Evening star., 1919-12-20
Latest Comment Relating to the Financial World
Grain, Produce
and Live Stock
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE. Md. December 90
Potatoes, western Maryland and Penn
sylvania. No. l. 3.0Oa325: eastern
shore Maryland and Virginia cobblerss,
sections, No. 2. 1.25a1.50; No. 3. 15a
100; sweets, North Carolina. No. 1,
per barrel. 4.O0a5.00: eastern shore
Maryland and Virginia. per barrel,
4.50a5.50; yams. all sections, No. J.
3.0Oa3.5O: sweets and yams, No. 2
Green fruits and vegetables-Apples
all varieties, No. l, per barrel, 5.50a
$50: do, No. 2. all varieties, 4:O0a
500; do. box apples. all varieties. box
2.5Oa3-5o; cranberries. barrel, 1.ooa
1000; grapefruit. Florida. per crate
2. 2.O0a3. 90; oranges. Florida. per box
25Oa4.OO; tangerines, per strap. 6.ooa
8. 90; beans, Florida, green, per ham
per. 25Oa3.5O; do. pearl and wax, 2.0o
a3.OO; beets, per bunch. . az Y bro
coli. native, per basket. 50af5; prus-
sells sprouts. per quart. z0a25
Cabbage per ton, 40.OOa7O.00; carrots,
native. per bunch. 2Aa312. Celery
large. per bunch. LOCALES; small. me-
dium, per bunch. 75a9O; per crate
5.OOa7. 90; do. native. per bunch. 6as'
Cucumbers. Florida per basket oDats S:s1a
2. 5Oa35O. Horseradish. native; per
busheI 250as5O. Lettuce. Florida,
per basket, 1.50a2.25. Onions, New
York and western, No. l. per I0O
pounds, 5.O0a6.00; do. all sections, NO
?. 3.00a3.50.
Oysterplant, per bunch. Gas. Pars-
nips, native. per basket. 50a6O. Pep
pers, Florida, per crate. 3.50a4.5 so. Sa-
yoy cabbage, per bushel. 50a70. Spin
ach, native. per bushel, 1.5Oa2.25. kale'
per box, 3Oa4O. Tomatoes. fancy, per
crate. 5.OOa5.5o; do. choice per crate
3.OOa4 90. Turnips, per basket. 50a6o.
Pineapples, Florida. per crate. 5.00a
100. Peas. Florida. per basket. 3.0Oa
400 Squash, Florida, per crate. 3.50a
400.
Four-Quotations per barrel, in nine
ty-eight-pound sacks carload lots)
Winter straight. 10.O0a10.25; spring
straight, 14Z5a15.OO;>rye flour. medi
um to choice. 7.75as.75; corn meal. pei
100 pounds. 375a3.90; city mills win
|, ter patent, 11.90; city mills winter
straight, 11.65; city mills spring pat
ent, 1850; city mills blended patent
400. (The above quotations on city
mills -four on jobbing prices.) Re
ceipts. 1877 barrels; no exports.
Wheat sales, small bag lots by SAM
pie, 2.15. 2.20 and 2.25 per bushel.
Cob corn quoted at-White, 6.90a
SOS; yellow, 700a7.10 per barrel for
carloads; track yellow corn. No. do
mestic. delivered; no quotations.
Corn sales. bag lots. white. new. de.
liNered, at 1.55 per bushel; yellow. at
1.68 per bushef.
Oats-No. white, 81 asked; No.
white, 80 asked.
Rye-Bag lots of nearby rye, as to
quality. 1.40a1.75; No. 2 western ex-
port, 1889.
Hay-No. l timothy, $3.50: standard
timothy. 3O5Oa31.00: No. timothy
30.OOa3O.5o; No. timothy, 25.0oa27.00;
No. light clover, mixed, 29.50a30.00;
No. 2 light clover, mixed, 27.00a2s.0O;
No. clover. mixed. 27.50a2S.00: No. 2
clover. mixed, 25.00a27.00: No. l clov-
er. nominal. 27.00; No. 2 clover, nomi-
nal. $500; sample grade, 20.25a23.00.
Straw-No. 1 straight rye, 17.00a
1900: No. 2 straight rye, 15.50a16.00
No. 1 tangled rye. 14.O0a14.50; No.
tangled rye, 12.0Oa12.50; No. 1 wheat
12.00a13.00: No. 2 wheat, 11.00a11.50
No; ! oat' 4.ooal5.oo; No. 2 oat' 1s-St
CHICAGO. December 20.-EnlargeG
receipts. but bulls at a disadvantage
in the corn market today. Opening
prices. which ranged from ss decline
to - advance, with January 1.38H te
1.39 and May 1.34ss to 1876, were fol
lowed by moderate gains and then by
setback all around to well below
yesterdays finish.
Oats were governed chiefly by the
changes in corn. After opening un.
changed to V off. including May a,
S2H to S2%, the market hardened
Weakness in grain had bearisf
effect on provisions. Selling. though
was not urgent.
Potatoes-Firm; arrivals, % cars
northern whites, 3.00a3.2O, in car lots
western russetS, jobbing, 3.75a3.S5.