The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-07


Demand for cash and February wheat here
continues, and offerings are readily abb
sorbed, while the relative difference is
narrowing. February sold at rs Lie and
May at a 3-4c and II Use. Prices were
very hrm, and there was some indication
OF Improvement. Private cables very quiet.
Market closed firmer; spot February,
20 1-4c bid. rs 1-2c asked; March, rs lie
bid, and rs 1-2c asked; May, 7sc bid. Sales
10000 February, rs 1-4c; 10000 May,
u S-4c; 10000 do, II 7-sc. Settling price.
contract, 75c; Nc. red, ~ lie, steamer
No. 2 red, ~ lie.
Western corn was duh and easy. Feb
ruary was AZ 1-2c and March AZ 3-4c, and
there was some trade passing. western
holders not selling any corn, while for
eign markets are not inclined TO buy.
Private cables dull. Market closed easier:
spot February, AZ Lac bid; AZ lie asked;
March, AZ lie bid. AZ 3=4c asked; May,
43c bid. Sales, 10000 February, AZ lie;
10000 March, ~ S-4c. Settling price, mix
ed. AZ lie: steamer mixed, Al lie.
Flour-Market was steady. Western ST.
per, s2.30@2.40; Western Extra. S2.45@
SEQ; Western Family, s3.35@3.70; Winter
Patents. s390G410: Spring Patents, $685.
G4.20; Spring Straight. sS.S5QS.95; Spring
Bakers. s3.00G325: baltimore Best Pat
ents, SAFE; Baltimore HighGrade Family.
s4.65; Baltimore High-Grad Extra. s4.25
Baltimore Choice Family. $500: Maryland.
Virginia and Pennsylvania Super, $23OGo
240 Maryland Virginia, and Pennsylvania
Extra, 81 459300; Maryland Virginia. and
Pennsylvania Family, s3-35G370; City
Mills Super. S2.50d3.65; Rio Extra. S3.75Q
400. Rye -four, medium to choice. $1,000
1925.
Oats-The market was steady. Stock in
elevators, 500. 943 bus. White. No. 2,
S1G91 lie; do. No. 3, SO@3O lie; do. No.
4. 29029 lie: do, ungraded. 2gGD3l lie;
mixed, No. 2. 2sG2S lie; do. No. 8, 274
q lie; do, No. 4, 26Gz6 Lee: ungraded,
26Q2S 1-2c.
Rye-The market was quiet. Stock In
elevators, 100, psf bus No. rye, in car
lots, Sic; No. 3 rye, 4sc; No. Western
rye, 54c for spot, and about same price
for January rye. Bag lots nearby quota
bic at from 45q51c per bus. as TO quality
and condition.
Hay-Market firm. No / timothy, s17;
No. z, $3.50; No 3. sl5.5O; No. l clover.
mixed, sl5.50dl6; No. clover, mixed, sl4
I15; No. l clover sl5Q1550; No. clover,
$13.5OM14.50.
straw-Market was steady. No. 1
straight rye new, S13 5Odl4; No. 2, s125
tangled rye, SS50d9.O0; wheat, s6.50a
$500; cat straw, s7.50GS.00.
Mill feed-Market was firm. Light
weight bran. s17.50; medium, $3.50; heavy
do, $3.50; middling, $500 Qatter for
lightweight, all track; spring bran, in
200-lb sacks, S17.00917.50; do in 100-lb
sacks, s17.50G1s.00; City Mills middling
firm at $500 per ton.
Grain freights-Market quiet Liver
pool, per bus, 2 sd February; London.
per quar- ter, Is Cd. February; Glasgow. Is
4 I'D February; Belfast, rs I'D, Feb
ruary; Dublin. Is Cd, February; Bristol,
Is I'd, February; Leith, none offered;
Cork, IS Sd, February; Denmark, IS Sd,
February; picked ports. Is sd, February;
Antwerp, IS I'D, February; Bremen. 40
pigs, February; Hamburg, Is Cd, March;
Havre. none offered
Butter-Market quiet to steady. Cream
cry separator, extra, 24G25c: extra first,
22d23c; creamery first, 2O921e; creamery
imitation. extra, 1s019c; Iowa and North
western ladle, extra, 16d17c; do. extra
first, 4M15c; Western store packed. 13G
lac; Ohio rolls, first, 15G16c; second, 136
lie; West Virginia rolls, first, 14@15c;
second, 13M14c; Elgin creamery prints,
1-2 ID, 27a2sc; do. ID. 26927c; do, lbs,
2AGI25c; Maryland and Pennsylvania
creamery prints. 1-2 Id, 25G26c; do, Id,
24G25c; do, lbs, 239e4c.
