Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-12
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. May n.-Flour--Quiet and
firm; winter wheat, low grades. s230ai2..5;
fair to fancy. s2S5usS.3: patents, 500
s5.75; Minnesota clear. 81. 75aS3.i5; patents,
s3.5euAi0: low extras. s2.S0Hs2.75; south
ern -four quiet and firm; common 10 fair
extra, s2.5Op $40; good to choice do. sSZog
1870
Wheat-DulS and easier with options
closing firm: No. red. store and elevator.
67G67Ac.; ahoat, 6SLc.; options opened
weak at a Hulc. decline. rallied rate,
and closed steady with a slow trade: No.
2 red, May. &c; June, 6issc.; August,
677sc.
Corn-Dul but steady; No. @ 5i%c In
elevator; 55s,c. ahoat; options dull but
steady at lsc. decline; July only traded
in; May, size; July. 55he.; September.
Oats-oulet and steady; options easier;
May 3l%c. June, 32c.; July. 32i2c: spot,
No. 2. 3lAm32c.: mixed western. 32Q33c.
Hay-E!rm; shipping. SSa6oc.; coed TO
Wool Moderately active and firm: do
nestle, fleece, l5al9c. pulled. l2aSc.
Eeef-Steady and quiet; family, AlGsl3;
Beef Hams-Qulet and firm at $3.50.
1ierced Btef-Inactive and steady; city
extra India mess, $isqs2o.
Cut-Meats-Dull and weak: picked bel
lies 20; shoulders S?25; hams. sea 9.i5;
middles duh and nominal.
Lafd-Firm and quiet; western steam,
$50 asked; city. $50; May. 500. nomi.
nally; July, 500, nomlnally. refined dull.
compound, s5gS25.
Pork-Firm and quiet; mess. sl325g
Butter-Qulet and weaker; State dairy.
Sgl1c.; do. creamery. lie; western dairy,
!l2gl2c;: creamery, new. l2qlIc.; old. 9q
lic. Elgins, lie.
Cottonseed- Oil-Qulet ard steady; crude.
2kd2pzc.; yellow, prime, &c.
Petroleum-Nominal; refined, New York
S%; Philadelnh a. $50; Philadelphia. in
Rosin-Quiet and firm; strained. en-
mon to good. s155Gisl 60.
ppurpentine-Dull but steady at 2sQ2sHc.
fair to extra, 4ha6c.; Japan; 4d44c.
J., Moiasses-Forelgn nominal; New Or
market steady: demand fair.
Peanuts-Quiet
Coffee-Steady and unchanged 10 10
p9i q! up; May, ,M4s29easli,o Juy, $4,000
steady; No. 7. tl6.25.
Sugar-Raw quiet and steady; fair re-
inning, 27sc.; refined firm and fairly sc-
i've; off a. 4Is4lasc.: standard a, 1850
tsc'; eut-ioaf l-iga5l4c.; crushed. l-lelg
F'reights-Quiet and easy; cotton. 5-e4d.
grain. nd, nomnally.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. May 1.-THE advancing
OF the average condition of growing win
Ter wheat 10 per cent. on the LIST OF May
over that OF tho LIST OF April by the gov
eminent in its report yesterday creeted
astoni shment In wheat circles. Since the
lst or May there has been more moisture
Tor the plant than prior to that date. so
that y was concluded by spectators
mat the Improvement at the present
time must be very marked. This deduc-
ton was the issue In the market at
me opening to-day, price, showing
llii cent crop from the close OF yester-
day. The Weather Bureau, came 10 the
assistance OF the bulls. however, and pre-
dlcted frosts for almost every State West.
ms forecast alarmed shorts, who. by
energetic and brisk covering. lifted the
market above final quotations OF Friday
The trade was not remarkably important
or attractive, lar6e operators taking very
little part In the business OF the day
July wheat opened at from So rs to &c.,
advanced 10 "a l-4q6i 3-sc.. and closed
at q l-4c.-3-Sc. higher than yesterday.
Cash wheat Din sample lots) was lc. lower
early. but closed nomlnally unchanged
from yesterday.
Lower prices ruled in corn throughout
the entire half-sess!on. There was no
enthusiasm In the market, country buyers
not sending any orders and local longs
preferring TO await more favorable con-
g snii before Increasing their holdings
account. fractional losses or gains being
generally accepted.
Jniy corn opened from 20 l-2 TO 20 i-sc.,
sold at coc.. and advanced to and closed
at 20 $500 l-2c.-l-sul-ic. under yes
terday. Cash corn was 1-2c. per busnel
lower.
Oats had nothing to recommend them
to traders. transactions were small and
unimportant The tone OF the other mar
kets was assumed as correct for oats
July closed a fraction lower than yes
tsrday. Cash oats were easier at a de-
cline OF Lie.
I'M
sales being made. scalpers controlling the
market. Buyers were obliged 10 pay a
fraction more than the ruling quota
lions. and sellers accepted slight dis
count. The bog market was nrn. but
product. apparently. receive no benefit
from that source. The Advance In wheat
caused a firmer feeling at the close. July
pork closed Sc. higher than yesterday.
July lard lie. higher. and July RIBS
unchanged.
Leading futures: