Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-18


sosa patent Is 1904 %; MINI. bakers.
81 5000 10; winter patents IS 50@3 So;
winter strafghts s. 1908 As: winter ex-
tras 81 60@3 90; winter low grades
81 2502 40.
Rye flour, duh 81 ESQ 2 IS.
Buckwheat nominal.
Cornmeal quiet; yellow western soc;
brandywine 81 25@2 IS.
Rye easy; No. 2 western Gle 1. O. b.
! afoat; state rye 56@5Sc; c. i. I. New
York CARROTS.
Barley steady; feeding Ale elf. Buffa-
10; mailing 44c@48 elf. Buffalo.
Barley malt quiet; western 58@65c.
Wheat, spot easy; No. 2 red "a t. o.
b. afoat; No. 1 Northern Duluth 79c
+. O. b. af1oat nominal; No. 2 red TIC
elevator. Options opened easy at &c
decline from last night influenced by
the bearish government crop report and
| short selling. A fair visible supply in
crease is looked for on Monday. Small
estimates of worlds shipments and
| steady cables had little effect and the
market closed dull and easy at &c net
decline. March IA 15-16@75 lis, clos-
| ed 75c; May "A 5-16@74 GIG, closed
74hc; July 74%@74Bc, closed 74B;
December 72Ac.
Corn, spot easy; No. 2 4o%c t. o. b.
afoat and 39Ac elevator. Options OPP
ened easy at kc decline with wheat
and on lower cable news, sympathiz-
ing also with a break in hog products.
Closed easy at nc net decline. May
3SB @39c, closed 39c; December 39AW
$c, closed 39Ac.
Oats, spot quiet; No. 2 29kc; No. 3
281sc; No. 2 white Bic; No. 3 white
30kc; track mixed western 29930kc.
Track white 31@34c. Options dull.
Hay steady; Shipping 65@75c; good to
choice 80@S5c.
Hops quiet; State, common to choice
1896 crop &C.; 1898 crop 1000; 1899
crop 12@15; Pacific coast 1896 crop &c;
1897 crop 1000; 1898 crop 12@15c.
Hides steady; Galveston 20@25
pounds 1870; Texas dry "a to 80 pounds
14Rc; California 81 to rs pounds
21hc.
Leather Steady; hemlock sole, Bue-
nos Ayres light to heavy weights 25W
251A; acid 25@hc.
Wool dull; domestic fleece 21@26c;
Texas 14@17c.
Coal steady.
Beef dull; family $12 50@13 90; mess
$40 so; beef hams $22 50@23 90; pack
ct s11 50@12 90; city extra India 81 90
@ % 90.
Cutmeats steady; picked bellies 51s
@7c; picked shoulders 5A; picked
hams S@9c.
Lard, weaker; western steamed
IS 77k; December SIS 7715 nominal.
Refined easy; continent Sc 10; S. A.
Sc so; compound 5A@Bc.
Pork, firm; mess $40 00@10 Is; short
clear $11 00@12 90; family s12 600
IL so.
Butter quiet.
Cheese firm.
Eggs steady.
Tallow firm; city sc; country 4A@
SC.
Cottonseed oil steady; prime crude
csc; do yellow 31h @32c.
Petroleum steady; refined New York,
SO 80; Philadelphia and Baltimore SO So;
do in bulk 81 20.
Rosin steady; strained common to
good 81 As.
Turpentine quiet, 51k@52c.
Rice steady; domestic fair to extra
4@61ac; Japan 4A@5c.
Molasses steady; New Orleans open
kettle good to choice 92@4Oc.
Peanuts steady; fancy hand picked 4
@4hc; other domestic 3h@4c.
Freights to Liverpool quiet; cotton
by steam Csc; grain by steam 2Ad.
Coffee futures opened steady at an ad-
vance of 5 to 10 points on covering, fol-
lowing higher European cables and
continuing disappointing receipts at Rio
and Santos. The advance was checked
by profit taking and a disposition to
even up accounts in anticipation of hol-
idays. The market closed quiet at
net unchanged prices to 5 points ad-
vance. Total sales, $50 bags, including
January S. So; March Sc 90; August
6Bc; No. z jobbing TIC; wild quiet;
cordova S@12hc.
Sugar raw, firm; fair refining 8 1916,
bid; centrifugal 81 SO test Az bid; Mo-
lasses sugar 3 9-16c bid.
Refined steady; mould A 5 7-16e;
Standard A 4 15-16c; confectioners A
4 15-16c. Cut loaf 5 9-16c; crushed
5 9-16c; powdered SIC. granulated
5 3-16c; crushed 5 Slice.
Cash quotations were as follows:
PHILADELPHIA, December &c.
Wheat, steady; contract grade 100
lie.
Corn, unchanged; No. 2 mixed De-
cember 97k@37Ac.
Oats, steady; No. 2 white clipped
31A@32c; No. 3 do do 3O1a oslo; No.
2 mixed do 29Ac.
Potatoes, firm; Pennsylvania choice
55@5Sc; New York and western do do
53@55c; do do fair to good do 4S@50c.
Butter, firm; fancy western creamery
27c; do prints 48c.
Eggs, firm and lie higher; fresh
nearby 21c; southwestern 19c; do
southern 1Sc.
Cheese, firm.
Refined sugars, steady.
Cotton, unchanged.
Tallow, firm but quiet; city prime
in hogsheads 4Bc; dark do 45sc; cakes
5A@5Rc; grease 3@4%o.
Live poultry, dull and unchanged;
fowls 7@Sc; old ROSTERS &c; spring
chicks 7@7hc; ducks, geese and tur-
keys S@9c.
Dressed poultry stsldy but quiet;
fowls, choice 91a@10c; old roosters &c;
chickens, nearby 9@12c; western do