Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-28
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. April 27-Flour barely
steady and in moderate demand: winter
wheat. low grades. sI.0pd2 IS: patents, S3.l5
m3. u; Minnesota clear, S2.5pn2@; patents.
S@ni.2j: low extras, 205p2.D; southern
Hour dull and easy; common TO fair eN
ira, 2c0u3.N; good to choice, DO, @.lo1e
Wheat-Active for export. and lower
with options:. closing firm; No. red,
62izc Options active and irregular. with
the close weak at a i4@sc. decline: No.
z red. closing, April, size; May slice;
corn@Quict and firm; No. .. 4t0ir.c.
in elevator; 45abisc. afloat;, steamer
mixed $3.50. Options very dun and l4c.
lower; closing. steady; April. He; May.
Oats-Spot dun and unchanged. OPP
lions dull and easier; April, iol2c.; May,
37Ac,; July, 36isc.:. spot. No. 2, ilc; No.
white. PC: mixed western, 4oHi2c.;
white do, ilH4ji6c
Hay Firm and in fair demand; ship
ping C0n65c. cool 20 choice. SoH,oc.
Wool-In good demand and hrm; domes-
tic fleece. 2Ju25c.; pulled, l6u2jc.
Beef-Dull but steady: family. $1,000
100; extra mess. $S.05iS 50: beef hams
firm at $3.50 tierced beef in fair demand
and firm; city extra India moss $4,000
POO.
cut enthusiastically and quiet; picked
bellies, lac: shoulders. 6izc.; hams. l05p
1Oi4c.: mddles nominal
Larl-Quiet and easier: western steam,
closing 500. city. $751;. OptiOns-Sal-
none: refined quiet; Continent, $3.50, South
America. $50.
Pork-Steady; mess. sliOoGlL5O; extra
prime. Sl3l0.
dairy. new. 15Vl9c.: do. old. ll'l5c;; do.
creamery, new. l9I2Diac. western dairy.
new, iOalic.; do. creamery. new. 1512ol4c;
Cotton-seed oli-Qulet and steady; crude
30d3lc.: yellow, 33HS3i &c.
PetroIeum-Quiet and steady.
Roain-Quiet and steady; strained and
common to good. $Llizftl2O.
Turpentine-Dull at zoe.
Rice-Dull but steady; fair to extra
32in3ssc.; Japan. iQiRc.
Molasses- Nominal; New Orleans. open
kettle. good to choice, 30r3Sc.; market
dun. but steady
Peanuts-Firm.
Coffee-Options firm and 1895 points
September sl475al535: December, SlLl0B
MS: spot Rio duh but steady; No. T.
$50 Sales none.
Sugar-Raw more active ana STEADY az
the decline: fair refining, 1-l5c.; retned
dun and barely steady; of a. 3'sit3 l5-l5c.;
standard a. I l-l6u4ilc.; cut-loaf ana
crushed. l5-l6HJc.; granulated, l-ltg
Freights to I.iyerpool-Easy; cotton.
7-Gil.; grain. I'D
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD, April 27.-Flour
Wheat-Easy: 10. red, SPOT and May.
6li.H6i3.c.: July. G24m62&.c; steamer, No.
. red. 5s05Si4c.; milling wheat. by sample,
59nG2c . 49,
Corn-Dull and easy. mixed April. 4fl0
iis.c. July, ii3.c.. bid; steamer mixed,
l}aBAc.; southern corn. by sample. 400
acc do. on grade h iIg rs M white
western i2ILfi BE: No. . mixed, western,
RyeEDull: No. .. 55G5Gc.
Hay-Steady; good to choice timothy
Grain freights-DuIl and unchanged:
Provisions Firm: mess pork, slo.o;
bulk shoulders. S.25: short-rib sides ann
1915 hams. small. $l2.25; large, SLID.
Lard-Rehned, sc.
Butter-Steady: creamery. fancy. DC;
ladle, fancy, Ne; store-packed' salic'
Eggs-Steady at lel2lillc.
Coffee-Dull: No. I, lie.
Sugar-Quiet; graduated. si.33.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. April G-Scalpers again
ruled the wheat market to-day. The out
side world did not appear To take any In
terest whatever The total amount OF
business transacted could easily have
been crowded into half an hour of a fairly
active session. IL is beginning TO be be-
lieved that the big lines OF May wheat
exist only III tHe iIhdSiiid,ioIi Va oCinD
people. and that no violent fluctuations
In that option are going 10 be seen. There
was a little widening OF the spread De.
tween May and July, which Indicated that
some changing was done, but there were
no large lines turned over The general
feeling. after fairly steady opening.
was one approaching very closely 70
weakness The public demand sustained
values for time but when that demand
was satisfied further dropping followed.
Just before the close there was a httie
firmer feeling evinced. May wheat opened
nj bSkc ranged between that and gSc.,
and closed Ian%c. lower than yesterday,
at 5si.c July closed haasc. lower than
corn yielded to the fine weather, lower
cables, and good rettipts. There was
only a scalpers trading In the near lines.
The range Of prices was narrow, May
fiuctuating between Jsls ana Ss'sc;, c, ,na
ing at 3sHc.--a net loss or sc. for the
oats showed less of an advancing ten
dencv than even they evinced yesterday,
and gave evidence Of an entire disappear
ance of the fright shown by shorts on
wednesday. The AMOUNT or business
transacted was only moderately large,
a good proportion being In covering OF
Provisions-After q steady opening upon
advices as to the hog market, product
became easier on free offerings by some
~ TN. hackers The weakness or grain
vas another cause for the decline In pro-
Visions. Ribs were slightly hrmer tnan
nork or lard at the close. which was nc
lower for May pork, DC; lower ior May
vas a good cash demand for product on
an c,s iaadine futures ranged as follows: