The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-31
SHORT RIRs. Per 100 Lbs.

SHORT RIBS, Per 100 Lbs.
January. .....'.'......,.'. 90 90 80 49,
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents S3.5Oa3.60;do
straights sj.2OG3.4O: spring special $500
spring patents S3.2oa3.5O; straghts $2.sa3.oQ
No. 2 red II 1-2a72 Corn-No. 2, 879s. Oats
| No. 2, 27ha27&; No. Q white -; No. 8, white
29a29 l-2. Rye--No; 2, 81 1-2a54A. Barley-No
4lal9. Flax seed, No. l, ia. Prime Timothy SEED
$500, s5. Mess pork per Dbl, ss.5Ora 300
Lard per 100 lbs, S5.5oa5.62 IL. Short rit
sides, loose a.3O05.l0; dry-salted should
ers, boxed, 4ha4ss. Short clear sides, boxed
S5.Ioa5.l5. Whiskey, 81 o.
NEW YORK.
| NEW YoRK December 30.--FIour quiet but
held 5a1Oc higher; winter extras s2.70a3.00; win
! ter straights S350a3.6S; do. patents S365a3.85;
Minnesota patents S3.9o44lo; Minnesota bakers
| 3d. 1926; winter low grades S2.25a245.
Rye -four dull at s1,90al.9
Buckwheat flour quiet at S1.90a200.
| Buckwheat dull at 54a55.
| Corn meal firm; yellow western S50S6;
Rye easy; No. 2, 63a63 1-2; State SO.
Barley steady; feeding 45aiS; mailing 53G5S.
Barley malt steady; western 5Sa68,
Flax seed eady at Sl10
Wheat, spot steady; No. red 8O%, options,
March 1874; May 1914 i; December n IL.
orn, spot easy; No. 2, 44Is; options May
Oats, spot quiet; No. Q. SO 10; options quiet.
Beef steady, family Sl0aSl1; extra mess sS.50a
9.UU, beer mans SlS.1Us packet S5.9UdNIUS Guy
extra India mess S15.00a16.0O.
Cut meats dull but steady; picked bellies ga
a6; picked shoulders 4; picked hams 6Aa7.
Lard steady; western steamed closed 80;
city S.; December closed $685., nominal; re-
Pork firm; mess SO 5O01OOo; short clear
Sl0.hOa12.50 family S10.25011.00
Butter firm; western creamery 15d2l; do.
factory 12a14 Ia; Elgins u; imitation creamery
13a17; State dairy 15d18; creamery l5a19 1-2,
Cheese firm; large white lOl-2; 40 40 snail NAL
skins 6106 IL; part Skins 5Aa5 IL; full skins
2a2%.
Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania q 10;
western fresh q; southern 23a25.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys $l.25a1.5O; New York
S.. 25a1 81 IL; Long Island $1.62 2G2.00; Sweets
Jerseys, 81. 25a2.50: southern 50a75.
Tallow steady; city 9-I6; country l-2a38.
Cotton seed oil steady; prime crude IL LA
49, prime crude o b mills l3al31-2; prime sum-
mer yellow 22a221s; off summer yellow 20;butter
grades 25a27; prime winter yellow 27a2s;
Petroleum steady; refined, New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia and Baltimore S45; do in bulk
81 95.
Rosin steady strained, common to good s1.4O.
Turpentine strong at 46a46 l-2
Rice firm; fair to extra 4&@6H; Japan SKA
SIP.
Molasses firm; New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice, 2sa33.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 5; other
domestic 4a4 IL.
Cabbage steady; Long Island So 25a4OO per 100.
Pie iron dull; southern $I0.25ai1,25; northern
SO 2Sal1.75.
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton by steam
-; grain by steam
Wcoffee- Options, January S5.45; March $50;
spot Rio, quiet but steady; No. z, invoice %;
No iobbing Z n: mild steady; Cordova 7%a15.
Sugar, raw easier; fair renning 1916; CEN
trifugal, 96-test, 5l6; MuscoV ado 32s; molasses
sugar 9-16; refined irregular; NO. O. 7-l6; NO.
T. Az; No. IL, Al; No. H. Il6;No ID, 41-l6; No.
IA, 4; mould sd: granulated 5: cubes.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. sO.--Flour quiet, un-
changed; western super S2.25@250; 90. extra
s290@325; do. family SS.50a4.00; spring wheat
straight 4.35d4.50.
Wheat firmer; spot and December 75%a75zS;
January 75Aa75ss; February 7i1sa761a; May
-; steamer No. 2, red -; Southern wheat by
sample 72a76 ~; do. on grade --.
Corn easier; spot and December 43a43A;
December, new or old, 424sa42A; January aha
424; February 42ha42%; steamer mixed -;
Southern white and yellow corn S6a42 l-2.
Oats frmer; No. white western, 34a34 IL;
No. mixed 81 1-2a32
Rye steady; No. nearby sSl-2; No. west
arr so .