Evening star., 1922-07-27
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, July 81 tSpeciaD.-
Potatoes. new. barrel. 2.a5a3.25: No. 2.
ssssoo per 100 Ho1nds sGa7s Tsm.
s.ooa7.oo. Beans, busl.el. 1oa1.oo. Lima
beans. bushel. 1.5Oa1.75. Beets. hun
dred. 1.00a2.0o. Cabbage. hundred.
2.00a4.00. Carrots. hundred. 2.00a4.00.
Celery; dozen; 7ssl;25. IL c.,,,.r. has.
125. Lettuce. basket. 5oa1.50. onions.
bushel. 75a90. Peas. bushel. 2.50a3.00.
Peppers. basket, 50a60. Squash. bas-
ket 25a3o. Tomatoes. basket. 3Saso;
Apples-Early June, barrel: 1.ooa
$50: bushel, 5oal.25. Blackberries.
quart. 15a2O. Cantaloupes. basket. so
ais; crate, 1.00a1.50. Cherries. basket,
50a1.0o. Currants. quart. 1Oa1S. Dam
basket. 50a1.oo: crate. 1.75a3.25. Pine
apples. crate. 2.50a4.50. Plums. bas-
ket. 40a65. Watermelons, each, 15a45.
Selling Prices at 1 O'Clock.
Wheat-No l red winter. spot. no
quotations.; No. red winter. spot.
1.22h No. red winter. spot, 1.l9 per
bushel; No. 2 red winter. garlicky.
spot, new. 1.16 per bushel: No. 3. 1.0SH
per bushel: July wheat. spot. new.
LISA per bushel: August wheat, LA
bid per bushel.
Sales-Bag lots of nearby, by sam
pie. at so. 20. as, so. SIS. 80. 80. 95. ss.
! LOO. 1.0e. 1.o4. LOS and LOS per
bushel.
cargoes on grade: No. 2 red winter.
garlicky. 1.16 per bushel; No. 3.
bushel; No. 5. 9s1a per bushel
Corn-Cob corn quoted 3.75 per Dbl.
asked: contract corn. spot. TN per
bushel; No. corn. spot. 75k; No. 4
corn. spot. TN per bushel track
corn. yellow. No. 2 or better. 81 per
bushel
Sales-None.
asked: No. 3. new. 81 asked.
Rye-Nearby. bag lots. S5a100 per
bushel: No. 2 western export. spot. 80
per bushel; Noe 3. no quotation.
Hay-Receipts. 81 tons; range is
mixed hay: market firm; supply on
hand ample for trade
Straw-No. l tangled rye, 1900: No.
l wheat. 11.50a12.00; No. 1 nominal,
12.00a13.00.
CHICAGO. July 27.-Hedging sales
together with absence of speculative
buying led to early downturn in the
price of wheat today notwithstand-
ing a firmness at the start. The
transient initial gains were ascribed
II,
This was later Offset however, by
| lack of any signs of important new
export business. The opening, which
varied from Il to u higher. with
September. 1.07as to 1.07h. and De-
cember. 1.09A to 1.10, was followed
by a slight further rise and then
by setback to well below yester-
days finish.
Corn and oats were easier with
wheat. Demand for corn was con-
fined chiefly to shorts. After open
ing . off to like advance. Septem-
trifle all around. Oats started l4ak
lower to y advance. September.
33a a33b to "a. and later receded
somewhat.
Provisions reflected weakness of
the hog market
Potatoes-Demand and movement
improving slightly. but limited: firm
undertene. but market still weak !;
receipts. So cars: total United States
shipments. 6S2: east shore Virginia
cloth-top barrels. cobblers. 275as 90:
Kansas sacked cobblers. No l, l.25a
Loo cwt' early ohios sacked. poorly
graded. few sales. 90a1o0 cwt /:
Minnesota sacked early Ohios few
sales 1.00a110 cwt
Announcement of export wheat
sales, totaliug 100000 bushels.
caused the wheat market to develop
strength today during the last half of
the board of trade session About l.
100000 bushels of the total was
bought for shipment from Chicago
and the remainder for shipment from
gulf ports. The close was firm. "
to ~ net higher. with September
l.0sh to 1.0Sk and December 1.10h
| to 1.10A.
Later on exporters bought wheat
steadily on all dips in prices and
there was moderate advance in con-
| sequence.
When wheat turned upgrade. corn
| rallied also. Exporters took 400. .00O
bushels of corn. The close was firm
y to y net higher. with September
63A to 621a