Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-17
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. July 18.--Cotton easy: sales to-
day. 222 bales sales, corrected, 800 bales ;
uplands. sssc.: Orleans, 1916; net receipts
at all ports, l,0s2 baios; exports-to Great
Britain, 1891 bales; TO the Continent, 13i
bales: stock, 2j3,021 bales. Wheat active, I'M
settled, and lower; No. red, S6Aa954c'
In store and elevator; options declined I4a2,4c'
ON good bear news, rallied Aa7sc. on export de-
mand. sud covering by shorts here and at the
west. closing firm at the best price OF tho day,
LaIItc. below yesterday, No. red, july,
9i14c.; August, s3isc; September, e34c.
Corn higher dun, and scsrce No 4 So .tci i, N
wheat, advanced 1l3s2Isc. on local covering,
fell Isa1tsc. on realizing, and closed steady az
iSaf|sc. over yesterday; July. 0s5sc.; August
54ssc.; September, 6lHc. Oats stronger ana
sasss sop. opas sssc So white, July
Az: spot No. 2. 43Ila44hc. Cofee-0ptions
steady closed unchanged to 10 up; July,
AusasR o .ns oui sspssmeer
Raw nrmer and fairly active; centrifugsls, o.
test, 3 7-16c. refined active and tirmer: stand
ard A, 4ysc. powdered, 4 11-18c.; graduated,
7-16a4 6-16c. M0lasses-New Orleans quiet
Petroleum quiet and steady; refined, New York,
6.s5a7.05c.: Philadelphia and Baltimore
6.s0a7c. Cotton-seed oil quiet; crude Of grade,
25a29c. Rosin easy and guieti strained com.
active and lower at 36Isa37,4c; sales, 400
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked, 4}saa19c.;
farmers, 234a3s4c Beef firm and quiet Cut
meats quiet and flrmer: picked shoulders,
0a8Lac. Middles firrner and quiet; short-ciear.
September, 1870. Lard In fair demand aud
armer; western steam, 1886; city. e6.lO Au-
gust, s6.66aS6.0S September, $3.50; Octo'
Der, $3.50. Freights strong and In good de-
mand; cotton. 3-32d.: grain, 2s4d.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, July 16.-The cash quotations wero
as follows: Flour quiet and unchanged. No. y
spring wheat, sGasc.; No. z red, sc. No. 2
sio.s0. Lard, se.4oas8.42,<. short-ribs, 60
short-clear, s0.s0a@6.e0. whiskey, s1.l6.
Wheat opened with almost every condition in
favor OF tho bears. Good weather, liberal re-
ceipts, and weak cables all ied 70 discourage
ment on the part Of holders, and there was q
strong selling pressure for an hour or 80 after
the opening, which carri5d the price on W.. from
last nights close, and 10 looked for time as
though still lower prices were inevitable. but
-puts." The weakest feature, perhaps, was
the free quotations Of July wheat, which
has been held In anticipation OF .
squeeze In that month. Corn started at
about yesterdays close, grew weak and
creased, and New York being higher, especially
for July, the market strengthened and there was
a rapid advance. There was also . sharp de-
mand for cash. Oats were rather quiet and
weaker. and prices ranged lower and closed with
steady on september. Provisions opened higher,
and strong feeling was developed. especially In
pork and ribs. The story that France was about
10 remove the embargo on hog products started
it, and with every advance shorts came IN TO
elO.52li at the close yesterday. September lard
shows net gain OF 15c. and RIBS Of l0c.
The leading futures ranged as folloWs: