The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-18
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NEW YORK, March T.-FlOur quiet; city
mill patents &S0a5.05; winter patents s. 55a
4.S5; do. clears s. i0a4.S0; DO. sIraights Si.2 a
50; Minnesota patents 81 2Oa4. 40: do winter
3. %; winter low grades So 60a2.S0.
Southern flour steady at ST rs.
Rye -four dull; supertne &.45a2 60; taacy
81 6ja2.e5.
:. Buckw heat flour nominal at $L15al.~O.
3uckwheaC steady at 354.
Corn mea steady; yellow western So; city
60: Brandywine $l.85.
Rye steady No. 2western 3Ta37X; car lots,
40ka41k.
Barley steady; western feeding 26&: malt
ing 35a42; barley malt dull; western 45a53
York S8h i, 0. b. afoat; No. ] hard IS
f; o. b. at'oet; options, No, 2 rod Mach
closed SCB; April closed =; Ma! 59AastG,
closed &C; June closed -; July 7o%a78 IL It.,
closed 1875; August 1873; September 75%a731
Corn, spot. firm; No p old 29H in elevator;
steamer mixed 28x; options, March closed -:
May ;Da30s, closed 30a July 31ha3lA. closed
Bin; September 32Ba336, closed So
Oats, spot, dull; No. 2, 2lA; No. 3, 201; No
2 delivered 22A: No. 2 white 234; No. 3
white 22k; track mixed western 21a23h :;
track white 22a3l; options, May closed 2I&;
July closed D.
Hay easy; shipping 5Oa55; good to choice
Hops quiet: choice to common 1895 crop 3a
81, 1895 crop Coll. Pacific coast, 1895 crop ga
h;lS96 crop, Sal3.
Hides firm; Galveston, 2Oa25 lbs, 10; Buenos
Ayres dry, 2OaA lbs, lshal9: Texas dry, Aa
80 lbs, lUalo4; California 2la25 lbs, Is.
Leather firm; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
light to heavy weights, 20a2l; acid, 20023.
Wool firm; domestic fleece, l6a20; pulled
l5a20.
Beef firm: 70 .nily sa.OOasll: extra mess
$7.50as8; beef hans $l8.50al9; packed $7.50a
$500: city extra India mess $l3 50asl5.
Cut meats firm; picked bellies 5G1A
do: picked shoulders Al: do. hams 9a9h
Lard hrmer; western steam $3.50, asked :;
May S4.62, nominal; refined higher: continent
$3.50; South American 500: compound Al
Pork firm; old mess 50 00a$9 So short clear
80 25ai0.15; family S9.75al050.v
butter steady; western creamery 1919:
do. factory 7aliH; Elgins 49, imitation cream
cry lOal5; State dairy 12aiS; do, creamery
Cheese steady: large State 9aI29; small
fancy sOl2A; part skins 5@7a; full skins
Eggs easy; State and Pennsylvania 1Oxa11:
western fresh i0f; southern l0al04.
Tall Tallo c' steady; city ~ per Package) 8%asn
Cotton seed oil firm; prime crude Z0a2O4;
f mills lBal7k; on crude 10, prime
summer yellow 23k, off summer yellow ga
23k, butter grades 26a27; prime white ESQ
26h.
Petroleum quiet: United closed at 81 bid:
refined New York $3.50; Philadelphia and
Baltimore $6.25; do. in bulk 1915.
Rosin quiet; strained, common TO good
Sl65al.70.
Turpentine quiet at 29Ka294.
Rice steady; domestic, fair TO extra 319
b. ~.
Molasses quiet: New Orleans, open kettle
good TO choice, 23atU.
Pig iron dull; southern sl0.25al2.0O; north
ern $40 50al25O; exchange -.
Copper steady; brokers' S1l.S0: exchange
SllS5al200
Tin weak; straights sl3.s5a13.35: plates dull.
Spelter, quiet; domestic 81 l0a4.15.
Lead strong; brokers exchange $337k@
$40
Cofee-Options, May SIS So; July IS 60; Sep
TENDER S8 %; December $3.50 Spot, Rio weak:
mil
Cordova 15dl6x.
Sugar, raw, strong; fair refining 2%a2 Is Is;
centrifueal, 81 test, 81 a3 5,l6; refined higher;
81: No 10, 1915, No. IL. 3X, No. 12. 8 7-l6:
No. ID, SO; No. IA, 81 Mould A, Ak, standard
A, Az; confectioners' "A. Az, cut loaf 5b,
crushed SIS, powdered Ak; graduated AN.
cubes AZ.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, March 17.--Four dull; western
superfine $2.6OQD2.90; do. extra $3.l0a375; do.
family $l5tG4.40; winter wheat patents S4.e0a
s.; spring I'd, do: $4.25@45o; spring wheat
Wheat unsettled; spot SIX bid: May SOFA
80A: Southern wheat by sample Ssa90; do.
Corn quiet; spot and March 274a27H; April
27a274, May 27ha27%; steamer mixed 2549
25%; Southern white corn 27a27H; do. yell
low 26Ha27.
Oats firm: No. white western 24Ha25X;
No. 2 mixed 22a23.
Rye weak; No. 2, nearby, 39Ka40 western
40a40h.
Hay steady; choice Timothy $135O014.0O
NAVAL STORES.
CHARLESTON s. c., March l7.-Rosin firm !
at $1.40
Turpentine firm at 81.
WILMINGTON, N. c., March l7.-Rosin |
firm; strained $1.45; good $50; spirits steady
at 25xa26.
Tar firm at 81.
Turpentine quiet; hard sl.3O; soft $50;
virgin S.. (
SAVANNAH, Ga, March 17.-Spirits firm at
26x. Sales go ;
Rosin firm; water white $3.50; window glass
81 25 N, 81 co. M, 81 IS; K, $1s5; l. $3.50; III, $1S0
g, $1.65: F, $l.66; E. $150; d, G, B and A $3.50.
sales u.s.