The Portland daily press., 1896-04-17

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APRIL 16. 1896.
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
IL, 693 packages: exports l0,32T bblS and g.
033 sacks: sales $500 packages unchanged but
quiet. steady.
riour duoJations-low extras at 2 1902 90;
city mills extra at 10G4 20; city mills patents
4 3oa4 90: winter wheat low grades ar 2 25m
80 fair 10 fancy al 2 S6IG3 80: patents at 3 80
"a 20; Minnesota clear 2 6O63 8: stTalghts
do at oota3 so: do patents 4oG4 So: dorye
mixtures 50G3 80; superhne ar OOa2 35:
fine at Oo92 80. Southern flour is quiet
steady; common to fair extra at 40@3 90;
goodto choice at o0@3 80. Rye flour dull.
easy at 2 50Q2 IS. Buckwheat is unchanged
Cornnleal unchanged. Wb eat-recelpts - bush !;
exports 1851 1888 bush; sales - bush: firmer,
dull: 40 Red store and elev nominal; anoat
rs 1sc to arrive. Corn-receipts 64.35o bush
exports II ,290 bush ;sales 1900 bush. dull and
firm, No at 4oe in elev, Al afioat. Oats-re-
ceipts 139.2oo bush, exports 15s,o2S BUSH
White do 27c; No Chicago at 261ac; No 3 at
4ka White do at 25s4c; Mixed Western 25a
261sc: White do 26&29c; White State at EGG
29c. Beef is quiet, steady; family 50 5OG$11 !;
extra mess at 90 ass; beef hams quiet ;tierced
beef slow, cut meats quiet. unchanged; pickle
bellies ~ TBS 4s4 do shoulders at An G4s4 C /;
tern steam closed 5 20a5 rs. city 4 rs: refined
is dull; Continent 90; Aat 5 S6: compound
4ss "a u. trovisons-Park quiet, steady; old
So 9 Sc; new lo4l0 20. Butter quiet weak ;
=
dairy. old ia1e: do crm 11(dl6c; do factory at
8@11: Elgins Ice. Cheese fairly ctive, steady,
unchanged: state large at 5s4 @10l4c, do fancy
1oO101ac; small e4l0s4c: Petroleum steady
united Y. Coffee-Rio dull, STEADY. sugar
raw, dull, firm, efned fairly active, unchanged
No at AIS No7 at 1i-16c; No at 4s4 ;Noy
4ss mo 10 at 49sc: No IL at 9-16c; No IL
at Az c: NO is at 7-lec:off 15-l6@61sc;
Mould A at 5sa !: standard at o1ac; Ccnfec-
toners A 5as ;cut loafand crushed ?'Dow-
dered at 5s4c; granulated 6lac; Cubes bA c.
OnnfQtlAnS fh0Qa n
| oue-prlcebasis under 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 a cmmission of 3-l6c y ib.
There is also trade discount of per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for cash ifpaid with
| in seven days, and no trade discount OH smaller
quantities. No sales less than 25 barrels. For
| sugar packed in bags there is no al ditional
| charges on graduated or softs from to - in
| elusive. and other grades 1sc y fb adGiuonal
| Freights TO Liverpool quiet, steady-gran by
/ steam ID.
| CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
| dull, steady, unchanged. Wheat-No 2 Spring
No 2 at 3oA g3ossc. oats-No 2 at lss.
020c: ko2 Rye at SOC Did; No 2 Barley at sc
@3ec: No Flaxseed at 92c; Mess pork 81
4 35@4 4o;Dry sailed meats--shoulders at 81
| ga 6219 short clear sides at 50@4 62Ia.
Receipts-Flour, $500 bbls: wheat. 2.9o(
bush: corn: $500 bush: oats. ls6.eou bush
| rye. 10, 100 bush barley. sc, 900 bush.
! Shipments-Flour $500 bbls wheat 3O5 500
| busl; corn. 67e 300 bush: oats 7OS, 800 bush
re. 1900 bush: barley 1900 bush.
| ST. L0UIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged patents at 3 6o@3 70, extra fancy
at 8 $685. AZ; fancy at 2 90a3 90; choice 2 55
| az 65. Wheat higher; April C; Corn higher
April at :; oats higher; April at C Provis
ions-Pork-new at 10; old at So rs. Lard
prime steam S. 721a; choice 771a; Bacon
shoulders o; longs at s; clear ribs 514; cleal
sides 5A. Dry sailed meats-shoulders 4ss
| longs Az; clear ribs 4N: clear sides 434.
Receiprs-Flour 1900 bbls; wheat 5000
bush; corn 1880 bush; oats 16 500 bush: rye
| - bush.
Shiprnents-Flour 41oo bbls: wheat IT SOC
bush; corn $500 bushi oats 6,4o0 bush; rye
blu h.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red 73Mc; No i
White at 741sc. Corn-No at soc. Oats
No White 23Hz.