The news & observer., 1897-03-13

23sa23A. Oats, No 2, l64al6A; No. 3 white
No; 2, 82h.. Barley, nominal; No. g. b
Prime Timothy seed Is. Mess pork per
bbl, So 40a8.45. Lard, per 100 lbs, $4l2a4 Is.
Short rib sides Qoose) $44sGQ4 90; dry -salted
shoulders (boxed) 4ha4%; short clear sides
fboxed) 4%a4A. Whiskey distillers' finished
goods per gallon $l.17.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, March 12-Flour lower; city
mill patents %.S0a5.05; winter patents u BOA
AS; do. clears 81 70a4.S0; do. straights S4.2
4 35 Minnesota patents "a 20a4.40; do. winter
extras S3.l6G93.6O; Minnesota bakers So. 75a
3 90; winter low grades 81 60a2.60.
Rye -four weak; supertine S2.2la2 30, fancy
$2.65a2.S5.
Buckwheat steady at 35&.
Corn meal quiet; yellow western So;
go: Brandywine 81 IS.
Rye easier No western 374: car lots,
Barley quiet western feeding 264 mail
ing -; barley malt dull; western 45a52.
Wheat, spot, irregular; NO Northern New
York 82% f. .. .. atioat: No. ! hard S64
(. o. b. afoat; options, No. red March
f9haS0A, closed e04 April closed -; May
II l6a78 10 10, closed 7oA; June T%a7s%,
closed 7S@ July 75Aa Aa77b, closed "; Septem-
ber 73h a14H, closed 7tA.
Corn, spot, steady; No. 2, go in elevator;
80 atloat; steamer yellow ~; steamer mixed
| 27; No. 3, 25, March closed 294; May 20 ii 16
029A closed pa = July 81 ADJ 3-1e, closed 3lb;
September closed -.
Oats, spot, quiet No. 2, %: No. 3, 2l. No.
delivered 23; No. 2 white 234; No. 3
white 22h; track mixed western 2la24
! track white 22a3O; options, May closed 2lh;
! July closed ~.
Hay steady; shipping 50a55; good to choice
Hops quiet: choice to common 1895 crop 3a
5X, 1896 crop 7(aila, Pacific coast, 1895 crop 3a
Hides firm; Galveston, 2Oa25 lbs, 90; Buenos
| Ayres dry, aJaA lbs, leA; Texas dry, 24a
| 30 lbs, lOal0h California; 2la25 lbs, l6.
Leather firm; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
| light to heavy weights, l9&a20Hi acid, 2O@23.
Wool firm; domestic fleece, l6a2O; pulled
Beef quiet; family $90OaSl1: extra mess
| ST. 50aS8; beef hams $l8.51al9; packed S.60a
| $9OO: city extra India mess $l3,5Oasl5.
Cut meats firm; pickIeo Dellles ~ AG5<
| do. picked shoulders 6&; do. hams oAa9A
Lard firm but firm; western steam $4.ol%
| May "a 80, nominal; refined tirm continent
| $4.7 South American $500 compound ~
| PORK quiet; old mess $o.75aS9; snort cleal
| $5.750al025; family $s.hOalO.25.
| butter steady; western creamery lo0l9
| do. factory 7aly; Elglns 1e; imitation cream
4 cry 10a15: State dairy 12a1S; do, creamery
Cheese quiet; large State 9912z; small
| fancy 9Qlh part skins 699; full skim'
Eggs steady; State and Pennsylvania liz
| western fresh ii; southern l04aIU4.
Tallow steady; city (Sz per paokagel o7s
| country packages free) 38.
Cotton seed oil steady: prime crude 2Oa2OA
| q h m1lls l6al7k; OF crude 10, prime
/ summer yellow 23A, of summer yellow 23a
23K, butter grades 26Aa27; prime white Sog
Petroleum quiet; United closed at 81 bid
| refined New York $3.50; Philadelphia anC
/ baltimore SB25; do. in pulk $40
| RosiD quiet strained. common 70 gooC
| $1.65al.10.
Turpentine quiet at 2aha3O
| Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra S%0
moiasses steady. New Orleans, open kettle
| good to choice, zza3O.
| Pig iron dull; southern Sl025al2.VUi north
Copper 11p r' steady: brokers' Sis; exchange
! S1I.s5al200.
! Spelter, steady; domestic "a lua4lo.
4 Lead strong; Orokers 500; exchange $83IHi
7 3.42A
| SIS "a: Nav SIS 7OaS 15 August s. 10; September
| IS seas s.; December 1885. Spot, Rio steady
| No. I, invoice 90: jobbing 9A; mild quiet
| Cordoya l5Gl6s. ,e.o,l
centrifugal, g5-test. 10 l6a34; refined strong
| No. 6, 4; No. 7, 81, No. y 1915; NO; y
a. No 10 S% AZ No. a5,S IL ~, 40 sfa6daro Il, aI9
A, Az coufectloners' A, An, cut IoaI y
| crushed ), powdered sfanu-ateo a1S
| cubes As
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. March l2.-Four dull; western
| superfine S26sCG3.00; do. extra S3.25a3.SO; DO
| famliy |4SUt0a.0u' Winter 4" nS1A paDoil1s yL'eo
| 4S5; spring do. S4.25d46U, spring Wnea
| straights 81. 4.l0Gg4.25.
Wheat weak and lower; spot S6R; May 7SA
79; Southern wheat by sample eoaSU; 40
| on grade -.
| Corn firmer; spot and March Aa26H; Apri
26Ha27 May z7%a27& steamer mixed 25A
| 25h; Southern white corn 26xa26A; DO. yeI
| low 26a26k. -.
oats flrmer; No. white western 24ha25h
| No. 2 mixed z2a23.
RIVE steady; No. 2. nearby, 89Aa40; west
| ern 40ka40A.
Hag steady, fair demand; choice Timcth!
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