The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-24
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK, May 23-Evening. -Flour-Receipts
$3.50; in buyers favor and very dull sales $4,000
State at 8 2593 rs; extra Western and State
at 3 65@3 S5; good to choice at 9094 45;
White Wheat Wheat Western extra at 4 5595 %; fancy
do at 3006 so; extra Ohio at 4 0Oa6 90; extra
st. Louis at S096 90; patent Minnesota extra at
OO96 80; choice to double extra at 6 95@7 rs,
$50 bbis low extra at 65a3 rs; $500 bbls Winter
Wheat extra at 25@6 25; 300 bbls Minnesota
extra at 3 1907 IS: Southern -four dull at 475@
6 10. Rye flour dull at 3O93 30. Cornmeal quiet
at 00@ so. Wheat-receipts 81, 45O bush
Winter Red is scarce and wanted for filling May
the market is dull and in buyers
favor; sales 5000 bush, including $4,000 on the
spot; rejected Spring at 75@76c; No 3 do 92095c;
No 2 do at O391 041s; ungraded at do 81 q 95e;
1181s; No Amber at 1 1591 1915 Mixed Win
ter / 1649d 171a; ungraded White 11@1 1872;
No2 at I 1891 1919; No 1 do, p, 900 bush at
Canada 1 111a; No2 Spring for May, 5000 bush at
"a; No White for May, 5000 bush at 13 bid,
90 Je bns6 Dd la eaa C Cs
sales 297 900 bush, including 169, 900 bush on the
spot; ungraded at 439461sc; steamer at 4494414;
tern Yellow Acc; steamer for May at 1884 closing
at 4314c bid 44c asked; June at 4314c, closing at
421sc bid, 1874 asked; No for May 447sc bid, 40
Oats-receipts 1876, 125 bush about " C higher and
fair trade; sales 124, 900 bush No White 3714@
Western 34aS51sc; White Western at 361a 939c;
White State 37(@381ac Sugar quite firm; Cuba
63s; Centrifugal at 316; refining quoted at $3.50
61a; prime 66sc NIOlasses is very firm. Pc
trOIeum firmer refners not offering; united at 70;
crude in bulk at 4$s; in bbls 67s 7$4 refined S1a.
Tallow steady at $3.50: Pork and Lard dull.
5951s. 0'-'' ' ~ D'e'''- -
CHICAGO, May 23.-Flour is firm. Wheat active,
firm and higher but unsettled; No Chicago Spring
at o2s4 for cash and June; / Ola for July; No s
and lower at 355s@35A for cash; SEC for June;
S1e for july 7se for pa August Oats active and
July. Rye. and Barley unchanged. Pork in fair
demand and lower at 8 81 cash;9 621a@9 65 June;
8 721a@9 rs for July; S21a99 So for August.
Lard active and shade lower at 10 cash, 6 log
6 1914 for June; 171a@6 20 for July; 6 25@
6 271a for August. Bulk Meats are firm and
Receipts-1o,ooo bbls flour, 10000 bush wheat,
$4,000 bush corn, LA 900 bush oats, $500 bush
Shipments IL 900 bbs flour / So 900 bush wheat,
100000 bush corn 1880 bush oats, $500 bush
rye 5000 bush barley.
Wheat closed firm and unchanged Corn is lac
higher. Oats higher at 301ac for June; 3034c bid
for July. Provisions firm and unchanged.
ST.. LOUIS, May 23.--Flour strong at 6596 90.
Wheat unsettled and fuctuating; No Red Fall at
l 1874 for cash;1 12as@1 1924 for June; No 3 Red
Fall 091a No Spring 95 bid. Corn is unsettled
and lower; No Mixed at 35d3514c for cash; 351B
@3514c for June. Oats higher at 3114 @31 1ac for
cash; 32c for May; Bic for June. Rye unchanged.
Pork easier at 90910 90. Lard is nominally un-
clear sides at 80. Bacon dull and lower; clear
ribs 1895 171a clear sides 40.
Recelpts-3,O 900 bbls Hour, Is, 900 bush wheat,
10000 bush corn IL 900 bush oats, 5000 bush rye,
10000 bush barley
shipments-6,o6 600 bbls -four, 1000 bush wheat,
21O0O bush corn, 5000 bush oats, 5000 bush of
rye
TOLEDO, May 23.-Wheat strong;No 2 Red 111a
asked cash; 101a asked for June. Corn easy;
NEW oRIEASs, May 2s.-cotton is dull; Iidiling
uplands 127sc.
MEMPHIS, May 23.-Cotton isunsettled; Middling
uplands 13c
SAVANNAH, May 23-Cotton quiet; Middng up
lands 121ac
MOBILE, May 23-Cotton is weak; Middling up
lands 1881 4