Evening star., 1922-08-14
Grain. Produce and Live Stock
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


BALTIMORE. August II (speciaD.-
Potatoes, white. bbl.. 1.75a2.25: No. 2,
76aLoo; 100 lbs. 6oa1.50: bu.. 4oa1.oo;
sweets. .bbl., sooa4bo: yams, bbl.. 2.25
a2.75: beans. bu.. 5oa75: lima beans,
100 lbs, 2.5oa3.60; carrots, 100. 2.o0a
400: celery. doz.. 40as0.
Corn. doz.. 7al0. Cucumbers. basket,
e5a7S: Elephants. basket. 6oa6o. Let
tuce. basket. 75a15o. Onions, bu.. 60a
90. Peppers: basket. 2oa26. Squash.
IS. Packing stock. bu., 6oas5; yellow.
basket, 40a50.
Apples. bbi.. 1.ooa2. so: bu., 5oa1. so.
Cantaloupes. basket, 25a50; crate. 76a
1.25. Crabapples, basket, 40a6o. Dam
fGms; Hnct,. ~. S9aso Grapes; basket LOO,
basket, 6oas0. Watermelons, prime to
selects. 1oa4o; culls. 4as.
selling Prices At 1 O'Clock.
Wheat-No: l red winter. spot, no
quotations; No. 2 red winter. spot,
1.18h: No. 3. LIN: No. 2 red winter.
sa1liGky: i; spot. LIN per bushel; No:
bushel: September. 1.10 asked.
Sales-BaE lots of nearby. by sam
pie, at IS. 70. IS. Is. so. S7k. sS and
Corn-Cob corn quoted. 3.75 asked
per barrel; contract corn. spot, TIN
= corn. no quotations.: track corn.
yellow. No. or better. 7sa79A per
bushel.
Sales-None.
oats-White. No. 2. old. As per
bushel: No. 5. old. AN; new oats are
selling ;s At to ~ under correspond
Rye-Nearby, bag lots. s5a1.oO per
bushel; No. 2 western export. spot.
ssh per bushel; No. 3, no quotations
Hay-Reecipts. 100 tons: range is
lS.ooa1s.oo for fair to good timothy
and light mixed: market firm: supply
on hand ample for trade.
l wheat. 11.S0a1200 No. /. nominal.
12.00al3.00.
CHICAGO, August 14.-wheat aver
aged lower in price today during the
early dealings. bearish sentiment
having been emphasized by q setback
IN Liverpool quotations and by the
apparent failure of the premiers con-
In the market here. however, consid-
cradle buying of soft wheat took
place. owing to rail strike develop
ment which appeared likely to re-
strict arrivals of wheat at primary
centers;; As q consequence Septem-
pared with later deliveries, all of
which touched a new low price rec
ord for the season. The opening.
which varied from 4 to / cent lower.
with September 1.0S[ to 1.04, and
December from 1.03 to 1.03x, was
followed by a slight rally and then a
fresh decline.
Persistent covering on the part Of
shorts gave firmness to corn and oats.
After opening. \ lower to. y ad-
vance, September ssh to 5sS. the
corn market scored moderate general
gains.
Provisions were firm in line with
hog values.
Potatoes-Steady on New Jersey.
weak on other stock; receipts. 90
cars; total United States shipments.
757: New Jersey sacked cobblers,
1.60a1.75 cwt: east shore Virginia
barrel cobblers No. 1, 2.60a2.65: Min
nesota sacked early Ohios, 1.o0a1.10
cwt.: Nebraska sacked early Ohios.
soa1.os cwt.
In later dealings. wheat prices
broke sharply. and September as well
as other months dropped to q new low
price record for 1922. Hedging pres
sure in northwestern markets. to-
gether with enlargement Of the do
pressing effect. The close was un-
settled, ~ to 2A net lower, with
September 1.01h to 1.01S, and De-
cember 1.o2 to 1.o2h.
Weather complaints from Illinois
and Nebraska tended to uphold the
corn market despite increased weak
ness of wheat. Corn closed unsettled
at l cent net decline to q like ad-
vance. with September 57h to 574