The Portland daily press., 1897-03-13
domestic NJ arkets.
BY TeIegraph,l

MARCH IL. 1897.
NEW YCRK--The Flour MARKET receipts
| IA, 200 packages; exports $3.50 bbls, and e2ot
sacks; sales l1.120 packages; steady ant
quiet.
rIour: uuoIauons-winter wheat low ggrade!
| az 5Oa3 25 do fair to fancy att 25@4 SO
do patents 6osb 90; Minnesota clear at A
@3 so: do straight at o0@4 20: DO patents
At 0O04 So low exSras 30@3 25 city mills
extra at GOA 80; city mills patents SUQ
8 O5: rye mixtures 80G3 40; superfne a
dull, unchanged: common to fair extra 2oG
800; good 20 choice do COCA 90. Rye ioul
quiet unchanged at 50@2 30, COrnmeal quiet
unchanged. Wheat-receipts bush: exports
= bush sales 104, 900 bush: dull'opened weak
er closing firmer No Red o b at 1924 C; MOI
Northern S34c. COlu-recelpJs 81, $40 bush
exports 22o041 bush sales $4,000 bush: dull
firm; No 2 at 29l4 cieley. 30Ac af1oat. Oats
recelprs 1o5, 500 bush: exports III, l75 bush;
sales o,ooO bush; dull steady No at 22c; or
White 24c: No 2 chicago at 23c: No 3 at zoe
do White 221ac, Mixed Western 2I&24c; white
do and White State at 23430c. Beef Is quiet
steady: family 000i0 90; extra mess at 0C
as 90; beef hams firm; tierced beef is steady
city extra India mess at 13 0O@l40 90 :cut meats
Arm, fair demanI !; pickle bellies IL fbS - do
shoulders 4s4 90 40 hams Stage. Lard quiet,
6rmer: Western steam closed 4 40 asked; city
O5; refined quiet: Continent at 70; S A al
8 %. compound at 41sB4A. Provisions-Pars
choice tair demand. steady,Sta dairy 1081Sc
do cream 1920; Western dairy; do crm 139
19c; do factory al 7t@13c; Elglns 19c. Cheese
STEADY fairly active; State large 99121ac; dc
ed. Coffee-Ric dull, easy; No Z at 31A 99as
Sugar-raw dull, firm: refined quiet unchanged
Nos at &C; No 7 at aBc; No 8 at 5 1880;
No at. 3ssc: ne 10 at 35sc; No IL at 8 y
No IL at 7-16c; NO IL at 3 rs C: OFF 1-l64
41sc: Mould 4sAc; standard A 4%sc;Confec,
toners AJAX ;cut loaf at B.; crushed &c, pow
dered 1859; granulatod 4ssc; Cubes 46s.
Ereights to Liverpool quiet, grain
by steam ID.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
weaker, bnt inactive; hard wheat spring paints
3014 90 in wood: hard wheat bakers 60sQ
90 in sacks: winter wheat at 30@4 80 in
wood: Rye Flour 220@2 35 in sacks. Wheat
No q spring at 7O1a@72c: No 2 Red at 81 IA g
s6c. Corn--No2 at 231s9234s. Oats-No al
l6c.. No 2 Rye 321ac; No Barley at $50 and
nominal. No Flaxeed at 771s@soc; mess
pork 4OG8 A. Lard 1215@4 Is; short Eli
sides at 56a4 65. Dry sailed meats-shou
ders bO@4 rs short clear SIDES 621aG4 10
Receiprs-Flour. 5000 Ibis: wheat 1850
bush. corn. IA 400 bush oats. 234. 800 bush
rye 400 bush barley. $4,000 Dnsh.
Shipments-Flour 5000 sbls; wheat $4,000
bush; corn. 10000 bush: oais 10000 bush
rye, 5000 bush: barley 10000 BUSH
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged; patents at 6004 rs: extra fancy
at 4 o94 80; fancy at 50@3 10; choice
1898 %. Wheat higher. Corn steady, Nc 201a
oats easy: Mar i71ac Pork-standard mess
nominal at 90. Lard-prime steam al
8 SO; choice at 4 O21a: Observation-Disclosures 4A
extra short clear SIS ;clear ribs 5ss clear sides
at la. Dry sailed meats-shoulders 4s4 extra
short clear at 4N clear ribs As; clear side,
8.
Recetpts-Flour 5.4oo bbls: wheat 60. loo
bush; corn lS.4OO bush; OATS LOO bush; rye
= bush.
Shiprnents-Flour 5.400 bbls: wheat "a GOT
bush; corn sc. 400 bush; oats $4,000 bush rye
bush
Observation-Disclosures 2 Red s6Hs nominal
No l White cash at 861x nominal. Corn-No {
at % nominal Oats-No at zoe nominal Rye
No 2 at IS.