The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-12-18

ing good proportion of new-laid have
been salable at full quotations. Refriger-
ators have been in fair demand mt steady
prices, best marks at 18 1-2 to 19c.
CHEEsE.-Receipts for export 4. 23s boxes
Trade has been rather quiet for the past
week, as IL usually is ut this season of the
year, but holders consider the prospect
favorable and are not urging sales The
finest northern Sept twins have been sell
ing generally at 10 3-4c, but AT the close a
good many of the finest York state are
held at lie. Fair 10 good grades continue
in steady demand. Very few western
twins or Ohio flats Offering.
CoRN.-The advance in prices has con-
tlnued and values are about 1c higher than
week ago, although the close is about 1c
below the highest point of the week. The
demand Is Ow, with offerings small. At
the close steamer yellow on track is quo
table at 7G "a TO ne, with lower grades
ranging down us to quality and color
WooL.-The improved tone of the Lon
don wool market has been reflected in
Boston, and il is only the truth to say that
prices are shade better than last week
week ago there was something like a
stagger as reaction from the huge bust
ness of few weeks since, and rs a result
Of the reported drop abroad. There ave
BEEN however, no more discount lots of
Australian flung on the market as last
week, and the general tone of trade is
considerably iirmer. II would be hard to
quote amy advance i'm prices. except per-
haps in - supers. Still, sellers are finding
ii easler to obtain their asking figures than
st was last week, and even the most per-
slstent bears are beginning to cheer up
and look pleasant. For the first time in
any months speculation, the strongest
evidence of an advance in the market,
has made its appearance. This specula-
tlon by dealers has been confined largely
to lots OF supers, ON which some promi-
nent houses have been bidding each other
up.
BuTTER.-We are sti1 having quiet
market, and there is very little, if any.
change from last week. Receipts of fine
| fresh creamery have been light, but there
has not been demand enough to sustain
any advance in prices, and general sales
of the finest assorted sizes have been at
"A LIE. A good deal of the stock coming is
more or less defective and has duh sale
at % to Ac and under. Fine June goods
have been in steady, moderate demand,
some of the best at pc. Fine box butter
is selling well Prints steady
HAY AND STRAW The demand for hay
! continues quiet but the better grades
maintain firm tone. Choice hay is SELL
| ing at ST. to IL 80 but lower grades are
dull as to quality. The receipts this week
show lS5 cars for export and 1S3 cars for
the local trade, the former arrivals not
affecting the latter business Rye stra w
is in lighter supply, and the market is
| stronger. AT the close choice cars are
quotabe at SIG to 1850 per ton Oat
straw dull
OATs,-The market has ruled quiet and
is higher than week ago, although the
| tone has been easier during the past few
days. spot offerings continue moderate.
At the close No. 2 clipped white are quota
BILE at 90 "a to SIC, with lower grades as to
| quality. No fancy clipped white on spot,
! but 5S to 5S l-2c is asked to ship from the
west
FLoUR.-The market for flour. has been
forced much higher during the week, i II
| sympathy with the advance in wheat.
| Asking prices are 20 to SOC higher as a
| rule, but at the higher rates very little
business has been done. Buyers are by
no means heavily stocked but they have
got enough on hand to allow them to
wait awhile and see how the advance
holds, and this is what they are generally
doing A little flour is sold here and there
but no business has been done at the top
AT the close spring patents are quOtable at
S4.l5 to 4.4O to cover any range of sales,
but agents are asking 10 to 2Oc higheI rs a
| rule. Winter patents are quotable at S4.15
to 4.40 but many brands are held above
this extreme. For winter clear ard
straight Hours are quoted higher, about
| $3.50 to 4 being the general range. with
choice straights held higher
LUMBER.-For spruce lumber, both
SNhNNihlto dllAl ldlFlOill, iut utUldDu IS
hardly so brisk as it was. Some whole
sale merchants, indeed, 90 so far as to say
that business has been distinctly quiet
this week, and no one probably would
claim more than quite moderate share
! OF activity. The advent of snow and the
departure of urgency in demand are Of
ten contemporaneous in the lumber mar
ket. In the matter of prices there has
been no change at all. For everything on
the list the tone is fully as firm as it has
| hpnn and fba condition, # In;
Gates that no decline need soon be ex-
pected, Shipments by water from Ban
gor are now practically if not actually
over. 1t is the turn of the winter mills
Laths are very firm but not actually
higher than last week and the features of
the market for short lumber generally are
those mentioned in the previous report.
Extra shingles rule strong, other grades
not more than steady. For good clap
boards full figures are obtainable