The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-24

Sept =: ISL. ISL 1850 1850 ISIS ISL ISIS
Lard. per 100 lbs
Sept :. s,42a s.ssA s.9ss s.2sS
Short ribs. per 100 lbs
May 80. $50 9.72H $50 e.s7k
July s47h e-55 s,47h a52K
Sept =. =. 9-4o 9.47k 9.45 as
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour STEADY; winter patents $50 to
So 20: straights $3.50 to .s.4O: spr,nr
patents $3.50 to s3.S0 straights 81 n To
$40; bakers s2.45 to $3.50; No. 2 String
2 red TAX to rs; No.. 2 corn a: No. 2
yellow A; No. 2 oats "a; No. ) white
S4% to 35%; mess pork per barrel q? 50
to s17.62k; lard per 100 pounds 5, 57k
to $3.50; short ribs sides Ooose) $40 to
$3.50; dry sailed shoulders (bozed1
sS.1212 to sS-25; short clear sides % oxedH
1915 to ss.S71.; whisky, basis of hisA
wines s1.3O.
New York. February 21.-FLOTR-
Steadier but rather dull. Winter Pat
ents 1866 to s4.e0; Minnesota patents
$40 to s4.25: Rye flour quiet.
WHEAT-Spot firm; No. 2 red "a
Wheat acted very firm all the morning
on a demand from shorts inspired By a
hullish French crop report, higher ca
bles and frmer corn market. The close
was firm at g to 1hc net advance.
March SIS; July 7sz: Sept 77h.
CORN-S Spot firm; No. , so. Corn
was also strong during the forenoon o
better cables. absence Of contract ar
rivals at Chicago and continued pooI
offerings. The market closed firm at
Il to %c advance. February 59h.
March 571s; May So s-16; July 6s*.
OATS-Spot steady; No. 3. 4sK.
Oats advanced practically with other
markets but ruled dull. May 4,H.
s10.15: refined steady; continent $40 50:
compound IL to 7A.
PORK-Firm: family $3.50 to $500:
short clear s19.75 to 500. so; mess s17.T
to s1S %.
BUTTER-Firm: extra creamery g;
state dairy IS to %.
CHEESE-Firm: state full cream.
white 13A to IA
FGGS-Easier: state and F~ennsyIva-
MA II: southern Is; refrigerato 3 to IA.
RICE-Firm: domestic Az to SIS;
japan nominal.
NOLASSES-Quiet; New Orleans 81
to 40.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining 3A;
centrifugal 96 test 81; molaeses uga
8: refined unsettled; con~fectioners A
St-OU- 1iOulu - So-UU, Cul lOdl S1-to
crushed 5.35; powdered $485; granUlat-
ed s4.75: cubes $500.
POTATOFS-Steady; Jerseys S1.Ts to
$500: state and western per 100 pounds
81. so TO 800; Long Island $500 to s2.o5;
South Jersey sweets S2.50 to s375.
PEANUTS-Steady; fancy handpick-
ed AZ to AZ; other domestic 3 to ~.
CABRAGES-Quiet: domestic per
berrel white so To so: red s1.00 to f1.es.
COTTON SEED OIL-Whlle quiet to
day was a little dier with lard FRO
ducts. Prime crude here nominal;
| prime crude fob mills "a to 34h: III me
summer yellow 40h to Al: off summer
yellow 391A; prime white As: prime wiz
ter yellow As; prime meal $S7.bo to
$3.50 nominal.
NAVAL
New York, February 21.-Turpentine
nominal Sc to 66h. Rosin firm; strain
ed 1925.
Savannah, February 21.-TurpeEtine
firm IS; net receipts SO casks; sales Is
casks: exports 1853 casks. Posin lrm:
receipts l, $50 barrels; sales 2,617 bar
rels; exports 3.465 barrels. Quote: A B
c D z f $500; G 32.10; II $2.40; 1 5, S5s
K 1920; NJ $40; N $3.50; w G $s.s5;
w w s4.25.
Charleston. February 21.-Tprpentine
firm 64K; sales none. Rosfh firm: A B
c D E F s1.95: G SOS; H 1851 81 80:
K 1915: NJ s3.35; N 1855; w G $3.50;
w w s4.20.