Evening star., 1920-05-18
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. Md, May is (SpeciaD.
Potatoes, white, western Maryland
and Pennsylvania. per 100 lbs, 75oa
500; do. New York and Maine. per
shore Maryland and Virginia McCor-
mick's, 7.0Oa7.50; do, cobblers, per
100 lbs, 7.50as.0O; do. all sections. No.
2, 4 50a5 90; No. 5. 200a250. Sweets,
yellows, North Carolina, per bbl., s.00a
900; do, new, No. I, per bbl., 15.00a
1900; do, No. 2. 12.ona14.oO: do, 3,
7.0oa9.oO; do. eastern shore Maryland
and Virginia. per bbl, S.00a9.00; do.
No. 2, per bbl, 4.ooa5.oo; yams, No. |.
per bbl. 650a7. SO; do, No. z, 4.0Oa5 90.
Vegetables and green fruits-Apples.
eastern shore Maryland, per bbl..
loose, 9.00a12.00; do. No. 2, S.00as.00;
do. box apples. per box. 3.o0a5.o0.
20a30; do, Norfolk, 22a30; do. eastern
shore, Maryland and Virginia, 30a35.
Beans, per basket, green, 1.75a2.25, do,
per basket, wax. 1.59a2.00; do. pearl.
per basket, 1.5Oa2.oo. Cabbage. per
basket, 2.50a3.oo: celery, per crate.
also; Florida, per crate. 3.00a500.
Grapefruit, Florida. per box. 4.00a70O.
Kale. native, per bushel. 90a1.00; let
tuce, Florida, per basekt, 1.50a3. 90;
onions, Texas Bermuda, per crate. 275
Assoc; do, spring. per 100 punches,
j. I ~
to size, 7.00a11.o0; peas. Florida. per
basket, 200a2.5o; peppers, Florida. per
crate, 3.O0a6.00; squash, Florida, per
crate, 2.O0a:50; spinach, native, per
bushel 55a80; tomatoes. fancy. per
basket, 6.00a7.50; do, choice, per bas-
ket, 5.60a6.5O; beets, per 166 bunches,
s.00a10.o0; carrots. per 100 lunches,
5.00as.00: rhubarb, per 100 punches,
3.0oa4.00; asparagus, green, No. l. per
doz.. 3.00a3.6 so; do, No. ?, 1.S0a2.40; do,
white, No. !. 275a3.25: do, No. ., 1.50a
2.25: radishes. native. per 100 punches,
2.00a2.50.
Flour-Quotatons. per bbl. in 9S
ID. sacks carload lots): Winter pat
ent, 13.50a14.00; winter straight. 1850
spring straight 140oa14.75; hard win
ter patent. 14.75a15.50; hard winter
straight, 13.75a14.5o; rye iiour. me-
dunn to choice; 11.5oal25o; corn
mills patent, 14.25: city mills winter
straight. 1900; city mills blended
patent, 1850; city mills spring pat
ent, 1900. trhe above quotations
on city mills flour on jobbing prices)
Receipts. 1,845 bbls., including $50
bbls. for export.
Wheat sales-None. Market is firm
on basis of 3.2S per bu. for No. 2
red winter.
Cob corn-White, prime, 800 per
bbl: yellow, prime, $50 per bbi.;
track, yellow, No: g. for domestic
delivery. 2.03, nominal.
Corn sales-None.
Oats-No. z white, 1.29a1 30 per bu.;
No. white. 1.2sa1.sa per bu.
Rye-Big lots of nearby rye. as to
quality. 2.00a2.25 per bushel; No. 2
western export. spot. 2.43 per bushel.
Hay-Eo. / timothy, 4s.0o; standard
timothy, 47.50; No. 2 timothy, 46.50a
400; No timothy, 43.80a44.50; No. /
light clover, mixed. 4S.5Oa47.60: No. 2
light clover mixed, 42-00a44o0; No. l
clover, mixed, 45.00a45.50; No. 2 clover.
mixed, 42.O0a4s.00; sample hay. a2.00a
3s. 90.
straw-No. straight rye. 1900; No.
tangled rye, 1900; No. 2, tangled
rye. is e0a17.0 90; No. l wheat. 1500a
1900: No. wheat. 13.50a14.OO: No.
oat. gO.08; No. oat, 17.00a1s.60.
CHICAGO. May 1s.-General selling
of corn resulted today from declines
in liberty bonds. the failure of Kan
sas hank and from belief that rail-
road labor difficulties would be set
tied shortly.
Opening prices. which ranged from
q. to ~ lower. with July 1.75A to
l.76 and September 1.62A to 1853, were
followed by a material further set
back.
oats weakened with corn. After
opening "A to 12ass down. including
July at s1I to 80, the market continued
to sag
Lower quotations on grain had a
denressinP effect in the provision
market. Support was lacking.
Enthusiastically. receipts, seven
teen cars: northern white. sacked and
bulk, 7.25a7.50; Canadian. 5.00as. %.
New, firm, Florida, barrels. No. l,
1880: No. 2. 14.75a15.25; Louisiana
Triumphs, 500 per hundredweight-
Raw sugar, firm; centrifugal, 22:57.
Refined, firm: fine granulated, 2D-50a
1900.
Futures were higher early, with
prices IS to 45 points higher, owing to
the further advance in raws. but of
ferings increased somewhat, and
prices eased off. and by noon had lost
half Of the early gain.
NEW YORK. May 18.-Lard, weak
middle west, 2055a20.65. Other articles
unchanged.
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