The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-09

morning. to which reference is made in the3daily
review ABOVE, may improve the tone fthe mar
ket within a day or two. Sugars ruled quiet all
dali; on Saturday the dispatches quoted the
Eastern market heavy. There is no quotaole
quest than white grades. Coal oils have adj
vanced a cent and a half during the week. and
reiners are more confident In their anuclpa.
tons for the future Cheese Is quiet and nrm al
usual figures. Teas steady and unchanged.
syrups steady, with an improved trade az un-
changed prices. Other lines OF goods remain I'M
changed as to price, with stocks kept mp in
proportion to the demand.
.sil DRY GOODS.
Trade for the past week has been fairly active.
Buyers with a speculative turn have looked
closely after staple cotton goods. and have taken
them freely oven at slight advance over last
weeks prices. The jump in rolled jAconets, as
well as a few makes OF bleached and brown
.sbotiom" had been reached, and that the fur
Their decline which the "weak-kneed" gymnasts
We predict the coming season of 1875 a prosper
Gus one TO merchants exercising reasonable
amount OF caution IN the amusement OF tneir
buyers vito ready cash will pick up desirable
sstuff7' az prices which Will insure them fair
profit even on Granger oasis. New goods for
the early spring trade are arriving daily, and
dealers are putting their premises III good order
in anticipation OF an active demand 30 soon as
the weather will permit.
The week opened with scarcity OF poultry on
hand and with the current receipts less than the
local demand. This condition was the result of
the break in prices OF the previous week. Eggs
were coming pretty freely and butter in abund-
ance When the cold weather set in on We'd
nesday ii checked the dow of everything except
butter. The price of eggs advanced cents per
dozen and the market continued TO improve 10
the close of the week, although up 10 saturday
night no further advance had been fairly eStab-
Iished. The demand for turkeys outstripped
the supply as the week advanced, and receipts
towards the close were barely sufficient TO sup
ply the local consuption, shipments being for
the time suspended. Pretty nearly the same re-
Try and as will be noted. prices
are materially advan ced ON live and
on live ducks and geese. Butter remains steady
i'm price and in fair supply, but generally of In
ferlor quality Dried trnt Is IN good mai
prices. AS the law prohibiting the killing and
selling of quails is now in force they may be
considered as out of market,
FREIGHTs.
There has been considerable interest and a
deal OF buzzing among railway agents and large
shippers in reference to the freight question.
The commissioners and managers met in con-
vention at New York on Wednesday, and imme-
diately relieved the Western commissioners
from further duty in regulating the freight
tariff In brief, the much talked of Saratoga
combination was knocked higher than
she general freight agents ppC will meet meet
on Wednesday of this week, at 81. Louis or Chi
cago, TO adopt a new tariff. 1t is further ex-
pected that rates Will be advanced 10 Per cent
per 20 pounds on grain and fourth class goods.
The effect will probably be a depreciation of
values of grain in the West, giving to the East
ern market a still further advantage. They
have Teaped all the benefit of the reduction in
rates. and the heavy movement eastward for the
past Two weeks will probably make them indie
pendent for a time, at least.
THE GENERAL MARKET.
In drugs there has been but little change in
prices and a quiet market during the week.
Morphine and quinine are off a trihe and turpen-
tine advanced. Iinseed oils are firmer.
Hides remain at the same figures as a week
ago, and we hear nothing further from the "As-
ISOLATION"
The leather trade is seasonably quiet.
Agricultural implements are moving freely in
q wholesale way and some of the pillow houses
are placing heavy lines with retailers in expec-
tation of 8 lively demand rom the well-to-do
grangers.
Quotations are given FOR the buying prices of
grain and produce, and the selling prices for
6our and other merchandise.l
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