Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK MARKETS.
Total Imports Of Merchandise and Dry
Goods.
NEW YORK May 6.-Total imports OF
merchandise and dry goods at the port of
New York for the week ending today was
S13, $50. 935.
Total imports of specie at the port of
New York for the week:
Metals.
All the metal markets were quiet with
prices nominally unchanged. Tin is quoted
at %. 75a30.OO for spot Lake and electro
lytic copper at 15.O0a1525 and casting at
a. 75a15.O0. Spot lead is held at 450a460:
easy tone is reported In the iron market.
although demand seems to be showing
some improvement at the recent decline.
Coffee Futures.
The market for coffee futures steady, I'M
changed prices. The news was generally
favorable and there was no selling pres
sure. But demand was also very light and
the market showed little feature closing
steady. not unchanged Oh all positions ex
Sales were report OF 12,25O bags. includ-
ing September. at 70Ja710; October, TO;
December. 73Oa7a5 and March, 74Oa745.
Potatoes and Cabbage.
Potatoes steady; Florida, new. 2.5Oa3.2o;
state and western, S5a1OO; Jersey sweets.
2JOa4.OO.
Peanuts, quiet fancy hand picked,
5Aa5h; other domestic. 3Aa51z.
Cabbages quiet; Charleston. per barrel
Freights to Liverpool quiet. Cotton by
steam, 10a14. Grain by steam, 1Ad.
Cottonseed Oil.
Cottonseed oil was dull and barely steady.
Prime crude f. o. b. mills, 20a2o1s; prime
summer yellow, 2613a26A off summer yell
low. nominal; prime white, 2oa2912; prime
winter yellow, 291aa30.
Fruits.
The market for evaporated apples re-
mains quiet. Common to good quoted at
fAa4A; prime at s. 25a5.3O choice at 6a61s;
fancy at l. Prunes continue quiet and I'M
changed on spot Quotations range from
~ to 57s, according to grade. Apricots
meet with little demand for the time being,
but sellers act indifferent and choice are
quoted at 1Oa1O11; extra choice at IL; fancy
at 12a15.
Peaches are in limited demand, but prices
are steady Choice are held at ION, extra
choice at 1015a10% fancy at 11ka13. Rails
ms steady at recent figures. Loose
muscatel quoted at 4Aa6A; seeded
raisins at 5Aa6A; London layers at 1OOa115.
Cattle, Sheep, Lambs and Hogs.
Beeves-Receipts, 126. No trading today.
Feeling steady. Dressed beef more active
at S1aa9hc. per pound. Exports today, 615
beeves and 1850 quarters of beef.
Calves, receipts, none, and nothing doing;
feeling about steady; city dressed veals
rather slow at Gao.
Sheep and lambs, receipts, 2,135. Sheep
in poor demand and steady; lambs firm to
10c. higher for top grades. Clipped sheep
sold at 425a5; unshorn lambs at 7aS25;
clipped do. at 5.50a6.25; clipped culls at 4.
Dressed mutton slow at Table; dressed
lambs firm at 11a1212c.
Hogs, receipts 1884; feeling steady. Prime
state and Pennsylvania hogs quoted at
5.90a6
Flour, Grain, Wool, &c.
NEW YORK, May 6.-Flour, receipts
S,279; exports IL GIL. Dull and unchanged.
Winter patents, 4.9oa525; winter straights,
4.60a4 so; Minnesota patents, 5.25a5.J0; win
ter extras. 335a3.75; Minnesota bakers, 3.40a
3.S5; winter low grades, 3.25a3.65. Rye -four
quiet. Fair to good, 41Oa4.6O; choice to
fancy, 4.G0a4.S5. Cornmeal steady. Fine
white and yellow, 1.2O; coarse new. 1.osa1 10;
kiln dried, 2.75a2.s5 Barley dull Feeding.
44A elf. New York; mailing, 46a52 elf.
Buffalo. Wheat. receipts 1900. Spot mar
ket irregular. No. red, 81 elevator; No 2
red, 9214 fob. af1oat No. l northern Du-
luth 1904 fob afoat; No. l hard Mani
toba, 911z fob. afloat.
The wheat market was slightly easier to-
day and lower, being Influenced by favor
able weather news coupled with easy Liv-
erpool cables; prospects for liberal worlds
shipments Monday and bearish Kentucky
state report. 1t closed dull at AaAc. net
loss May closed SO; July S77saSS 5-18.
closed S7%; September So 7-16aS3A. closed
S2k Corn, receipts 1915; exports 15,49S
Spot firm; No. 2, SO elevator, and SO fob.
af1oat; No 2 yellow, "a; No. white, 53k.
The option market was steady, with a
moderate trade, rejecting too much wet
weather west and steady cables. The close
showed saAc. net advance. May, so 15-16a
5SA, closed 81; July, closed SOS; September
closed 51K.
Oats-Receipts, "a, 500; exports. 1850 Spot
firm. Mixed oats. 26 to 80 lbs, 341za35;
clipped white, SO to 40 lbs 351sa39.
Hay-Firm. Shipping, G0a65; good to
choice, s0as4.
Hops-Steady State common to choice
1904, 25a29; 1903, 22a25: oIds. 11al3: Pacific
coast, 1904, 25a2S; 1903, 2ia24: oids, i1a1s.
Hides-Quiet. Galveston, 20 to % lbs, 20;
California, u to 25 lbs, 1914; Texas dry, u
to 40 lbs. 10.
Leather-Firm. Acid, 24a26
Wool-Steady Domestic fleece, 32a36.
Beef-Frm. Family, 1350a14; mess, LA
1880; beef hams, 80; packet, 12.5oa13;
city extra India mess, 20a22.
Cut meats-Pickled bellies, mas; picked
shoulders, 51aa6 picked hams, 91aa1O.
Lard-Quiet Western steamed 100; re-
fined, quiet; continent, $50; South Ameri-
can, 30; compound 0Aa5hs.
Pork-Steady. Family, 14.50a15; short
clear, Balls; mess, 13.12ka136211.
Tallow-Dull. City 81 per pkg), Az;
country pkgs. free, 4aa4A.
Cotton seed ol-Barely steady. Prime
crude nominal; prime yellow, 261aa26s4.
Petroleum-Quiet. Refined New York. sos;
Philadelphia and Baltimore, $50; do. in
bulk. 4.
Rosin--Quiet. Strained, common to good.
3.25 asked.
Turpentine-Firm 591aa60.
Rice-Steady. Domestic, fair to extra, 2B
a5A Japan, nominal.
Enthusiastically; New Orleans open ket-
tie, good to choice, 29a35.
Coffee-Spot Rio steady; No. invoice, 8;
mild, steady; Cordova, 10a13-
Sugar-Raw, nominal; fair refining, 3A;
centrifugal, 96 test, Az; molasses sugar, 35s;
refined, dull; No. 6, 5.55; No. Z. $50; No. 8,