The Portland daily press., 1893-12-29
Domestic Markets.
(By Telegraph.l

DECEMBER. %, 1898.
NEW YORK-The Flour market - receipts
So, O64 packages; exports Oil bbls and 7O51
sacks: sales 740o packages; quiet and easy;
prices UNCHANGED.
city mills extra at 8 6063 65: city mills patents
4 2O@4 so: winter wheat low grades At Oo0
2 80; fair to fancy at 2 4573 75 ;patents at 3 40
@3 60; Minnesota clear 2 5O@2 30: straights
do at 25@3 u.s. do patents SOel4 80: do rye
mixtures 6O@2 So; superfine at 1902 90:
fine at l 1892 1c. Southern -four is duh and
weak Rye -four quiet and steady. Buckwheat
flour at 10. Buckwheat 8O@S3c. Cornmeal is
steady with fair demand. Rye dull and nominal.
Wbeat-receipts 1928 bush; exports ! sc, $50
bush; sales $4,000 bush: higher and quiet No
1854 C; f o b 6614 @166s4 G.: No Northern at
7OM. Corn-recelpts $4,000 bush: exports
S4,6s5 bush; sales $4,000 bush; dull, opening
lower and closed frmer; No 2 at 421A tQ421ac
elev; 4314 @431ac afioat. Oats-receipts ~
$50 bush; exports GAS bush; sales 114.0Oo
bush: fairly active and steady; No at =, No
at 50 &C; do White at 32sA g; Mixed Western
34@341 c; do White and White State 3514oc.
Beef dull and steady: beef hams quiet and de-
pressed; tierced beef is dull ;cut meats quiet and
weak; middles nominal Lard quiet and steady:
Western steam closed so; city 7iAc; refined
dull Continent at so; A 8 25. Provisions
Pork quiet and steady. Butter market quiet
251sc; Western dairy at 18@2le; do crm cog
Use; do factory at 1921; Elgns at 271s@2S
Cheese quiet and firm; State large white at 9@
12Ac; part skins at 4@9hc. Petroleum is
quiet: united 70 C. Coffee-Rio steady and
dull; No at fSss@1S19c Sugar-raw steady
and dull: refined moderately active, steady:
No at 3 1l-16@3Mc; MOI at 3 9--16@3s4 c;
No 8, 31s@3 11!16c: No 8 at 8 7-1e@3sAc; No
10 at 3as@3 9-16c: No II at 8 5-16@31ac;
No IL at 314@3 7-16c: No 10 at 31sc; off A
3s4 "a Lice; Mould 4lafd4 11-16: standard A
4 3-16@4ssc !; Confectioners' A at 4 116@414c:
cut loaf at 505 3-16c: crushed at 5@5 $3.50:
powdered at 7-1@45sc ;granulated at 3-16@
41sc; Cubes 7-16@4 sc.
Freights to Liverpool quiet ana firm: grain
pr steam ID
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
weak; prices in buyers favor. Wheat is frmer;
No Spring at 597s; No 2 Red 1880. Corn is
quiet; No at 341s. Oats firmer;No 2 at 2S14
No Rye at 45c; No Barley 52c; No Flax
seed SO. Provisions-mess pork firmer ~ so
@l2 70. Lard weaker at s 20; short rib sides
weaker at 6096 10 Dry salt meats-shoulders
at 6 25A6 30: short clear sides at 6 1897 90.
keceipts-Flour. $4,000 bbls: wheat. l31. 800
bush: corn. 76l.1oo bush oats, 1884, 100 bush:
rye. 23,40o bush; barley. 5o.7oO bush.
Shipments-Flour %, 500 bbls. wheat. IS 800
bush; corn. 251.40o bush: oats 232 400 bush,
rye. $500 bush BARLEY, 2O.10o bush
81. LOUIS-The Flour market is unchanged,
demand light: patents 95@S 10; extra fancy
65t42 rs fancy 20@S so; choice OOa2 10:
family 70@1 80; rye flour 1898 25. Wheat
higher; Corn higher. Oats are quiet Provis-
90. Dry salt meats-loose shoulders at 6 co.
longs and clear ribs 30; shorts 65s. Bacon
boxed shoulders z; longs 1885, clear ribs at
TIA :Shorts at 76ec.
Receipts-Flour 900 bbls: wheat 300
bush: corn los, 900 bush; oats 10000 bush:
rye. 5000: barley. 10000 bush.
Shipments-Flour, $500 bbls; wheat. /, 800
bush. corn, 145.20O bush; oats 1890 bush;
rye. 0O00 hush barley co bush
DETROIT-Wheat-No 2 Red at eo14c; No
White at 591ac. Corn-No Mixed 3Sc; No2
Yellow at 3SsAc. Oats-N2 White 31s4 c.