The Portland daily press., 1897-03-19
domestic Markets.

MARCH 10. 1897
NEW YCRK-The Flour market receipts
l6, 70l packages exports 1851 bbls, and 229f
sacks; sales $500 packages; steady. and dull
rIour; auotailons-winter wheat low grades
a. 2 S0@3 20: do fair to fancy at 25G4 90
do patents 60G5 90; Minnesota clear at 4l
as 30. do straight at 0OA4 20: do patents
at 1894 90. low extras 3O@3 20: city mills
extra at 60dl4 80; CITY mills patents S0@
8 05; rye mixtures 8093 40; superfine al
O0G2 80. fine at 1882 20. Southern nonr
quiet. unchanged: common to fair extra 2oa
$50; gooo GO choice do COCA oo. Rye tour
dull at 2 b0@2 rs, Cornmeal quiet. Wheat-re-
ceipts = bush; exports II $50 bush, sales &c..
900 bush: dull tirmer; No Red o b at o41s
575 bush: exports So, e25 bush: sales loo, O0o
bush: dull, FIRM No 2 at 1894 in eley. 30 4 c
af1oat. Oats-receipts &c, 600 bush; exports 81 ;
0s5 bush: sales 1900 bush: quiet firm: No z
at 22c 40 White FAC: No 2 chicago 23c: No 3
az 21c: do White 221ac, Mixed Western 21a24
White DO and White State at % a3Gc. Beef is
steady, unchanged: family at 0Opf0 90; extra
mess Z O008 90; beef ham strong; tierced Dee1
Is quiet, and unchanged; city extra India me IS
1S OO@l40o; cut meats fairly active and firm
picked bellies IL TBS be; do shoulders 514c do
hams 81a@9. Lard quiet, stronger: Western
dull: Continent at i IS; A at 4 So compound
41s@4as. Provisions-Pork frmer, moderate
demand: new mess 75@9 %. Butter steady,
fair demand; State dairy at l0&1sc; do cream
1920; Western dairy; do crm 1901 Sc do fac
tory al 7@13c; Eigins 19c. Cheese, fairly ac-
tlve firm: State large s@121a; do small at so
1219c. Petroleum quiet, unchanged; united al
81 ~. C0ffee-Ric dull, and weak; MOI at &C.
Sugar-raw firm. quietretned advanced early
in day, later declined, prices now as yesterday
No 6, 47sc; No at 4c; No 8 at 3ssc; No s
at 3 l1-16c: No 10 az 36sc; No IL at 3Is
no IL at 8 7-16c; NO is az 3ss G: off 3-l6,d
4iAc; Mould As4 C; standard A 41ac;C0nfec-
TONERS A ass ;cut loaf 8 Ia ;crushed 51sc, DOW
dered 4s4 c; graduated 41ac; Cubes 4s4.
Freighte to Liverpool quiet. UNCHANGED grain
by steam 21ad.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
quiet, steady, uncnanged hard wheat spring pats
30lQ4 90 in wood: hard wheat bakers 2 60sg
3 90 in SACKS: winter wheat at 30GA so in
wood; Rye Flour 2O92 30 in sacks. Wheat
Ne2 spring at 721am7414c: No 2 fed at s3 "
GSyAc Corn-No 2 at 1884 024c. Oats-No 2
at l614c. Mo- Rye 33lac: NO Barley 33c.
No Flaxeed at 781a@sohe; mess pork 6o
"a 30. Dry salted meats-shouldcrs at 7b@
6 90: short clear sides at 75a4S73a.
Keceiprs-Flour. 1900 Ibis; wheat $500
rye $500 bush barley. 50, 900 bnsh-
Shlpments-Flour 3.4Uo 3bisi wheat $4,000
bush; corn. 139. 500 bush. oats l6S, 400 bush
rye. 625 bush: barley 14.300 bush.
ST. LOUIS-The Flour market to-day was
at a. 0@4 40; fancy at 1874 90; choice
3 20@B 80. Wheat higher. Corn higher, Mich al
21c. oats higher: Mar 1880 Pork-standard
mess new 20; old 70; Laro-prime steam
extra short clear 80; clear ribs at 5 46; clear
sides 8 80. Dry sailed meats-shoulders So
extra short clear at 90; clear ribs at i5
clear sides g.
keceipts-Flonr $500 bbls: wheat leo
oushi corn 74,3oO bush; oats 2S.6Oo bush; rye
bush.
Shipments--Flour 400 bbs: whea, 81 SOC
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats 1880 bush rye
bush.
DETROIT-Wheat-No Red at Gle; No /
White 90c. Corn-No 2 at 231ac. Oats-No .
at 2ONc., Rye-No 2 at SO.