The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-02-16
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sHoRT RIBS, Per 100 Lbs BIS 70 -"
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GIashquotations were So follows:
Flour firm, Wheat 30. 2 spring -: No. 3
spring 70al3%: No. 2 red 8iRaS54 Corn,
No. 2, n a22, Oats, No. 2, l5Aal6: No. white
l5Aal94 0 b; No. white l6hal9f b. Rye,
23a2; No. q, 23a25. Flax seed, No. /, 73&a
ION Prime Timothy seed S3.55 Mess
pork PEI, 66 g 9(as 90 Lard I'd per e o9ihs s. 80
shoulders (bOxed) 44a4k; short clear sides
boxed 4%a4%. Whisky distillers' finished
goods per gallon --.
new YORK.
NEW YORK. Feb. l5.-Flour steady city
mill patents $4.90a515: winter paJeu.- . GOA
40; 90. clears 81 S0aA90. do. straight 35a
4 40; Mlnns. patents "a 3ja4.45; 40 ... or
extras &hla6t8.lI; Minnesota bak#ls r. jda
8 So winter low grades ~ GOa2 30
Southern Hour steady at S 25af 40.
Rye tour easy; supernne &.J6a2.75; fancy
$2.S0a295.
Buekwheat -four firm at $1.20.
Buckwheat steady at "a.
Corn meal quiet, yellow western 81; city 5S;
rive weak; No. 2 western 87a3s; car lots,
seal.
barley quiet; western feeding 27ka27A;
mating 3Sa46: barley malt dull; western 5Ua6s.
Wheat, spot, Irregular No ] Northern New
York San t. O. b. ati0at; No ! nard SO
f; o. b. afoat; options, No. red February
: - =
SOB; June 79Aa80&, closed S0A july n l-loa
18%, closed 1875 September INA 81, closed
Corn, spot, quiet; No ,, e8K in elevator.
yellow 29; steamer mixed I'm: options, Feb
ruary closed zSH; Nay 29Ba29s, closed 29%;
july 3B4 a3J5a, closed SO4.
oats, spot, quiet; NO. ?, delivered 2l%; No. 3,
20; No. 2 whIJe %, No. white 2lA; track
| mixed western 2Ja25; options, February
closed 2lA March closed 2I&; May closed
zl9 fully closed ~.
Feed firm.
hay quiet; shipping 5Oa55; good to choice
61a12&.
Hops steady: common to choicelS95 crop AZ
!, 1896 crop 6lal3, Pacihccoast, 1885 crop 48a''
1896 crop, 8al3
Ayres dry, zUa24 lbs, nominal: Texas q "a.
30 lbs, lGal6; California, 2la25 lbs, l5@.
Leather rirm; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
light to heavy weights, 1914 a20R; acid, 2OG2S5.
Wool quiet; domestic fleece, l5a2O; puiied
| 15al8.
Coal steady.
Beef steady; family $8.5Oasl0; extra mess
| 81 30; beet hams $500; packed $Sa$9.b0; city
extra India mess $l2 50aH.5O.
Cut meats firm; picked bellies 44aiA
| do, picked shoulders B; do. hams 3&a9
Lard firm; western steam "a 10; May $4.oJ,
nominal refined firmer; con tnent $.4u; South
American A.75; compound AZ.
PORK nrm; old mess So.5Oa9.OO; snort clear
| $8.50al0 co. family $y.h0al 30
Butter steady; western creamery l2D2l;
| do. factory 7al4; EIgIns Il; imitation cream
l8a2O
Cheese quiet: large State 9aI2&; small
| fancy 90lZA; part skins 5,d9A; fun skins
303K.
Eggs steady: State and Pennsylvania 1sK;
| western fresh l2alS4, southern IfalI@.
TatIow dull; city ~ pea package 81, coun-
try packages free) 81, as 10 quality.
| Cotton seed oil firm; prime crude ~;
| { mills IN; of crude l6&al9, prime
| summer yellow 262- OIL summer yellow
/ 23A, butter grades 2la2ij9 prime white II.
| Petroleum ii m; UnlteQ closed at ~ bid.
| refined New York $3.50; Philadelphia apo
/ Baltimore So s5, do. in bulk 1870.
ROsIn quiet; strained. common TO good
Turpentine steady at 29a29H.
| Rice steady; domestic, fair TO extra SAG
| Moiasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle
/ good to choice, 2za52 for new crop.
Peanuts easy; fancy hand-picked 81; other
Fr1ights to Liverpool quiet; cotton by
| steam -; grain by steam md
| I tPig iron easy; southern $lO&oal2.0J' nofth-
| ern Sl0.50al2.5U; exchange -.
Copper steady; brokers ll%; exchange
| $lL@alI 80.
Tin dull: straiqhts Sl3.30al3.40; plates weak
| Spelrer, dull; domestic "A 0Oa4 70.
Lead strong, brokers 500: exchange ~ z2&a
| 3.271
a9.l0; September 50 Is; November s9l5 Spot
| Rio dull; No. Z, invoice Ok; jobbing l0A mild
quiet; Cordova l54(Gl6A.
Sugar, raw, firm; fair refining q 3I6;
| centrifugal, 96-test, 33-a6; refined steady;
No 4, 5 1916: No. Z, az, No 8, 1916; NO q 81,
| No. 10 3 ll-lb, No. IL. 80, No. H. 3@, No. l3,
| 3 7-16; No. IL, go, Mould A, AZ, standard A,44 ;
| confectioners' A, ~, cut loaf 8, crushed O.
| powdered ~, granula6ed A$s, cubes "a.
BALTIMORE.
| BALTIMORE, Feb 15.-Four dull; western
superfine S265d3.U0: do. extra S325a3.90; do
| family $425d4.6O; winter wheat patents 81. 75a
| 500; spring do. $4,000 o.; spring wheat
| straights $4.20604.40.
| Wheat unsettled; spot s. bid: May So aS2k
| Southern wheat by sample S9a90; do. on grade
| 1aS8h
Corn steady; spot and February 25@a25k;
March z5Aaz6; April 2B4az64, May ira
/ 27A steamer mixed 23% a23&; Southern white
| corn %; do. yellow 26ka&.
Oats steady; No. white western 23a24; No.
| 2mlXed 2laZ2
| Rye easier: No. 2, near by, Al: western 4lk.
Hay firm; choice Timothy Sl350Ml400