The Portland daily press., 1896-03-07
Domestic Markets.

MARCH 6, 1896
NEW YORK-The Flour Market receipts
Is, 1872 packages; exports 6.434 bbls and 81
$40 sacks: sales 8, 400 packages; unchanged.
dull and easy.
Flour duotaTions-low extras at 60@3 90;
city mills extra at l6U4 %: city mills patents
3 on fair to fancy at 55a3 80: patents at 3 80
"a 15; Minnesota clear 70G3 80; stralghts
do at ood3 so: do patents 1894 80: dorve
mixtures 5o@3 80: superfne at 1902 70:
fine at 2 OOG2 OF. southern flour unchanged.
easy; common to fair extra at 50t93 90; good
to choice at J DOGS 80. Rye flour dull, easy
eo@2 So. Buckwheat -four steady at 20
"a rs. Buckwheat at 4O@4lc. Cornme"l I'M
changed yellow Western 2 ao@2 IS; brandy
wine 20. Rye state 491s afioat. Wbeat-re-
celpts - bush: exports = bush: sales : bush;
inactive lower No Red in store and elev at
81; atloat at S21ac; 0 at s3i4: No North
ern 1854: Corn-receipts 2o.476 bush :expor,s
1888 bush; sales 5000 bush scarce, quiet and
firm; No at 38 02SlAc elev, 39a391ac anoat.
Oats-receipts &c, 0onibush exports 667O bush
sales 1G.oOp bush; dull, steady; No z at 26c;
White do at 2719c: No 2 Chicago at 27c; No 3
at 25c; do White 26A2c; Mixed Western at 26a
27e; do White ana White State at 26@291 nc.
Beef is quiet,unchanged family at S1001200;
extra mess bOidS 90; beef hams slow at Ia so
@S15, tlerced beef quiet; city extra lnaia mess
$l6l@:6 so cut meats quiet, easier pickle bellies
2 lbs 41sc DO shoulders 412c; do hams s 1@ q
Ss4 Lard is quiet. weaker, Western steam
closed at 90 bid; city at So refined quiet Con
tinent at SOS A at 10: compound 4s% @41s.
trOTlHlOlS-fpTE uuIl easy mess at SlU Jug
10 30 Butter in fair demand, firm; STATE dairy
at lO620e; do creamy held 13GlSc: Western
crm at iIa21 Nc; 40 factory 9@13: Elgins at
211sc. Cheese tairly active: choice unchanged.
State large at 6gt1 Ola do fancy 1O1Ac; small
6glos4 C. Petroleum steady; united at rs.
Coffee-Rio dull and steady. Sugar--raw is
dull, firm; refined market quiet. unchanged ;
No at Asa Z at 4 5-l6c; No at IA mo 5 at
4 3-16c mo 10 AT 41sc:No IL at Lice; No II
at &C; NO l5 at 5 15-16o; of A at 4 7-1eGSA IL
Ice; Mould A at 514 standard A 8 ;Cohfectior-
ers' A us C ;cut loaf and crushed 56sc ,powder-
ed STAG; granuated at SC: Cubes b1Ac.
Quotations are those made by refiners on the
oue-prlcebass uuder the plan of October 10th.
1896 which makes large dealers and wholesale
grocers agents of the Trust handling sugars on
consignment. and who are at stated times OF
settlement allowed cmmlSSiOn of 3-l6c ~ H..
There is also 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 a. ditional
charges on granulated or softs from tn - III
elusive, and other grades 1sc " fb aGdislonaI.
Freights to Llerpool quiet, nominal grain by
steam ia d.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
dull, unchanged; hard wheat spring patnets at
3l093 10; soft wheat patents So O0G@3 10;
wheat bakers S2G2 20; Winter wheat at 3 20
@3 A., in wood. Wheat-No2 Spring at GAG
651sc; No 2 Red at $685. @69aac. Corn--No 2
at 2sss02ss4 C.. Oats-No at 1sTs a2oc No
Rye at 39 No Q Barley 34p36c No Flax
seed at Sg1ac: Mess pork at 8 60@9 65. Lard
at 2o65 271a short RIB sides at obGR5 10;
Dry sailed meats-shoulders at 81 621ag4 rs
short clear sides at 5 121a6l5 rs.
bush: corn. 285, roo bush oats. 324.oOU bush;
rye. $500 bushlbarley. IT, 600 bush.
Sh1pn,ents--Flour 1920 bblss wheat 5000
bush; corn. $4,000 bush: oats 2S 1000 bush
rye. 1900 hush: barley $4,000 bush.
ST. LOUIS-Ihe Flour market to-day was
unchanged; patents 3 65@3 so extra fancy