The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-30
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK. Dec 20. 1892.-The Flour mark
eu-recelpus 20, sol packages; exports goo bbls
and 35.05o sacks; quiet and very steady, sales
10000 bbls.
Flour quotations-low extras at 2 oo@2 55;
city mills extra 8 9oa4 90: city mills patents
35@4 so; winter wheat low grades at 2 OO@
a4 Is; Minnesota clear 2 50@3 SO: straights
do at 8 5Od4 10; do patents 4 25@4 ID; 40 rye
mixtures 2 9o@3 So; superf1ne at 1 1902 10;
fine l esq., 10. Suothern -four quiet and steady
at 8 1905 %. Rye Flour is dull and easy at
15@3 725 Buckwheat flour 80. Buckwheat
at 53c Cornmeal is dull and steady: Wheat
$40, 600 bush; active for exports; prices weak
er early, closing stronger with options checking
business; No Red at 1854 in store and eley
7atsc afioat, 77A@7s1sc T b; No 3 Red IA a. Z
Northern 7714c; No 2 Mil. 77s4c; No Spring
at 71A C. Rye is nominal: Western at 5495Sc
Barley dull-Western 6o980c. Corn-receipts
600 bush; fairly active and firmer No at 4S IA
(d4SsA eley. 40 @49s4c af1Oat; No at 40 q {.
Oats-receipts 1880 bush; exports bush !;
do Ale; No 2 at 361s@3sAc; do White at 42c;
Mixed Western at 36938c White do and White
State 4o9461ac; No 2 Chicago 374c. Coffee
Rio quiet and steady; No at 17c. Sugar
raw firm and quiet; the market for refined firm
and quiet; No at 3-16G4ss; No at 4Ls
"A 5-16c; No Stat 4o4 3-16c: No at 3 13-
I6a4c; No 10 at BY e. 15,lee; No, O., "A ! at at
31a@3 1890; off A at 414@4 9-16c; Mould at
4 i5-1sd5H; standard 4 11-16@4Nc; Con-
fectioners' A 4s-16@4M cut loaf 5-l6961a:
Sc; granulated at 11-1695c: Cubes at 10
1890. Petroleum quiet; refined quiet; united
521ac. Provisions-Pork firm and quiet; Beet
dull and firm; beef hams quiet; tierced beef dull
and firm; cut meats quiet and firm; middles are
inactive and firmer; Lard is quiet and hrmer
Western steam closed at SO 80 :city 10 90; re-
Butter in fair demand and firm; State dairy 1s
OPTIC; do crm 23@29c; Western dairy 17@24c
do crm 2o@32c; do factory 1922; Elgin 31@
sec. Cheese firm and less active; State 8M g
1lA C; fancy at 11@11t &c.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and steady; per
steam ia d. ~
CHICAGO. Dec. 20. 1s92-The Flour market
is steady and unchanged. Wheat is stronger
No 2 at 4oiac. oats quiet; No 2 at 2sM c. No 2
Rye at 5o1a mo 2 Barley at 65c. No l Flaxseed
1 1O1a. Provisions higher-mess pork at ST
37Hs; short clear sides at 8 90@S. 95.
Recelpts-Flour 10 900 bbls: wneat 1888 ooc
bush: corn a 900 bush; oats 4o2 200 bush
rye, 5000: barley. $4,000 bush.
oilipments-Flour. 10000 bbis: wheat. 81 DOC
bush; corn, 149,0,O bush oats. 226, 900 push
rye. $4,000 bush: barley, 71.000 bush.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 20. 1S92.-The Flour market
is quiet but unchanged Wheat lac off at 661a
Corn dropped to 361Ac. Oats lower at Bic. Rye
| dull at 48 :. C. Barley quiet; sample lots Iowa
| 51@63c. Provisions slow and better-Pork job
| Dlng at 81 b Z5(UID Do. Lara at ~ 20: dry sal
meats-loose shoulders at To; longs and ribs
8 40; shorts SIS, strips rs; boxed lots 15t
more. Bacon-shoulders at 90; longs and rib:
| 8 so: shorts 3 rs; strips 1919.
| Sugar cured Hams IL 50f012 So.
| Receipts-FIour. 1000 bbls: wheat 1900
bush: corn. $4,000 hush: oats. Al 900 push
rye: 1000 bush; barley. $4,000 bush.
| Shipments-Flour 5000 bbis: wheat. 10000
| bush; corn. $4,000 bush: oats $4,000 bush
| rye. $4,000 bush; barley, 5000 bush.
DETROIT. Dec. 20. 1S92.-The market closet
| steady and quiet.
Wheat-No White at 7o1ac; No 2 Red a
| 7o1Ac; Corn-No 2 at Ale. Oats-No Whit
36c: No 2 Mixed at SAC. Rye-No at 541ac
corn, II 900 bush; oats. 1000 bush.