The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-24
CHICAGO, February %.
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Flour steady; winter patents SO S0a3 go; do.
straights SO. iua35O; do clear S3,30a3.4O; spring
specials $3.50; hard patents, SS.40a370; do soft
S5400S.50; straights S3O0a3.2O; bakers S2.30a2.60
Wheat-No. 2 spring 67a7I5; No. spring 65a
Il; No. red 7215a7SH. Com-Eo. Q, $500
3, -. Oats No. 2, IA; No. 2 white 30a3O IL;
No. 3. white 20 I-2a30 Rye-No. Q, IS l-2. Bar =
1ey-No. 2, 420a52 Flax seed, No /, IL.
Prime Timothy seed S2.47 l2. Mess pork, per
Dbl, S9i5a9.50 Lard per 100 lbs, S5.271s 6U5.o0.
Short rib sides, loose. A.5 OATS; dry salted
shoulders, boxed, 44a49s. Short clear sides,
boxed. s4.8ja4,95. Whiskey, s. %
NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Feb. 23-FIour more active IN
spring bakers and patents, but quiet otherwise
winter straights S5.6Ua3.70 90. patents $3.7da
400; Minnesota patents VS. a425; Minnesota
bakers S00a8.25; winter low grades So. 25a245.
Rye -four steady; good to fair t3.40a3.60.
Buckwheat -four frmer at sos.
Rnckwheat dull at 5s-
Corn meal steady; yellow western S30S4;
Rye firm; No. 2, 66A; State 60.
Barley quiet, feeding AZ i-2al9; mating sc Liza
Barley malt quiet; western 6Oa7O.
Flax seed steady Mt St.lO.
Wheat spot firm; No. 2 red $40, options,
March $50; May 775s; June 75H.
Corn, spot firm; No. 2, IS ID; options, May
404 July 4I&
Oats, spot quiet; No, Q. IS L.: options quiet.
Beef hrm famliy SlOal2O 90; extra mess $500;
beef hams $3.50; packet S5.7osSl0.50; city extra
India mess S15.00al5.50.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 5a5a;
picked shoulders "A; picked hams 7a7h.
Lard hrmer; western steamed $3.50; city -;
February S. 81 IL; refined steady.
Pork dun, mess ~ 250lO.O0, short clear
Sl0.b0a12.50; family Sl0.730ll.O0.
Butter steady; western creamery l6G22 do.
factory l2a14; Elgins q: imitation creamery
IL l-2al9; State dairy 1921; creamery
Cheese firm; large white lo1-2; do. small
1lail14; large colored 10 Ia; do. small lla11A;
light skins sa9; part skins 7as.
Eggs firmer; State And Pennsylvania 20 1-2:
western fresh Z9 southern 70 l-2a29.
Potatoes steady; New York Sl.25a2.00: Long
Island Sl.50G25J; sweets, Jerseys, S2.00a3.50;
southern
Tailow steady; city GIG; country l-2a3sS.
Cotton seed oil quiet and about steady, with
some concession on prime summer yellow;
prlme crude 20a2l; crude o b mills lSa13 l-2;
prime summer yellow e5a25 l-2; of summer
yellow % I-2a24; butter grades 29a32 prime
winter yellow 3la32; prime white 26.
Petroleum dull; renned New York, $40;
Philadelphia and Baltimore s7.S5: do in bulk
81 81.
Rosin quiet; strained, common to good
81. aI.32 IL.
Turpentine steady at 46a46 H.
Rice firm: fair To extra -2a7; Japan ta51.
Molasses firm; New Orlesns, open keGtle.
good TO choice, 28aSS.
Peanuts steady; fancy hand-picked 5; other
domestic 4a4 liz.
100
Pig iron dull; southern Slo.25ali,25; northern
$40 25a11.75
. rTelSnbS I'd 1lVtTpOOl WEAK COtbUu ny stthm
IS; grain by steam
Coffee-Optlons. March S53Qa7.35; May s5.5oa
81 :; spot Rio, dull; No. T. invoice LIZ; No.
jobbing Z; mild quiet; aCordova 8a14.
Sugar, raw strongi falr rehning 32s; centr1fu-
gal, 96-test, IA, Muscoeado -; molasses
sugar ll-l6; refined firm; mould So: gran
ulated 8: cubes
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE, Nd, February 2S.--Flour dull
and steady; western super f2.2Se2.G0,
Wheat firmer, spot and February 76 l-2a76M; ,
March 7o4na; May rs bid: steamer No. z,
red -; Southern wheat by sample 7la77 IL; do.
on grade
Corn frmer; spot and February Ss16G3sa;
March 35sa.84; April 35Aa39; May 39Sm a9fs;
steamer mixed -; Southern white and yellow
corn 37a}9h.
oats firm; No. Q white western, 37aS7 10;
No. mixed 3isS4 1-2