The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-13
New York Cotton Market.
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.
Wholesale Provision and Grain Mar.
ket Quotations in Full.

Wholesale Provision and Grain Mar
ket Quotations in Full.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 12-Following ar,
today's quotations in the local wholesal,
/ provision and grain markets:
| Wheat-Stock in elevators, 1875, 81 bus
The market for Southern was fractionall,
frmer compared with transactions of yes
| terday. Receipts were a shade freer, ant
under good demand all offerings were
! readily disposed of. Sales on grade al
! ~ 3-4c for No. red and Of sample lots
at 72c.
| Western today opened easy; December
/ re. The decline in foreign markets was
disappointment, but prices stead ed up
although there was no decided feature oD-
| servable. January sold at 73c, and FASH
wheat is in demand, the market reaching
~ lac, with very few offerings. Private
cables dull; scarcely any demand. The
market closed firmer. Spot, December
u lie; Janusry, 73c; May, II 5-Sc. Sales,
10000 January, 73c: $500 fresh spot,
- Lie. Settling price, contract, az Lie
No. red, 69 Sic; steamer No. 2 red,
GO Sic.
Corn-Stock in elevators, 1.190,S24 bus.
Receipts of Southern were much freer and
+,
with good demand from all classes OF
buyers. Sales of both colors on grade at
43c for No. white. yellow. or mixed;
IL lie for steamer white or yellow; 80 1-2C
for No. of either color, and 81 12c for
rejected. Small lots, uptown delivery,
brought AZ I-2c, 43 lac. and 44c for white
and 43c and 43 Lie for yellow. Cob firmer
at s220Q2.25 per Dbl for car lots yellow on
spot.
VI J,,n
Scarcely any corn came on the market,
and very little corn is being secured in
the country--hence there is little to be
purchased. Cash and the year are in de-
mand, while January and February are
dull. Private cables very fiat; not much
demand. The market closed frmer: spot,
43 3-Sc bid new, AZ Use bid; year, AZ 34c
bid, 43c asked: January. Al 3-4c bid, 42c
asked; February, 42c bid. AZ 1-4c asked
Sales, 6,000 new spot, AZ 3-4c; 10000 jan
uary, IL 7-sc. Settling price. mixed,
43 1-4c; new, ~ Sic; steamer mixed
Al 3-4c; No. 3, SO 3-4c.
Flour-Market was quiet. Western SUI
per- s.. 35G 2.45; Western extra, s2.55G 2.9O:
Western family, s3.30d3.e6: winter pat
ents, S3.S04i; spring patents, $3.S5@4.10;
spring straight, S3.15QS.s5; spring bakers
s2.90G3.15; Baltimore best patents, $3.50;
Baltimore high grade family, $3.50; Balti-
more high grade extra, $40; Baltimore
choice family, $3.50; Maryland. Virginia,
and Pennsylvania super, s2.35m2.45; Mary
land, Virginia, and Pennsylvania extra,
s2.55G2.90; Maryland. Virginia, and Penn
sylvania family, s3.3Oa3.6O; City Mills SUI
per, S2.50G2.65; Rio extra, S3.65@3S0; rye
flour, medium to choice, $3d325.
Oats-Thc market was strong. Stock In
elevators, 4s9, ISL bus. White, No. 2. 29 1-2
@3oc; do, No. ,, 2sa2S lie; do. No. 4,
27d27 lie; do, ungraded. 27a3Oc; mixed,
No. 2, 271-2G2sc; do, No. 3, 26 1-2927c;
do, No. 1, % 1-2G26c; do, ungraded, rs 1-2
@2Sc.
Rye-The market was quiet Stock in
elevators, 215,s73 bus. No. rye, in CARROTS,
soc; No. 8 rye, 4sc; No. Western rye,
bic for spot, and about same price for
December rye. Bag lots nearby quotable
at from 43G50c per bus, as to quality and
condition.
