Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-20
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


Potatoes. white. western Maryland
and Pennsylvania. No. 1. per 100
pounds. 1.75a2. 90; eastern shore. Mary
land and Virginia. No. !. 1.5oal- -:
native and nearby. No. /. 1.75a2.oo'
all sections. No. 2. 1.ooa125: No. B.
and Virginia. No. l. per Dbl, 2-5oa wv
native and nearby. 300a3.50; do. No
?. 1.50a2.oo: No. 3. 1.00a1.25: Vans, all
sections ons, No No J. per Dbl, 2,5oaS'go; NO
green: per bu. LOCALES. Limas. 2.75a
3,25: hulled, per lb.. 90.
Cabbage. per 100 heads. 2.5oa4oo.
Caulifiower. per Dbl, 5.0Oa7.5o. Celery.
crate, 2ooaa.5o Carrots. per 100
lunches s.ooa4.oo. Spinach. per bu..
40. Beets. per 100 punches. 3.00a4O0.
Corn. per dozen. 15a4o. Eggplant. per
basket. 40a50. Lettuce. per basket.
1.ooa2;o Onions. western Maryland
1.25a1:50: eastern shore of Maryland
and Virginia. bulk. 100 lbs. 1.0oa
1.25. Peppers. per basket. 30a5o.
Tomatoes. per basket. 20a60; do, small
punches. 5.ooa6.0O. Broccoli. per bushel.
30a35. Sprouts. per quart. 15a30. Pars-
nips, per basket. 50a6O Turnps, per
basket, 4oa50. Pumpkins. per 100, 400
ASSOC
Apples, standard. all varieties. No. l.
$50; loose. unpacked, No. 1. per barrel.
1.50a2.00; do. No. .. 1.oOa1.25; do. per
100 pounds. 50a1.00. Grapes. Concord,
per 20-pound basket, 1.65a1.75; Concord.
per small basket. 27a2S; Niagaras. 24a25:
Delawares, 24a25. Cantaloupes. honey
| dews. per crate, 2.00a225; do, pink meat
flats, 15a1.00.
Peaches. per basket, 75a1.5O; per
hushel, 1.50a3.0O. Cranberries, per bar
rel. 9.O0a10.00. Grapefruit, per crate.
] not ~szfso
barrel. 1.25a175; New York Bartletts
and Seckels, per barrel. 6.50aS.00: No. 2.
4.0Oa5.00. Ounces, per barrel, 600aS. 90;
do, per bushel. 2.50a2.75.
MIDDAY QUOTATIONS.
Wheat-No. red winter, spot.
2.341a: No. 2 red winter. spot. PA II :
No. red winter, garlicky. spot. 2.13;
October. 2.13: November, 216A sales;
December, 2.17 bid.
/ Wheat Sales-None.
/ Corn-On track. yellow. No. . or
! better. lis per bu.. for car lots.
| Sales-None.
! oats-No white. al 64laaS5 per bu. :;
No. 3 white, at 6312a asa per blu.
/ Rye-Bag lots of nearby rye. as to
quality, 1.00a2.00 per bu.: No. west
,ern export. spot, at 1.S9 per bus. ask
! Hay-No. timothy (nominaD.
33.50a34.O0: standard timothy. 3300a-
$3.50: No. timothy. 32.5Oa33.00; No. 3
timothy. 26,O0a29.00; No light clover
mixed. 2S.0oa2s.oo; No. 1 clover mixed.
20.O0a29 so: No. clover mixed, 25.0Oa
1900; sample hay. 2O.00a25.00.
/ Straw-No. l, nominal: No. ?
straight rye. nominal; No. tangled
rye. 1900; No. 2 tangled rye, 1900;
E13.00a14.0O; No. l oat (nominaD, 1900
ALSO: No. Oat, 16OOa1 90.
CHICAGO. October 20-Wheatsprices
took a decided upward swing today
helped by, prospective settlement OF
ming OF federal inquiry here as te
wheat market conditions appeared
also to be regarded, in some quarters
as bullish factor. Besides, officers
of the Wheat Growers Association OF
dieting success for their proposed
icutting off Of rural sales of wheat or
and after October 25. Opening prices
which ranged from u to higher
with December POS to 2.07 and Marcel
1.s6 to 1877. were followed by ma
terial further gains.
Corn advanced with wheat. Afte'
opening u to 1 higher including De
ccmber at s3ss to S3A, the marke
continued to ascend.
| Oats were steadied by the firmnes
of other grains. starting SAL off t
Is up. December 54as to 547s, ant
keeping close to initial figures.
Provisions sympathized with grail
strength and scored gains after
temporary setback due to lower quo
tatiorlS on hogs.
Potatoes-Steady; receipts. - cars
Wisconsin. Minnesota and Dakot:
) white, bulk, 1.50a1.65: sacked, 1.65;
l1.75; early Ohios. bulk. 1. T6a1.8a
michigan; bulk, 1.70a1.75.
NEWsxYORK. October sg0.-FlG,lr,..
Easier; spring patents and Kansa
istraights, 11.0Oa11.50;. spring clears
I950a10.00.
J Lard - Easy: middle west, 21.30;
i21.40.
Other articles unchanged.
! Subsequently. the wheat market de
clined Sharply as a result of selling
ascribed to a bearish construction o.
Secretary Houston's speech before tn,
! bankers convention at Washington
The close was unsettled. at the sam,
as yesterdays finish to IN cent
, lower with December 2.O3 to 2.O3 J:
, and March 1875 to 1861
, Houses with eastern connections
J were active on the selling side later
5 and the corn market sagged. Price:
closed nervous, IL cents net lowe
to 4 cent advance. with Decembe
S1h 10 s1A.
) WHEAT Open. High. Low. Close
December. 2.O6 100 2.021t 2.03
; March; ........ 1896 1.ssls 1s4 1s5
CORN
a OATS
5 December. .549s .543s % 5a1