The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1897-08-27
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Prices Held Firmly Despite an AL
most Stagnant Demand.

most Stagnant Demand.
New York, Aug. 26.-The striking fact
about todays market was the absence of
any large offerings to sell. The sharp
rise of prices at the opening of the mar
ket was on very moderate volume of
purchases. The buying demand fell off
almost Immediately, but prices receded
very slightly and held firmly in face of
an almost stagnant demand. The big
buyers were practically out of the mar
ket, and even the small demand showed
few stocks forthcoming, so that prices
moved easily in either direction. Even
with the condition inviting to man
ipulation the market was apparently
neglected by all interests, and many
stocks which have been active in the
cent trading did not move at all during
the entire day. The total sales, 220 600
shares. is the low record for several
months past. Much more animation was
manifested in the bond market, and prices
there were strong, exercising a sustain
ing influence on stocks. Closing bids:
BALTIC. & Ohio. Is Lehigh Valley. 30h
Chesa. & Ohio. 249s N. ]. Central. sc
Del. & Hudson. .11S N. Y. Central. .10S7s
D., L. & W......161% Pennsylvania . 553s
Erie............... YES Reading. I'd pr. 1928
Lake Erie & w. 16 st. Paul. a2a*
General Markets.
Philadelphia, Aug. 26-Flour firm; WIN
ter superiine, $2.65i3.90; do. extras, SO 500
Ais; Pennsylvania roller. clear, $4.75d5;
do. straight, $5G525; western winter,
clear $4.75Q5; do. straight, $545. 25; city
mills, extra, $3.90d4.10. Rye flour firm, but
quiet, at So per barrel for choice Penn
sylvania. Wheat strong; contract wheat,
August, 10414 d1051h; No. 2 Pennsylvania
and No Delaware red, spot, s.. 0414 al. 041a
No. red August. $1.O37s; do. September
$lOl7s; do October. $1.001a; do. November
9S7sc.; do. December, 99c. Corn higher;
e,fH 0nQg
August and September, 3414 d3415c.; No.
yellow for local trade, 3S1a@39c. Oats
firm; No. white, carlots, 26c.; do. Au-
gust, September, October and November,
25@26c. Hay slow; choice timothy, $126D
1850. Beef firm; beef hams, $2S 50a29;
packet city extra India mess, $13014. so.
Lead hrmer; western steamed, 5206p5. 25.
Butter very firm; creamery, 12d19c; do
factory, 71a41l1ac. Elgins, 19c.; imitation
creamery, 10@13c.; New York dairy, 100
17c.; do. creamery. 12@19c.; fancy prints
Jobbing at 19422c.; do. extra PennsylVa-
MIA, wholesale, 1Sc. Cheese steady; large,
white, New York, 9Ac.; small white,
CSC; large, colored 94c.; part Skins,
5laq61ao.; small, colored, SAC; full Skins,
312Q4c. Eggs firm; New York and Penn
sylyania, 1I@19c. western, fresh. lie.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys, $l.25@l.50; Long
Island, $1.75Q2; sweets, $1.50Q1.75. Tallow
hrmer; city. 312Q4c.; country, 3hqS5sc.
Cottonseed oil firm: prime yellow, 26Q
261ac. Petroleum dull. Rosin steady;
strained, common to good, $1.45q1.50. Tur-
pentine steady at 2S12629c. Pig iron war
rants firm at s6.4Od65O Copper steady at
$l1 15q11.25. Tin very dull at $685. Spell
ter quiet at S4.25q4.95. Lead strong at
$4@410 Tomatoes, per box or crate, as
to quality, SO436c. Long Island and Jer-
sey cabbage, per 100. $2u2.5O. Coffee closed
steady; September $6.50Q6.6O; October.
$6.50Q6.55; November. $6.50Q655; Decem-
Der, $6S5Q6.90; March. Sis; May. $1,000
725.
Live Stock Market.
New York. Aug. 26.-European cables
quote American steers at 10k Q10%c.; re-
frigerator beef. SIaQ9c. Calves active
veals. $5q7.3O; grassers and buttermilkS
s3.5044 Sheep and lambs steady, but very
| dull; sheep, $2d3.75; lambs. $59575 Hogs
firm at $46Oq4.9O.
East Liberty. Pa. Aug. &c. - Cattle
| steady; prime, $5d5.15; bulls, stays and
cows, $293.75; common to good fat oxen,
$2q4. Hogs active; prime light Workers
and pigs s4.45q4.5O; best medium, $4. 400
| AS; grassers and stubbers, 425Q4. IS;
heavy, $42OQ4.25; roughs. $303SO Sheep
steady; choice. $4.O5Q4 10: common 81 5O0
S.40; choice lambs. $5.1Od525 common to
| good lambs, $4Q5; veal calves, s6.5OQ675