Evening star., 1922-05-16
and Live Stock
GRAIN AND. PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, May 49, tSpecial)--
Potatoes. white, 100 pounds. 1.25a1.75; I;
s.5oas.oo: bushei. 1.25aa:oo; sweets and
yams, barrel. 3,90a4.50: No. 2. 2.00a2.50; ;
bushel, 1.25a1.50: No. 2, 50a76. Aspara1;
gus. 2.5oa3.50; No. 2, 1.20a1.so. Beams;
hamper. 2.00a3.00. Beets. bunch. Gas.
Sa5eass SnbeS s.s crate sn IL 7ssaee Sa rSts %
cumbers. crate. i.ooa2.50. Eggplants,
Lettuce. basket, 50a2.00. Onions. 100
pounds. 3.50a5.00; No. 2. 2.50a3. 90; +;
spring % onions; 6a: hundred. 1.5oa1.75. Peas. n
$50. Radishes. hundred. 5Oa4.00.
Rhubard, hundred, 1.O0a4.00. Spinach.
bushel. 30a60. Squash. crate, S.0Oas. so.
Tomatoes. crate, 1.50as.75.
NJ Nappies. koIs packed, sa. barrel, s;ooas; 90 ;
apples. 2.25as.75: Grapefruit. box, s.ooa
4.50. Oranges, box. 6.00a9.O0. Straw
berries. quart. 10a25 ~.
Selling Price. at 1 O'Clock. \.
Wheat-No: / red winter. spot. no
spot. i.4s: May ei Wheat. .naer nc bid. idar''eks'
Sales-Two thousand bushels of No.
red winter. spot, Baltimore and
Ohio elevator. at 1.4s per bushel.
Corn-Cob corn, old. yellow. quoted
C.,
7lA; No. corn. spot. 6sA: track
corn. yellow, No. 3 or better, Is.
No sales.
oats-White. No. 2, 4sMa5o per
bqshel; No. 8. 4sa4sis per bushel.
Rye-Nearby. S5a1.o5 per bushel;
B., no quotation!
! Hay-Receipts. 81 TONS: range is
/ 1s.0oa21.o0 for good to choice timothy
| and mixed shay: market firm; supply
on hand ample for trade
| Straw-No. l tangled rye. 1900: No.
y wheat. 11:S0a12.00; No. 1 oat, nomi-
| nal. 12.00a13.00.
. CHICAGO. May 16.-General ac-
tive buying gave "A decided lift to
! ings. The majority of the traders ap-
peared to construe the United States
supreme Court decision on the Cap
] per,Iincher act as bullish feature.
BESIDES an unlooked-fOr advance in
| Liverpool quotations tended also to
the e>receipts of wheat here continued
! liberal-230 carloads-and there were
new deliveries Of 100000 bushels on
May contracts. The opening. which
varied from y to az higher. with
May. 1.44 to las and July. 1.2sk to
| 1.261s. was followed by slight further
/ gains.
Corn and oats went upward with
wheat. After opening y to y higher.
July SAN to 65. the corn market
scored moderate gains all round.
Oats started unchanged to xa1a
higher. July 397s to 4Oh. and later
made a slight general advance. Pro-
visions were neglected. but were firm
; er. in line with hog values.
Potatoes weak; receipts, 40 cars;
total U. S. shipments, 3.S2; Wisconsin
| sacked and bulk round white, 1.30a
! Las cwt.: Michigan bulk round
whites. 1.40a1.50 cwt.; Idaho sacked
| russets. LIS cwt. New stock slightly
stronger on sacks; dull on barrels:
Alabama sacked Bliss triumphs. No
l. 800 cwt.: Louisiana sacked Bliss
triumphs, No. /, ats cwt.: Florida
Spaulding rose. double-headedb barrels,
No. 1. 5.75a6.00; No. 2. mostly 400.
On wheat buying, In which foreign
ers participated, the market later
ascended further, September touching
new high price record for the sea-
son. Gossip was current that the
Kansas crop was deteriorating. The
close was unsettled TX to 3x cents
net higher, with May 1.45A and July
1.2SN to 1.2Sh.
Cash demand was only fair. with
some increase of country offerings of
corn to arrive here. The close was
steady, y to u net higher; July, ssh
to 65Aa65k