The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-21
Domestic Markets.
VIII IkUII.
FEBRUARY 20. 1886.

FEBRUARY 30. 1896.
NEW YORk-The Flour MARKET receipts
i7,Io4 PACKAGES exports 1890 bbls and 4.
Flour tauoIat1ons--low extras at > sfys5a m.
CITY mills extra at 15a4 %; CITY mills natents
36&4 80: winter wheat low GRADES A. a 6iI1
90 iair u 70 fancy at s53s 80: patents at 90
do.at oO3S 80: do patents 5 3o@4 40: do rye
mixtures 50Q3 30; supernne at 21b&2 10:
fine at 0o92 rs. Southern Hour unchanged
at o008 80. Rye -four quiet, steady; Buck.
wheat -four at 25ld1 35. Buckwheat at 4Oa
4l1ac. Cornnleal steady, dull Rye nominal.
bush sales IL, 900 bush; dull and lower with
options, closing firm No Red in store and elev
7S14 afioar at 80s4c; 10 8oA @s1A: No /
Northern at 74lac. Corn-receipts 16,575 bush
exports %, 424 bush; sales IL, 900 bush; easier
and dull; No 2 at 36 1ac elev; 81 12c aioat. Oats
receipts 74,4OO bush; exports $50 bush;
sales 81 900 bush; fairly active and stronger;
No at 261ac; do White at 26s4; No Chiea-
90 2slsc: No 8 at 24A do White 1854 C; Mix
ed Western 251 aa261sc: do White ana White
State 264a@2S1ac. Beef dull, and unchanged
family at $1U412 90 extra mess at 5oG8 90;
beef hams dull IA 5O@$16; tlerced beef quiet
and steady; city extra India mess $l5tgs6 20
cut meats unchanged steady and dull; pickle
bellies IL TBS 614c do shoulders Al 44M G; do
hams at 81a3s4 c. Lard quiet. easy; western
steam closed at 10; city at ID refined dull /;
Continent at 80; s A at = 20: compound "a
GO. Provisions-Pork is quiet and UNCHANGED
mess at SO 5o@10 70. Butter-fancy hrmer
good demand; State dairy s91s; do creamy Il
@l7h9c; Western dairy 94s@l3c: DO crm 10 g
2oh do held at 1291S; do factory sZa9l2c
Eigins at 201ac. Cheese in tair demand; fancy
do fancy at 1oI4c; small at 6aIoN c. Petro-
leum lower; united So. CoffeO-Rio steady,
and quiet; No at 1914. Sugar--raw is firm
and dull; refined moderately active and firm
No at 4asc; Z at 6-16c;ko 8 at 4A mo at
4 3-16c; NO 10 at +1sc: No IL at l-l6c; No IL
| at 4c: NO 10 at 1916; off A at 4 7-1e44 IL
Ice; Mould at a: standard A 5;Uonfection-
ers'A Az ;cut loaf and crushed 56sc powder
ed 6Ac; graduated at &c; Cubes 514c.
Quotations are those made by retiners on the
one-pricebasis uuder the plan OF October 10th,
1885 which makes large dealers and whole sale
grocers agents OF the Trust handling sugars on
CONSIGNMENT, and who are at stated times OF
settlement allowed a commission of 3-l6c " ID.
There Is also trade discount of I per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for cash ii paid with
in seven DAYS. and no trade discount on smaller
quantities, No sales less than % barrels. For
sugar packed in bags there is no a, ditional
charges on granulated or softs from tn "A in
elusive, and other grades 1sc ~ ID aGGitional.
Freights to Lierpool quiet, nominal grain by
steam ID.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
about steady, UNCHANGED: hard wheat spring
patents lO0s l5; soft wheat patents IS 90 3
G3 10; hard wheat bakers 2 ] 5G2 80 in sacks
soft wheat bakers $2@2 20; Winter wheat al
2o93 in wood: Wheat-No2 Spring So "a
@63$. No 2 Red 66B @6SAc. Corn-No 9 al
28c. Oats-No2 at 1881 020c: No Rye at 50 ;
No 2 Barley 36g3sc. No / Flaxseed at s1s4 c
Mess pork at s7h@s1o. Lard 4oa5 42la
short RIB sides t545 10; Dry salted meats
shoulders at 81 7616 90; short clear sides at
5 25G5 371s.
heceipts-Flour, 5000 bbls: wheat $4,000
bush: corn. 246. 900 bush: oats. 263.OOu bush:
rye. 1900 bush barley. 10000 bush.
ShipmenLs-Fiour 1O10O bbls wheat "a. 800
ush: corn. $4,000 BUSH oats 181 900 bush.
ye. 10000 bush: barley $4,000 bush.
ST. LuulS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged; patentsat so93 IS extra fancy
IS. Wheat unsettled; Feb Gle. Corn easier;
Feb zSA. oats lower; Feb lSc. Provisions
prime steam at 20 choice at s 3d. Bacon
shoulders at o1s longs ga /; clear ribs clear
sides &c. Dry sailed meats-shoulders at 4s4 :
longs ga clear ribs 5ss clear sides 51a.
Receipts-FlOur $500 bbls, wheat IL 100
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats 10 9OO bush rye
bush.
ShipInents-Flour 5000 bbls: wheat 600
bush; corn "a, 600 bush; oats 9 600 bush; We
- bush
DETROIT-Wheat-Ne 2 Red at 73c; No /
White at 731zc. Corn-No 2 at 2S1ac. Oats
No White at %.