The Portland daily press., 1874-05-07
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL


WEEK ENDING May 6, 1874.
Ihere are no special features to note in our mar
kets during the past week. The jobb,ng business
has continued to be good, both with dry goods and
grocery dealers, and the sales have been large as
vol as satisfactory to purchasers. For all leading
articles the market is very steady, and the iuctua-
lions are next to nothing. The flour market is re-
markably steady and the grain market very firm.
The opening Of canal navigation will increase the
supply of graih but it is presumed that prices
will be lower, judging from the sales that have been
made for May and June. Money is abundant on
good securities. Gold is lower and the rates ON
Tuesday were 1l24all2a. Wednesday, 9Th, the rates
were 112t9112i.
Apples are scarce and prices have advanced 10
$797 50 for prime Russell. and IS for prime Bald
wins; dried apples in better demand and prices
tend upward Beans are plenty, but without change
In prices. Butter is active and sells at 35d40c for
old and new Of choice qualities. Cheese is IN
changed. Coal is steady. Cofee Is dull and Rio
has shaded trifs. Copper is quiet. Cordage is
changed Cooperage is in light stock and very dull.
Dry goods are active with large sales and prices are
steady for all standard goods. Duck is steady and
in good demand Drugs and dyes are unchanged
opium is firm at 50 so with an upward tendency
Fish are dull stocks being light, and the new catch
being soon expected. Prices are unchanged. Flour
Is steady, though sales confined mostly to small
lots for immediate use. Fruit is without change.
Grain is very rm, and corn cannot be had at less
than 95c for prime quality; oats firm at 6596sc;
Hay has ir proved and dealers are paying SIS for
the best quality of pressed; straw is selling at S129
IT, Iron is lower for common and refined our quo
tatons being 4c lower than last week. Lard is firm
and steady at the recent advance Leather is steady
with a moderate demand for sole. Lime is ste ady.
Lumber is in fair demand at revised quotations.
holasses is firm and steady. Nails are steady at
"a Is per cask Naval stores quiet, with slight
reduction on turpentine. Oils same as asst week.
Paints are steady. Produce is somewhat active
Eggs are selling at 1S9l9c in packages; potatoes
(Jacksen Whites) sOas5e by the car load and 9O9
CSC in jobbng LOTS inferior potatoes selling at
759SOc; onions selling at 50 per Dbl for prime
silver skins. Provisions very firm both for beet
and pork, and the advance noted on pork last week
is fully sustained Salt is steady and in good sup
ply. Sugars are firm. Forest City graduated is sell
ing at lie, and coffee crushed 91@10c, ordng to
the grade. Eagle sugars also in good demand.
Teas are quiet and without change. Tins firmer,
both for plate and slab Wool is quiet, with little
better demand, but no improvement in prices.
FREIGHTS.-Foreign freights fat and own
ers and masters that their vessels should lay
in port for while to accepting the low offers made
hoping and expecting better rates in a short time.
The engagements during the week are bark j. S.
Winslow, hence to Buenos Ayres at SIS so for lum-
Der; brig Proteus, hence to Matanzas at $780, gold
the voyage out. Coastwise freghts dull and I'M
changed Schr Rising Sun was taken hence to Sata
Georgia. at 81 for ice thence to New York at $40 for
hard pine.