The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-03-23
SHORT LUMBER.
Current Comment.

CHEEsE.-Receipts for export, 4, OBJ box
es. There is nothing encouraging to report.
Demand is still very light and prices are
unusually low for this season Of the year.
OATs.-There lie not much doing, and
prices have worked down about &c during
oats on track are quoted at BIC with fancy
clipped about &c higher. Lower grades
range down as TO quality.
PoTAToEs. - Receipts have fallen off a
good deal this week and the accumulation
at the roads has been reduced somewhat
but there is still full supply on hand. De-
mand has been only moderate at best.
Prices have been held fairly steady.
BEANs.-We have had very dull mar
ket for the past week. Best marrow pea
have been hard to sell at S1.121 and some
lots have been placed at S1.10. Yellow
eyes and red kidneys are selling in small
lots as wanted at unchanged quotations.
CoRN.-The demand has ruled quiet dug
ing the week with prices lower at the close.
Recent sales OF steamer yellow on track
billed through to outside points have been
at 38c, with No. 2 yellow about &c higher.
Lower grades range down as to quality and
color.
MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP.-New sugar is
coming in small lots and choice small cakes
bring from ~ TO lac. Small sales of new
syrup at 60 to S5c per gal. Old sugar is
"
and sc for tubs. Old syrup very dull at 40
to SOC per gal.
FLoUR.-The market continues dull and
prices have weakened materially. Buyers
are only operating as forced to have sup
plies and not much flour is changing hands
at present. Wheat has shown more weak
ness, and this has forced the price OF flour
down about ten to fifteen cents as compared
with week ago.
BUTTER.-Receipts have been moderate
this week, but demand has been only fair
and under the influence of lower prices in
western and other leading markets receive
ers have been obliged to shade prices here.
Since Monday the finest Vt. and n. H.
creamery has had only a moderate sale at
21c, and some very choice marks have been
cleaned up at 209c.
WooL.-The market continues to exhibit
its holiday characteristics The money
market is not such as to encourage large
transactions in merchandise Of any descrip-
tion. Manufacturers are more or less spread
out on the remainder Of the heavy supplies
Of raw material purchased before the enact
ment of the Aldrich-Dingley Tariff and
since AS they received sudden and Sc
we're check by having goods flung back on
their hands, thanks to this same war scare,
they are even discussing here and there the
possibility of shutting down machinery and
naturally do not wish to incur further 6nan-
cial liability.
LUMBER.-The situation has changed very
little from last week. Trade is still light
and we could hardly expect it to be other
wise. The trade think the war scare' is
largely responsible for it, many deferring
their purchases until the outlook is more
certain. The snow storm in February also
had an influence. 1t not only gave tenn
porary setback to the business some OF the
yard men were doing, but also stopped log
cling operations in Canada to an extent that
means a considerable lessening Of supplies
of logs. Some estimate this reduction at
from twenty to forty million feet.