The Portland daily press., 1896-08-21
Domestic Markets.
[By telegraph


AUGUST 20. 1896
NEW YCRK-The Flour Market receipts
%, LA packages; exports $500 Dbl. and 81
ZOO sacks: sales 10, 500 PACKAGES unchanged,
quiet and steady.
flour auoIarons-low extras at l7O@2 80;
city mills extra at O043 so; city mills patents
1904 30: winter wheat low grades az FOG
90; fair to fancy at 40RS 40: patents 46S
75 Minnesota clear at 2 30a2 10: stxssghts
at 2 85@3 80: do patents ats 15iG4 10: DO rye
mixtures 4oG2 80; superfine at / 55@2 10;
mon to fair extra at o0G2 so; good to choice
at 6042 80. Rye flour dull and steady. Corn
meal steady. Rye firm. Wbeat-recelpss 80,
$50 bush; exports 103, 938 bush; sales "a ,0o0
Northern 651a. Coln-rece1pts lOO,425 bush
exports 76, 800 bush; sales $4,000 bush: dull
firm. No at 1854 in elev. 29sA afloat. Oats
receipts 74,4O0 bush, exports 54.S3i bush:
No at 2214 9221ac; do White at 26c; No 2
Chicago at 2S@231ac; No at zoe ;do White at
2hc; Mixed Western 22@23Aac; do White and
family at 8 5oa$9; extra at 1857; beef hams
dull. steady :tierced beef quiet aud steady; cu1
meats steady, and unchanged; pickle bellies Il
gao. Lard fairly active, steady; Western steam
closed at So; city SO; refined quiet, STEADY
Continent at %; 8 A at 70, compound31s
~: Provisions.Pork quiet. steady, old mess
| at SOS 25;new SOFAS 70, Butter fairly active
firm; State dairy 1O@1hc; do crm 111a9 16c
Western dairy 9@l2; do crm 111a@16; do fac
tory 715@1ic; Elgins at 16. Cheese is quiet
Petroleum quiet, steady. Coffee-Rio steady
No at Z Sac; No at s-1sc; No at 4isc
No 8, 1-16cs No 10 at 4c; No IL at 8 15-16c
No IL at 32sc: NO 10 at 8 13=l6:off 4 7-leg
31sc; Mould A &c: standard A 41 G; Confec-
TONERS A 4ssc; cut loaf 5ss; crushed 5ssc;
powdered Sc; granulated at 4s4 C; Cubes at &c.
Quotations are those made by refners on the
One-price basis 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 a commission of 3-16c " Id.
There is also trade discount of per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for casn if paid with
IN seven days, and no trade discount on smaller
quantities. No sales less than 20 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 additional
Freights TO Liverpool firm, ouiet-grain by
steam 21ad.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet and generally easy: hard white spring
patents a to 403 So; soft wheat patents So l0
Q3 II; hard wheat bakers 25G2 AS in sacks
soft wheat bakers $2@2 20; Winter wheat al
3 00g3 20 in wood. Wheat-No spring al
54ss@55 Aac; Red at 59A @So1sc. Corn-No 2
No 2 Rye at Bic; No 2 Barley at 33034c. NO i
Flaxseed 6o@661ac; Mess pork at 9o@5 95
Lard 421a; short rib sides 8 2bGs3 80. Dry
sailed meats-shoulders 3A a. 90: short clear
sides 621a@3 rs.
Receipts-Flour. 1900 bliss wheat 144ooe
bush: corn. 271 900 bushi oats .243. 4Ou bush.
rye, 1000 bush barley $500 onsa.
ShipmenLs-Fiour 1900 5bls: wheat LAT 40C
bush; corn. 527 500 bush. oats 336.600 bush
rye. 5000 bush BARLEY 1900 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged dull; patents at 8 00G3 16. extra
fancy2 7043 05; fancy at 40@2 so: choice z
1922 20. Wheat lower: Aug at 6114, Sept
6S5sc. Corn. Dec higher; others lower. Aug al
21A, Sep at 2iasc, oats lower; Aug at Is IA
Sept at lSc. Pork-new =; old rs. Lard
higher prime steam 321a; choice at 81 IA
Bacon-shoulders at 41s longs at BIS ;clear ribs
AIS ;clear sides 4. Dry sailed meats-shoulders
3M C; longs 3ss; clear ribs 3s4; clear sides
3N.
keceipts-Flour $500 bbls; wheat 900
bush ;corn 64,70o bush; oats Al, 800 bush; rye
= bush.
Shipments-Flour 5000 bbis :: wheat 80, 3oC
bush ;corn 132.OOo bush oats IL 800 bush rye
bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No 2 Red at 621ac: Nc
White at 621sc. Corn-No at 25c. Oats
No White 24c-