The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-28

Current Comment.

PoTAToEs.-Tra is quiet at the close
and likely to continue 80 until after New
Years Receipts from York state have been
light but are increasing. Il
BEANs.-Trade has been quiet for tn s
past week and no improvement is look
for until the turn Of the year. Best ndarro
pea are moving slowly at 81 20. -TSlr5~se
eyes and red kidneys quiet.
BUTTER.-It has been quiet week in the
butter trade and there are no material
changes to report. The best fresh cream.
cry in assorted sizes sells fairly at 214c and
the under grades are dull at quotations.
Fine June goods steady at 10 to 1910.
OATs.-There is a quiet tone to the mar
ket but values have worked higher during
the week At the close No. 2 clipped white
oats on track are quoted at 35 to 354c, with
fancy clipped white at SO to 36ic. Lower
grades range down in price as to quality
CoRN.-The market has ruled quiet but
the tone is frmer and prices have been
worked higher at the close. For No. Q vel
low on track billed through the close is at
about 433 TO 44c, with steamer yellow about
/ to &c less. New No. corn closes at about
AZ to 421c.
CHEEsE.-Receipts for ex port, 1903 boxes.
Local receipts continue light and the feeling
is generally strong. Demand is light as Is
usually Is at this season Of the year, but the
sales made are at full prices. The finest
north. Sept. and Oct. twins have advanced
bCON
81 to 10c.
EGGs.-Receirts continue light and the
market has kept we'll cleaned up. Demand
has been quite active for the past day or
| two and some advance has been made in
prices especially on choice refrigerators
There are very few western that are strict
ly choice and fresh and 26c is still about
the top for best marks, with most sales at a
lower range. Choice refrigerators are
pretty well sold up and are firm at 19c.
LINED steady.
LuMBER-The last batch of cargoes are
now coming forward and within a short
time the last of them will have been receiv-
ed. AS usual the cargoes now coming for
ward are on orders, few il any being ship
ped on the market. The prices on these
cargoes are naturally very firm. It is q
very poor cargo that will not bring S12 90,
and one OF good size will bring from S13 90
to $3.50. In short lumber the only feature
is fair demand for shingles The Novem-
Der storm did 80 much destruction to both
houses and barns that demand for shingles
was natural sequence. The call for clap
boards is only moderate. There is some
thing doing all the while in lath
FLoUR.-There is dull tone to the mar.
ket with conditions about the same. Buy
ers are not disposed TO purchase much SO
near the end Of the year, as they wish to
make their inventories with small stocks,
conse quently no one is operating except
where forced to by pressing needs Gener-
al prices are quoted about the same in this
absence Of much business. Spring patents
are ranging mostly at 1915 to 400 for choice
brands, some fancy held higher, but few
sales making above 1886 to 800 For win
ter patents the range is yet about 1910 to
400, but few sales at the latter figure.
Winter clear and straight tiours range at
SO 25 to 1856, with New York and Michigan
at 1915 to $50 Low grades nominal
DRESSED PoULTRY.-The market had a
| fnt ri ffx.a d., a.
drawn and headed western turkeys held
at 10 to 13ac. Monday 1t was very difficult
to sell line of turkeys at over 13c for the
best marks Tuesday 13c was an outside
price with some shading half cent in 8
quiet way. Since then sales have been at
12&c generally. Undrawn turkeys have
been extremely hard to sell and have rang
ed full cent under the price Of drawn and
headed stock There is an abundant sup
ply OF turkeys on the market this morning
and the indications are that a good deal OF
stock will be left over. West chickens and
fowls have been quiet but fairly steady.
Choice ducks in fair demand but a good
many common that are hard to sell at to
&c. Geese have been in moderate supply
and fair demand.
WooL.-The liberal trading OF the pas Is
few months has worked several changes in
the situation. AS consequence, Austria.
liam woods are stronger and steadier and
offers are being refused that would have
been acceptable a month ago. Some fine
and medium fleeces and combiug territories
are also harder and prices are sitter al
though quotably unchanged. On the other
hand some classes of territories are not only
a little softer but the desire to close up the
years accounts has been responsible for so-
lated cases of still further concessions.
Clothing woods are in very large supply and
the desirability of reducing stocks has turn
ed the market rather in buyers favor,
However, offerings of good woods at con-
cessions are very quickly absorbed on to-
days market, the purchasing on manufac-
turing and investment account having made
a very fair total for the week and given the
situation an appearance Of steadiness as
we'll as activity.