The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-05
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.
Wholesale Provision and Grain Mar
ket Quotations in Full.

BALTIMORE. Aug. 4.-Following are To-
| cal quotations in wholesale provisions and
/ grain in today's market:
| Wheat-Stoek in elevators, 1858, 342 bus
Southern was in light supply and the mar
ket ruled steady under coed demand from
shippers. Sale on grade at "A 1-2c for No
| 2 red and u 1-2c for steamer red, while
Sample lots sold at re and 73c for small
parcels, while a cargo OF choice went at
| "A 1-2c.
| Corn-Stock in elevators, 1,230,1s9 bus
The market for Southern was entirely NOM
| inal under an absence of receipts or Of
| feri.gs. Prices. however ruled nominally
STEADY at 1896 1-2c for both white and
| yellow afioat. Cob steady at s2.35Q2.4 &c
per Dbl for carload lots prime yellow on
| spot.
Western wheat opened steady, August
73 lie. Foreign markets were steadier,
Paris being higher. Worlds shipments es-
timated at only 5000. 600, while quantity
afloat decreased 1900. 600. Prices ruled
steady, cash and August being 70 1-2c and
September rs 1-Sc there being only a dull
and featureless trade. Offerings not free
and demand slack. Private cables dull:
not much enquiry. The market closed
| firm; spot and August, 70 1-2Q73 5-sc; Sep
TENDER, IS 1-sQ75 3-sc. Sales, 5000 Sep
| TENDER. IS 1-8c; 5000 spot, strictly fresh,
70 lie. Settling price. contract, 73 12c;
No. 8 red ard steamer red, II 1-2c
Western corn opened firm and fraction
ally higher. Year sold at 38 5-Sc. the i'm
proved feeling being on continued high
temperature In important corn States How
Z fans lit
question. Private cables are dull and de-
mani is not active. The market closed
steady; spot and August, AZ 1-4Q42 3-Sc;
September, 421-4a4Z lie; October, AZ 3-4c
asked; new or old November or December,
IS 1-2G3S 3-4c; January, 3S 1-2 asked.
Sales, 10000 new and old November and
December. 3s lie; 50.9Uv Do, 3s 5-sc
. Settling price, mixed, AZ lac; steamer
mixed Il LAC.
per, S2.40G250; Western extra, $27043. 15;
Western family, $3.40q375; winter pat
ents, S3.S594.15; spring patents, S4.251
4.50; spring straight, S4G4.20; spring ba-
kers', s325@3.40; Baltimore best patents,
s4.75; Baltimore highg grade family 81 So;
Baltimore high-grade extra, s4.25; Balti-
more choice family, 81; Maryland, vir-
ginia, and Pennsylvania super, S2.4062.50;
Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania ex-
ira, s2.7od3.15; Maryland, Virginia, and
Pennsylvania family. sS.4o93.75; City Mills
super. s2.50d2.65; Rio extra, s3.75Q410;
rye flour, medium TO choice, s3G325.
Oats-Stock in elevators 373. ITS bus 20.
white. 29c; No. 8. q 1-2G2sc; white No.
4, 26 1-2I27c; white ungraded. &c 1-2G29c;
mixed No. 2, 26c; mixed No. g. "a I-2d 25c;
mixed No. 4, % 1-2Q24c; ungraded, 20 1-2
Q2ec
Rye-stock In elevators, 2S.7sO bus. The
market was dull We quote: No. near
by 4sGi9c. and No. Western on spot, so
G50 Lac: bag lots Of new. 45d5Oc.
Hay-Market firm. Quote: Choice limo
thy. - per ton; No. l timothy. s155Og
16; No. q s1450@15; No. 3, $13G14; No. l
clover. mixed, sl3G14; No. 2 clover, mixed,
$l2M13; No. 1 clover, -; No. 2 clover.
Straw-Marke+ was steady Quote as fol-
lows: No. 1 straight rye, new. $10.50g11;
tangle rye, - wheat, s7.50ds; cat
straw, s7.50dS.
Mill feed-Market was weak. We quote:
Lightweight bran. $1,000; medium. s14 5 @
1900; heavy do. s14.00G14.50; middling,
s15.o0G1e.00 0atter for lightweight. all
track; spring bran. in 200-rD sacks,
S16.25S16.50; do in 100&rb sacks. $l675G
1900; City Mills middling firm at $500 per
ton.
Grain Freights-Market quiet. We quote.
u,
IS, August and September: Glasgow, Is Cd
August; Belfast. IS Sd, August; Dublin,
Is 3d. August Bristol, IS Sd, September;
Leith, IS cd, September; Cork, 4sq4s Sd
August; Denmark, IS 9dd3s 10 I'D,
August; picked ports. IS Sd. August; Ant
werp, IS Sd. August; Rotterdam. IS I'd,
August; Bremen. none offered; Hamburg,
3sQ3s 3D. August; Havre. none offered.
Butter-The market was firm. We quote:
Creamery separator, extra, 216922c; extra
first, 20M21c; creamery first, zoe; cream
cry imitation, extra, 1920; Iowa and
Northwestern ladle, extra, 1sd19c; do
extra first, 16917c; Western store-p packed,
14G15c; creamery rolls q pounds, 2l622c;
creamery prints az pound, 22G23c.
Eggs-The market was firm. Strictly
fresh, II 1-2913c per dozen.
Fish and crabs-The market for fish was
easy We quote: Crocus. 3G4c per ID:
rock, boiling, per Id. 10d12 medium. 100
12c; do, pan, 1oq12c; white perch, large,
10012c; medium, 5Q7c; yellow perch,
large 5@6c; star or butterfish, per bbi,
s4Q5; gray trout. per Dbl, large, s4ae5; do
small. s2.50q3; tailors. 4Q6c per ID; fresh
salmon. per h. 12G15c; catfish S@4c;
founders. per lb, 4Q5c; eels, 5q6c: lob
sters. 25c; hard crabs. 75cq$1 per Dbl; soft