The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-03
Domestic marketr.

NEW YORK, Dec. Is P. M.-Cotton Is firm;
sales 1929 bales; delivered contract 21OO baes
New Orleans and Texas 15-l6c ordinary stained
SO; middling uplands and Alabama II 5-16. Flour
receipts Of 4S7 bbs the market is still in buyers
favor without decided change in price and little bet
ter export inquiry for low grade extra; sales IL 900
bbs; No at 20 a 4 IS; Superfne Western and
state at 70 g 70; common to good extra Western
and State at so q 90; common to choice White
Wheat Western extra at 6 O5 @ 70; Fancy White
extra Ohio at 40 a so; common to choice extra St
Louis at so q rs; Patent Minnesota extra good to
prime at Z 40 q %; choice to double extra at 80
q 50, including 5000 bbls lowgrade extra at IS "a
1924: 3i00 bbls of Winter Wheat extra at go "a 90;
Southern Flour quiet and unchanged; sales $50
choice 10 at 80 a 50. RYE Flour Unclaimed:
sales $40 bbls at 10 q 80 tor Superfne and State
Corn Meal dull; sales $50 bbls. Wheat-re-
ceipts 132, 541 bush; the market is firm with large
business, chiefly speculative; sales $4,000 bush in
GLIDING 1877 900 bush the spot; Os for rejected
Spring; % @ 29s for New York No Spring; IS
for No Minnesota; 495 tor No White Michigan
to arrive; 43 for Winter Red Canada in bond 81
for No Milwaukee: 43 for No Winter Red for
December, closing at / Al bid, 1 A asked; IA q
AZ do for January, closing at A bid, As asked
129t bid. 80 asked / 3l4 q 50 do for January,
closing at 3la bid, 323 asked. Rye quiet; 70 g IA
for Wesern Is q TIC for State 800 State at 73Ic on
track. Barley steady with moderate export de-
Canada on It. Barley Malt dull, SOC for feeding:
$4,000 proved State at 75c cash. Corn-receipts
71,757 bush; the market opened heavy, closing &c
better; sales $4,000 bush, including 276,0O0 on the
spot; 573 for unmerchantable; $50 a SOC for New
York Nos; So q 65Ac for New York No2; 62t a CSC
in store steamer Mixed for December closing 6sc
bid, 62ac Asked do for January Gle bid, 61Ic asked
February at 604c bid. 613c asked 622 a CSC No for
December, closing at 63c bid, 63ic asked; GA a 641c
fer January closing at 644c bid, 644c asked do for
February closing 64c bid. 653c asked Oats-re-
ceipts 81 1923 bush; the market is heavy and lower
sales $1,000 bush So "a Ale for Mixed Western and
State; SO g 45c for White Western and State incud-
ing New York No 2 at 39c; do No 2 White at 50 q
40c; New York No at 800; State 394c; White acc;
No Chicago 800 out Monday. Hay firm at 60 for
shipping. Hops frm-last quotations at q for
yearings; a 12c for Eastern and estern; a 13c
for new New York; Is q 16 for California. Coffee
Rio is quiet and firm; 1000 bags ON q t; cargoes
quoted at 15i q 1890 gold; job lots at 15s q 21c
gold. Sugar quiet and nominal at Il q TIC for fair
10 good refining; "a for prime; 27O hhds Centrifugal
at u 8; refined in moderate demand at 81 q 81 for
standard A; 81 q 81 for graduated; 81 a 9ac for
powdered;O5 q 10 for crushed. Molasses- Foreign
grades nominal; New Orleans unchanged with far
demandat 40 q 56c for new crop. Rice quiet and
unchanged. Petroleum dull; crude frmer at s;
refined at nominal at 13c; 900 bbs united at s0s
g S94, Taliow is steady. Naval stores
Rosn is unchanged Turpentins easier at 33s q 34c
for Spirits. Eggs steady. Coal irregular and in
buyers favor at go rs per ton for Anthracite per
res and Rio Grande light, middle and heavy weight
spot LOTS $50 bbs at l3 so a 10 co. seller Janu-
airy ID 05 bid ID 40 asked February at 10 10 bid
IL 90 asked. Beef quiet.