The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-31
the session at substantially unchanged
CHICAGO, December so.
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Cash quotations we're as follows:
Flour firm " heat, No 2 spring, 791a q:
No. 3 spring 73a75, No. red 90Ha92. u
No. 2, 22% oats, No 2, 1917; No. 2 white
l8%al9h b; No. 3 white II. Rye, No. Z,
37K. Barley nominal; No.2, o b 24@3l; No. ),
23ka26. Flax seed, No l, 73a75K. Prime Tim
othy seed $2.70. Mess pork per Dbl, SO 50a
$50. Lard, per 100 lbs, S3.15a3S0 Short rib
sides Qoosel $50 la3 90 dry-saIted shoulders
(boXed) 4ka4k; short clear sides (boXedl 81
a.. Whiskey, distitlers' finished goods per gal
lOn$l Is
NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 3O.-FIour dull; city
mill patents $5.20a5.4 As: do. clears S4.95a5 %;
Minnesota patents S4.55a4 20; Minnesota ba
kers $}.4Oa3 95 winter patents A.g5a5.l5; do.
straights $4,000 rs; do. winter extras 5000
1856; winter low grades S2.70ld3 05.
Rye -four dull; superfne &.S5a3.O5; fancy
S3.lUa3.25.
Buckwheat flour dull and weak at $l.25a
100.
Buckwheat quiet at IS.
Corn meal dull: yellow western go; city
81; BrandyWine ST. 10.
Rye nominal; No. western 44a46; car lots
40a42.
Barley steady; western feeding 20; mailing
49,: harley malt dull: western 50aA5
Wheat, spot, weak, NO 4 Northern New
York 92A f. o. b. ailoat; No. hard 96& f. o. b.
a11oat; options, No red January g0ka9l%,
closed sos; March 92a9328 closed 922s; May
66%a90, closed S6&; July sassy, closed 85s;
December 81 a926, closed 91>s.
Corn, spot, weaker No. 2, 29&a28& in e3ara-
tor; 30A a3J@ aiioat; options, January closed
294; May 3l& closed 3l%; July closed 324; De-
cember closed 29&.
Oats, spot weaker; No. 2, 224; No. 8, 204;
No. delivered 254; No. white IN; no.
white ~; track mixed western 2oa3O; track
white state -, options, January closed ~,
February closed 22a; May 23&a34H, closed
234; December closed PIN.
Feed dulE
Hay steady;shipping 52Ka57H good to choice
G7ka50
Hops steady; common to choice 1885 crop 8i5
~, 1896 crop 8a!3, Pacific coast, 1895 crop Bra
N, 1895 crop, Bal3.
Hides firm Galveston, 20a25 lbs, l2al3,
BuenOs Ayres dry, 2Ua24 los, nominal; Texas
dry, MaS0 lbs, 9h; California, 2la35 los, 15&.
Leather steady; Hemlock sole BuenOs yres
light to heavy weights, 1914 a2O2; acid, 2O923.
Wool quiet; domestic fleece, l5a2O; pulled
l5aI6
Coal firm.
Beef arm; family 50 5oa$l1; extra mess
S7.25aS00 beef hams SIS: packed S3a$9.50, city
extra India mess Sl2 5Cal4.50.
Cut meats firm; picked bellies 4&aiA; do
picked shoulders A; do. hams Ska9.
Lard dull; western steamed S4.05k, city ESQ.,;
December nominal; refined steady; conti-
nent A.35; south American $4.65; compound
Pork dull: old mess S8.25G8 rs: short clear
ss.75al0.50; family $l000Gl0.50.
Butter steady; western creamery 1892;
do. factory 7alZ; Elgins Y; imitation cream
cry llal6; State dairy l3al6; do, creamery
Cheese quiet, large State 7KGlOX; small
fancy 7A@lOA; part skins 3k@7h full Skins
Eggs steady; State and Pennsylvania 2la
"a: western fresh l9a20.
Tallow steady; city Isl per package) 35-l6,
country packages free) 3 7-l6, as TO quality.
Cotton seed oil quiet, prime crude 20 bid,
do f o mills Eal7k; off crude lSh, prime
summer yellow 23a24E, off summer yellow
22ha23, butter grades 25ka26 prime white 27a
27h.
Petroleum duh, United closed at 30 bid,
refined New York $500; Philadelphia and
Baltimore So 20; do. in bulk $50.
ROsin firm; strained, common to good
SL75.
TurpentiDe firm at 26AG27K.
Rice quiet; domestic, fair to extra 3B0
81. Japan ~ 9D4A.
Molasses duh; New Orleans. open kettle,
good to choice, 24a34 for new crop.
Pig iron duh; southern SilaI225; northern
Sll.O0al3.OO; exchange -.
Copper steady; brokers' II q exchange S1l As.
Tin tirmer; straights $l3: plates dull
Spelter easy; domestic 81 O0a4 10.
Lead strong: brokers $780, exchange 81 O5.
Coffee Options, December S950a9 IS, jan
uary SO Is, March $9.65a9 10, May S965a9 TO-
June 1915 Spot. Rio quiet; No. Z invoice
l0b; jobbing lO%; mild quiet; Cordova l5hg
IL.
Sugar raw steady; fair refining 2 10 10: cen
trifuRal, 96-test, 3 3-16; refined steady; No. g.
3 $40; No. 2, 81, No; g. 3 Ills; No. 9, 80,
go; No. IA, 85-l6, Mould A, AZ, standard A, AZ:
eonfectioners' A, AZ, cut loaf 5, crushed g.
powdered As, graduated ~, cubes ~.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 30.-Flour firm; west
ern super S2.85g330 do. extra $3.50(14 Is;
do family S4.50(G4.85; winter wheat patents
$500a5.25; spring do. S4.65G4 So; spring wheat
straights ST. 4004.70.
Wheat unsettled and easy; spot o3& assn:
EM5s9y 9Oa9Q4 Southern wheat by sample 94a
96 do. on grade 89Aa93&
Corn active and firm: spot 25ka28%, year
ana January 2I&a2lA; February 27Ba2S:
March z8k a282s, steamer mixed 25%a25A;
Southern white corn 23a2S do. yellow 23a28
Oats easy: No. white western 25a26; No.
mixed 2la22.