Hay Market firm. No. timothy, sl79
1850; No. 2, s15dl6.50; No. 3, s15G15.50;
No. ! clover. mixed, s15.50M16: No. 2 clio
yer. mixed. s14G15; No. ! clover, sI5; No. 2
clover sl3.50G14.5O.
Mill feed-Market was firm. Light
weight bran. $3.50; medium, $l5.5Cd16;
heavy do, s1i.50G15; medium middling,
s15@l6 0at:er for lightweight, all track;
spring bran, in 200-lb sacks, s1675@l7;
do, in 10O-lb sacks, s17d17.50; City Mills
middling, firm, at 81 per ton.
Straw-Market was dull. No. l straight
rye, new, s1i; No. do, sl3.50d14; tangled
rye, $40; wheat, s7q7.50; oat straw, $3.50
MS00.
Grain freights-Market dull Liverpool!
per bus, 3 I'D, December. London, per
Or, none offered Glasgow, IS Cd, De-
cember and January; Belfast, IS Sd, De-
comber and January; Dublin, IS Sd, De-
cember and January; Bristol, none Of
fered; Leith, none offered; Cork, IS 9dG
IS 10 I'D, December; Denmark, IS 9dl3
10 I'D. December; picked ports, IS Sd,
December, IS I'D January; Antwerp, IS
Cd, December; Rotterdam IS Sd, Deem
Der; Bremen. 20 pigs, January and Feb
ruary; Hamburg, IS / I'D December, IS
Sd. April: Havre, none offered.
Butter--The market was firmer. Cream
cry, separator, extra, 2Sc; extra first. &c;
creamery, first, 26c; creamery imitation,
extra, 21G22c; Iowa and Northwestern
ladle. extra, 1920; DO extra first ia
1sc; Western store-packed. IL 1-2Mlic;
Ohio rolls, first. l1@lSc: second. 15@ Ice;
West Virginia rolls. first, 1G9l lie; second,
14M15c: Elgin creamery prints, IL lb,
30c; do ! lb, 29c; do . lbs, 26M2 7c; Mary
land and Pennsylvania creamery prints,
IL lb, CSC; do. / lb &c; do. = lbs zee.
Eggs-The market was firm. Strictly
fresh, zee; Western, 24M25c.
Fish and oysters-The market for fish
was quiet. Crocus, 2d3c; rock, boiling
1sG20c, medium, lie; do pan, sM1Oc:
white perch, large, Sd1oc; medium. ACC
yellow perch, large, 4c; gray trout, per
Dbl, large. sSG10; do per Id, small, safe;
fresh salmon, Id. 15c; catfish, 3G4c; foun-
ders. per lb, 5@6c; cells 4M5c; Holsters,
1SI 20c; clans, white, per 100. 40c; oys-
tiers, bulk stock, 7OG$1 per bus; choice
raw boy per Dbl. S3.50G45O so: medium
s256m3; culls. S1.25H2.
Groceries-Raw sugar steady; refined
steady. Quotations per 10O-lb lots: Gran
ulated. $50; cut loaf, $50: Keystone
"A" $50; yellow sugars, s4.65gt.S5. Mo-
lasses. n. o.. st. Clare, 3Sc; Kingsland
s4c: Sunlight y. O., 26c; st. Vincent, p.
r.. 25c; st. Johns =. r., 19c; No. IL Su-
gar House, 1sc. Syrups-The market is
steady. Gold Medal, &c; King svanila),
29c; Rock Candy Drips, 27c; Gilt Edge.
24c; Corn, 22c: No. IL, lie. Tea uas firm,
Hyson, superior to fine. 2sG32s; choice
to choicest, 42G46c; uncolored japan (new
CROP. finest. 31G33c; choice to choicest,
32G3ic; extra choice, 46c; Oolong, Annoy,
and Fuchow (ncw CROP, finest 40e143c. |
choice to choicest, extra, finest 30@i0c. |
Green fruits and vegetables-The mar
ket was firm. Apples. Western |
Maryland and Pennsylvania. packed,
per Dbl, s1.0e02.00; New York. per Dbl.