Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

| the failure of a Chicago grain house es-
tablished both that month and July at
new high levels. Foreign markets were
also strong. and some of the western
| crop news was quite bullish. The market
closed to &c net higher. May.
l.24ha1 :4h. closed Lay; July.
1.1Jssa1. 15N. closed 1.15s4.
Corn.Receipts, 9475 bushels; exports:
1885 bushels: spot firm: No. .. 7oh
elevator and 74A fob. afloat; No. .
| white, nominal. and No. 2 yellow, 74sa
| fob. afioat. Option market was without
TRANSACTIONS. closing net unchanged
Der closed 73%.
Oats-Receipts. 7O.1JO bushels; exports.
10. 300 bushels: spot steady; mixed 26a32 lbs.
57a5S: natural white, 26a32 lbs, 5saGO;
clipped white. 32a4O lbs, 5sa63.
Hay-Steady. No. ,, 6Oa6o; good to
choice, S0aS5.
Hops-Steady. state, common to choice
1908, 10a15; 1907. 3a6: Pacific coast, 1908,
Tall; 1907. 3a6
Hides-o uiet; Bogota. 1s,sa19h; Cen.
trail America. 1915.
Leather-Steady: acid, a3ha2s.
Wool-Quiet; domestic fleece. 31a35.
Beef-Quiet; family. 15.00a15.5o: mess
1o.5oa11.0o: beef hams. 24.Ooa2s. 90;
packet. 14.O0a1450: city extra India
mess, 22.5Oa23.O0.
Cut enthusiastically: picked bellies
10; picked hams. 1O1a.
Lard-Steady: western, 10.35a1045; re-
1O I
Pork-steady: family. Is. 5oa1e.5o: short
clear. 19.00a21 90: mess. 1S.5Oa19.00.
Tallow-Steady; city CSC per packase).
Cottonseed oil-Strong; prime crude
a5.76
Petroleum-Steady; refined New York
$50: Philadelphia and Baltimore, s.45;
do. in bulk. 4.95.
Realistically; strained. common to
good, $50.
Turpentine-Quiet, 391s.
Rice-Firm: domestic, fair to extra, %
a6 ": Japan, nominal.
Molasses-Firm; New Orleans open ket-
tie. good to choice. 2sa42.
s.4sK: centrifugal. SO test, sssh: mo.
lasses sugar, s.2Sh. Refined quiet: No.
4so: No. 10. 42s: No. ii. 40; No. II,
AIS; No 10. 40: No. IA. 4.10. Confec-
TONERS A. 4.75; mould A, $50: cut loaf.
SIS; crushed. SOS; powdered. sos; gram
ulated, 4.95; cubes. $40.
Cheese-Firm: fair demand: New York
full creams. choice. 1ol.a15A; New York
fair to good. 141a15.
Live poultry-Steady; fair demand
fowls, 15a16; old ROSTERS 1O12a11; spring
chickens. 1sa19; ducks. 1oa16.
Dressed poultry-Firm: fair demand
fresh killed fowls, choice. 1871; fresh kill
ed fowls, fair to good, 1j1a16:' old roos-
tiers. 12a121a: western roasting chickens,
1sa19.
Refined sugars-Cnchanged.
Cotton-5 points higher; n0ddling up
lands, 1Oc.
Tallow-Quiet. but steady: city prime in
tierces, @; country prime. in barrels, s.,
country prime, dark, i'm barrels, 81;
cakes, 81.
Potatoes-F'irm: fair demand; choice.
per bushel, 95a9S: choice, fair to good.
90aaa
Receipts-F'iour. LOO barrels and 1880
600 pounds. in sacks; corn. 1000 bushels;
oats, 1850 bushels.
shipments-Wheat. 1000 bushels: corn,
Sc. 600 bushels: oats. 1O.475 bushels.
Coffee-Market for coffee futures opened
steady at unchanged prices to an advance
Of 5 points in response to steady foreign
markets, but ruled quiet and somewhat
irregular. owing to light demand and
some scattering liquidation. The close
was inactive, net 5 points higher to 5
points lower. Sales were reported OF
/. $50 bags. including May at 695; July at
6.5Oa6.55: September at 6.15 and Decem-
Der at 5.95.
Spot steady: Rio. No. :, SIS: Santos,
No. A. 9as; mild quiet Cordova. 9s4a13.