The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-09
January ............. ..........S5 12S OK
May. ....,..,,.. .......,......S5 30 e2K
SHORT RIBS, Per 100 Lbs.

LARD
January ............., ...".....S5 l21 5o79
SHORT RIBS, Per 100 Lbs.
May."......,.. 77A 72k
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour slow; winter patents s3,S50S.60; do
stralghts S2.95a3.2o; spring special II spring
patents S4.25a4.50; bakers $2.30a2.50. Wheat
No spring -; No. spring 60sa62 l2; No.
red 81 l-2. Corn-No. Q, ss9saSs&. oats-No.
2, 20 1-4a27; No. white % 1-2a29; No. g. white
VAa2S&A. Rye--No. 2, SO Ia Barley-No. 2,
-. FLAX seed, No. /, 99Aal0i4. Prime Timothy
seed $40. Mess pork, per bbl., S.9jaSC0. Lard,
per 100 lbs, &.g7 12ab.I0. Short rib sides, loose,
M.45a4b0; dry-salted shoulders, boxed, 4Aa43s.
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NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, December S.--Flour generally
quiet, and a small demand for low winters be-
ing the only feature; prices 5al0c lower; winter
straights $S60a3.70; do. patents $365a3.85; Min
nesota patents S3.E0a350; Minnesota bakers 50. 90
1925; winter low grades S2.25a2.45.
Rye -four quiet at S2.9003.35,
Buckwheat flour quiet at $500, spot.
Buckwheat eady at 55.
Corn meal steady; yellow western 75a76; city
Rye firmer; No. Q, 60; State -.
Barley steady; western choice new mating
60a70; do. feeding 42a43.
Barley malt firm; western G0a70.
Flax seed quiet at 81 .06.
Wheat, spot easy; No. red AZ, options,
March ~ 1-2; Nay 693; December 709{.
90 Corn, spot steady; No. 2, 407s; options, May
49,; december 80.
Oats, spot quiet; No. ., sO2l; options, dull and
nominal.
Beef steady; family slOaSl1; extra mess s8.5Oa
900; beef hams $500; packet s9.OOa $40; city
extra India mess $15.00a16.00.
Cut meats dull; picked bellies 5 1-266A;
picked shoulders 4a4h; picked hams TAX.
LARD weaker; western steamed closed 1870;
Pork steady; mess 5000 900; short Gle ar
I0.7ba12.50; family S10.5001l.00.
Butter firm; western creamery Ii l-2a20 1-2;
do. factory l2a14 IL; Elgins 20 10. imitation
creamery = State dairy 15d 1S IL; creamery -.
Cheese firm; large white l0a10A; 40 small
Ia; large colored 90; do. small TX; light
skins 6A@6 liz; part Skins 5Aa5 1-2; full Skins
1a215.
Eggs steady; State and Pennsylvania 26a27
western fresh &c; southern 22a24.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys $lal.37 10; New York
so; Long island S1.25G1.75; sweets, Jer-
seys, S1.25a2. rs; southern 4Oa65.
Cotton seed oil dull; prime crude II LA
Is; prime crude fob mills l3a13 1-2; prime
summer yellow 2lh22; off summer yellow
20 l-2a2l; butter grades 25a27; prime winter yell
low 27a2S.
Petroleum quiet; refined, New York, 7.9O.
Philadelphia and Baltimore H.25; do in bulk
S4.25.
Rosin quiet: strained, common to good s1.45.
Turpentine steady at 80 l2a40.
Rice steady; fair to extra AKA 6K Japan 81.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle,
good to choice, 28a33.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked s; other
domestic 4a4 Ia.
Cabbage quiet; Long Island s1.5Oas.OO per 100.
Freights to Liverpool weak; cotton by steam
l.; grain by steam
Coffee-Options, December $535; January
S54); March $3.50; spot Rio, steady No. q,
in dice Ga; No. z jobbing go; mild quiet and
steady; Cordova SGI4.
Sugar, raw firm; fair refining 1919; centrif-
ugal, s6-test, 7-l6; molasses sugar 31l-16; re-
Fl al steady; No. 6, 7-16; No. Z, Az; No. IL,
Al; No. IL, 1-16; No. 13, 1-l6; No. 49, 4; mould
a y IL; eranulated 59A cubes 81.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. s.-Flour dull, I'M
changed; western super s2.l50 ESQ; do. extra
$2.9Od3.25; do. family S3.5Oa4.O0; spring wheat
straight A.35a4.50.
Wheat dull and easy; spot and December
70ka70 1-2; January 7O4a7l; May 70A; steamer
No. 2, red -; Southern wheat by sample 670
II 1-2; do on grade -.
Corn firm; spot and December S9aS96;
December, new or old. 80 1-2a38S; January 3SG
a38S February 3S bid; steamer mixed -;
Southern white corn 3GG3915; yellow -, new.
Oats dull; No. white western, 80; No.
mixed ---.
Rye firm; No. nearby So 1-2; No. western
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