Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-01
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.


NEW YORK. February es.-Flour Quiet
aud steady winter wheat. low GRADES si.00a
$3.50; 90. fair TO fancy, ~ JJGfy.Io; do
patents. s,.60ae300 Minnesota clear s2.'oa
$500: do. patent, s32bssf.00: low extras
sl.gOa32.30; southern nour quiet ana steady;
common to fair extra. sl.e0as2.7o: good 10
choice do, sx.SDas3.2o.
Wneat-feirly active and easter, closing firm;
No. rel store ana elevator. 1lt!c., anoat.
5sL4. Options were fairly active aud weak nj
sSal<c. decline. No. red, March, of4c.;
Nay, 5sssc.: June. oessc.; July and august.
osIc; september 6Sasc.: Decetaber. o2sc.
Corn-pnll and lower, but steady: No 2.
4SI4c. in elevator. t014s50J4c., anoat; steam
er mixed, asa t49iac. Options dun and wenk
az q w. decline February. 4oIsc.; May 4ss4c';
July 4s1kc.
Osfs-Oull and easier: options dull and
weak; March. May. 33Ac.; No. 2 white, March.
36Iac; spot prices, No. 2, 33bsc.: No. Z white,
37l{c.: mixed western, 34a36c.
Wool Odersfely active and steady; domes-
tic neece l5sl9c pulled. l2a33c
Beof-Dun; family. so.75asi2.oo; extra
mess. s1.5OasS.2o-
Tered Beef-lnaetive; city extra India mess.
ei2.50as1450
Cut Meats-Quiet and nrm; picked bellies.
55sc.; shoulders. 4lGa4ilc. hams. 7Aashc.
Middlss-Dull aud easy short clear, so.oO.
Iard-Qui.t amt stronger; western steam,
refined duh; Continent, s7.05; compound,
Pork~DaII: Old mess, sII.25asI2.
Butter--In moderate demand: state dairy,
I0a2Oc.; do. creamery. old. l2sly,L; west.
ern dairy. eal5c.; do. creamery, new, l6a
22c: do. Old. 10al9c.; do. Elgns, &c.
Cottonseed- Oil-Dull ana lower: crude, pc,
yellow prime 28c., asked; do. choice. 20a261xc
Petroleum-Nominel
Rosln-Firm and quiet; strained. common
TO good, eL42i,aSL45.
Turpeutne- Quiet aud frm at 33hs34c.
kice--tirin ami fairly active: domestic fair TO
extra, 4l4a6c.; Japan, 414a4hc.
Molasses- Nominal; Now Orleans. open ket.
tie, good to choice, 2sa3sc. Market fairly
activo aud brm.
Peanuts Steady.
Cofiee-steady and unchanged TO 5 points up
March, sii9o: May, slt.oossiAoo Jaiy,
sl4.55; Decembe sl4.55sSi4.60. spot Rio
quiet and steady; No. z, s16.62I.
sugar-Kaw qulot and hrm; fair refining,
1i-iGc rehaea. fairy acuye a., ana arm m; /;
loaf and crushed, 4 7-l6s4tsc.: graduated,
8 10 t6a4lzc.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and steady; cot.
ton, 7-I6d.; grain. 2ysd., asked.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. February as.-tlour Dull
Wheat .ssier; No. red, spot February
steamer, Nc. 2 red, 559tc.; southern, By sam.
pie, 5ss59c.; DO. on grade, 5SAa37.ac.
March, 47ha47Isc.; May, 43hc.. bid steamer
mixed. 4o}ic, bid; southern. white and Yellow
46a4yc.
Oats-Quie, and steady No. Q white west.
ern. s5Isa36c. No 2 mixed do, 33l1a34c
Rye-lnsc,lye; No 2, 50a57c.; stock.
26,70l bushels.
Hay-unsteady at tlaOOaSl3oO.
Ocean ireiyhts quiet.
Butter-Qniet: fancy creamery, 23s24c.; roll,
13al5c.: iadie, 14a15c.; store-packed, iiatZc.
Provisions STEADY: mess PORK. si3; DuIx
shoulders, &C.; short rib sides. 7c.; sugar.
cur cd shoulders. TIC; clear Sides &c.
Hsms, s1O25asl0.50.
Refined lard. &c.
Eggs-Irrcgular at 25a26c
Other articles unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. ILL. February 2s.-The
dragging condition to-day, with the short
sellers more disposed 10 take new risks
and the believers In better prices not SO
confident I'm their assertions or actions
The French situation seemed 10 have iost
its merit, adyices from that country not
partaking so much OF a sensational tone,
and quotations for the futures at rafis
being low.
quotations differed as 10 the extent OK
the advance. There was no strength 70
the opening here. but shortly afterwards
there was a little buying, induced by me
Cincinnati Price Current and by preolc,
tlons OF cold wave In the West an'
Northwest The frmness did not iast,
however, the crowd having eyiienus
taken too much wheat. and their wiinng-
ness TO sell, not meeting with even TAR
demand later, prices fell away Slowly pu'
surely. -s =.
May wheat opened at from . l,sc, 70
IS 3-fnJ3 7-Sc., sold between ~ 9-s1 - ~ 49, e.
and "a lie. and closed at ~ 5-'c.--l
under yesterday. Cash wheat was stea"'
early, closing l-fc. lower .,.,, and
Corn--This market moved quietly anu
without unusual activity, IN ,he s"uiu;sa
defined by wheat. There was put I'LL
attendance OF brokers and traders, Ia n.n
ON an avera ge there was more OF wear
ness than of strength 10 prices, anu shsS
close was fully lie. lower than tnat y.
Yesterday. The predictions OF uiincu.s
in moving corn in the interior on A.
count OF bad roads did NOT seem 70 hs,v
any weight to-day. and the recsipts Sly
no extraordinary falling on ifon' "A'
condition Of affairs 80 .s,a ha
,wes. a. s-sgi3s-fe. and AZ i-isS 3-ec., ana
closed az "A s-Sffs4 SAC, with the i9ss a.
reaiv mentioned. Cash corn ruied trvin
steady 10 lac. lower CLOSING az 'he M
'n,ts-Thers was noticeable dinerenes
a., tha character and tone OF the oats tng
na,n market Whist not huctuatinx 9u.ss
"a much az corn, oats. nsverlntiess, iv ~,
respouded 10 the changes ct TONE ~ snes
grain. Nav closed l-sc. lower tnan "a
ferday. and the cash marker suHsf~s
thp nNxts,ors.o Opening frlnsr and signify
h,rser ina, they closed yesterday, .pso-
duets showed fufthef appreciation on NV
hovine of the Cudahy Packirx L9mPX
ana of scapers. When prices nau n1s1v