The Portland daily press., 1894-05-16

MAY Is, 1894.
NEW YORK-The Flour MARKET receipts
25,3o7 packages; exports 571 bbls and ST.
S74 sacks: sales 5000 packages; dull and weak.
Flour auotatons-low extras at 90@2 80;
cry mills extra at ooa3 20; city mills patents
80 fair to fancy at 2 50I2 9B: patents at 8 10
93 30; Minnesota clear 2 25@2 So; straights
do at 25@3 10: do patents 2694 10: do rye
fine at 55@l 50. Southern flour is dull and.
weak: common to fair extra at 0O@3 90, Rye
-four quiet and steady. Cornmeal is dull and
196, $50 bush; exports 125, 1874 bush; sales r.
600 bush; moderately active and lac lower,
closing steady: No 2 Red store and elev 57A c;
Northern e7Hs a67$ac. Corn2rece1pts 81, 900
bush; exports 1e,o3e bush; sales 5000 bush,
moderately active and weaker: No at 1924 @
ex go 5asa aes pas
White Al ne: No 2 Chicago 3s1l 93sMc. No 5
do white and white State 411sa45. Beef quiet
and steady; beef hams dull; tierced beef dull;
cut meats quiet and steady Lard quiet and
aR 3., sseady; western steam closed at 70;
s 40; compound 5s4 a61s. Provisions-Por
quiet and easy. The market for Butter is in
fair demand ana steady; State dairy new at
12@17c; old 1o@l4c; do creamery new l5@17t
Penn 15@17c; Western dairy new at 1113c 70
do orm new 1907; do factory 9h@l2e; Ell
yin at TIC. Cheese quiet and closed weak;
State large at 81 GIL Ne; do choice liz State
small at S1s@1o7s do part skins a@3c Pc
troleum quiet and steady; united at S51Ac.
Coffee-Riolduiet. easier; No I. at 1914 @16ss.
Sugar-raw active. firm refined quiet, steady;
Nc at Sss@3 13-16c; No I at 31a@S 11-16c;
No At It E e sss Mo9 at $?s @s slse;
No IL at 31s@3 5-16c: No IS at = a 2Isc;
off A at 9-16@3 1916; Mould 414@4 7-16c:
tasndard AGA 3-16c; Confec'rs' A 37s@
cut loaf and crushed "a ga 1916: powdered
at 4l4@4 7-16; graduated AGA 5-16; Cubes at
IA GA 7-16c.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and easier
grain, steam, Id
CHICAGo-The Flour market to-day was
dull, depressed and nominally lower. Wheat is
in good demand and lower: No Spring at sac;
No Red at b5c Corn in fair demand and low.
No Flaxseed at 1 331s. Provisions dull and
lower--mess pork at IL oo@12 o5. Lard at
Z 3oa7 32H. Short rib sides at g 3ea6 521A:
Dry salt meats shoulders at 1896 90; short
clear sides at s S71a97 1919.
keceipts-Fleur: 1a.3oO bbls: wheat. 10000
bush: corn. II 900 bush: oats. 321 600 bush:
rye. $500 bush: barley. 10000 bush.
Shipments-Flour 1000 bbls; wheat. 5000
bush; corn. 1880 bush: oats 10000 bush;
rye. 5000 bush; barley. 5000 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
eo@27o; fancy at 35@s So. Wheat lower.
Corn lower Oats dull. Pork at IL 621a. Lard
prime steam at 25; cnoice 7 3d. Dry salt
shorts at AS. Bacon-boxed shoulders at I:
longs TIC: clear ribs 71s@714; shorts 754a
7ss.
Receipts-Flour $500 bbls. wheat. $500
bush: corn 100000 bush; oats 5000 bush:
r. 900: barley 90 900 bush
Shipments-Flour; $500 bbls; wheat. 5000
rye 5000 bush: barley 90 bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red at 541s; MOI
White at 56c. Corn-No2 Mixed at 4Oc; No 8
Yellow 4O1ac. Oats-No 2 White 3S1a.
Cotton Markets.
(By Telegraph.)
May 15 1894.
NEW YORK-The Cotton market to-day was
quiet, 1-l63 lower; sales 300 bales; middlns
uplands at 714c; middling gulf 71ac.
NEW ORLEANS-The Cotton market is
weak; mlddling 1870.
UHARLEsTON-The Cotton market steady:
mlddling 61s@7.
SAVANNAH-The Cotton market is steady;
middling 61s C.
MoBILE-The Cotton market is quiet. mid
dlings 6sl Z.
MEMPHIS-The Cotton market steady; mid