Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-19
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, December 1S.r-Flour dun
winter wheat, low grades, 2.0Vd2ij; pat
ents, S340G3.65 Minnesota clear. 250a
2g0; patents, 3.SDH 1876; low extras. S2.05a
245. Southern Hour dull and weak com
mon to fair extra, $20Oa3.Oo; good to
choice do. S.l0dA20.
Wheat-Moderately active and PC.
lower, closing steady; No. red, store
and elevator, G6i2Q663.c; ahoat, 6Sd6si4c.
Options opened firm at a &c. advance,
fell Ac. on increased visible clearances,
and closed weak, &c. under Saturday,
with a moderate trade; No. red, closing,
January, 67lsc; May, 7lAc.; December
Corn-spot more active for export,
lower. and weak; No 2, Hl5d4iAc. I'm
elevator; l5Itdi6i2c. afioat. Options mode
ratey active and l2gAc.. lower, closing
Oats-Spot dull and easier. options
fairly active and easier; December, $3.50.
January, 35i2c.; February. 3i4c.; No.
white, December BIC; No. ? spot, 35ltq
Haydn fair demand and firm; ship
ping, 50li60c.
Wooi-Quiet and unsettled; domestic
fleece. 20u25c.
Realistically and quiet family. sl2.OOa
1850; extra mess, $10.J0dl1O0. Beef hams
dull at 15dl525. Tierced beef firm and
quiet; city extra India mess, 5000
CQt-nedtS-Dull Dut steady plckitl DEL
lies. sac; shoulders, 696hc.; hams, 81
9lsc.; middles nominal.
Lard-Quiet; western steam closed at
$50. with market nominal; city, S.25.
Option sales none; refined quiet and easy
Continent, $3.50: South America, $50;
compound, s6OOd65O.
Pork-Dull and lower. with no sales.
Butter-Quiet and weak: State dairy.
1920; creamery, 2Q2Ic.; western dairy.
lSa24c;: creamery, DaSc.; factory 1874
1871. EtofpQ DSGfpkinp
Cotton-seed ol-Dull but steady; crude,
$50. yellow 34c.
Petroleum-Quiet and unchanged.
Rosin-Quet and easier; strained, com
mon to good. 81. 2591.s0.
Turpentine-Qulet and steady at 2sQ
29lAc
Rlce-Fairly active; domestic, fair I'd
extra, 35s05%c.; Japan. 43sc.
Molasses--foreign nominal: New Or;
leans, open-kettle good to choice, SOaSSc,
Market quiet and steady.
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked, 3Hi
Qic.
December, A700; March, N6.l5ql6.25; May.
$i555ql5.7O: spot Rio firmer and quiet,
No. 7. SlS75.
Sugar-Raw firmer and quiet; refining,
25sc.; refined steady and in fair demand.
Mo- 3 3-1644c.; standard \, 4 3-l6u4tsc.:
cut-.oaf and crushed. 5a5 S-l6c.; granu,
Freights to Liverpool-Steady and IL
moderate demand; cotton by steam, 0-32dS
grain by steam, Sd.
CHICAGO. /;
CHICAGO, December 1S.-The wheat
market was VERY weak to-day. The
opening was &c. under Saturdays close,
and the market rallied 1c.. and then de-
clined lhc., where II closed.
Corn was weak at the opening, ruled
slow, and at the close was 7sQ1c. unde
Saturday for May, which was relativele
weaker than the nearby deliveries. Oat,
were weak because everything else %
the list was The close for May was
Ac. under Saturdays final figures.
Provisions were weak on selling bs
packers. There was so much weakness
all over the floor that products sympa-
thiZed Shorts pressed their advantage.
and. although the market for live hogs
at the yards showed some firmness, II dill
not carry enough weight to support pro-.
visions. The demand for shipping waI
practically dead. The domestic markets
were weak, and the foreign easy. Re-
ceipts light, and shipments liberal JanU.
airy pork closed 27Izc. under Saturday
January lard 17lsc. lower. and Januars-
rlbe 15c. lower. !
Cash quotations: Flour little more
active, with the feeling triie easiet
No. 2 spring wheat, e0AG6lc. No.~2 res
s.d61ikc. No. 2 corn, Soc. No. oats, "a,
Short-rib sides, $620lf6.25. Dry salt shou :
ders. $625q6.50. Short clear sides, S.75.
Whiskey, 81 Is