The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
O4IoAso, December %.
openins. Highest. Lowest. olol


Cash quotations were IS follows:
Flour steady; winter patents Ss40as:s0; do.
sp cisls $3.50; spring patents sss0as.55; pin 6
sIraights s2.s0a,.0l; bakers Sl.9f a2.55. Wheat
Nc. 2, spring -; No. spring a64,s No. 2 red
67h ass. Corn-No Q, 80 s-4ail. Oats No. Q, %;
No. 2. white 25025 4; No. white 81 as IL.
Rye No. Q, 81. Barley-No. 2, 38s42 Flax
NO. l. 81 49,. Prime Timothy seed, $2.s5.
Mess pork, per bib sS7faSlol0. Lard, per l0o lbs,
s5loa5. a21s; Short rib sides, loose, s.. l5a540
dry -satleo shoulders boxed, 58-Sa5 10. Short
clear sides. borso. 5.45sb.55; whiskey Sl.23>a
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
New York, Dee. 23.-With the Pro-
fee Exchange, Metal Exchange and
other trade centres closed and the mar
kets in general more or less in holiday
form, business in commercial commodi-
ties was practically suspended, leaving
values more or less nominal at the
closing figures of Friday.
SE~ xOsA, December 2s.-FIour inactive
and about steady closing more or les nomi al
Minnesota patents sis0ait5; do bakers s2.s0a
BIO; winter patents ss.5oas75. winter straights
sas.as.ia wints extras s. az 90.
Rye -four dul fair 10 good ss.so0s.25;
Buckwheat hour quiet at sa.25a2.s5.
Buckwheat no ninal at 60a61.
Torn meal quiet yellow western 90; city ~;
rye steady. No. Z. western 80 1.2f o h af]oat;
State rye aa57; city of New York car lots.
Barley dull feeolne A l. a45 nsitine 4satS
Barley malt quiet western h5a55
wheat spot steady; No. RED % 7-8 at'rt1oa =,
March q 70. May ATS; July IS; September
May 10 7-8; December az Ia.
70 , Ia; No. rs IL; oet,ons neglected.
$1,000; beef hams s22. Oaas.5O; packet sII GOA
70 90; city extra India mess s2o.ooa23.OO
Ont MEETS duLl; picked 9e,iss Las l2.
Lard firm western steamed $3.50; city, sac.
December $3.50, nominal; refined firm to the
continent s5S7 IL; compound $500.
Pork dull nless S10.0Cal0.75 snort cleaJ 81 90
all.00; family sl200Uai2J0.
Butter steady; western creamery 2S027; State
dairy i8a2,
10; IA maze, small, 5-4alo.
Eggs quiet STATE snu Penusyvanis As2':
western, ungraded at mark, 1921 IL; West IN
2 O "a, loss off.
POTATOES sts dy; New Jerseys $l.25al.sO New
York Sl..iUsl.75 Long land 81, 0a2 o.; New
Jersey sweets Ss.25a275; southern sweets .25a
l.76.
Tallow dull city s; country 4Ha5.
Petroleum firm, reinec New York, $3.50
PhiladelphiS and Baltimore 1885 do In hnlk
1920.
Rosin firm strsinad roppp,n. To good, sl45
Turpentlne steady at 81 I-.a52.
Rice qui t; domestic, fair to extra aa611 ia
pan 4Ma5.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle.
good to choice, aza36.
Cabbage steady; Long Island "a 0OaS 100 per
100.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and firmer cot
tor nv f"so %; do grain Q "a.
Peanuts firm; fancy hand picked 1-2a8 Ia;
domestic l-2a6.
Coffee-Options. Dec mber s57e; January
$3.50; February $500. M rcn SEQ; April S 10;
Nay s6.i0a3.lo; July So 30, SIP ember SC s0:
spot Rio duil No invoice 3-i No. job
bling q a-S; mild quiet; Cord,va ga 234.
sugar, raw, firm, fair refining, 8 13-l6
centrifugal s6-test, AZ: molasses sugar 8 9-l6
refined steady: standard is: cut loaf
5 9-1s: crushed 9-l6, powdered 1874 mould
A, 7-l6; graduated 3 g. g; cubes 3 sis
Cotton seed Oh steady but ne 4 cted, with
prices unchanged. Prime Cruoe. barrels g.;
prlme summer yellow 80; off summer We low
81 l-2 butter grades 35, nominal; prime winter
yellow s5as6; prime white 34a5ah; prime meal
ri. 5oa25.00.