Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-30
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK. May 2s.-Flour-Flrm:
WINTER wheat low grades. &.700 $50; fair
10 fancy. S.1SuSLz5; patents. $L25qS4.75;
tLl5Q}420; low extras. &.754a.5o! south,
ern hour. quiet and steady; common to
Jar extra, sZ.CJQSi0. good to choice,
,Wheat--Dull and quarter lower.
81 S-i4S2 afoat, 81 l-2c. Options opened
strong, and advanced l 3-SQl Use. de-
cllned 3-4q2 5-sc., and closed unsettled
i-4c under yesterday, with a fair trade;
No. red, May and June. 81 7-Sc.: July
81 5-Sc. August, 81 l-4c.; September,
~ 5-Sc.. December, 81 l-ic.
Corn--Dull but firm; No. ?, 81 7-Sc. !;
NO ?. % 7-Sc., in elevator; 50 l..Sc., afloat
Options opened firm advanced 3-fd7-Sc.,
lost 3-4plc., and closed steady and I'M
changed from yesterday; May, 81 5-Sc. /;
July, IS 5-Sc.; September 50 5-Sc.
Oats-Dull but frmer. Options more
active, but irregular, closing steady;
May and June, 80 lie; July, 34c.; Sep
TENDER. 81 l-4c.; spot, No. 2, 80 1-45133 l-2c.
No white, 81 lie; mixed western, 334
Haydn liberal receipt; shipping, 55g
60c.; good to choice, 7Oq75c.
Wool--In moderate demand and firm;
domestic, fleece, 15al9c; pulled, l2aS3c.
Beef-Steady and quiet; family, ShQN3;
extra mess, SSJOgS9.
Beef hams-Dult and easy, at $3.50.
Tierced beef-Dull and unchanged.
Cut meats-Quiet and easy; picked
bellies, 3 state; shoulders, 5Q5 lac;
hams. s 3-4d9 1-4o.
Iard-Firmer and quiet; western steam,
quiet: September $3.50, bid; refined. dull;
Continent, $40; South American, $3.50;
compound, 5Q5 Csc. -
Pork-Quiet and steady; mess, slS.70g
BItter-Quiet; creamery. l2als be;
Elgins, IS lie.
Cottonseed-oil-In fair demand and firm;
crude, q l-2q2ic.; yellow prime 2lG2l l-Zc.
Notwithstanding refined, New YORK,
SIS; Philadelphia, $50, in bulk, s5SOg
Rosin-Dun but steady; strained. COM
mon to good. sl.62 1-2NS165.
Turpentlne-Quiet and steady, at p La
Rlce-Firm and fairly active; Japan
Molasses-Foreign. nominal; New or,
leans open kettle, good TO choice, Zbg
sc: demand, fair; market, firm.
Peanuts-Qulet.
Coffee-Barely steady and unchanged,
10 Is points down; June, Nt2oa!iiL;5592 !:
September, Sl5aSl5O5; December, N404
sil5; March, $40; spot Rio, quiet and
Sugar-Raw, dull but steady; fair re-
hning, 2 l5-l6c.; refined. quiet and STEADY !,
of A, I-Sq4 5-sc. standard a, 1-l69
lie; graduated, 1854 S-ic.; cut
Frelehts 10 Lverpool-Quiet and nohi-
nal; cotton Lied; grain, Lid.
Southern fresh fruits and vegetables
Strawberr.es-In large supply, but quite
active and sustained. CabOages ana TO-
matoes lower. other vegetables IN mole
rate demard. and, as d rule, freely OIL
fercG
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD. May 9.-Flour
"' Wheat-Inaetive and higher; No. red,
spot and May, aGd l-fc June BIC
asked July and August, u S-laSzc' sep
red. 7S07S lie; southern, by sample
SlGS9c.; do, on grade, 7slls2c.
Corn-Easy. mixed. spot. IS l.fa5S i-zc. :
May, 50 l-2c.; June, osc., aSEeu, yulg'
81 S-4d5Sc. southern white, 59c.; yellow
'oats-Firmly held; no. white, western,
81 l-2Q3Sc. No 2 mixed. do, S93i lie.
Rye-Firm. No. 2, 1ic.
Hay-Qulet; timothy, $3.50.
Grain Freights-Western, steam, 10
Liverpool, Id, for June; Cork for ORDERS
2s 3d. for June.
Professionalism; mess pork, Slt0O' puIk
shoulders IS 50; short rib ana clear SIDES
$50; sugar-cured shoulders, N1o; Mans
small, S1.J0: large, Sll.25.
Iard-Reined, $500. 81
Butter-F1rm; fancy Creamery lsc' ;
ladle. llGl2c.; store-packed, sqlzc'
Eggs-Firm at l3e.
Other articles unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. ILL. May @.-Whsat
traders have laid aside the Hessian-ny.
chinch- bug. and frost literature ana LOT
the past day or two have been devotlng
their attention 10 the dry-wsatner ad-
vices and their relation 10 what is sup
posed 10 be left of the wheat crop. The
knowledge that Kansas, Nebraska, ana
Others OF the winteT-wheat States have
been sweltering under an exceedingly
- accommodated nv hot
winds, gave prices buoyancy at the OPEN
ing to-day ss.es being at an advance or
/ i-STl 3-Sc from yesterdays close. The
weather showed likely rains ana cooler
causing prices 10 ease on. There were
several subsequent ups and downs 10 the
market as the demands or offerings be-
came greater, but at the close the feeling
was quite weak, at almost inside quota
tons Tomorrow being a holiday, the
fact tended 10 contract business In a
marked degree. July wheat opened at
from So IA to &C., sold between 80 S-S
under yesterday. Cash wheat was
corn-The advance in wheat and the
dry-weather talk contributed equally 70
the firmness OF corn at the beginning OF
the days session. Later, the predictions
OF rain led 10 selling, and a weaker feel
ing. July corn opened at from a 5-s 70
! 55c.. sold between IS IL and 50 l-2n63 5-sc..
and closed ar e g-ic.-l-sc. under yester-
day. Cash corn sold from steady prices
TO lac. higher.
Oats-There was quite an irregular
opening In oats to-day. as there was in
wheat. Crop damage was talked Of. In
sects and droughts were said 10 be work.
ing havoc with the growing grain, and
spectators were anxious TO buy, thus
giving prices good. strong start. When
IL was learned that rain was In prospect
those who had thu oats were just az