Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. December IA. - Flour
Steady.
Wheat-With lighter northwest receipts,
steady cables and prospects for small Ar
gentne shipments. wheat was steady and
a trife higher this morning. December,
102ha1 O2 3-16.
Pork-Steady.
Beef-Firm.
Lard-Firm: middle west, 9.1Oa9.2O.
Raw sugar-Steady; muscovado, 50 test,
4.37: centrifugal. 96 test, 4.S1; mOasses.
50 test. 412; refined. steady.
Petroleum-Steady.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Hay-Firm.
Enthusiastically
I1eather-Firm.
Butter-Steady; receipts, 5,+D packages
creamery specials, 30; extras, "a: first,
:3s2a:S,: seconds, 3Oa3l; creamery held spe-
Gals 34h: state dairy tubs. finest, ::i3a::'4
good to prime, 28aS2; common to fair, u
as
Cheese-Firm: receipts 1887 boxes;
state whole milk September ana earlier
specials -; do. fall and earlier, specials,
16: do average fancy, 1sN; state white
milk. current make, average fancy, 1'a
15A; daisies September and earlier best.
=; do fail and earlier best. 16; skins, ia
Eggs-Firm: receipts. 4.67o cases: fresh
gathered extras, 37a4O; extra first, 30:
first. 32a34; seconds, 2saH; thirds and
poorer, 24a27; held fresh, poor to far.
No. ., o0a22: fresh gathered checks.
prime, 20; do. poor to fair. l'ai9: re
frigerators. seconds, local storage charges
paid, 21a22; thirds and poorer 1Sa2D12 :;
and nearby hennery. white. fancy. large,
new laid 30; do, selected whites. fair to
good 43a4S; do whites, badly mixed nj "a
:55a4O: western gathered whites, Sta4o;
state Pennsylvania and nearby hennery,
browns, :;Sa4O; do. gathered brown and
mixed cOlOrS, 32a.}1.
All other grades of butter, cheese and
eggs unchanged from Mondays prices.
POultry-Alive. weaker; western chlch-
ems, 12a13k; fowls. 13a14i3: turkeys, la
IA; dressed, irregular; western chickens,
sale; fowls, 5a16; turkeys, 12a2O.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, December 14.-It was mainly
a scalping market today In wheat An in
decisive character attached to most of the
news, so that prices took no well defined
course, but rather seemed lnclinee to
wobble within narrow limits.
Argentine developments, particularly,
gave little comfort to either side. In the
northern half Of the country the weather
was reported unsettled With scattered
showers, while in the southern half the
weather was fine and everything in good
shape.
wheat prospects in the United States
were described as not uniformity en-
couraging. but positive evidence was lack
ing in respect to any actual damage.
The opening was shade to haA lower.
May started at 979s to 97A, the same
change from last night as the market
taken altogether. There was rally,
however, to 977s, and then reaction to
373s.
Scattered selling proved enough to make
corn easy. few longs were unloading
on account of the good weather. May
opened unchanged to NC higher at 63A to
G,7s, and declined to 63es.
Oats sagged owing to absence of de-
mand. The weakening Of corn acted also
as a drag on the market. May started
the same as last night to shade lower.
at 1914 to 491sa49A. and descended to
Asa.
Statements that foreign supplies of
hogs were larger than expected had a
depressing effect on provisions. Besides,
quotations at the yards have showed a
drop First sales of products were 2k
to rs down, with May delivery 16 for
pork, 9.271a to $50 for lard and $50 for
ribs.