The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-21
Domestic Marktes. /.
Inv Te1epraphO

DECEMBER. 20. 1898.
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
347 Sacks sales so, 600 packages: quiet.
flour quorations-low extras at 2 05G2 45:
city mills extra at 3 6093 s.: City mills patents
4 20@4 50 winter wheat low grades AZ 2 oo0
2 50; fair to fancy at 45lG3 IS patents at 8 40
93 66; Minnesota clear 2 5O@2 80: straights
do at 2593 rs: do patents 3 SO014 3d. do rye
mixtures e0@2 so; superfne at 1902 90:
fine at 1892 1C. Southern flour is dull and
weak. Rye flour quiet and steady. Buckwheat
-four at 2 9O@3 10. Buckwheat at S5c Corn
meal is quiet and steady: Rye DUH and nominal
Wbeat-receipts 1850 bush ! exports 16. 215
bush; sales 270o bush; dull and steady; No 2
Red store and elev at 66s4 @67c; afioat at $50
6s1ac; + b 1874 a6sc: No Northern at 71s4
@a2c CornErecelDts SO, 300 BUSH; export IA
No 2 at 44G441Ac in elev 45G461ac afoat.
Oats-receipts 81 800 bush ;exports 1875 bush !;
sales $4,000 bush: firmer but quiet; No 2 at
33 - 93314c, No 2 White 354a351@c; No Q
Chicago at 3414c: No at 81 Ac; do White at
33c: Mixed Western at 331aGa341ac; do White
and White State at 35@4oc. Beef quiet, steady !;
cut meats are dull and steady: middles nomi-
nal. Lard quiet and steader; Western steam
closed 1908 15; city 7ss refined quiet; Con-
tinentat 8 o; S A at s 10. Provisions-Pork
steady mo change State dairy 1a@26iac do crm
cry at 22@2o; Western dairy 1920; do crm
20@291sc: do factory ]61a@19; Elgins 28Ac.
Cheese in in moderate demand and firm; State
large white at 9@l1 1ac; fancy ia @11Kc: do
small at 1o1s @1214c; part skins 4(991sc c. Pc
troleum quiet; refined nominal; united 79Azc.
COffee-Rio easy but more active. Sugar-raw
steady, quiet; refined steady moderate demand
No at 8 13-16@4c; MOI at 3s4 @3 1880 /;
No 8, 8 II. 16@31sc: No at 35sa3 1890; No
10 at 3 9-16@3s4c: No IL at 314a3 11-16c;
No IL at 3ss@3 9-16c: No 10 at 314c; off A at
3Ts@4 3-16c Mould A1a94 IL; standard A g.
16G43sc; Confectioners' A at 41s(O4 5-16c:
cut loaf at 505 3-16c: crushed at 5(05 Slice:
powdered at 4 9-16dl4M C; granulated at SIG
0412c; Cubes 4 9-1604M c.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and easy; q ain
per steam 27s @3d.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
buiet and easy with prices shade lower Wheat
closed firmer; No Spring and No Red 81 1ac.
28c No Rye at 451ac;No 2 Barley at 53@54c;
No Flaxseed 33. Proyisions-rless pork at
II 3712112 40. Lard 7 6 az 7o,short rib sides
6 321a16 35. Dry salt meats-shoulders 26@
80; short clear sides 6 75GI7 90.
heceipts-Flour. 10000 bbls wheat. 133.80O
bush: corn. 541.7oo bush: oats. 3150U0 bush:
rye. 1880 bush; barley. $4,000 bush.
ShipmentS-Flour 5000 bbls. wheat. 10000
bush; corn. 300 bush: oats 1863, 900 bush !:
rye. $500 bush harley. 295oO bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market is quiet and
dull: patents at 95@3 10; extra fancy 65@
2 76 fancy 20@S 30;cholce 0O92 10; family
7O91 80: rye flour 1908 25. Wheat higher.
Corn higher. Oats are dull. Provisions-Pork :.
standard mess at 13 90. Lard at 1914 DRY
salt meats-loose shoulders at 61s; longs and
clear ribs at 6$sc; shorts SO. Bacon-boxed
shoulders at Il longs TIA ;clear ribs 90 shorts
at 7Hsc.
Receipts-Flour 1890 bbls: wheat %, 900
bush; corn 1873, 700 bush; oats 20. 900 bush:
rye. 5000: barley 10000 bush
Shipments-Fl 5000 bbls; wheat. 20. 500
bush. corn 1856 700 bush; oats 1900 bush
rye. OOO0 bush: barley 90 bush
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red 61Ac: No 1
White at 6Os4c. Corn-No Mixed acc: No Q
Yellow at s9%c. oats-N White 32c.