Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-10-21
IN THE BOSTON MARKETS,
Butter sellers Find Buyers Not
Anxious to Chatter.

ures Hard to obtain For Fresh Lgp,-
situation as to other OFFERINGS.
Boston, oct. 19.-Higher prices for but
ter are quoted in the west and in New
York, but sellers here find it difficult tn
get much If any advance. Perhaps the
principal cause is that we have more cold
storage butter and of better quality than
at other leading points, and that hold
ers are more willing to sell a low price
This butter is being largely used in the
retail trade and as long as it gives salts
faction erocers will take it at a slight
difference in price. Along with this are
the receipts of fresh made which are full
as large as last year at this time if not
larger or course, If dealers here can
not return within one cent as much as
dealers do IN other places, shipments will
he decreased, and the matter will regu-
late itself in time
There was wide difference of opinion
In regard to the value of butter yesterday
in TINS market, and it may be well to let
dealers speak for themselves. One re-
celNer SAID: we ought to get % cents
Tor assorted tubs and 221a to % cents for
boxes put we have not yet made any
sales to the trade at those figures" Still
another: Il have just sold a lot of 10
TUBS OF northern creamery in large tubs
at -Vi2 cents, but suppose l should have
got Il cents for it," Taking these prices
as basis, Il to PIE cents would be a fair
selling quotation for most of the north
ern butter offered. with % cents as the
asking rate for fancy lots. Boxes. 90 to
22i2 cents.
a quotation of 291a to PIP cents NAV he
given for western creamery, with the
expectation of higher range later in
the week. But very few dealers were in
hopeful mood, owing to the lack of
buyers. There were some sales of ladies'
al 1914 to IA cents, and medium creamery
at Is to 16 cents, for export.
FOR cold storage stock there was some
inquiry, but not many sales. One of the
leading brokers said: There are more
sellers than buyers at 10h cents, though
some holders of fine Junes want 20 cents.
l consider 10 to 1919 cents a full selling
rate today Other parties who had
June stock to sell said they could not get
over 1872 cents, and not many BUYERS AT
that.
Most Of the jobbers were serving their
customers at the old prices. They sun
posed they would soon have to advance
rates If the outside markets kent rising
but for the present 221a to 23 cents COW
cred most of their sales in tubs, Boxes
ruled at % to "a cents. Trade moderate
Inc receipts of butter for the week
foot UP 1910 tubs and 81 500 boxes y
total weight of 929, S62 pounds. against
S6i,S95 pounds the previous week and
f39,S6l pounds the corresponding week
last year.
The statement of the Quincy Market
Cold Storage company for the week is as
follows: Pat in, 1852 tubs; taken out.
9O53 tubs; stock, 139,734 tubs. AGAINST
1884 tubs same time last year. For
the corresponding week last year Sale
tubs were put in and 10, 81 tubs taken
out. The Eastern company holds IL
649 tubs, and the amount added to the
Quincy's stock makes a total of ISL ,273
tubs, decrease of 6O91 tubs as com
pared with last year.
CHEESE AND EGGS.
There is not much change to note in
cheese. Demand has been moderate,
with sales of northern late made at
to 92 cents, including large and small
sizes. Some fancy twins run up to 9a4
cents but as a rule no more than 915
cents can be depended upon for round
lots. Early makes take lower range.
There was moderate demand yester-
day for fresh eggs, but extreme prices
were not easily obtained for the bulk
of the offerings. Northern Ohio, Indi-
ana and Michigan choice sold at 1872 to
10 cents, with an occasional fancy mark
at 1872 cents; other fresh western at II
to IS cents. Fresh eastern ranged from
10 to q cents. Refrigerator stock
steady at l to Is cents. The stock in
cold storage was reduced 2, sos cases dur
ing the week and stands at SCOTS cases,
against 60, S12 cases same time last year.
FLOUR AND THE CEREALS.
The flour market holds firm, with a
rather quiet trade. Prices are unchanged
at $3.90q4.30 for spring patents, mill
shipment, and at the following flour
trade committee prices; Spring wheat,
clears $3035O; straights. $3.25Q3.75;
patents, 81. 25q4.75; new, $3.S5q4. so; win
ter wheat clears, $335@375; straights,
$3.5Od4; patents, $3.75@4.25.
No changes are quoted in the meal mar
kets Barrel cornmeal, $I.70G1.75; bag
meal, 7647Sc; yellow grarulated, $2.1O0
2.25; rolled oatmeal, S3.40q3.90; ground
and cut, $3.SO@425.
Corn is still a little more firm: Track
steamer yellow, 1874 Q3914c; No. yellow,
S91aq39&c: No. yellow. to arrive, 3919c;
No. yellow, S9Ac.
Oats are unchanged: Fancy heavy,
S214933c; No. clipped, 31hc; No. 3, sic;
rejected, 3OQ3O12c; no grade, zoe. To ar
rive, "a to Sc Id, 30A Q301sc; Sc to 80 lb,
SO&l oslo; IS to 40 Id, 31A@3lhc; fancy
heavy, 91hG321ac.
Hay is doing rather better under
smaller receipts. Straw is firmer. Mill
feed is steady: Hay, $6Q14; fancy old,
in jobbng lots, $15@16; rye straw, $3.50
as; sack spring bran, $1425Q14.5O; sack
Ainter, S14.75Q15
PORK, BEEF AND POULTRY.
Pork and lard are firm, with fresh
Iibs 12c higher: Barrel pork $13QlS. 50
light backs, $12 lean ends, $14.50; fresh
ribs, SEC; corned and fresh shoulders,
6lac; smoked shoulders, 6A@7Ac; lard,
b3sc; in pals, 65s@7c; hams, 9@914c.
Beef is very quiet with prices irregu-
lar. Some of the sellers still charge at
the rate of 9Q9Ac for the best steers
Steers, 1890; forequarters, 5Q61Rc; hind
quarters, 914@l2c; Pumps and loins, 1917
blJc; loins, 14@17c.
Lambs are pretty firm, with muttons
well sustained: Spring lambs, 7@9c;
Brighton and fancy, SQ91ac; muttons ca
&c. Brighton and fancy muttons, 7qS12c;
veals, 7Q9c; fancy and Brighton, Toe.
The poultry market is rather more