Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-04-04
IN HUB MARKETS.
Easy Position Of Sellers In the
Butter Market.


luctant to RepIenish Stocks at Present
Prices, Which Are Higher Than Last
Week-PIentiful Supply of Cheap Eggs.
# Boston, March 3O.7Ehere is not a great
mount of activity in the butter market.
Buyers respond reluctantly to the prices
sked, as the sellers have the advantage.
This pinch was foreshadowed last week,
rhen receipts fell off and the stock of
hoice held goods was about exhausted.
rise of one-half to one cent is no more
Than reasonable under the circum-
8tances, but it is we'll for dealers and
creamery men to keep in a conservative
Course and not force prices beyond legiti-
hate bounds. The western people have
kept their prices on a remarkably level
blame for several weeks, nOtwithStand-
ing the light supply, and the eastern
folks should preserve their reputation
|LOr steadineSS. Still the market must
M ave its ups and downs like everything
Use, and if the supply is not equal to the
I'D emand, the natural result must follow
The receipts last week were not much
1nore than two-thirds of the estimated
consumption, and if they do not soon
Increase there will be real shortage
The reserve stocks are being drawn upon
md cannot hold out much longer, so
hat consumers should be prepared to
Day a little more than they have been
Epaying for several weeks past.
Ash tubs of the western product sold
Readily on Monday at 1872 cents, and
Tuesday there was very little trouble
a getting 20 cents for the right kind On
&he basis of these sales it is safe to call
he market half to one cent higher than
J week ago. Toward the close of the
lay, very few lots in spruce could be
Bought under 81 cents. For the finest
pts of Vermont and New Hampshire
"a tubs the range was from q to % cents,
Hut no sales of consequence were re-
ported at over 2112 cents. Boxes brought
no more than assorted size tubs but the
receipts continue to fall off, and in an
Qther week butter in boxes may find
ITS proper value, that is, one cent more
han in tubs. Some of the boxes carried
ever are not up to the standard quality,
md have to be sold at an under price
There has been considerable inquiry for
choice held butter, but very little can be
4und- Most of what remains in stock
IS being used up by owners in their small
(rade. Fresh limitations and ladies are
pa limited supply and rule from Il to II
fents. There is little or no cheap but
I er on the market. Some jobbers con-
4 inue to sell at % cents, while others say
that they cannot let any more of their
Enest makes go out at less than %
Gents They continue to sell boxes at
23 to "A cents, but will soon demand 25
tents for their fresh arrivals. They
Nill have to follow the general trend of
Values.
No change for the better can be re-
ported in the cheese market. Only small
Iots are taken and prices continue on a
l0w pasis. The best fall rules at to
MI cents, and fair to good at 51h to
Eents. Round lots are hard to plaee
NJ cents, and the indications are that
Hpme holders will carry stock over into
Text year rather than force it off at too
fuch of a sacrifice. It is a great many
FEARS since cheese went out as low as
his year.
There was q fair demand for western
EEgs at 1O12 TO 10% cents, and on this
Hasis most of the business for the past
Feek was transacted. Special marks
"A Indiana and northern Ohio were held
Ht IL cents, because they could not be
Efid down here for less, but buyers get
n they want here at 1OA cents. Eastern
IRE quoted at IL to liz cents, but round
pts cannot be sold at any price higher
han western. The carloads of west
Pm put up in the west for cold storage
IRE sent direct to the warehouse, and are
lot offered on this market. The stock
Hh storage is now 4237 casas Receipts
pr the week were 29,61S cases, against
E,6lS cases the previous week and 81
Pr cases corresponding week last year.
In the potato market there is nothing
lew, except that eastern hebrons are
little higher, sales being made at rs
70 so cents per bushel. Green mountains
till hold the lead, and rule at So to
IS cents. A few early rose are wanted
or seed at $1.1O per bushel
Tallow is firm, with an advance of
kc proposed by sellers, but not yet gen
orally accepted. Bulk, 4@41ac; taIlow
bil, 41@43 c.
New York, March 3O-Tallow. easv.
pity ($2 per package), 35-S@3 11-16; coun-
|ry packages free), 8 5-S@3 3-4, as to
luality.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
The beef market has continued very
\ rm. indeed. with higher prices than a
Feek ago. Dealers have been obliged
p go around among the trade and buy
beef, in order to take care of their own
customers. 1t is understood that the
|upply is very light. Quotations are
i rm, with some sellers asking SC for
[hoice cattle
For the week the arrivals of beef have
cen remarkably small, the total hay-
.ng been but 121 cars for Boston, and 135
.ars for export, a total of 256 cars: pre-
.eding, 132 cars for Boston and SO cars
Or export, a total of 1877 cars; same week
year ago, 129 cars for Boston and 118
br export, a total of 247 cars 1t should
e noted that several cars marked beef
hr the week really were largely rnuftonS