The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-27
Domestic Markres.


DECEMBER, &c. 1893.
NEW YORK-The Flour market - receipts
1858 packages: exports $3.50 bbls and / g, :
$40 sacks: sales 1900 packages; steady and
unchanged.
Flour auotations-low extras at 0bt02 AS:
CITY mills extra at 8 eOa3 65 city mills patents
4 2O@4 so: winter wheat low grades at GOA
2 40: fair to fancy at 45G3 IS :patents at 3 40
as Go Minnesota clear 2 ,5O022 30; straights
do at 3 1898 Is: do patents 8 S094 80: do rye
mixtures 60@2 So; superfine at 1 1902 90;
fine at 1892 lc Southern flour is dull and
steady Rye -four quiet and steady Buckwheat
flour at Q 9OG03 10. Buckwheat 83c Cornmeal
is dull and easy Rye dull and nominal. Wheat
receipts 81, IT'S bush; exports 1927 bush;
sales 2S.OOO bush steady fair export demand
No 2 Red store and elev at 6e@66Ac; atioat
671a@67A C; f o b 67@671sc: MOL Northern at
7Os4. Corn-recelpts 223, 200 bush: exports
5000 bush; sales $1,000 bush; steady and
ceipts sc. 6bo bush; exports $50 bush; sales
10000 bush: quiet; Mixed higher; No 2 at
3314 @331sc, No 2 White 35c; No 2 Chicago at
Western at 34ta35c; do White and White State
35@40c. Beef dullaud steady; beef hams quiet;
tierced beef is dull and steady; cut meats quiet
firmer: Western steam closed s 40: city 1890;
refined quiet; Continent at o5; S A s so. Pro-
visions-Porlr quiet steady Butter quiet and
weak; State dairy la92ec; do crm 22@261sc;
Western dairy at 18@2lc: do crm 20@2Sc; do
factory l6@21; Elgins csc. Cheese auietand
firm; State large white at 9@i1 1sc; fancy 1Is4
@11hc :do small at 1o1a@12Ac; part Skins
united roc. Coffee-spot Rio dull. but steady
No : at 1ssac. sugar-raw quiet and unchang-
co; refined moderately active at the decline
No 9 at 1l-le@3Bc; MOI at 9-1s!93A G;
10 at 3ssd13 9-16c: No IL at 3 5-16@31ac;
No IL at 31z 43 -7-l6c: No IS at 31sc: off A
3s4 "a 1-16c; Mould 41sG14 11-16: standard
4 3-16Gg4Ssc: Confectionery A at 116G4Ac;
cut loaf at 505 3-16c: crushed at 5R5 3-16c:
powdered at 4 7-1G4ssc ;granulated at 5-1ed
41sc; Cubes 7-16@4 sc.
Freights TO Liverpool quiet; gain per steam
ID.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
dull and easy; prices unchanged. Wheat quiet;
No Spring sO1s mo 2 Red 6O1ac. Corn quiet;
No 2 at 34iz. Oats quiet and frmer; No al
2s1Ac;. No 2 Rye at 451ac bid: No 2 Barley SO
@54c; No Flaxseed ] s21h, Proyisions-mes
pork at - 60912 To-. Lard 1o;short rib sides
6 621a0e 10. Dry salt meats-shoulders 25@
50; short clear sides at 1877 90.
rye 900 bush; barley. 1o2. 900 bush.
'Shipments--Flo 32,7on bbls. wheat 10000
bush: corn. $4,000 bush: oats $500 bush,
rye IL 500 bush barley. 48. 400 bush
81. LOUIS-The Flour market unchanged and
quiet: patents at 295@3 10; extra fancy 2 65@
2 rs fancy Q 20@a 30;cholce 00a2 10; family
7o@1 80; rye flour 1898 25. Wheat lower
but firm. Corn steady. Oats are quiet. Provis.
ions-Pork, standard mess at IS 25. Lard at
Z 9O@S 90. Dry salt meats-loose shoulders at
6 90; longs and clear ribs az 6 SO: shorts 20.
Bacon-boxed shoulders at z; longs and clear
Receipts-Flour ii 500 bbls: wheat. 1880
bush: corn $40, 800 bush; oats $4,000 bush:
rye, 5000; barley. 10000 bush.
shipments-Flour. $500 bbls; wheat II, SOC
bush. corn, 121. 800 bush: oats. 5000 bush;
rye. O000 bush: barley 90 bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No 2 Red 6O1ac: No |
White at SOC. Corn-No 2 Mixed 381ac; No 2
Yellow at ss1sc. oats-N2 White 317sc.