The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-30
Domestic Markets.
By Telegraph

MAY 20, 1896.
NEW YCRK-The Flour market = receipts
1881 packages; exports Il, 5l9 bbls and ! :
$50 sacks: sales lC, 200 packages; unchanged,
dull d weak.
rtour auotauons-Iow extras at 1902 80;
city mills extra at l0a4 20: city mills patents
30a4 90: winter wheat low grades a. 1OG
So fair to fancy at 4543 So: patents at 3 Z 0
G3 50 Minnesota clear 46@3 0o stralghts
do at 2 95a3 55; do patents 4594 40: do rye
mixtures 60a3 25 superine al 9592 20;
nne at 7o@2 10. Southern flour is dull and
easy; common to fairlextra 20G2 80; good
to choice at sO@3 10. Rye flour quiet. steady.
Buckwheat -four at 20. Buckwheat 4oe42
Cornmeal unchanged, quiet. Wbeat-recelpIs
259,725 bush; exports bush; sales 72.000
bush: dull. tirmer; No o b at 1914 TO arriye
No Northern 1874 to arrive. Coln-recelpts
l00. 800 bush ;exporls S697 bush ;sales ICE, 5000
bush: "a A2c lower;fair expert demand, No 2
at 331ac elev, 341ac aroat. Oats-receipts 3d.
900 bush, exports 1850 bush: sales 22b.0oO
bush: moderately active, steady; No z at CSC :
White do 24s4 025c mo Chicato at 24c; No 3
at &c do White 231a Mixed western "a a2oc:
White and White State at 26@2oc. Beef quiet
steady: family h0@39; extra mess at 6 90 g
Z o;beef hams dull; tierced beef frmer; City
extra India mess $40 50g1l 80, cut meats are
dull, wrak; pickle bellies IL TBS 41s; do shout
ders at IA; do hams s@91s. Lard quiet and
oOg4 05: refined dull ; Continent 10; s A at
20: compound at 4t44ssc. Provisions-P0rk
steady, moderate demand, old mess SIG SIS so;
new mess 1919 rs. Butter quiet, unchanged
and steady; State dairy at 8l15c; 40 creamery
114l5Rc; Western dairy old ?M1lc do GRIN
11@ln1a do factory at 7(G1012c: Elgins 51s.
Cheese Quiet, easy; State large old at h@94ae;
do new at 5A@1e; do SMALL oil at Alag
sMc; new 1914. Petroleum quiet-united
i %. Coffes-Rio dull. easier. Sugar-raw is
QUIET easier; refined quiet, steady, unchanged;
No 6 at 46sc; No at 4 9-16c: No at 4Ac;
No 8 at 444c; No 10 at 49, C: No IL at D.
I6c; No IL at 414c: NO l5 at 3-16c: off A
41l-16@41sc; Mould A Sac; standard A at
ola ;Confectioners' A SIS ;cut loaf and crushed
rod OIL Co, 1la%< a hna
SIC sc '' - : NV 's' ~ ''''''N : % 'o'D''
Quotations are those made by refners on the
one-prlcebasiS uuder the plan CT October 10th.
1886 which makes large dealers ana wholesale
grocers agents of the Trust handling sugars on
consignment and who are at stated tunes OF
settlement allowed a commission OF 3-l6c p Id.
There is also trade discount of per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent Tor casn if paid with
in seven days, and no trade discount Gil smaller
quantities. No sales less than 25 barrels. For
sugar packed in bags there is no a. ditional
charges on granulated or softs FROM J tn - IN
elusive. and other grades Zee " ID aciitional.
Freights to Liverpool quiet ,steady-grain by
steam I'd.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
steady; hard wheat spring patents 40 at
gS 60; soft wheat patents SO 0o0@3 &c; hard
wheat bakers l5g2 80 in sacks; soft wheat
bakers $2G2 20; Winter wheat at 5 2O93 Az
in wood. Wheat-Eo2 spring 5TM Q3o31sci
No Red at 6O1s @62c. Corn-No at 2714O
20. Oats-No 2 at l8a@1Sc: No Rye 33c;
No Barley at 34@35e. No l Flaxsecd at $50;
Mess pork at 95a7 o. Lard at 2Oa4 20;
short rib sides 500: 80. Dry salted meats
shoulders 0og4 20: short clear sides 81 "a
"a 90.
Recsipts-Flour, 4414 bbls: wheat. $4,000
bush: corn. 332 800 bush: oats 1856, U0U bush:
rye. SO bush barley. 24.0oO bush.
ShipmenJS-Flour 800 bbs. wheat 10000
bush; corn. $780, OOi bush; oats 97.50O bush.
rye. 62o bush: barley 34o0 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged; patents 8 AO@3 80, extra fancy at
/ 593 25; fancy at 6Ota2 so: choice 4os1
So. Wheat lower. Corn lower. oats lower.
ProvisionS-Pork--new7 1871; old at Sa1a.
Lard-prime steam at So so; choice X 05. Ba
con-shoulders Az; longs Az clear ribs 45a
clear sides at 4ss. Dry sailed meats-shoul-
ders 3M C; longs So clear ribs at 4 Us clear
sides Az.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red 64s4 C: Ne1
White at 69c. Corn-No at 2Sc. Oats-No
White 81 L4c bid