The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-28


! the close. Early 49Ikc was bid and later
| this option sold freely at 5924c and 1870.
| AT the same time cash could only be
worked at 49&4c. June and July being neg
! lected. Limited offerings in the West con-
tinue, and the situation continues
| very firm Private cables rather bet
| ter tone, but demand still halts.
| Market closed strong: spot April,
| soc bid: May, soc bid. Sales. 5000 May.
! 4?s4c; 5000 do. 497sc; 1.4eo fresh spot i9Stc:
| 20 900 May. 1850. Settling price, mixed,
! F'lour-Aiarket was firm Western su-
| per. $2.50u2.40: Western extra, 81 4on5:
| Western family, S25q3.5O; winter patents.
| S3.S0a4; spring patents. $39o4i.2O; spring
! straight. S3S5a395; spring bakers. S2.9O4
| BIS; Baltimore best patents, Si.I5; Balt-
! more high grade family, $i.65: Baltimore
| family, 81; Maryland. Virginia and Penn
sylvania super. $2.30fi2.40 Maryland, Nir-
| ginia and PENNSYLVANIA extra, s. 45aS;
| Maryland. Virginia and Pennsylvania
| family. So 25fI3. 80; City Mills super, S2.50d
3.65; Rio extra. S375a3.90; rye Hour, me-
| dunn to choice, S290d3.25.
| oats-The market was steady Stock in
| elevators, 6i9.yU5 bus; white. No. >. 33li
/ 331.c: do. No. g. 32dS212c; do, No. a. 31ss
| Sll4c: do. ungraded. 3lG321ac; mixed. No.
| 2. 3la5ltc; do, No. 3, 50n3019c; do, No. 4,
| 29H29l2c; ungraded, 29jzm31l2c.
! Rye-The market was quiet. Stock In
| elevators. 5,6lS bus; No. > nearby, in car
| lots, 5IG5Sc; No. 3 rye. Soc. No. Western
rye. ssh SIC; export elevator, G0a6lc. on
track uptown Bag lots nearby quotable
| at from 50q5S,, per bus, as to quality and
condition.
Hay-Marlset firm: No. / timothy
l clover mixed, SIG; No. clover mixed
l40Oul500; No. ! clover, Sl4O0uH50; No
2 clover, So. 50d13. 50.
Straw-Alarket was quiet. No. straight
rye, new, $llOlulL50; No. 2. $l3.0Oa13.50;
tangled rye. S900ft9.50: wheat, $700q7.5 so;
oat straw, S9.0jQ95O
Mill Feed-Market was easy. Light
weight bran. $3.50; medium, $500; heavy.
do. $3.50: middling. S17.00alS.00 0atter for
lightweight all track; spring bran, in
2J-lb sacks, Sl9.WQ $50; do, in l00-lb
| sacks. Sl9.50d2O.c0; City Mills middling
firm at $40 per ton.
Grain freights-Market qiiet. Liverpool,
per bus. Is, May: LONDON. per or, IS.
May; Dublin, IS. May: Bristol, IS 3d. May;
Leith, IS, May; Cork, 2s Cd, April and
May; Denmark, Is Cd, April and May:
Antwerp, q, May; Bremen, 80 pigs, May;
Butter-The market is firm Cream
cry separator, extra, 2lzd23c; extra first,
22u2izc; creamery first, 20a21c; creamery ,
imitation, extra, 17QlSc; Iowa and North
western lade, extra, 16dl7c; do, extra
first, 1ATl5c; Western store-packed, l3GD
dc; Ohio rolls, first, l5H16c; second, 13Q
lie; West Virginia rolls, first 14ai5c; sec
ond. 13fl lie; Elgin creamery prints. 15-lb,
25n2jc; do, Lib 24d25c; do. 2-lbs, 23G24c
Maryland and Pennsylvania creamery
prints, lib, 2iQ25c; do. lib. 23a2ic; do,
Eggs-The market was firm. Strictly
fresh, 151zc; Western, 1314c; duck eggs,
15Nl6c; goose eggs. 25c.
Fish and oysters-The market for fish
was quiet. Bass, large, per 10. SGl0c: do,
small and medium. per 10. 6dSc; crocus.
per Dbl, SS.o0q350; rock, boiling per 10, l2c;
case; white perch. large, Per ID. &c; do
medium, per ID, 3dic; perch, yellow, per
10, large, 4a5c; do, medium. Ease; shad.
bay, roe, each, 20G2c; do buck each
l0dllc; mackerel, bay, per 10 igdI2c: her
ring, per 100. Goo: do. per Dbl, 81. z5d2. 90:
founders, per ID. 5H6c; catfish. per 10,
2q3c; eels, per Ii, safe; Holsters, per lb,
25c; oysters, choice raw-box, per Dbl.
