Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-21

barrels; market. inactive but firmly
held. Minnesota patents S3.60Q3.o3;
Minnesota bakers $2.65@2.95; winter
patents S. .60@3.S5; winter straights
$3.45@3.55; winter extra $2.55@2.9O;
winter low grades $2.55@2.40.
Rye -four, quiet; choice to fancy 1925
$3.50.
Corn meal, quiet; yellow western
SIC; city SIC; brandywine $2.35@2.40.
Rye, steady; No. 2 western 60k@61c
f. O. b.. aioat; State rye 57@5Sc C. i. f.
New York car lots.
Barley, quiet; feeding 43h@45c C. i.
: f. New York; mailing 50@53c c. /. +.
New York.
Barley malt, dull; western 55@65c.
Wheat, spot, firm; No. 2 red 77sc
! elevator; No. 2 red S05sc f. o. b. a1oat;
| No. l northern Duluth 75Bc f. o. b.
afoat to arrive. Options were firm and
fairly active most of the session, guild
ed by further drouth news from the
northwest and local covering. Closed
firm at &c net advance. May closed
| 71kc; July 72h@72 11-16c, closed at
/. 72%c; September 73A@73 9-16c, closed
at 73Ac.
/ Corn, spot, firm; No. 2, 43c f. o. b.
afoat and 421ac elevator. Options mar
ket was steady for a time with wheat,
but lost it's stability later through re-
alizing. Closed steadier on late cover
ing at Bc decline. May closed at
42asc; uly 43A @43kc, closed at 1850;
September 1872 @43Bc, closed at 1870.
Oats, spot, dull; No. 2, &c; No. 3,
26bc; No. 2 white 29c; No. 3 white
2Shc. Track mixed western 26h @29c;
track white 2Sh @35c. Options inact-
i've and easy.
Hay steady; shipping 7O@75c; good
to choice 80@92kc.
Hops, steady; State, common to
choice, 1896 crop 3@5c; 1898 crop 100
| 13c; Pacific coast, 1896 crop 3@5c; 1899
crop 1O@13c.
Hides, firm; Galveston 20 to %
pounds, 1910; California q to %
pounds 21hc; Texas dry "a to 80
pounds, 15c.
Leather, steady; hemlock sole Bue-
nos Ayres, light to heavy weights ESQ
25hc; acid 26@26hc.
Wool, dull; domestic fleece 25@2Sc;
Texas 15@1Sc.
Beef, steady; family $12.O0@12.50;
mess $10.00@10.50.
Beef packet $11.00@12.oo; city extra,
in dams, $17.00@19.00.
Cut meats, steady; picked bellies
7H@8Ac; picked shoulders 6h@6%c;
picked hams 10A @10Ac.
Lard easy; western steamed $7.35;
May closed at $7.35 nominal. Refined,
quiet; continent $3.50; South America
1925; compound 6a @6%c.
Pork, quiet; family $14.0O@14.50;
short clear $14.00@15.00; mess $12.25@
1900.
Butter, steady; western creamery
16k @2Oc; do. factory 13@15hc; imita-
ton creamery 14@17Rc; State dairy
15h @19c; do. creamery 100000.
Cheese, weak; fancy large white
10Ac; fancy large lard 10Ac; fancy
small white "a @9kc; fancy small lard
ga
Eggs, firm; State and Pennsylvania
1914 @13c; southern at mark 10@11hc;
storage western 1924 @13c at mark, ir-
regular packing, loss off 12h@13c.
, Tallow, nominal; city 43sc; country
4B@
Cottonseed Oil, quiet; prime crude
o4H2c, 90. yellOW 5i72C.
Petroleum, quiet; refined New York
! $3.50; Philadelphia and Baltimore
$3.50; do. in bulk $500.
Rosin, steady; strained common to
good $1.55.
Turpentine, steady at 51k@52c.
, Rice, firm; domestic fair to extra
AS @6hc Japan 4%@4Bc.
Molasses, steady; New Orleans open
kettle good to choice 44@55c.
Freights, quiet; cotton by steam 27c;
grain by steam I'D.
Coffee futures opened steady with
prices five points lower, and ruled more
active and generally weak, following
lower cables, larger receipts at Rio and
Santos, small warehouse deliveries and
unsatisfactory spot demand. Covering
checked the decline, Total sales. $3.50
bags, including June $3.50; October
S6.75; November $6.75@6.S0; December
$500; March $7.10GZ.15. Spot coffee
Rio, dull; No. invoice 7kc. Mild,
quiet; Cordova 9A@f95sc.
Sugar-Raw, firm; fair refining
81 1-32c; centrifugal Sc test 4 15-32c:
molasses sugar 31S-16c. Refined.
steady; standard A 1850; confectioners
A 4.9oc; mould A 5.40c; cut loaf 5.55c;
crushed 5.55c; powdered 5.25c; granu-
lated 5.15c; cubes 5.30c.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1s.-Wheat
steady, contract grade May 7OA @71Ac.
Corn unchanged; No. 2 mixed May
42@Ac.
Oats steady; No. 2 white clipped 80
Ole: No. 8 do 2sc; No. 2 mixed do
2sh@29c.
Potatoes unchanged; n. Y. and west
ern choice per blu. 45@4Sc; do fair to
good 40043c.
Seeds steady; clover western per bu.
car lots 81 S095 80; do Penna. per
pound as to quality 5hG7c; timothy
western per bu. C a lots 81 2561 80.
Butter quite and prints 1c lower;
fancy western creamery 201ac; do
prints 21c.
Eggs firm and hc higher; fresh
nearby 12h013c; do western 13c; do
southwestern 12hc; do southern 110
12c.