Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-21
NEW YORK PRODUCE r'ARKET.

NEW YORK. December 0-Flour
steady and weak; winter, , wheat. ,i low
grades. s2.O96245; patents. S.Wgss:eSS M W
low extras. S0SG2.b. Southern -four dull
and weak. Sales. 200 barrels; common, 10
fair extra, G.ooq5Oo; good to choice do'
t3.l0di2o. -. col
store and elevator. Ca. d67c.: afloat, 6Slo
eSiLc. Options dull, with only local trad,
ing: prices isfl1,c over yesterday on local
covering; No. 2 red. January 6'+c''
March. $40; Decem nI5eT. NC NC uauuc.
I'm eIeyator; 45G46ikc aioat. options dull
and Irregular, but closing firm and I'M
changed to &c. decline; December Sc
January. 43%c,; February. Sac. e
December, 3Sil a$Slac. February. alscs;
No 2 white. February, S6Ac.; spot NO. Z;
83kd33i4c. No. 2 white: .35hq3o,zc:; mixed
Hay"tn fair demand and firm; shipping,
5Jd6Oc. good to choice, 75q%c;
Wool-0uite and unsettled; domestic
fleece. 2O625c.; pulled. 1642jc. .oo,
Beef-Quiet and STEADY ~ fanny ~, Pans bams
dull at sl5.O0Glj25. Tierced beef quiet
and steady; city extra India mess S9'Oop
Cmt meats-Dull but steady; picked bel
lies, SIC; shoulders, Ga6hc.; hams yp
gi1c.: middles nominal
Lard-Ouiet and steadier; western steam
closing at SS.l0GSl5; city, N.Sfs. fu-
lures nominal, refined quiet; Continent
Pork-oulet and easy; mess. $3.50
1850. IT.
1890 do creamery. 22d27c.: western
dairy, lSH22c.; do. creamery DH2s'sc.; 40
Elgins. 2Sd 2Siac.
Cotton-seed oil-Quiet and steady at CSC;
yellow, BIC.
Rosin-Dull but steady.
Turpentine-In moderate demand and
firm at 29H29i2c. .,
fair 20 extra. 39sdJ&tc.; Japan, t4sp47sc;
Molasses-F Foreign nominal; New Or
leans. open-kettle, good TO choice, SVd3Sc
Market quiet and steady. ..o
Peanuts-Dull fancy hand-picked, $50
,conee-options dull. Inactive and 8
points UP TO 10 points down; Decem m eG.
$40; March, $l610nl6.29 May. N3 y ~. ~;
S Saly and HiT more SeP aeti9e no T. h8S
Silgar-Raw quiet and steady; fair re-
filming, csc: refined steady ana IN in0u =
rate demand: of A, 4 3-lGni@sc.. cut-loaf
and crushed. $5n5 S-l6c.; granulated'
Frelghts TO I.iverpool-Quiet and easy;
cotton j-32d; grain, 2's45d
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD. December @.-F'lour
duh and unchanged.
Wheat-Steady; No. ?, spot ana Decem-
Steamer Scr 60 red. elGsiisc. milling wheat,
by sample, G5G6jl2c ..~-,,,,-
Corn-Steady: mixed. spot. 42hai2l2c ;
December n3sQ4l7.ci steamer miN tol; ~, 4C'2
6ilc.; white corn, by sample pHf'c' :
Oats-Inactive: 80. white western, CSC.
asked; No. 2 mixed, do; 54Sc -oo,,.
Rye-Dull and easy; No. 2, 00G5lc.
Hay-Quiet: good to choice timothy
Grain enthusiastically and unchanged;
Butter-Steady; creamery fancy, Gya
zoe; fair to Choice, 2jQ27c.; imitation 24
Other articles unchanged
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. December 2O.-The wheat
market to-day carried with II a sugges-
ton OF the near approach OF the holl-
DAYS. Trading was not Of special sig
nihcance AS the board will adjourn from
Friday Of this week until Tuesday or
next week, operators show disposition
To get out OF the market rather than
take any risk during the long recess
Prices opened about at yesterdays clos
ing. and at the close were &c. higher
than yesterday.
Corn was quiet. with the range narrow.
and the close about &c. higher for May
than yesterday.
oats were inactive rejecting the al
ternatlng strength and easier feeling or
wheat and corn The close shoWed net
gain OF i4c for the day.
Arrivals OF live hogs at the yards We're
below expectations and though there
was some decline in prices for them;
yet the market for products opened
steady. Within the first half hour prices
were advanced on buying by a local pro-
fesslonal. who at times does brokerage
business for other important operators.
Later on the market was sold or by the
packers. There vas some Improvement
I'm the shipping demand, which, in con-
nectlon with the better feeling In grain.
served to cause a reaction and an adj
vance shortly before the close. January
pork closed 2isc. higher than yesterday;
January lard 5l712c. higher, ard January
ribs PIC. lower.
Cash quotations: Flour quiet, with the
feeling easy; prices a shade lower. No.
2 spring wheat Glisc.; No. . red. 6li2c.
No. corn, &c, No. 2 oats 2sc; Mess hr,
salt shoulders, t625a6.50. Short clear
sides. G75. Whiskey. Sll5.
The leading futures ranged as follows: