The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-03
CHICAGO. January ,.
ObIUA0U1 ddHuaIN
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.

Cssh quotations were ~ follows:
Flour firm; winter patents S3.f0aS5O; do
straights s300a3.2O; do clear s2.90a8I0; spring
specials $780, spring patents So. 30a3.55; spring
straights Sl.soss00; BAKERS sl.9oa2.56. Wheat
No. red 6sas9. Corn--No. g. 81 Ia. Oats No. q
22 3-4; No. 2, white 25025 Ia; No. white
q s-sa25: Rye-No. 2, SO l-2a52. Ban ley No. 2
3ss42. Flaxssed-No. l, 81 as. Prime Timothy
seed, $3.50. Mess pork, per bbl s9.2oaSlo5U
Lard, per 100 lbs, so60a5.SlH; Short rib sides,
loose, xl.45a6.75; dry sailed shoulders boxed,
1-2a5 "a. Short clear slider. boxar. f5.70a
80; whiskey, on basis OF high wines, sI.23,I.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK January 2-Flour held above by
buyers views, although there was more dIipo-
sition to take hold near the close, owing to the
strength in wheat Minnesota patents AS.o1a
Is: winter straights s3.3ia8.l5, winter extras
$2.55a 2SS.
Rye -four frmer' fair 30 good ssi5a8.sO;
choice to far cy SIS 5Oa3.5O.
Buckwheat flour steady at 81. l0a2 Co.
Buckwheat no ninal at 60a6l.
Corn meal firm: yellow westsrn 50; city a;
Eve steady; No. Z, western so 2-tf afJoat;
State rye Ha57: city of New York car lots.
Barley frm:r; feeding AZ l-zaa4 IL; mating
48a53
Wheat, spot fir a; No rsd rs 5-S options,
March 76A; Nav rs E-s; July IS 1-2.
Corn. spot firm; No. a, 1878; options Janu-
Oats, spot gui It but firm; No. Q, 29a29 1-s; No.
white 8 la; No. rs IL. ootlons quit.
Beef dun; family si2.506 1900; extra mess,
sl0.50; beef hams s22.50ae3.00; packet Sll.5OA
100; city extra India mess $20.00a2S.00.
Cut meats quiet; picked bellies l-fa7 Ia:
picked shoulders 81; picked hams t-sa9.
Lard strong; western steamed $6l7 IL; city,
SfyI: December $685., nominal; refined strong
err; to the continent .620; compound $6OO.
Pork frmer; mess Sl0.25al0S1, snort clear
s1l.0fal1.00; family $4,000 al2.5e
Butter strong; western ere smery 2aa2s;
State dairy 20a-7.
Cheese firm: fal made. fancy, large, II 5-aa
10; ia made, small, u 3-3al5.
Eggs firm; state AUD rom lFknfs 24s25;
western, ungraded at mark l5t22; Western !,
loss off.
POTATOES steady; New Jerseys 81 a5al.75: New
York S1.114l75 Long leland N.ua2 %; New
Jersey sweets Ss.35a5.UJ; southern sweets Si.Zsa
1.76.
Tallow fl IN: city s; country 4&a5.
Petroleum steady; refined Rev York. 1880;
$40.
Rosin steady; strapped. common 70 good, sl.45.
Turpenrlne firm at 81 LEASE.
Rice firm; domestic, fair to extra 6a6M; ia
pan 4Aa5
Moissses firm: New Orleans, open kettle,
Cabbage steady; Long Island o. OOas6 90 per
Freights to Liverpool dull; cotton by steam
25; do. grain Q ia.
ESQ: spot hIO firmer: No invoice l-s; No.
jobbing SIS; mild irmer; Cordova sa11l:
Sugar. raw firm, far refining, IL i6;
centrifugal S6-test, "A bid; mol&sses sugar
SIG; refined ,eady: standard A l5- 10; cut
loaf s 9-I6; crushed S-l6; powdered II;
mould A, 7-l6; graduated 3 g. O.; Cubes D D. 10
Cotton seed was firm and still higher on
the New York market on the strength OF crude
at the South, scant offerings and higher prize g
for hog products. Prime crude. barrels 70;
prime summer yellow "a l-2G3f; off summer yell
low 81 I-2 nominal butter grades S6a37, prime
winter yellow S7a5a; prime white 3 a37; prime
meal S2i. J0a15t0.