Evening star., 1920-05-26

Vans, No. !. barrel, S.ooaS.Oo; No. 2.
4.00a5.0O.
Apples all varieties. No. l, per bar
rel. 9.0oa12.o0: do. No. 2. s.00a9.O0:
Beans. per basket, 2.ooa2.5o: do. per
basket. wax. 1.76a2.25: pearl, per
basket. 1.75a2.25. Cabbage. per basket,
3.00a3.5O. Egg plant, per crate. 3.50a
500. Cucumbers. per basket. 1.o0a2.25.
Grapefruit. per box. 3.o0a5.5 SO; kale.
per basket. 1.75a2.25: onions. Texas.
Bermuda, per crate 1.75a2.25: spring.
per 100 punches. 1.00a1.6o.
| Oranges, per box, as to size. 5.00a
500; peas, basket. 1.75a2.60: peppers.
per crate, 3.0oaS.O0: squash, per crate.
2.00a250; spinach, native, per bu.,
60a70.
| Tomatoes. fancy. per basket. $50
Al 90: do. choice, per basket, 3.50a5.00;
beets, per 100 punches, S.O0a1O.00: car
rots. per 100 punches. S.00a1o.0o: as
paragus, green, No. 1. per doz.. 3.00a
white. No. l. per doz, 2.50a3.00: No.
2. 1.00a2 90; radishes. native. per 100
punches. 1.50a3.50; rhubarb per 100
punches. 3.ooa3.50.
| Strawberries. Norfolk. per qt. goa
80; southern. per qt.. 20a25: do. east
per qt.. 20a30.
! Flour-Quotations. per bbl. in ss-
Id. sacks carload lots): Winter pat
ent. 1a.25a1s.75: winter straight 1900
a125o; spring patent. i4,75als. 50;
Winter patent. i4.ooa15.5o: hard win
ter straight. 13.75a14.5O: rye -four,
medium to choice. 1150a12.5o: corn
meal, per 100 lbs. 4.45a%50: city mills
patent. 14.25: city mills winter
straight. 1900: city mills blended
ent. 1900. (The above quotations on
city mills -four on jobbing prices }
Receipts. none.
| Wheat-No. 2 red winter wheat at
sos per bushel: garlicky. at 800 per
bushel. No sales.
| Cob corn-White and yellow, 800
per bbl.; track. yellow. No. or better.
1.s7 per bushel. Corn sales-Bag lots
of No. mix ID at 1s5 per bushel.
| Oats-No. 2 white. 1.21a1.22; No. 8
white. 1.2o4 per bu.
Rye-Bis g. lots 9 :. Of nearby rye. as to
ern export, spot. 2.2s per bu.
Hay-No. l timothy, no quotations;
| standard timothy, no quotations; No.
2 timothy, 400: No. 8 timothy, $500
a4.oo: No. light clover. mixed. 1880
a4l.oo; No. l clover. mixed: 42.ooa
sample hay. 2s.00a3A00.
straw-No. 1 straight rye. $3.50:
No. straight rye. 22.5oa2s.50: No. 1
tangled rye, 1900: No. tangled rye.
16.o0a17.oo: No. wheat. 14.ooa16.oo:
No wheat, 12.50a13.00; No. oat,
1000: No. Q oat. 17.o0a18.00.
CHICAGO, May 2S.-Although prices
for May delivery of corn showed q
downward trend today. strength con-
tinued to develop in more active OPP
tions. July and September. Initial quo
tations. which ranged from n decline
to Ia advance, with July. 1.65 to 1864
and September 1.54A to 1855. were fol-
lowed by a moderate set back for May
and a decided gain for later months.
Commission house buying made oats
hrm After opening unchanged to ssah
lower the market scored q general up
turn.
Provisions were inclined to harden
with grain and hogs Demand. though.
was not urgent.
NEW YORK. May 2e.-F1our. quiet !;
Kansas straights. 13.25a14.c5.
Pork. easy; mess. 41.00a42.00. Lard.
flrm; moddle west, 20.SOa20.90.
Other articles unchanged.
Raw sugar, steady: centrifugal, 1851:
refined. steady; fine granulated. 21.6o
Assoc.
Futures were less active this morn
ing with the undertone steady and
prices at midday about unchanged to
10 points net higher on covering and
scattered buying by commission
houses.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
J; CHICAGO. May 26 Omitted States
Bureau Of Markets report)
receipts. 1000: slow: medium grades.
steady: heavy beef steers, dull, with
first bids lower early sales of steers at
1.OOa1200: hulk vealers, 12.50a13.50 !;
top bologna bulls. 8.75.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000: market, 10 to
Is higher; big packers doing little !:
lights active, others dull: 1895 paid !:
bulk. light and light butchers. 1465a
1885; bulk. $50 pounds and over. 400
a14.50; pigs, steady to lower.
Sheep-Receipts. 1900; steady to
strong: quality fair: good California
spring lambs. 1886: good handy weight
shorn lambs, 1926; with bulk at 16.0Oa
1925; choice fat ewes. 1850; canner
ewes. $50 and lower.
NEW YORK BONDS.
NEW YORK. May 2s.-The bond
market was distinctly better IN all
directions today 1t was Influenced
by the signs. which are now fast
, multiplying. that credit is softening.
J More especially. the better tone and
upward price tendency was a re-
! sponse to the reduction in time money
rates. Inasmuch as bond prices are
governed in the long run by interest
rates more than by anything else. the
fact that lenders were reducing their
offers Of time money from . to S1a
per cent was highly important. The
recovery was led by the liberties, and
the third Az 8 and the fourth 4Ks were
once more the features OF this group
| advancing another SO cents ana more
Atchison general 4s. as one of the
types OF the oid-time high class rail-
road bonds. was especially remarka-
; BILE. with q gain Of full point They
; sold slightly above 72 as against q
low yesterday Of TON. New York Gen.
trail debsnture IS were up q half point
and the average of the list was a
quarter to q half point better all
around. There was q similar improve
meht in the he-counter bond
market An increasing volume of
!; business and a general although
slight raising Of bids characterized
this outside trading.