The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-25

| Cash quotations were as loiIoWs.
Flour firm; winter patents ss.so9i.1o;
~straights $3.20G3.S0: clears SS.2043.6o:
spring specials $40; patents sS.60G4.10;
straights s3.10G3.50: bakers s2.sod2.so:
No. 8 spring wheat 73G79c; No. . red
79kc: No. 2 corn HG41hc; No.. 2 yellow
41G41Ac: No. 2 oats 2eAc; No. 2 white
25@2sc; No. 8 white 24AGe5hc; mess
pork per barrel s12.05912.10; lard per
10 pounds s7.00GI.02h; short ribs sides
Qoose) s7.6067.s5; dry salted shoulders
(boxed) $6.25G6.37k; short clear sides
(boxed) $s.156s.20; whiskey SIPS.
New York, September 22-FLOUR-
Market was firmly held at a shade ad-
vance. but buyers n sellers were 10
to zoe apart at the close. Winter pat
ents ss.7O@4.0o; Minnesota patents
81. 2064.50.
WHEAT-Spot firm; No. . red s415c;
Ioptions opened steady on bullish cables
supplemented by further demands
from shorts, more rain in the north
west and higher outside markets.
Later the market was quiet u closed
strong or renewed covering at
k@Sc net advance. March closed at
Sc; May closed at STAG: September
lS3c; October closed S3c: December
lS5Ac.
CORN-Spot firm; No. 2 47kc; OPP
tons market was firm. again advanc-
ing on strong cable advices. later re-
CClplS DIT Sl1lCdSo LII d u Nitt liid
from outside shorts. Closed strong
and quiet at nc higher. May closed
41$c; September 47Ac; October 45lzc:
December 41Zc.
OATS-Spot steady: No. 9 25c: OPP
tons quiet but steadier with corn.
LARD Weak: western steamed
s7.75; September closed s7.45; nominal.
Refined S continent s7.15; South
America $3.50; compound Ga qs%c.
EGGS-Firm; state and P~ennsylva-
mia 1S@21c; western regular packing at
mark 17k@1Sc.
PETROLEUM-Duli: refined New
York $S.05; Philadelphia and Baltimore
$500: do in bulk $5.45.
RICE-Firm; domestic fair to extra
4%@6kc.
COFFEE-Spot Rio steady: No. 7
invoice S%c; mild quiet; Cordova 9&1
lac. Futures opened steady with
prices unchanged to 10 points higher
or covering following better than ex-
pected European and Brazilian cables.
Closed steady and unchanged to 5
points higher. Total sales ) 800 bags,
Including October 800; December 1920:
March s7.35.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining nc:
centrifugal Sc test sc; molasses sugar
4c; refined firm; Standard A s5.95: con-
lfectioners A s5.s5; mould A $40: cut
loaf $685.. crushed s6.55; powdered $6.25:
l~graulated $6.15; cubes $3.50.
POTATOES5Steady; Jerseys 800
Q1.50; New York n50G1.62h; Long Is
land s1.50@1.75; Jersey sweets s2.25@
2.75.
PEANUTS-Steady; fancy h~andpick-
led 4@4kc; other domestic 2kQ4c.
CABBAGE-Quiet; Long Island Per
100 $1.5062.25.
COTTON SEED OIL-Very quiet,
but firm; prime crude barrels nominal;
lprime summer yellow 37hc for prompt.
Off summer yellow 36hc: prime winter
yellow 41Q42c; prime white 40d41c;
prime meal $z6.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin stead; strained.
common to good $1.5091.55. Spirits
t~urpentine steady at 41h@42c.
Charleston-Spirits ~turpentine moth
ing doing. Rosin steady and unchang-
ed.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
BIC; receipts LABS casks; sales 1.56l
casks; exports 1876 casks. Rosin
quiet and unchanged Receipts 5,257
barrels; sales IT'S barrels: exports TO-
I412 barrels.