S3.0od350; do. mediums, per Dbl 81. 50fi2. 90:
do, culls, per bbl, 81. 25q1.59; do, bulk stock,
5oal5c per bus; clans, white. per 100. sea
crabs. per doz, as to size. J0cISl.G0; frogs |
per dozen. large, sl.75a2.0o.
GrocerieS-Raw sugar steady: refined |
s555; cut-loaf, s6d5; Keystone "A, SIS:
yellow sugars, Si.556455; Molasses N o., |
St Claire. 3sc; Kingsland, SIC; Sunlight, |
Johns; p. r., 1sc; No. II Sugar House. |
1Sc. Syrups-The market was steady |
Gold Medal, &c: King Vanila), sc; Rock |
Candy Drips, 2Ie; Gilt Edge, 2fc; Corn, &c; |
No. u. lie. Tea was firm; Hyson. superior |
to fine. 2sG32c; choice to choicest, 42G46c; |
uncolored Japan new crop, finest 31G33c; |
choice to choicest, S2a3lc; extra choice.
acc; Oolong. Annoy ard tuchow (new 1
ira. finest. 3Gfi 45c
Green fruits and vegetables-The mar
Rsf s wsS TO Gui Choice Apgss NS S@ c 90
Spy, per bbl 81. 25f13.5 80; do No / Bald |
wins. per Dbl. s2a3.25; do, No. / russets.
per Dbl, S.5oa5; do, No. Is, all varieties, |
per Dbl, $l5002; asparagus, Charleston. |
per bunch, 2G3c; beets, new Florida, per |
bunch. 4d5c; cabbage. Danish. per ton, |
Sl5al6; do, new Florida, per crate, s2-254 |
$50: do, Charleston. early York, s. $50 |
2.s5; carrots, new Southern, per bunch, |
Ease; do. native, per bus box, 40G50c; |
celerrr Florida per crate, sl.50G2; GU
enmbersi H. Florida. per box s5a4; egg
orange box, s2501S; green peas, Florida
per bus box. s150s1 %; do. Charleston, per
basket. s25oaS; horse radish native. per
l5a20c; do, Norfolk, per Dbl. 40a50c; let
tuce. native, per box, 60ffS0c: do. North |
Carolina, per 1z-bus basket, S1dl25; do.
per Dbl, $3G350: do, Norfolk, per bus bas-
per bus. sLi0; do. Western, yellow, per
bus, $40: do, spring. per 100 punches, 654
10c; oranges, California nayels, per box.
s2-50G3-50; do. seedlings, per box, $2.25Q |
215: parsnips. native, per box. 35gI0c;
radishes, Norfolk, per Dbl, long. s1Q2; do.
per basket buttons. 50ae9c; rhubarb. ma
Florida, per has. green, s.. 5gd3; do, wax
s2a2-2 %: spinach, home grown. per bus
box, 30d30c: do, Norfolk, per fun Dbl, 75cIp
81; strawberries, Florida, per quart open |
crate. 15d3Dc; do refrigerator, 25lL30c; to-
matoes. Florida. per 6-baslxet carrier fam
cy, S2q250; do. good 10 choice, s.. 50aL75
Potatoes-The market was quiet. White,
Maryland and Pennsylvania prime per bus
sSd5Oc; do. New York, primes, per bus, 80
653c; do. Michigan and Ohio, per bus, asa
&c; do, new. Bermuda, per Dbl, No. /, $500
Gt6.O0: do, new. Florida, per Dbl No ! |
81. OOff700; sweets. Eastern Shore. Virginia
per Dbl. s1.50a200: do Eastern |
Shore. Maryland, kiln-dried, per Dbl, 81 65d
. 90; do. North Carolina, prime. per Dbl, |
s.. 00ff225: do, York River, per Dbl, prime |
81. 65d200; do. fancy Jerseys, per Dbl. 81 500
2.00; yams, choice, bright, per bbl5 s1OO4
l.50.
Poultry-Market is firm. Old fowls
l0lkc per lb: winter chickens, l6d2Oc ger
ID: spring chickens. 25el30c; ROSTERS, 25g
30c apiece; ducks, 9dl0c per lb.
Cotton-Market quiet: middlng sac;
strictly low middling, SIC; low middllng,
SIC. Stock in Baltimore, 7.77G bales.