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NEW YORK. December 2o.-Bucko
wheat flour easier. 6-0Oae2o per toe
pounds Lard. strong, middle west, 249
$500. Other articles unchangea;
Raw sugar steady; new Cuban CEN
trifugal government price,, 5.92; mo-
lasses nominal; refined STEADY; fine
granulated, S.15aS.35.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December 90 u
pm. quotations).-W No. z
red, soft, 2.22; spot No. red winter
224 Receipts, 7O.s3s bushels; exports
224 600.
Oats-Firmer: standard white, sS y +;
No 3 white, Sc; receipts. 5f.517 bushels
| Rye-Firm; No. 2 western export, lss !,
receipts. 41.142 bushels; exports. se,ooo.
Hay-Firm: No. l timothy unchangeo'
No / clover mixed, unchanged.
Grain freights not quotable
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Report of live stock market and meat
trade conditions here by the Uniteo
States bureau of markets:
Beef-Fresh, receipts light. cars con-
tinue to run behind schedule: market
steady at yesterdays prices; demand
good Steers-Receipts light; market
firm; good demand for all grades Cows
Receipts increasing: market steady;
demand fair. Bulls-None on the mar
ket.
Veal-Supply moderate; market firm;
demand active.
pork - Receipts adequate: market
fairly steady; demand just fair.
Lamb-Receipts moderate. market
barely steady: heavy weights a little
draggy. demand fair for handyweights.
Mutton-Receipts light; market un-
changed; demand slow.
CHICAGO. December 20.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000 head: strong. Bulk, 1880
ale. 40: light. 15.20af635; mixed. 15-7oa
1850; heavy. 15.70a1S.55; rough, 15.70a
$3.50: pigs, 1.0oa1s.4o.
Native steers, 725a14.35; western steers.
6.38a12.75: stockers and feeders. 6.26a
l10.25: cows and heifers. 5.10af1.20;
calves. 9.0oa1s.50.
Wethers, 9.00a13.0o; lambs, 12.50a16.s0.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK, December 20.-The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of / to points in sympathy
with firmer Liverpool cables There
were overnight buying orders around
TIE ring, but they were soon supplied.
and the market weakened after the
call under local and Wall street selling.
The census report showing 10.142.85s
bales ginned to, December 13 was al
most exactly as expected. The light
ginning for the first December period
| had evidently been discounted, and re-
cent buyers turned for profits on the
publication of the figures. Prices eased
off in consequence January selling
down from 1851 to 1926 and March
from 2s11 to 1882 before the end OF
the first hour, or about Is to 81 points
net lower.
Futures opened steady; December.
1892; January, 29.45; March, 2s.06; May,
2S.8s: July. 1888.
Trade interests were buyers on the
early decline. while there. was no
change in the generally bullish average
of spot news. and as soon as offerings
Business was quiet late in the morning
with prices showing rallies of several
points from the lowest.
NEW ORLEANS. December 20.-Cot-
ton fell / to 0 points around the open
ing here today, but Immediately re-
covered on buying based on the bullish
showing of the ginning returns from
the census bureau. At the end of the
first half hour prices were to points
oyer yesterdays close.
Futures opened steady Opening bid:
2794 asked; July, 27.sS asked: October,
2656
Liquida ton in large volume devel-
oped and put prices Is to 20 points
under the close of yesterday. Toward
noon the market was steadier on fresh
buying, and prices recovered to a net
advance of to 10 points.
DAIRY MARKETS..
CHICAGO. December 28.-Butter-
Unchanged.
firsts, Al; ordinary firsts, 42a45: at
ipcIndad A0aa6. ,-afrier-