The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
II HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

1SV7ABi4t s7FI}L H. Ii III. ff fI#ITE 2,
hos ben active and Duosaat Coz - NIX
past ard Is Low IN ii mofe satisfactory
condition 10 the selling Interest nan il
has be. Il fof seYera. years The demand
has Increased. receipts hase decreased
and prices nave advanced 10 a IylIt
Which enables recelN ers L. return f4.l
rates FOR consIgnments. ard g.Yes nod
els Of storage goods d chance 10 TaaI4ze
niee proht Oh their investments Ard
all this has been brought d bout by stf4lt-
~ legitimate means. The falling an n
the make. coupled with The If Haas.G
home consumption and the lDeta. *
port movement. have Deen The mn
causes.
For the present. exporters are OIL ~
the market. bat from a.. the reports re-
celYed, the home deinaLa is -.#efa4eH
to absorb Tie current production anl s.l.
soon mike BIZ hole in tn cold stafsf.
stocks all over The country. Tae BY
weather for oser month past ma
caused large shrinkage ia mink. ard H.
voices from northern ard western DAIRY
sections have steadily grown smaller ard
smaller, till many are nov less than ha.f
what they were d short time ago.
There is d good demand for New
lam penn g q iiioIt ai.4 44gi tAei4 4i'=sh
creamery at - 10 Z542 cents, including
large TUBS at the inside and assorted
sizes at the outside hgate- Boxes IN
snort supply at a 10 ~ cents @es;-
eIn extras sod at 2z12 cents Tor arg ash
'ups ana - cents Tor assorted $40 II
! sPi ues. OH TINS BASIS feee!ptS were Kept
cledHed up ana sellers were strong IL
UHe4f views. Win butter s@-IHg Al -
!
cents IN en- ago, zig cents H. l. sIL and
% cents IL Nm AoIk, quotation q -
70 - cents Il not hlEh mere. -. course,
'hls means Iaf hrst-class quality. Lots
SUI" ihs i nave 10 take mite
4o"ef idAse say ~ 10 = cents puI tHtT-
IS very niue OF any KIND waiting tor
OuSeis.
owing 10 a shehl reaction ~ country
markets cheese If not as BUOY Az a. iast
"'Shf 2ul. as our pics Aei' lot ad-
FdAeed 70 IN extreme baslS ~ cost IN
'he country. thtie IS n disposition 10
Iecede any NON. and sa4ss run aiaI2 at
l. cents loI hHssl northern twins. a4th
others at H. T. ia ceizts. The da1a-
IS sun equa. "a TIE supply. and receipts
are kspt cIt ahsd UP The Liverpool
market hoi's up 1" iuIi = eN'oLs quota
Ior any lower =ats> AT present
Ihefs Is tehslae rab.e improvement III
the egg market and as receipts haNe &c
creased the "u1te'h Iul the remainder ~
the month Is more eheoufagIng- Sa.ts
Vi cholee Ifesh EalheIea western a J. l."
4't2 cents outside Tor hefthN eStefr ihlS.
winch are cleaning up we'll Occasional
special marks heId at Is cents. Fresh
eastern at II t. ~ cents and fancy rev
lald at = 10 - en- More OF the latter
are wanted. few safes from o
storage nave been made at 10 10 lel2
cents at marks. but as rule the fresh
arrivals are preferred.
The position Of beans is decidedly firm.
though trade Is yet quiet Reports
form York state continue to mention
great INJURY from drought, suggesting
not above one-thlrd OF a crop. From
Michigan reports are just beginning to
show that the crop is very small one
there In California the crop has been
failure it Is well understood. car
load lots, pea, '42Q Lao; medium.
]l.5i I2Ql4O; small pea, SLto; yellow
eyes, N.45Qlao' red Kidneys. $l.Soa ! 10.
California small white, Slf5QlSo' Lima.
DC per pound; Joobing, LOG more
The flour market has continued dull
here, with little real change in values
Buyers are evidently holding on for fur-
| Their developments on wheat, since they
are taking but little flour. AT the same
time millers and selling agents feel very
certain that the jobbers and grocers hold
only small stocks of flour. indications
also point to better business very soon.
Prices are very little changed. Mill
shipment. spring wheat, patents $3.50
G42o; trade committee, spring wheat,
ter wheat. clears, $225Q2.35; ftralghts'
s3.45n4; patents, sS'5Q4.S5.
Cornmeal is hrm, on the position OF
corn, but prices are unchanged. cat
meal and the cereals are steady and lit
tie changed.
Corn has attracted good deal OF IT.
tention OF late More adverse crop re-
ports have been received than Tor any
time since planting. Estimates as hlsh
as 100000 bushels damage IN the state
Of Kansas alone are current. lndica-
tions for a bumper crop are not as "a
vorablel as they were week ago, al
though crop or 2,oOo' ooVo Vo oushelS IS
practically assured. Corn has been
shipped from Baltimore the past week
TO Russia an entirely new feature IN the
trade. Quotations on corn are better
sustained
oats are well sustained aI'houeh the
market mas ruled quiet OF late.
Hay Is reported TO De STEADY IN price,