, 1872-10-20

| sympathy Wit the better qualities. Sugar
! are nowlin ample stock, and the feeling is les
no mate.ual "softening :" OF prices is looked for
| rs refners are firm in their demands at fuj
former ra2es. Syrups ere active and firm, as ar
| also apices. Kice: soaps, candles, and othe
goods rule steady, rs previously quoted
Dry goods met With a good demand, and price
! nnco Of country merchants continues large, ant
| the order business is also liberal. Bitter i
moro plenty, and less firm, though withou,
I quotsble decline. Cheese ia fairly active, ant
firm. Coal was in good request, and soft varie.
ties were exceedingly firm, owing to the reduced
condition Of stocks. Fish continue active, witt
but slight variation in priceg. Dried fruits re-
main quiet. The hay market WAS again over.
! stocked, and tho feeling was decidedly weak,
buyers rcfnaing to pay yesterdays prices:
| 1880 for boatec pressed timothy-a reduction Of
| Soc per ton. Hides were unsettled. Tho de-
naand Tas small, and prices we're noninally
! @ 1c lower, sales making at 105I@11c for heavy,
and at llM@12c for light green cured.
Tho demand for brick, lime, cement, ETC., is un-
diminished, and former prices are firmly ad-
hered to. Cooperage ia rather quiet; -four bar
| rels are in good demand and firm OF present
quotations. Iron, ateel tin, ind nails are active
| and unchanged. The lumber trade was fair TO-
I day; prices remain the aGnae as yesterday.
| There was no perceptib1e improvement in the
na3 ket for broomcorn there is large amount
Of old corn in the hands of Eastern dealers, and
until this is used up, shippers do not look for q
is nncha1ged; dealers report some inquiry
for tno qualities, but aside from this
nothing WAS done. Hops are quiet, being only
in light demand among brewers for immediate
wants. Seeds were very quiet; prices steady
and unchanged. Eggs are lower, owing to in
creased receipts. Poultry and gane in liberal
supply, and sell slowly Of reduced prices. The
market for potatoes la unchanged; peacA-blows
sell readily at SOC, on track other varieties
are dull, mixed being offered at 28@30c, with no
buyers. Apples, grapes, aud other fruits are in
ample supply, and in fair demand at previous
prices.
HigAwinca we're quiet, but firm, there boing a
fair demand which absorbed all tho offerings.
and wonld have taken moro had more been
placed on the market. Sales were reported Of
200 hrls at 83c per gallon.
Lake f1oigbts we're strong, but quiet, Mt about
the same rates as On Friday, ut Tic for corn. aud
13}9@1SMc for wheat, by sail to Buffalo, and 19o
for wheat to Kingston. a total OF charters
wheat and 4s, 600 bu corn. Tie relatively low
rate to Kingston was due to the fact stated in
this column this morning, thnt there is little de-
mnnd for vessels to that port.
PROVISIONS were quiet, but there Tas more in
quiry in the one day than in the whole Of my
one previous week since midsummer. There
was very good demand, but buyers and sellers
were apart in their views. Packers are not dis
posed to concedo on contractB ahead, as thoy
think it probable that oven if the hogs rushed
in go fast in the beginning Of the season as to
cause q further drop in prices, the result will be
that there will be no fat hogs in the latter part
OF the aeaaon from which to cut the meats that
are favorites on the continent Of Europe. Pork
was steady, the only demand boing for future.
Lard was dull and weak, and our reduction in
quotations made now should probably have boon
made several days ago. Meats woro in most de-
mand, On foreign account, and it was rumored
that several rather large meat contracts have
been made within the past two wee1ss that were
equal quantities Of long and abort clear
midd1es, deliverable in December, for
which 69]c is bid, and 7c generally asked.
The market closed nominal. ut the follow
seer ocags oebeG e ss ;Sa do paih sesr i5sa Dees
Der } q January, Sl2.so@12.c21@; d., sol
cash, q? l@se sssf for 4o1sa 4onaa
lots Of winter; DO, seller December, 7}l@9c; Do,
dry salted shoulders, ze@6514e; short ribs,
Sweet pclsd hss, ao%in snsGes
Ct 113@1sc, and green hams firm at
S3Sembcr tor Sso ssos sser 1' dsssn 5ss9
shoulders, 439@HGc; do short ribs, 7c. Boxed
shoulders, seller December, quoted at 41<@4Mc.
English meats, for delivery in December and
January, 6A@6Ec for Cumberlands 6s6@Gslo
short clear; aNc iar long cut cut hams; hams i break *
fast bacon, l1@l2c, and bacon hams, 16018c all
packed. Mess beef, ss.50@90o; extra mess
Dc, $9;5o@1o.o0;. boof ha1ne, s25.0o@26,oo.
oy ta{!o1% 8@sIe gredase 1o a19tablo at 5@
at $1450; GOO brls do seller December at s15.50;
900 brls do, seller January at $12.50; 2J0 t1s
lard, seller January, as 71sc; 100 tcs summer !
lard ct 81 20 per 100 lbs, loose; 50 brls prime
packers ta1low at SC. The receipts1or the week
iGaH An q md fh, 1o11
The shipments include 1,0+4 brls beef; 2,116 |
brs pork; 1908, $40 tbs meats, aud 1896 725 lbs
lard.
Flour was very dull to-1ay, being reported |
more plenty, and easier, in New York, and in |
addition to our local weakness in wheat. Hence
the shippers wore out Of the market, and the !
only buying was done by home dealers. |
Holders generally reported prices as unchanged. |
Sales hare boon reported Of 100 brls spring
extras (OrentaD ut $500; 200 brls do (Glory5 !
200 brla do, at $3.50; Is bfls do, On private !
terms 100 brls buckwheat -four at 81 30; Total, |
$50 brls. Also 10 tons bran ut $1,000; so tons
do, at 59.75, all on track.
Wheat WIS less active, weal, and 125c lower
being rumored to be lower in Liverpool: Wills
New York was unchanged, SO far as holders we're
concerned nothing being said in the dispatches
about buyers. Lake freiglta we're again held
~, with scarcity of vessels, and O glut on the
railroads that seems to render almost hopeless !
The attempt to ship out wheat as fast as it ar
rives here, while the stringency Of tho money
market threatens to make it equally difficult to
hold as to let go. Hence further weakness, and
The strong ones into whose hands the bulk Of
he wheat changed few days sgo, prove not to
BE strong enough, or not willing, to talo caro- Of
'ho fresh additions to our stocks in tho shape Of
current receipts. There we're plenty OF guesees on
;he floor to-day that wheat will touch 81 LOO per
ou before long. Seller the month, or cash No. 3
spring, opened at 81 II, declined. to 91095:, ad-
.anced to $1:101(. dropped to 21.o9, and closed
1ull at 9l.o97G. Seller November sold at $1.G9M
It 81. @1.1055, closing at the inside. sellar
December sold early at Sill. No. / spring
;losed at 81 :15; No. do ut 97c; and rejected do