Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS.
Special to the Gazette.


GALVESTON, TEX. Dec u. - Sugar-ouiet
and unchanged; refined Standard granulated
fS4c; standard confectioners a nc; cubes nc;
powdered Sc; Louisiana granulated 7ssa lie:
cnoice white SIS 49, &C; off white 7-l6a6 -l5c;
choice Gl4GG$. c: prime c 6ls66 S-l6c;
off c 6t.6 Lice; choice seconds 5s4 d5Ssc; prime
do 5isa 5Ssc; fair do. 5l4G59sc; common AS
5isc.
ST. LOUIS, NO., Dec 12-Flour-Easier
Wheat-Unsetiied. with moderate trading, but
closed laS&tc above yesterday; cash 81 OF bid;
asked; July, 96-soa7c.
Corn-Cash lower; Olsas0s4c.. Options were
weak during most OF the session, but closed firm;
December closed, s15sc bid; January, SIC bid;
May, 345sc asked.
oats-LOwer; cash. 26c asked; May, closing
29c.
Iron-Cotton ties. 81 2OaI 25.
Cornmeal-Firm at 81 s5G1 90.
Whisky-Steady at 81 II.
Provisions-Firmer.
Pork-Sma1I lots. SI4 %.
Lard-Saleable st Sc.
Dry Salt Meats-Loose short ribs s. 05.
canvassed and boxed shoulders SIS 10; longs and
rios, 81 10; short clear, 81 Is.
Bacon-Shoulders, s. p; longs, So 2oGs 25;
ribs, S. p; short clear, s. 45ds so.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Dec. l2.-Wheat-Quiet;
cash, CSC bid; January, 9Sl4c bid; May 81 OH
asked.
bid; May 29ia bid.
Oats-No cash bids nor offerings; January,
Zll2c bid May 24isc bid.
CHICAGO, I'LL. Dec. l2-I.ight trading in
wheat and market ruled quiet. but the feeling
developed was strong and the market recovered
some from the decline of yesterday. The OPEN
ing was about &c higher than yesterday and at
closing advanced sc and then declined again
advanced and closed nc higher than Yesterday
Corn opened at about yesterday closing figures
and was quiet and steady for the time and then
advanced 9sc and became inactive and the close
was lsdl4 higher than yesterday. Pork frner;
the opeqinE sales were at nc advance and the
market closed steady. Lard ruled 21aG5c high
err and closed steady.
Short ribs 3Isa5c higher and steady
No q n
cember, 81 O4Ss; January 81 0j5s; May, 81 lO5s.
Corn--No. 2, December, Sil2c; January, 34Isc;
Mess 'Pork-December, sls Az; January. sls
5215; May, s1a 92l5.
Lard-December, IS 10; January, IS 90; May,
Short Ribs-January, 81 O2Is; May, 81 Is.
Cash quotations: Flour-Frm and unchanged.
=. No. Spring Wheat-SI OiGI O4as; No. 2 red,
Mess Pork-si3 5Oa1s CPL.
Lard-SS 071bG6 10.
Dry salted-shoulders. boxed, 81 OO@7 12ls;
short clear sides, boxed, s. 37aa7 so.
dull.
Wheat-spot market was very quiet but
strong ron and Lass higher Ugh No red 81 Oslo
January 81 6slI february 81 g; May 81 r. ''a'
Corn-Spot fairly active and trife weaker;
No. asa 46lkc elevator; 47a47Ibc afioat; options
dull, December PC lower others steady; Deem
Der closed at 454c; January 46sc; February 1850;
May 46kc.
New York, Dec 12-Coffee-options opened
steady, Is to Is points up; closed firm 2Oa35
points above yesterday. Sales IS 500 bags;
December SIS 15G15 So: January SIS 2jG15 40;
February Sl5 40dl5 As; March SIS 40Gl5 60;
April u 50dl s.; May SIS 550l5 20; spot Rio
unsettled; fair, cargoes INC.
Sugar-Raw barely steady fair refining, SIC
centrifugal &c test, 64 GG3sc; refined strong far
demand; extra G, 7-16G6ac; white extra G,
9-16d65s.
Moassses-New Orleans fairly active.
Rice-Firm and in good demand.
Cottonseed Oil-Firmer; crude, 46c.
Rosin-Quiet.
Turpentine-Strong, &c.
New ORLEANS, La, Dec. I2.-Coffee-stronger
and higher; Rio common to prime, Isl. a19c.
Rice-Steady; ordinary to primc234 G41sc
Carbohydrates unchanged. -
Sugar-Steady and firm; open ketSle,
choice, Lice; strictly prime, SC; prime 1850
45c fully fair 1116c; good to fair a II-I6G4s.c
fair, 45sc; good common, 4 7-l6a4 s-iGc. common,
44G42sc; inferior, 81 &c; centrifugals, planta-
tons graduated, 3-l6d14c; choice white, $40
6 9-l6c; off white, 5-lGd6 7-16c; choice yellow
clarified, 6is66 3-16c prime yellow clarified, Go
6-l6c; off yellow clarified, 57sd5 5-16c.
Enthusiastically and firm; open kettle, fair
43c; choice 4ld42c; fairly prime 500 49c; good
prime 35G37c; prime 32634c; good fair 2S6 SEC;
fair 25G27c; good common 23d24c; common 20G,
22c; centrifugal, strictly prime, 24a25c; good
prime 22623c; good to fair 1S019c fair l6c;
common to good common Halo; inferior Il6
l2c.