The Portland daily press., 1896-03-10
Domestic Markets,

10y letegraph.l
,, MARCH 9. 1896
1865 packages; exports 3OoS bbls and IS
1913 sacks: sales 1900 packages; dull. steady.
Flour auotatlons-low extras at 2 SOFAS 90;
city mills extra at 5q4 20: city mills patents
3Oas4 30; winter wheat low GRADES a. 2 5Oa
on fair to fancy at 2 85ta3 30: patents at 80
GA 10; Minnesota clear 70td3 80; stralghts
40 at 3 OO43 80: do patents 1894 30: do rye
mixtures 60G3 30 superbne at 21oG2 70;
hne at 2 OOG2 b5. Southern flour dull steady :
common to fair extra 4o93 oo;good to choice
at 3 OOQ93 so. Rye -four quiet, steady at Goa
Ale. Cornnieal quiet, steady; Yellow Western
2O02 IS; brandywine 20. Rye. state 40 div.
Wbeat-recelpts - bush: exports So, 926 bush:
sales = bush; dull frmef. No Red In store
and elev at So6SO a atloat at 81 "a 0SIs4 c;
o b at s1@S2L4: No Northern at 75(a7b14
Corn-receipts54. 800 bush :exports 1887 bush;
sales : bush; scarce, firm ana dull; No at
900 bush; exports $50 bush; sales 10000 bus;
dull, steady; No at 26c; White DO at 271ac;
No Chicago at 27c: No 3 at 25c; do White at
White State at 27a29c. Beef is quiet steady;
family at S1OG12 90; extra mess z SOFAS 90;
beef hams dull; tlerced beef quiet ;city extra In
dia mess Sl64.6 so cut meats easy: pickle bel
S12@8M. Lard quiet frmer; Western steam
closed at 5e city So refined dull ;Contlnent at
5 90;S A at 6 ID: compound 4ss Provls-
ions-Pork quiet, firm: mess at $40 oo@1O 90.
Butter-fancy firm, fair demand; state DAIRY
at 1022oc; do creamy held 13giec; Western
crm at l4921c; do factory at 3@1S: Elgins at
State large at 6@l o14c; do fancy 1Ol4c; small
6@l0A c. Petroleum steady; united at 80.
Coffes-Ri0 firmer mo at 1865 1884 Sugar
No at Sac; Z at 5-1ec no s at IA mo 8 at
4 3-16c; Nc 10 at 41sc:No IL at 4 l-I6c; No IL
nj 4c: NO is at 16-16c; off at 7-1e14 IL
Ice; Mould at GA standard ;Confection-
ers'A A 70 ;cut loaf and crushed 55sc:powder
ed SAC; graduated at SC: Cubes 5Ac.
Freights to Lierpool quiet, nominal; grain by
steam la d.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
Quiet. steady unchanged ;hard wheat spring pats
3l0g3 Id; soft wheat patents So OO&a3 10;
hard wheat bakers at l5G2 80 in sacks; soft
wheat bakers $2G2 20; Winter wheat at 20
Gao; No 2 Red 661s @69c Corn-No at 1854
@2S7sc. Oats-No at 1914 42Oc: No 2 rye at
sec; No Barley sac. No l Flaxseed at S91ac;
Mess pork at ao@ s Is: Lard 3o05 321a;
shoulders at s. 621a94 70: short clear sides
at 121sG5 20.
Receipts-Flour, $500 bbls: wheat $4,000
bush: corn. S12, 900 bush: oats, 3l5.OOu bush:
rye. 300 bush barley. "a, 200 bush.
Sh1pmenJs-Flour 1880 bbls: wheat 81 600
bush; corn. $4,000 bush. oats 1876, 900 bush,
rye. 1900 bush: barley II 900 bush.
ST. LuUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged; patents at 65@3 3d. extra fancy
35@ SO; fancy 2 9O@S 90; choice at 2 500
65. Wheat lower; March at Gle. Corn is
STEADY; MICH 20 sc OdtS II mer; Mich 1881 C.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at $40; old 9 so. Lard
prime steam at S. 10: choice at 1715. Ba-
con-shoulders at ola; longs sos; clear ribs
5.Ss clear sides at So Dry sailed meats
shoulders "A longs 5 clear ribs at 51s clear
sides 5A.
keceipts-Flour 44oo bbls; wheat ID. 400
bush; corn 1S1, 900 bush;oats SO 900 bush: rye
= bush.
Shipments-Flour 6700 bbls: wheat 1900
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats At 900 bush rye
bush.
overwhelmingly Red at TIC; Mel
White 23K.