Evening star., 1916-12-28

NEW YORK, December 2S.-Flour-
Firmly held.
family, 31.0oaSS.oo, short clear, 3l.ooa
34.00.
Beef-Firm.
Lard-Easy: middle west, 1s.25a1S.35.
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Easy; No. l. 1.ooa1.o5: No. 2,
s5as7k; No. 3. s5aso: shipping, 7oaso.
Enthusiastically.
Leather-Firm
Raw sugar-Firm; centrifugal, 5:14:
mold A. 735; cubes. 7.35; XXxXX pow
| dered, 100 powdered, 695: fine granu-
| lated, 6.s5: diamond A. SIS; confection-
| ers A, 6.75: No. l, $40.
| ing, and a little demand from outside
sources, prompted by the firm feeling
| in the spot market. At noon prices
We're to points higher.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December 2s Il p. m
quot tations) ).-Wheat-Firmer: spot No.
. red 1S2A spot No. red western.
1871; December No 9 red. 1924; jan
| uary, 1.s2k; steamer No. . red, 1.6o;
receipts 212.591 bushels.
Corn-Easier: spot contract. LOB u !;
December. 103 Is receipts. 33,696 BUSH
els.
Oats-Firm; standard white. so cents:
No white, 80 cents; receipts. 1886
bushels.
Rye-Firmer; No, 2 western export.
LAY: sales receipts, 41,166 bushels. eX-
ports. 306, $50 bushels.
Hay-Firmer; No. ! timothy, l1-ooa
1850; No. l clover mixed. 15.50a160o.
Grain freights-No quotations.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.
CHICAGO, December 2s.-Hogs-Re
ceipts, 40. 600 head: firm, SC above yes
! terday's average Bulk, 10.25al0 50; light,
9. 75a10.50: mixed. 10.10a1O10; heavy,
| 10 2oa10.75; rough. 10. 20a10.35; pigs, 1.'5a
| 935.
| Cattle-Receipts II. 900 head weak; ma
| tive beef cattle, 7.20a11S0: western steers,
! 7.25al0 90: stockers and feeders. 5.2oas. IS;
| cows and heifers, 4.20a10.00; calves, S.50a
| 1885
Sheep-Receipts 10000 head: strong;
wethers. 9.10a1025: lambs. II. 25a13.50.
DAIRY MARKETS.
| CHICAGO. December 2S.-Butter-
! Unchanged
Eggs.Receipts 2,S2s cases; un-
| changed.
| Potatoes-Higher: receipts. thirty
| cars: Washington. idaho. Colorado and
| oregon white. l.70a1.so; Michigan
white, 1.10al.75; Wisconsin white, 1.6o
| al70.
| Poultry-Alive, higher; fowls, 17I5a1S;
| springs, 18la; turkeys. 20.
| NEW YORK, December 2s.-Butter
! steady; receipts, $50 tubs. Creamery,
| higher than extras, 42a421a; creamery
extras coz score), 411z; f1rsts, 37a40 Y !;
| seconds, 35a36h.
| Eggs barely steady; receipts. s.4S4
| cases. Fresh gathered. extra firsts,
4sa49; firsts, 46a47; refrigerator. spe-
| cial marks fancy, 35 laa36; seconds to
| firsts, 33i2a35. Nearby hennery whites,
fine to fancy. 63a65; nearby hennery
browns, 54a56.
| Cheese steady: receipts. 2,214 boxes.
| State. held. specials. PAX a241s; do,
average fancy. % a24,
| Live poultry firm: chickens. 20a21 j. :;
| fowls. 20a21 IL: turkeys, 2Sa30.
Dressed quiet; chickens, 1927; fowls,
Is Y a23 II; turkeys, 1Sa34.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. December 2S.-The cot
ton market showed renewed firmness
today. more optimistic view of peace
prospects probably served to stimulate
the covering movement. and there was
also a broadening of commission house
ami local demand. The market opened
at an advance of to 20 points and
after some little irreguIarity as a re-
suit of realizing. sold about 25 to 30
net higher. with March touching 1890
and July 1920 before the end Of the
first hour. Private cables reported
steady market in Liverpool owing to
the absence of hedge selling and corr
tinental buying.
Futures opened steady: January,
1877; March. 1878; May. 1897; July,
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