Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-01
IN THE BOSTON MARKETS.
quotations on the Leading Products
In Demand.

w lhe attention of produce dearers o..
no business of Importance has re-,
transacted in butter or cheese. a.
tone Is maintained in the butter market
III keeping with the general situatio,
Auu sumo adYance has been established
out tnere has been hardly enough sell.
ing 10 make regular quotations.
No Iresh stock of any consequence was
carried over from last week. and with
continued light receipts. the offa,.irsra
Oy receivers have been small. Cor
sequently those who have had anv hit
ter on hand are in a position to be yo,,,
stiff in their views. Advicos fror,, -,
me . distributing points are of a strong
.enol' ana indicate further rising ten
oenoy' owing to the limited supplies
Offering.
NO less than 81 cents is named for lots
oI hne fresh creamery, either western
UT northern. Receivers had very LITTLE
10 oHer outside of their regular trade
ana were not hunting for customers
1here was good demand for June
creamery lest week, and large sales were
made at "a to 20 cents, but transact
lions this week so far have been very
small, owing partly to the high views
OF holders, but principally to the gen.
erdl lnactlon. If supplies of fresh make
40 not soon increase buyers will be
forced TO take more of the storage stock
ana, perhaps, at higher prices.
Jobbers advanced their prices to %
cents for tubs and 20 to 30 cents for
choice to fancy boxes. These will seem
extreme rates to grocers, who will have
tO
The cheese market is quiet and steady
on the basis of 121A to 10 cents for the
pest New York twins. An advance of
shilling was made in the Liverpool
quotation, the first change for several
weeks. This will have a tendency to
stiffen the market here, and may lead to
a higher rate.
Very little is being done in eggs, but
the market is firm on choice western at
% to "a cents. Fresh eastern rule at
rs to 26 cents, and fancy new-laid at
rs cents and upwards. Storage eggs
dull at Is to II cents.
Beans are very firm, indeed, with
prices advanced, and still higher figures
predicted. Shippers notify receivers and
dealers here that the shortage in the
crop is even greater than at first sup
posed Some sections of the bean grow
ing country will not show more than
half crop. Quotations here are firmer.
Flour continues very dull in demand.
Mill agents say that there is almost no
demand at all, and that the wonder is
how buyers can holo off so long; that
they are certainly drawing seriously on
their stocks in hand, and that this sort
of market can only mean better bust
ness as soon as the jobbers and retailers
begin to buy again. So far prices have
suffered little, under the very dull trade,
with the millers claiming that there is
no profit in flour, and that they prefer
not to run their mills to selling below
quotations, which are down as low as
1t is possible to get them without such
losses as they are not willing to stand.
For this market the quotations are little
changed, with trade so dull as to make
prices largely nominal
Cornmeal is easy, under the easier po-
sition of corn, though quotations are
nominally unchanged. Oatmeal and
the cereals are dull and easy. Corn is
easy, with quotations generally lower
by about u cent. oats are quiet and
barely sustained. with little change in
| prices.
The quiet market on hay is continued,
with good hay at steady prices. In the
market on straw there is little that is
new, with a very moderate demand.
The position of millfeed looks firmer.
The pork market is easier on fresh
ribs. Beef has continued dull, and, de-
spite the determination of shippers to get
nearer to the actual cost, the market
here is really considerably lower than
a week ago. Abundance of low-priced
poultry, and decidedly cheap mutton and
| lamb may be considered to be the cause
Of lower beef.
Muttons and lambs are very dull, and
prices are decidedly low, the result OF
! too great arrivals in the face of dull
market. we'll loaded with cheap poultry
Veals are very steady, because scarce
Lambs, 5@7c; Brightons and eastern,
| 51h@71hc; yearlings, 4Q6c; muttons, 40
&c: fancy and Brightons, 51a Q6hc; vealsr
601Oc: fancy Brightons, 9@10l2c.
The supply of turkeys is large, with
the quality good so far. OF chickens
and fowls. there is an abundance, and
nrices are low. Quotations are fairly
sustained. but are lower than year ago
Northern turkeys, 12@16c; western, 11q
13c. northern chickens, 12Q16; fowls, 1Sc
iced chickens and fowls, SQ91ac; ICED
turkeys. 1OQ12c; green ducks, 12Q14c
green geese, 13Q15c; live fowls, SQ9c
chickens, Sa10c.
The game market is rather SHINY
sunnlied thus far, and prices are prett!
high. Receivers are selling to the job
hers at: Grouse, $3.50 per pair; part
ridges. $175; Mallard ducks, S1.25; blacl
ducks. 81. 25; canvasback ducks, 81; quail
secs per doz; pigeons, $3.50; squads. So
wild turkeys, zoe per Id. Whole dee
are not very plenty and sell at 15Q17'
Moi much change is noted in the mar
ket On apples. The supply is yet large
ana of a quality that has to be sold
once. Good storage lots are perhaps
little firmer, but there will not be nue.
chanpe in the market toward bette
r,Icas til the very full supply of perish
able fruit is out of sight. Quotation
orc not changed: Gravensteins, $50
Eo. Baldwins, $2Q25O; greetings, SIS
M 25. kings, $2.5O@3; pound sweets $40
5o. No. 2 and mixed varieties, S1@1.5O
tobbine and fancy lots, 5OcQ$l per ot
more. 80. oo.,o. .ho,,o,
v,r,ces are very fairly maintained. SWee
potatoes are firm: Aroostook hebrons
tS@5sc. Green mountains, 6OQ6Sc; north
o,.S, white and Green mountains bSQ55c