The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-15
LOCAL AND GENERAL MARKETS

IL; no grade hay Cunsound. musty, stained
| etc). So to $40.
Straw-Market quiet No l straight rye
| sl1.50: wheat. sea-: oat straw, common
10 prime. SgdlO.
! Mill feed-Market steady. Winter bran.
as to weight. bulk. $lS.5Od 20.50; spring
bran. in 2oO-lb sacks. s19.5Od20; do. in
1O0-lb sacks. s20d 2O.jO: Western midlling,
in bulk, slSGlS, City Mills middlinG
steady AT $50 ton.
Butter-Market was firm. Creamery.
separator. 26c: extra first, 24G25c; cream
cry. first. 23d2ic; do. imitation extra
Pa pc; Iowa and y. W. ladle. ex-
ira. 2OH21c; do. extra, first. zoe; E.giu
creamery prints. l9-lb 27d2Sc: do lib. 266p
&c; do. 2-lb. 2eG26iac: Maryland and
Pennsylvania creamery prints, i2-lb, Csc:
do. lib. 24G25c.
Eggs-The market is firm. Strictly
fresh. l5l3c; Western. 15Iac.
Whcat-Stock in elevators. 5s5,SO9 bus.
Market for Southern today was firm. Re-
ceipts were small. One small lot of dam
aged sold by sample at soc. No. 2 red
nominally afloat, SIC.
Western wheat opened easier; May
sl2&c. Foreign markets were &c higher
in the United Kingdom and unchanged
on the Continent. while speculative on
this side were lower. Very little trade
was put through at the easier figures,
cash being very dull at size and July at
s0hc. Not much wheat was for sale, and
foreign as well as domestic demand was
slow. Private cables dull; no interest TO
be observed in foreign markets. Market
closed dull and easy. Spot. May. Sl3sc
bid: July. soc bid. Sales. 500 bus. steam
er Nc. red spot. S2%c. Settling price,
contract, Size; No. 2 red. S64c: No. 3
red. S2s.c: steamer No. red, S2%c.
Corn-Stcck in elevators 6S,g2i bus.
Market for Southern today was steady for
white. One small lot sold by sample tup-
town. at Csc. No. yellow on grade, SEC.
Cob was firm at s3.35d3.40 per Dbl, for
prime new yellow on spot in carload lots.
Western corn was strong but quiet.
There is a constant demand for cash corn,
readily at 66lac. exporters being the buy
ers. July was neglected. and was offered
at 66lzc. without result. Pri-
vate cables steadier. Market closed
sasier Spot, May. 662.c bid: July. 66hc |
bid. Sales. 5000 bus spot. 66i2c; 10000 |
May. 67c: 10000 July. 66Ac. Settling |
price, mixed. 6G1ac: steamer mixed, 65s4c, |
Green fruits and vegetables-Market |
was steady. Apples. New York, mixed |
sorts. per Dbl, s3.5Gq 40; do. No. Is, all |
varieties. per Dbl. s2.75d3.00; do. Fancy |
per Dbl, s400G4.25; do. No 2
per Dbl, 9.OOd325: do, fancy
Ben Davis. per Dbl. s4.0Odi.25; do. fair to
good Ben Davis, per Dbl, s3.25a3.75;
asparagus, Norfolk, per doz, s2.e0d2.25:
do. Eastern shore. Maryland per doz,
prime, sl.25G1.50; do, seconds. 15cdT
beets. Charleston. new per bunch, id6c:
Charleston. Early York, per
crate, sL75d2.0e; do. North Carolina. per
crate. s1.5eG175; do, Norfolk, per Dbl.
II. 15d 200; cucumbers. Florida, per bas or
box. sl.5oa2.25; egg plants, Florida, per
rate. S150G zoo; green peas, North Caro-
line, per bas, sL25d1.50; do, per full
Dbl, s2.50@3.00: do. Charleston and Sa-
rannah, per has. s100G1.25; kale, native,
per bus box, 15G zoe; lettuce. Norfolk. per
lalf Dbl bias, 40T60c; do, native, per bus,
,ox. 60G zoe: onions, Bermuda. per box,
i1.S5d1s0; do. Egyptian. per sack, s2.75a
100: oranges. California seedlings, per
)ox. e2.25G3 .25; do, navels, per box, 81 p
ai.00: radshes. Norfolk per Dbl, while,
&c 800; do native. per 100 punches. red
,0G 6jc: do. per 100 punches. white. 1jG |
Gc; do. Eastern Shore, Virginia. per Dbl, |
sc Gs1.O0; rhubarb. native. per bunch. pa
isc; spinach. native, per bus box, goa
sc; spring onions, per 100 punches. GOA
SC; squash. Charleston. per bus box. 75cf |
LOO: Strawberries. North and South Car
lima, per quart. Sc: do, Norfolk. per
uart, 5d9c; Eastern Shore, Virginia. per
uart. 5G9c; do. Eastern Shore. Mary
and. per quart, 5asc: do, Rappahannock.
er quart, 4d6c; string beans, Florida,
er bas. green, 81 ESQ LIS; do, wax, sL25G
49, tomatoes. Florida, per 6-bas carrier,
lncy. s2.50T300: do. fair to good, sl.509
25: do. culls, s1.25G1.50.
Poultry-Market firm. Old fowls. 12lzG-l
&c: spring chickens. i TO IA lbs, 2sd32c;
inter chickens 1SH20c apiece; ducks, 8
10c; ROSTERS. each. % TO 30c.
Green coffee-Market steady. No. (Rio
-ade). 55sQ5Izc.
Roasted conee-Market steady. Bulk
lasted coffee-Pure Java. 32c; Mara
libo. pc; pure Laguayra. 22c; pure J,
antos, 1slkc; African Java, 1870: Rio
lend, 17I5c; Peaberry mixture. lie; pure
ocha, 30c; Java Mocha blend, 27lzc. =
These coffees are in fancy bags paper
ned. If packed in cans OF tubs. 1zc
gher) n
Package brands-E l.. C., 100-lb cases, Is
NC; 60-lb cases, 10 6lOc; 36-lb cases. ID
7-lOc; Lion coffee. in l0O-lb lots, 1O.1sc; 7
60-lb lots. 10.2Sc. ~