Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31
IN HUB MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

not willing to part with their supplts
except at full previous prices. Indeed,
sellers are a very cheerful lot of men
just now, aic from them nothing but the
most confidt~t reports are heard. After
the recent heavy buying the trade have
had their temporary wants well sup
piled and are in no apparent hurry to
lay in more butter. The consumption
continues steady and is likely to increase
with the beginning Of Septe mber, so that
ii may not be very long before buying
on larger scale will have to be resumed.
To offset the quieter tone to the market
Is the fact of continued small receipts
and there is no current evidence to indi-
cate any increase in this respect in the
near future. outside markets are steady
and firm in all instances. giving good
support to the strong if not buoyant,
feeling in butter circles here.
The price position is about the same as
it was last week. An outside quotation
for some of the fancy and popular lines
of creamery is % cents, and sales Of such
during the week have been on that basis.
For the general run of Vermont, New
Hampshire and northern New York
creamery 211a cents is readily paid for
such lots as buyers need and the home
trade do not fight against the price. The
next best grades have been selling mod
erately at 20 to 2ola cents per pound, and
there is nothing on the market in the
way of really fresh creamery that can
be bought at less than 20 cents.
There has been a slight improvement
in the trade in eggs within the past day
or two. Prices are not much changed
from a week ago. The best lots of vest
ern have been selling at around is cents,
with occasionally 1917 cents obtained for
the finest Michigan and Illinois goods.
Ordinary western have been in good sup
ply and selling at Is to Isle cents. East
ern fresh have been selling at is cents
principally for best, with fancy nearby
bringing 20 cents. The receipts from the
west have continued large and con-
sidera bic Of the stock has been heated.
A good deal of storage stock that went
in late has been taken out and disposed
of.
The excitement in the cheese market
continues undated. The latest from
country markets shows that there is no
halt in the upward tendency of prices
there. and at leading centres in tho
United Kingdom values have made
liberal advances almost every day of
late. The situation here has strength
ened SO that 101s cents is past QUOTA
ton for the best New York and Vermont
twins. Dealers are asking 10sS cents
for such stock. and it looks as though
the market Will be at II cents. The
higher prices are naturally n check on
the demand, which has not been very
lively for over a week past. But there
| has been something doing at old prices
on home account, and with a more set
tied market it is believed that trade
will be good The advance has come
SO quickly that buyers find 1t difficult
to follow il. while the very high cost
In the country makes receivers indif-
ferent about entertaining any but the
highest bids
Beans are firmer Heports from York
state bean sections continue to note a
firmer market. with injury to the crop
from dry weather. The government is
still sending beans to Porto Rico. Here
| the market is quoted at: Carload lots,
pea. sl.3712 q LAO; medium, S1,31h lao;
small pea, $50; yellow eyes, sl.45; red
! kidneys, sl.756l.SO; California small
white, s1.SO@1.S5 Lima, &c per Id; job
bling, 10c more.
Wheat has continued in very good ex-
port request. with the contention made
that if the export demand continues in
no better ratio than at present, there
will be only very moderate supply left
for home use and for seed.
The flour market is little easier with
prominent milling concerns down from
&c to 10c per Dbl within a few days. At
the same tine they are notifying their
agents in the east that higher prices are
to be looked Cor. Here agents were re-
ceiving advAes ito so slow" and 10 eX-
pect further advance as soon as the mar
ket on wheat comes to more settled
basis. Quotations are: Mill shipment
spring wheat patents, Al0d4.35; trade
committee spring wheat clears, $3.104
$50; patents, s4.1O@475; winter wheat.
clears. s3.4o63.S5; straights, s3,50@4;
patents. s3.SO@4.35.
Cornmeal is steady, with very little
change. The demand is slack. Oatmeal
and the cereals are little changed.
Corn changed about. and was slightly
easier to arrive. and little firmer for
corn on the spot. Reports from the
growing crop continue to be of very
buoyont nature, with indications of a
tremendous crop. Oats have continued
quiet, with new oats Offering in suf-
hCient volume 10 make the position
rather easy. The quality of these new
oats is excellent. and the term new,
as applied to oats, is to be dropped of
sooner this year than usual, by agree
ment OF the chamber of commerce.
The position of hay is little changed,
with trade dull. Straw Is also quiet
with the market rather easy. Millfeed
is very firm, with a good trade and high
err prices. Hay S9@16; fancy and job
bling, $l6509l7.50: rye straw. $10Ql.
Pork provisions have continued in fair
demand. with few changes in quotations,
Boston packers have shortened their
killing of hogs considerably, owing to
the high cost, while provisions are hard
to realize from in the shape of better
prices. The demand for pork pro-
visions for export has been shortened
somewhat by the higher prices. a re-
suit of the larger cost of hogs.
Still greater firmness is the feature of
the beef market, with still higher prices
being paid for cattle by the packers 1t
is also noted that the supply of good TO
choice cattle is also very small, with the
arrivals made up largely of poorer and
grass beef. This beef sells hard, and
causes much dissatisfaction in the trade.
The best beef is very decidedly firm.
The arrivals of beef in this market have
been heavier, and this has had depress-
ing effect upon the trade, the cattle ar
irving being smaller and of poorer quail
ity. 1t is suggested that though the