Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-23

nesota clear e2.25as2.G0, ~. pafe IT, " IA
$40; low extrns, el.yUafzJu: ci,y mills
e3 35ae2.Ao; Eoutaern -four sui but s;saly |:
comiaon TO iair extra. si.eosss.7s; good 70
choice do. s2.Soae32J.
Wheat--fairiy active and easier; No. 2 rcd,
store and elevator. s9s59hc.: anc.t, 60hc.;
ralying hc.; declining ,ssssc.. aud closing lrrn.
hajsc. below yesterday; No. Z red, Marca,
6ekc: May and June, 09Ao
Corn-Dull put IRA: no. 2. o6c.. In elevator (;
57Hc.. sf0at: steamer. MIXED. 50La5Ike.:
options dull and weak at q haifc. decline: May,
5Ohc; July, b0Iac September. 5uesc
0ais-Duil ana weaker; options dull and
sasler; March, 3aise; April. @,sc: MAY.
nsf-s.e.dy; shipping. soa55c.; good to
Wooi-Firm and in moisrate demand; do
mestic ioece. f5g1pc pulled. 12a33c.
Besf-Modefatoiy ncIye and nrm: family,
Sp.75asla.0O extra mess, sI.50asL75.
Beef Hams-Firm ut 1880.
Tered Besl-s,rouy aud wanted; city extra
India moss. si3oOas15.00.
Cot Meats-Firm and wanted; picked bei-
lies. 6hc; shoulders, &C.; hams, Slate;
m,ddlcs, frm short clear nominal
Lard STRONGER bus steady: western steam,
s5:I5: dy. 1915; March. SIP. nominaly:
May. s7.22. normally; rshned, qulet: Cont.
mont, $3.50: south America, $3.50: compound.
s5.37has5.50.
Butter-Flrm aud IN fair demand; State
GARY, ga10c. do. creamery. old, lOsi5v.;
do new, 20lEc; western dairy, Sal3c.; DO.
creamery. new. i2a2OISc.; DC. old. Slsal4c.
cElglns. 2Ol9c.
cruae, 22s2.1Sc yellow, prime, "6'4a2bsvc.
Rcsin-Dull bur steady; strained. common
20 good. sI.Goasl.6b.
Turpentne-Quist aud 9 eady at 3Gte fair
kice-FIrri aud 10 fair demand; domesti
20 extra. f4EGc.; Japan, 414aikc-
holasses- Ore.gn, nominnI; New orie5ns,
open kettle, good 10 choice, 2sa3sc. Market
fairly active and hrfn.
Peanuts-QuIet
Conee-steaiy; points no 10 . points down;
March, sl5.33; May. i14eo; July, sl4.93;
September. s14.70asl4.72: November sl4.6b;
December, sl4.61. Spot Rio more actife and
sugar-Raw quiet and hrm fair refining.
2 ll-1Gc. refined, fairly active apo nfm' on
A, 3}6a35ac; standard A. lo-iOaf1se; cut
Loaf aud crushed, 4 D-lGa4J4c.; graduated,
3 L. lGA4I4c.
freighls 10 Liyerpool-Quiet and nominal.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. March 22.-The liquidation
I'm wheat went merrily on TO-DAY, ana lhe
plungers on the short side kept IIsht
alons selling as II values We're around me re
dollar instead Of the hfty-cent marx; Inc
Cash-whcat operations were tdlheu VI
freely, but as the sales were not above
the usual light volume the erect WAS
decidedly uuImpJrtant. c.-
Put-holdcrs gathered in their profits
before the close. and in doing SO rallied
prices a little. making the net loss for
the day but 3-SHl-2c. for May.
May wheat opened at "a o,Sl3t S-ic.i
sold between IS 3-4HJi rs and DC, anu
closed az "A 3-Sc.. with the loss already
stated. cash wheat was weak, averaging
&c per bushel under yesterday.
Corn did remarkably well, "a regards
activity. but quite the contrary on prices.
The grading 81 receipts showed improve
ment and set at rest any fears that
might possibly arise az TO manipulation:
The IMPROVEMENT in the quality OF NO,
corn arriving and the weakness OF the
wheat market We're the main explana'iohs
Of to-day's decline. May corn opened AT
IS Csc. sold between 46 IS and 70 5-6c.
and closed ri 81 1-Sc.--J-8c. lower than
Yesterday In the cash branch OF the
trade rriccs were l-2c. lower. The oUer-
ings were all taken, but buyers were by
10 means anxious.
4 loss was naturally suffered BY oats
their relation 70 wheat and corn result
ing therein. Only fair business was
transacted There We're 10 oats takes
from store. May closed Lie. under yes
terday. Cash oats were also quoted lie.
per bushe lower.
Provlsiors-Pork was bought freely by
Swift. and ribs by Armour and every,
thing on the list h. the scalpers and
shorts. The key Of the situation ~iS IRE
edvance IN hogs. or 5GlOc.. IN ad1lton
10 which the bullish attitude of the large
packing Institutions deferred selling by
non-believors in tho advance.
The weakness az grain later on In the
session was the means Of causing some
rcccesions. but 1t the close there was
an essential firm tone. Nav pork gained
- 1-2c. for tho coy. ana May lafd ana
ribs each 10.
mo too1,oc fa,turea ranged as follows.