Evening star., 1922-05-24
and Live Stock
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. May ~ (Special1.-
Potatoes. white. 100 lbs, l.2sai:5o;
sS sSaa' Sa. ssasPoo nsm sweess and
yams, bbly so0a4.5o: No. e, 2.ooa2.5o;
gus, dog, 2.50a3.oo; No. 2. i.20a1sSo.
Beans. hamper. 75a2.00.s. Beets. hum
dred. 5.a0a6.oo. Cabbage. crate. 400
Corn. crate. s.ooas.oo. cucumbers.
crate. l.5oa2.so. Eggplants, crate,
Lettuce, basket, 15a40. Onions. 100
1bs., 3.50a5.00; No. 2, 2.50a3.00. Spring
onions. hundred. 1.5oa175. Peas.
sa@ass Raasses innsiT 'rss ssa
200 Rhubarb,. hundred, 25oas. 90.
Spinach, bu., 15a40. Squash, crate.
1.00a2.0O. Tomatoes. crate. 2.50a5. 90
Apples, packed. bbl.. 6.50aS.50: No.
2. 5.00a6.o0; bu.. l:75a2.5 SO; box apples.
Cherries, tlb.. 20. Grapefruit. box.
S.50a5.00. Oranges. box, 6.ooa9,eo.
Peaches, crate, 3.00a4.00. Strawber-
ries. qt, Sa2o., Watermelons, each,
70a75.
Selling Prices at, O'Clock.
Wheat-No 1 red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. 2 red winter, spot.
LAO; Noe red winter. garlicky, spot,
1.39A; May wheat, no bid.
NO sales. .
corn-Cob corn, old, yellow. quoted
3.50a3.66 per barrel: contract corn.
spot, 691s No. 4 corn, spot. 67ss; track
corn, yellow. No. 3zor better. ~ asked.
No sales.
oats-White, No. 2. 4sk per bushel;
No. 8. 49 per bushel
Rye-Nearby. s0af.o5 per bushel;
No. 8. no quotation.
Hay-Receipts, 81 tons; range is
1900 to 22.00 for good to choice tim
othy and mixed hay; market firm; sup
ply on hand ample for trade.
Straw-No tangled rye, 1900; No.
wheat. 1150a12.G0; No. l oat, nomi-
nal. 12.00a13.00.
CHICAGO. May "a = Pronounced
weakness of prices showed itself in
the wheat market today during the
early dealings. Big new deliveries on
bearish effect, and so, too. did heavy
receipts here, estimated as totaling
$50 carloads. Besides. the Liverpool
market was unresponsive to yester-
days advance on this side of the At
lantic, and there was an apparent
lack of important buying support
here. The opening, which ranged
from u to l lower, with May 1.37 and
July 1.25% % to 1.255s, was followed by
sharp general decline, May soon
dropping tC 1.S4 u.
Corn and oats were depressed by
the action OF wheat. After starting
1s lower to shade advance, July 81.
the corn market underwent a mod
crate general setback
Oats started unchanged to 81 low
er. July SST to 80. and later showed
slight losses for all deliveries
Provisions tended downward with
grain. Notwithstanding an upturn in
the value of hogs
Potatoes steady: receipts fifty
three cars; total United States ship
ments, us; Wisconsin sacked, round
whites, 1.40a1.60 cwt.; Michigan sack
ed and bulk round whites, 1.50al so
cwt.: Minnesota sacked round whites.
1.25a1.40 cwt.: Maine sacked Green
mountains. LES cwt.; Idaho sacked
russets. -2.10 cwt.; unbranded, 1.65a
1.90 cwt.; Canadian sacked whites,
1.55 cwt.; new stock weak; Texas
sacked Bliss Triumphs, 255a290 cwt; !;
AlassUa sacked Bliss Triumphs No.
1, 2.75a325 cwt.: No. 2. 190 cwt; |;
Louisiana sacked Bliss Triumphs No.
l, 2.75a2.90 cwt.: South Carolina slat
barrels, No. / Irish cobbers. 6.00a6.25; ;
No. 2. 3.25a4.80.
Subsequently selling of May wheat
by the house that has been taking
in the bulk of the grain deliveries
on contracts led to further drop in
prices. May going down to 1872. a fall
of 6 cents compared with yesterdays
finish. The close was heavy at about
the lowest level of the session. with
May 1872 to 1.32A and July 122 to
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