Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-02
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, February 2-Flour firm
and nominally higher. Wheat-There was
early on the big advance in cables. &C.
tive covering Of shorts, smaller Argentine
shipments than expected and estimates
for much lighter worlds shipments Con-
day. May. 1;O71sa1.O7H.
Pork-Steady: mess, 17.25a11.I5. Beef
Steady. Lard7sE;asy; middle west, COS
a9.15.
Raw sugar-Steady; muscovado, 50 test,
3.eO1s; centrifugal: e6 test: 44Ns; mo-
Petroleum-Steady.
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Frm: prime, 1.35; No. 1, 1.30a
1.35 No. 2. 1.15a1.20.
Enthusiastically: Central America, 22A.
Leather-Firm.
Butter-Firm; receipts, 6, 40 packages;
creamery specials, ssh; extras, 3414a35:
first. 33a34: seconds, 3111a32h; creamery
held specials. S51; extras. 341sa35; first.
Cheese-Firm and unchanged; receipts.
s91 boxes. = +
Eggs-Firm but quiet; receipts, 1871
cases; fresh gathered extras, 4Sa44; sx-
80: thirds and poorer. 33a36; fresh gath
cred dirties, No. 1. 32a3S; No. 2, 3Oa31;
fresh gathered checks. prime. %; do, fair,
25a27; refrigerator, firsts, 351sa36; sec
nearby hennery whites, fancy large new
laid. 45a46; do, selected whites, fair to
good, 43a44; nearby whites. small. 37a39;
western gathered whites. 4Oa44; state,
browns, 4sa44; do. gathered brown and
mixed colors, 4Oa42.
Poultryr-Live, unsettled: western chick
ens 13a12h; fowls, :12a13; turkeys. 15a1S.
Dressed dull; western chickens, 121Ha15;
fowls, 12ka1611; turkeys. 12a21.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md. February q
Wheat-Dull; spot contract. 1.O0A: spot
No. 2 red western. 1.0oN; February.
err No. = red, 96A receipts, 2,OOl bushels.
Corn-Firmer; spot contract, nv; Feb
ruary. ~: March, ~; April, 70. Steam
er mixed, 6614: receipts. 2,6, lO4 bushels;
exports, 91,9S1 bushels.
0ats-Firmer; No 2 white. IS sales;
standard white. 57ha57A; No. white,
57a57A: receipts. $3.50 bushels.
Rye steady: No. 2 western domestic
LOCAL OF; receipts, 321 bushels.
Hay firmer: No. timothy. $500; No. l
clover mixed. 22.OOa22.JO.
Grain freights-Steamer, LIVERPOOL. per
bushel, unchanged; Cork, for orders. per
quarter, unchanged.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, February 2.-Wheat made
an excited upward jump today of as
much as ~ cents bushel. Unusually
light world shipments had led to urgent
demand at LlVeTpoOl, dEb0 dIlO OtHeV
European centers, and had frightened
shorts in Chicago. Besides, the receipts
northwest Of here which were expected to
be liberal proved instead to be under last
years figures. Opening figures were IA
y to tx higher. May started at 1.Osa4.
rise of ha5s to 1,.a1N. and held firmly
around 1O35s. In corn offerings were
light and purchasing seemed the general
order May opened asah to AaA up. at
6SA to 69h. and steadied at 50.
Oats followed the ascent of other grain.
May started to " up, at 52h to So,
touched 52% a52N, and climbed to 53h
Despite heavy stocks of produce on
hand here, the market for provisions re-
sponded to the advance in grain. First
transactions were 2I1 lower to 5a7h up,
with May delivery 1870 to 16.221s for pork,
8. 3os to 9.35 for lard and s.7c,. for ribs.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, February 2.-Closing:
Wheat-Spot firm; No. 1 Manitoba. Is Cd !:
No. 2 Manitoba. IS Sd: No. 3 Manitoba,
So 21zd; futures strong; March, Is SID;
May, Is 61Ad: July. Is 81.
Corn-Spot firm; American mixed new,
IS Id; American mixed new kiln dried IS
I'd; American mixed old, Is 611d: Feb
ruary, Is Sd; March, Is lid.