The Portland daily press., 1874-02-05
FINANCIAL AND COMM ERCIAL
Review of Portland Markets.
WEEK ENDING Feb. 4. 1874,

WEEh ENDiNo fOo' 4, ios1.
Notwithstanding the lack of large trade, caused
by the bad state of the roads for the past week. the
markets appear generally in healthy condition. On
all leading articles prices are quite firm and on some
of them there has been an advance. The Spring
business has not yet opened and it will perhaps
open little later than it did last year. The money
market rules easy and gold is quite steady at l19
111f-these being the rates during the week. Wednes-
day, 4tb the rates were 111t6111i.
Apples continue in good sup ly, mostly Western
fruit at 81 5O95 90 y Dbl; dried apples are dull
Beans are in good supply and prices steady. Box
shocks are in demand, and firm at 759sOc. Butter
is higher for choice table qualities, which are very
scarce and have been sold high as 42c; lille Or
binary qualities bring 30936c Cheese is steady and
the supply is good. Coal is without cha, ge Coffee
is higher and very firm; quote Java at 500 Zoe
and Rio at 3i932c. Cooperage is active for hid
shocks and heads which are in demand, while hoops
are dull at S3O935. Copper is quiet. Cordage is
unchanged. Drugs and dyes are steady with
slight advance on camphor; opium is selling at 81 Is
as 90. Dry goods arc steady for all standard arti-
Giles Dock is steady and in fair demand Fish are
in fair demand for the local trade with some inqur-
les from the West; our quotations on hake are adj
vanced to 81 1902 90. Flour is inactive, but prices
are without change; the business is confined now to
sales of small lots for immediate use. Fruit is with
out change except slight advance on new Valencia
rasins. Oranges and lemons are plenty Mt our quo
tations. Grain is steady at 95c for and SIC for
old corn, and 65c for oats Hay continues dul with
light export demand. Iron is pretty firm as dealers
cannot replace the article at the prices they
selling at. Lard is unchanged. Lumber is quiet
but prices are unchanged Leather is steady and
without change. Lime is unchanged. Molasses Is
pt md fp ,hat,
has arrived which is held at 35c; other cargoes are
on their way. Nails are steady at 81 rs " cask.
Naval st res are quiet and unchanged. Oils are un-
changed but there is upward tendency on lipseed
and lard. Paints are steady. Plaster is without
change. reduce is dull; eggs have dropped to 25d
&c in lots and are retailing at Soc potatoes hard
y as firm though still held 65975c by the carload:
onions are selling at So so " Dbl for prime silver
skins. Provisions are very firm and there is an up
ward tendency on pork. Salt is steady and prices
are unchanged Sugars are hardly firm az they
were last week; or nulated is selling at iOa9lOsc,
and coffee crushed 9a9104c, according to grade.
Teas are firm at our quotations.. Tins are little
rmer than they have been both for slabs and plates
Wool is in fair demand but improvement in prices
has taken place
FREIG TS.-There is but small amount of dis
engaged tonnage here, while the offerings now are
light. The engagements since our last report
bark Philcna, hence to Buenos Ayres at SIS so for
lumber; schr Chattanooga from jacksonville, Flor
ida, &c Gaudaloupe, $40 so for yellow pine schr
Marcus Hunter, hence to side Cuba and back N Of
Hatteras, at SIS for molasses; bark Casco hence for
Matanzas at 13c for box shocks; schr Emma +.
Hunt, hence for Matanzas, at 12c for box shocks
Coastwise freights are unchanged. Schr Angie
Armsbury was taken for Norfolk at 81 % for ice
schr EOur Sisters In at 40
plaster thence to Thomaston at $40 for hard pine.