The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-12-15

NEW YORK. Dec. 14-Evening-F lour-Receipts
~ 942 ebls exports 2, SAT bbs: easier and in in
port mainly on low grades with very moderate Job
bling trade inquiry; sales $4,000; No 2. 8 1913 IS:
superfne Western and State at 4o94 90; e1-
choice do at 5 1896 Is; White Wheat Western
extra at 8 1oa 90; fancy do at 8 1897 90; ex-
pstsnt Minnesota extra at 5o%7 s. CHOICE
to double extra at 3O@8 25 including 34OO bbla
City Mills extra at S Is for Europe 65a5 IS for
Wheat at So; 400 bbls Superfne 8 4Oa4 %; q,
200 bbls low extra 1924 IS; 1900 bbls Winter
extra at 6oSs Is, closing heavy. Southern aour
shade easier and quiet sales 1876 bbl: extra at SO
40; choice 4i@6 IS. Rye Flour quiet and
wheat -four quoted at 2 1892 40, latter extreme.
Corn Meal a1out steady; sales 100000; Yellow
Western at 2 1898 %; Brandywine 80. Wheat
heavy, feverish and unsettled with verv moderate
export demand and active speculative business:
spot; Milwaukee at 10; No do 81: un oS~
Red l2g "a 81 Is; No do 1891 1872; No Red at
at 15M@l is; No do, $4,000 at 117@i Is:
No Red for December, 100000 bush at I 100
sss GSo ia
10000 bush at i7a1 17ls January 1Hl issSo6
Core shade lower and moderately active; receipts
$500 bush; exports ITO bush: sales 500, 900
ousn, lnclu01ng $4,000 bush on the spot ungraded
5s1sc; No 2 at 5s1aa 1854 G; low Mixed 5S4c;
Jersey Yellow at 5Sc; White do 57Ac: No for
uary at 1854 5SA c; May bslsc. Oats heavy
and hs@A lower; receipts "a, 456bush; sales 142-
600 bush; No Dc at 4siSs!@94sM 9; DO White 4sNs;
&c; White do at 44laS47c, including 10000 bush
February at 4sss@47ac. sugar is arm w with a
moderate business: fair to good refining quoted at
~ ~ prime at 77s; refined quiet and firm:
1u3s; granulated 9s4 c. uola-se. unchanged Pc
t-eleum is quiet and firm; tied at 81 IS C -ude In
bbis at 81 7 refined 10 for spot lots. Tailow is
on the spot quoted z 10 10; December IS rs askei:
eoruary IA 90 asked. Beef steady. Lard opened
about 10 lover closing with decline partly recoy
S771a; 70 to arrive; $50 for December TIN
@8 80. Rntter weak and unsettled State 1896;
Western fiat at 10@121sc; Cheddar log 2Kc.
freights to Liverpool steady-Wheat steam To
Wheat is weak and lower with fair demand; No 2
Red Winter at OF; No 2 Chicago Spring at 90
! O2 cash: O21a for January; l "3tS gal O3Ha
;orD dull and shade lower at 39s4 for cash; 1914
for January: 4"Ac for February: 447sc for May.
Cat. dull and lower at 32Ac for cash: s2ssc for
unchanged at s71sc. Barley strong and higher at
! l69l Il; Pork Pork dull and shade higher at II 81
IOT now, Id OOIOr OlQ cash; l. 7F0nGil SO Tor new
December; II 95@11 97Ha r January: I3 1O@
13 12H February. Lard dull and shade lower 30
cash; 35 for january; 47Ial8 80 for February.
Bulk Meats are dull shoulders at 20; short rib
at 20: short clear at 6 80.
R.cepts-16,OOO hbls Hour, 1O5, 800 bush whea'
49, 600 hnsh corn, "a, 900 bush oats. 6 500 bush
rye $1,000 bush harley
shpments-20 600 hills flour. 10. 900 bush wheat,
$1,000 hush corn A 600 bush oats, 1900 bush
rye. $4,000 bush barley.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. H. Flour lower to SELL Wheat
unsettled and lower:No 2 Red Fall O1s4 for cash;
!! OS!s 81 O4A for January: No do at 90: No
90 ~ 994 tac. Corn lower at 1850 cash: 41h u
421sc for December: 4O7s 04lc for January. Oats
lower at 33 Hsc TO- cash. 35c for January. Rye is
dull. Pork dull at 3 90 asked cash, Is on Janua-
~. Lard lower and nominally Ma.
Receipts-6.OO bbls hour IL 600 bush wheat.
A mM bush corn. 5000 bush oats, 100000 bnsB
Shipments-9.O 900 bbls dour, "a 600 bush wheat,
i3,ooO bush corn, 1000 bush oats, 5000 bush
barley. 5000 bush rye
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Cotton quiet; Middling up
lands 117sc.
SAVANNAH. Dec. 14.-Cotton is firm; Middlng
uplands at 11ssc.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IA Cotton firmer and in
good demand; Middling uplands 1!4sc
MEMPHIS, Dec. IA Cotton steady; Middling up
lands at 11Ae.
MOBILE, Dec. 14.-Cotton firm; Middng up-
lands l1Ac; held higher