The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-03
CHICAGO. October Q.
opening. Highest. Lowest. closing.

Cash quotations were as folloWs:
f, straights ss.l5a3.35; do clear ----; sprine
specials s4.0D; hard spring pat, w. 40aS;5O
soft 81 9aa310; bakers S20Oa2.60. Wheat-No
Corn-No. Q, 3lka3tT. Oats No. Q, % l-2a23 l-2i
No. 2, white 25ka25 122; No. white 2ia25 ID
Rye--No. 2, ts%. Barley-No: 2, S7a4e. FlaS
az 30. Mess pork. per bbl., s7.7cas.25. Lard
Der 100 lhs., $540.a5.5s. Short rib sides
loose, S5.t0A5.35; dry-salted shoulders, boxed
$685.. Short clear sides. boxed. s5.5Oab.6o
Whisky S1.22.
NEW YORK. October 2.-FIour strong; win
ter patents S3.6Oa3 80; do. straight S3.s003.40;
Minnesota, patents 3.S5a 100: do bakers S290a
$40; winter extras s2.45s2.s0; do. low grades
s2.30a2.40.
Rye -four firm; good to fair sS.2Oa3.so; choice
to fancy -.
Buckwheat -four steadier; new s2.5Oa2.TO.
Buckwheat ste dy at 49,
Corn meal irmer: yellow western 77a7S.
Rye steady; NO. 2, western sc; State -.
Barley quiet: feeding ALAS: mailing 46a50
Barley malt dull; western 55a65
Wheat, spot firm: No. 2 red 78M; options,
May 81; October 76X; ID cember 70.
Corn, spot firm; No. 2, -; options. May SIX;
Oats, spot Fl .mer; No. 2, 20; options firmer.
Beef firm; family s9.o0N 1l.60 extra met s
So so; beef hams 81 .5cas65o; packet Ss25s5lO.00i
city extra India mess $14.50a15.00.
Cut meats firm; picked bellies as 1-8;
picked shoulders Gas y; picked hams 8Aal0
Lard firmer; western steamed $500; city $3.50;
October S5.s', nominal; refined firm; to the
continent $3.50; compound 4Sa4A.
Pork firm; mess s9.d0a950; snort clear $40 l5a
HIS; family sll500a l200.
Cotton seed oil unsettled; prime crude %;
crude o mills l7al8; prime summer yellow
81; of summer yellow 25 butter grades 29a
30; prime winter yellow S0a32; prime white 2Sa
90 l-2.
Philadelphia ana Baltimore 1915: do in bulk
1925.
Rosin firm strain ID, common TO goodsl.25a
1.z7 IL.
Turpentine firm 1T t0atO 10.
Rice steady; domestic fair to extra 47sa7k;
yapan sMa5S.
Tallow firm; city 4Ma4% ,conntry4%.
Butter firm; factory lSalo Ia; western
creamery l7024: imitation creamery II l-2a22h;
State dairy l6a22.
Cheese, firm: large white II IL.
Eggs strong; State End Pennsylvania sta2l,
loss off; western, ungraded, at mark, l4ais;
Cabbages dull; Long Island s2ass.5O per 100.
Freights to Liverpool quiet; cotton by steam
Potatoes Steady; Jersey sl.Ooa1.4o; New York
81 25aI.40; Long land 81 .25a1.75. Jersey sweets
Sl.75a 100: southern sweets $l.00a1.50.
Peanuts Arm; fancy hand-picKed I-2a6 Ia;
other domestic 1-2ab.
Molasses quiet; New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice, 32a36.
Coffee-Optlops, October 81 l54 90; November
s425; ia uaiy s4.ae; MAY 4.sa:i spot Ria. quiet
but steady; No. Invoice Ia; No. iobbing
D; mid stesdy; Cordt va o%ailA.
Sugar, raw easy and ina tive; fair refining
1916; centrifugal 96-test, 1915; molasses
sugar 8 s-l6; refined quiet and barely steady;
mould A 7-16. granulated g. g..
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, Oc.. Flour dull, steady
aud unchanged: western super s2.l502.25.
Wheat 1rtDer; No. REQ, SPOT and October
73x073k; December 20 4a76 z; steamer No.
red -; southern whest by sample 67a74 Ia;
do. on grade -.
Corn firm; mixed, SPOT SSAa39 October SKA
80; November and December, new or old, 3iA q
36; January 80 l-2a359s; February 35 l-2a3 III (;
steamer mixed -: Southern white 4iai1 l-2ai2.
Oats firm; No. VII te sest~r'. new, 29ao0.
Rye steady; No. nearby 5SaS9.
Butter trm; fancy creamery Z3a24.
Cheese; larse l2ai2 l-2.
Eggs firm fresh l7als