Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23
IN THE BOSTON MARKETS.
Light Butter Trade Cheese and
Eggs Firm.

Boston, Dec. 22.-As usual the wool, bo
fore christmas there is a light trade in
butter, and no new features have baar
developed. Receipts are quite moderate
and prices are steady, and very utno
change is expected until after the t,r,
OF the year The situation is considered
healthy, and at present values the indi-
cations are that there will be n good
cleaning up, but any attempt to force an
advance would be resisted by BUYERS a nd
perhaps tend to a curtailment of nroduc-
ton.
a good deal of butter is going abroad
from Canada and the United States and
If this movement continues if will ma
terally benefit the market here. but tho
advices from the other side are NOT
strong enough to warrant an advance
on this side, and sellers here should no
moderate in their views.
The cheese market is very ouiet brt
the tone is as strong as ever. and the
general feeling was that prices will he
higher after the close of the year This
Is based on the small stocks in all parts
of the United States, Canada and Eng
land. Sales have been at 1Olb to II cents
but holders are asking liz to 1l1b cents
for fancy twins, and it would be hard
to buy much at the inside rate.
Fresh eggs are in good demand and
prices rule firm on a basis of 26 IN o.
cents for choice fresh Michigan and
northern Indiana and Ohio. and % to
20 cents for other western. Really
desirable eggs are hard to find Fresh
eastern command 20 to 2S cents. and
fancy new laid go higher. Refrigerators
nave been selling the past few days at
Is to 10 cents, and choice spring lots at
II cents, with an upward tendency. The
stock in cold storage is reduced to IL. 651
cases, against 24,3S6 cases at the same
time last year.
The flour market is fully sustained.
Large sales are reported by the mills
but they are not executed on this mar
ket. The amount of flour exported dur
ing the week from this port has been
1903 sacks. In the current week the
movement will be larger, as a great
many steamers are loading here with
-four and other cereals and will probably
be cleared during the week.
The home demand has been disappoint-
Ing and has not maintained the early
promise of the month. Jobbers have
vanced prices that have been quoted by
millers. Their own trade is not very
active, though it is up to the average of
this time of the year, when money is GO
ing for Christmas presents rather than
for flour and other necessities The gem
eral condition of the market is satisfac-
tory. and it is believed that with a IA
vorable wheat situation the demand will
& n he n =
stocks in the hands of distributors are
not of a size that can be called excessive.
II estimates are correct.
The following quotations, covering the
inside millers' and the outside jobbers'
prices, are those made yesterday by the
flour trade price committee: Spring
wheat patents at $3.50 to $3.50; spring
wheat clears at $3.50 to $3.50; winter
wheat patents at $3.S0 to $425; winter
wheat straights at $3.50 to $4 and winter
wheat clears at 1925 to $3.5 per barrel, as
to quality of the flour and size of pur-
chase.
Cornmeal is firmer, on the strength in
the market on corn. Oatmeal is very
steady.
The corn position holds firm. Trade
has continued good, with the export
demand extending. Stronger cables are
noted, with exporters taking corn more
freely.
Oats continue steady, with vary fair
demand. Exporters are taking good
lots whenever freight room is to be had,
but a scarcity of room discourages that
part of the trade.
Hay is reported to be well sustained
with a better trade, and prices likely to
go higher; straw is dull and rather easy;
millfeed is pretty firm. Hay, SSq14;
fancy jobbing lots, S15Q16; rye straw
$500; oat straw, S6Q7.
The pork market is generally lower
The kill of hogs by Boston packers has
been a liberal one, the total for the weel
having been about As, 900; preceding week
AZ. 700; same week a year ago, $4,000
There has been a good movement of porl
product into export, the total for the
week. by Boston packers, having beer
of the value of about $195, 900; preceding
week. $217, 900; same week a year ago
$685. 900.
The beef market is dull here, and quo
tations are not well sustained, though
the position is yet very firm in the west
with the shippers of beef enJoining thu
receivers here to get better prices.
OF muttons and lambs, there is full
supply. with the market only fairly
well sustained. Veals are firm, on
short supply. Spring lambs, 7ladSc
Brighton fancy, S99c; muttons, garlic
Brighton and fancy muttons, 112qSc
veals 9Q1Oc; fancy and Brightons' l
@l1c.
The supply of poultry is positivel'
large in both turkeys and chickens an
fowls. The arrivals of turkeys wer
free again. with the idea that they ar
for the Christmas trade The market
easv. Turkeys, western, 12914c; north
ern, 1561Sc; chickens, northern fresf
12014o: western, 9@12c; fowls, norther
fresh. 1O@12c; western, S@1Oc; live fowls
e091b; live chickens, Sq9c; green ducks
lO@12c: geese, 1OGl2c.
There ia a fair supply OF game
most cases. Deer are plenty, eVidentl
from Maine, and some of them are yer
fne In one instance big DUCK wa
sold for 12c a pound, but the range
whole deer is from S@10c. Grouse via
pair: partridge, $1.5O; quail, " dozen
canvasback q cks, $1.5Oq1.15 PAIR
mallard ducks, $3.50 pair; black duck'
OK palr; rabbits, soc a pair; VII
turkeys, zoe per pound
Potatoes are firm, and again auVance
In nrices: Aroostook and eastern he'
rons. 6O@62c per bush; Green mountain
e9065c. northern, $4,000; Jersey SWEEP
S1.75Q2 per Dbl. ,..oa
Onions are firmer and are quoted
=, 900 v,o,.b mi some fancy native onioT