The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09

coming in. Lower grades are duh and
weak i'm price. Cattle shipments show a
falling off. and there is lass outlet for poor
hay which Is usually sold to cattle ships
Considerable damaged hay on the market
which cleans up hard. Receipts for the
week include FOG cars for export and 273
cars for local use. Rye straw shows more
liberal receipts, and few sales are making
above SIG for choice.
CoRN.-The market has ruled slow du-
ring the week with a dull demand and
moderate. available offerings Prices have
held quite steady, but the tone is easier at
the close Prices ruling at the close are
about 6S l-2c for steamer yellow on track,
wit No. yellow at about the same price.
Lower grades are nominal aud range
down as to quality and color
OATs.-The market has ruled quiet but
steady during most of the week but the
tone is easier at the close. Buyers are
only meeting their pressing needs from
time to time. At the close No. clipped
whites on track are quoted at 81 &c. with
No. clipped white at 80 1-2 to sic Barley
mixed range at 40 IL to soc.
FLoUR.-The market showe no new fea-
lures, the demand ruling slow, and the
sales making are mostly brands that can
be bought at low prices. There is yet an
absence of any speculative feeling, and
purchasers are confined to meeting press
ing needs from time to time Spring
patents shows an easier tone, and while
some special brands are held up to - 10,
there are few sales made much above 81
to 400, while very choice brands can be
bought at SO 80 to 800 The range for
Chicago and Wisconsin brands is down
to $3.50 to 800 Winter patents are NOV
| ing slow and prices have weakened some
what. Some brands are qncted down to
! So 80 to 4, although choice Ohio patents
range up to S4.O5 to Al with some special
| brands held higher. For winter clear and
| straight tiours the range is about $500 to
| $50 as covering sales making although
some strictly straight tlours are held above
the latter price. Low grades are dull and
| nominal.
LUMBER.-lt is rumored that spruce
! lumber is to be advanced -. As a result
| inquiries are multiplying and in the ac-
! ceptance of actual orders great caution is
! being displayed by conservative mer-
chants. The increased difficulty of trans
! porting logs owing to the recent heavy
| rains suggests, of course, the probability
| OF change in the upward direction.
| There has been some actual loss in Maine,
| as well as trouble about hauling, but the
exact extent is not yet definitely known.
! Word was received in Bangor last Satur-
| day that 5000, 600 feet of logs thatewere
| wintering behind Shows Island were car
! ried away by the mass of ice that came
! down from the West Branch and Malta
! wamkeag rivers, on Friday afternoon. but
| II Is hoped, in view of the fact that there
! are so ulHuN lSldllVS bclOW tiat tne Dlllk
! OF them may be saved be ore reaching the
booms above Old Town. AT some OF the
mills, too. present operations have been
actually suspended because of the damage
| wrought by the fTeshets Under all the
| circumstances it is not surprising that
] some advance should be expected, but 81
looks formidable.
WooL-The market is quieter than at
any time for year past The writer of
| this article in tour through the wool
trade met just one wool buyer There has
been some wool approved and shipped
! that was sold before. largely South Amer
| lean. There has been a small movement
/ of Australian wool, but beyond that there
/ has been little doing save in odd lots Of
| odds and ends This is unfortunate for
! the growers of course. as the buyers win
| start for the West inside of three weeks
| 1t is, however. a legitimate condition of
/ trade brought about by perfectly natural
/ causes and is i'm no sense engineered by
men who would indeed be only too happy
| to see wool advance.