Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, December 16.-Flour
firm; spring patents. 5.Ooaaao; winter
straishts, 4.iOa4 20; winter patents, 4.35a
40; spring clears. l.lOa4.85;. winter ex-
ira No: /, a.70a3. 30; winter No. 2, s.55a
3,69: Kansas straishts. 4.5Oa47O.
wheat soon recovered in sympathy with
higher northwest markets and the
strength of corn. Commission houses
were fair buyers. May, 10e7sa1 .osss.
Beef steady; mess. 13.OOa13.5O; family,
IA. 5Oal50O: beef hams. 2s.O0a31 90.
Pork steady; mess, 17.25alT.25: family,
19: 100: short clear, 17.25a1S. ..
I.ard-Frm; middle west. 9,15a8. 25. -
AT: centrifugal s 81 test, zs7s % U.s.
Molasses susar-se test, 412: refined
quiet; cubes. 600; granulated, 5. %; pow
Petroleum Steady. refined. bills, 7.a5.
kettle, 35a3O. ~.if So
Hay-F1rm: prime nominal, 1c5ai 30;
No. 2. 1.1Oa1 Is: No. 3, 0oa1.O0.
Hides-Firm: Bogota. 221ka2Sh: Central
Leather-Firm: hemloek firsts, 2Sa25;
| seconds. 24a26;~ thirds. 22a23.
Butter-Very firm receipts. $500 pack
ages. Creamery specials. 80: extras. 30;
held, special, 3411a30:' state dairy. tubs.
finest. S3a34: good to prime 29a;E; COM
mon to fair, Aa2S. 5s1tf
Cheese-Ffrm; receipts. d57 boxes. Week
iy exports. 500 boxes. State, whole milk,
fall and earlier specials. 10: do. average
fancy. 10; state, whole milk, current
make. average fancy. 15i4; do. undeT-
grades, 1aaa5; daisies. fall and earlier.
best. 16a 1914; skins, 3a13A.
gathered extras. 4Oa43: extra first, 30
first, 35a37: seconds, 3oa24; thirds and
poorer, 24a2S; held. fresh. poor to far
24a27: fresh gathered dfrties, No: 1. 2'
No az fresh IN fsiT feae rssris
orator firsts. local storage charges paid
! 23a2311s: do. seconds. 21a211s: do. thirds, 1!
a2O1s; do. poor, Halt: do. dirties, 14a193s
state, Pennsylvania and nearby hennery
lected whites. fair to good, 43a4S; do
| whites, badly mixed, 35a4O; western gath
cred whites, 35a42; state. Pennsylvania
and nearby hennery browns. 42a43: do
gathered brown and mixed colors, 35aAO
All other grades Of butter. cheese and
eggs unchanged from Mondays prices!
Poultry-Alive steady; western chick
ems, IL; fowls, 13a14: turkeys, 13a14
dressed firm; western chickens 9al6
fowls, sails: turkeys, selected, 19a24; west
ern, 1Sa21.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. Md. December 49,
Wheat firmer; spot contract, a31s; spot No
. red western. 93A: December, az: Janu-
steamer No. red, ss1s; receipts, 1896
bushels; exports, 1850 bushels
Corn firmer; spot contract. new, 6SG
year, 6os4; January, 67%; February. IS;
March, 6Sss; steamer mixed. 65A; receipts,
II 1914 bushels: exports. 1854 bushels,
Oats steady; No. white, 54A; standard
white, 53Aa54; No. 3 white. 68AabS3k; re-
ceipts, .2S6 bushels.
Rye easier: No. 2 western domestic, 100a
1O1: receipts. 1.1O2 bushels.
Hay steady: No. ! timothy, unchanged;
No. clover mixed, unchanged.
Grain freights firm: steam to Liverpool.
per bushel, unchanged: Cork for orders,
per quarter, unchanged.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. December 16.-Improved de.
mand for cash wheat rallied options to-
day after an early decline due to lower
cables and to better news from the
Argentine as to the crop outlook. The
principal sign of a more generous call fol-
the annual grain was a dispatch from
Minneapolis saying that all the mills
however. the market was under the in
f1uence Of reports that hot. dry weather
prevailed over most of the Argentine. a
condition highly favorable for the harvest
and for the fields not yet entirely ripe
On the other hand. smallest Of receipts
northwest counted against the bears
The opening was 4 to n lower. May
started at 9s1A to 9sh. q loss Of " to ".
local spectators bought corn. Com
mission houses, as a rule, were. also on
the bull side. May opened u off to a
shade higher at G37sa64, and advanced to
64k.
Traders gave support to oats The
chief motive appeared to be the strength
of corn. May started unchanged to 1-16
lower at 4SAa4SH, and later assembled to
4SNa49. Good-sized receipts Of hogs ex-
pected next week had a depressing effect
on provisions. Initial sales were 21z to
15c down, with May delivery 1885 to
1875 for pork, 9271s to $50 for lard and