The Portland daily press., 1881-12-17
Domestic Markets.


NEW YORK Dec 16-EveaIng.-Fsour market
less active and still in buyers favor prices however.
without decided impoItsn, change. reoo ,,,..
sales IA, 100 bbls; Nc at 90 Do; Supreme
Western and State 20@5 l0common to good ext
Western and State OOG6 90; sood to choice Wes-
terri extra at 6 lOd9 90 common to choice White
Wheat Western extra 2 259 25;fancy do a. 30
90 90; common to good extra Ohio at 3oSaS ~
common to choice extra St. Louis at 25to 90;
Patent Minnesota extra at 15G7 20: choice te
d uble extra at 5000 90, including " % hbs
ny MI saTs a oa no 6os L 10 9 9oe
bbls low extra 5 O0a 55; $500 bbs Winter Wheat
extra at 5 25@9 30; 400 hbls NinDes rs extra at
ceiprs AZ $40 hush expo, e. 1892 bush Spring is
firm cash Winter shade easier: options "a q lac
closing weak and unsettled with moderate export
trade and fairly active business on speculative ac-
count sales q z07 900 bush. including 1858 o ousb
the sryt unsrsded Spring q; qngraded Red at
! 1921 41;No do 3s1s 81 3!;No Red w 4m1s
at 81; ungraded White at 329I BY; No do 81
100 bush at 3901 1914. Rye weak 94@9os4 G:
Ba ley steady Corn IA a SEC lower; export demand
moderate and fair trade in options closing duh and
heavy. receipts 37,273 BUSH exports sc, i2O bush;
sales 1908, 900 bush, including 223, 600 on spot
@17OIac; No 2 White at 74la@7 c: No 2 for De-
cember at 69c: do January at 1914 o1sc. closing
at 69s4 G; February at u -l69 2A2c closing at
TIN G: May at 74L5 @746sc closing 744c. Oatr
about ~ lower closing duh and weak; receipts "
1871 bush; exports 200 push; sales 4l2.OOo bush,
a. new S and Te o %a So Sp
5Otaa5Ic new. sec old; No : al 5uc; do White at
53@54hc; ,ited Western 49@5lc; White do 5ot9
53c; Mixed State s 'a5l13c: " bite do 5la 53 lac
including 10000 bush No z for january at 4914 a
1884 c; 2O5, 900 do for February 1914 @5012. ~a-
gas is firm fair to good refining at 1$s@7A ~; re-
fined is fairly active; White at ga q Sss, Vel
low do at 719GDS1sc; Confectioners at 9991s
crashed at 9ss99s4 G; powdered 9ss: graduated at
9,99Ac; standard at 8 Hs; tubes at Shsc. w"-
lass > unchanged. Petroleum is nominal; unit
ed o3Ac. Tatlow very strong: prime city 1850
(a7s4: sales $4,000 TBS at TACT 9-l6. PORK
nominal unchanged ~ go lower ar ana
steam on spot at IL 20G1l 20; 275 city steam at
Il 1914; refined for Continent quoted at IL o7 Y.
Butter unchanged; State 20@4' c; Western l29
ACC. Chce.e very firm on fancy, Others weak.
Freghts to liverpool dull, Nu-4t " steam 8.
CHICAGO. Dec. 16.-Flour is dull and unchanged.
Wheat lower: No Chicago spring 26ssgl 2os4
cash; 26ss for December; 271s for January
/ % for February No S do at 121a; rejected oha
500. Corr unsettled and generally higher, closing
weak at 60s4 G for cash aud December; oigoi hsc
for January: 6 Sac for February. rejected at h9a
59Ac. oats weak and lower at 451ac cash; 4oas
ld45A for December; 441zc for January: 4f1sG
44c February Rye steady and uncnangsdh;, a bar
Pork shaoe lower; old at 10 So new rs S7he ash
and December.16 774a@le 80 january: 10 971s
IL 10 for February; II 20 March. Lard lower at
10 9O@1O 95 cash and December; IL % January
IL 20 for February L 30 for March. bulk Meats
steady;sboulders %; snort ribs 30; short clear
9I0.
At the afternoon call of the Board Wheat closed
lower at 2os4 al 261s TO january; zfzs Ior
February: Corn easier and Us lower. oats aroop
ing at 45ssc December; 4414 for January 44c for
February. Pork easier 10 rs January 10 9213 for
Feb. Lard irregular 10 971a December; IL VIA
for January l5@l1 l715 February.
roce pGs-1 8, 900 Obls nouI, 3l,U' ousa wneat
lit 0C0 bush corn 101 ,0rO 1usn oats. 4,ooo bush
rye $4,000 bash barley.
Sh,, m ,nts-l2 600 Ibis -four. 81 600 bush wheat,
9400v onsh corn $4,000 uush oats. 5000 bush
re. $4,000 bush barley.
ST. LOUIS, Deo 49, Flour nominally unchanged
Wheat opened lower, declined but nearly recovered
decline at close; No Red Fall at 1914 for cash;