Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-05
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, December 5.-Flour
easier for spring grades. Spring pat
ents, 5.1Oa5.35: winter straights. 4.1Oa
4.30: spring clears. 4.2Oa4.4O: extra No.
winter, 3.70a3SO: do, No. 2. 3.55a3. 60.
Wheat-There was very little feature
to early wheat market. Bearish north
west statistics were offset by commits
sion house support and decreasing Eu-
ropeon supplies. May. LOB 9-16a
LOB 1915.
Pork-Steady.
Beef-Steady.
Lard-Easy; middle west, 9.loa92o.
Raw sugar-Quiet; muscOvado ~ test,
4.44; centrifugal, 90 test 4.94; molasses
sugar. 50 test, 4.19; refined. quiet.
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Quiet.
Leather-Firm.
Butter-Strong: receipts, 1872 packages.
Creamery specials. 50; extras. IS; first,
3Ja:61a: seconds, 32a34: thirds. 2Sa30:
creamery held special. IS: extras. Ssa34;
first. 31a32; seconds. 2aa30; thirds. 2sa2S
state dairy tubs, finest, 80: good to prime
30a34; process specials. 261aa27: extras.
25a251s; first. 231.a241s; seconds. 22hlsa2S;
Cheese-Firm; receipts. 2.2S3 boxes.
Eggs-Firm; receipts. 1888 cases. Fresh
gathered extras, 43a45; extra f1rsts, 40:
flrsts, 36a30; seconds, 32a35;. thirds and
poorer. 25a3O; fresh gathered dirties No.
i, "A: No. 2. 2Oa23; fresh gathered checks
prime. COAL: poor to fair. 1Sal9; refrtg-
orator special marks fancy local storage.
charges paid, 241k; do. firsts, 23a24; do.
seconds local storage. 21ka221s: refrig-
orator thirds and poorer. 1sa21; refrig-
orator dirties, 15a2O; state, Pennsylvania
and nearby hennery browns. 44a45: 90.
gathered brown and mixed cOlors, 35a42.
All other grades of butter, cheese and
eggs unchanged from Mondays prices.
11a13; fowls, 111aa1311: turkeys. 14a18;
dressed dull: western chickens. 5al0;
fowls, sale: turkeys. 1OaA.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, December 5.-With cash
wheat here in such burdenso:1e supply
that owners were actually advertising
bargain-sale fashion. in the newspapers.
the market for futures today could hardly
fail to show weakness. In addition, the
bulls were discouraged by fine weather
in Argentina Moreover. northwest re
ceipts showed no material falling on
Prices here opened unchanged to Il lower.
May started at 99H to 997s, the same vari-
alton from last night as by the market
taken as a whole A decline to 99H fol-
lowed.
Trade in corn was very slow and scat
tered. Sales by cash houses made the
market have an easy tone: ,- May Opened s
shade to SaA lower at 633s TO 6OA, Dut
rallied to 6Sasa637
Oats displayed little frmness owing to
commission buying Business. however.
was on a small scale. May started un-
changed to q shade higher at 495s to 49sta
1917, and seemed inclined to keep within
that range.
Heavy unloading by longs had q de-
pressing effect on provisions. Sellers
were influenced mainly by a drop in
prices at the yards. Initial transactions
varied from last nights figures to 12A
down, with May delivery at 1905 to 1910
for pork. 9.2Oa9. 223k for lard. and 64294
for ribs.
Cash grain: Wheat-No. 2 red, 95ssa97:
No. 3 red. 93a95; No. hard. 9sa1 OF; No.
3 hard, 93a87; No. l northern, 1.07a10 90;
No. northern, 1.O5a1. OS; No. 3 northern,
1.03a1.07: No. 2 spring. LOCAL .05; No. s
spring. 99a1 .O3: No. spring. S5a1O8: vel
vet chaff. S5a 1.O4: Durum, S4a1.O6.
Corn-No. old. 20: No. yellow. old,
II: No. 3. 59Aa6Oh; No. 3 white. 594a
aOA: No. 3 yellow. 591sa6O1s: No. 4. 57a5S:
No white, 57ajS: No. 4 yellow, 57a59
..Oats-No. 2, 1917: No. 3, Al: No. 3 white.
4sa49: No. 4, 45k: No. 4 white, 47a4s1a;
standard, 4SAa49A.