Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-24
NEW Work. PRODUCE MARKET.

s.o 49,
nesota clear, s2.50q290; patents, S0at;42,;
low extras, s2.6l2i5; southern hour :, 1 duda
and weak; common 10 fair, extra s5ocv
800: good TO choice do, S.io4tTi c ,ower.
closing steady: No. 2 red, store and eievas
tor. olIsU6l%c.: afoat. 62s4c opu1,hss
opened weak at fsqesc., deGilhei ia. I'LL
laHc h fell hqSi; rd HGd with With trading
fairly active; No. red, April. 1885, May
ccorn~DuIi ana easier; No. 2, 4Sssg Tic:
in elevator: 4il4N4iSsc. aiioat; sie eaisnc
lower: April 435sc.; May, +1sa!5c:,, 80,
Oats-Dull. Options easier. April, Sc &c:
NAV, 37isc; July. Sec: spot NO. :, .slgv
4Oc. No. white, ilc.; mixed WESTERN
Hay-Quiet and steady; shippihs' w."
CSC. good to choice, 75stS5c., s,.. IA
Wool-In fair demand and STEADY; 90
nestle fleece, 20d25c.; pulled, 10Y "ci 10 ooSo
nsefmDsll hut sts g ,.ys;;s5 5sn beef hams
firm at sl10oql7.5D; tierced beer auii' OK
ira India mess. sls00a2O.W. ,.,, ,o,-
Cue meats-Firm end quiet; picked , pei
lies. 7isc.; shoulders, 6iac.; haihs' iV'''
Iard-QUet and easy; western steam
closed at $500; city, N.5liz. Option sales
July, $50: closing. s755; April. $40; May,
500: refined quiet; Continent, Sp' % oou'n
america $50; compound S.l2i2tto -. ~
Pork~in moderats demand and steady;
mess. sIt.oOdiii 30; extra prime, $3.50.
Rurter-In large supply and lower; state
dairy, new, l5Glsisc,; 40 olu, ~ n jiairv
creamery new. lm2lc; western - aalis
new ilisIi5c.: do. creamery, new. loa-Ic''
EIgins, 2Cien2lc. or,,ds
Cotton-seed oil quiet and hrm; cruue'
SOp3lc.; yellow. 3in5jc. ,o,
petroieum-Dull and unchanged, ,,
KosIn-Dull but steady; strained coih-
mon TO good, sl.l1ignl %. ., eoc
'rurpentine-Quiet and steady n, oOe' fo,r
Rice-Duli but steady; dlom'eessoic' i'''
10 extra, 32.q5igc., Japan. A%sdiItc ~
Molasses-E'oregn nominal; New ,o or
leans. open-kettle, good to choice, SVnSec''
market duh but steady.
Peanuts-Quiet. 81 rc7oo
points down; April. S5 9n l60; jun M
SIS. i5al5.50 September. NtWn lt'@; pv
cember, sii25; spot Rio duh but steauy :
No. :. sl700. .,or. ,o,r re-
1nIng' 2s.c.: refined quiet and easy; on
4. 8 i-iCaic.; standard AZ ~" ~, -
clt-loaf 1 l3-l6l5c.; crushed, lS-lo.'N'
granulated. lisa Hsc. ,,o. ord staadv.
Frelghts % Liverpool-Quiet anu s'ed''
cotton, sd; grain, PAD. ,.,,,,
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, April loo, % a. du
dull; western supsrnne, sl.sO' =, VI, 90 ~;
extra, s2l5a2.Jo; DO. fam!iy S2-'g saying
S Sn' & c %ss g. d5 pa straight a '''
and April. 62H U62Ac: May. G2h462i2c.
July. C3lka65ssc; steamer. No. Z rsd, pa
ass, &C.; milling wheat by sample ooe
Corn-Easy; mixed, spot, 4!'i9i5e.; May,
itG4ii4c.: July. ijHc.. asked steamer
mixed, 2i.ui5c. southern, by sample
i5lsai6c.; do, on grade, sf4iSlSc. .os,or,
Oats-Nery firm; No. 2 white, western
ne, bid; No. mixed. do. 33c., bid.
Rye-Inactive; No. 2. $1,000.
Hay-Sieady; good to choice timothy
Sl450nlj.O.
pooI "a. for April: Cork, for orders, Is.
cd. for April: cotton, DC; flour, lOc.
Cotton--Quiet; middlings. I3sc:, ~. an.
Proyisions-Flrn; mess PORK, sf TO- PUN :
sides, $7.15 sugar-cured shoulders 800
hams. small, $i2.2J; large, sll.h
I.ard-Refned. sc.
Butter-Steady; creamery. fancy, &c.
ladle, fancy. l5alic.; store-packed' lV's
lie.
Eggs-Steady at 10dl2i9c.
Coffee-Quiet: NO. Z, lac. 40,
Sugar-Steady; granulated, A,33.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO April 23.-Wheat traders ex-
pected a break in prices to-day ana they
met their expectations. The nearest APP
proach to excitement took place during
the last fifteen minutes or the SESSION,
U when snmp Of e. In rs 1hs OF an pSs
crease in the offerings for that month
July did not suffer quite so badly, ana
as an evidence that considerable whsaI
was changed from the former INTO tht
latter, month, the spread to-day wideneo
TO 25,c. On Saturday it averaged nc.
There was liquidation Of the May optiOi
all day. and the weakness or TO-DAY
market was directly due to TINS seiii ~"
and to the mystery which SURROUNDS ths
amount yet held back:
May wheat opened i26Bc. under sat
urlay's close; the range was petWsen
50 and 5Sc and the , Close o al Tn. I,y cosed
NC under Saturday: -, ia, -.
Corn fuctuated In line WIN ~
grander neighbor. wheat. Argument
both for and against the price were nu'
merous enough. put the , a.s dpoyersd bu,
/ &c, the close being at the inside Tor tns
I day-iSssc. for Maya loss or hc. IRON
| Saturday. A., ,,uo, 4,
wheat and the sympathy shown therewltf
! on different parts of the floor, there wdS
/ the usual stubborn flrmness III the ca
| market. An Enthusiastically builisn seh.i
| nent prevailed, and offerings were Soh
spicuous by their absence. Although
| fractional Toss was made from SATURDAY
! II was unaccompanied By much weakness
| May oats closed at 3zl2c., AGAINST o-7sc
| on Saturday. Cash oats were STEADY
| Provisions were weak generaily, Al
| interval OF steadiness was noted uurlnt
the morning. but on free offerings b,
hackers and a prominent broker. 1t provess
| but temporary The hog market. aitnougf
| opening firm. developed weakness, an.
| his influence, when combined with IN
unsteady condition OF the grain markets
worked disadvantageousiy, to produc
/ values There was a good demand iol
cash provisions but the trade for. ex
nort was quiet Receipts were very light
! Shinments were of fair volume. May pori
! closed INC lower; May lard lOc. lower
and May ribs, l2iac. lower.
The leading futures ranged as ,oliows
| truy.r- Openfng. CLOSING