The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-06
Domestic Markets.
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AUGUST s. 1896.
NEW YCRK-The Flour market - receipts
1910 packages; exports 334o bbls and T.
SS6 sacks: sales IL 200 packages; unchanged,
quiet, steady.
rIour duoIauons-low extras at 7062 30;
city mills extra at oO03 so; city mills patents
4 1904 3d. winter wheat low grades az FOG
80; fatr to fancy at 4Olz3 40: patents 3 4bes
3 10 Minnesota clear at 2 4O42 80: stralghts
at 2 1898 40: do patents at 1894 90 dorye
mixtures 4oi@2 80; superfine at 1 6O62 10;
quiet; common TO fair extra 0o@2 60; good
to choice at 2 6o@2 so. Rye flour easy. Corn
meal easy. Rye easy. Wbeat-recelpts none:
exports none; sales "a 900 bush: dull, steady,
Coln-recelpts 4o,s50 bush; Exports 1O.A5e
bush: sales AS, 900 bush: quiet, firm. No at
STA elev, 32l4c afloat. Oats-recelpts 28, 800
bush, exports 80 bush: sales 60 900, bush; :
dull, frmer. No at 2312c; White 261ac: No 2
Chicago &c; No 3 at 22lAc do White at 2514
Mixed Western at 23(02412c; do White and
White State 27432c. Beet quiet, steady, fam
lily s 5o4$9; extra at $60$7 beef hams quiet:
tierced beef quiet, steady; cut meats quiet and
steady; pickle bellies IL TBS ~ c; do shoulders
3Aa G3A do hams at 9@1Q. Lard quiet and
trmer; Western steam closed 62aa city at
5, 1898 20 ;.refned firmer-C Continent l 8 IS A
76,compound at 3 70 GAS. Provisions-Pork is
quiet, firmer; old mess S@s so; new 1880
Butter market quiet, steady, unchanged; State
dairy 10G2141ac; do crm 111s015c: Western
dairy 9912c; do crm at l11a @15; do factory at
71a91O14c; Elgins at 10. Cheese marketiduiet
and steady; State large sac; do small b1a@
&c. Petroleum quiet; united at 0b1a. Coffee
Rio dull and steady; No at 111a@ils4 {.
Sugar-raw fairly ctiFe, firm ;refned rs higher |;
No at 7-16c; NOT at o-16c; No at IA C |;
No 8, 3-1ec: No 10 at as; No Il at Lice !;
No12 at 4c: NO Is az 8 1916: off A 47-I6@
1850; Mould A 51sc; standard A 4Bc: Confee-
toners A IA C; cut loaf 512; crushed 51s G.:
powdered 61sc; graduated 44sc; Cubes Sac.
Quotations are those made bysrefners on the
one-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-l6c y ID.
There is also trade discount of j per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for easn 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 p Id additional
Freights TO Liverpool firm, qmet-grain by
steam IA d.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet steady :hard white spring pat 1898 SO
sort wheat patents at IS 25@3 40; hard wheat
bakers 25G2 45 in sacks; soft wheat bakers
$242 20; Winter wheat at 0093 70 in wood.
Wheat-No2 spring at 675sG5S1ac; No Q Red
at 6l@621sc. Corn-No at 24s4 G2o. Oats
No at 1814t9181a. No 2 Rye 30a3o1sc ;No2
Barley 32933c nominal. No Flaxseed 7214c C;
Mess pork at 1896 STU. Lard 4593 471a
shoulders 3s4 q 90; short clear sides at 5 75@
8 8T14.
Receipts-Flour. 1o,2o0 bbls: wheat. LA, 900
bush: corn S58 600 bush, oats. Bob, Sou bush;
rye IL, 400 bush barley z 400 Dnsh.
Shipments--Flour 14.40Olb wheat lis, 500
bush; corn. 423, 500 bush: oats 246. 200 bush
rye. 600 bush: barley O0obush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged; patents at 31O@3 10. exrasfancy
2 7h@3 So; fancy at 2 40@2 60 choice 1O9
2 20. Wheat lower: Aug 6o1s@b0Ac. Corr
higher, Aug at Z2s4c, oats higher; Aug 2o1sc.
Pork-new 00,old 10. Lara. prime steam at
x 27l1 choice < RaeOD-qhoOldarS .
longs 3s4 clear ribs 41s clear sides 414. Dry
sailed meas-shouders at 3Ssc; longs at $40
ear ribs at 3Ss clear sides 3sz.
ReceipIs-Flour 5000 bbls; wheat 107, 100
busn;corn 19S, 400 bush; oats21, 800 bush; rye
= bush.
Shpments-Flour 5000 bbls: wheat "a. 300
bush; corn $500 bqshi oats 200 bush rye
bush
DETROIT--Wheat-No Red at 64c: No 1
White at 65c. Corn-No 2 at 261ac. Oats
No 2 White 2ALa