The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-17
domestic M arkers.
(By telegraph,

DECEMBER 1e. 1896.
NEW YCRK-The Flour Market = recelpts
27,714 tpackags; exports 10 bbls, and 6,70O
sacks: sales 1900 packages; unchanged, and
neglected.
rIour. auoIatlons-winteY wheat low grades
81 2 20a3 so: do tair to fancy at 3 30 "a 20 j:
al 90: do straight at oOg4 GO: do patents
at 2595 O5 low extrasl2 20G3 80; city niils
extra at 0oG5 co. city mills patents log
5 IS: rye mixtures 3 20@3 80; superfine at
3 1898 80, fine at S0G3 %. Southern hour
dull, steady. common to fair extra 0bG3 90;
good to choice do 8 t0@3 80. Rye flour quiet,
steady at z 1898 26. Cornmeal dull steady:
Wbeat-receIprs 156.325 bush ;exports 161 ,254
tons; No Red o 37l4 @97 1ac: No North
ern SS1aMSSA C. Colu-receipts 80, 4a0 bush
Exports IL 245 bush :sales 543, 900 bush active,
weaker; No at 1854 C in eiev; 29s4 afioat.
Oats-recelpIs $4,000 bush: exports 14l ,9ll
bush; sales $500 bush; quiet, easier; NO a!
22aa White do at 25I4c: No Chicago 70 ~ C
No at 2O14 doWhite a22Aac. Mixed Western
214231sc: do White and White State % @3' c..
Beef firm; family 50 50G10 90; extra mess at
z 50G9 60; beef hams strong at ~ eOt99 oo:
tierced beef steady: city extra India mess al
S136Sl4; cut meats firm: pickle beiiles l2fbs
DC: do shoulders 4: do hams at SGS@4. Lard
quiet, easy; Western steam closed at i5; city
8 10; refined slow, Continent 40; A at 7bi
compound 4ss@41ac. Provisions-Pork quiet.
with moderate demand; State dairy at IL
@19c: do crm 14@20c: Western dairy SGloc;
do crm at 1422l: do factory at 7912c; Elgins
at 2ic. Cheese quiet, and steady, state Large
7A@l01a do small at TH9@10l4c. Peroieum
quiet weaker united 81 .Cotfee-Rio dull, steads.
Sugar-raw dull, steady refined quiet, unchagd;
No at 13-i6c NO at "a NO sat His;
No IL at 3 7-1ec: NO Is at 3ssc: off A at 4 g
dec: Mould A 45s standard at ass ;Confec
TONERS A 4l4c; cut loaf s; crushed 5c pow
dered 1850; granuated 4ssc; Cubes 4ss
Freights to Liverpool quiet, easy, grain by
steam 34 I'd.
CHICAGO-The Floor market to-day was
steady, quiet; hard wheat spring patents at
2ot@- go in wood; hard wheat bakers at 90
@3 80 in sacks: winter wheat at 3O94 90 i'll
wood. Wheat No spring at 7o3s g7sc; No
Red at 1894 9o1ac; Corn-No at 22c. Oats
No 2 at l71a. MOI rye 3S1a; No Barley So @
ssc nominal No flaxseed at 73g77c: Mess
pork Soa6 55. Lard 8 771a@3 80; short RIB
sides at 8 IS G4 o5. Dry sailed meats-shon'-
ders 25aA 70: short clear SIDES 00a4 - ".
Keceipts-Flour. $500 bbls: wheat 43. 400
bush corn. 1873, 900 bush oats. 67S, 900 bush:
rye 17.81oiDush barley. 141.5o0 n,ish.
Shlpnients-Flour $500 3bs. wheat 27,50n
bush; corn. 46 500 bush: oats 1877. coo bush.
rye.o00 bush: barley 24,2Oo bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged, firm: patents at 60W4 70: extra
fancy AZ 1O@+ 20; fancy 34093 90; choice
at O0@3 10. Wheat lower: Dec 595ec. Corn
lower. Dee at 20a4c. UaJs lower, Dec at Il &c.
prime steam 8 721s choice at S219. Bacon
shoulders at 4 IS; extra short clear 4ss clear
ribs 47o; clear sides Az. Dry sailed meats
shoulders 90; extra short clear al S5s clear
ribs at IA clear sides 4Ss.
ReceiptS-Flour $500 bbls: wheat %. 500
cush; corn $1,000 bush; oats 1901 900 bush rye
push.
shiprnents-Flo $500 bbls: wheas o,1oo
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats IL. 500 bush rye
bush
EXTRAORDINARILY Red at 9osi C: Mol
White 9OA. Corn--No 2 at 2Ola C. O2ts-No 2
White 2012c. Rye-No 2 at 371a.