The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-27
Domestic Markets.

tBy Telegraph.
MARCH g. 1896.
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
16, o73 packages; exports 1910 bbls and 1850
sacks: sales 10,40o packages iquiet and easy
unchanged.
Flour. auouauons-low extras at 2502 So;
city mills extra at 16a4 %; city mills patents
2OG4 40: winter wheat low grades a. 2 20 u
2 So fair to fancy at 85N3 80: patents at 3 80
ga rs; Minnesota clear 7OGS 20: sTalghtS
do at OOa3 60: do patents 35a4 2O uorye
mixtures 2 bOq3 80; superfiDe at 20OG2 so:
fine at OcG2 80. Southern -four market quiet;
common to fair extra at 4O0.3 90; good to
choice at 3 00@3 80. Rye flour dull, and steady
2 60a2 65. Buckwheatlfiour 2Oal 20. Buck
wheat 40@4lAc. Cornmeal steady; Yellow
Western 20 @2 25; brandywine at 2 20. Rye
nominal, Wbeat-recelpts = bush: exports 81 :
$50 bush: sales $4,000 bush moderately active
and firmer mo Red store and elev 79la7914
arloat S01a@90A c; f at S0GS1Ac: No
Northern at 73073L4. Corn-receipts "a, rs
bush: exports e.677 bush; sales 1900 bush
Oats-receipts l21, 900 bush; exports 20, $50
bush ;sales 81 900 bush; quiet and strong; No2
at 24s4 @25c; Whit do at 26c; No 2 Chicago
25A 92 e No at 2sha a2aM White do 25c
State at 26a2S14c. Beef quiet and steady.but
unchanged. family S10G II 90 ;beef hams dull
uerced beef inactive, cut meat quiet STEADY
pickle bellies u TBS IA a4Ts C; do shoulders at
Az C; do hams at Stage. Lard dull and easy
Western steam closed at ~ G5 40; city at
81 90: refined is quit; Continent at 8 70; A
o 4Us compound dt 4oE ga q. fIOFlSlOnS-FOrk
is slow; mess at SO 5o@1O 90. Butter steady,
light receipts; state dairy 9@20c; do crm held
13@ Sc; Western dairy at 1O014; do crm at 3
9a22c; do factory at 9@13; Elgns 22c. Cheese
In fair demand. unchanged; State large 6@lOA
do fancy 1OlAc; small at 6@lOAc. Petroleum
easier; united 34Aa .Coffee-Rio dull Jtegdy
Sugar-raw Quiet firm; refined active and firm;
No 8 at 41ac; at 5-16c; No at 4as No 8 at
6-16c;N 10 at IA c;No at 3-16c; No IL
at rs: NO Is at 4 lie: off A at A 9-l6 G4 3D.
Ice; Mould 5ss standard A o rs ;Confection-
ers' A Sc; cut loaf and crushed 5a4 G.: powder
ed at 5asc; graduated at 1sc; Cubes at 53sc
Quotations are those made by refners on the
one-prlcebasis uuder the plan of October 10th.
grocers agents OF the Trust handling sugars on
consignment, and who are at stated times of
settlement allowed a cmmiSSiOn of 3-I6c y fb.
There is also trade discount of / 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 IA in
elusive, and other grades 1sc y fb additional
Treights 10 Liverpool quiet-graln by steam
112d nominal.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quietland steady: hard wheat spring patenl S
3 1898 80; soft wheat patents So OOG(d3 10:
hard wheat bakers at 2 l5G2 so in sacks; soft
93 10 in wood. Wheat-No2 Spring at 6lQ
621sc; No Red at 64129661sc. Corn-No D
at 2S14 1D2S44 C. Oats-No at 1y9491sc:No 2
Rye at 35s4 c; No Barley at BIC. No Flax
seed 891a 989s4 c;Mess pork 8 7O@8 rs. Lard
05@5 07Ha; short RIB sides 7z1a94 TIM
Dry sailed meats-shoulders at 81 5OG14 6Zl%
short clear sides 621s4 rs.
Receipts-Flour, $500 bDls: wheat. 2.7OO
bush: corn. l66. 900 Dushs oats. 285, 900 bush:
rye. $500 bush barley. "a, 200 bush.
ShtpmenJs-Flour 1920 bbls. wheat II 600
bush; corn. "a 900 bush: oats 248, 900 bush
rye, 24o0iousR: barley $4,000 bush.