Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-24
higher than yesterday. Trading in car lots

higher than yesterday. Trading in car lots unchanged.
 The shorts covered corn because the class Of traders in wheat were similarly bent. The situation presented no particular change, and only a small share of the business came from the outside. May corn opened at 45%U45sc, advanced to 464646Rc, closing at 46lsD asaG higher than yesserday MO ns
 The half session gave emphasis to an other wise dull oat market. Prices were dependent on wheat and corn the close being 4o higher than yesterday for May In the cash depart ment prices were without oh ange.
 Provlsions-The hog market led the product yards were encouraging both early and late and with grain moving higher provisions could scarcely do otherwise than advance. At the close May pork was 15c higher than yesterday, May lard 12ls@ 15c higher and May ribs 1oc higher. s .,..f.
 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour was dull with feeling steady; prices unchanged. 54Ao. NS oornsRo. sRt,nti 5, 45sShSsaic. IVY oats per 100 pounds, s6. s7t9ae e. so. Shert rib sides, loose, $o;ooa6.o5. Dry salted shoulders boxed. $5 f2k2a5 25.u D. Short clear sides' boxed. $6 25h630. Whisky, Sl.2o. -.i ' -'
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 NEW YORK; March 23.-Fiour- was dull, but frm winter wheat, low grades, $I.90@ 2.3o; fair to fancy. S2. 35@2 2.76i patents, $2. 9oa3.oo; Minnesota clear, S2.2e@2.6oi patents, S3.2504. 25 slow extra, S1.e002.30. sonthern1ifour was quiet, but steady; com mon to fair extra, 1sIso@2.75; good to choice extra, S2. S00 3. 25, Wheat was quiet, store and elevator soc; Afoat. cox a a6loi op- llons weran moderately active and irm at s4c advance; No. red, March, COG; May, Solae: nrm; No. z, 56c in elevator; 57Ac adoat; op- tions were very dull, but firm at Ac advance; Oats s were eusd daIi. ia but riSer March s3ac; April, 33Aos May, 33Aco Spot prices-No. 2. a54c mixed westernq iS49a5e. Hay was quiet. but steady; shiI,ptpg, 900 56ei good to choice. WOOlWaS and frm; domestic fleece, 15@ Sc: pulled, 12@ asc. Beet was firm; family. s9. 75dl2,oo; strong at SIS. 50. Tlerced beef was quic,, but strong; city extra India mess, $13. oUo 10. %. bellies, ss. .5o; i shoulders. S5. 60; hams, Ss.25. Middles were strong; short clear, nominal. Lard was higher; western steam. ST 20, city May, S7s0, nominal; refined was quiet. but stronger; continent. $7.6o; South America, ST. .sOi compound, s5.3742 So; 30. Pork was quiet, but firm; mess, SIS. .00@13. 50. Butter Fancy was hrmer and in fair demands state dairy, 9a1sc creamery dairy, old, l6c; wssen od 221ac; yellow prime, 2ea2ehe; Petroleum was hy iSelon, in DulE, sa.sq, fehned New York, rE | S6. s3 Philadelphia, S6.e0; Philadelphia, In bulk. $4. 4.30a435. Bosin quiet .:but steady; swas fairly active and firm; domestic, fair | to extra, AZ @6c; Japan, 4A@4tec. Molasses-- Foreign was nominalj New Orleans open ket- steady fancy hand. d.picKed, sls@4lgo. Coffee options were dull and unchanged to 10 points | SI4. 60; September delivery, Sl4. .75; October delivery, $14.75i December delivery, $l4.6o. | Spot Rio was firm, but dull; No. T, 1e4e. sdgar--Raw was quiet. but firm, fair refining, | 11-16c. Refined was quiet, but firm l Qf A, 3ssd37sc; standard A, a. 15-1e
 a4Isc; cut-loaf, 4 9-16a4%cj crushed, 9.16a a&c; granulated, 4 1bs1646Ac. Frelghts to Liverpool were quiet. but nominal cotton, l lsd; grain, 2d