Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-04
New York.

New York, May 3.-Flour was firm, buy $2SOd2.75; winter wheat fair to fancy, $2.S5Q 3.30 winter wheat patents, $3.40Q3,75; Min nesota clear, $27543.l5: Minnesota. patents $3,50n4.60 low extras, $230q2.75; city mills $3.5593.65. Southern flour was quiet, but firm; common to fair extra, $2.25q3.10; good to choice extra, $3.20@370 .r Wheat was dull, but firmer with options No, 2 red in store and elevator, 6Slsc; afioat T0c; options were less active and irregular, closing steady at 1s@9sc advance; No 2 69ssc: September 695sc; December. 7124c. Corn was dull. but firmer; No. 2, 57&c asked in elevator: 5SAc asked afloat; steam, CT mixed, 54A Q55ac; options advanced %@ Ac; May, 5424c; July. 547sc; September 55lsc. Oats were dull, but frmer; options were quiet but firmser; May and ad June, ssc; July No. ?. 3Sc; No white, 9714c; mixed western 33ta9341ac.
 Hay was firm shipping 559eOc good to Wool was quiet, but firm; domestic fleece, 15d19c; pulled. 12Q33c.
 Beef was firm, but slow family, su.Qo9 were quiet, but firm at s19.50. Tiereed beef was steady, but quiet; city extra India mess, $1S.00@20.00.
 Cut meats were easy. but dull pickled bellies, s6.5O piclSled shoulders, s5.75; pickled hams. S9.O0@9.50. Middles were quiet, but nominal: short clear, $6.90.
 Lard was quiet, but weak; western steam, $6.S71sc; city. $6. .25d6.3 371a: May, $6.00, nomi- nal; July, TOT, nominal. Refined was quiet,
 
 Pork was steady and in fair demand; mess, $135O91400.
 Butter was in fair demand and steady; state dairy, S@1Sc; state creamery, 19c; western dairy, S@13; Elgins, 19c. Cotton seed oil was strong, but quiet; crude, 24c; yellow prime, 27Qp27lac.
 Petroleum was nominal; refined New York, ss.2O; Philadelphia $S.2o; Philadetphia, in bulk, S5.709575.
 Resin was quiet but steady; strained common to good, $.50m152R.
 ,Turpentine was dull, but easy at 3OQ Rice was firm and unchanged. cMolasses was steady, but quiet and un- changed.
 Peanuts were steady.
 Coffee options were steady at 10G20 points down; May, $1i.20D1425; June, $1405m1410; September, $14.40d14.55; December, $l4.dO9 14l50. Spot Rio was dull, but steady; No. '. ,Sugar-Raw was firmer, but more active; fair refining, 2Ac. Refined was active and 1-16c higher: off A, 3s4M4 1-16c: standard A, 41sGD4 5-16c :cut-loaf and crushed, 4AQ4 15-16c; granulated, .4ls@4 7-16c.
 -Freights to LiyerpoolTcotton was more cotton, 3-S2d; grain, 2d, asked.
 New Orleans.
 New Orleans, La, May 9.-Sugar-Open 2lag25sc; prime, 2lkQ2ssc fair, ? 5-l6Q21Aq; common, 202%c. Centrifugals, choice vel low, 5-16c asked; prime yellow. 3Ac; off
 
 Molasses-Open kettle, none Centrifugal, good prime, 1Oq1lc; prime 7c; good fail, go 7c; fair, 5c; good common, 5c; common, 3G4o. Local refinery sugar-Market strong; powdered, 11-16c; cut-loaf, 4 11-1Gc; off granulated, 5-16c;. standard granulated, 5-16c; confectioners' A. 3-16c.
 Rice was active and steady; fancy, 5Hc asked choice, 4465c; prime, 4AG049sc; good, 3%@41sc; fair, 3as@39sc; ordinary. Sn3Ac; common, 212427sc; rough rice, s1.5OQ925.
 St. Louis.
 St. Louis May 3.-Flour was dull. but firm; patents, $9.25a3.4O; fancy, $2.75Q2S5; choice, $2. 50d260.
 Wheat was higher; May. 665sc July, 663s@ 66l5c; September, 62lac.
 Corn was higher; July. 4SlkQiS7sc; Sep tember, 49c.
 Oats were higher; May 29Mc; June, 292Ic; July 271ac.
 Pork-Standard mess, $12.25.
 Lard-Prime steam, $6.50 choice, $6 50. Bacon-Shoulders s6124; longs. sG75; clear ribs ST co; short clear sides, $675.
 High wines were steady at $1.2O.