The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-12-20
puysrs favor e4pOrt demand very moderratei trade

buyers favor; export demand very moderate; trade
light; sales - bbls,
Flour quotations-No 2 at 2oa3 90; Superhne
Western and State at 2 8O03 35; common to good
extra " estern and State 45@4 90; good to choice
90 az Vo g6 10; common to choice White Wheat
western extra at 1905 so; fancy do 6006 75
common to good extra Ohio at 1906 %; commo
70 ~; cnolce extra st. Louis at 81 06 %: Paten
sIinlhesota extra good to prime 60o16 30: choice
70 double extra do SOG17 10. including 1900 bbls
Glty Mill extra 4015 so 1900 bbls No at 20
g3 90; 700 bbls Supertne at 80a3 30 800 bbls
low extra at 8 45d3 so 29o0 bbls Winter Wheat
extra at 45aS 70; 1870 bbls Minnesota extra at
8 4507 l0;Southern fou steady common to fair at
1904 80; good t. choice 00d6 20. Wheat re
cepts "a $50 bush; exports 20 1877 bush; spot lots
trie better options closed shade under best prices;
sales 9O4, 900 bush futures, 600 bush spot;
No Red at GA; No Red 1888 in elev; No
Red State l915;No White State l 912. Rye is
steady. Cern-spot shade better: options opened
weak, afterwards advanced 1Aa1c, clo.ing steady
with reaction of "a as trade less active; receipts
II 946 bush; exports 1854 BUSH sales l1S4, 600
bush futures 124 900 on spot Nos at 5112@lb212;
No at 65c elev, 66G66Mc delivered; new White
and Yellow Del. 5Se; No for December at 6412c.
0ats-cash dull and weak; options heavy and less
futures $4,000 on the spot; No 3 at 3915c; White
do 4o1sc: No 2 at 4014 @40M Q do White Al &c;
No at 401ac. do White 43c Mixed Westernsf00
Ale; White do 40G44c: White State 421se. sugar
more or less nominal; refined is quiet at 6d61s;
Ex ga 965s; White do ga @oEsc; Yellow 5s4 "a
5Ys, of A 7(073sc standard at 75s C17S4 c; pow
dered at SA@S1ac; graduated at 9-16c. Confec-
TONERS A 1915; cut loafIat 8Rc; Cubes 9lSaA.
Molasses firm; Orleans at 30 56c. Petroleum.
united at / 1874. TaiIOw firm sales 6S, 600 Tbs
at 71ac. Pork held firmly Sales 30 bbls mess spot
at IA 1905 90; small lots family mess at 25@
10 90. lard S@IO points higher but very quiet.
closing firm; 300 ties steam spot 8 1890 20; So
city steam at 81 "a; refined for continent at 80
A o21a@9 70. Butter firm for CHI ice State at
1S030c Western 10 d34c; Elgin Creamery 4Oo42c
Cheese very steady State 9l4 Gl3c.
Freights 10 Liverpool firm Wheat 3stm ga a pa
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-Flour dull. Wheat general
ly higher. December closing at 9S5A09Ssl e: Jan
uary S914e February 0014 No CHICAGO Spring
at 9812c; No at S1@84c; No 2 Red Winter 98s{
n I'm hftraa anc1,1 lCc,
Der at 591sc; January at Gle; February at $3.50.
Oats higher; cash closing at 341sd344 CT December
33@331s. Rye auieI at 5SI3c Barley is quiet at
66c. Pork generally unchanged; cash at Ia O0O
IA 10 for old and IA so G14 521a for new; Decem-
February at IA S00l4 S2pa March at is O2l5 I,
Lard nomiDally unchanged; cash 90(G8 50; ,Janu-
airy 971a; February closing 8 1919 i21s March
at %. Bulk Meats in fair demand; shoulders at
%: short ribs at 45 short clear at 7 20.
heceipts-Flour 5000 bbls, wheat It, 500 bush,
corn o2, 600 bush, oats 1900 bu, rye $4,000 bu.
shipments Flour %, 600 bbls. wheat "a 600 bu
corn 1o5 600 bush. oats 81 900 bushrye $500 in.
At the closing call of the Board this afternoon
Wheat advanced 1s Corn advanced "A for Februa
ry Oats vanced "a for January and IA for Feb
ruary. Pork advanced &c for january and l1ac
for February. Lard advanced 21sc for Jan and SC
for February.
higher;closed at inside No Red Fall / oS(al O3s4
cash; OBJ for December;l 04601 O41a for January;
oo%stQl Oo1S tor February; 0o 46D1 OS5a for
March; No 5 at 93@941Ac. Lard nominal
keceipts-Flour 4, 600 bbs, whea. 81 900 bush;
corn 10000 bush, oats 5000 bush, rye O,OOo bush,
barley 0,000 bush
Shpments-Fiour 10, 600 bbls, wheat "a. 900 bu
corn 90, 900 bush oats 10000 bush rye 5000 bu
| barley 0,00o busi
DETROIT, Dec. 19.-Wheat dull White fall cash
and December 05, January l O5s4 February at
071a Sellers No White at sec; No 2 Red o5
Whest-Receipts 1900 bu; shipments 5000 bu.
&NEw ORLEANS, Dec. 19.-Cotton weak Niddling
uplands 5-l6c
MOBILE, Dec. 19.-Cotton easy; Middling uplands
9Ac.
lands 9Ac
MEMPHIS, Dec. 1s,-Ootton steady ;.Middlng ny :
lands 9Mc.
Eurepenn Markets
(By telegraph
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 10 -I23O P.M-Cotton market
easier; upl4nfs Sled orleans 81; sales 5000