The Portland daily press., 1884-03-04
Domestic Markets.

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NEW YORK, March 3.-Flour market-receipts
10,773 bbls: exports 4h91 bbs; market dull prices
however, without quotable change; export demand
limited and light inquiry from local trade; sales
Flour, No 2 at s5as oo;sup. Western and State
at sO@3 40; common to good extra Western ana
common to choice White Wheat Western extra at
g 5500 80; fancy do 60@7 co. common to good
extra Ohio at 4gs 60 to choice EXTRA extra
good to prime 1896 70: choic to double extra
do 80@6 80. including 200 bbls City Mill extra
Superfne 8503 40 800 bbls low extra at 4Og
8 so; 5000 bbls Winter Wheat extra at 4O9
z 90; $500 bbls Minnesota extra at 40a6 go.
Southern Hour quiet: common to fair at 4b(94 %.
good TO choice at 70@6 80. Rye Flour steady az
3 40@3 80. Wbeat-receipts $500 bush; exports
light; speculation moderate sales 1D1 900 bush on
spot;No Red at 129sll 8 elev; No Red State
221a; No White State at 2249. Rye is firm.
Barley qniet Germ without much change with
light export demand; speculative trade moderate;
receipts 35,S24 bush; exports 1888 bush; sales
10000 on spot: No at 61c. No at 8 Ao elev;
White Southern GA a70c. Oats trihe lower; spe u
lation brisker; receipts 30,042 bush. sales SSuO0
nush on spot; No at Acc; White do at 43c; No at
40Ls a 40A O; do White at 4404414c No at 4lc;
White do Acc Mixed Western 4o1sia42c; White do
AZ 70 @47c; White State 45@4Sc. sngar more ac-
tive; refined firm; cut loaf and crushed TIA c; gran
nlated 7-16G718c: O 56s 96s4 Extra at sag
618 White do at GA o0613c; Yellow at 5ssa 51ac;
off A at 61s@6s4 c; standard 67s 97c; powdered
re- oDnleS "a sa TaIls ar&
Pork is steadily held: mess on spot IL 1913 90.
Beef quiet. lard declined 69 points at opening
but closed steader with slight recovery trade dull;
contract grade spot part 75 refined for continent
1000 S A at 10 %. Butter is firm; State at 1O0
soc; Western at go S; Elgin Creamery 36@37c.
Cheese firm; State 129l4sA; Western fiat at l112
@13c.
Freights to Liverpool steady; Wheat p steam la.
CHICAGO March 3.-Flour quiet. Wheat lower;
March at 906s a91sse; No Chicago Spring at 81
@S2c; No 3 do at 79GSlc; No Red Winter at 99c
q Oh. Corn is lower at 521a@52s4c. Oats are
weak at 311a 032c, closing at 5 " C. Rye weaker
at 5819e. Barley dull at 63c. Pork in fair demand
at II 75@l7 80. Lard at 35@9 40. Bulk Meats in
fair ADMINISTRATIONS ati7 30; short ribs at 20;
short clear 8 70.
keceipts-Flour L., 600 bbls. wheat II 900 bush,
corn 105 600 bush. oats $500 bush. rye 1900
bu barley % 900 bush.
Shpraents-Fiour IA 600 bbls. wheat % zoo Blu,
corn ~ 600 bush, cats 60 600 bush, rye 800 bu.
barley 81. 200 bush
ST. LOUIS, March 3.-Flour steady. Wheat steady;
No Red Fall at 0Ss4 91 1OA cash. u91s bid
March. Corn firm at 1880 cash.
DETROIT, March S.-Wheat weaker; No White
at O2A No Red at l OF; No 2 White 1914.
WheaU-Receipte Is, 600 bu; shipments 5000.
NEW ORLEANS, March 3.-Cotton quiet; MiddIiDg
uplands lo1ac
MOBILE March s.-Cotton quiet Middling uplands
10ssc.
SAVANNAH, March s.-Cotton steady; Middllng up
lands 10 6-l6c.
CHARLESTON, March 3.-Cotton irmer; Middlng
uplands 1o9sc
MEMPHIS, March 8.--Cotton is firm; Mddhng uI-
lands 10Mc