Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-05-12
FOREIGN MARK ETS.
(PER STEAMER AMERICA.)


LIVERPOOL, Evening of April goth, 1919.
Money lIarket.-Consos closed to-day, in London,
at 81 for money and 925 for time. EXchcqucr Bills,
los. to ISIS. Premium.
Bacon.-The quantity on the market being moder-
ate, and in general superior in condition TO previous
arrivals, holders have been firm in the endcavor TO
establish an advance, and the business OF the week
has not been extensive. Hams have rcccdcd 3s to
As per cwt., owing 10 more abundant supply. West
ern in dry salt, selling at Sos .a36s Cd. Shoulders
have sold at 24s to 29S.,-Saddes at 27S., and
Coarse Meat is in fair demand at lbs to Dos.
Bark, Qucrcitron.-25 hhds. Philadelphia sold
at 9s. Sd.
Bce.-A retail business only is passing, principal
y confined 10 best brands.
CheeSe-The market is inactive, and i2s Cd. TO
43s. has been accepted for fine.
Corn, S'c.-'lhc advance noted in cur last was
well supported during the three following days; bat
rumJrs Of the probable speedy settlement OF the
questions at issue between Denmark and Germany
having depressed the speculative feeling, holders
again met the market freely, AMI prices have given
way TO about the currency Vi this day week, except
Indian Corn and Meal, which rule Is per quarter
and Is. Is Sd. per barrel higher, in the absence
Of any wcighty imports. At our market to-day,
the demand Tor Wheat and Flour very limited.
and prices below our quotations were accepted III
! some instances To effect sales Corn and Meal main
tanned their value, with tar amount of business.
We have had return Of cold, wntTy weather,
with several inches of snow, followed by sharp
frost.
Coiion-The import of the week is 2S,:ll bales;
sales 81 900: and present stock, $1,000 bales,
against 565,iJD, at corresponding date last year.
Influenced by continental adviccs the purchases OF
the trade this week have been confined TO their ac-
tual requirements and with abundant supply OF
American qualities at market, freely offered prices
have rcccdcd ID. per ID The sales, to-day, are
1000 bales, at our quotations.
Lard, without any activity in the demand, main
tans its firmness and an advance of 3D. has been
paid upon extra qualities
Pork.-With the exception of few sales OF
Western Mess and prime Mess, at and under 55s.
the market remains inactive.
| ROsin.-1OO barrels sold at IS. for common Amber,
up 10 IS. 3D. for fine.
7dlio,c mas met more inquiry this week, at 39s.
| to 4Os. for p. Y. {.
REORGANIZATION barrels fair rough sold at Is,
and tons American Spirits at Sos. I'd. TO Bis.
STlTT, DAY & co.
[See Liverpool Prices Current inside page.l
Correspondence of Lyfords Price Current,
LIVERPOOL, DIST April, 1919.
Extract Owing to the Blockade Of Of
the Northern Ports of Europe, which not anti
cipated, we have had decided improvement in our
Corn Market; but with this exception, the state OF
trade in general for the past fortnight has been by
no satisfactory. Cotton has declined fully ID.
All Railway Stock is lower, and though money is
comparatively easy, and discounts ranging from .
TO per cent, yet we have activity in
ket; and the remark is general that sales of Pro-
duce generally lose than make money. The
Funds rather unsteady, at 80
BIcon.-Ihe supply Is large, and the demand de-
cidedly good Though number Of ships, now much
past due, have been kept out by strong casterly
winds we have had fully $500 boxes into the port,
fully thrcetUurhs of which sold, al prices rang
ing from 3ls. Cd. to 4Ds. very considerable por-
ton of the imports from New Orleans prove tainted,
sour, and of condition; the latter proceeding in
some measure from being long on board ship, and
! being heated from stowagc with Corn and Cotton.
The stock in first hands does not exceed two weeks
consumption, and market is steady at our quota
/ tions. Hams very dull of sae-the common
quality forced on the market at 30s. to 32s. 3D.,
whilst the finest have been sold at 4OS.
] h,v,. hal. lIt-p ;,t lni md
/ for ten DAYS past, with considerable arrivals, which
appear to have convinced the holders here that not
much chance left TO them for any advance OF
importance, and several parcels have been sold al
33s 33s. 3D. for the average quality in barrels.
At this advanced period Of the season, and from the
tenor of our adyiccs received by the Canada from
New York, certainly do not expect any i'm
provemcnt.
Corn.-As mentioned above, the shutting up Of
some of the northern ports by the Danish Government
has given a decided tone to our Corn Market, and
our prices had fallen Je!oU what produce could be
imported for, either from the Continent or the
United States, we enabled to realize adj
vance, in the face Of heavy stocks and limited de-
mand. The still continued steady casterly gales
have kept back large number Of vessels; still,
with all these operating the market, the
advance only Is cd pr barrel on Flour, i'd.
on Wheat, IS. on Corn, and Is. on Corn Meal.
This day the market is rather easier, with fair
steady sale,-for Western Canal Flour 24s. TO 2ls
3D., Philadelphia 2is. to 2is. 3D., Baltimore 2is
Cd to 24s. Cd, Ohio 25s., yellow Indian Corn 33s.
to 33s. Cd, White Bis. to Bis. cd, and Meal las.
, TO lbs. j. d G. KIRKPATRICK.
LIVERPOOL, April 20, 1919.
Our Cotton market continues dull and declining,
and the quotations again reduced 3D. per h.
generally, excepting only fair aud good Orleans
suited for the export demand which are relatively
scarce. Fair Upland and Mobile are quoted 48d.
and fair Orleans, I'D mddling Upland and Mobile,
Id, and middlng Orleans, d.; ordinary, ID a3id
per Id. The business for the week ended to-day,
amounts 30 2l0 bales, Of which 1900 spc
cuaton, and 4 $50 for export; and the American
descriptions consist Of Upland, at ID; O35O
Orleans, at 35a6d.; 1850 Alabama and Mobile, at
3sa6d and 800 Sea Island, at 7nl3Ed. per 10. The
import, for the same time, is 2S,5OO bales, and the
stock in this port amounts to 457,OOO bales, OF
which 800, 900 are American. After some farther
Improvement in Flour, and considerable sales of
Philadelphia, Western, &c. at 2is.a24s. cd per bril-
the article has become dull again, and declined to
23s 3D., at which it is offered to-day in quantity cx-
ceeding the demand. JVheat dull al our last quota
tions. For Indian Corn, however, we have had a
fair steady demand, at rather better prices
White selling 81 s.a3ls 3d. and Yellow at 32s.a
33s per quarter. Indian Corn Menl, l4sdl4s. cd.
per bril- BROWN sHifLhf q W.
i THE CORN TRADE OF EUROPE.
From the London Mercantile Gazette, April pol
A material change has taken place in the tone Of
the grain trade within the last fortnight The value
of wheat has risen from 2s TO As per quarter in most
Of the prcpal markets, and the advance in prices Of
other articles has been propOrtonably great. This
Improvement has not been caused by the decrease in
the supplies, apprehension relative to the future
as respects the crops in the ground, but must be
IS wholly attributed political events Oh the continent
Almost Immediately after the receipt of the intclli
. gence communicating the fact that hostilities had
@ been actually commenced between the Danes and
> Germans, and that the principal Baltic ports and
II river Elbe, &c., about TO be blockaded, hold
. of raised their pretensions purely the
sumption that supplies from the north of Europe
would be interrupted and might be wholly stopped.