The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-17
domestic Markets.
FEBRUAY 16. 1897,

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FEBRUAY 16. 1897.
NEW YCRK-The Flour market = receipts
"a. 600 packages; exports 24O bbls, and 665
sacks; sales $500 packages; unchanged.dull,
easy.
A. SOFAS 80: do fair to fancy at 45(44 bO;
do patents 6OS5 OO;s Minnesota clear at go
G3 rs; do straight at OO04 30: do patents
at 1904 S5: low extras 3O83 30; city mills
extra at 0Oa4 80; CRY MUS paIonss Soe1
OO12 so. fine at 9092 70. S0ubnern lonr
dull. unchanged; common to falr extra cog
8 30: good TO choice do COCA oc kye hour
quiet. Steady 60a3 90. Cornmeal dull. steady,
Wheat-receipts lo,b25 bush; exports 8,o96
bush, sales los, 900 bush: moderately active
easier with options No Red o o5M mol
exports 10000 bush sales $4,000 bush: easier.
dull; No at 2S14 in eev. 29Ac aaoat. Oats
receipts 100000 bush: exports 1000 bush !;
sales 10000 bush; more active for export and
steady: No 2 at 2lAc: 40 White at 23c: No 2
chicago 23c: No 3 at 2Oc do White at 2ls4 9,
Mixed Western at 21Jd23c: white do and White
State at 22G3oc. Beef STEADY; family at oog'
strong 18 OOa1S 80 ;tierced beef dull. easy city
extra India mess 13 O0@l4 90; cut meats quiet,
firm; pickle bellies ! 2 TBS at N: do shoulders
asa as: do hams at 814 @9. Lard quiet, easier !;
Western steam closed at 071a; city So; re-
fined firm: Continent at 30; s A 60; com
pound 4@4A. Provisons-Pork easy. moder-
ate demand; new mess at 2be9 10. Butter IS
weaker; receipts liberal; State dairy at 10@l9;
do cream at 100 SC: Western dairy :; do crm
at 1920: do factory al 7@14c; Elgtnsat zoe.
@ ary aeve Sta1e r a5ge
united at $50. Coffee-Rio dull and weak. Su-
gar-raw dull, firm: refined quiet. unchanged;
No at 8 1916 No at 3Zs No at lS-l6 !;
| No 12 at ) 9-l6c:No Is at 7-l6c; of A at AZ
41hc; Mould A 1850; standard A 4ss c;Confec-
rloners' A at &C ;cut loaf at 5c;crushec &c, pow
dered A9so; granulated 1850; Cubes 46s
Freights TO Liverpool quiet-grain by steam
ID
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet and steady; hard wheat spring patents
4 Bona 90 in wood: hard wheat bakers 3 O0G9
s.25i n sacks: winter wheat at 5000 30 in
wood; Rye Flour Pogo SO in sacks. Wheat
No spring at 721sG735sc; No Red at 80 es
ao4Ssc: Corn,ho2 at 2lAc. NJ oa s.-,Ss z
| $50. nominal. No Flaxeed at 74@7ec; mess
| pork SOa7 3D. Lard at 81 G3 SD; short rib
sides 3 9oG4 49, Dry sailed meats-shoulders
| 25a4 70: short clear sides 1213G "a 20.
Keceipts-Flour. 10000 hbls: wheat Fl 400
bush corn. 3s4 100 bush oats. 57l.2o0 push'
| rye 5,200 bush barley $4,000 nnsh. ooo
| ShlpmenLs--Flour IS 200 obls; wheat 27.6oo
| bush; corn. lie, 300 bush; oats 172. 100 bush.
| rye. 625 hash: barley $4,000 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market To-day was
unchanged: patents 45N4 90: extra FANCY
| at A 1O@4 20; fancy at 4093 80; cnolce
| at 3 1908 %. Wheat lower: FEB C. Corn IS
| lower, Feb 1890. oats higher: rep % 161ac
| Professionalism mess, new so: old w. Lara
| prime steam 3 77Aa; choice 3 S212 oAc0n-
shoulders 4$4 extra short clear 1870 clear
ribs sides Of: clear sides at 20. DRY saned
meats-sboulders 4Aa ext short clear at 40
clear ribs 45s clear sides 3d. -o,,
keceipts-Flour 1920. bbls; wheat a lZ.1On
oush; corngl sc. 800 bush; oats o9'4o' posh'rye
shiprnents-Flour. $500 bbls: wheat 70 900
bush corn AS. 700 bush; oats 1900 busnirye
bush.
-wheat-No . BED a4 90 re; ,, so
No D w bite 2Oc Rye-No at 50.