, 1874-04-05

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and wore firmly held all around carbon at l9c
linsced at S1.00@1. .03 extra lard. At 84@Soc,
and tuEpentine At 55@56c.
The demand for lumber st the yards continues
| active at about the same range OF prices Iho
receipts by lake were fair this morning. and there
| VAS also moro inquiry for cargo lumber than on
| yesterday. Piece stuff sold early at Slo.5o to
| yard dealers. The interior demand Tor hardware
and nails continues active. Pig tin is rathef
| weak, but other articles are steady IN price. Iron
WAS meeting with fair order demand at the cur
rent rates. Building materials were unchanged.
| The hop market il still dull, aud lower prices
| have been accepted By sorne parties VINO we're
! anxious to realize. Wool was quiet, also broom
| corn. Both are selling in small way at quota
| tions. Seeds were more active and steadler. e1-
cept 1ax, which remains quiet. Cho1ce potatoes
sell readily at recent prices. The receipts were
fair. Ponltry was in Light supply and tirm.
prices to the retail trade. Eggs wore lower.
Lake freights we're in sono demand, and prob
ably steady at former rates, though the prices
OF freight room by water were not reported yes,
terday. Wheat to Buffalo was taken at &C. aud
oats to do ut &c Per bu, both BY sail. Thus is
equivalent to 515c for corn to Buffalo, and about
lie for wheat to Kingston. Three charters were
reported which will carry out about 90, 200 bu
each oAwheat, corn, md OATS
Highwlnes we're quiet and unchanged, WITH
sales Of 200 brls at 93c Per gallon. New York
was quoted at 97c at o'clock, and our market
closed nomin1lly eaaier in consequence at 922115
@9oc.
Provisions were again active and higher, the
remark applying chiefly to mess pork, winch
advanced 4o@50c per brl under rather sharp
demand, being freely taken by one or two strong
parties, then fell OF Toe, advanced 15c, and re-
cedel 10c by the close. Lard was relatively
quiet, aud advanced 211@5c per 100 It's, while
meats we're firm and o shade higher, but with
not much demand, the interest Of the trade being
centered ii, the pork deal. It is reported that
inquiries formcats cYt now arc not filled, because
the tocent pork e1citenent has set tha.packers
to manufacturing that article exclusively. The
summer pork h. not deliverable on contracts, bus
it pays to sell it for consumption At 75c per b1l
below the price of regular: and tho consu1nptiVe
demand for tho latter is correspondiugly reduced.
leaving it to bo simply apeculated upon- About
14.000 brls of pork l1nvn been shipped ont during
the past week-ao1ae say to I'll. shorts in New
from the parties who hold most OF our pork,
caused some to fonr that the market il being
cornered, and the aaorts rlshed IN to fill; but,
as coon as they found that they could buy in,
this accounted fol the irregular, move
wero in fair demand, and fir1ncr.
The market closed .7uiot at thofollowing range
Of prices: Mees pont cash Or seller April,
do seller June, s1o62} 5@1665; do seller Sep.
tember, s17.25@17 so; rime mess pork. $13.oo
@13.50; extra prime do. 9l2.00@12.50. Lard,
cash or so1ler April, 5s9.32t @9.35; do seller
May, $9.4719@o.50; do sen er June, 80. 9.60@9G21z.
Sweet picked hams. 10@al0115c per ID for 1850
1G h averages; dIy-salted meats. loose, at574c
for shoulders, cash, and seller May; 2s2o@
seller May; ss:45@s.5o 80 for ghort clear, cash,
and 38.70@5.76 seller May; Sc for Cumber-
lands; 8L@811o for long clear Tie game
boxed at 4@Nc per ID nbovs these prices.
Bacon meats, G5sc Tor shoulders, 9]s@9Hc for
short ribs, 9H@T4c for short clear, all packed
in Ahds; the eamo loose }1c lower. Bacon
hams, 1115@13c. Mess beef, 38.7509.U0; extra
mess do, S9.75@1o.00; beef hams, $23. .0o@o3.5o-
City tallow, e1S@7c; grease quotalde at 5000
Sales were reported of $50 b0ls mess pork
1t s1e4o; 1000 brls at 91G,a5; ESQ brls do at
316.30; 400 brls do at S16.25 100 brls do at
SlG.1215; I 900 brls do seller April ct $1G.A0;
$50 brls do at $316. .35 1850 brls do ut S16.20;
500 br1s do seller May at 31G.55 8, $50 brls do
It i16.50; $50 brls do at S16.4715; 1850 brls do
st Sl6.45; 750 brls do at 51G40; $50 br1s do
seller June as 316.70; 500 brls do at 316.G 500
brlB do at l6.6211 500 brls do at S16-55= LOCO
3rls do at s16.52]S5 (total. 23350 brls); ESQ tcs
ard at 1856; 500 tcs do (at st. Josepth) at 9c.;
LOO pails do at 11c; :; 10 tcs Eettled do as 915o;
80 tea do seler May st S9.5 521I5c; go tes do
It $780, 600 tcs do at S9.475; 10 900 lbs A,ort
lbs at $780, $50 tcs street, picked hams 1t 10:.
Tho Daily Commercial Report giyeB the fol- |
owing as the shipments Of provisions from this |
:ity for tho week ending April 2, 1874, aud slnco
Nov. l, 1873, together with comparisons: |