The Portland daily press., 1896-03-19

MARCH Is. 1896.
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
1851 packages; exports 1915 bblS and 1297
sacks: sales $500 packages unchanged ,olnet
and steady.
Flour .auotaJIons-low extras at 2 2b@e2 So;
City mills extra at l5sd4 %; City mills patents
20a4 40: winter wheat low grades ar 70 q
so fair to fancy at 86G3 80: patents at 3 ~
"a 20; Minnesota clear 1908 20: sHalghts
do at 0OG3 60: do patents 8 35M4 90: d0fye
mixtures 5093 80: superfine at O0d2 80:
fine at O0G2 80. Southern -four unchanged I;
common to fair extra at 4O(93 90; good to
choice at 3 Oo43 80. Rye flour quiet, steady
2 6O92 Sd. BuckWheat -four. Buckwheat 40g
4ic. Cornmeal quiet; Yellow Western 2 20
az rs; brandywine at 20. Rye unchanged.
Wbeat-recelpts - bush: exports bush: sales
bush; dull. firm: No Red store and elev at
1914; atioat at s0s4c; o at SOFA @81Ac:
No Northern at 1914. Corn-receipts $1,000
bush: exports 5000 BUSH sales IA 900 bush:
dull, steady No at 81 "a in elev, 381a afoat.
Oats-recelpts SO, 500 bush; exports &c bush;
25Ac: White do 81 mo 2 Chicago 2614 "a 2e1a !;
No 3 at 2414 White do 25Asc G.; Mixed Western
90 926c: do White ana White State 27@29c.
Beef dull. family atS10G IL 90; extra mess at
z 600S 90; beef hams quiet, UNCHANGED Ia 500
81 ;sterced beef dull; city extra India mess at
Sl5026 so cut meats quiet. steady: pickle bel
lies - TBS 41sc; do shoulders at 32tg44. C do
hams Sage. Lard dun and weak; Western
steam closed 5 30; city So co: refined quiet,
weak; Continent at 8 SO: s A at ID: COM
pound at 4ese4B. Proyisions-Pork steady,
/
demand, steady State dairy at lO92oc; do crm
held at 1891 &c: Western dairy 1904 do crm
at l2a22c; do factory at 9@13c Elgins 22c.
Cheese II falr demand; State large at 6@1oA I;
firm; united at Al. Coffee-Rio is dull and
steady; No at 1874. sugar-raw is firm and
quiet; efned firm, fairly active; unchanged:
No at 41ac; at Bloc; No s at $50 mo $ at
4 5-16c mo 10 at 414c:No IL at 3-t6c; No IL
at 1s: NO Is at lie: off A at 9-16 "a 13-
Ice; Mould 5ss standard rs ;Confection-
ers' A DC ;cut loaf and crushed 5s4 C; powder
ed at 5asc: gr2nulated at 61sc; Cubes at 53sc
Quotations are those made by refners on the
0ne-prlcebasis uuder 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 a commission of 3-16c 49 ID.
There is also a trade discount of 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 additional
charges on graduated or softs from to - in
elusive, and other grades Use ~ tb additional.
Freights to Liverpool quiet, unchanged
grain by steam at ia d.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
firm; foreign bids 10a20 under the market;
prices unchanged: lhard wheat spring patent s
1898 30; soft wheat patents So 0OA13 10;
hard wheat bakers att 1892 80 in sacks: soft
wheat bakers $2@2 20; Winter wheat at 9 20
Q3 40 in wood. Wheat-No2 Spring 61ss0
621ac; No Red at 64& @66hc. Corn-No Q
2S1al0285sc. Oats-No2 at 19@A19s4 C: No 2
Rye s61aa36; No 2 Barley 36a36c. No Flax
seed 90@9014c; Mess pork 45@9 30. Lard
at 221aG 20 ;short RIB sides at oo@5 10;
Dry sailed meats-shoulders at 81 621a44 rs:
short clear sides 3T1aGd6 30.
Receipts-Flour $500 bbls: wheat. $1,000
bush: corn. 422. 900 bush: oats. 558,ooo bush:
rye. $500 bush barley. $1,000 bush.
Shipments-Flour 400 bbls wheat 49, 900
bush; corn. $4,000 bush: oats 2l0, 900 bush.
rye. 1900 bush: barley $4,000 bush.
ST. LOUISEThe Flour market to-day was
quiet; patents at 6043 70, extra fancy at 80
G3 40; fancN2 1892 So: choice at 2 6Oaz2 70.
Wheat higheI; March 5914c. Corn higher; Mich
2e1ac. oats higher; March d9Ac. Provisions
at So o21a@6 071a. Bacon-shoulders at Ia ;
longs at sos: clear ribs at 81 clear sides 51a .
Dry sailed meats-shulders at 4sz longs 51s ;
clear ribs at 514 clear sides 5ss.
Receipts-Flour 1900 bbls; wheat 15, 500
bush; corn 46, 900 bush; oats % 500 bush; rye
- bush.
Shiprnents-Flour 6,loo bbs: wheat 900
bush; corn 1900 bush; oats12.7oO bush ,ye
bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red at CSC; Ne l
White 701ac. Corn-No at 29s4 C. Oats-Noz
White 231s.