The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-08
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.
Wholesale Provision and Grnin Mar
ket Quotations in Full.

BALTIMORE, Feb. Following are to-
days quotations in the local wholesale
provision and grain markets:
Wneat-Stock in elevators, Ill GO bus
The market for Southern was dull and
nominal in the absence of receipts or Of
ferin. 5. The situation ruled firm, how
ever, and, in sympathy with Western
prices for graded lots were nominally
firm at &c for No red
Corn-Stock in elevators. 1861 $50 bus
There was an entire absence of receipts
or offerings of Southern, and the market
ruled dull at nominally steady prices If
here, No. white would have brought
43 Sac and yellow or mixed 40 lie. Cob
corn was firm and higher AT s2.30I235 per
barrel for prime yellow on spot.
Western wheat. opened frmer; Febru-
airy, 20 34c bid. Foreign markets were
irmer in price, while there was no fea-
ture in the specializing centres here.
Cash and February continue in demand,
and cash wheat was sold early at 70 7-Sc,
and the relative difference continues to
narrow. May sold at rs lie, though
prices eased off later in the day. Pri-
vate cables quiet. Market closed firm;
spot, February, rs Use bid; March, Is 3-4c
bid, TIC asked; May, as lie bid Settling
price, contract, rs 1-Sc; No. 3 red, 73 3-Sc;
steamer No. red, 20 3-sc.
Western corn was dull and lower. Feb
ruary was AZ 3-4c and March 43c but these
prices eased off. cash declining to ~ 1-2c
and March AZ 3-4c sellers. Not much corn
on the market, but local traders were
large sellers in speculative centres; SEN
timent bearish- Private cables quiet.
Market closed firm; spot, February,
AZ 3-4b, March, AZ 3-4b, 43a; May. 40 LIB.
mixed, AZ 5-Sc; steamer mixed, fl 5-Sc
Flour-Market was steady. Western Su-
per, Sz.30d2.40; Western Extra, $2.45D
800; Western Family. s335G3.70; Winter
Patents. S39OQ410; Spring Patents, 1895
d4.20: Spring Straight, s3.S5a3 %; Spring
Bakers, $3.0OG3.25; Baltimore Best Pat
ents, SAFE; Baltimore High Grade Family.
Si.65; Baltimore High-Grade Extra, 81 %:
Bal imore Choice Family. $500; Maryland.
Virginia and Pennsylvania Super, $2306
40; Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
Extra. S245G3.OO; Maryland, Virginia, and
Pennsylvania Family, $3-35@3.70; City
Mills Super, s2.JOa3.65; Rio Extra, $3.50
800. Rye -four. medium to choice. $1,000
1926.
Oals--The market was steady Stock in
elevators, 1S9, 4S7 bus. White, No. 2
GG91 Pc; do, No. 3, 3OG3O 1-2c; do. No.
4, 29G29 lie; do, ungraded, 29G31 lie;
mixed, No. 2, 2sG25 lie; do, No. 3, 273
27 lie; do, No. 4, 26G20 Lee; ungraded.
26G2S lie.
Rye-The market was quiet Stock in
elevators, 49, 1S9 bus No. rye, in car
lots, Sic; No. rye, 4Sc; No. 2 Western
rye, sac for spot, and about same price
for January rye. Bag lots nearby quota
bic at from 45G51c per bus, as to quality
and condition.
Butter-Market quiet TO steady Cream
cry separator, extra, 2iG25c; extra first
22d 22c; creamery first, 20G2lc; creamery
imitation, extra 1Sd l9c; Iowa and North
western ladle, extra, l6dlTc; do, extra
first, 146l5c; Western store packed, 134
I4c; Ohio rolls, first, 15q Ice; second. l3d
l4c; West Virginia rolls first, 14dl5c;
second, l3114c; Elgin creamery prints,
l-2 lb, 27q2Sc do, I ID, 26G27c; do, 2 lbs
creamery prints, L. lb, 25@2Gc; do. 10.
24G25c; do, lbs, 2Ser24c.
Eegs-The market was steady to firm
Strictly fresh. zoe; Western, 1ge; South
ern, 1Sc. at2t
poultry-The market was steady. Old
fowls. 8 1-2G10c per lib; springers. lie
per ID; roosters, 25c apiece; ducks, 100
lie per lb; turkeys 9alOc per lb; dressed
chickens. 100 lie per lb; do ducks. ia
re per Ib; do turkeys, 10@12c per ID.
Green coffee-Market steady. No. I (Rio
grade). 76r7 1-Sc.
Roasted coffee-Market steady. Bulk
roas,ed coffee-Pure Java, 32c; Maracaibo
zoe pure Laguayra, 22c; pure Santos, l9c;
african Java, IS lie; Rio blend, IS lie;
Peaberry mixture. 1Sc; pure Mocha. soc;
Java Mocha blend, 81 lie. These coffees
are in fancy bags, paper-lined.) If pack
ed in cans or tubs, lie higher.
Package brands-E. L. C.. 10O-lb cases.
I2c. co. b cases, IL 1-l0c: 36-lb cases.
u 2-1Oc. Lion coffee. in lO0-lb lots. 11.70c:
IN s0-lb lots. 11.SOc.
Cotton-Market quiet; middling, 1-Sc;
,+rtctly low middling, Q 81; low middling