The Washington times., 1902-07-23

side were unsettled. Prices easier al
the opening, cash and July being i6A a
162c, while August was 75lac. The mar
ket improved from this, but trade was
very small throughout, there being nc
pressure to sell wheat, while demand,
though steady, was not urgent. Private
cables inactive; demand Indifferent.
Market closed firm. Spot July. i7Ac
bid; August 76A bid. 761ac asked; Sep
tember. 76Ac bid 761ac asked. Sales
5000 fresh spot. SIC; 20. 600 July, 761ac;
car fresh spot, 77bc; 1900 fresh spot.
11Bc; 5000 No. 2 red Western spot.
Uasc. Settling price, spot, 77Ac; No. 3
red. 74asc; steamer No. 2 red. 74hc; No.
red Western. 17Mc.
Corn-Stock in elevators, 1868 Mar
ket for Southern corn today was steady
for both colors. Receipts were more lib
eral- Sales of white by sample at Tic
and yellow by sample at Tic. One small
lot of yellow sold by sample at private
terms. Cob was firm at $3.50M3.55 per
Dbl for prime new yellow on spot.
Western corn was dull and nominal.
No corn came on the market for sale,
cash and options being equally limited,
while the far options were not to be had,
prices being entirely guess-work. Pri-
vate cables dull. no trade passing West
ern advices without interest, the relative
cheapness OF the far options the feature
Market closed dull; no quotations.
Flour-1he market was quiet Winter
Extra, s3.UOG 800; Winter Clear. S3.35GI
$50; Winter Straight. s3.55m3.70; Win
ter Patent, S3.S0@3.95; Spring Clear.
S3.15d3.35 Spring Straight, s365mS.S0;
Spring Patent, S3.S5@410; City Mills
Best Patent. s4.65; City Mills High
grade Patent. s4.55; City Mills High
grade, Straight, si.15; City Mills Choice
Family. $3.50; City Mills Super, $4,000
800; Rio Extra, s3.751s.9O; rye flour.
medium to choice, s3206j3.50.
Oats-Market firm. Stock in ele-
No. 5, 599591ac; No. 4, 5S65Skc; mixed.
No. 2, 5415G55c; No. 3. 5sk@54c; No. 4,
5215@53c.
Rye-Market was steady. Stock in
elevators, 4,283 bus: No. spot, in
carloads. Gle; No. 3 rye. soc; No. rye,
5S1ac; No. 2 Western rye. 6215G63c, in
export elevators.
Butter-Market was firm. Cream
cry, separator. extra. 24c; extra first,
23c; creamery, first. 21@22c; do, imita-
tion extra, zoe: Iowa and n. W., ladle,
extra. 19G20c; do, extra first, 19c; Ell
gin creamery prints. R-lb. 25G26c; do.
lib, 25c; do, 2-lb, 25c; Maryland and
Pennsylvania creamery prints, 1s-lb,
25c: do, lib, 24G25c.
Eggs-The market is steady Strictly
fresh tcandledD, 16d17c: Western, 1Gc
Poultry-Market firm Old fowls. 12Ih
d13c; spring chickens, IL lbs or over.
15c; lb and under. l3G14c; ducks, 1Od
lie; spring ducks, 12c; roosters, each,
25d30c.
Hcgs-Receipts for week ended noon
today, 5.00s head. against 4,S0S head
last week; light supply today and mar
ket active at following quotations: West
erns. light. $3.50; from other points.
SS.00MS.25; roughs, S6.00G7.00.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts for week
ended noon today, 1929 head. against
1892 head last week. Twenty-Five car
loads on sale. Lambs lower. Sheep
firm. Lambs, common to extra heavy,
s4.00G6.0 Sheep, common to prime.
s1.50d4.00.
Calves-Receipts for week ended noon
today. 353 head. against 1863 head last
week; light supply today and trade slow
at from $3.50 to s625.
Green coffees-Market quiet; No. Z
Trio grade), 55sc.
Roasted coffee-Market steady. Bulk
roasted coffee-Pure Java, 32c; Maracai-
bo, 22c; pure Laguayra. 22c; pure Santos,
1S1ac; African Java. 191ac; Rio blend,
17iAc; Peaberry mixture, lie; pure
Mocha. 30c; Java Mocha blend. 271ac.
CThese coffees are in fancy bags. paper
lined. If packed in cans or tubs, 1acI
higher.)
Package brands-E. L. c., 100-lb cases,
10c; 60-lb cases, 10 1-10c; 36-lb cases,
10 2-10c; Lion coffee, in 100-lb lots, 9.6Sc;
in 6O-lb lots. 97Sc.
Cotton-The local market was steady.
Middling, 9sse. Stock. 5,7i4 bales.