Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-31
NEW Work. PRODUCE MARKET.

and steady: winter wheat, low grades.
M'sodsS.So: fair to fancy, $2sSdsy7S;, pa,
; ;sSs? pst ssSs MSasiIse fss extras
81. s0;is2.SO; southern flour quiet and easy
common to fair extra, No4S2.'5; good
to choice do, RSogS2o. ,,, or,,or.
closing steady: No. red. store and ele.
vator. eOibc; afloat, &c. options opened
firm at &c. advance, declined hMSc;. re.
acted haasc.. declined &c, and closed sea
trading dull; 10 "a, 2 red. April so'sc.;
''' ccooirn~Duil and scarce but Arm: No; :;
sec. in elevator; S7hc afloat; Options, n du!'
July Jul 5ihc,; sepiembF. 6iAe: sam ,,,
Oats-Quiet and firher; options duti out
armer; April and May. sac: July, 3t4c.;
spot. No. 2. 3Sss4SSs.c.; mixed WESTERN
Hay-steady; shipping. 5oaSSc.; good ia
woo Wooii-Qniet and firm; domestic fleece
i's sssfg grss li family sas: extra
Beef hams-FIrm at $40.
Tierced Beef-Firmer; city extra ihdia
mess, $liISl7. ,.,..,
cut Meats-Strong and wanted: picked
bellies, &C.: shoulders, 5Sc. hams. SAu
&C.; middles strong but quiet; short cieai
''J Lard"ouet and barely steady; western
steam, $1.25Is7.3O; city, 1915. futures
nominal: refined quiet; continent M,o;
South American, s.; compound, S.6z'sg
1915. o., roz,,
Butter~Firm and In fair demand: state
dairy, 19q1siac.; creamery, old. lonloc.
new, 21c.; western dairy. s9lShS; cream
cry. new. l2q2lc.; old. sole; Eisin s;,a aic
| 23n2ic.; yellow, prime, 261ag21c.
Petroleum-Nominal.
Rosin-Qulet and steady; strained, COM
mon to good. N.5IAQN.6i. ,.,,
Turpentine-Dull but steady at Alsd
Soc
Rice-Firm and unchanged.
Molasses-Foreign nominal; New OF.
leans; open kettle. good to choice 2Sa
coTeeEFfrm; lo01s points up; May,
! siiS0; September. Ht75: December
Nt5oqHlih5Ss;; spot Rio quiet and steady
sugar-Raw dull but firm: fair rein.
Ing Lille. refined quiet and firm. on
! A, 3ss135sc: standard A, l5-l64 4iscI
cut-loaf and crushed. 49-l6@i2.c.; granu'
Freghts to Liverpool-Steady and
quiet; cotton. 3D.; grain, I'd.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
| CHICAGO. March 3o--Ths being the
last business day Of the month, as well
as the week, there was considerable
sort of cleaning-up process going on In
1
who were assumed to be long sold freely
| during the half session, and as the big
shorts covered literally yesterday he
| market presented Il fairly cleaned up
! appearance at the close. The arrival or
some rain in the Southwest and cloud
marks for all the winterwheat belt. pre-
! vented prices from showing any particu-
! lar buoyancy and at the same fine the
uncertainty as TO whether any harm had
resulted from the drought did not al
low OF much weakness. Cash wheat was
| steady.
Corn was In neglected state. The
range was narrowed to ~ OF a cent.
| the steady feeling of wheat and Its
! strength acting in the capacity or sup
port TO prices. Many Of the traders who
| are usually seen In corn transferred
their operations to- oats. where the
chances for realizing were better to-
| day. The session was altogether an
embarrassing one. totally barren OK fea'
ture or incident. a
between iG IL and i6 S-4c.. closing al
46 5-Sc-l-Sc. higher, than yesterday. Cash
corn was steady AID unchanged. y
oats had quite a shaking up to-day
Yesterdays cash business, and O. con
tinued good shipping demand. which wa.
out by eastern roads. were the mar
consideration. There was a good genera
| trade. the outside and country sendint
numerous buying orders. May ciosee
were firm, and about Lie. per bushe
! higher 49,.
NOT an important one. A large com
mission house led the selling. and pack
ing institution the buying. During mos
of the session ribs showed relativel;
more strength than either pork or iaru
but towards the close these articles I'm
proved and at the close were quit
strong. Closing prices were at the out
side Tor everything. May pork and lar
gaining 10c. each for the day, ana Ma
ribs z l-2c The hog market was hrr
and higher, and had its due effect o.
product. ,o,,o,s.