, 1872-12-25
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! There WAS very little doing in produce circles
to-day, except in wheat, which VAS excited. The
! near approach ct Christmas was ample reason
tor lack Of interest and the weather was bitter
enough to induce stagnation. especially under q
seatc1ty OF the c;fculuting medium. But prices
helu up vel, there being no marked decline, and
some o1 the markets we're quite strong, in spite
| OF rather large receipts for the season. There
vas not much anxiety to sell in any department.,
Tor the above noted Causes operated on sellers as
| FeA as buyers. Outside Of wheat, the trading
vas principally in goods for the holiday season,
| Or III filling peremptory orders either to buy or
to sell. Even all Of these wero not honored.
In tho grocery market only comparatively
being chiefly confined to small orders from re-
/ taiers, to keep up assortments. Pricea UNDER
went no decided change. Sugars, coffeos, rice,
and candles we're firm, while for. other articles
sustained. The dry goods trade wae reported
! quiet, with prices Arm for all standard cotton
and Toollen fabrics, which ere still relatively
lower than the raw materials The attendance
being chiefly in the shape of mail orders.
Butter WAS quiet and lees firm, saye, perhaps,
for choice table grades, the light supply Of which
| enabled holders to realize full former ratea.
goods il the list we're only fairly
go. Tho demand continues small.
| Cheese remains Inactive and weak. Orders re-
ceiVcd since last Friday last remain untitled the
Indictment weather rendering it unsafe to ship
this class Of goods. The coal market continues
active With prices firm. One dealer Ito his credit
be it said) in opposition to the Wishes Of the
rest Of the trade, refuses to advance the price,
and, although there is little more than g thirty
| days supply Of anthracite now in the market he
| continues to fill orders at $1,000. Lackawanna
coal can be laid down here by rail at q cost OF
611.00 per ton. Dried fruits were again quoted
quiet, and most foreign descriptions are easy.
Fish continues dull and unchanged. The hay
market was without important change, 8 moder-
alto demand existing at about former ratea.
Hides and leather remain firm. The oil trade
was quiet, with no material variation in
prices, save for carbon, which WINS 176c lower.
Building materials, nails, metals, and tinners'
stock we're quiet and steady. Trade at the lun-
ber yards Eas quiet, and prices nomina]ly un-
changed. Iron and steel we're in moderate
demand and steady. Salt was fairly active, aud
several orders for fleece washed, and these
grades arc a tri1e frmer as the New York
market is reported to have advanced from 2@3c.
Other grades Of wool we're unchanged in price.
An increased frmn ess prevails in the hop market
Prices are ruling quite strong East, which, Of
course, has tendency to influence this market.
The receipts OF prime and choice hops are also
very Light: There was no change IN broom
corn. Tho demand was chiefly for the higher
grades, and they are firm, being in meagre sup
ply. Common brush is plenty and dull. Seeds
wero very quiet to-day timothy was quotable
firm at s5.25@S.30 and clover at s5.20@5.25.
being too cold to handle them with safety.
There was an active local inquiry for poultry,
and prices we're higher, the market being only
faiIly supplied.
ported dull in New York. Sale WAS made before
Change of 100 barrels nt 89c (yesterdaY's quota
tions), and on Change 400 barrels wera sold at
8914c the market closing firm at the outside.
yesterdays prices. Buyers held OF till near the
close Of the session, as the shippers did not
to hold over Christmas, while packers were not
in the market. Sales wcre restricted to lC9head
ss shss5s'' st Szs0 per loo ''s' and 'ls (s''a' at
Provisions we're dull, and little better than
nominal, at about the same prices, except that
pork was 5@10c per b-l lower. There was no
disposition to trade, and most OF tho sales re-
ported below we're really made last evening.
buyers we're holding Off for reasons stated IN
our Issue Of this morning, added to which was
the fact that they did not wish to burden their
Christmas memories with the care OF additional
trades. Live hogs wore quoted dull and plenty,
while the difficulty Of procuring transportation
fBcilities was IS great as ever. Trade is expect
ed to revive after the holidays, as it is thought
that the prices established early in January will
be not far from Q gauge Of the season:
prices: Mess Pork-Old, 5ll 25@11.50; new
pork, cash OF seller the month, ut S11, 1,50@11.60
do seller January, l1.5o@11;65 do seller Feb
1856; do sener April, sl1.so; prime mess,
s1o.5o. Lard, cash, s695@760 for new,
cash or seller December, doseller January, $500;
do seller February, 57.12h; do seller March,
s2a9S S,ES Sweet Pel9a a. h17 19I s?@sM
and 711c for 16-ib averages. Green shoulders,
3H@3Lc; do rough sides, 45sS@4slc; do short
ribs, 5@516c; do short clear, 5N@5Ic; dry
Ealted 1neats quotable at 3s1c for shoulders;
Boxed shoulders, seller December, quoted at
3z5c. English meats for delivery in December and
January, 5&c for Cumberlands; 5s4c for short
816c for long cut hams. Mess beef, 5s.5o@9.oo;
extra mess Do, s9.50@10.0o; beef hams, $500
@2s.oo. City tallow, ,713@7Ac; grease quota
BE at 51G@6Ac. Sales we're reported Of $50
s o es g. Rssh Rsr It Il +; f DO ' &
$3.50; 10000 lbs green shoulders at 314c; 5000
pcs green hams is 1os), at 71zc; $3.50 pcs do
l6 ibs). at Tic; 10000 lbs d. long cut GO ibs),
at &c; so tcs yellow grease at 591c.
There Was probably an error in the stock Of lard
in Liverpool, as reported in our issue OF this
morning: The stock On the 30th Of September
WIS T. 500 tons, OF 22Ao Lbs each, against $500
Flour WAS in little better demand for ship
ment, early, being stimulated by the strength
in wheat; but the inquiry fell off subsequently,,
and the market VAS little better than nominal
at former prices during the latter half of the
most request. Buckwheat. flour WAS
dull and easier. Bran dull and steady.
Sales we're reported Of 100 br1B white winter ex-
tras at 98.85; 100 brls spring extras (Conqueror)
at $780, 50 brls do at S6.25; so brls do at 5575;
500 brls do on private terms 200 brls suporanes
at S4.25; 80 trls buckwheat (Jackman's) at
$500; IS brls at $3.50; 135 brls do at $7-75;
200 brls corn1neal on private terms. Total, ,430
brls. Also 10 tons bran at $11.00, on track.
Wheat was active and irregular, varying be-
tween the closing quotations OF yesterday, and
1870 above them. The market was strongest be-
fore II o'clock, before any decided advances had
upb the purchase of about 100, 900 bu on Canadian
account, which made others anxious to buy, the
impression being that the Canadian principals
had received important intelligence from Eu-'
suspected all along that the European floods
have done an immense amount OF damage to the
winter wheat which has not been reported here,
for obvious reasons, and that old country specu.-
lators have been quietly at work, buying up, all