht olynrll |
