Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-11-14
IN HUB MARKETS.
Flour Rules Weak In Synpa-
thy With Wheat.

Boston. Nov. 9.-The demand for -four
is not very urgent and the sales of the
week have been small here. most of the
millers' agents reporting very little do
ing. Some business was put through
for export toward the close of the week,
but even this branch OF the market was
considerably less active than in imme-
diate preceding weeks.
1t is quite generally acknowledged
that tRe home buyer is Indifferent. Sell
ers who have returned from trips
through New England report that it has
been difficult process to interest buy
ers. Occasionally car or two are placed,
but It is exceptional to find buyer
courageous enough to take on larger
line. All seem to be waiting for some
thing or other, either a decided break in
prices or a movement in the other di-
rection-
The mills are generally we'll off as to
business on hand and are making siren
uous efforts to get out all the product
possible before navigation closes. The
big mills in the northwest are sold we'll
into December, and are said not to be
very anxious for more business just now
at current prices. In the winter wheat
section, also, the mills are sold ahead.
The market has ruled weak in SYM
from those quoted a week ago are not
as great as might have been expected
under the circumstances. In fact, some
of the mills have not changed their
prices at all. The product of one of the
big Minneapolis mills was quoted last
evening at $4.30 per barrel for patent,
the same as one week ago. There are
others that are holding at $40 and $4.15,
while still others ask from $3.50 to 81.
Patent with a good reputation can un-
doubtedly be bought for $3.50, and bid
of five or 10 cents under this price, II
forthcoming, might find a seller.
The following quotations, covering the
inside millers' and the outside jobbers'
prices, are those made yesterday by the
flour trade price committee: Spring
wheat patents from $50 to S4.75; spring
wheat straights from So to 1913; winter
wheat patents from $685. to $4g5; winter
wheat straights from $3.50 to $40, and
winter wheat clears from $34O to $500
per barrel as to quality and size OF pur-
chase.
Meal-No changes are noted in the the
meal markets: Barrel cornmeal' Sl,sog9
lated. $2.1O@2.25; rolled oatmeal, $3.400
800: ground and cut, $3.SO@4.25.
Corr-Corn is about steady. New corn
for prompt shipment is quoted at 39s4c.
NONSrn Der, $3.50.
Oats-Oats are steady and unchanged:
Fancy heavy, 1914 43312c; No 2 clipped,
3214c; No. 3, 3115 @31$4c; rejected, 31A@
211Ac; no grade, 3003O1Ac.
Hay-Hay is not quite as firm, under
heavier arrivals; straw steady; mill
feed steady: Hay, S6014; fancy old, in
jobbing lots, S14.50@15.50; rye straw, 500
10; sack spring bran, S14014.25; sack Win
ter, $14.75@15.
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but the demand also continues light It
is still understood that the retail deal
ers and jObbers are using up what they
have in store before purchasing further.
Best creamery, small lots and packages,
221a @2Sc; northern creamery, round lots,
2f022c; western, 21Q22c; eastern, 21G9
pc; firsts, 1SG191ac; limitations, 14@16c;
jobbers, 1ac to &c more.
Cheese is selling slowly, with the mar
ket steady. Liverpool is firmer on col
ored. Round lots, 9@1Oc; sage, 100
101zc; jobbing, &c higher; Liverpool, 42s
for white and AS for coIored.
Eggs are firm, with prices firmer. Re
frigerator 15@16c; western fresh, $50
19c; Michigan and Indiana, 20@22c;
eastern, 210221Ac; nearby and fancy, %
@24c; jobbing lie to &c more.
a firm apple market is continued,
though the European markets were off
badly early in the week. The returns
showed a decline of over 81 per Dbl on
many varieties. Pears have ceased |
coming in freely, and the market is
pretty firm. Grapes are f1rmer, ana /
have been selling at higher prices Of /
late California oranges are almost |
out of the market, and prices are nom
inaI. Lemons have taken quite a
tumble, and they are still weak, owing !
to the liberal supply of foreign in sight. !
Cranberries and ounces are still plenty.
Potatoes are steady to f1rmer on Irish
stock with the receipts pretty well
taken care of. Sweet potatoes are firm
err: eastern hebrons and whites, $50
5Sc: Green mountains, $4,000; northern
hebrons and whites, 45@4Sc; Virginia
sweet. 81 .25; double head, S1.50.
Onions are in full supply, with the
market easy at S1.5O@1.6O per bbI for
natives, and at 45@5Oc per bush. Spanish
onions are quoted at $3.50 per crate for
good.
Cabbages are selling for rather easier |
prices, by reason of a full supply. |
Squashes are yet in very full supply, |
with the market easy. Pumpkins are
quoted at 30@50c per box, or $4,000 per
Dbl.
Turnips are in oversupply, with white |
quoted at 15@3Oc per DuSh; yellow, 100 |
soc per Dbl; beets. 40@50c per bush; car
rots. 4Oc per bush; parsnips, 100000 per |
bush.
Celery is in very full supply. and sells
at 7O69Oc per doz; lettuce, 20@30c per |
box: native spinach, 10000 per box; |
caulifiower, s1@1.25 per box.
Pork-The pork and lard markets are |
steady and unchanged: Barrel pork, S13 |
6b13. SO: light backs, S12; lean ends $14-50; |
fresh ribs, &c; corned and fresh Shout |
ders. 6Hac: smoked shoulders, 6B@7Ac; |