The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-13
Domestic Markets.
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DECEMBER. IL. 1898.
NEW YORK-The Flour market = receipts
rs, 1O4 packages: exports 1887 bbls and 22-
273 sacks ;sales 5000 packages: dull and easy.
Flour quouatiOns--Iow extras at 05@2 40:
city mills extra at 3 6o93 65: city mills patents
20lD4 so: winter wheat low grades AZ OO@
a3 So Minnesota clear 50a2 80: straights
do at 3 1898 To: do patents So04 3b: 90 rye
mixtures 60@2 So; superfne at 1902 90;
fine at [ 1892 1c. Southern hour Is aul III, ana ln
Buekwheat -four at 3 O003 %. Buckwheat at
at Soc. Cornmeal quiet and steady. Rye dull and
nominal Wheat.receipts no 27l15 push sa;,,, ea
tive for export and 1ac lower. closing steady;
No 2 Red store and elev 671ac; afloat 6S1ac;
f o 681a1eSs4c: No J. Northern at 71s4 OH
Corn-receipts 1920 bush; exports 123,347
bush; sales 1l2, 900 bush; fairly active, easier;
No 2 at As "A C in elev: 46@4614c adoat. Oats
receipts e4.o5o bush; exports SAB bush; sales
3as4 C, No White 35 &C mo Chicago 341ac !:
No at 33c; do White at 331ac: Mixed Wes-
tern at 3if936c do White and White State at So
tiereed beet quiet; cut meats steady and dull;
middles nominal. Lard quiet and lower; Yves
tern steam closed 70 nominal ;city at 90; re-
fined quiet; Continent at 9 90; at 30.
Provisions-Pork in moderate demand, steady.
Butter quiet with liberal receipts: State dairy
at 19@261ac; do creamery 22@2SEs;. Western
dairy 1920; do cream 201a@28c; do factory
161a@19; Elgins at 28@28Hsc. Cheese quiet
and firm on fancy cream; State, large white go
11ss c; do small .1o1s@l2; part skins at 31a q
sc. Petroleum quiet united 7S1ac. Coffee
Rio steady. quiet; No at 13@1S1sc. Sugar
raw lower, STEADY refined moderately active std
No at 13-16G4c; Not at 3sa @3 1850
No s, 3 IL 16@31sc: No at 35s@3 1870; No
10 at 8 9-1603s4c: No IL at 31443 11-16c;
No - at 3ss@3 9-16c: No 10 at 314c; off A at
3B "a 3-16c Mould 41a14 IL !: standard A 8.
16@4asc; Confectioners' A at 41s@4 5-16c:
cut loaf at 505 3-16c: crushed at 5@5 3-16c;
powdered at 9-16@4sA G; graduated at 5-16
@41ac; Cubes 9-16@4Mc.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and firm; 81 ain
per steam Sd.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet and unchanged. Wheat weak and lower;
is quiet and lower; No 2 at 35$sc. Oats fairly
active; No 2 at 28@28Aac; No 2 Rye at 45% G;
No 2 Barley at 53@54; No Flaxseed 271a.
Provisions Weaker-ness pork IL 871a@13 90.
Lard 8 2o@s %; short III sides 6 1906 Sta
Dry salt meats-shoulderS at 25@6 30; short
clear sides 25t@7 90.
bush: corn. 200 bush: oats, $40. 800 bush:
rye l / 400 bush; barley. $4,000 bush
Shipments-Flo Ii, 900 bbls wheat 10000
bush; corn. 119 200 bush: oats 1877, 300 bush
rye. 1900 bush BARLEY. 80. LOO bush. n
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market is quiet and
weak: patents at 3 oo@3 Is; extra fancy 2 FOG
80 fancy 25@5 35 ;choIce 2 00a2 10; family
1 70@1 80: rye flour 1923 20 Wheat lower.
Corn lower Oats are lower. Provisions-Pork,
standard mess 400. Lard at 8 90. Dry salt
meats-loose shoulders at 61Ac; longs and clear
ribs at 67s CT shorts O5. Bacon-boXed Shout
ders at TIA; longs s clear ribs at S1sc; shorts
SL4c.
Receipts-Flour 1920 bbls: wheat 27.6o0
bush; corn LAB, 100 bush; oats 80 900 bush:
We. 5000: barley 10000 bush.
Shipments-Flour. $500 bbls; wheat -, 100
bush. corn, LOG 600 bush oats. 700 bush;
rye. O0OO bush: barley 90 bush
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red at &c: No 1
White at 6O1ac. Corn-No Mixed 1881 ;No2
Yellow at s91sc. Oats-N White 3214c.