The Washington times., 1902-04-19
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.

BALTIMORE, April 1s.-Following ar
! the quotations in today's local wholesale
provision and grain markets:
Wheat-Stock in elevators, 72016S bus
Market for Southern wheat was firm
! Sales of No. red on grade at s3c. On
| small lot by sample sold at soc.
J Western wheat opened firmer May
| s0l3c. Foreign markets were frIner, Z
| to u cent, and speculative on this sid,
were irregular. though crop damage new!
! was plentiful. Trade was small and de
mand indifferent, even red winter not be
ing wanted. May was very quiet, tn.
price declining TO soc, though there wa:
no attempt to press any wheat for sale
Private cables very dull. Market CLOSED
| easy. Spot April, 7913c bid: May 79A
bid. Sales 1900 steamer No. . red spot
new storage, 1890. Settling price con
tract I924c; No. 2 red S2Ac; No. red
1880; steamer No. . red, 7g3sc
Corn-Stock in elevators, l02, ,S57 bus
Southern today was firmer for both col
ors. Sales of No. white at 6Sc and one
lot of yellow by sample at 64i2c. Cob was
| firm at s3.25d3.33 per Dbl for prime new
yellow on spot in carload lots
Western corn was higher early. but
there was no demand for either cash or
options on the advance, and attempts TO
sell May at 65i2c and 654c were futile
Not much corn was on the market. but
Western acceptances were reported rather
better. Private cables dull: no demand
at present rates. Western adviccs with
out particular interest. Market closed
weak. Spot, April. 63a4c bid, CSC asked !;
May, 64lzc bid. 64a4c asked. Settling price
mixed. 64Ac; steamer mixed 63Ac.
Flour-The market was quiet. Winter
Extra. s2.yO@3 20: Winter Clear. $4,000
S6O Winter Straight. s3.70G3S5: Winter
Patent, S3.90M4.15; Spring Clear, 81 500
3.15; Spring Straight. S3.G5N375: Spring
Patent, S3.S0G4.00; City Mills Best Patent,
$3.50; City Mills High Grade Patent, $40;
City Mills High Grade Straight. S430;
City Mills Choice Family, S4.O5: City Mills
Super, s3.00G3.10; Rio Extra, S3.g0g415;
rye flour, medium to choice, S32Od350.
oats-Market firm. Stock in elevators.
sS,S1S bus; white, No. 2, 5lG5lhc No. g.,
491ka soc; mixed, No. 2, 4Sd4sIkc: No. 3.
47a4711c; white, No. 2, clipped. 51G &c
Rye--Market was quiet. Stock in ele-
vators, s3.763 bus; No. spot. in car lots
G0Q6lc; No. 3 rye. soc; No. rye, 5S6
5SI2c; No. Western rye. 62d62I2c, in ex-
port elevators.
Butter-Market firm. Creamery, separa-
tor, extra, 34n35c; extra first, 3ld32c;
creamery, first. 30G3Ic; do, imitation ex-
ira, 29N30c; Iowa and Northwestern la
al
Elgin creamery prints. l5-lb. 32a 33c: do.
lib. 34N35c; do. 2-lb, 33@34c Maryland
and Pennsylvania creamery prints, k-lb,
26d27c: do. lib. 3lm32c.
Eggs-The market is steady. Strictly
fresh. 15I2H Ice; Western, 15IaMl6c:
duck eggs, 1SW 20c.
Poultry-Market quiet. Old fowl, ia
Exc; spring chickens, ! 10 IA lbs,
30c to 3jc; winter chickens lSm25c:
young stays, l2dI3c; roosters 3Od 35c
apiece: ducks, ia aI3c per lb; turkeys, 12n
lac. dressed old fowls, 12dl3c
Cotton-The local market was steady
middiing, 97-l6c; strictly low mddling
5-l6c; low middling 3-lGc Stock, TO-
75S bales.
-Leaf-Maryland: The mod
crate receipts OF the past week have
found ready buyers at full quotations.
Market steady and unchanged Ohio:
About 100 hogsheads Of new crop were
sold for export to Germany. 1t Is uneffi-
cially reported that the French Reggie Will
ask for bids on about $50 hogsheads
Ohio tobacco this year; on about the
usual quantities of Kentucky and Vir-
ginia, but Maryland Is not mentioned as
yet Per 100 lbs: Maryland - Inferior
frosted, :2; sound common. 81. .50a3: good
common S4Qi.50; medium. s6gs: good to
fine red, ssall: fancy, sl1415; upper
county. s2.5GG Is; ground leaves. new,
81 50n10. Ohio-lnferior and unsound. 50
d3.b0; sound to good common, $4d5;
greenish and brown, s5.50Q7 $50; medium
to fine red S76t9; common to medium
spangled, $60s; fine spangled to yellow.
$l09l6; sir-cured, common to fine. $8q13