The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-20
oH1oAao, December l9.
Onening. Highest. Lowest, CLOSING

May ,,.io 20 AZ % 4" ~
Jan aa1 5as $50 ss2H
MAY sEoRF : R 4 Psg PA ,s5 Lbs. 8 'AH 8 .
Man May -. =. 80 70 ~ ~ S Ss SS7s
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents S8.40a3.sO; DO.
straights s3.0Oas20s do clear s2e0a3.l0; spring
specials $500; spring patents S320a8.5 so: spring
straights s1.70as.O0; bakers sl.9ea2.s0. Wheat
No. q spring -; No spring 64a66h; No. 2 red
esas9. Gorn-No. 2, 81 Ida 3I1-2. Oats -No.2,
s2G23 Ia. No. 2. white 25025>s; No. white
25a2S Sd. Rye--No. Q, Sc. Barley--No. 2, 38a44N
seed, $500 Mess pork, per Nib sS.7caSl0 90. Lard,
per 100 lbs, S5.05a5.35 Short rihsides, loose,
si.l0a5.S5; dry-satled shoulders boxed, 8 S.Sa
To. Short ciaer sides. bowed, a6.45a6.o5
whiskey on basis high wines sl.23K.
NEW YCRK
NEW YoRK, December 10 Flour qniet and
easy with buyers shut out by the brea ak in
wheat and pri es little better than nominal in
consequence. Minnesota patents s3s0atLO; do
bakers s2;soas.io: winter patents s5.Soai7 Is;
Rye -four steady: fair 10 good sa.lO0s.25;
choice to fancy S. 25a35O.
Buckwheat -four Gull at s2.25a2.S5.
Buckwheat no eiinal at 60as1.
Corn meal dull and easy; yellow western 50;
city 49,
State rye 5NaS7; city of New York car lots.
Barley dull; fesd1ng Al; mating 4la4s.
Barley malt dull; western 55aG5.
March 10 S-s; MAY 1888; Ju IS IL; septem-
Der 73L. December ~ 8.
Corn, spot weak; No. 2, 40 Ia; options,
May So; December 38 rs.
Oats, spot stea6y: No. 2, 20; No. white
81 Id; No 8 Is IL. Options neglected and
easier.
Best steady; family sl25001so0; extra mess
$1,000; beef hams 81. 0aas.50; packet s1l.00a
1900: city extra India mess s20.00a23.00.
Out meats quiet; picked Oellles l-2a6 Il 2;
picked shoulders 81; picked hams t.4ag
ri sQaQu 81 Vi
$40; December g5.67h, nominal; refined easy;
to the continent S5.s7 IL; compound $780,
Pork firm mess ti0.00ai0.75; snort cisar tll.OOa
12.00; family Sl2.o00al2.
Butter steady; western creamery 23G27; State
dairy lsaZa.
cheese firm fail made fancy, large, 10 3-4a
10; tall made, small, u 3-4al3.
Eggs firm; state and PennsylvAnia 24a2S;
western, ungraded at mark, lsa2l IL; southern
2Ia24, loss off,
Potatoes irregular; New Jerseys s125a1 so: New
York st.o0sl.76 Long Island si.f0a2Oli New
Jersey sweets ss.25a275; southern sweets sl.z5a
Tallow firm; city S; country 4zas.
Petroleum. frln; rSnned New York, $780,
Philadelphia and Baltimore $685. do in nniE
1920.
Resin quiet strained, common TO GOOD,
SI.45.
Turpentine steady at 81 l-2a52.
Rice quiet; domestic, faig 10 extra as61zi Japan
Molasses STEADY; New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice, a1asS.
Cabbage steady; Long Island 50 ooas5oo per
100.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and irmer: cot
TON by steam 20; do. grain 23-4.
Peanuts frmi fancy hand -pieEed l-2a6 Ia;
Cotton by steamer to Liverpool %.
Sugar, raw, firm. fair refining, 3 l3- o.
centrifugal S6-test, IA bid mola8ses sugar s-I6
b'd refined steady: standard A Is; cut
loaf 9-16; crushe1 g-I6. powdered l24i
mould A, 7-l6; granulated s-i6; cubes 5-i6
Coffee Options, Dectmtef 1910; January
e. -roEs NJ Eah~1 roru e
April Sil5; may ,6.00a5 05; July So 80; sep
tember Sc 81; spot KiO quiet; No. invoice o
ga; No. jobbing s-S; mild aud steady; Cor
Cotton seed oil was very quiet and about
the same as yesterday III price, losing rather
nominal in absence OF demands pr1nis sTuur.
barrels IS: prime summer yellow ~; OH sum-
mer yellow 81 1-2; butter grades 30, nominal;
prime winter yellow 85a35; prime WnIte 5aa53;
prime meal s2I.eea25.10.
BALTIMORE.
BALrrKoaR, Md, December IS -Flonr dull
and unchanged; western super s2.2602.So.
WI at steady; spot and month 20 l-2a7O Ia;
January n 6-8a71 3-l; May 20 l-ea7f 5-8; SOUTH
ern @neat bv sample 6oa72.
Corn EASIER; mixed, spot and month ga
~ Ia; Dec mber a7a1 Ia, new or cid;
January 81 sa8714; February s7saa57h; March
81 III bid; Southern white, 33 I-4a37 81.
Oats steady; No white western. 81 10; No.
Rye dull; NO. nearby "a; No. western
SO nominal,
Cheese nrmi large l3t8alo58S neGluIu ioJ4h
49, small HMat3A
Butter finn; fancy creamery 27a?s: fancy
creamery, i'm tation, z0a2I; do. Iadle l8a O; do.
good lad,e leal7 store packed l6alS; rolls l7azO.
Eggs arm; fresh II per doz.
Sugar stsorg; unchanged. Coarse and fine
graduated $5.5i.
NAVAL STORES
CHARLEsToN. s. O., December i9.-Turpent ne
firm at IS sales -.
Rosin, firm; receipts -; sales -; exports.
Quote b. q, d, E. Si.O5: F, tl.iO; G, $40; II
Fl, slSO; /, s.. p; x, si40; ID, s1.7O; N, sz.t6i
VIC, $3.50: WV, $50.
sAyANNAH Ca ID c. 19 --Turpantine firm at
4sh; receipts l,s4l; sales So; exports 80.
Rosin Fl M receipts 7Ol4; saie8 1874 oarreea;
Quote A. B, G, D, sl10; E, $l.l5: F, s1.f5; g,
$oO, II, sl4O. /, $I45; x, $o0; M, $3.50; N, $40;
VIC, S2,75; WV, $3.50.
:, AAaaSsroR, ~. o.. December l9.-Eurpentlne
steady at 4Sa48h; receipts Al casks.
Rosln firm at 81 .10aI. 10, receipts 1873.
Crude turpentine firm, $1.5ta ,z.S0; receipts
II.
Tar quiet at sl.25; receipts 1913 barrels.