The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
New York Cotton Market.
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.
Wholesale Grain and Provision
Market Quotations in Full.


| today's quotations in the local wholesale
grain and provision market:
Wheat-Stock in elevators, 31s,67S bus.
! The market for Southern was firm and
higher. Receipts were freer and with a
| good demand all of the increased offer
| inss sold at the advance. Sales of small
lots all by sample at nc, 7sc, and rs 1-2c
as to quality and condition. No. red
nominally firmer at rs lie.
Western wheat opened steady. Cash and
March. II 1-2c, and May rs i-2c, these
prices being largely nominal. Private ca
bles were slightly firmer. Information
from the West was rather meagre to-
day-stormy weather having interrupted
Geographic communication. The local
market was, therefore. a narrow one.
Market closed easy; spot, March. II 1-4c
bid; May, 7S 1-sc bid, rs Csc asked. Sales,
car spot, Il 1-2c. Settling price, contract,
I! lie; No. red, Zoe; steamer No. 2 red,
Corn-Stock in elevators, sss,12O bus.
There was again an absence of receipts
or offerings of Southern and the market
was entirely nominal The feeling was
steady, and white atioat was quoted al
with sales at s2.35 per Dbl for carload
lots prime yellow on spot
western corn was quiet and steady at
the opening, with spot quoted at a LA
"A Sic; March, ~ 1-2d44 3-4c, and April.
"A lie. There was no snap in the mar
ket. Cables We're a trife better, but this
did not quicken the demand for corn
here-little stuff changing hands. Offer
ings continue small. Market closed quiet
spot, March, a Lac bid: April, lie bid,
"A l-2c asked: May, a Lie bid. Settling
price, mixed, IA lac; steamer mixed.
Flour-The market was quiet. Western
Super. s2.3On240; Western Extra, 81 45d
500; Western Family, sS.30435j; Winter
patents, &S5qtC5; Spring Patents, $3.50
Bakers. ss.VpS25; Baltimore Best Pat
ents, $40; Baltimore High-Grade Family.
1865; Baltimore Bigh-GTade Extra. 81 %;
baltimore Choice Family, 800; Maryland,
virginia, and Pennsylvania Super. s250u
go; Maryland. Virginia, and Pennsyl-
vania Extra, s2.45d3.G1; Maryland Viz
GINA and Pennsylvania Family. s330d
$3.50; City Mills Super. $250a3.65; Rio Ex-
choice. s3COaS.25.
Oats-The market was firm. Stock in
elevators. lS0,S71 bus; White, No. 2, 32a
81 81 81 do No ., Sla31 1.2c; do, No. 4, 500
No. 2, 30c; do. No. 3. 29i29 l-2c; do. No. A.
Sm2S lie; ungraded p 1-2d3Oc.
Rye-The market was firm. Stock in
elevators. SO90s bus. No. nearby. in
carlots, Sc; No. , rye, 5Sc: No. West
ern rye, SIC for spot, and about same
price for February rye. Bag lots nearby
quottable at from 5oa5Sc per bus. as to
Hay-Market qnet. No. l timothy. $3.50:
No. 2 slb.A- No. 3, sl5.50; No. ! clover,
mixed. $l5.50qi550; No clover mixed,
$i;OOal459; 70. ! clover, $H.59Ql5.0O; No.
Straw-Market was duh. No l straight
rye, new, sl4.OJ0; No. Sl3 0GH 10 90; tangled
rye. sg.00H10Oc; wheat, $50; oat straw,
Mill Feed-Market was firm; Light
weight bran. $3.50: medium $500; heavy
do. $3.50; middiing. $l6.GjG1S.50 Qatter for
lightweight, all track; spring bran, in
slfn IA Tlg.un l.
s2O.GGn2O.JO; City Mills Middling firm at
5000 per ton.
Grain Freights-Market quiet. Liver
pool per bus. ! I'D. March London, per
6dgtIs I'D. March; Belfast, Is 9dd2s Sd,
March; Dublin, Is 9dd2s Sd. March: Bris-
toll, Is 9d42s Sd. March; Leith. 2sq2s 80,
March; Cork. IS 9da2s 10 I'D asked:
March; Denmark, rs Cd. March, picked
ports 2s 12d, March; Antwerp, Is 6dg1s
I'D March; Bremen. 81 IL pigs. March
and April; Hamburg, 2s, March and April.
Butter-The market is firm. Creamery
separator extra. 25Nf25 lie: extra first.
24et24 l-2c: creamery, first. 22m23c; cream
cry imitation, extra, 1SHl9c; Iowa and
Northwestern ladle. extra, l64l1c; do, eX-
ira first 1ln15c; Western store-packed,
13d l4c; Ohio rolls, first, 15Gl6c: second,
l3Tlsc; West Virginia rolls, first, l4Gtl5c;
second, l3mlic, Elgin creamery prints,
Il pound, 2Ga27c; do, 1-pound, 25426c; do,
2-pounds. 24d25c; Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania creamery prints, l-2-pound, 25G2Gc;
do. l-pOund. 2ia25c; do. 2-pounds, 23G2ic.
EggS-The market was quiet. Strictly
fresh, lac; Western, 14c.
Fish and oysters-The market for fish
was firm. Bass large, lie; small to me-
dunn, 9nl0c III; rock, boiling. 1Sc. medium
l5c; do pan, l0ul2c; white perch. large,
Ice; medium, case; yellow perch, large,
5N6c; small. 2q3c; gray trout. per III,
large. SC; do per H. small &c; fresh sal
mon, Id, 15qlSc; shad. Florida roe. each.
6}dGJc; do buck, 30H35c; catfish. &c; hOun-
ders. per 10. sac: cells &c: Holsters. 25c;
raw box. per Dbl, $3ui50; medium. $2d
IS; culls. Sl.50Q2; terrspin. Chesapeake
diamond back. Tin, per doz $4SG60; Gin
$30m35; Sin. slOGi5
Green fruits and vegetables-The mar
ket was firm. Apples, n. Y, per Dbl,
fancy King, $3.50d400; do good to choice,
81. 50G3oo; Baldwins per Dbl 81 75ai3. -;
per Dbl. s20002.50; beets, home grown, per
bunch, lMl lie; cabbage, New York. per
ton, l2.00a 1900; Florida, per crate sl.75I
20; cranberries. Cape Cod, per Dbl 81 756l
rs; do per box, s2b0d2.75; celery. Micii-
gan, per doz. 40M60c; do New York, per
doz. 26q6oc; homegrown, per bunch 3aic
egg plants, Florida. bbl 81 O06i3 so; box
s1.50d200; horse radish. native. bus box
81. s0al.50: lettuce, North Carolina. l-2-bbi
basket 81. Gul.50: Florida, l-2-bbI basket
81 5Oai2.5O; North Carolina, Dbl basket, 81 20
AGO; onions. New York. yellow, per bus
S1.2O; do, Western yellow per bus, 81 20;
oranges Florida, per box as to size. $1,000
$40; string beans, Florida, per BASKET,
bus box, 35Gi50c; Strawberries, per quar-
15QSoc; turnips, native, per bus. 40fi50c;
tomatoes, Florida, per 6-basket carrier.
81 0oft2.50.