The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-28
Domestic Markets.
(By Telegraph.)

NEW YORK. March 81 1S93-The Flour
markeU-recelprs 40, 297 packages; exports p
O45 bbls and 12,5O3 sacks; sales 1900 pack
ages: dull and barely steady: buyer holding off
Flour quotations-low extras at 2 1OG2 55:
CITY mills extra ooa4 o5; city mills patents
55; fair to fancy at 55@3 65 :patents at 3 81
"a 25, Minnesota clear 50@3 SO; straights
do at 6oa4 90; do patents 4 25t94 90; 90 rye
fine at eoa2 CO. southern flour is dun and
easy at 3 2O@3 50. Rye flour steady with fair
demand Buckwheat -four nominal 'Og2 10.
Buekwheat at Gle, Cornmeal dull but steady;
Yellow Western at 2 66@275. Rye quiet and
steady. Barley is dull and firm. Wheat-re-
celpts 1o, $50 bush exports 24,3o3 bush; sales
144, 900 bush; fairly active and stronger; No 2
f O b 1854 60771sc; No 1 Northern at 8134 1S2;
No hard at S5sA d86c: No 2 Northern 8014@
SoIac. Corn-receipts 10000 bush ;exports 49,
er; No at 51A@o11ac in elev, 5214@52l4c
afioat No at 491a@5Oc. Oats-receipts ISL, '
20i bush; exports. 21,511 bush: sales 1000
dg and wea Ne at s ~ Nc
No 3 at 37an C; No White Ale: Mixed Yves
tern at 37(G40c; do White and White State at
41@49Hc. Beef dull and steady: beef hams
quiet tierced beef dull cut meats quiet and
easy, middles dull and steady. Lard firmer and
ulliet Western steam closed II 60; city 10 90:
refined dull; Continent at Il 80; s A at IL 90.
Provisions-Pork is in fair demand and steady.
Butter is i'll good demand and strong-State
dairy 23129Iac; Penn creamat Sic; Western
dairy at 1SdZ3c; do crm 24931c do factory at
I7G25c; Elgin at sic. Cheese is steady and
quiet State 91s@12c. Petroleum quiet crude
firmer united at 6714c Coffee-RiO dull and
nominal; No at 177a@176sc. Sugar-raw is
firmer and more active; refined l-l6c higher
ZIG; No at 3-1694ssc: No 8 at 41s@
5-16c; No 10 at 1-16(941Ac: No IL at Az
3-16c mo ~ at 8 15-16@41s c: NO 10 at 3ssc;
standard A at 4s4 "a 15-1ec; Confectioners' A
at 46N(04 1876: cut loaf 5-16@51sc: crush
ed at 5 5-1SG6b9c: powdered BOO 3-l6c; gran
ulated 4s4 @5 1-16c; Cubes at 5@5 3-16c.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and steadv, grn
per steam 1 "A d nominal
CHICAGO. Mich. 81, lS93.--The Flour market
is moderately active and unchanged. Wheat is
strong and higher-No 2 Spring and No 2 Red
easier-No 2 at 291ac. No 2 Rye at 48c. No 2
Barley at 62c. No Flaxseed at | 1914. Pro
visions ower-mess pork at II 55l917 81. Lard
at / 271ad11 3214 Short rib sides at o 06@
10 OTAa. Dry salt meats-shoulders at 371a
90 so; short clear sides at 10 60@10 55.
kecelpts--Flour 10000 bbls: wheat, 100000
bush: corn 5000 bush: oats 100000 bush
rye, 1000: barley $4,000 bush.
Shpments-Flour. $4,000 bbls wheat. $4,000
bush; corn, Ill 00 bush: oats. POI 900 push
rye. 5000 bush: barley, $4,000 BUSH
ST. LOUIS. Mch. 81. 1893.-The Flour market
is not quotably changed. Wheat closed 1aa1 rs
higher-No 2 Red at 641ac. Corn unsettled
closed weak; No mixed at 36asc. Oats weak
and ~ C lower No at 301ac. Rye-No2 at sic.
Barley, uo bIdue' IOflSiouo very uuiIs L OIh
10 rs for old, 10 SO for new. Lard az 1 STA
Dry salt meats-loose shoulders 90; longs and
RIBS at 0 10 shors 10 40; Bacon-shoulders at
| 10 25 longs and ribs IL 0o@11 1212; short at
1925.
Sugar cured Hams Is 5o014 so.
l. Recepts-FIour 1000 bbls: wheat. 10000
| bush: corn. 273.O00 bush: oats. $4,000 push
| We. 5000 bush; barley. 1000 bush.
Shipments-Fiour 1000 bbls: wheat. 1000
| bush; corn, 145. 900 bush: oats 1900 bush
| rye. 600 bush barley. 1000 bush.
DETROIT. Mch. 81. 1893.-The market closed
stronger.
641Ac. Corn-No 2 at 42c. Oats-No White al
$50; No 2 Mixed SAC. Rye-No 2 at 58sl C.
Flour-Receipts = bbls wheat. 81, 900 bush
corn. $4,000 bush; oats, 3,4Q0 bush.