Eggs+The market was steady to firm.
Strictly fresh, zoe; Western, zoe; South
ern. 19c.
Fish and oysters-The market for fish
steady to firm. Bass, large, 10c: small to
medium, &c per ID; crocus, 4G5c; rock,
boiling. 1890; medium, Ice; do, pan, 100
l2c; white perch, large, 9110c; medium,
Sc; yellow perch, large. 5G6c; small, 90
&c; grey trout per ID, large, Sc; do.
per ID, small &c: fresh salmon, Id, 15G1 Sc;
shad, Florida, roe, each, Doc; do buck,
25c; catfish. 4c; founders, per ID, eQ7c;
cells, 4G6c; Holsters, 25c; oysters. bulk
stock. 75cds1.00 per bus; choice raw box.
per Dbl, s2.50G4.00; medium, s2.00M3.00;
culls, s1.5OG2.00; terrapin. Chesapeake
diamondback, Tin, per doz, s4SI60; Gin,
s30G25; 5-in. s10G15.
Green fruits and vegetables-The mar
fancy King, s3.00Q350; do good to
choice, s2.5Od275; Baldwins, per
Dbl. s24Oa275; Greetings. s2.5OG
2.75; do. No. Is, all varieties.
per bbl sl.5OQ2oO; beets, home grown.
per bunch, l41 lie; carrots, home grown,
per bunch, 1Gl lie; cabbage, New
York. per ton, $14.0oG16.0O; home grown.
per 100, s2.50qS.o0; cranberries. Cape
Cod, per bbl 5000 1000; do, per box,
s250GZ.75; celery. Michigan. per dozen,
40a GOc; do, New York, per dozen. 25a Coo;
egg plants, Florida, per Dbl, $4,000
$3.50; box. sl5OG2 OG; lettuce. North Caro-
lima, 1-2bbl bas. s1.G0G200; Norfolk. H.
Dbl bas, s1.O0d1.50; Florida. 1-2-bbl bas.
s15C02.50; onions, New York. yellow. per
bus, soc; do, Western, yellow. per bus, GOO;
oyster plants, native, per bunch 2a2 lie;
oranges, Florida. per box, as TO size, 81 90
d300 pineapples, Florida, per crate, SO 40
M370: string beans Florida. per has.
green, s250q3.00; spinach. home grown.
bus box, 0035c Strawberries ger quart.
3OM50c: turnips, native, per bus. 25G30c;
tomatoes. Florida, per G-basket carrier.
s1.5Od3.0O.
Grocerfes-Raw sugar steady; refined
firm Quote per l00-lb lots: Granu-
lated go; cutlosf $50; Keystone "a"
81. go; yellow sugars. $4.60G4.S0; mGIasses.
n. O., St. Clare 3sc; Kingsland, 34c: Sun
light y. o., &c; st. Vincent, p r., 25c: st.
Johns, p r., l9c; No. Il Sugar House. 1Sc.
Syrups-The market was steady. Gold
Medal. 27c; King Wanilla). 29c; Rock
Candy Drips, 27c; Gilt Edge, 24c; Corn.
22c; No. IL, lie. Tea was firm; Tyson.
superior 10 fine, 2SG.32c; choice to choic-
est, 42d46 uncOlored Japan thew trop)
extra choice, Acc; Oolong Annoy and Fu-
chow. new CROP. finest. 4Oa 43c; choice
to choicest, extra, finest, 3O14Oc.
Potatoes-The market was steady to
firm. Maryland and Pennsylvania prime
per bus, 50d55c; do. New York primes
per bus. 5ilD57c; Michigan and Ohio. 50Gt
55c; Bermuda, per Dbl. S5m550; sweets
Eastern Shore. kiln dried, per Dbl. 81 5Gl
l.5O; do. per flour Dbl. $l5OnI.75; do
Maryland, per Dbl. $1.75: North Carolina.
prime per Dbl. $1.J0@1.75.
Pcultry-The market was steady Old
fowls. 1-2610c per ID: springers, lie