The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-21
CHICAGO, December 20.

Cash quotations were as follows;
Flour steady; winter patents S3.4003.50; do.
straights S3.f663.2O; spring special $3.2Oa3.4O;
spring patents $3.2Oa350; straights S2.Sa3.O0.
Wheat-No.2 spring 64A No. spring 6la64A;
No. red 6S l-2a7O Corn-No, z, 85aS21s. Oats
No. O. 26ha27; No. 2white 20 -2a29; No. 8. white
2S62S24. Rye-No. 2, Sd 1-2a5424. Barley-No. 2,
38a481-2 Flax seed, No. l, los; Prime
Timothy seed $40 Mess pork, P per 1 6bl' ss;lCa
rib sides, loose, S455a4.75; dry-salted should
ers, boxed, 4Aa436. Short clear sides, boxed,
A.S2l2a4.S5. Whiskey, So
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, December 2O-rIour quiet and
easy, in some instances q shade lower, with
the break in wheat; winter stralghts S3.6Oa
$50; do patents $365a3.Sj; Minnesota patents
S3.70a3.95; Minnesota bakers S300a3.25; winter
low grades $2.25a2.45.
Rye flour quiet; good to fair $3.OO0315
Buckwheat flour dull at $500.
Buckwheat quiet at "a.
Corn meal firm; yellow western 76a77; city
Rye steady; No. 2, go 1-2a6l; State -.
Barley steady; feeding 42ai4; mailing 520
5s1.2
Barley malt dull; western GOa7O.
Flax seed steady at $l.10.
March "a l-2; May II IL; December - IL.
Corn, spot easy; No. 2, 42&; options, May
40ST; December 404.
Beef steady; family Sl0aSll; extra mess SS.50a
900; beef hams $500; packet S95OaSl0; city
extra India mess S15O0a16O0.
Cut meats easy; picked bellies 5a6; picked
shoulders 3244; picked hams 624a7.
Lard easy; western steamed closed S5.32 IL;
city =; December closed S5.3j, nominal; refined
quiet
Pork steady; mess Ss.7509.25; short clear
$40. 25a12.25; family S10.00011.00.
Butter firm; western creamery l5d2l; do.
factory 12al4 10; Elgins 2l; imitation creamery
I3al7; State dairy 1511S; creamery 15a19 ID.
Cheese firm: large white l04alO l-2;do. small
TX; large colored 1o4; do. small ~; light
skins 6406 1-2; part skins 5ka5 Ia; full skins
2a21z.
Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania 26a27
western fresh &c; southern 22a25.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys 81 .25a150; New York
S1.25al62 I-2; Long Island Sl.50dl.S I-2; sweets,
Jerseys, S1.25a2.50 southern 50a75.
Taliow steady; city 8 9-l6; country l-2a3%.
Cotton seed oil st-adier; prime crude II liza
10; prime crude o b mills lSa13 liz; prime sum-
nler yellow 2la22; OFF summer yellow 20; butter
grades 25a27; prime winter yellow 27a27 l-2;
prime white 20.
Philadelphia and Baltimore s7.45; do in bulk
$3.50.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good $1.4Oa
LAP I-2.
Turpentine firm at 40 l-2a4S.
Rice steady; fair to extra 424@6a; Japan SKA
1-2.
Molasses firm; New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 28a33.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 5; other
domestic 4a4 H.
Cabbage firm; Long Island 81. 50aS. 90 per 100.
Si025a1I75
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton by steam
- grain by steam -.
doffee-options, December S5.s0a5 IS; January
S. la5S5; spot Rio, firm, held higher; No. z. in
voice 6zSa7; No. z iobbing 73Sa7 l-2; mild firm;
Gordoya 74a15.
4 Sugar, raw steady; fair refining 80 centrifu-
gal, 96-test, AZ; Muscoyado 81; molasses SUI
gar 80; refined steady, higher; No. 6, 47-16;
No. Z, Az; No. IL, 41s; No. IL, l-l6; No. ID,
1-16; No. Ii, 4; mould 59s: granulated 51S:
cubes So.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMoRE, Md, Dec. 2O.-Flour dull, UNI
changed; western super $21502.50; do. extra
S2.90G325; do. family $3.5Oa4.00; spring wheat
straight $4.35G450.
Wheat easy; spot and December 72}66722S;
January 72A a72Ts; May -; steamer No. 2, red II;
Southern wheat by sample eS073; do. on grade
Corn firm; spot and December 40hd408;
December, new or old. 39s6G39zs; January SO IL
a395f; February 3924a39zS; steamer mixed -;
Southern white corn 36Aa40; yellow =.
Oats firm; No. white western, % IL; No.
mixed 81 I-2a32.
Rye easier; No. 2near-by 5724; No. western
59%.