Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-08
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

ci iIeSu, TouHu lOtS, @fOu "a t2C, western,
2312M24c; eastern, 231a022hc; jobbers,
NC to 1c more.
There is a firm market for cheese
locally with a quiet demand. Liver
pool prices are advanced and unusually
high. Round lots 12613isc; sage,
121aM14c; jVbbing, la41c higher; Liver
pool was cabled at 5Ss for white and
Cos for colored
There Is firm market for eggs with
scarcity Of choice fresh for storage.
Western fresh, 17O17,ac: eastern. 1Th
a lsc; nearby and fancy, goa pc and up;
Jobbing, lie to 1}fc higher.
There Is firm market for beans.
with fair trade.
Receipts of apples show a rapid fall
ing off. Prices are firm, with offerings
somewhat restricted Baldwins. S4.:yO
90: Ben Davis, S4@4.5O; russets. $3.50
04.5O; No. 2, all varieties, SO. 500l3. %:
very choice and jObbing lots, 5OcMS1
more.
A few cranberries are offering at 81 so
per crt for choice capes.
Strawberries have been coming IN
little more freely, but are still far from
plenty. Prices rule at 1sM25c.
Native onions are out of the market.
Egyptian are offering at So per By, and
Bermudas are in full supply at S2M5
per crit
Potatoes are very firm. and prices
have advanced. Best stock, Green
mountains, s1.osM1 10; Hebrons, 81 .OS
Ml.lo; rose, $1.oSM1 10; York state
white, 95c; Dakotas. 9OM93c; silver
dollars, 90@93c; magnums. 50 5Oa3 per
By new Bermudas. 600 per Dbl; per bu,
$3.50
Truck and vegeta bes are generally in
good supply. Celery is quoted at 81 %
for large lunches; spinach, 75c per bbl;
bu, 35c; kale, 75c per Dbl; asparagus.
S-Cd4 per doz, as to quality and size of
punches; lettuce. 25015Oc per doz.
radishes. SIPS; beet greens, 25c per
bX; dandclions. be; new cabbagos. So
"a per crt; old S2d25o per bbl: GU
cumhers. S4d6 per 100; tomatoes. crts.
S2500275; dollhouse, 15c per lh: pep
pers, 81 per CRIT; egg plants. So per
crt; mushrooms, 81; satisfy, 81 per
doz; leeks, Toe per doz; Canada yellow
turnips, $1.50 per Dbl; white French.
soc per bx; white fat and globe white.
l5c per bx; beets, 81 per blu; carrots.
81; parsnips. soc per blu; mint, LOG per
doz; cress, dOc per doz; parsley. 81 Der
bu; southern string beans, So1o 80 per
crt; wax beans, $2@2.50: green peas.
S1.oom3 per crt. as to quality, rhu-
barb, 81 per 100 lbs.
Fork provisions are flrmer and prices
on some cuts are advanced under the
higher price of hogs
The market for fresh beef eased off
a little on Thursday for the best cuts
and heavy cattle. An advance is, how
ever, predicted, and western "ondi.
tons would seem TO warran mt at least
a return to former quotations.
Muttons and lambs are firm and in
quiet demand; veals are quiet but
steady. Lambs, 1iac11 2lac; fancy and
Rrightons, l2G l3c; spring lambs. cast
ern. $3liS; western, 140115c; yearlngs,
~ ~ ilitbNbllS. W. 2tt '9N, IulltN
1h2ml2c; veals. 81 Toe: fancy and
Brightons, 1001Olac.
There is steady demand for poultry
the high price of meats helping the
market. Prices are steady TURKEYS,
frozen, 15d lie; western chickens. 1ont
he: fowls, la l2lac; iced fowls. 12G7
1212c; fresh fowls, 121aM131ac; live
fowls. 12m13iac.
Hay is steady in price, with a good
demand; straw is quiet; spot and nearby
offerings of millfeed arc scarce and
commanding II premium over shipping
prices. Hay. S12M is; fancy and Job
bling, SlS.5od 10; rye straw, $1GM17; oat
straw S1lM12.
While the speculative crowd and the
public are looking only to the weather
and new crop prospect as the factor in
wheat the old crop situation is getti ~
even stronger than ever on this crop
without attracting any notice. Receipts
are almost sensationally small. and in
ordinary markets would put prices IN
sharply, while spot is so scarce and higl
that il prohibits active exports. The
snalln of receipts seem to have been
lost sight Of in the excitement over new
crop prospects. though much below cur
rent estimates.
SHOWS crop report says that, with the
exception of Oklahoma. every wheat
state OF importance east of the Rockies
shows > to 10 points lower than April
Spring wheat seeding is delayed in the
Red river valley. but elsewhere salts.
factory progress has been made. The
acreage is likely to be smaller tina n J. st
year.
The -four market Is very quiet. witt,
only a hand to mouth business bel "
done, Prices are, however. firmly held
and some grades have been advanced
On cornmeal barrel meal is lower I'M
der easier corn markets. Other cereq, S
are tirmer.
Corn has declined quite sharply dur.
ing the week in Chicago, but track stuff
here is scarce and prices are higher
than a week ago. Shipping stuff is
lower, however.
Oats are firmer to arrive, but on the
spot hold very steady, with only a short
supply offering.
Modification of Blue Laws