Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-08
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, May 1.-Flour-cluet ana
about steady; winter wheat. low grades.
DO. i patents al s3.Nas3.35; Minnesota clear
g. T5Gs2l5: patents $500 40; low ex-
tras. s230as27j; southern -four quiet and
steady; common to fair. extra. s2.2ou $40
good 10 choice, do. $.20n $40.
Wheat-Dull but hrmer. with options:
No. red, store and elevator, 66 lie. !;
afloat, csc. options fairly active and ir-
regular, closing firm at lie. advance;
No. red, May. Go lee; June, b Use;
Corn-Quiet and frmer; No. 2, 81 7-sc;.
In elevator; % Use aioat: steamer mixed,
IS 3-sG55 3-sc. options moderately active
and strong at Lie. advances; May and
July. s. 3-Sc.; September. % 5-sc.
Oats-More active and flrmer. Options
quiet but firmer; May and June. % Sic;
July, 80 l-sc; spot, No. ?. ~ l-2nS2 SIC;
Hay-Firm; shipping, s5.5oas5.6o; good
TO choice, 1jp soc.
domestic. fleece, ljnl9c.; pulled. l2n23c.
Beef-Quiet and firm; family, llql3c.;
extra mess. S.5oa@; beef hams dull but
Tierced beef-slow but firm; city extra
India mess, SlSns-O.
Cut meats-Quiet and steady; shoulders,
l-2c.: hams. 9d9 lie; middles duh and
nominal
So 30: city. sGGs6l2 10; May. $3.50 asked;
July. 1856 asked; refined dull; Continent,
$40; south America, S.55; compound.
PorkDQuiet and easier; mess, $3.50
Butter-In moderate demand and about
steady: State dairy. sGl7c.: do. creamery,
lSc: western dairy Sdl2c.: Elgins, Use;
COttonseed oil-Firm and In good de-
mand; crude. 2iQA 1-2c.; yellow prime
petroieum-Nominal: refined. New York
S.75: Philadelphia, $40; do, in bulk,
S20ns525.
Rosin-Dull but steady: strained, COM
mon to good sl5GT sl2.55
Turpentine-Quiet
Rice-Firm and fairly active; domestic,
fair to extra. l-ia6c.; Japan. a. l-iC,
Molasses-Foreign nominal; New Or
leans. open kettle. good TO choice, 343Zc.;
market quiet and steady.
coffee-Quiet. 5 points down to up
May. Si35n$l4.i0: July. sli6oq Ni.e5; Sep
TENDER sii5ouAi55; December, $i.ipn
stead steady: NO! 10. !. Is &c.
Sucar-Raw firmer and fairly active
fair refining. 7-SGSc.; refined, l-sc
higher and fairly active: a, 1-Sai S-sc. :
standard \. 1854 5-sc.; cut loaf and
crushed, l-lsa5 lie; graduated. 7-l6G
Freichts 10 Liverpool-steadya and quiet
cotton. 3-32d.; grain. 2d. asked.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. May ITO Bradstreet's
agency wheat was indebted for gain OF
about one cent in the price to-day. There
was strength at the OPT ming and at the
close with the interval Irregular, pre-
senting great weakness at one time.
SPECTATORS allowed themselves to be
guided by a rehash Of some statistics on
the available supply. published by Brad
streets some tine ago, at the open NJ
Of business. also referring to the Stale
report Of Kansas. which gave redue..
ton in acreage and poor condition %
winter wheat as an encouraging docu-
ment.
A sharp advance took place immediate
Is. but the offerings grew very heavy,
two or three large commission house 5
selling freely evidently for Armour. II
was at this time that great weakness de-
Veloped. About noon the statement OF a
decrease of 4.loi.OcD bushels in the world :
available stocks by Bradstreets changed
the course OF the market, and from then
until the close shorts were made very
July wheat opened at from e22s to 627sc.
sold between 6iss and 6ltn5l4sc., ana
closed at 6}isa63hc-lc. higher than yes
terday.
In the sample branch Of the market
sales averaged lc. lower than yesterday,
but the nominal close was relatively firm,
with the futures.
has occupied of late. There was little
wayernG in the upward course, the en-
tire session being Influenced by the tenn
porary weakness OF wheat. The cash de-
mand was good, sales at yesterdays iig-
ures 10 a l2c. advance on them taking
place July corn opened at from 4sl+ 10
l9e.c. advanced TO 5lssc., and closed at
the top-lssalizc. higher than yesterday.
The oats market dragged throughout
the session. The inclination was 10 fol-
low wheat. the late Improvement In the
price OF that grain causing slight APP
probation. No Importance attached TO
the business at any time, however. July
oats closed sc higher than yesterday.
Cash oats were easy 10 steady.
Proyisions.-A very moderate improve
ment was noticeable in product as the
session reared the close. which was very
likely due 10 the advance In wheat. Al
the opening and for the greater portion
of the day very little business was trans
acted the ruling tone being weak, the
relation OF provisions TO the hog market
being the reason for the depression. The
close was unchanged from yesterday for
July pork and July lard. and 12c. lower
for July ribs.
The leading futures ranged as follows: