Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, March 1s.-Fiour frm and mode
rately active on tobping account: winter wheat,
low grades. 81. l0as2.55; DO. pstents, s3.soa
$40; Minnesota. clear, s2.ooas3.oo: patent,
-. g5asAo5. Southern tour quies and hIm
common TO fair extra, s2. leas3.lO; good 10
choice do, &3 IoaS4.25. Wheat dull anu easy
No. 2 red, store and elevator, Zoe. anoaf, 1UAc;
options fiuctusted within a &c. range, aud closed
steady NJ ka5tc. under yesterday. with specuia-
ton moderately active No. red ciosiag-
March, 14Ac.; April. 753.c.: Nay and June.
776c. Corn-Spot dull aud easier, closing
steady; No. =, 53c. In elevator; J4lsc. anoat I'M
52lec. options dun and 1lassc. lower, closing
steady; March. 53c.: April, olssc: May, 5Ossc.;
June, 50lec. Oats quies; white higher; Options
spot prices-No. :, 394a39tfc No. =, white.
44c.; No. 2. 3SAc.; No. 5. white. 4Jc. mixed
western. Jga4l c. white, 4"a4otsc. Beef. qulet
aud steady family, sl1asl2: extra mess, sS.5Oa
90. Beef hams dull and steady at $50. Iierced
beef au.e. and easy city extra India mess, s1sa
$40. Cut-meats quiet aud weak pickled oei-
lies, 10lsal0Ac.: shoulders, eaS,sc.; hams
13al3lSc. Middies dull but steady; short
clear. 10s4c. Lard quiet and s~,esdier; western
steam closed at Sl2.25 bid city. SlO.do;
March, sI2.25 bid May, $3.50: refined quiet
and steady: Continent, $3.50 South America:
sl2.75; compound, $3.50. PORK quiet ano
steady; mess, Si9; new mess, $3.50: extra
prime nominal. Cotton seed oil dull and nomi-
nal crude, 45c. bid; yellow, 55a56c. Petroleum
quiet and steady. kosin quiet ana steauy'
strained, common TO good, sl.4Oa$l Lao. Iur-
pentiue dull but steady at 3ot3ajoc. hico nrm
and In tair demand; domestic. tair TO extra, 3Na
&c. Molasses-toreis nominal; New Orleans,
open kettle, good 10 choice, iairly active ana
hrm at 30a3Sc. Peanuts firm. CoDee closed
firm at 5e10 points advances; March, 5000:
May, S16.45; July, Sl6.2Oasl6.3O; OCTOBER,
sl6.10: spot Rio dull but steady; No. z, 1880.
Sugar-Rew dull but frmer; fair centrifugals,
96-test, 33sc.: refined nrrn and quiet standard
A. 4 9-i6a4Ac. u~cut.loaf, D 3-1oa53sc. granu-
lated, 4 9-16a47sc; Frelghts TO Liverpool quiet
and steady cotton. 3-32d.: grain. I'd. asked.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, March 1S.-boon-Cotton: April
and May 4 52-64d.. also 4 o3-64d.; May ana
June. 4 55-d4d.., also 4 58-04d.. also 4 o7-04;
June and July, 4 5i-64d., also 4 56-64d. July
4 60-84d. August and September, 4 51-84d.,
also 4 1894, also 4 59-d4d., also 4 00-84; Oc-
tober and November, 4 54.64d.
March, 4 53-64d., also 4 54-04d.; March ANA
April, 4 53-64a4 54-04d.; April and May.
4 54-0ia4 55-64d. Stay and June, 4 5O-64d.,
sellers; June and July, 4 o'.64a4 os-0id.;
gust and September, 4 59-0id.. sellers; Sop
tember and october, 4 55-64d., value; October
aud November, 4 54-G4a4 55-04d. Futures
closed quiet.
Nsw ORLEANS, March 1S.-Futures barely
steady. Sales, 2O,l00 bales. March, 1892;
April, $500; Nay. $3.50; June, ss.73: july,
S. 80; August. $3.50; September, $500 Octo-
1 DER. eo.JO NOVcuocts Vow Dctohosts
1886.
NEW YORK, March Is.-Cotton steady; uplands,
Qc. Orleans, 0Hc.; sales, 2,9O2 bales. Futures
closed Quot : sales. 81 900 bales; March, So ga
Is. 10 April, IS. 74ass.75: aay, Ss.S4asS.Sb
June, sS. 93ass.9i; July. 90 .90asS.e1 August,
80. 03aa9.04; September. SS.02a9S.g4 Octo-
Der. S~S.S5aS8.S1; November, Ss.S6as o.SS
December. sS.S7asS.Se. -.
The total visible supply OF cotton for the world
Ia 4,O72, $3.50 bales, OF which 3.5Sl 900 bales arc
American, against 4,J79,550 and 4,046,339
bales. respectively, last year. Receipts ct All
interior towns, 30,71I bales. Receipts from
plantations, 1896 bales. CroPi In eight, $780,
O66 bales. .
The total consolidated net receipts at all
ports to-day. aud so far thie week, 6,O32 bales
exports-to Great Britain. J,0o3 bales France,
$3.50 bales Continent, 2,74o bales; stock,
S57. oS1 bales.
CHICAGO. March 1S.-The single bit OF liveii-
ness on the Board OF Trade to-day was after
Change hours, when the brokers, out OF sheer
desperation with the days dulness, began
scattering pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
TO SEQ the messenger boys scramble for the CONS
In the trading pits. Tho closing prices, CON-
pared with last night, are Aa4sc. lower on May
and oats are 4a3sc. down. Provisions show slight
gains-1kc. for pork and 10c. for lard.
Cash quotations: Flour quiet and about IN.
| changed. No. = spring wheat. 73lsa734c. No. 2
corn, 4ILc. No. 2 oats, bic. Mess-porx,
sI7~. 52La$I7.55. Lard, 81 .10GSl2.l5. Short
ribs sides, $40. I5ssl0.17M. Dry-sa,ted snoul
ders, 81. 621sas9.05 Short-clear, sides, $1,000
sIO.55. Whiskey, si.l7.
The landing futures ranged as follows: