New-York tribune., 1899-12-28

! METALs-The general market was irregular and more
The an ne%: from abroad and the West
conflicting and hardly calculated 20 inspire Conh1encc
amen PS Ton Snrahts easy for futures lake copper
lead Unchanged at s. 7oasi 49, speiter and steady
at s457has4 62l4. The brokers price for lead was
MoiAssEs AND sYRUPs-The market FOR molasses
remains very steady. but lacks snap ana energy
the IDEAS exporters other buyers Quotations -
si5e sood isss prime aoa2sc open
l2c: fair l3G14c: good l5G17c prime. lssi9c fancy
especially for the oshore trades but volume of bust
limited owing the light offerings. Rates were
absence Of demand. Rates were nominal and without
SuGas chang s to h,20 a.S Tss "a S
"a; Hull. Sad Newcastle. 44d; Antwerp. 81. Hamburg
mall cotton Liverpool 100 10. 25c nominal; London
oIIscotionseed oil again strong and consider dT
ably higher with sales OF prime summer yellow at 32ao
lard ard a good demand from shorts. Lnseed oil was
firm but without change from prices quoted early IN the
tons follow Petroleum bbs 50 80. and in bulk 81 p
s Ho' ddd napSsa % s
OIL prime crude. bbs 2sc prime summer yellow 52,s
prime white 1885, prime winter yeST Y. s6%s
market sdsoSea az SPqseT e IN
and light receipts Domestic packers bought pork ana
English houses lard. but late in the day there was
for Thursday wero $1,000 local market strong
fra f hSSsf IN n.s ss's 54S'a family Isl
clear SllqSl2 BEEF-steady. Quoted: Mess so 90.
RETki HAMS stssSy: Quoted Al s22 5og
s 80 r. si . leo q s bS Rs s@Ssas
shoulder. sssSy dSqtsa sss gsssd han ham; I'm a
LARD Firm; quoted $500. city lard arin
dGosfa america a. esoe coniSs" R5ss sse 7sc
5sc. sTEARINE-Dull. quoted; oeo. nc. city lard
unGa6ne Of h m fas4"f for e't'3 "
to-day. Prices unchangsa Quotations follow DO
&C. prime to choice 5HG5ssc head s%ae1c Patna.
send sS2ic The Weekly letter Of Dan Tal@sSss Sons
Co. states in tart: 'Advices from the South note
a ,he souiSWes There % However very strong IN
bring about Improvement IN the matter OF prices
the planter This attempt to realize fair values may be
further assisted by restricted supPy 6v many n Psnsi m
and announcing their determination TO obtain such figure
symmer sysn rS plans @ above red to DO not Include h
ina Se1s ve@ %nS s Ss fi m o IN
of the larger planters along the Atlantic Coast say
in % IN so the out Pasi of Ss but Sf' @
exercise pleasure in the matter Of marketing
kets business reduced 70 minimum but prices ,. nrm
Taag essSDn s sanS on .an, eTTp s yrnr
65 900 sacks sales cleaned (esmaed s1500 bbls las
year 1874 $50 bbls. Market falling away In demand
scarce one-haf equal period last Carolina crol
movement Receipts 2S, l55 bbls sales, "A ~
bbls only fair inquiry; prices firm
sTGAR-The market FOR rehned generalll
quiet and steady all day. with the situation much M
same az IN the cary week Quotations follow: Domnos
44c cut loaf 55Cc: crushed B. SOC cubes. b3lc pow
dered and coarse powdered 5kc xxx powdered 53lc
standard granulated and nne granulated Disc coars
granuated and fine granulaed 63ic conIectioners
granuated, 544c: n cartons 10 bags. . 10 chrt1n
and N bags Of fine granuated. BIC: mould a. 54fc
diamond A. Disc confectioners' a. 4e4c; Nos J. NJ
p a egc. No 4ssc No 5 56c No q. 4hc; No !, 444c
No s. 4ac; No g. 4Slc No 10. 4.Isc: No II. 4o6c; Not
10 and i3 4c; Nos a. IS and 18 3s4c. There were ~
startIIng deveiopments in the market As
matter Of fact business extremely light with buyer
IA sellers al the apart. BIDS stil on TN
t%sis Of lc for centrifugal l3l6c for 30 tss
muscovadO md 0-16c 80 test molasses sugar Ih
csbIe news Furnished little incentive TO either side here
cane sugar in London reported as quiet with BUY
era and sellers indifferent Java quoted lis 50 ana ia
refining los 90. Beet was steady. with but htu
doing: both months stil quoted ut Ss 3D.