Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-29
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

80; DO. fair to fancy, s2.sSi2 Is; patents.
ents' s.. 2dfi.io; low extras. $4,000 80; city
mills. s3.Sas4o: southern -four =. dn SHl,J put y
steady; common TO fair extra. u'SuI''o'
good to choice. DO, &aSG3.sS.
Wheat-very dull and isc higher: clos
ing firm; No. red, store and elevator.
yanssa i sSa' ae e@ss &c. rsiisa &C.
No red. March. &C.: May. soiac.: June.
6A.c., July and August. &c; September
Else; December. saisc. l. ia
vator; size. aAoat: steamer mixed. Obp
5i7sc. Options very dull and. Nc. lower,
with only a local trade and the West
lower; May, 5l3sa: July. Slc.; September
6ats-Dull but firm; options auiess, and
easier; March, April. and May, Sxc. [;
July, 3f.c.: spot No. 2 SS'StSJfsc.' no no
2 white 5G37lsc.; mixed western. sac
Haydn moderate demand and steady:
shipping. 60a55c.; good to choice. OW
Beef-In light supply and firm; family,
hams. flrmer At $500; tierced b. quiet
and firm: city extra India mess. Ss.0Vp
cut Meats-Quiet and strong; picked
bellies. 6%GI7c.; shoulders. Sac: hams. stg
99c.; middles firm; short clear. siaq9c.
Iard-,-Qui.et and tirmeer; western steam.
WV; CITY, S.loUooI.2, niarcu s''ov, no,i.
nally; May SO, refined firmer and quiet:
Continent, $40: South America, 500;
compound, .s5.62lsg5.75.
dairy. lOplsiac. do. creamery. old, loari5c.:
do. new. 2lc.: western dairy. Sgl5l.c; 90.
creamery. new. i2aIhc.; do. old, i0deiic.;
'V Cottonseed 6ii-Firmer at saassc.; yell
Petroleum-Nom Washington. In
barrels lNew York price,. N;9c do s., In
bulk. A9; refined NeS xors; ~, q 10; e. Ph'a-
Rosln Dull and easy; strained, common
to good. 81 57lsql 60.
Turpentine-Dull and weak at 3:is435c:
Rye-Fairly active and firm; domestic.
Nlolasses-Forelgn nominal: New Or
leans. open-kettle. good to choice, 2sI3Sc.;
market firm demand fair.
Coffee-stsady and unchanged TO 10
points up; March. y5t5; April sl5.ls: May,
4salt9S; tyns st IS:n 5huiy' snt ~ .a"i
Rio quiet and firm: No J. N6b
Sugar-Raw quiet and firm; fair refining
2 ll-l6c. refined quiet and hrm; or a,
38.43r.c.; standard A, 3 l5-l6m3hc.:. cut
loaf and crushed. s-l69Shc.; graduated,
Freights 10 INTERCOLLEGIATE and nomi-
nally steady; cotton, I'D: grain. "a.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD, March 8.-Fiour
Wheat-DulI; No. red. spot, March.
April and May, eihySihc.; steamer lea saun Mo:
Soa pss Sd d. On GRADE sop sssaa sample
Corn-Dufl; mixed. spot March. and
April, 5OG6Ol.c; May. 6Cisq0fc. steamer
mixed, 4sS. ps9c.; southern white corn. 1914
S oaiiss a9 yy'S No. White wes,ern s7s
6faSc. No. 2 mixed, Athll35c.
Rye-Inactive: No. 4, 57g6sc.
Grain Freights-Unchanged.
Butter-U changed.
Coifee-steady at SIC oCnle.sgs..
Sugar-Granulated. 42oc.; market quiet.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, ILL. March 2s;-Rain 10
the topic of most interest to wheat specu-
lators Just now. Ii dwarfs all other
considerations and traders, both great
and small. are airing tne,r me.Torv-
action Of prices hinged entirely on the
question OF precipitation In the West ana
Southwest. TO the exclusion OF everything
else.
weather reports. but at the close buy
ing by shorts led to a recovery from the
extreme weak points Of the day.
May wheat opened at 55isc.. sold be-
tween 81 7-sc. and 81 5-sc, and closed al
55isc-bc. lower than yesterday. Cash
wheat was easy. sales averaging hUlsc.
lower
Corn was swayed by the motion or
wheat There was nothing OF particular
Importance In the news. and most or the
speculation was Withdrawn from this ana
found action In the more Interesting pit.
Prices were sensitive TO the surround
ings. rather than to direct information
pertaining to corn. The opening was
firm. but later an easier feeling existed.
May corn opened at 6Ac., declined TO
4sisl0leAc, and closed at 46sc-Ac under
yesterday. Cash corn was In good de-
mand Prices in that department were
not noticeably changed.
oats showed some strength to-day, al
though the sympathetic feeling between
them and the other grains was still In
evidence May oats closed bphc. higher
than yesterday. Cash oats were steady
and unchanged.
Provsons-At the opening product was
held much higher than II was at the
close yesterday. No one cared to take
the chances Of selling short, and those
who were owners were equally a. opposed
to dsposing OF their property. The bull
ish sentiment in provisions Is very pro-
nounced, and the views OF leading pack
ers impress all interested In the trade
most emphatically. The hog market was
&c. higher to-day. but the advance In the
product was out OF proportion 10 that
slight gain. The advance was not held.
and at the close goodly part was re-
tained. May pork closed l2ttc. higher
than yesterday; May lard. l0c. higher,
and May ribs. l7iac. higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opsning. Highest: Lowest Closing.