The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-25
CUR RENT COM M EMIT.

BEANs.-There has been very quiet
trade all the week but receipts have been
light and prices have been held about as
last quoted. Choice domestic marrow pea
have been moving slowly and in small lots
as wanted at S1.10. Foreign beans remain
dun and easy. yellow eyes dull, and best
lots very hard to sell ut over 81 20. Red
kidneys in moderate supply and firm,
some of the best reaching 81 30.
CHEEsE.-Receipts for export, 1,2s6
boxes. The market has been well sup
piled for the past week but demand has
been only moderate, and the sales gener-
ally couiined to small lots. Prices have
taken a downward turn since Monday and
at the close the best northern twins are
hard to place at over l0c Under-grade
stock in limited supply and steady de-
mand at quotations.
DRESSED POULTRY Receipts have been
moderate again this week and choice
western iced fowls have been selling gem
orally at 10 to 10 lie Trade is quiet to-
day, however, and there is a full supply
Offering, with most sales at 13c. Broilers
are lower and western have to be strictly
choice to exceed 20c Turkeys selling in
small lots at full prices. Old cocks steady
at ten cents.
Small lots of choice northern and east
ern fowls are bringing ID to 1G e.
| Frozen poultry holds steady and un-
! changed.
| PoTAroEs.-Old potatoes have been
/
! steady demand and ruling higher some
extra choice hard stock exceeding quota
| tions, Receipts of new southern are
increasing Choice stock of all kinds has
| been in steady demand and prices have
been well sustained. Best Norfolk Rose
| and HebrOns sold today at SO 80 TO 10.
White Bliss in steady demand best marks
at S3.25 Red Bliss having only moder-
| ate sale,
HAY.-The market for hay continues
| and nnOIr iuHpgn-pI arrivals
tone is trltle easir. Receipts for the
week include 235 cars for export on
through bills and 25l cars for local use.
choice hay is steady in price, with good
cars selling at 81 to Is and some fancy at
$3.50 Tie market is easy on lower goods.
with prices ranging down As to quality.
Rye straw has arrived rather more freely
and about S11 to 1850 is extreme to sell,
while the range is down as to quality. Dat
straw is dull
LUMBER AND HARDwoOE,-In quartered
oak there is a more or less lively interest
| displayed, but the difficulty OF securing
the class os stock needed and the conse-
J quently high prices asked tend of course
to limit actual business We still hear of
$40 being asked but continue unable to
report sales at this figure A careful cam
vass of this trade reveals that there is
lumb Der to be had for even less than our
inside figure, but as to the excellence of
its quality we are not inclined to vouch.
1t must be remembered too. that sone-
thing probably depends on the parties to
a transaction in each cas- e. If the CUSTOM
er of the wholesale house is a retailer he
can probably do better than q larger con-
sumner. but this belongs perhaps to the
esoteric branch of the business and must
not be too openly commented upon.
The whtewood situation has undergone
no actual change, but the tendency con-
tinues upward. The great scarcity is, of
this the sufficient explanation. For
everything on the list sellers are quOtin 2,
indeed, strong prices. The more eXpen-
sive woods are without any new feature
of special interest. In walnut forei gu
business is insignificant, but there is
something doing with domestic buyers
EGGs.-The market has been steady and
0 without material change since our last
. weekly report There has been good
. fair demand for choice fresh stock G en-
n eral sales of western continue at 16 l. to
0 lie, but there are some marks of closely
. candled northwestern that are good
enough to bring a fraction more than
0 quotPtions. Strictly fancy Mich are steady
5 at lie. Some ordinary western range
Q down to 10 IL to 16c. Most dirties show
too much shrinkage to bring over II IL to
13c.
OATs.-The market has ruled firm dur
; ing the week, with prices higher in SYM
? patty with rthe increased cost to ship
B from the west At the close No. 2 clipped
8 white are quotable on track at 30 IA to
y 30 lie, with lower grades down as to
. quality. Trade is dull.
. CoRN.-The market is very bare of corn
3 to be offered on spot, most arrivals being
d for export on through bills, which do not
affect the local market. Sales made are
about at ~ l-2c for steamer yellow on
track, with lower grades ranging down as
to quality and color.
FLoUR.-The market is very dull, and il
is hard work to sell much flour at any
price. The trade have no stocks on hand
but they show no disposition 10 purchase
ahead of meeting their present necessi-
ties. When a car of flour is needed buy
ers will operate to this extent, but show
no disposition to go beyond this. The
market shows an entire absence of any
speculative feeling, and a hand-to-mouth
business is all that is being done. Spring
patents are held little higher in most in
stances. For choice brands about 81 &c
to 4. 20 is the range, but some export pa
n tents will range down to S4 and under
- Winter patents are slow of sale, with the
9 market nominal at about "A to 40 as to
"a brand About S4 10 will cover most top
10 sales of choice brands. For winter cleal
and straights about 80 IS to $50 will cover
most business doing. but some strictly
straight tiours will sell up to "A and bet
ter in some instances. Low grade hours
are dull and nominal.
BUTTER.-Seling fairly best marks at
% Sac. A large part of the northern but
ter due this week has not yet arrived, be-
ing delayed by washouts. Northern dairy
sells well when strictly fine. Imitation
creamery and ladle goods quiet, Boxes
and prints selling fairly.
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