Evening star., 1918-08-05

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PORK
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RIBS
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NEW YORK, August 5.-Flour-
Quiet: springs. 11.30al1.50 winters,
10. .90a11.25: Kansas. 11.25a11.40.
Pork-Firm: mess. 4s.5oa5o.00; fam
lily. $500: short clear. 4s.ooa52.o0.
Lard-Quiet; middle west, 26.70a
$3.50.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. August Il pm. quo
tations).-wheat-Sp No. 2. red
l7s,2s5 bushels: exports. 1927 bush
els. Corn-Receipts, S.121 bushels
Oats-Quiet: standard white. s0h
asked; No. 3, white, 80 sales; receipts
20, 563 bushels. Rye-Unsettled and
easier; No. 2. western export, 1.6s; re-
1 timothy. $500 asked; No. l clover
mixed, 21.00a22.00.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. -
United States bureau of markets re-
port of live stock and meat trade con-
ditions here today:
Beef. fresh-Receipts. moderate;
market opening dShAhe PAASSe
unevenly higher than Fridays close;
few early sales. Steers-Receipts.
moderate: market opening stronger
than Fridays close; early trade light.
moderate; market
slow; prices slightly higher; demand.
light. Bulls-No offerings:
Veal-Supply. moderate; market
strong: good veal, $1.00 higher than
Fridays close; demand. Just fair.
Pork-Receipts, very light; market
unsettled, but looks slightly higher;
demand. light
Lamb-Receipts. light; market
opening stronger at slightly higher
prices; demand. good.
CHICAGO, August 5.-United States
bureau of markets: Hogs-receipts.
81, 90 head; strong at Saturdays best
and bidding generally lower; a few
sales of packing hogs about steady
with Saturdays close. Butchers, 1910
a1s.7o: light, 1s.45a1s.So; packing.
1S.00a1S.95; rough. 17.50a17.90; bulk
of sales, 18.95a19.15; pigs, good and
cattie-Reoeipts, 10000 head; cattle
grading good or better, steady; others
slow and lower; calves steady to Csc
Sheep-Receipts, 1900 head: native
lambs weak; quality poor; western
lambs held higher; bidding steady.
DAIRY MARKETS.
NEW YORK, August 5.-Butter-
Firm; receipts, $50 tubs; creamery
higher than extras. 45ha46: cream
cry extras 80, score As: firsts. 43a44a
49A: packing stock current make;
No. 2, 34a34k.
Eggs-Irregular; receipts. 30.197 cases;
fresh gathered extras. 46a47; fresh
gathered regular packed extra hrsts.
44a45; do. a firsts. 4oa43; state. Penn
sylvania and nearby western hen
merry whites, fine to fancy 55a57;
state, Pennsylvania and nearby hem
merry browns, 4Sa5o; do. gathered
browns and mixed colors. 3sa47.
Cheese-Firm; receipts. 1,327 boxes;
state fresh specials, 25%a26; do.
average run, 25a251z.
Pouitry-Live, firm; broilers.. So;
fowls. 80; old roosters., %; turkeys.
3sa4s; fowls. s1aas; old roosters.
CHICAGO. August 5.-Butter steady;
creamery. 3oa43h.
Eggs higher; receipts. 13.673 cases;
firsts, 38a3sh; ordinary firsts, 36a37 ".
at mark, cases included. 36a37h. Ohios,
2.35a2.4o; Minnesota sacked ohios, ESQ.
springs, 32a321k.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. August 5.-There was
a renewal of the general buying
movement in the cotton market at
the opening today. II anything xhe
demand was even more urgent and
excited owing to the continued dry
hot weather in the southwest and the
inspiring character Of the war news.
with first prices showing an advance
Of 5 to 100 points. October sold up
to $3.50 shortly after the call, maxi
ing a. net gain of los points, while
December touched 27.97 or 102 points
higher, with the advance finding fur
ther announcement in the forecast
for continued fair weather in the
Futures opened strong: October.
27.46 to $3.50; December, 27.55 to
27.75; January 27.S0 to $3.50: March.
27S5 to $500; May, $500.
With January cantracts selling at
2s,3O the market showed an advance
of fully 420 points, or $21 per bale
from the price prevailing just before
the publication of the governments
crop report on last Thursday. Reac-
ton of about half a cent followed,
but offerings were fairly weT taken.
with the market comparatively quiet
and steady around midday, when
prices were still some 6S to so points
net higher. October reacted from
$3.50 to 27.98 and December from 27.97
to 27.50, with these deliveries ruling
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