The Portland daily press., 1896-05-20
Domestic Markets.


MAY, 10 1896.
NEW YCRK-The Flour Market receipts
20,669 packages; exports 612 bbls and 81
300 sacks: sales $3.50 packages; dull, d
easy. unchanged.
rIour duotaHons-low extras at 17532 30;
city mills extra at 1904 20; city mills patents
30G4 90: winter wheat low grades At 754
2 90 flair to fancy at 2 50ta3 IS: patents at 3
do at ooG3 so: do patents 1894 80: 10 rye
mixtures 5oa3 80: superfine at 2 OOi92 20
fine at 1892 10. Southern flour unchanged
quiet; common to fair extra 2 3O02 80; good
choice ao@3 20. Rye flour dull and easy
at 40l2 SO. Buckwheat -four 90 Buck
wheat 4O@42. Cornmeal dull, steady. Wheat
sales $4,000 bush; dull ,frmer; o Use to ar
rive: No Northern at 712c. Colu-receipts
1Io.725 bush: Exports 225, 1886 bush; sales g.
0O0 bush: dull firm. No at 3514c elev, 3614
176.337 bush: sales 1900 bush fairly active,
easier; No Z at 24A; do White 25s4 G.; No z
Chicago 2o14c; No at 1914 c; do White 241a
26G2sc. Beef dull; family at SO oU@S1o; extra
mess ooG$S ;beef hams quiet $l4 5O3l5 90;
terced beef inactive; city extra India mess at
Sl3Yl5 on, cut meats Slow weak: pickle bel
lies ~ TBS "a; do shoulders at Ala g4Aa do
hams at 3@912. Lard quiet, weak; Western
steam closed SO; city 20; refined slow Con
tinent at is; 5 A at 3 90: compound at 4Is6
"A. Prov1siOns-Pnrk is dull, easy, old mess al
So 7oG9 rs new mess at 50 1903 rs. Butter
receipts large, weak; state dairy at SA15c
DO creamery ll@loH2c; Western dairy, old ia
lie: do crm at 11@li4ac; do factory 7@iO:
hlgins 15gl51a. Cheese is freely offered with
moderate demand; State large, old at 5091ac
do new GA csc; do small, ola at 41z69A
new "a OsA. Petroleum quieteasier united
ll1a. quiet and firm. Coffee-kio quiet, firm
| Sugar-raw more active, easier; refined quiet;
No at 46sc; No z at 9-16c: No at 41ac;
Nos at 4sac; No 10 at islsc: No IL at 5
16c; No IL at 4hAc: NO 10 at 3-16c: off A
4 11-16@4Bc; Mould 51ac; standard A at
Ola :ConfectionerS' A Ls ;cut loaf and crushed
s sc; powdered at 8 1ac ;granulated b14 Cubes
b1ac.
onc-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-i6c " Id.
There is also a trade discount OF per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for casn ifpaid with.
IN seven days, and no trade discount OH smaller
quantities. No sales less than 25 barrels. For
sugar packed in bags there is no additional
charges on graduated or softS from tn "A in
elusive. and other grades 1sc % ID aGIIinonal
Freights TO Liverpool firm, quiet-srain by
steam I'd.
CHICAGO--The Flour market to-day was
dull,unchanged ;hard wheat spring patents 3 40
93 60; soft wheat patents So OOG@3 10 hard
bakers $2@2 20; Winter wheat at 2093 AZ
in wood. Wheat-No2 spring 1894 U61Aci
No2 Red at $3.50 G65c. Corn-No2 at 28as
S2oHsc. O2ts-No at 191sla 1914 No Rye
at 64sc; No Barley at 3.;@37c. No Flax
seed 551ac Mess pork at 65a7 70. Lard 90
GA 5714; short rib sides Ooa4 10. Dry salt
ed meats-shoulders oog4 25 short clear at
sides 4 1212Ca4 %.
Receipts-Flour, 1o,soo bbls: wheat. 1900
bush: corn. ISL. 600 bush: oats. $3.50, OOu bush:
rye. 1900 bush barley. At 900 Dnsh.
ShipmenLs-Flour 1920 nbls wheat 26 700
bush: corn. 1873, 900 bush oats 88, 500 bush.
rye. 5000 bush: barley 5000 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
easier. unchanged; patents 6503 rs, ,cxt fancy
3503 40; fancy at 1892 So: choice 5Ol5
2 60. Wheat higher: May at 55sl c. Corn high
er; May at 2as4 bid. sOats are higher May
at 1850. rovislons-Pork-new s74a old
SO. Lard-prime steam at 81 321a choice at
429a. Bacon-shoulders 4M longs at 4as