Evening star., 1917-11-27

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, November 81 Il
pm. quotations) s).-Wheat-Spot No. 2
red soft. 2.22; spot No. 2 red winter.
2;24; receipts. 46,75s bushels; exports,
Oats-Firm; standard white, II; No
3 white. 761a; receipts. 1858 bushels
Rye-Firmer; No. Q western export
1.ss; receipts. 4s,794 bushels.
Hay-Steady.
7 COTTON MARKETS..
NEW YORK. November 27.-Realiz-
ing for over the holiday and scattered
southern selling cAcsed reactions in the
cotton market during today's early
trading. The opening was steady at
decline of points to an advance
of points and Liverpool was again
buyer. particularly on March and May.
On the whole. however, demand was
much less active after the big advance
of yesterday and prices soon turned
easier, with December selling off to
3O-1O. January to 1888 and March to
2S-95. or about 13 to IS points net
lower.
1925: January. 2s.45; March. 1906:
May. 2S.S1: July, 2S.65 offered.
Rumors of an easier spot basis in the
southwest We're circulating on the de-
cline. but offerings tapered off around
29.2S for January and 2S.s1 for March,
or about % to % points under last
nights closing figures. Business later
was quiet with prices flrmer toward
midday on little trade buying or COW
er1ng by early sellers.
NEW ORLEANS, November 81
After an advance of to points on
me dlstant months on the opening here
today, cotton fell off moderately under
pressure of liquidation from recent
buyers. who wanted their profits. At
the end of the first half hour trading
months were to Is points under the
close of yesterday.
Futures opened steady. Opening bid .
december. 2s.S4: January, 2S.4S: March
I2s:11 asked; May. 2s.os; July. 27.93.
me decline was widened to IL to II
points. but the market retained a
steady undertone. and toward noon suf-
hclent support was offered to bring
about a recovery, the market standing
unchanged to Z points down compared
with the last quotations of yesterday
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
CHICAGO. November 27.-HogsRe-
ceipts. $4,000 head: unsettled; bulk,
II: 4oa17.s5: light. 167Oa 1880: mixed,
17.soa17-a5; heavy. 17.25al7 so; rough,
1l;25al7.45: pigs, 13.00a16.o0.
cattle-Receipts 1900 head; weak /;
native steers. 7.30a14.75; western steers,
e.15a1S.60: stockers and feeders. 6.ooa
lilo; cows and heifera 5O0a1l.65:
calves. 7.0oa13.00
sheep-Reeeipts $4,000 head; firm;
wethers, s.75a12.9o; lambs, 12.5oa17 O0
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS..
NEW YORK. November 27.-Bar sill
yer was quoted unchanged at s4k per
ounce today
LONDON, November 27.-Bar silver.
~ y per ounce. Money, per cent
Discount rates: Short bills, 45s per
cent; three months bills. ~. per cent.
DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO. November 27.-Butter-
Creamery. S6a46. Eggs unsettled; re-
cefpts. 5.4s3 cases: firsts, 47a59; ordi-
nary do. 42a45; at mark, cases included,
42a4s. Potatoes-Receipts, 80 cars; un-
changed Poultry Alive unsettled;
fowls. 16a16k; springs, 1919 turkeys,
NEW YORK. November 81. = Butter
strong: receipts, S.074 tubs; creamery,
higher than extras. 4s1aa49; creamery ex-
seconds, 4O1sa43
Eggs-Firm: receipts, 4072 cases: fresh
gathered. extras. 5Sa60; extra ffrsts. 56a57:
frsts, 54a55: seconds, 47a53. Refrigerator
special marks, 34A ass: refrigerator, firsts
Soao4; state. Pennsylvania and nearby
western hennery whites, fine to fancy. 72a
70: state. Pennsylvania and nearby hen
merry. browns, 60a63
Cheese-Steady; receipts, 2,242 boxes:
state fresh. specials. 231.; do, average
run. 23A.
Poultry. dressed. firm: turkeys, fresh. s
to 10 pounds and over. fancy western, sra
3s: do, nearby, 40a45. Chickens and
fowls unchanged.