Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-16
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March i5.-Flour firm;
moderate demand; unchanged; southern
-four quiet ana tlrm. common 70 talr sN-
ira. N90c275; good to choice. 81 SOFAS p.
Wheat-Duli and easter; No. red. store
and elevator GihG6liAc.; ahoat, CSC; un-
graded red. 57n6ic. Options. active. ex-
cited lrregnlar' ana 500 i chsav a. oc .ne
| No. rel. March, 6l'.c; May, &C; June
| Use; July. s2i.c. August. 629sc.. Septem-
Der, 62Ac; December. 6i7sc. .,,
n elevator; Sc. afoat;, steamer mixed.
9GqJlAc. Options duh and irregular;
! losing steady at n hlpAc. decline; May.
/ Joa4c.; July. Nlsc.; September. 5Vssc., s,
Options ~" but firm; March. &hc.; April.
gs'sc; May. aos. No. 2 white. March.
&c. spot, No. 2 s3lge.. No. white. &c;
Hay-QuIet and steady: shipping. 500
3d.. good TO choice. 7MF C.
WoolrE9irly active Z; IN ,a,n iirm; domestic
Beef-strong; family, ss75qi2OO; extra
mess, S7.5OltS. %; beef hams flrmer at $3.50;
tlerced beef firm; city extra India mess
Sl300a1500.
cut Meats-In fair demand and fisrmsr;
picked bellies. Sc 90; shoulders. 500; hams,
sS.OOqS25; mddles strong; short clear
$40
Lard-Quiet and stronger; western
steam, $40; March. Nl2. nominally May
S.22. nomnally: refined firm; Continent.
@.S7i4q55O
Pork~Firm; moderate demand; mess,
GGS1 extra ,Si prime prime a n0mla2 active
State dairy, l9qlysc.: old creamery, lVg
l5c: western dairy, sal2lsc. DO. creamery.
new. iigi9c.; do. old, Shql5c.
Cottonseed Oil--Firmer but In moderate
demand; crude. &c; yellow prime. 2eg
Northumberland.
Rosin-Dull but. firm; strained. common
=
Turpentlne-Quiet and firmer at $500
Rice-In fair demand and firm; domes-
tic. fair to extra, 4Aa6c.; Japan. ihg4l2c.
leans. open-kettle, good to, choice. 2sa3sc.;
market fairly active and firm.
Pea nuts-Quiet.
Coree-Closed dull and 5q1o- points
TENDER. sllS5; December, ntDali6o; spot
Susar-Raw firm and moderately active;
fair refining, 2 ll-i6c.; refined firm and
ltllsc. cut-loaf and crushed, 9-l6lfiAc.;
granulated. 8 5-lG0fAc.
Freights to Liverpool-Qulet and firm;
cotton, by. steam, sd; grain. by steam
Z4d.. nominaIly.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, March i5-SOmetimes during
to-day's market q strength was shown
that was emphatic, while at others the
weakness was most depressing. II was
an exceedingly nervous session. with first
one side and then the other in possession
Of the fed. The bears eventually won
the day, with n &c. decline from yester-
day. May wheat opened strong at 5lSU
T%, sold between 81 and JIisc., ana closed
at the latter-hc. under yesterday. Cash
wheat was Iac per bushel higher.
New York bought some corn at and
around the opening to-day. which was the
sum total OF outside business. The IN
side or local trade was not In the least
important. and was participated IN prin-
cipally by scalpers, VINO. by following
the action OF wheat, endeavored 70 procure
moderate returns for their efforts. What
little business was transacted was not
powerful enough 10 indicate any decided
preference for higher or lower prices, be-
yond the immediate trading.
May opened at 4stsc:, sod at 4sss and
SIC, and closed at 46A li453sc.-a shade
under yesterday. Cash corn was &c. per
bushel higher
oats did not succeed in asserting their
independence to-day. Prices altered 70
conform with like changes In wheat ana
or Interest. At the close an easy feeling
was manifested, with May unchanged
from yesterday. Cash oats we're steady
10 shade higher.
Proyisi0ns-rhe news from the yards
that the receipts OF hogs were less than
i0c. per 100 pounds gave an impetus 70
the demand for product. Shorts. rearing
another upward trend In prices, were &C
tive In their endeavors TO cover, ana there
was also some investment inquiry. Win
a weaker feeling in grain prices gave
close there was decided weakness, with
May pork I5c. lower than yesterday: lara
2ikc lower. and May ribs unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows;