Evening star., 1916-12-20

| NEW YORK, December 20.-Flour-
| Unsettled Buckwheat flour-Easier-
4.35a465 per 100 pounds. Buckwheat-
Quiet, Pork-Steady. Beef-Steady
| Lard-Easy; middle west, 16.50a16.6o.
Enthusiastically. Hay-Quiet Hides
Steady. Leather-Firm.
| Raw sugar-steady; centrifugal, 6;lf:
molasses, i.27; refined. quiet; fine
| Sugar futures opened firm on cover
| ing, and at noon prices were to II
points higher.
Special Dispatch The Star.
| BALTIMORE. Md, December 20 q
pm. s).-Wheat-Strong; spot
No. 2 red, 1885,: spot No. red west
ern, 1.75ia December No. . red. 1891
1917. Receipts. 13S,431 bushels; ex-
ports, l9S,s44 bushels
| Corn-Firm: spot contract. IS; De-
cember. ss: receipts, 1887 bushels.
No. white. 5Sa5Sia: receipts, 1888
bushels.
| Rye-steady: No. . western export,
l45.l4s bushels: receipts, l4,4os bushels
| Hay-Steady; No. / timothy. No. 1
| clover mixed. unchanged.
| Grain freights-No quotation.
| CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO. December 20.-Hogs; re-
! ceipts, $4,000 head: strong at yester-
days finish to cents higher: bulk,
s.s5a1e,25; heavy. s.75a1o.so; rough,
s.15a9.90; pigs. 7.60a925.
| Cattle-Receipts, $4,000 head: steady;
| native beef cattle. 7.00a11.60; western
| steers. 7.00a10.00; stockers and feeders
| calves, Se0a1l.50.
| Sheep-Receipts, 1900 head: steady;
| wethers, S.s5a9S0; lambs, II. o0a13.00.
many MADKErs
! CHICAGO, December 2G.-Butter-
! Lower; creamery. SO 1aa3siA.
Egss--steady; receipts, 1918 cases;
frsts, 4oa41; ordinary drsts, 35a36: at
| mark. cases included, 3sa40
Potatoes-Higher; receipts, 26 cars;
| Washington, Idaho, Colorado and Oregon
white, 1.soal.75; Michigan white. 1.5oa
l.so. Wisconsin white. 1.4Sal.5e.
| Poultry--Alive, lower; fowls, II:
| springs. IL
! NEW YORK. December 2o-Butter-
/ Steady; receipts, 1881 tubs. Creamery
higher than extras. II tza42; creamery
extras ts2 score), IL; flrsts, 81 l2 2a40ha
| seconds. 35a31.
/ Eggs-Easier; receipts. 1919 cases.
| Fresh gathered extra firsts, 4sa50:
frsts. 46laa4S; refrigerator specials,
; marks, SO aa34. refrigerator. seconds to
frsts. 81. ass; nearby hennery whites.
| fine TO fancy. 6Sa65; nearby hennery
| browns. 5ia57.
cheeSe-Irregular; receipts. 1926
| boxes. State held. specials. "a u do,
average fancy. 23laa24
Live poultry-Firm; no prices settled.
! Dressed - Firm: chickens. 1sa20;
| fowls, 151aa23: turkeys. 20a32.
COTTON MARKETS.
| NEW YORK, December 2o.-Heavy
| overnight selling orders brought in by the
closing break of yesterday caused an
| active and excited opening in the cotton
market again this morning. First prices
| were to ~ points lower. the more active
present crop deliveries being IL to %
| points under last nights closing figures
which carried the market into new low
ground for the movement, with January
| ceiling at 1914 and May at 1924 on the
call Lower cables promoted the selling.
and there were rumors that southern
| hedging had developed on the rally of
| yesterday afternoon. but there was heavy
covering as well as buying by trade in
| terests. which caused very sharp rallies
| right after the call with May selling up
to IT So. Buyers were encouraged by the
census report showing 10.S45.9Sa bales
| ginned TO December 13. but the rally met
| a good deal of cotton and the tone was
| extremely unsettled.
fered at 1875; January. 1880; March,
1904; May. 17.25: July. 17.32; October.
1911.
| Fluctuations continued to be very
rapid and erratic during the middle of
the morning. but the volume of busi-
ness gradually subsided. and the mar
ket was steadier around midday with
prices showing rallies of 20 or - points
on covering and buying for reaction
Nav contracts sold as high as 1855
after the early break, and ruled around
17.47 shortly after midday. or about 8
points net lower.
NEW YORK COTTON.