The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-14
SHORT LUMBER.
Current Comment.

OATS here is a moderate business doing
on spot, although the range Of sales is lower
than last week. For No. 1 clipped white
on track billed through about 34c il the
price, while fancy clipped white are quot d 4
at 3i1c. Lower grades are dull, withr as
ranging down as to quality.
BEANs.-Receipts continue libersS bnt
there has been no Improvement in the de-
mand for white beans and the market has
an easier tone. Best marrow pea are slow
at S1.25. Yellow eyes in mChlerate snpply
and hrm some extra lots held above quota.
tions. Red kidneys steady.
CoRN.-The market is quiet, but values
quoted fairly steady, compared with a
week ago The close is quite firm at 421 to
423 for No. 2 yellow on track billed through
10 outside points, with steamer yellow at
about 42c. Lower grades are dull and
range down in price as to quality and color.
CHEESE Receipts for export, 16 931 boxes.
The arrivals for local account have been
rather light and although demand has not
been particularly active the market has a
firm tone. The finest northern September
and October twins sell fairly at 1O4 to 1OIc.
Fair to good lots steady at to &c Best
western twins firm at 10c.
HAY AND STRAW business this month
| has ruled rather slower than usual, az buy
era are inclined TO hold out Of the market as
much as poss Bile on the las NOM h of the
| year. Prices are steady for good hay at
about Sl2 90 to IL 30 for the best with lower
kidhto bO"n III price as 10 quality. hVe
straw is quiet, and few sales range above
| S8 for choice cars, with lower grades down
as to quality. Dat straw dull
EGGs.-Receipts have been larger, but
there has been little il any increase in the
supply of richly fresh stock al d such goods
are still bringing full prices. A few of the
| best western with good proportion OF new
laid range up to 26c, but most OF the fresh
gathered western more or less mixed.
and have slow sale at % to 24c and under.
Refrigerators are in steady demand and
| firm, some Of the best early packed at 18c.
Choice lined ST. ady at 16c.
RUTTER-Receipts for the week include
134, 80 lbs. for export Trade has been
| quiet for the past week and prices have
eased off about a half cent. There il not
large supply OF strictly fine fresh made but
| ter Offering but there is enough for the de-
mand The finest fresh creamery has a
steady moderate sale at 20 TO 21c With some
small lots OF fancy fresh Vermont and New
Hampshire little higher. There is large
supply of hrsts and seconds and very dull
| market for such goods at prices ranging
from 16 to 19c. Fine June goods hold fairly
steady. Imitation creamery and ladle goods
! in moderate supply and steady at quota
+ tions.
FLOUR. There has been rather weaker
| tone to the market noted, and the business
done has been spasmodic and generally the
result OF cut prices. The demand continues
slow, and buyers appear content to await
the future for supplies rather than to stock
| up now ahead Of their actual needs Spring
patents are mostly being sold AZ about SO so
| to $3.50 for good brands, but SO 70 to S4 will
better cover the range of quotations. Some
special brands are held higher, but few
sales are made above So 80. Winter patents
are in slow demand with about SO rs to
| SO 80 covering the range of business doing,
Clear and straight winters range at SO 30 to
SO 70 with New York and Michie an at So 20
10 S3 90. Low grades continue dull and
nominal.
LUMBER.-The cargo business is fast near
| ing close. The mills down East are all
| through for the season and what few car
goes a now coming forward are readily
| taken up. Prices, as one could expect are
strongly maintained, yet they are not very
high even for this time of the year. The
yards, 1t is generally thought, are going in;o
the winter with lighter stock than usual,
and this they explain by say ing that they
hardly expect to 90 any considerable BUSH
ness in the winter season. The yard peo-
pie say they can buy Of the mills tb ship
by car later II they so desire. 1t would be
| well to remember in this connection that
the car mills are asking pretty good prices.
DRESSED PoULTRY.-Receipts have been
much larger than last week, but the in
crease has been almost wholly in chickens
and fowls. Turkeys have been in rather
short sup ly and have been working up
| little in price. AT the close choice western
drawn and headed are firm at 49,. Best
undrawn range up TO ~ to 12ac. There is
still more or less ordinary stock that has to
go at about former prices. Western chick
ems have had a dragging sale and at he
| close 1t takes an extra mark, drawn and
headed, to exceed 10c. Average lots are
very dull a. to 10c. Western fowls have
to be extra 10 exceed Sc. Western ducks in
heavy supply and very dull at tn Sc.
Western geese in moderate demand At to
| &c. Invoices are still running largely to
chickens and fowl, and it looks like an
overstocked and low market for the next
I week or two.
WooL.-A good deal OF wool is being sold,
but there is no improvement in prices. The
market is not az heavy as IL was before the
| recent large sales which served to tighten
| the situation; but nevertheless, dealers have
been meeting buyers quite freely, and as
most manufacturers are interested in wool
at the low edge of current quotations, the
movement has again been large. The stu
alton is gradually shaping itself to better
conditions and already nominal improve
ment is seen in stronger and more active
trade. The market rested upon assumed
values during the greater part of the year
and was not sufficiently active to establish
prices. Now, however. a definite basis has
been established and holders know Just
where to place their woods to dispose of
them. The market has the foundation
which it lacked earlier in the year, and
buyers and sellers are so close in their
views that business is generally active.