The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-25
Domestic Markets.
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FEBRUARY "a. Isae

FEBRUARY "a, 1896
NEW YORK-The Flour market receipts
%, 507 packages; exports 1880 bbls and 81 :
49S sacks :sales $. 100 packages dull, unchanged
and frm.
Flour ouoIatlons-low extras at 5oH3 90:
civ mills extra at l514 20; City mills patents
2Oa4 40: winter wheat low grades ~ 2 5ua
5 Ou fair to fancy at 85IdS so: patents at 80
a. l5; Minnesota clear 2 7O43 80; sGalghts
do.as 5 DOGS 30, do patents 35a4 80: DO rye
mixtures 5O,A3 80; superfne at 1O02 10;
enc at 2 o0G2 rs. Southern -four steady and
dull; common to fair extra 4oa3 90; good to
choice at 3 O0@3 80. Rye flour quiet, steady
40a2 So. Buckwheat -four goa rs. Buck
wheat at 40@4lc. Corameal dull and steady.
Rye nominal. Wbeat-recelpts = bus; exports
40, 79t bush: sales 462.OOU bush more active
and firmer No Red store and elev 809sOA
afioar at slHs aS1s4 c.; % at s1@821A No /
$50 $50 bus BUSH exports 1000 bush; sales II, 900
bush; duller, firm; No az 37Cd31Nc elev; 80
G3S III af0at. Oats-recelpts S6, zoo bush ;ex-
ports : bush; sales 74,O00 bush; frmer and
moderately active;No at 2s@a6hsc; do White
| at 27917Ac; No 2 Chicago at 271sc; No at
251A do White 26Ac; Mixed Western Q " g
a261sc: do White ana White State at 27929c.
Il 90 extra mess SOFAS 90; beef hams quiet
Ia 50@S15; llerced beef dull, steady; city extra
Inhia mess 81 59. SO, cut meats quiet, steady
pickle bellies ~ Tbs bMc; do shoulders 41a@
4s4 c; do hams at sls ga G Lard is quiet, easy
Western steam closed at 5 70; city at 5iGb 10:
refined quiet; Continent at 90; A at 6 20:
compound 4M %. Provisions-Pork is steady !:
mess $40 2a@1O TO. Butter-cholce firm with
good demand: state DAIRY at 9a19; do creamy
held 13@lsc; Western crm l4a21; do held at
l2913; do factory o1a@12c Elgins at 2Ic.
Cheese in fair demand; fancy firm; State large
691014c; do fancy at 1Ul4c small at 6@lOs4
Petroleum quiet; united at 80. Coffee-Rio
dull. steady; No at 1874; sugar--raw market
quiet and nrm refined market quiet and steady /.
No at 4stc; 7 at 5-l6c;N No 8 at 414 mo . at
4 Slice; No 10 at 41sc: No IL at Lice; No II
at 40: No IS al lb-l6c; of A at 7-1ea4 IL
en- aytld OF
ers A Az C ;cut loaf and crushed 55sc powder
| ed SAC; graduated at Sc: Cubes SAC.
Quotations are those made by refners on the
one-p rlcebasis 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-i6c y 10.
There is also trade discount of per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cenufor cash if paid with
in seven days. and no trade discount on smaller
quantities. No sales less than 25 barrels For
sugar packed in bags there is no a ditional
charges on granulated or softs from to A in
elusive, and other grades 1sc y ID acdIclonal.
Freightst TO Llerpool quiet, nominal grain by
steam ia O.
frmer and unchanged: hard wheat spring
patents ) lOa3 Is; soft wheat patents S3 90 q
G3 10; hard wheat bakers 2 l5G2 80 in sacks ;
soft wheat bakers s2@2 20; Winter wheat at
8 20G3 in wood. Wheat-Nc2 Spring 626s
@63ss No Q Red at 6796S1ac. Corn-No at
28Hs @2ac. Oats-No 2 at GOA @201ac: No 2
Rye at 1884 No 2 Barley 36Ds9c. No l Flax
seed at soc: Mess pork at S0G SO S7Ay Lard
is no 20; short RIB sides at sd a45 10; Dry
sailed meats-snoulders at 81 1895 90: short
clear sides at 25d5 371e
Receints-Flour, l4.0t bbls: wheat. $4,000
bush orn. 40 1000 busn: oats. COS. O0U bush:
rye IL, 100 BIT sh bal ley. S9. 900 hush
-htrments--l 'ur 900 bbls wheat 1913. 900
ush; corn. 1ls $40 bush: oats 2440O0 bush
le. 5000 bIisn: Uare, 81 900 bush.
ST. LDUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged; .patentsat 3 so@3 So extra fancy
4a@ b5: fancy Ond3 10: choice at 2 aotl
2 70. Wheat higher; Feb 6lAc. Corn higher
Feb z6Hs oats higner Feb 19c. Provisions
Pork-new at SO 221a; old at 8 s21a Lard
prime steam at 25., choice at 35. Bacon
shoulders at oha longs 5A GEAR ribs at 6ss /.
clear sides at enc. Dry sailed meaCs-shoul-
ders at 514 clear ribs $50 clear sides 51a.
Keceipts-Flour 5000 bbls: wheat 1000
bush; corn 215,ooo bush GOATS rs QUO bush rye
bush.
Shipments-Flour 1000 bbls wheat 20 600
bush; corn 1000 bush; oats $4,000 bush; ye
bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red 73Ac; No 1
White 1874 c. Corn-No at 29c. Oats-No :
White at 1914.