Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-16
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, December l5.-flour uui
and weak winter wheat. low grades, GW
81 5OG2.90: patents S.sogi35: low extras.
S2O5d2.45. Southern flour dull and weak :
common to fair extra, $.OVa3O; goou 10
choice, S3.l0di20.
Whht~Dull but firmer; No. 2 red, store
and elevator. 67hm67l9c.; ahoat 6Stsq
options advanced Au@c.: closing steady,
with trade light No. red. January, STAG;
March. 7Ohc.; December, 67itc.
Corn-Dull but firm: No. 2, SIC. in ele-
vator; 46Qi6lac. afoat; steamer mixed,
4id Alac Options very dun. but iisc. up;
closing steady: December, Al2c; January,
44lsc; February. A5sc.
Oats-Dull but frmer; No. white,
January 35lac: spot No. 2. 33hG333sc.
No. 3 white 35c; mixed western. 34lt35c.
white do, 36dI0c.
Haydn fair demand and steady; good
TO choice. 75d9oc. a
Wool-Unsettled. domestic fleece, Nd
Beef-Dull and nominal. Beef hams
dull at sljO0Hl525. Tierced beef quiet
and firm; city extra India mess. sl9.Wa
900.
Cut meats-Steady but dull; picked bel
lies sac: shoulders. 6H6hc., hams, sa
9lsc middles nominal
Lard-Quiet and lower; western steam.
closing. $40, with market nominal city.
and easy: Continent, tSS5; South America,
1926. compound, 1925. -
Pork-Qulet and steady; mess. $l5.MQ
1850.
Butter-Qulet and less Arm; State dairy
l9q26c.: creamery. 22a27c.; western dairy,
lSq22c.: creamery. 20lg 2Slec.; EigtnS. 2Slsc.
Cotton seed oil-Quiet; crude, 2sl2c.; yell
low, 34c.
PetroIeum-Quiet: refined nominal
Turpentine--Dul but steady.
Rice-Fairly active and Arm; domestic
fair to extra, SSsG5Ac; Japan. 4Bq4Sc.
Molasses-Forelgn nominal; New or
CSC; demand limited; market steady.
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hsnd-plcked, 3A
Coree-Options steady and unchanged
70 Is points up: December. 81 70; March
tember SO. L5al6.25; spot Rio duh but
steady; No. 7. SIS 26Gls37h.
Sugar-Raw dun but steady; fair re-
mand; OF A. S7s44 S-i6c.; standard A,
3-lCG43.c.: cut-lOaf and crushed. 90
5 3-l6c. granulated. 4 3-l6Qrsc
Freights to Liverpool-Quiet and firm;
cotton, 5-32d.; grain, 3D..
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. ILL. December i5.-Wheat
ruled firmer to-day under a number OF
influences. There was some remarkably
good buying at the opening by several
lower than yesterdays close, advanced
&C. declined @sukc., reacted. and closed
&c higher than the last figures Of yester-
day.
Corn was firm. solely through sympathy
with wheat. The news was generally OF
an unfavorable tenor The market open
Ell unchanged from yesterday. covered O
lc. range, and closed Sc above yester-
day.
Oats showed no animation. AS for
some time past. the prices for this cereal
advanced or receded. as did those Of
wheat and corn. To-day was TO excep-
ton, and the close was firm, at an adj
vance OF nc. over yesterday.
Provisions opened lower on larger re-
celpts of hogs than expected. and on the
heavy run for the past week. Continued
weakness prevailed throughout the Sec
ton influenced likewise by the weak for
eign demand for shipment. This factor
Is beginning 20 have considerable effect
on prices The nearby deliveries OF lard
showed the most depression. There was
not much demand for domestic consUmp-
ton Foreign markets were weak and
the domestic barely steady. January pork
lost l2Mc. for the day. january lard l2lsc.,
and January ribs, i0c.
Cash quotations: Flour duh but steady;
No. 2 spring wheat. GlaSuo2c. No2 red. 6l&:
662c. No. 2 corn, 351sc No. oats, 2eg
2Sl9c. Pork. .l26Oal2.i 20. Lard, ss2lk2
sos Short-rib sides. S6JOiI6.G0 Dry sal,
shoulders, So 25I640. Short clear sides,
rs 756I7O Whiskey, sll5.
The leading futures ranged as follows: