The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-17
Domestic Markets.
tBy Telegraph.)


NEW YORK" Oct 16. 1S93.-The Flour
markeU-recelpts 3s, 1914 packages; exports q
641 bbls and 30.212 sacks; sales 7100 packa-
ges; dull and weak.
Flour ouotations-low extras at 2-o5@2 45;
city mills extra at 0093 so; city mills patents
1894 40: winter wheat low grades AZ o59
45; fair to fancy at 45tG3 40 patents at 40
as So; Minnesota clear 2 5o@3 90: straights
do at 8 1904 90; do patents 3I9o@4 45: DO rye
mixtures 2 9O@3 90; superfne at 75gZ 40;
fine at l 7O92 1c. Southern flour is dun ana
weak. Buckwheat flour at 2 lbgZ 70; oo OH
meal steady. Rye quiet and nominal; NO NIL VI.
66967c. Wheat-receipts 1877 800 push eH-
ports 72.41S bush; sales 100000 bush; Iaifiy
active and lower, closing steady: NO req II
store and eley at SIC; afloat at 67167 "a u D
at 67M a6sc: No Northern at 6s1a@69aac
Corn-receipts $4,000 bush; exports 61,glO
bush: sales 10000 bush; dull and firm; NO
47t947N eley ;afoat at 462s 9e74c. Ua 1as AZ :
bush; quiet and easier; No at 32Aaog32A /,
No2 White at 1890; No Chicago at 33hsc;
No at 32c: do White at $3.50 934c; MlXeu
Western 33@341ac; do White and White State
at 351a @39c. Beef quiet and firm; beef hams
dull; tierced beef firm ;cutmeats quiet ana nTm;
middles nominal. Lard quiet and easier; Yves,
quiet; Continent 10 DO; s A 10 So; Provisions
Pork firm. Butter dull and weak ;SIate asiry
at 19@27c; do creamery 24925Lsc; WesI dai i..I
at 171a@22c: do cream at 2o929c; 40 IacloTy
1702Oc; Elgins 29c. Cheese in moderate de-
mand and steady: State large white. 99l l%s 40
small 101a@12c; part skins 3Ls@9c: Petro-
leumis quiet and firm; united offerea loc' cor
fee-Rio firmer and quiet; No at 1870. Su-
gar raw firm dull,r find firm and fairly active !;
Nos, 44 ga 1916 mo- at J l.16g4Is mos az
4Es@4 1876: Nos at 9-16@4Mc; No 70
at 41a@24 11-16c: No IL at 7-16@4es; NO IL
at 4Ss@4 9-16: NO 13 at Sac; OFF at 10
16@51s; Mould at 5ss05 9-16c; standard A
at 5 3-16@5ss ;Confectioners' A at 5,l6S5A !:
cut loaf 5bs 05 1896: crushed 6es@5 1870:
powdered at o 7-16@5shc; graduated 3-l6@
56sc; Cubes 7-16@5ssc.
Freights to Liverpool firm on scarcity room:
grain per steam 2A d.
CHICAGO. Oct. l6. 1S93.-The Flour market
and prices shade easier. Wheat IS quite active,
closing firmer; No 2 Spring and No Red 81 Hs.
Corn frmer; No at 3-1ac Oats are STEADY;
ley at 5bc; No Flaxseed at 1 O2@1 o2iA. Pro-
visions-mess pork steady at II 5o@1S 90. Lard
higher at 5000 Sd; short rib sides steady at
8 45@95o. Dry salt meatsashouiders 2 DUG
1876; short clear sides at 9 25@9 30.
Receipts-Flour. $500 bbls: wheat. $4,000
bush: corn. 531 900 bush: oats. 100000 push;
rye. s, 400 bush barley 134 900 bush
Shipmenss-Fiour IL 900 hhs wheat $4,000
bush; corn 10S 900 bush: oats 1887 900 bush:
rye. $500 bush; barley. $4,000 bush.
81. LOUIS. Oct 16. 1S93vThe Flour market
is dull; patents at 00@3 20; extra fancy at
1902 80 fancy at 1907 90; family ~ at S zoe
higher Oats dull. Provisions-Pork. mess at
Is 25. Lard 914. Dry salt meats-loose shout
ders at 7s4 longs and clear ribs 91ac; shorts
LUG. 0ACOH-DOAcu SHOuiuCio au Aoa5o
at 1924 C; clear ribs 1O7sc; shorts 111ac.
Sugar cured Hams 13 o0G14 90.
Recelpts-Flour 100000 bills: wheat. 81 900
bush; corn 128.600 bush ;Roats 1000 bush:
rye, 0,OOO: barley 10000 bush.
Shipments-Flo BOO bbls; wheat. $500
bush. corn, $4,000 bush; oats. 10000 bush;
rye. O0OO bush: barley, 600 bush.
DETROIT, Oct. 16, 1s93.-Wheat-No Red
at 611a; MOI White at 601ac. Corn No Mix
ed at 41c: No2 Yellow at 42c. Oats-No 2
White 31ssc.