The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-01
Domestic Markets.
by telegraph,

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MARCH 81. 1896.
NEW YORK-The Flour MARKET receipts
II, SS3 packages; exports 1900 bbls and 49,
"a sacks: sales $500 PACKAGES unchanged,
dull, easy.
Flour. duoLauons-low extras at 2 25@2 So:
cry mills extra at l5d4 %; city mills patents
4 2014 40: winter wheat low grades az goa
2 50 ;fair to fancy at S5iQ3 80: patents at S 80
ga 20; Minnesota clear 2 1898 20: sualghts
do at 3 o0a3 60: do patents 35tg4 20: dorye
mixtures 50G3 80; superlne at 2 00A2 80;
fine 2 0oA2 80. Southern -four market quiet;
common to fair extra at 4093 90; good to
choice at 0o43 80. Rye flour dull, steady at
2 66a2 S6. Buckwheat -four 20a1 20. Buck
wheat 4og4lc. Cornneal quiet, steady; Vel
low Western 20 az Is; brandywine at 2 20.
Rye unchanged. Wbeat-recelpts $3.50 bush:
exports 89,702 bush; sales 1874 900 bush; firm,
and fairly active: No Red in store and elev at
70; afioat S013c; o b at 8OsGS1c: No North
ern 73c. Corn-receipts 20, 425 bush: exports
15.129 bush; sales 5000 bush: scarce, dull,
firm, No 2 at 371ze in elev, 3Slac sfloatOats-
receipts 74.40e bush; exports 3S,346 bush;
sales 10000 bush; dull. weaker; Ne at PAPA !;
White do at zee: No Chicago 25M C; No 3 at
231ac; White do 26c; Mixed Western 20 I26c;
do White ana White State at 26d2sc. Beef is
quiet and steady; family S10G$i2; extra mess
att 5o0xS; beef hams dull; nerced beef mac
tive, cut meats quiet: pickle bellies IL lbs AS
do shoulders al fac; do hams at Stage. Lard
quiet, easy; Western steam closed at 5 80 bid :
city at 81 co. refined slow; Continent at 60 ;
s A at 90; compound at 49, @4s.. Provisions
Pork more active. lowers mess at So 76G9 go
zoe; do crm held 1891 &c; Western dairy at 10
OLA; do crm at 13G2lc; do factory at Sldl3c :
Elgins 21c. Cheese in fair demand. steady State
large 691O14, do fancy 1U14c C; small 6Gl0S4 c.
Petroleum quiet; united q. Coffee-kio dull
and Jteady, No7 at 13s4c. sugar-raw firm
fair demand; efined l-,6 higher, more active
4 5-16c; No 10 at 4 5-1ec: No II at Ac: Ro12
at 3-l6: NO 10 al 4 Hs: off A at 4Ss ga 1916;
Mould A at 7-l6 standard at Lice; Con-
fectioners i-l6 icut loaf and crushed 13-
n * I'll n Qra 1t q
16c: Cubes at 7-16c.
Quotations are those made by refners on the
oHe-prlcebasis 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 cmmission OF 3-l6c y H.
There is also trade discount of per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for cash If paid with
in seven days, and no trade discount Oh smaller
quantities. No sales less than 20 barrels. For
sugar packed in bags there is no additional
charges on graduated or softs from / to "a in
elusive, and other grades 1sc v ID additional
Freights TO Liverpool quiet-gran by steam
112d.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
dull and steady: hard wheat spring patents at
3 l593 so; soft wheat patents So 00q43 10;
hard wheat bakers at 1892 80 in sacks; soft
03 ~ in wood. Wheat-No 2 Spring at ego
o2s4c; No2 Red 65g66Ac. Corn-No 2 at
261a U2sssc. oats-No at 1874 @l94 CO. No
2 Rye 35s. a8ec No . Barley at 36c and nomi-
nal No Flaxseed at $50 Mess pork at 3 IA
as go. Lard g.; short RIB sides at 4 66@4 60 !;
Dry sailed meats-shoulders at 4 5o&4 621a !;
short clear sides 621a@475.
Receipts-Flour, b,9oo bbls: wheat. s.7oo
bush: corn. 1913 600 bush. oats. 29O, Oou bush;
rye. $500 bush barley. $4,000 bush.
Shipments-Flour 1900 bbls; wheat 100. 900
bush; corn. $4,000 bush. oats 300, 600 bush |.
rye. 1900 bush: barley $4,000 BUSH
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
weak patents at 60tG3 TO- extra fancy at
3 3OQ3 40; fancy at 90@3 90; choice at 2 SO
az SO. Wheat lower, March ETA C. Corn is
lower; Mch at 26Ac. oats lower; March at
181ac. rovisions-Pork-newS4 As; old So co.
Lard-prime steam So 90; choice at 80. Ba-
con, shoulders 5A longs at 6s4 clear ribs at
51a clear sides n. Dry sailed meaGs-shoul-
ders An longs 4s4 clear ribs 8; clear sides
5.
Receipts-Flour 5000 bbls; wheat s, 300
bush corn 45,S0o bush; oats Al 800 bush: rye
bush.
Shipments-Flour $500 bbls: wheat 10 500
bush; corn 1900 bush; oats 10000 bush; rye
bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Q Red 7oasc; Ne
White at II 1ac. Corn-No 2 at SOC. Oats-No
Z White 2212.