The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-20
CLOSING PRICES-3 P N.
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON FIE1rER FOR ''sPoT," EASIER FOR ''FIy-
TUREs" FLOUR DULL-wHEAT NOMINAL
CORN wEAK-oATs QUIET-PoRK INACTIVE
LARD EAsIER-BACoN LOwER-GRoCERIEs
QUIET-FREIGHTs QUIET, BUT sTEADY-PE-
TROLEUM EAsER-NAvAL STORES STEADY
EAST INpIA GOODS QUIET-META1s QUIET
WOOL FTRM--wHIsKEY EASIER.
TUESDAY. Jan. 1916 P. M.
The markets remained dull and Irregular prices
In most cases being entirely nominal while in 9TH
ers The tendency was still in buyers favor. On
'Change -four was dull and nominal. Wheat was
dull and nominal Bacon was also dull, and prices
were In buyers favor Oats were dull. wniskey
was q shade easier. Pork was still duh and nom-
inal. Bacon and cut meats favored the buyer, the
former being lower. Lard was also easier.
Freights were quiet, but steady. Cotton continued
In good demand, with 'spot" again higher, but
'futures' rather easier. Groceries were quiet
and Unchanged. Metals were not much sought
after, but remained steady in value. Petroleum,
at easier ures, was IN better request but without
shifting in much business. Naval stores remained in
and not essentially changed East India goods
quiet. Wool was in moderate demand and firm.
AsHKs.eceipts for the past three days, SO packages
The market was dull and somewhat irregular Pots
quoted at 64c. 61sc per ID. AM pearls ut SIC SIC.
BUILDING MArERIALs-The demand limited tor all
kinds, but values exhibited mater rial change
from the figures last quoted Lime quoted steady at
81 I0a 81 50 for RocklaEd common and 81 60 81 IS
Tor do. lump. Clements sold moderately at steady
prices quoted at 81 ~ for Rosendale and 81 81 30
tor Roman and Portland Laths quoted at 81 IS 81 70
for Eastern
BUrrER-The general market, excepting for choice
grades butter is dull and prices irregular and
hard quote Choice grades State continue in fair
demand. and prices rule steady Medium grades
are in large supply and move very slowly Western,
solid packed very dull Rolls arrive freely but are
very slow sale. We quote Estate dairies frns and
tubs fine, SIC. a ssc. per lb; do, do, good to
prime, SIC. a S5c.; do. do, fair to good Soc. a
&c. rkns. choice selected, &c a &c. do good
TO prime, SIC a 4c- do, common to fair Sc o Soc
do. half irkin tubs choice, selected, 40c a &c do,
do good To prime, &c Sc; do, do, to fair
&c. q 3oc. do. Welsh tubs. choice. fal made Sc
do, prime Sac Sc. DO. good, sic SIC do common
70 far DC. sc DO pals creamery fair to good.
Soc 4oc DO, do dAisy iair TO good. 5sc. SIC;
and Michigan, tubs choice iairy packed SIC Sc do,
&C. s0oa &C. 70 DOR z &c. &c. a. 15
to good &c PC Sortern Illinois Wisconsin SIN and and
aS ca s @ o s0GS rsi s
@ q % SS to a .s 70 t s1Sa ri Ono
and Indians firkins fair to good &c 2sc do do.
ss@nss aS sns;ss ss Very
nne &c DO. air to good. Ac. CSC do. common 70
BARS AND PxAs- Medium and marrow are best in de.
though the WIOfe trade rather Light
tons, and the market continues without especial
change We quote Medium new choice, ~ rs 81 80;
Medium, fair TO good, 81 ~ q 81 80; marrows, new.
new, 81 100 50 20; red kidney, prime. new, s. is
choice, $3.50 81 Coz white kidney. lair TO GOOD ~
70: black peas, So 20 a S. IS
CoTToN.-Ihe IN rket Tor cotton on the spot continued
active. The large business consumm aed for export
in great to provide contracts maturing in
Liverpool Spnners bought freely and paid prices
The annexed quotations show further adv <c
per ID. At this Improvement as the market closed,
there were more sellers than buyers exporters
being unwilling make further operations, except
Gamer rates while the orders from were we'll
supplied. Holders, though declining to accept lower
prices eydently disposed to meet buyers freely
quotations, and the market closed tame With Liver
part the regard to the extent of the receipts
the ports, the market for future deliveries opened
strong and on the carly sales slight advance was
established but not sustained receipts proved
larger than expected amounting to about 5000 bales
more than the receipts OF the same day last week
and the market under disposition to sell,
which seemed quite general, ruled weak
closed mly lI6c less than the final
figures Of yesterday. The closing quotations were as
follows.-January, 15i.c 53-l6c; February, i5,ac
10 9s2c. March, 1890. 10 2S2c. April. NJ is i6c.
Is 32c May, l6c. rs SIC june Is 9l6c l5 1880.
July. Is 1866. 10 q &c August II Lice We quote
September l. 1874, and upland cotton IN store run
nig quality not more than half grade above or be-
the grade quoted :-UrdInary 1889 gooi ordinary
ice. strict good ordinary sc; low mddlink, l54c.
niddling, l5sc. good mddling, l7c Quotations based
American standard Of classification