Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-06
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. Md. August s (Spe-
ciaD.--Potatoes. Maryland and Fir-
ginia No. l. per barrel. 4.75a5.5o: do
No. and No. 3. 1.5oa2-50; do. No. 1
southern. 4.50a5.25: do. No. and No.
3. 1.50a2.5o; York river. No. 1, 4.50a
5.25 No : and 3. 1.50a250: do. native
white. No. 1. upper. 100 pounds. 2-50a
800; do. No. 2. 1:ooa1.5o: do. sweets,
new. No. 1. per barrel, 12.00a14.00.
Apples. early June. No. 1. per barrel.
s.00a350i do. No. 2. 2.o0a2.50; No. l,
hamper. LOCALES: do. No. 2. 50a75;
peaches. per crate, No. 1. 1.0Ga2 90;
ldo., per basket 75a1.25: beans,
per bushe1 basket. green. 60a75
10; limas. per basket. 1.00a1.5o; cab
bage. per 100. 1.50a2;00; cucumbers, per
bage. per 100. 1.50a2.0: cucumbers. per
basket, 15a35; egg plant. crate. 1.0oa
1.25. lettuce. native. per basket,
s sGazS and 9n'G Peon.vxa5a per Voc 100
pounds. 1.50a2.00; squash, per basket,
15a30; corn. Maryland and Virginia,
per dozen. 10a40; peppers. native, per
basket. 30a4O.
Tomatoes. native. per five-eighth
basket, scars: do. culls, 25a35; oeets,
per 100 punches. 2.00a3. 90; carrots, per
100 punches, 2.00a3.00.
Watermelons, per car, 100. o0a3 so. 90;
huckleberries, quart 20a25; black
L, I0dEO, celery, new
York per bunch. 75a1.25-
Catalogues, eastern shore of Mary
land and Virginia, per crate, 2.00a2.50
DO. pany, 1.00a1.50: do, native. per
basket. 1.o0a1.5O; currants, quart, 5a
IS; pineapples. per crate, oscar 90
pears, native. basket, 50a1.00 plums
| per pound. 3a5.
Wheat-Midday quotations: No.
red winter spot, at 2-7112 per bu.; No
2 red winter spot, quoted at FL Y
| per bu.; NO. red winter. garlicky
spot, at 2.61 per bu.; August wheat, al
261; September wheat. at $50.
sales-Bag lots nearby. wheat, BY
| sample. at 200. EOS. 2.10, Els. 2.20
2.25. 2.so, 2.a5, 2.4o and 2.45 per bu.
| Cob corn-No quotation.
| Track corn-No quotations.
! Sales-None.
| Oats-No. 2. white. at 95 per blu.
No. 3. at 95 per blu.
| Rye-Nearby sample. at LIS to 2.0e
per bu.; No. 2 western. 10 per pu.
timothy oS $500: No. Z timothy. $500.
$3.50: No. 3 timothy, 25.00a30 90; No
! 1 light clover mixed. 32.00a33. 90; No
2 light clover mixed. 29.Q0a31 90: No
/ clover mixed. 800: No. Glove
mixed, "A. 00a29. 90: sample hay. 1000;
24.00
straw-No. 1 straight rye, 1000; No
2. 14O0a1450; No. l wheat, 11.00'
!12.OO; No. 2. 9oOa10.00; No. 1 oat
1900: No. 2. 14.00a14.50.
| CHICAGO. August 6.-Sharp, new
advances in the price of wheat re
| suited today from continued anxiet.
over the likelihood OF war between
Great Britain and Russia Prolong
ed dry weather in the corn belt
threatening serious crop damage
tended further to intensity bu]lisl
sentiment.
Bulls ir corn made much of TIL
! fact that aside from the war scar
and the unsatisfactory crop outlool
the daily receipts of corn were 'es
than current requirements: Ate
, opening - to 3h higher. incluuln'
September at 1.4sA to Isl and De
cember l.29 to 1.l3A, the market con
tinued to ascend.
Oats mounted with other grain
| starting g to l u up, September l41
to 7514 and later hardening still more
Higher quotations on hogs as wei
| as on cereals, lifted provisions Buy
ers. however. were scarce.
Firm; spring patents, 12.75a1S.75
| winter straights. 11.0Oa11.o0; kansa
straights, 12.50a13.5O.
Lard-Firmer; middle west, 1925;
1885.
| Raw sugar-Easier: sales. 500
bags; Porto Ricos, centrifugal. 1904
refined quiet; fine graduated, 21.0Os
$3.50.
The easier spot market led t.
| further liquidation in futures earl!
| and prices at noon were about 20 t.
40 points lower for active positions
| although there was only light trad
| ing.