, 1873-05-04

OF special mention In connection WITH tno put-
ter market. Low grades are unquaAtedly Heak,
and there ia no particular frnness in the better
qualities, but 80 long as the receipts OF the lat
ter only about equal current requirements, aa
in the case at present, no material depre-
citation in values need be, looked :1o5'
Bagging remains quiet and unchanged,
iston at 3455o, and American al, ,3254c. Little or
nothing WAS doing in the sheep market, and
prices are purely nominal. No change Was noted
In prices of coal. The dried fruit trade was
elig6tly more active, without appreciable change
except whitefsh, which are working 3 little
easier, former quotations are firmly sustained.
Hides were quiet and steady, at 1910 for heavy
green cured and at 11113c for light do. Prices Of
leather, pig iron, tobacco, and wood were un-
changed.
4 fairly active business Was transacted in lum-
ber to-day. Yard prices for the lower grades are
weak and unsettled, owing to similar condiLion
Of things in the wholesale market. The receipts
by lake were light this morning, 60 that the
from Friday. Building materials we're in modsr..
ate request at previous prices. Metals, timers,
stock, and iron met With only fair inquiry, and
were without quotahle change Naval stores Were
active and firm. There WAS no particular change
in the wool market. Western manufacturers are
purchasing small quantities for immediate con-
sumption, but otherwise the market is quiet and
unchanged. Excepting millet and Hungarian,
which were in request and firm, trading in seeds
vas quiet, prices ruling about the same as Fri
Potatoes met with moderate inquiry at about
former prices. In green fruits an advance IN
oranges and lemons is noted Apples and Gran
berries remain quiet and unchanged. Eggs ware
in active local demand, and steady ut 11@12c:
Highwines we're firm, knd in fair demand, at
the advance noted On Friday, New York being
firm. Sales we're reported of 400 brls, at 8716o
per gallon; and the market closed steady at that
figure.
Lake freights we're again active, to the extent
rates, aa ehippars held back steadily till their
terms we're complied with. Most Of the charters
taken on private terms; but, as near as can be
ascertained, they we're on the basis Of go for.
corr and 1oo for M wheat & to Buffalo; "a & 1so for
and 45o Fer 100 lbs to New York, and Soc do
to Boston or Portland. Persistent attempts
have been made recently to hoodwink the re-
porterB in lake freights las well as in iumber)
and there is the best Of reason to believe that
facts, 4 total Of nine charters was reported,
which will carry out 103, 600 bu wheat, aud 104,-
600 bu corn. -
Provisions we're quiet and steady, there being
way of settlements. Mess Pork vas the most
active, and was 4 shade higher. though quoted
dull in Now York Lard was dull and a shade
easier, being in larger supply. We note that
the receipts from country points during the past
week were. more than twice as great as the
shipments. Meats we're dull and unchanged:
The market closed at the following range of
prices: Moss pork, cash or seller May, S17.90@
1885; do seller june, .e1900@18.1215; do seller
July, $18.25@18.9O; lard, cash OF seller May,
S8.85@8.90; do seller June, S9.10@9.1215; do
seller July, s9.35@9,3714. Sweet picked hams
quoted at 10@12c. Dry sailed meats quotable
1t 6H@6Ao for shoulders; 8a@@8Mc for short
ribs; and 9@91zc for short clear. Boxed shoul-
ders, 6H@7c. English meats. 9@91Ic for short
ribs; 94@95zc for short clear. Bacon Ii quot
ed at 7Xc for ehoulders, 19zzo for clear ribs;
packed. Mess beet, s9.00@a:25; extra 1ness do,
s1o.oo@lo.25; beef hams, s2s.oo@2s.so; city
Sales we're reported Of 600 brls mess pork seller
June at s18.12n; 1000 brls do at 2l8.1o; 2,0oo
brls do at $500; 750 brls do, seller July, at
$3.50; 75Q brls do at s13.25; 1000 tcs lard, sell
Ter June, at s9:12}1c; ESQ tcs summer lard as
831c cash; 10000 tbs shoulders at 65sc; 10000 |
lbs short ribs at 82lc- |
The "Daily Commercial Report gives the 1ol-
lowing as shipments OF provisions from this city |
for the week ending May l, 1878, and since Nov. |
|. 1879; also comparative figures: !,