The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-15
Domestic Markets.
(By Telegraph.)

DECEMBER. IA. 1885,
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
30, 1856 packages; exports 1893 bbls and s.
399 sacks; sales 61O0 packages ;dull and weak.
Flour quoIations-low extras at 2 Obd02 As:
CITY mills extra at 60,G3 IS: city mills patents
4 2o@4 SO: winter wheat low grades ar 2 oO0
2 45 fair to fancy at 45I3 rs patents at 40
@3 S. Minnesota clear 5od2 30: straights
do at 25@3 10: do patents 3 8o'14 3d. do rye
mixtures 6oa2 So; superfne at ! 1902 90:
fine at 1892 1c. Southern flour is dull and
weak. Rye -four quiet and weak. Ruckwheat
flour at 8 25. Buckwheat at S5c. Cornmeal IS
quietiand steady. Rye dull and nominal. Wheat
receipts TIE bush; exports = bush; SaleS104
900 bush dull and easier, closing steady; No 2
Red store and eley at 66s4 C; afioat 67s4 C; f O
; 671A Qg6SNc: No Northern at II 12@71s4c.
Corn-receiDts 1920 bush exports SO, 63S
buSh sales $4,000 bush; firm and quiet; No 2
at 45 Ac in elev: 4e1sc afioat Oats-receipts
40, 150bush; exports 24lS bush; sales $4,000
at 35c;No Q Chicago 34c: No 8 at 321ae; White
do at 33c: Mixed Western 34036c; do White
and White State 36040c. Beef quiet and steady;
beef hams quiet; tierced beef dull ;cut meats are
dull and easy; middles nominal. Lard quiet
and weak; Western steam closed so nominal:
city at 90; refined dull and weak; Continent
ana moderately active. Butter firm; State dairy
19@261ac: DO creamery at 22@26; Western
dairy I8@22c; do cream 2O@2S1ac do factory
stsie Eg srae n 1855 Ghee fsnc aef and
111ac: do small 1O1s @121Ac; part skins at Az
sac. Petroleum quiet; united 7Sc. Coffee
RIO rmer and quiet; No 4 i LIZ e glfse sg
No at 3 13-16@4c; No at 3a4 as 1870;
No 8, 8 Il 16@3Tsc: No 9 at 3ss@3 13-16c;No
10 at 8 9-16@3s4c CT: No II at 31s@3 11-16c;
No IL at 3Ss@3 9-l6c: No 13 at 31Ac; off A at
37s ga 3-16c Mould 41a94 IL standard g.
16@4asc; Confectioners' A at 41s@4 5-16c;
cut loaf at 605 3-16c: crushed at 5a5 3-16c;
@41ac; Cubes 9-16@4slc.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and firm; gain
per steam Sd.
C, GHICAGo-The Flour market to-day was
lower No 2 Spring and No 2 Red 81 n a611ac.
Corn dull and lower; No 2 at 35Ssc. Oats are
steady; No 2 at 2s14c;No Rye at 451sc:No
Barley at 81; No FlaXseed l 20. Provisions
dull-mess pork IL 7O@12 so. Lard at 8 o71a;
sh ort rib sides at 50@6 go. Dry salt meats
shoulders at 25@6 so; short clear sides 7 25@
80.
heceipts-Flour $4,000 bbls: wheat. 1920
rye 1000 bush; barley. $500 bush
Shipments-Flour IA, 200 bbls; wheat. 1O.1OO
bush; corn. $1,000 bush: oats l28,30o bush;
rye, 1900 bush barley. 27.7OU bush
81. LOUIS-TSs Flour market Is quiet and
dull: patents at 3 OO@3 15 extra fancy TOO
l 7o9l 80; rye flour 8 1898 IS. Wheat lower.
Corn over. goats are nominal Provsions-Pork,
standard mess 1877 Lard at 90. Dry salt
meats-loose shoulders at 20; longs and clear
ribs at 6ssc: shorts 80. Bacon-boxed Shout
ders at "A; longs and clear ribs at rs; shorts
S1s@S14c.
R6celpbS--FIOur 3,DUO Dds: wheat. 800
bush; corn 12s,soo bush; oats 25.3oos bush:
rye, 5000: barley 10000 bush.
Shipments $500 bbls: wheat. $50
bush corn, $4,000 bush; oats. 1890 bush;
rye OOO0 bush: barley 90 bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No 2 Red 616ac: No 1
White at SOt4c. Corn-No Mixed 1894 ;No2
Yellow at 391sc. Oats-N White 32c.
Cotton Markets.
(By Teegraph)
DECEMBER. IA. 1898.
NEW YORK-The Cotton market to-day was
Lice up sales 81 bales; middling uplands at
Sc middling gulf size.
NEW ORLEANS-The Cotton market is
firm; mlddling 1850.
CHARLESTON-The Cotton market firm:
mlddling TAG.
sAvANNAH-Th Cotton market is frm
middling 3-16c.
MOBILE-The Cotton market is firm; mid
dlings 3-l6c.
MEMP HIS-The Cotton market is firm; mid
a1lng 6.16c.