Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-29
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 2S.-Flour active;
winter wheat. low grades. S2.Ooq2 %: Min
nesota clear, s25ea2.9O: patents, @.@qt4o:
common to fair extras. $2.Voft3OO; good
to choice. do. $l.lOa420.
Wheat-Dull; No. 2 red. store and ele-
vator. 6ihc; afloat. 6fac Options active.
strong. and advancing 2asc. on reports OF
continued cold weather west and dam
age to crop with western parties free
buyers: closing firm at &c. over yester-
day; No. 2 red, March. 63Hc.; May, 6i1sc.;
corn~6ul but nrmer; No. 2. t5ai6c.
in elevator, 46Ni7c. Options advanced
aSS Nth what ,, and M flSse f.d nrm
Oats-Active and stronger: March, S3'sc.;
April, 35Sc. May S52sc. spot, No. white
S9l2c.; mixed western. 36H7c: 49,,
Hay-Quiet; spring, 6Oas6c'; good 10
Wooi-Steady; domestic, 2oG25c.; pulled,
Beef-Dun but steady; family. H2oo@
400; beef hams quiet az Sl9ioVa lo.oe'
tierced beef duh: city extra India mess
Cut meats-Dull: picked bellies, 67,c.;
do. shoulders, SAC; hams, st.c. ~eo.
Lard-Higher: western steam srv'
city. 500: refined iirmer: Continent $500;
South America. 1875; compound. S6.l2'2.
Pork-Firm: mess, $500.
Butter-Weak: western dairy H'2pifc''
C otto oil-Qulet but 1rmer; crude,
26c.. bid: yellow, Gle.
Petroleum-Dull.
Rosln-Strained. Si.12iaIl112.
R FT,PrT1'" fair demand; domestic. SKA
5igc.
Molasses-Nominally unchanged.
Peanuts-Steady. =, t...
up: April, SO 10; June sl575; August.
| $500: December, slt2O; spot Rio, quiet
Sugar~Raw dull and unchanged; re-
fined dull and unclaimed. c,,. Grain
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE, MD, March s-Fiour
| duh and unchanged. q 49,,
Wheat-Strong and higher: No. ~ col,,
| spot and March. 6k46l7sc; May, e5H
| G5Itc: July 6iIac asked; steamer No.
. red, 5si.Q59c.; milling, by sample o'~
| 6llsc ,,,.o,
Gorn-Flrmer; mixed, spot and March arc :,
45s.@i2lse; April Gtiet TisSiila Ma? south
| ern, by sample. GGfc; 40 yei'o"' '''
st 0ats-steady: No. 2 white western. $50
| 39c
Rye-Very quiet: No. 2. 549sc.
Hay-Steady and unchanged.
Other articles unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, March 2S.-The wheat bears
were made TO dance TO the tune Q, Il
quick advance of Sc. per bushel TO-DAY.
The bulge was not unexpected, but me
force and suddenness with which II came
| about nearly took away the breath OF ths
| late complacent shorts. Ever since sun
daV when the cold wave enYeloped tne
| winter-wheat belt, fears were entertained
that harm had been wrought 10 inc
ground plant These fears were as Tar
assuaged as possible by those whose IN.
terest II was TO do 30. Every report OF
damage was dlscredited or talked down,
but the weather conditions to-day were
of such a character that plausible tneOTleS
of unjointed wheat, etc, were cast aside,
and for thirty minutes during tne carry
part Of the session everybody was pun
II was either raining or showing wnereNcI
wheat was planted, and back OF IL, anu
headed direct for the wheat country was
ment Indications confirmed the prospect
OF a freeze by predicting severe coil
wave The shorts endeavOred 10 quietly
cover their contracts. but their attempts
developed the fact that onerlngs VET VII
scarce A wild scramble followed, ana
the price of May was sharply run up
from 5SSs to size. When the demahi
was fully satisfied the price recedeu Dut
at the close the decline was only Psc. rom ron,
the outside and the net gain for the day
2Sd2I.c.
Corn-In Difference 10 the excitement
in wheat, corn remained quiet ana uhop-
trnSlEf. ttlSlQtSS WAS nSHA' oti' -
range narrow. The feeling was, however,
one of frmness, the close being at the
outside. May sold between SIis ana
37hc., closing at the former-a net gam
OF &c. for the day. Cash corn was hrHi
and i2c. higher. ~, 49,.
Oats were firm and higher, with wheat
and corn There was also some inde-
pendent strength derived from reports o.,
damage to the crop. but as yet mey
have not assumed definite shape. The
close was at gain Of l4n9sc. over yester-
day. Cash oats were stronger ana &C
Provisions We're under the spell OF the
advancing wheat market, and sold UP
in unison with IT, The strong market
was also factor, as was likewise the
| disposition to cover shown by shorts.
| T'he amount of business transacted was
quite good, although nothing of unusual
| interest transpired. The close was &c.
higher fol-. May pork loc; high rirs Tor May
| Tha leading futures ranged as ,olloWS: