The Portland daily press., 1873-09-18
FINANCI4L AND COMMERCIAL
Review of Portland Markets.


The business transactions of the past week have
been dinghy large and importers and jobbers
have TO cause to find fault with the fall busn
far The sales have been larger than was anticpat-
ed, and the markets have maintain a remarkably
even tone-the fluctuations in prices of merchandise
being very slight and confined to few articles The
money market is quiet and the ampede in the gold
market, mentioned last week-which reduced the
price from 116 to about 111-has had the effect TO
keep the pice of gold very steady about 111@l1i
TIE sales on Tuesday at 1119l11t Wednesday.
18th, at 111Alg11l4.l
Apples are getting plenty and the Michigan nit is
coming along The bes, fruit is selling at about So
~ Dbl. Beans without change. Butter is plenty
for common but choice table butter is very scarce.
Cheese is hardly as firm. Coal is steady at quo
ted rates. Coffee is firm and full prices are main
tanned Cordage is lower for Manila; American is
unchanged Co per is quiet and steady. Drugs and
dyes unchanged except alcohol which is Zoe low
err Duck is sts ady and in good demand. Dry
goods are firm with upward tendency on both cot
tons and wooens. The sales during the week have
been very large Fish are firm with a better Wes-
tern and home demand. Mackerel are advanced in
prices in consequences of the very light catch both of
Bay and Shore. Flour is arriving more freely, but
there is large demand and prices of all desirable
grades very rm and well sus aimed; the teuden
cy is upward. Fruits are unchanged for dry Green
fruits are in good supply Peaches nearly out of
season. Pears selling at Sl0Gl2 " b i for Bart
let's and $6d10 for other varieties Grapes SELL
ing at 1O015c % b Grain is in good supply aud corn
has further advanced in consequence of higher ties
of freghts 1t is sold here at about the price it
can be laid down here ON The West ami the pros
pect is that further advance vii take place. Hay
is little more active: new pressed is selling at SIS
boy-is in ha rlrat OF
he latter price the choicest article. Iron is lit
tie of and our quotations are reduced Lard is
| steady and in fair demand. Leather is firm with
good demand for sole and fair demand for finished
| leather. Lime is steady. Lumber is steady with
| fair demand. Molasses is very firm AMI prices are
well sustained. There is not large supply of the
| grocers grades and tie presumption is that higher
prices will be obtained Def re the crop comes
| along. Nails continue steady. Naval stores are
| quiet and without change. Oils are steady at our
| last weeks quotations. Paints wi bout change.
Produce continues active; potatoes selling at roo
75c in large lots; eggs selling at 259o7c onions
$4d5 p Dbl; sweet potatoes selling at Sc p Dbl.
/ Provisions are firm with air demand. Salt is in
| COOL demand and prices steady Sugars are ac-
tive ami there is large demand for Forest City Re-
finery and Eagle Refinery products Teas in good
demand aud there is increasing frmness in the mar
ket. Tins a little off Tor pig, but plates are
changed. Wool is very firm, with increased de-
m1nd and the tendency of the market is upward
| FREIGHTS.-There is not much doing inst now IN
foreign freights few vessels would supply the de-
mand tor South America and Havana. The only
foreign engagements since last report is brig
| Prairie Rose from Bath to side OF Cuba (Havana
excep ed) and back of Hatteras at $3.50 for sugar
and S5.25 for moosses. Coastwise freights with
! out change. The greatest enquiry is r vessels to
| bring lumber from Southern ports. Schooner En-
ma D. Finney chartered for Savannah at 27c y
bb. for grounl plaster, and schooner Clara G. Lord
70 Port Royal at SOC ~ hh for. round plaster and
phosphate. Lumber freigh's to New York and the
| Sound are dull and un hanged.