, 1873-03-11

| "i|Aeat""A Sloiu ssore on Snsaafdhy tor city con
sumption: 2oo1 bu wheat; 5,461 bu corn; 15
bu oats; aG9 bu ryo 8,193 h1 barley.
Tho following grim has boon inspected int,
store this morning, up to 10 O'Clock: Of carr
wheat; 200 cars corn 47 cars oats !; carr
ryei 25 cars barley. Total, s78 cars, or 163,.
600 bu.
Tho leading produce markets were moro active
to-day, with few noteworthy changea in prices,
though there was astrong speculative movement
in sevora1 quarters. Tho shipments and roceipta
Of produce varied but little from tho recent aver.
| ago, and there waa not much in the tone of nd
vices from other points to cause changes in quo
tntiona. Hence the markets wore generally
stoady.
droceriea met with good demand. Interior
merchants 90 well as local retailera we're ordering
freely, aud good feeling prevailed among tie
1obblng trado. Stocks arein excellent condition.
and both staple and aide goods wero firmly held.
Ury goods continue to move on liberal ecale ot
atoady prices. Butter is in better supply and
tho present tendency Of prices is I'M.
miatakably :, downward. Beyond mcetinr
Immediate neccssities, thoro is no disposition to
invest, and tho decline in prices promises to bo
was quoted quiet md firm. Tho choeeo mnrko1
was reported fairly aotivo for tho aeason, and
exceod1ng ttrmnosa again prevailed. Btocks aro
much % reduced, and holders are now asking ~
advance 6156D171 80 for Now York factory, and II
@1eo for Western do being tho quotations to-day.
Coal remains quiet: mud unchanged. Yhoro wore
no now features in tho hay, hido, End leathor
markets. Ola were in better request, and lard.
linsaeea, carbon, and wl1alo wero Armor, III
advance Of 10 in lard oil was tho only u1,ot.hla
change. Tho dried fruit trade is picking up.
and tho general market seems to DO workinR1
Hrmar. Figs aud raisins are higher, and pr,,nos
aro also tending upward.
Iha traffa in ]nrnhar in nln
volume. prices remaining without important va
rlat1on. The domana for brick, lime, mud other
materlnls continues to improve, and firm fool
brick. Tho loading charactoristics of tho ] market
Tor metals, t!nnora' stock, and iron arc not mn
terially changed. A fair trade is reported, and
TIE ,, tone Of tho market is ono Of ,flrnness
nalls na 19cs, Sre l. ~ d., active request and very
shaded moro or less in etrccting sales. uopsaro
quiet at prices. Seeds wero dull and weak aalcn
of timothy ranged from s2.76@3.30, and clover
ut g. .oo@6:?o. Poultry continues to moot with
scarce and Grmor. Green fruits wore II fair To-
Hlghwinos wero inactive, and nominally firm
a, dnrng tao greater part Of l!e scsaion At satur-
gallon, In sympathy with the lateHt Now York
Dressed hogs wore in good demand, in pro-
pofion pn ohnc" 10 ihs Eht 1snppy md aha9s mer
lbs. Soft lots wore not wanted. Bales wore ro-
ported Of 115 dividing on 200 lbs. at sbGil@
head '~A
Lake freighta wero inactive and nonina]ly
unchanged at 1870 bid, and 19o asked. for
1relght-room for corn by sail to Buffalo, j..
PROVISIONS were lesa hotive, and uucllaugod in
prices. except on mess pork, which was 10o por
t'rl higher, though thero waH little demand. and
hogs were reported dull. Tile only inquiry Of
consequence WaH for msata, which we're wanted
Tor export, thore boing large limo of ordora out
a. yot untitled. Speculative excitement in lar-
reioa products eeama to have enHed down for
awhile but mont buyers nre oytdontly fmnreHeed
with the idea that 1ncata aro Good prouoytr nj
prosent prices, which will draw out vaat1y nv ~
creased consumpttvo demand Tifs opinioon ia II
Ealning ground, and is stronuously urged by Nil
tho circulars supposed to be iHsuoI in tia ioint
interest oi packers aud 1rst-haud buyore at nrns
quot. Tho universal rule, to talk bonrr at
the beginning Of tho seaHon,. and h,,l1 NJ
INC oloso, haa been followed ont THU HANSON
"lth llttie moro h0ccoBs than rsl1a,, Wo nnta
hefo that the steady increaHe III the Ellroneon
consumption OF hog meat during tho naat rwn
OF threo years, partially consoHuonco ~ IN
creased freight facilities aorosB the occan in
winter, promises to give la material innrooaa
noAt aoason upon tho mammoth export Of Tia
ono just closed; tho aggregate o} whiah ~ ~
now estimated to be not logs than 875 f]in haoa
and may bo 1,a00, 900. 1t also promseS n hsisa.,
remuneration to tho farnor than is afforfol lin
Oh shipments Of corn, aud may operate to mn.