The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-02
New York Cotton Market.
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.
Wholesale Provision and Grain
Market Quotations I'm Fuu

BALTIMORE. May Following are to-
days quotations in the local wholesale
provision and grain markets:
Wheat-Stock in elevators, 693,945 bus.
The market for Southern was frmer. in
sympathy with the improved feeling in
Western. All of the offerings sold on
grade to shippers at soc for No 2 red,
771kc for steamer and 74lAc for rejected.
Western wheat opened firmer; May,
7S&c. Foreign markets were all higher a
fraction, and speculative, on this side.
were up in spite of free deliveries on con-
tract. May was offered early at 7s74c and
then sold at this price, from which there
was a rapid advance to 79lkc. Cash wheat
sold, in small way early, at 79c. July was
nominal. Private cables firmer; better
tone. Market closed steady; spot May.
7sc bid; June. 7sl4c asked; July. 761sc bid.
Sales, 1.4OO fresh spot, 1sc; $1,000 May, SAC
Settling price, contract, 79c; No. 3 red,
76c; steamer No. red, 16c.
Corn-Stock in elevators, 1,16l,6S6 bus.
There were no receipts of Southern today,
but the small amount noted In the arriv-
ais come to hand late yesterday and sold
at 49lkc for yellow. Prime white aiioat
| nominally 4911q50c. Cob quiet at $2609
| 81 Go per Dbl.
Butter-The market is firm. Creamery
separator, extra, &c; extra first. 2la2l1zc;
| creamery, first, hc; creamery imitation,
extra, 17G1sc; Iowa and Northwestern
| ladle, extra, 16G1Tc; do, extra nrst, l4dloc;
Western store-packed, 13Gl4c; Ohio rolls,
first 15M16c; second, 134l4c; West Vir-
| ginia rolls, first, 14al5c; second, Bg14c;
Elgin creamery prints, 1e-lb. 25426c; do;
lib, 24d25c; do, 2-lb, 23q24c; Maryland and
CSC; DO, lib, 2Sq24c; do, 5-lbs. 22d2sc.
Eggs-The market was steady. Strictly
fresh. iS1zc; Western, lS1sc; duck eggs
Fish, crabs, and clams-Market was
| quiet. Bass, large, per 10, eglOc; DO
small and medium. per ID; 6g1e; crocus,
| per flour Dbl. &. 5043; rock, boiling, per
| 10, lOc; do, medium, per h. Sc; do, pan.
| per ID, sac; white perch. large, per 10,
! 5q6c; do, medium. per lb, sac; yellow
perch, per Id, large. &c; 90, medium, 2q
| 7qSc; mackerel, bay, per lb, lOGll2c; grey
trout, per ID, 5d6c; herring, per bbl, Sl.254
1.50: founders, per h. 4d5c; salmon trout,
per 10, case; catfish, per ID. 3Qic: cells.
per ID, 304c; Holsters, per ID, 25c; snap
pers, per Id. 5G5l7c; clans, white, per 100,
! 36aS5c; hard crabs, per -four Dbl, a0l %;
do, per sugar Dbl, $L25Gl50; soft crabs,
per doz, as to size, 5OcdSl; frogs, live, per
doz, large, Sl.5oQl.75.
Green fruits and vegetables-The mar
ket was quiet. Apples, New York,
| Spy, per Dbl S3.25d3.5O; do No. l Bald
wins, per Dbl, $5Q3.25; do, No. l russets
per bbi, s2025G; do. No 2s, all varieties
per Dbl, $l50G2; asparagus, Charleston
| Shore, Md, per bunch. prime. 25435c;
beets. new Florida. per crate, SL75d2.00i
do new Charleston, per bunch, 345c; cab
bage, Danish per ton, *i . sgl 49, DC &c
| Charleston, early York, per crate, S25gG
275; carrots. new Southern, per bunch
3a6c; do. native, per bus box. 4oaJ0c
celery, Florida, per crate, sl.50d200; Gu
cumbers, Florida, per box, S.O9H350; egg
/ plants Florida, per orange box, $200q
$50; green peas. Charleston, per bas, sI.5(
ais; horseradish, native per box, 5Oa6Oc
kale, native, per bus box. 12zql5c; let
tuce, native, per box, 10HSOc. do, North
Carolina, per 1A-bbl bias, Sl00d1.25; do, pei
bbl, Sl.5Gq2 90; do, Norfolk, per bus bas
] 75cdS1 90; onions, New York yellow pei
bus $50; do. spring, per 100 lunches. 6sq
roc; do new. Bermuda, per crate, s2.25
oranges. California navels, per box, s2.Ood
800; do, seedlings, per box, S2Oo42.15; par
ships. native, per box, 35G40c; radishes
| Norfolk per Dbl. long, SL6042.0O; do. pei
has, buttons. 40q50c; rhubarb, native, pei
bunch. 2N2l3c: string beans, Florida pei
( bas green, s.. 50lf300; do wax, 81 00fI2. 80
spinach, homegrown, per bus box, 25g3Oc
strawberries. Florida, per ct, open crate
15Q20c; de. Charleston, per qt, refrigera
tor, 25M30c; do, North Carolina, per at
open, 2oq30c; tomatoes, Florida, per 6-ba:
carrier, fancy, s2.50a2.75; do, good Il
choice. S1.75d201
Potatoes-The market was quiet ant
dull White, Maryland and Pennsylvania
prime. per bus, 4Ga45c do New York
prime, bus, 45q41c; do, Michigan and Ohio
Dbl, No !, s5O0a6O0; do, No. 2, s4.00a5O0
do, new, Florida, per Dbl. No. !, s6.00q7O0
do, No. 2, S4.0Ga5.00; sweets, Maryland anC
Virginia, kiln-dried, per bbl $.5Oq2.00; do
North Carolina, per Dbl, prime. Sl.75g2 90
do, York River. per Dbl, prime, 81. 6oiI2 90
do, fancy bright Jerseys, per bbl, 1900
per Dbl. sI5sa15O
Poultry-Market is steady. Old fowls
10nQ1ic per III: winter chickens. 10000 pc
ID: spring chickens, 25g3oc: ROSTERS. $3.50
| apiece; ducks. 9Gl0c per Ii.