The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-09
Domestic Markets.

DECEMBER. 8. 1898.
NEW YoRK-The Flour market = receipts
80, 1920 packages; exports 4O81 bbls and "a. 1874
sacks; sales $500 packages; firm with a mod
crate demand.
Flour auoIations-low extras at 2 0b02 as:
CITY mills extra at 8 60i0S 65: city mills patents
4 20@4 80: winter wheat low grades At 2 0O9
2 40 fair to fancy at 2 4oG3 10 patents at 40
@3 So; Minnesota clear 5092 80: straights
do at 1898 rs: do patents 3 SOFA 35: do rye
mixtures 6o@2 so; superfne at l 1892 90:
fine at l75@2 lC. Southern -four is quiet and
firm. Rye -four quiet and steady at 2 85G3 10.
Buckwheat flour at 85f03 90. Buckwheat at
at 85c. COrnmeal quiet and steady. Rye dull and
nominal. Wbeat-recelpts 45,725 bush; ex-
ports 81 ,563 bush: sales = bush; dull 81 C low
er and steady; No Red In store and elev 67s4
No Northern s at II Ha7aslc c. CornNreceip t
81 200 bush ;exports A $50 bush; sales 96, 900
bush; less active. 1sc lower and steady; no z at
45K@46c in elev; 46@46lAc aioat; Oats-re.
ceipts %, 900 bush exports .1e bush sales H..
900 bush: dull and weaker mo at 1894 c, No2
White 3614c; No2 Chicago at 34s4 C: No at
$50; do White at 341ac: Mixed Western 341a
quiet and steady; beef hams quiet; tierced beef
nominal Lard quiet and frmer; Western steam
closed S5 bid; city 8 i5@8 25; refined quiet;
Continent at 25; s A at 8 rs. Provisions
Pork dull and steady Butter in moderate de-
mand: fancy firm; State dairy at 19g261ac; do
cream COLA @2sc do factory l61a@19; Elgins
2S02S12c. Cfiee Sc in far demand steady State
large white 9Q11asc; do small 1o1a @12; part
skins at 31a@9c. Petroleum quiet; refined
nomlnaI; united 6714c. Coffee-Rio steady,
quiet. sugar-raw dull steady; refined steady;
No at 3 13-16@4c; NOT at IA @3 15-16c;
No s, 8 1I-16937sc: No at 35s@3 13-16c;No
No ~ at 3asSO3 9-16c: No IS at 314c; off A at
sag 3-16c Mould 41a04 IL standard A s.
a6@4 49, Cenfectioners, at A7s94 5-1sc:
powdered at 9-16@4s4c C; granulated at 5-16
@41ac: Cubes 9-16@434c C.
Freights to Liverpool dull and steady; lain
per steam Sd.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet and steady. Wheat weak and lower; No2
Spring 62s4c No 2 Red at 1924 @63c. Corn is
quiet and lower; No 2 at 3514c. Oats weak !;
No at 28Aa @2Ss4c; No Rye at 460461a G.;
Mo- Barley at 53954; No Flaxseed 221a@
] %. Provisions strong and higher-mess pork
13 121s(913 20. Lard at So; short rlo siaes
6 1907 90. Dry salt meats-shoulders at 6 25@
80; short clear sides 25@7 so.
keceipts-Flour 1890 bbls: wheat 72.70O
bush: corn. 1900 BUSH oats, ,14s 800 bush
rye. 5000 bush; barley. AZ 900 bush
ShipmentS-FlOur $500 bbls: wheat. $500
bush; corn. $4,000 bush: oats $4,000 bush
rye. 14o0 bush harley. 24.3oo bush
81. LOUIS-The Flour market is steady with
2 60(@2 rs fancy 25@S So; choice OOa2 10;
family 7ot41 80: rye flour 1923 rs. Wheat
lower. Corn lower. Oats are lower. Provisions
Pork, standard mess IA 90. Lard at 8 LOG
8 Is. Dry salt Observation-Disclosures at 6as ;
longs and clear ribs at IL c.; shorts at z. Ba-
con-boxed shoulders at IA longs s clear ribs
81sc; shorts S3xc.
Receipts-Flour 5000 bbls: wheat. pa
bush; corn 1885, 300 bush; oats %. 100 bush:
I'VE. 5000: barley. 100000 bush.
hipments-Flour. 5,10o bbls: wheat 500
bush. corn, 99.10O bush; oats. 5000 BUSH
rye. 5000 bush; barley 90 bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No 2 Red 62s4 c: No
White at 6lM cCorn-No Mixed 331a MOP
Yellow at 391Rc. Oats-N White 3212c.