Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-04
ARTICLES.
Cash quotations were rs follows:

Flour firm and unchanged. No. spring
wheat. 949s@9i1sc: No spring wheat, SoG93c;
oais M 4 Ia S's No. 2rse M sse: emo No. 9id 5arIev nom.
inal; No fiaxseed. 81 1901 1917; prime timothy
seed, ST 26@1 q. Mess pork, per Dbl. 50 550
8 60. Lard. per 100 lbs. IS 67H Short rib sides
QOose). 81 GOQ4 20; dry salted shoulders (boxed),
81 00Q4 10; short clear sides (boxed), s4 S0@4 S5
Sugars unchanged. No. 2white oats, ,471a94S11c;
No. 8 white 471s@4S1ac; No. barley: f. o. b.,
67D72c: No. 4, f. o. h., 64@67c. On The Produce
Exchange to-day the butter market was firmer;
extra creamery. 3O@3lc; extra frsts, 26@2Sc;
firsts. 22@24c; extra dairy 26@2Sc: extra tirsts,
22@24c; tirsts, 2O@2lc Eggs, l79lsc.
NEW Y0RK-F1our unchanged and quiet.
market very dull. irregular ana weak, No. 2
red, 81 095s in elevator; 81 III, afoat;Sl 1870
! 121E +. o. b.; No. 5 red. 81 o.; ungraded red.
81 O2@l 0914; No. l Northern, 81 Is: No. l
down and easy; No. 2 red March, 81 O91@,
closing 81 091S; May 81 06@l O67s. closing at
81 Of; June. 81 03z4@l O41s, closing at 81 O3s4;
97@9715c. closing at 971sc; septemher. s7S
97Hc, closing at VIC; December 99G9915c,
closing at 991sc. Rye dull and nominal
higher with a fair demand and scarce; NO. 2
65lI@65slc; elevator. 6616167c afioat; nngraded
mixed 6514@67c: steamer mixed, 6j1aG6654c;
options firm at aaG5sc advance; light receipts;
closing at 651<c: NAV. 6256Ge2 I5-I5e' closing
at 621sc: June. 6l54@6lHc; July. 6114@6l34c,
closing at 6lIc Oats-Spot market steady and
stronger; March. 5434c closing at 54a4c: April,
54szc; May, 5S5s@541sc, closing at SAC; July,
525sg527sc: spot No. white. 55G5614c; mixed
Western, 53656c; white do. 55@62c: No. 2 Chi
cago, 56c. Hay quiet and weak. Hops dull
and easy. Tallow strong and wanted. Eggs in
fair demand and little easier; Western, lSl4c
Hides dull and steady. Pork in moderate de-
mand and steady: old mess, So 25Ql0 90; new
mess. $40 5O@ll %; extra mess. 0O@9 30.
Cutmeats steaGy and quiet: nddles firm and
quiet. Lard opened firm but closed weak;
Western steam. S6 05 asked; March, Sc 04, clos
ing a. s6 o. bid; April Sc 05 May Sc 1906 To- clos
ing at S. IL: June, s6 81 July So 80: AugustS6 45
G6 Al, closing at s6 40. Butter in good demand
cry, 25@35c; do factory. 13G029c; Elgin. 35@36c.
Cheese strong and wanted; light skins, 5@911ac;
Ohio flats, SGl01ac.
ST. LOUIS-Elour very firm, with upward
tendency; NIX. 81 90@3 10: family, S3 l5@l3 30;
choice. s3 45@5 05; fancy, So 9594 O5; extra
opened unchanged TO &c lower. as compared
with yesterdays close, tnen declined. but soon
recovered and an advance was scored; the close
Was strong and about the same as yesterday;
No. Cred. cash. 9I1a997zsc: May. 9714@9Sc clos
ing at 9734c bid; July. S7s@SSc, closing at S!34c:
August. .SG@S61dc. closing at S8ssc bid. Corn
was ll6c up at the opening and continued to
advance, with occasional setbacks, until the
close, which was at near the top prices of the
day; No. cash; 5SIq539se; May, 53@5S3c.
No. cash, 46@461ac May, 475s@4Sc, closing
at 471ac bid Rye-No trading. Barley quiet
and unchanged. Provlsions-Stronger for dry
salted meats and bacon and steady for pork
and lard, with good demand for all stocks.
Pork. standard mess, $40 1917. Lard. So so.
PHILADELPHIA-Flour weak. Wheat quiet;
AQ1ac higher; No. red, in export elevator,
s. 0G1a@l o.; May. 81 O61a@l III. Corn strong;
No. mixed in grain depot SIC; steamer 70.
yellow in grain depot. 6334c; No. 2 high mixed
and yellow in grain depot. 6414c: No. mixed. in
export elevator. 64c: No: mixed, March, S49
6i1ac; April, ,6S5 G6i14c: May 6l1 @62c; June.el%
Qb2c. Oats-Car lots firm and higher: futures
quiet; No. 3 white, 5334c; No2 white. 54@543c:
NO. white. March, 54G544c; April 541aQ542ic;
May, 5413@5I5lc; June, 5419@543c. Butter
strong and higher; Pennsylvania creamery ex-
ira. Bic; do prints extra, 81. Eggs hrm;
Pennsylvania firstS. 1Sc.
6ALTlMoRE-Wheat Western firm: No. 2
winter red. spot and March. 81 OlM@l ";
May. 81 0i@l 041s. Corn-Western strong and
higher: mixed, spot and March, 63H@bS1@c;
May, 6l5s@61Isc steamer. 6l54@62c. Oats tirmer.
better demand. fair offerings; Western white,
540o5c; do do mixed. 5z19Q53c; graded No.
choice; prime to chnce. SS@90c; good to fair,
S29S5c. Hav generally easier; prime to choice
timothy, SO 00@lI 0l Provisions dull and un-
changed. Butter excited, active and hlgher;
creamery fancy. 35c; do fair TO choice, 32G33c;
do imitation, 29@Slc; ladle fancy, .S43Oc; do
and steady at l7@I71ac.
MINNEAPOLIS-Cash wheat was slow to-day.
Local nillers bought slow. apparently hoping
to get the price down nearer May on. No.
Northern. The receipts were somewhat
larger. which, with the dull condition existing
in futures, helped them in their object Yes
terday's sales were mostly made at about lc