The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-21
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DECEMBER 20, 1895.
NEW YORK-The Flour market T. receipts
40 294 packages; exports !. 694 bbls and 1868
sacks: sales 6S00 packages; dull. barely steady.
Flour quoIauons-low extras at 2 25M2 65
city niills extra at 9004 90; city mills patents
4 o0G4 25 winter wheat low grades AZ Fog
as TO; Minnesota clear 5093 10: sralshts
do at 8 oo43 35: do patents 35Q4 10: Do r-e
mxturesE2 1908 20; superfine at 10G2 So:
fine at o0G2 %. Southern -four easy and
to choice at 9o@S 3d. Rye -four easy and
quiet. Buckwheat -four at 30Dl 35. Buck
wheat at 39@381sc. Cornmeal dull and easy.
Rye.nominal Wbeat-rece1pts 81 $40 bush
exports 25,o32 bush :sales 5000 bush active
for export, lower with options; Ne2 Red store
and elev at 67s4 965c; afiost at 69A 6e91s C ;
Corn-receipts 11e,o26 bush: exports 37,4b2
bush; sales 1 900 bush; firm and dull; No 2 at
1914 @33M in elev; 341a@34c afioat Oats
receipts ~, O0n bush: exports 366 bush; sales
80, 900 bush; quiet ana steady; No at 22s4 C
White do "a; No Chicago at 1874 C; No at 2 L
do White at 23c; Mixed Western at 23a24c ;
do White and White State at 2402Sc. Beef is
quiet and stead. beef hams dull; tlerced beet
unsettled and quiet: picked bellies TBS 4s4 do
shoulders at 4A do hams SA @S1a; mlddles
nominal Lard dull, and weak Western steam
closed at 5 4712; city 90 g5 10: refined quiet;
Continent 90; S A at 80: compound at 45s
@5c Provisons-Pork steady, and dull. But
ter qulet-fancy steady ;prices unchanged, State
dairy at l3tdZ4c; 40 cream IO4ZtCs western
dairy at 11@19c: do erm at 19@28;do June II
ae24; do factory at S@l9c; Elgtns l2Sc. Cheese
fancy firm; State large 7A@1o; do fancy at
9s4 91O; do small 7s4 Gle. Petroleum Quiet
easy. Sugar--raw dull stdy ;refned quiet. steady
No 8 at a 3-16; z at 41sc; No at 1-l6; Noe
at 4c No 10 at 1916: No IL, at Sac;
No IL at (, 1916: No Is at 3Sac; of A at
3-1663ss Mould A 4Js standard 46s Con
fectioners' 41ac; cut loaf and crushed 5A c;
powdered. AIS ;granulated4ssG e4s4 Cubes AS
Quotations are those made by retiners on the
one pricebasis uuder the plan OF October 10th.
1896 which makes large dealers and wholesale
grocers agents of the Trust handling sugars on
con ignment, and who are at stated times OF
settlement allowed a commission of 3-i6c 4p fb.
There is also a trade discount of per cent or
100 Dbl lots and per cent for cash if paid with
in seven days. and no trade discount on smaller
quantities. No sales less than 20 barrels. Fol
sugar packed in bags there is no aodtiona
charges on granulated or softs from to Id in
clvsive and other grades 1sc y fb additional
Freights TO Lierpool active and frm-gram
by steam.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day wa.
weak, nominally i0@15c lower. Wheat-No
Spring at $3.50 eD565s No Q Red at $685. 06lM
Corp-No at 25c. Oats-No 2 at l7Ac; No
Rye at 331 No Barley 3704o Nc Flax
| seed at 93@9a14; mess pork at Z SOFAS 90
Lard 223s@6 %; short RIB sides 2o04 20
Dry sailed meats-shoulders at 3594 6211a
short clear sides 371aG4 so.
Receipts-Flour, $500 bbls: wheat. 90 9O(
| rye IL 900 bush barley. 80 900 bush.
| Shipments-Flour IL 800 bbls. wheat 83 oot
| bush: corn. 161, 900 bush: oats 164, 600 bush
| rye 1000 bush: barley 10000 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day wa
unchanged; patents at 30C04 40; extra fame
at 1o@3 20; fancy at 60@2 70: choice 6ot
10. Wheatslower; Dec at 531Ac. Corn lun
changed-Dec at 235sc. oats are shade lower
Dec 1884. Provisions-Pork 90. Lard 5 lO6
5171a. Bacon-shoulders at 514; longs SIS
clear ribs at 514 short clear at 51ac. DR.
sailed meats-shoulders Az longs 41s clea
ribs at 4sS short clear 4s4.
| Receipus-Flour $500 bbls; wheat 1880
bush; corn IT 600 bush; oats 10000 bush: ~
| - bush.
Shipments Flour 1920 bbls: wheat 2s oo
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats 5000 bush; ~
| - bush.
| DETROIT--Wheat-No Red at CSC: No
! White CSC. Corn-No 2 at 261ac. Oats-No
| White 81.
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