, 1881-12-11

The leading produce markets were tame Sat-
urday, with little business on outside account
Several of them were shade higher early IN the
day, but they eased or later In the absence of
demand. The good quality OF the hog arrivat5,
and the rapid piling up OF stocks Of pork prod-
uct, caused rather weak feeling in provisions.
which looked as II it would nave led 10 much
lower prices but for the relative steAd:nesa n
grain, due to small receipts Of cereals. But
evcu they fell back, with bearishnc5s Ut the sea-
board and tlne weather at the We5t-1he latter
feature being supposed to favor lurger rece pts.
There Is, however, no certainty that receipts
here will increase The character OF our
Inspection scarcely tends to draw hither
large quantities of grain. Mess pork
seller closed 1.;:c lower. at 518otel.92.z Tor
January and Sl7.i:K@l7.l5 for February.
Lard closed Ito lower, 1T Si0.a51 13.9.E TOR new
seller December aud $lllNDll. l2.5s for January.
Short +. .bs closed sc lover, ut $S.StS.634 seller
February. Wheat closed &c lower, at $l.271: q
L227ss for December and Si-1.Sts sIL2S:a for jan
uacy. Corn closed Il Dke lower, at 61siGI6lTc
for December and ISL 1ss:sc for May. Oats
closed 1sDGc lower, ut IL &c for December. t5;sc
fur January, and 461sc for May. Rye closed .n-
changed, III Csc for December and v9c for Jau-
uary. Barley ciosed weak, especially OH No. q,
at Sc for December aud 85c for January, with
No. 2 cash no.ninnly ut $l.05.
There was much dung in drv-goods circles
as there was any reason to expect ut this stage
OF the season. Not many buyers are present,
bur the mail and telegraph orders rcuch Il Iiber-
al aggregate. Prices remain steady. Prices OF
groceries were not subjected to any change.
There WIS d rnDdernte movement at generaiiy
easy rates. Dried fruits averaged dull. Thero
was continued fair activity in fancy lines,
but the staple articles were dealt
in yery spar1ngly, Fish were firm and
n3H in f,tfrt rom
duiness in all grades below choice. Fine gouds
command as high prices as ut any Time No
changes 0uOtah!e were noted in prices of cheese,
though the tone Of the market was far from
firm. Oils were about steady. Leather. bag
Eine, coal. and plg-iron were quoted as before.
The hay market was inactive, NJ timothy
commanding $780, Low grades went very
slowly. Green fruits were s&eudy and firm,
without notable change In prices. The hide
market Is badly deuoralfzed BY the oft~recur-
ring failures In The bout and sine trade at the
East which have seriously involved tanners in
that section. aud cnt oil all orders. ut least for
the present. Green hides have declined &c ia this
tnurket, and deale r5 are predicting even lower
prices. There Is change to notc in the mar
ket for grease and tuliusv, which are both very
quiet and irregular. fotatoes are still quotabie
at the prices ruling during the past week. Trade
in WOOL continues quiet In seeds, timothy seed
was StEAQy IL S--ot1p-.1t?* LUC ptIIHE ttlOFtE
seed was nominal!y $5.laD530, and taxseed sold
at sl3s7. closing at $780, aL37, Dresse, hiys
were Quotuble ut $6S517.uOper 100 lbs, Accord
ing to quality.
Rail freights to New York were quoted ut zoo
per 100 lbs for grain aud &c for provisions;
through to Liverpool or Glasgow was abuut.Si5c
per lU0 los on graln.
The receipts of wheat reported Saturday at
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Louis. Toledo. and De-
troit aggregated 81, 900 bu. Gnd the shipments
Il, 900 bu. The shipments from New York, Bal
rmore, and Philadelphia we're 5000 bu.
OniF about II per cent Of Saturdays receipts
OF grsin Ia this city was graded US No. 2 or bet
ter, and only per Cent IN the case Of wheat. "
This Is simply deporabie. The inspection de-
partuleut holds that tho grain is not gooa
enough, and perhaps that Is correct; but there
are very many people who believe that the in
spection Is too rigid It is certain .hat ia the
case of wheat q large proportion Ut the receipts
Is sold on track or from special bin. at nearly or
quite The price OF No. in store. Receivers Say
they can do very much better than to let eha
grain so into store on inspection. 5fuch OF it ia
bought for mtl!ers, both East and West, at rela-
lively good prices; and NOT little OF it gucs
back into the country to supply mills !
which hHve not enough wheat in
The sections adjacent to item. In the
case of corn the Trade has seen to. q
one time past rejected selling within about
ttzc Of tho price of NJ. 2, or III per ceut dis |
count. that there is not the same temptation
10 gru,nble us in the case OF wheat, wnere the
is lJH per cent. Certainly the
crops Ut 1851 must be very, very poor In quality
% warrant such Wholesale degradation BY the
inspectors as has been witnessed in this market
Tor weeks past = --:.- -. =.
Lester + Co, Of this city, give the following as
he yield OF corn, az COMPARED with 1880: Ne |
3raska, better; Illinois, 50 per cent less; 1ndI-