The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-05
Domestic Nj arkets.
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AUGUST 4.sISo6,
NEW YCRK-The Flour market - receipts
3O,3so packages; exports 321 bbls and AZ.
800 sacks: sales 9.lo0 packages; UNCHANGED
quiet, steady.
riour auoLalons-low extras at 70@2 SO;
city mills extra at 0 0oG3 so; city mills patents
4 10z4 SO: winter wheat low grades az 70G
2 80; fair to fancy at 4oiI3 40: patents 45s
375 Minnesota clear at . 4092 so: straaghts
at S5ap3 40: do patents at 1894 90: dorye
mixtures 2 1922 80: superfine at 1 6002 Is ;
Gns l 5o02 90. Southern nour Is steady and
quiet; common to fair extra oo@2 so; good
to choice at 2 So42 80. Rye -four easv. Corn
meal steady. Rye quiet. Wbeat-rece1pts 81 >
80 bush; exports s6,556 bush. sales 10000
bush: dull, firmer, % b at 6SlA mo Northern
66s4 C. Colu-recelpts $4,000 bush: Exports
124.335 bush; sales SO, 600 bush: dull, lirmer
No 2 at SI1s elev. 321sc afioat. Oats-recelpts
90. 100 bush, exports 76,S16 bush; sales ST -
600 bush: dull, firm NO at % 42a12c; White
do 261Q261ac; No Chicago 1884 C; No 3 at
2214c; do White at 24lac; Mixed Western at
2312 @241ac; do White and White State 271
Sic. Beef is quiet, steady, family 60G$9 ;ex-
ira at So asst; beef hams are dull: Tierced beef
quiet; city extra India mess S11 0OSQ12 90 ;cut
meats quiet and steady; pickle bellies II TBS at
%s4 C: do shoulders 312 G3s4 do hams at SO
10. Lard dull and steady; Western steam
closed So; city at 8 1898 20; refined firm
Continent 9O;S a 4,compound 3sA "a. Provis-
ions-Pnrk quiet, firmer; old mess; new 10
@$9. Butter quiet and steady unchanged; State
dairy 10@1A1Sc; do crm 11AaG15c: Western
dairy 9g12c; do crm at l11s@l5; DO factory at
71s@lO44c; Elgtns at Is. Cheese marketouiet
and steady; State large 51sc; do small 51a0
&c. Petroleum steady, quiet; united as O51s.
Cotfee-Rio easy and quiet;N No al IL 70 (91ls. /.
Sugar-raw quiet. firm; efned quiet steady;
No at o-lec; MOI at 3-lec; NO at 1sc;
No 8, 1-1ec:; No 10 at 4; No II at 3 1b-16c !;
No II 3Isc C; NO is at 1916: off 4 4 5-l6G
41sc; Mould A Sc standard A IA ;Cenfeetion-
ers' A 4shc; cut loaf 5ss; crushed 5ssc; DOW
deredL5e: granulated at 4s4 C; Cubes at s.
Quotations are those made by refiners on the
one-prlcebasis uuder the plan OF October 10th.
1896 which makes large dealers ana wholesale
grocers agents of the Trust handling sugars on
consignment, and who are at stated times OF
settlement allowed commission of 3-16c ~ H.
There is also trade discount of per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for casn if paid with
IN seven days, and no trade discount on smaller
quantities. No sales less than 20 barrels For
sugar packed in bags there is no additional
charges On graduated or softs from to Il in
elusive. and other grades lac u ib additional.
Freights TO Liverpool firm, qulet-grain by
steam 21Ad.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet, steady :hard white spring pat 1898 So;
soft wheat patents at SO 25@3 40; hard wheat
bakers 25@2 e5 in sacks: soft wheat bakers
S2(02 20; Winter wheat at 0093 rs in wood.
Wheat-No spring at 671s616e &c; No Red
sou @61%c. Corn-No at PASS 92o. Oats
10y az S2@33c. No Flaxseed 721ac Mess pork
at O091 20. Lard ats 3212 D3 81; short RIB
sides at 45Gs3 90. Dry sailed meats-shoul-
derS 3sA az 90; short clear sides 3 62 td3 To-
Receipts-Flour o. 900 bbis: wheat. 900
bush: corn 1865 400 Dush oats.361 4O0 push:
ry. $500 bush barley. 10.400 Dush
Sh1pmenLS-Flour $500 Dds: wheat 1esoOo
buah corn. 626, 200 Dush,ss oats 64.7o0 bush.
rye. 90 bush: barley t800bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
dull; patents at 3 1898 10. extra fancy at
2 20. Wheat higher:Aug 6o1z; Sept at 59lsc.
Corn higher, Aug at 825sc, Dec 1898 May z6c.
oats higher Aug 2o NAY at 6r 4des saam pSrk
choice 3 800. Observation-Disclosures at 375;
longs ss4 clear ribs Az; clear sides "A. Dry
sailed meas-shoulders at 3+sc; longs at 31s I;
ear ribs at 35s clear sides 3N.
SReceipTs-Fiour $500 bbls; wheat 104, 400
bush; corn l24, 500 bush; oatsl6,5oo bush: rye
sbinInents-Flour 9,4oo nbls: wheat II, 800
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats IL, 400 bushi rye
bush.
DErRoIT-Wheat-No 2 Red e4ssc: No L
White at 64$se. Corn-No 2 at 2612c. Oats
No . White 2512,