The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-30
CALL 1T A GOOD MONTH
LOCAL MERCHANTS PLEASED WITH
RESULTS IN SEPTEMBER.
Buyers Demanded Good stock and
Prices Ruled Ffrm-Expected
Break Ii Potatoes Arrived.

While trade the fourth week OF Septem-
Der was not equal i'm volume TO any of the
preceding weeks Of September, the month
showed better receipts than the correspond
ing month of 1900 or 1899. Especially is this
true of dry goods houses. wholesale grocers
and iron and hardware stores. The leath-
err dealers and boot and shoe merchants
also report a very satisfactory trade. In
the dry goods line steady prices were the
feature. Linseed oil made two advances
during the week, each time , cents a gallon
Other articles i'm the drug line were steady
and business was good. The leather and
hide markets showed no change during the
week in prices, but In both lines prices
ruled firm. All lines Of groceries carry a
firm tone. Dried fruits and canned goods
are slow movers, and the situation is some
what unsettled as future views of sellers
and buyers are at variance.
On Commission row good stock moved
freely. while goods of inferior quality were
hard TO dispose of at even low prices. APP
Piles are i'm active request. but little choice
stock is yet offered. Pears are plenty and
are selling cheap az are grapes. The eX-
pected break in the Irish potato market
has come. and yesterday some very good
potatoes sold as low as so cents a bushel,
and potatoes hardly up to the standard
at 10 cents a bushel. Other vegetables are
moving fairly well at unchanged prices.
Watermelons and canteloupes are about off
the market. Poultry is in active request.
Eggs are fast movers at the advance made
yesterday, shippers paying Is cents a dozen.
There is an unusually active request for
butter. and IL choice some OF the houses
will pay IA cents a pound. Cheese is in
fair request. In each line of produce firm
prices are the feature and such conditions
are expected to continue for some weeks
to come. The -four market shows a little
more activity. but with the firm tone TO bid
ding on wheat the -four market is well sus-
tanned as 10 prices. The coal market is be-
coming quite active and there are indica-
tions Of still further advance in prices on
the kinds of Goals that must be used on
The local grain market was disappoint-
ing the entire week as TO receipts. Early
in the week prices on corn and oats drop
ped a little, but by Thursday had more
than recovered, and the week closed with
prices firm. Sellers on the wagon market
most of the time have their own way as
to prices in the early part of the day, and
on two days of the week corn sold as high
as " cents a bushel, but 6S cents was about
the average price. The same days No.
timothy hay sold at s14. but take the week
through $3.50 to $3 a ton was the average
Prices quoted Dy the secretary OF lne 6OdrO
of Trade yesterday were as follows:
on milling freight; No. 3 red. eS1sgeslzc track.
Corn-No l white, soho; No. 2 white, 6Olzc,
No. 8 white, 601zc; No. 4 white, 56l9d5slzc; No
2 white mixed; TS.as; Ne: : white mi1ed; SS11ei
5Sac; No. 3 yellow. 5Shc; No. yellow. 54%Q
$3.50; No. 2 mixed, 5slsc; No. 3 mixed, 5Slac
No. 4 mixed, 54l3g56zc; ear, 561zc.
Oats-No. 2 white, Ssq3sl1c; No. 3 white. 3Sq
3Slsc; No. 2 mixed. 37qS71sc; No ; mixed. S6p
Hay-No. l timothy. sl2.25als; No. 2 timothy.
$40. 25Q1O.75 per ton.
No. 2 white. 2 cars; No. 3 white. Il; No. 4 white.
4; No. 4 white mixed. 1; No. 2 mixed, 2: No. 4
mixed, l; total. 81 cars. Oats: Rejected. 1 car.
WAGON MARKET
wheat-7Oc.
~Corn-65G6Sc.
Hay-Timothy. choice, s12a1s; mixed. slOa1l
clover, sSql0 per ton.
Sheaf ~Oats-ssG1 per ton.
Straw-S6Q7 per ton, according TO quality.
Poultry md other
prices paid by shippers)
Turkey hens. sc per 10; toms, &c; hens, &c
cocks. &C: young chickens, 7lac; ducks. SC.
Cheese-New fork full cream, l3c; domestic
swiss. i7c; brick, 14c: limberger. 13c.
Butter-Choice roll. l2Ql29c per 10; poor, No. 2
Ease.
Beeswax-SOc for yellow, 25c for dark.
ool-Merchantable medium. Ice; bury anc
unmerchantable, 2d5c less; coarse grades, lac
fne merino, lOal2c; tub washed, 24g27.
Feathers-Prime geese, %c per Id: prime duck
HIDES TALLOw. ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. i. sIac; No. ?, TIC
No. 1 calf, l0l1c; No. z calf. Size.
Grease-White, &c; yellow, SIC; brown, 2&c.
Tallow-No. ], nc; No. 2, &C.