The Portland daily press., 1896-03-24
Domestic NJ arkets.
MARCH 20, 1886


MARCH 20. 1896.
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
%, 500 packages; exports 1877 bbls and IT.
oil sacks: sales 1900 packages ;dull and easy
city mills extra at 15a4 2b: city mills patents
4 2044 45: winter.wheat low grades az 26a
80 fair to fancy at 85,d3 so: patents at 80
"a IS; Minnesota clear 270a3 20: stralshts
dosat 00a3 go: do patents 35G4 20: dorye
mixtures 5093 30; superfne at 20092 30:
fine at 2 0o42 80. Southern flour quiet easy;
common to fair extra at 40G3 90; good to
choice at O0@3 Rye flour dull, and steady
2 60a2 66. Buckwheat flour l 20@1 %. Buck
wheat 40@4ls4c. Cornmeal steady; Yellow
Western 20 GO 25i brandywine at 2 20. Rye
nominal. Wbeat-recelpts - bush: exports -
bus: sales "a, 900 bush; dull and weaker: No 2
Red store and elev 7Sc; afioat at 791ac; o b
79@80c: No Northern at ~. Corn-recepts
$1,000 bush: exports 1857 bush sales 80, $50
bush: dull, firm, No at 37c elev, $50 a1oat
Oats-receipts l22,800 bush; exports 81. 1877
bush; sales 30 900 bush; quiet easy No 2 at
25c; White do 26hs No Chicago zee; No 3 at
26c; do White ana White State 26AQ2s1ac
Beef is dull. family S10l@ IL Oo extra mess at
beef dull,weak; city extra India mess at $l5@
~ Tbs 41sc; do shoulders 41a @4sA c do hams
Stage. Lard lower; Western steam closed at
5 40; city 81 80 bid; refined dull; Continent
at SO; "a at 6 L.: compound at 4s*@41s.
@10 20. Butter is in fair demand, and steBdy;
State dairy at 1042Oc; do crm held 1391Sc;
Western dairy at 1894 do crm at l2a22c; do
factory e@13: Elgins at 22c. Cheese in fair de-
mand; State large at 6QloA do fancy 1U14c !;
small at 6@lOAc Petroleum easier; united
at ! ga. COffee-Rio dull and steady. sugar
raw firm, quiet; efned fairly active and f1rm
No at 41ac; z at 5-16c; No at 4ss No 8 at
4 6-16c; NE 10 at 4Ac:No II at 4 3-l6c; No ~
at "a: NO IS at lie: off A at 9-16 "a 49,
Ice; Mould A 53s standard ia ;Confeetion-
ers' A &c; cut loaf and crushed 5s4 G: powder
ed at 5as c; graduated at b sc; Cubes at 63sc
Quotations are those made by refiners on the
one-prIcebasis under the plan of October 10TH
1895 which makes large dealers and wholesale
grocers agents of the Trust handling sugars on
consignment, and who are at stated times of
settlement allowed cmmiSsion of 3-16c 9Y H.
There is also trade discount of l per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for cash ifpaid with
in seven days, and no trade discount on smaller
quantities.. No sales less than 25 barrels. For
sugar packed in bags there is no additional
charges on granulated or softs from to "a in
elusive. and other grades 1sc " tb adGluonal
Freights to Liverpool quiet-graln by steam
Had.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet and easy: hard wheat spring patents at
1898 90; soft wheat patents So 00a@3 10;
hard wheat bakers at l5G2 30 in sacks: soft
wheat bakers $2l2 20; Winter wheat at 20
611sc No Red at 64@65ysc. Corn-No at
2Sssc Oats-No at l99191Ac: No 2 Rye at
351sc; No Barley BIC. No Flaxseed at 9Oc
short RIB sides 476@s4 80; Dry salted meats
shoulders at 81 e21aB4 rs: short clear sides
O0a5 I21a.
Receipts-Flour, $500 bbls: wheat. 10000
bush: corn BOG, 900 bush: oats. 1874 UOU bush.
rye. $500 bush barley. IS, 900 BUSH
ShipmenIs-Flour 5000 obls. wheat 10Y 900
bush; corn. II 200 bush: oats 2o3.0o0 bush
rye. 34O0 bush: barley 10000 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged; patents 55@3 65, extra fancy
at 25&3 35; fancy 85a3 90; choice at 5h
@2 70. Wheat lower; March 5714c. Corn is
lower; Mch 26Nc. oats lower; March 181hc
Provisions-Pork-new So 1914 old So 621a
Lard-choice at 81 9O@4 90. Observation-Disclosures
ga longs at "a ;clear ribs "a; clear sides at
55s.c Dry sailed meaGs-shulders at 41a longs
8 clear ribs at 5hs: clear sides 514.
Receipts-Flour 400 bbs; wheat 29,6Oo
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats 20 600 bush: rye
bush.
Shipments-Flour 7,4Oo bbls: wheat 500
bush; corn 10000 bush; oats18 200 bush rye
bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Q Red 63Ac; Ne 1
White at 701sc. Corn-No at 1894 c. Oats
No White 225s.