Evening star., 1922-05-25
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


BALTrMODE. May 25 (SpeciaD.-
Potatoes. white. 100 lbs. 1.2ba1.6o; No.
2, 50a75: new potatoes. bbl.. 3.0oa6.0o;
bu.. 1.25a2.00: sweets and yams, bbl.,
3.00a4.50: No. 2. 2.s0a250; bu.. 1.0oa
1.50: No. 2. Scars; asparagus. doz.. $50
a3.o0: No. 2. 1.20a1.sO; beans. hamper,
75a2.00: beets, hundred. 5.00a6.00: cab
bage: crate. 1.ooa1:25: carrots. 100,
cumbers. crate, 1.50a2.50: eggpiants,
crate. 1.25a3.00 kale. bu.. 15a25.
Lettuce. basket. 15a40; onions. 100
lbs. 3.5oa5.o 90: No. 2. a.50a3.o0; spring
onions 100. 1.5oa1.75; peas. hamper.
175as.oo; peppers: crate. a.ooas:oo:
2.5Oa5.00: spinach bu.. 15a40; squash.
crate, 1.00a2.0O: tomatoes, crate. ESQ
a5.O0.
Apples. packed. bbL. S.5oas.5o: No.
2, 5.00a6.00; bu.. 1.15a2.50; box apples.
2.5oa4.00. blackberries, qt., 20a25;
ab.00; oranges. box. 6.00a9.00; peaches.
crate. 3.oOa4.OO: Strawberries. qt.. sa
20; watermelons. each. 1oa15.
Selling Prices at 1 O'Clock.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter spot. no
quotations; No. 2 ired winter. spot,
1.37; No. 2 red winter. garlicky, spot,
1856; May wheat. no bid.
CornlCob corn. old. yellow. quoted
3.50a3.60 per barrel: contract corn.
spot, 6S2: No. corn, spot, SIX !;
track corn. yellow. No. or better, 72
asked.
Sales-1.50o bushels of No. wh.X,
at 6sk per bushel: s57 bushels of No.
. yellow at So per bushel.
Oats-White, No. 2. 4ss per bushel
asked; No. 3. 40 per bushel asked.
Rye-Nearby. 90a1.o5 per bushel:
No. 2, western export. spot, 1.13% /;
No. 3, no quotation.
Hay-Receipts. 80 tons: range is
1900 to 22.00 for good to choice tim
othy and mixed hay; market Arm;
supplyon hand ample for trade.
Straw-No. I tangled rye. 1900: No.
l wheat. 11.50a12.00; No. l nominal,
12.0Oa13.O0.
CHICAGO. May 25.-In a general
rush to sell wheat today prices un-
derwent a new tumble during the
early dealings. Buyers were scarce
until there had been a decided fall
favored the view that the big ope-
rations in May wheat were at an end.
and that with chances Of a month
end squeeze of shorts having been
thus greatly reduced. the bear side of
the market had been given a material
advantage. Deliveries here on May
contracts this morning totaled S21 900
bushels and there were fresh receipts
here of s25 carloads. The opening.
which ranged from 4 to "a cents
lower. with May 1901 to 1.31 and
July 1.22. to 1.22a. was followed by
successive breaks that carried May
down to 1.2S and July to 1.20A.
Corn and oats went downgrade in
line with wheat After opening a
shade to u lower. July. 62A to 63,
the corn market continued to sag.
Oats started u lower to u advance
July, 3S1s to 3s y, and then suffered a
moderate general setback.
Higher quotations on hogs gave
firmness to provision values.
CHICAGO. May 25. = The market
later descended another half cent.
May touching 1.271a. but then profit
taking on the part of bear spectators
led to moderate rallies. \ steadyinG
influence was the fact that the Liver
pool market had failed to follow de-
clines on this side of the Atlantic.
The close was unsettled. one-half to
4L net lower. with May. 1.2S to LES y
and July 1.21A to 1.2lb.
Smallness of offerings to arrive here
tended subsequently to rally the corn
market. The close was steady at a
shade net lower to Il advance, with
July 63a63h