Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-09

sTa, - saoossoo; good to choice do ai0
whsas +. 70; lover ., and s. asssSg;
Options advanced NC. on hrIner cables.
fell %fsysc.. and closed weak. &c. under
yesterday, with trading fair: January.
closing. 6S7sc.; March, n%c.; DecemDsr'
corn--Active. ,sc. lower, and steady;
No. 2, 6,sHAsc. In elevator. Options de.
clined E4Mc., closing weak and duh
December. &C.: January, H5sc.
oats--Duli and weaker December. sskc. ;
January, 3ikc.: February. 5f1sc.; No. 2
white, January. SsAc.; spot No. . S sssl; /;
Hay-Quiet and eaay; shipping. 6cc.
.wool.,rnchanged; domestic fleece. 0f
Beef-steady and quiet: family, $4,000
i450; extra mess, yl0.509li.oc. Beef hams
quiet at $3.50 Tierced beef duh: city
extra India mess. 800
Cut meats-steady and quiet; picked
stsc: middles nominal
lard-t1rmer and quiet western steam.
closing, ss.S bid; city, &.2sp&5o; Decem-
Der. S.S; January, $50: refined asiet
compound. sIs6esc. -
Pork-Dull but steady; mess, $4,000
1850.
Butter-In moderate demand: fancy firm:
western dairy. lSH22c.; do. creamery, 700
2Sikc.; Elgins, 2Sisc.
Cotton-seed oil-Qmet and steady.
Petroieum-Quiet; refined nominal
Turpentine-Steady and quiet
Rice-In fair demand and firm: domes-
tic. fair to extra. 5s95s,c.; Japan. $50
Molasses-Foreign nominal; New Or
leans. open-kettle, good 10 choice. So9t5sc.
Market quiet and steady.
Peanuts-Dull.
Coffee-options barely steady and IcGli
Ss9ss s seDem psee%pss s s spot Rd
quiet and steady; No. Z, $500.
Sugar-Raw dun but steady; fair re-
filming, !2%c.; refined quiet and steady.
F'reights TO Liverpool-Dull but steady
cotton, sgd: grain, 30.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD, December s--Flour
steady and unchanged. Receipts. l5.eN
barrels; shipments, 1913 barrels: sales, l.0Sl
barrels.
Whaat-Steady: No. 2 red. spot and De-
cember, 664G66i4c.; January, 61soS1Ac:
May, 72}sdT2&c. steamer No. 2 red, 65h
l63txc.: milling wheat. by sample. 6lu
G7orn-Easy; mixed spot. 434Qclzc.; new
and old, December. i3lgis'sc.: January
nls@iSc.; white and yellow corn. by sam.
oats@Firm: No. white western. 35,Ed
Soc: No. 2 mixed western, Sic. asked.
Hay-steady; good to choice timothy
| sl450qi5.50.
Grain freights-Steady and unchanged
Butter-Firm: creamery, fancy, Sazsc;
2Sn25c; ladle, fancy. H922c. good tt
choice, f9d20c.: rolls. fine, 22u23c.; do,
fair to good, 0a2lc.; store-packed' II
dl7c.
Taffaa--Eirfn. Rio CargOeS. fair, l9i9c.
No. 7. 1sc,
Other articles unchanged
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO December S-The wheat
market opened strong and with all tht
appearance of a bull campaign. INT
Somebody parted with little wheat ir
one corner OF the crowd. then another
sold some. and very soon the selling De
came general. Before the close. the sen
what It was at the start. Opening prices
were hakc higher than yesterdays close
The market declined isc., and the ma
figures were lkc. lower than yesterday.
Corn was moderately active and firm
but later acceded to the depression u
wheat. and selling by local longs. III
market opened unchanged from yesterday
but closed with net loss Of ssuAc. To-
the day. -,
oats were weak, in sympathy will
wheat and corn May was the onll
month traded in. and at the close !
showed a net loss OF 9sqsssc. for the day
Provisions opened STEADY, but nrme'
later, aa1 at the close. and for som
time previous thereto was remsrkabl.
| strong. Buying by a prominent packini
institution. covering by shorts. aud EFFORT
| 10 advance prices by a local trader wer
| the main causes for the advance. Tn
closing was very near the top prices 10
| the day. January pork showed net gail
| OF 42ibc. for the day; January lard one o
| iTIbc.. and January ribs one. or l5c;.
The leading futures ranged as follows: