The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-21
CHICAGO, July 20.
Opening. Closing.


Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet. firm. Wheat, No aspiring 75.a
Corn, No. 2, %. G2eH; Oats, No. 2, ~,
No. white 2lHa2s; No: g. white
So lshasl n Bye No s 3 81 Barley G
t o b2sX. Flax seed. No. i. SiEass Prime
Timothy seed 81 Mess pork per Dbl,
Lard per 100 lbs Ihaa Short
(boxedl 44a5. Short clear sides (boxeG) SKA
on, Whiskey, distillers' finished goods per
gallon sl19.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, July 2o.-Four opened firm;
western superfne S2.6Oa2s5; do. extra s. Goa
4.s0; do. family 3.SO94.15; winter wheat pat
wheat straishts Is $50 10. TO- '''-OSf''' spring
Wheat unsettled; No. red spot so i'd;
July 79k bid: August and September Tk@
TN: steamer No. 2 red rs bid; Southern
wheat by sample, Task; do. on grade 79a
81.
Corn firm; spot and July 3la31x; August
31a3l4: September 3IHa3lx; steamer mixed
2SQ2S1; Southern white 32a33; do. yellow
33a34.
Oats 6rm; No. 2 white western s6@26x;
No. mixed 23a23k.
Rye tirmer;l o. 2. nearby Al; No 2western
Hay steady; choice Timothy sls.5Oal4.O.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, July 2O-Flour strong, fairly
do clear A.ssa4.so Minnesota patents &. asa
AS; Minnesota bakers $340a3.55; winter pat
ents $4.35a4.65; do. straights "a OOa4.l5; do.
y wi 1nsa q. extras 'S0aSO' winter low grades
Rye flour quiet; superfne sl.95a2 Is; fancy
Corn meal quiet. yellow western 60; city
60a6l: Brandywine 81 .6Oal.S0
Rye strong: No. western 39x; car lots 4OKa
49,
- Barley q. y; dull western feeding ssx assx malt
Wheat, spot, strodger; No. 2 red in store
and elevator -; No. northern new York
SON No. ] northern Duluth SSk atioat;
September 77a7Sh, closed 7Sh; October closed
Corn. spot, steady but quiet; No. Q, BIN in
elevator; 32N a1oat; options, July closed 3l&;
August closed 3l%, September 81 18-l6aS%,
closed 3lx.
=, oats, spot, easier; No. 2 2: options, July
2lA; October closed 22%.
% Hay quiet; shipping 80; good to choice
Hops steady; State common to choice 1895
crop 3a4, 1896 crop 699, Pacific coast, 1896
crop 3a4: 1895 crop, Gallo.
Hides strong; Galveston, 2Oa25 lbs Halls;
dry. s4asO lbs, L; california, aoas5 lbs, 1sX. '
Leather steady; HemlOck sole Buenos Ayres
light to heavy weights, lSal9; acid, 19022.
l8a25.
Beef quiet; family ss5oas.5O: extra mess
Ea75o; beef hams $24a25; packed $8a9.50;
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 6Aa7X;
do. picked shoulders 5Sa5S; do. hams 8xa9.
Lard firmer: western steam $.40a445, nom.
inal: city So 30; September 34.47, nominal re-
M.9O: compound 4a44.
Pork quiet; old mess s775aS.25; do new
ss 75a925; short clear Is 75alo5O: family $9.25a
Butter quiet; western creamery Il@l4X:
do. factory 7a10K; Elgins 49, imitation
creamery sxal2H; State dairy 10al4; do.
Cheese quiet; large State 7Ka7x: small
fancy 7xa7h; part skims 4a5k; full skins IN
a3
Eggs quiet; State and Pennsylvania 12Xa
ID; western fresh IL; southern - per thirty
dozen cases.
Tallow quiet: city (s2 per package) 81; coun-
try packages free) 81, as to quality.
Cotton seed oil strong but only moderately
actiAe; prime crude sOa201; do. mills liza
s sum; Pr, yeiow a; butter oe gradest aS@
80: prime summer white 27a2s, prime winter
yellow 30k.
New York 1918; Philadelphia and Baltimore
s5 20: do. in bulk $500.
Rosin quiet; strained, common to good
Sl.65al67k.
Turpentine quiet at s6926X.
klce STEADY; domestic, tar to extra 40
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 22a2S.
Freights to Liverpool strong; cotton by
steam l2c; grain do. 2hc.
Pig iron quiet: southern Scotch S925a
1851; northern American $l0.00al2.00: ex-
change -.
Copper strong; lake brokers' liz exchange
Sl1.00a1l.25.
Tin duh, straights S13.s0al3 so, plates dull
Spelter, quiet: domestic S4.20a4 30
Lead weak; broke rs 1886; exchange $3.77Ka
3.S7x.
Tomatoes per carrier, Savannah and
Charleston, 75a$l.00.
Iabbages, Long Island, per 100, S2a3.50.
CoHee-Options, July 500; August 81 O5a
TO; September " l6a725; October 81 25; De
cember $.35a7'50 spot Rio, firm, held higher;
Cordova 10hal6k.
Sugar, raw firm: fair refining 81; CEN
trifugal, 96-test, 3&; refined firm; Mould A, |
So, standard A, An; .confectioners' A, An, |