Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-15

NEW YORK. April 1L-Flour firm and
easy; winter wheat, low grades. S-.olf
2ij: fair u fancy. S.i5N2i3; patents
S2lI3.JJ; Minnesota clear, S-.oVI 80 81
pariine, SL'op2l0; Tatents, 500 ~
southern flour dun and easy; common TO
fair extra, $3.0Qa5.O0; good 10 choice do
Wheat-Dun AMI lave. lower; closing
steady. 10. red, sore ana tlgyator;
81 gn62s.c: atlOat 6ic. options duh and
Irregular with the opening weak, ana
declining 1a.Hliec. closed weak AT 80
he. below yesterday, after ralNing ~
e.. on covering; 10. red, April 62,sc.'
C0rn~Dull but nrmcr; No. ?, ,437sc. IN
elevator; nc adOat; unsraded mixed,
4la.Hnc Options duh hut steady ana isc.
lower; April. 45l2c.: May. 43'sc.; july
6ats-Dun but steady; April. S7in;
May, $3.50: July, 35'.c.; spot NJ. = 90 ,
10. white, CSC; mixed western o'5-g
3sitc.: white do, 39H i'1c. "a
Hay-Quiet; choice steady: shipping, co
CSC; good 10 choice, 10000.
Wool-Fairly active and steady; domes-
tic fleece. 200-5c.; pulled, -'fi -'c. -.
Beef.Quet: family MzWl, . i,iioO; s GIT, ,Ti
Tered bcaf quiet: city extra India mess,
Gnt meats-ouet and steady: picked
bellies, 1l.c.; shoulders. ti4c; hams glc''
Iard1Quiet and Grmcr; western steam,
sSO5. bid: city. $50; April. 500; July,
$40; refined firm; Continent $50; COM
pound. $j0pa6.2J. s,.ooo
Pork-More active ana nrm at SitVt
1926: extra prime. $l3.oj4l3So.
Butter-In moderate demand; fancy
firm: state dairy. now, lo'2lc.: 90, oli'
ll411i2c.; do. creamery. new &C. wesI-
new ,l5 u Il;7ia.ssic.; Eirins. Sc.
Cotton-seei oil-Qliet and firm; crude,
Pestroieum-Quiet AMI steady.
PO.in-Duu but 81: n: strained COM
mon to good, SLl7i.r 20
'Turuant.ne-S STEADY ~ - 4"39c. -,
Rice-Steady but dun; fair to extra :
1Jisc.; Japan. A. Hf 81.
M5lasses-Foroig nominal: New or
leans. open-kettle. cool 10 choice, 0pNosl''
market quiet and stclGy., o,.~..
Peanuts-Fancy hanc picked, 3hH 10.
Coffae-Opti0us steady ant hhcn3ils-l
10 70 points up: July >l3,',.l'...g,, -, a. IN.
not Rio, dull but steady; NO " $l"-'F
81. Sng5ar-Raw duh bit steady; fair r.
flnng. , 7-l6c.; rsiintl quiet ana st,tfy ,
of \. 3 tl-lfTic.; standard \, ) i-lonf c.
sut-loaf and crushed, D-l'4oc.' g1ahu-
Fre,lghts to liverpool Firm but duh;
cotton. 9-6il.: grain. 2'-d.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, April ii.-Ilour dull
''I Wtbeat~Steady: No. > rel. spot elTG
lutv e.. ltC.r.c.: steamer. 40. IcI, -
5S-.c.: MILNE by Simple. 81 pe2c.
C1rn-Steady: mixed. spot. - -HLttc.;
Arril. 4iaic, asked. May, - id - Juiy, ,
sc. asked: steamer. mixed. l3'2'i5. tc..
southern. by sample. 1H4sc.; do.' on
Oats GJSts-Fiirm; 80. . white, 22l4c.
Kye-Dul; No. ,. o. BE.
Other articles unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO Arrf 1.-THE news about
wheat to-day Was all more or less cticu-
lated 10 cause disappointment 10 holdefS.
The most depressing feature or the mar
ket. however. was the large amount or
long wheat that vas for sale AT me OPEN
ng. Nobody appeared 10 want ~ anu
even as a decline Of 7s1tli Sc. from FRIDAY =
clos. il WAS difficult % dispose Or \
further drop II a,c. was made before
any resistance worth speaking or was
met with. Some large commission, houses
became buyers about this time. ana there-
after a steadier t. hrm ieeNnS rulei'
Nav rcacting to CO4C. where IL closed,
with a net loss OF i,c. i-r the day.
Corn-A prominent trader put II tnat
there WAS no news ana 10 business IN
corn to-day So little was done that until
fifteen minutes Of the close the range or
prices was within Is OF cent limit
Later and Just before the close another
sc. was added 10 the range, bGl IN
close was at exactly the same point as
yesterday. &c.,,
oats were dun AMI without feature.
What little change there was was N
gvmpathy with wheat. May was &c.
lower than yesterday.
Proyisions-The opening in this market
was stfong. Wheat was easy, product
sympathizcd, but some demand arptAfen'
and prices recovered. Later business be-
came duh, and a tendency 10 sax was
shown, but gains were made over yester-
day on everything at the close. May pork
was Be-. higher May lard 22c. higher, and
May ribs 7-.c higher