Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-22
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH


NEw YORx, October 2i.--Cotton steady; sales
to-day OF 2O1 bales middling uplands, y T-l0c. !;
Orleans SIC: net receipts at all ports. AZ, -
bales: exports-to Great Britain, Il, 763 bales !;
to France, 2,323 bales; to the Continent, $40
bales stock, l,00N,4A6 bales. Southern -four
dull but steady. Wheat unsettled, moderately
active, closing steady; No. ? RED, sLo"l9 IN
store and elevator: No. 3 red. 9Dlac. options
declined l9absc. on lower cables, continued heavy
rush Of supplies from the interior 10 all markets,
and the big increase shown in the statement %
supplies east OF the Rocky Mountains, adyaucei
5.a1i4c. on Russian prohibition OF corn and oats
said 20 be fact this tmel. while there were OK
asgerated reports Of export business, and ccsci
steady ne 5ial9c. advance over yesterday; No. 2
red, October, Slu2it; November. sLO3fs;
Uocomier, Si.053A; May, SlIIL. Corn higher,
quiet and snrcc; No. ,. 64isaG5c. IN elevator ;
6j1eaGtc. aioat. Options advanced gaze. on
tae continued anxiety % cover contracts In view
OF small receipts and iirmer cables; October,
05c.; November. 02Ac.; May, Jlitr. oats
active and higher on export business. options
active and higher; October and November, 800. I;
May, 3Sl4c.; spot No. z, oOa3Sc.; mixed
Wes. ern, 34lxa31c. COiiee-OptiOns opened urn
and closed barely steady at lOa2D points down I;
October, 8ll.5Jasl l.B5; November, Sll.Oja
s1l.20; December. SI0.S0as Loo: spot lilo
qIiot and steady; Ne. Z, l..4c. Suget-ktH
dGll but steady; refined lower and more a'tye,
closing nrm: standard A, 4isc.; powdered.
isec formulated. 43la48sc Moins.os Now or
leans qaiet and nrn. Rice firm and quiet.
Petroleum steady aDd quiet. Cotton-seed oil
dun ani weak; new crude. 2eaJOc. k0sll
steady and quiet; strained, common 70 good,
Sl.32H aSI37Is. Turpentno quiet and stead I
q. 33}4a3p,c Peanuts quiet. Provisions Gniet
and steady Freigbts arm with good demand
cotton. l5-5id. grain, Bad.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, October 2l.-Wheat was walk and
lower ea.ly, but the demand proved quite sharp
aud reaction soon set IN, carry ing the price up
naarly cont aud a quarter from the lowest
INT hrf all ma fy0 - IL
Der, which closed Yesterday at o4eSc.' opened nc
g32Ac., advanced gradually to HIC., eased on 10
94isc., spurted up 20 95lgc.. reacted 70 91'4c.,
but rallied and cOsed strong at o'1s'. Late ca
bles wefe generally easy, but II WAS reported
that foreigners were buying in New YORK. Corn
WAS again neryOuoly strong, especially nearby
futures and scored m advance OF more than lc.,
nearly all OF which IL ned TO tho close. Inc bun
clique helped tho advance, ana there was "a fair
shipping demand. November started at 4Dc.,
sold up to jOc., oaseI oil TO i01ec., became firm,
and advanced 10 IOJlc.. At which u closed
Onta showed great deal OF strength, due
partly to sympathy with corn but mostly to the
conf fmatiOn OF the report received some days
ago that Russia had prohibited the further OK
pOrtaLion Of oats from that country. November,
which closed yesterday at 2S1.c-, advanced 10
2D51c. and closed at 1890. Hog products, which
opened lower, grew strong and advanced IN SYM
patty with corn and because OF a now ruling by
the board OF Directors which makes Old pOrk a
merchantable commodity after January lst AS a
secont. grade. though 1t Ia not TO b. deliverable
on contracts unless so specified. The marker
weakened GONE during the last half Of the sos
sion, but the close shows an advance over yos.
terday OF 15a22c. on pork, 5a71ec on lard, and
5alOc. on ribs.
cash quotations: Flour weaker and 10al5c.
lower. No. , spring wheat, 931lc.; No. :
red, 94Lic. No 2 corn, 5z4c- No. oats, 2D1sc
Pork, sS.7Oass.75. Lard. s630as03?A. Short
ribs, s6.4Oas6.60. Dry-salted shoulders. $1,000
Sells. short-ciear, 81. Whiskey, 51.lS.
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