The Washington times., 1901-09-27
The New York Cotton Market.
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT

BALTIMORE, Sept. 26.-Following are
today's quotations in the local wholesale
provision and grain markets:
Wheat-Stock in elevators 1,2S6.S75 bus.
Southern was quiet and a shade easier.
Receipts were light. Sample lots, as to
quality and condition. sold at &c. CSC, zoe,
lie and 12c.
Western wheat opened easy; September
72c. Foreign markets We're all easier.
French being 15c lower, while speculative
on this side were very dun and unde-
cided. Cash wheat was 72c and October
72isaJ7214c early, December being 745.c; but
trade was very small. offerings few and
no pressure to do much business. The
demand, while sluggish, is sufficient to
take all offerings at the market. Private
cables were quiet. Market closed dull.
Spot September, 72Ac bid; October l2ssc
bid; December, 74lsc bid, 7ihc asked:
Sales, 5000 steamer 2 red, spot. eS1ac; ZOO
do, 6S4.c Settling price. contract, 72Ac;
No. red, 69c; steamer red, 6SSsc.
Corn-Stock In elevators, 51,7l9 bus
Southern was quiet and entirely nominal
Demand was fair for prime corn of both
colors. Prime white and yellow atloat
at 62M6fc. Cob was steady at s3.3Dg335
per bbl for prime yellow on spot in car
Western corn was firmer, but there WAS
no trading of consequence on the upturn.
Year corn was In demand early at 5Sc
and later the price advanced to 5S%c- Of
ferings both old and new, were small
and trade light in consequence Private
cables dull Market closed dull. Spot
year, 5Slkc bid, 5s%c asked: Sales, car
yellow, track Hillen, 631c. Settling price,
mixed, Size. steamer mixed. 6ol2c.
Flour-Market was dull. Western Super,
s.. Asa. SIS: Western Extra, s255lt3.O0; West
ern Family. 50 254S.4o; Winter Patents.
Spring straights, sS7Oq3.SO; Spring Ba-
kers. s2.sea3l0; Baltimore Best Patents,
S4.60; Baltimore High-grade Family. $3.50:
Baltimore High-grade Extra, s4l0; Bal
timore Choice Family, sS.S5: Maryland,
Virginia and Pennsylvania Super. 81. i5g
255; Maryland. Virginia and Pennsylva-
MIA Extra, S2.55d300; Maryland, Virginia
and Pennsylvania Family, s.. 25u3.40 City
Mills Super. s2.40d2 60; Rio Extra, 5000
375; Rye flour, medium TO choice. $500
225.
Oats-The market was firm. Stock in
| elevators, ,372 bus; white, No. 2 $50
39Ac; do, No 3, 3Sll3S1kc: do. No. 4, go
37lkc; do, ungraded. 37a3SAc; mixed, No;
2. 3sG3S1kc; do, No. 8 3713712c; No. 4. 800
36Ikc; ungraded. 3Ga3Sl5c.
Rye-Market was steady stock In ele-
yators, 65,6S6 bus; No. nearby in car
lots. 55d551Ac; No. 3 rye, aq5i1Ac; No
rye. 5l1alt52c: No. 2 Western rye, 56a56lkc.
in export elevator.
Butter-Market was hrm. Creamery, iSl,
22j1: creamery first, 2l@2lz; do imita-
tion extra, 1Sn19c; Iowa and Northwestern
ladIe, extra, 16Ml7c; do, extra first, l5al6c;
first, l5al6c; second. 13a1ic: West Virginia
rolls first, l4Gll5c; second. 1SQl4c: Elgin
creamery prints, 1s-lb 25a26c do, lib.
| 25c; do, 2-lb. 23d2ic; Maryland and
| Pennsylvania. creamery prints. h-lb. AQ
25c; do, lib, 23d24c-
EggSThe market is firm. Strictly fresh,
l7ls9rlSc; Western. 17c-
Poultry-Market steady. Old fowls, lie
per lb; spring chickens. 121aGi3c; roosters,
| 25M30c apiece: ducks, 9a11c pound.
Green coffee-Market steady. No.
| (Rio erade). 524M57fc.
| l0lxc; 6o-rb cases. TO- &c; 3s-rb cases, l0.7c;
] Lion coffee. in l0o-rb lots. 1o.6sc; in COLD
3 lota- 10. 76c-