The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-05
May Be q Sugar Famine-Prices Of Grain
Better than on Friday.

May Be q Sugar Famine-Prices of Grain
Better than on Friday.
1t was rather q quiet time In trade circles
yesterday. with few changes in values.
Sugars and coffees are moving quite freely
at unchanged prices. The easier tone to
the coffee market East is still a feature
The recent advances in sugars lave in
creased the demand. a belief prevailing
that this staple may go higher. In COM
mentiDg on the advance in sugars the last
week. the Philadelphia Press says:
The cholera epidemic is likely To cause a sugar
famine In this market, and there was conse-
queDtly a boom ia the trade yesterday. Prices
on ali grades OF hard sugars were advanced Is of
AGENT. The wholesale price OF graduated sugar
has now reached 3 cents. which is the highest
point II has attained for two years or more. and
1t Is likely TO 90 considerable higher yet.
The proclamation issued by President Harri-
son yesterday, requiring vessels from infected
ports TO remain IN quarantine for twenty days.
Will cause a long delay in the importation OF
one of the worst infected districts.
Iii said that In Cuba. rom where there is also
stock in trst hands is almost exhausted, and the
new crop will not come forward for two or three
months.
II the market is, therefore. prevented from oh
tanning shipments from Hamburg, there will he
a shortage In the supply, and II is expected that
prices will rapidly advance.
"a 10 III " l1NOIhUlc Io-
ports from the East. but no higher. and an
advance need not be looked for. say the
commission men, for some DAYS. Eggs
firm at Fridays advance. A good apple Is
diff cult to ind, and would readily bring
the best quotation. Ninety per cent. of
the stock in the hands of the commission
houses 10 OF an inferior quality. There was
q fair attendance on Change. but the bid
ding Was slow and unsatisfactory. as has
been the case for several DAYS. Wheat raj
lied again. and w0R 1c bGffar than on Fri
day. Corn ruled steady at Fridays prices.
Oats. on larger receipts. were a little weak,
and some grades Were of lac. Bids ruled
as follows:
Wheat-No. . red, 6ac: No. 8 red. Csc: No.
red. SIC; rejected. 5o055c; wagon wheat
s0c bid.
Corn-No. 1 white. soc; No. 2 white. soc;
white mixed. 4!c; No white. 41049c. latter
for one color; No. 4 white, &c; No. 2 yellow,
&c; No. 3 yellow, 464c: No. 4 yellow, zoe;
No. 2 mixed. 47c; No. 3 mixed. 46l2c: No. 4
mixed. 4Oc; ear, 46lac.
Oats-No.2 white. SIC old. ssh new; No.
3. s5c for old. S3l3c for now; No. 2 mixed,
pew. S3c; No. 3 mixed, S3l3c; rejected. so
G32c.
Bran, sI2 per ton.
Hay-Choice timothy. sll; No. l. si0.25;
No. 2. 50: prairie. No. l. $3.50; No. ,. So.
AND OTHER PRODUCE.
Poultry-Hens. 90 ~ ID; young chickens.
20 P fb;. turkeys, lat. choice hens, lie
= ID. and l0c Tor fancy young toms; ducks,
&c - ID; geese. $3.50 for choice.
Eggs-Shippers paying 140l5c.
tter-Cho country grass butter,
Hole: common 7Ggc.
Cbeese-New York full cream, 110I2c;
skins. 5Q1c - ID. Jobbing prices.I
Feathers-Prime geese. 35c ~ 10; mixed
duck. Zoe T. 10.
Beeswax-Dark, S5c: yellow, 4Oc selling
prlcel: dealers pay 1s020c.
Nool-Elne menlnO. l6G 1Sc; unwashed
combing, 21c; tub-washed, 31033c.
Hides, Taloic. Etc.
Hides-No. 1 green hides, 3lsc; No. 2 green
hides. 2lsc; No. 6. :. hides. 4l2c; No. 2 G.. 5.
hides. Slec; No. 1 tallow. &c; No. 2 talIow.
3hc.
Horse Hides-S202.2a
Teliow-No. ]. &c; No. 2, sac.
Grease-White. &C; yellow. sac; brown,
&c.
Bones-Dry. S120l3 % ton.
PRODUCE. RUIIS \ VEGETABLES
Cabbage-Home- grown. 90c0S1 % brl.
Nutmeg Meions-Crate. Zoe; barrel. Sl.5O
az.
Watermelons-Choice Indiana. s50lOP
100.
Celery-Fancy white plume, 25e bunch.
Bananas-s1.5 0027 as y bunch, according
90 size and qualIty.
Pears-S2 10 bushel.
Onions-S2. as 13 b brl.
Apples-Green. fancy, S2.7503 ~ brl: